Chapter 461 - 410: Liu Zili to Achieve Unity, the [Thunder] Great Realm Sealed

A nameless fury surged through Zuo Xuan the moment he realized his Eight-direction Reversing Ship had been burglarized. He clenched his fists, on the verge of unleashing boundless power, but when he remembered he was on his own ship, he held back. In the end, he couldn’t vent his anger and had to swallow it.

Besides, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger was still on the prowl; he really didn’t have time to worry about this. He quickly ordered his subordinates to organize and prepare to warp away from the Thunder Great Realm. He couldn’t stand to stay in this place a moment longer!

Judging by the abilities he’d seen from the Bloodthirsty White Tiger today, he knew he was no match for it. Of course, if they were to actually fight, he wouldn’t be completely helpless, but the losses would be immense.

After all, he was one of the Nine Venerables of the Nine Venerable Great Realm, among the most famous figures in the Primordial World Cluster. How could he be beaten so badly he couldn’t fight back, or even be too scared to try?

The real priority was to preserve his strength, return to the Nine Venerable Great Realm at once, and use the time before the Dusk Holy Ruins fully opened to rest and make ample preparations. Otherwise, he might enter the Dusk Holy Ruins only to be ambushed, getting nothing out of it in the end!

At this thought, most of his anger subsided. Still, his icy gaze remained fixed in the direction of the shifting spacetime fluctuations—the direction the thieves had fled.

Even if the thieves could move through his Eight-direction Reversing Ship as if no one was there, their spatial transit couldn’t have been instantaneous. There would inevitably be traces of their spatial migration. As the one with the highest authority over the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, he could easily discern the direction they had fled. But he didn’t give chase.

Because...

They were too fast!

The moment he returned and detected the anomaly in the core area, the thieves were already fleeing the Eight-direction Reversing Ship in a flash. In the instant he stood stunned, it was already too late. At that speed, chasing them would take considerable effort, and he was simply unwilling to waste the time.

But that didn’t stop him from speculating. ’Who the hell would dare to rob my resource vault?’

’How strange. Why could those thieves enter my Eight-direction Reversing Ship so brazenly, bypass every single detection Law, and take almost all of my resources?’

Zuo Xuan’s brow was deeply furrowed, and his fists crackled, but a chill ran down his spine.

He knew exactly how high the security on his Eight-direction Reversing Ship was. Not even the other two Venerables of his clan could have possibly entered so stealthily, reached the core area, and made off with everything without making the slightest disturbance!

And those two Venerables of his clan were, without a doubt, at the absolute pinnacle of the Peak of the Unity Realm—beings who longed for Transcendence. Who could possibly be more powerful than them?

Clearly, the intruders weren’t undetectable because of a higher Realm. It had to be that they used some special treasure or Secret Technique to successfully infiltrate the Eight-direction Reversing Ship. As for what exactly, it was hard to say. After all, in this vast universe, anything was possible.

But what truly baffled Zuo Xuan was why they dared to target him!

’Damn it, I haven’t had something like this happen in thousands of years. The last time was back when I was pioneering new territories, encountering those uncivilized wild clans who had no sense of reverence and dared to attack me. Of course, that was like an egg trying to smash a stone—no, it wasn’t even that. They were just throwing themselves at me to die.’

’Aside from situations like that, no one has ever dared to cross me. I’m very clear about which top clans I need to stay on good terms with; I don’t carry myself with some high and mighty, arrogant attitude. So under these circumstances, how could someone possibly dare to steal from me?’

’What’s more, this is within the Thunder Great Realm’s territory. My name, Zuo Xuan, might not be universally known, but I’m a Venerable, at the very least. Anyone whose Realm is high enough would naturally know of me. This place can be considered within the sphere of influence of the Nine Venerable Great Realm. Everyone should know the names of the Nine Venerables.’

’And yet, even in a Great Realm like this, my Eight-direction Reversing Ship was robbed. It’s obvious they know how powerful I am and understand what it means to offend me. But they still went ahead and did it.’

’In other words, they might be looking for something extremely important on my Eight-direction Reversing Ship—so important that they had no choice but to offend me. Of course, there’s another possibility: this is revenge, and they simply want to gut my entire foundation...’

Considering all these possibilities, Zuo Xuan still couldn’t figure out what they wanted. If it was for some treasure, he certainly had them, but none were so precious that someone would risk his wrath to steal them. As for enemies... heh. Anyone who could be called an enemy was already dead. And those who weren’t would be too proud to stoop to such petty theft.

"Forget it. The resources in the vault are gone, but we still have the hidden energy reserves. It’s enough for the Eight-direction Reversing Ship to depart," Zuo Xuan said with a wave of his hand, deciding not to dwell on the matter for now. "First, let’s get out of this godforsaken Thunder Great Realm!"

His subordinates heard the command and quickly moved to obey. However, they didn’t yet know the resource vault had been stolen. When they found it completely empty, they were dumbfounded. Those who didn’t know any better just assumed Zuo Xuan had moved all the resources himself.