Chapter 2878 - 2879: Searching for the Killing Intent

Chapter 2878: Chapter 2879: Searching for the Killing Intent

"Royal Teacher, in this case, we still need to retreat from this base quickly!" A General immediately stood up.

"That’s right, whether or not the Royal Teacher’s suspicion is correct, we cannot take this risk!" Another General said.

At this moment, the several Generals reached a consensus again, which was to retreat.

After all, commanding twenty-five thousand elite soldiers is no child’s play, any sign of trouble calls for immediate action.

However, Ye Luo smiled and shook his head again.

"Since they lured us in like inviting a noble guest, why don’t we lie in wait for them instead?"

Lie in wait? After some thought, the Generals’ eyes lit up.

"The Royal Teacher has a good plan, but to counter with their tactics, we need something to rely on!" A General commented.

Ye Luo’s idea isn’t hard to think of; since there’s a conspiracy here, Ye Luo would break the conspiracy and then trap them!

But he can think of something, and the Assassin Alliance might not overlook it either. The key is, this base is just an ordinary wilderness.

It isn’t a perilous ground nor a natural barrier.

Laying a trap here, how difficult it would be!

How even, should one set a trap affecting tens of thousands of troops!

A formation? Certainly, but the resources required would be astronomical, even Ye Luo couldn’t bear it; it’s a loss-making action.

Moreover, letting soldiers ambush around here? That would have little advantage, still with no real effect.

The Generals pondered but couldn’t come up with a feasible plan.

This doesn’t mean the Generals are incompetent; rather, the location limits their capabilities.

"How the Assassin Alliance deals with us, I’ll return the favor, rest assured, I have a countermeasure!"

Ye Luo said mysteriously, then he started assigning tasks to the Generals, at least the twenty thousand elite soldiers had to settle here, not just temporarily camping but constructing a brand new base.

After all, this place is some distance from the Royal City, and the army not entering the Royal City is an unspoken rule; Ye Luo doesn’t want to break it.

Next, Ye Luo must locate the conspiracy!

If his guess is correct, then this place is a great peril, hiding killing intent indeed.

But, where does the killing intent lie?

In the following days, Ye Luo searched for the existence of the killing intent here.

He searched everywhere, both heaven and earth, but found nothing! Besides the incomplete formations, there was nothing peculiar.

Could it be his hypothesis is wrong? The cultivators of the Assassin Alliance failed to mount an effective resistance due to being too rushed?

This is clearly unreasonable!

The Assassin Alliance is composed of assassins, and assassins have a level of alertness unknown to ordinary cultivators.

Plus, their danger perception ability, honed through long training, far surpasses ordinary people!

With these abilities, even unprepared, they wouldn’t suffer such a severe ambush.

Hence, there must be something fishy here.

Yet, Ye Luo thoroughly investigated the entire base, and those Generals personally joined in with their troops day and night search! Still found nothing at all!

Currently, the Generals have almost all rejected Ye Luo’s hypothesis.

After all, seeing is believing, if there really was killing intent, how could nothing be detected?

Ye Luo was unwilling, walked out of the tent once more; now the camp is built, developing from temporary tents to a full-fledged camp.

It must be admitted, this base’s terrain was pretty good, offering panoramic views from this vantage point; the Demon Realm’s landscape is inherently beautiful, providing a heroic view.

Though the terrain is slightly elevated, it poses no natural barrier to cultivators who move swiftly, without formation hindrance, even the highest terrains aren’t a problem.

After a while, he activated the Clairvoyant Eye again, but once more was bereft of results!

He sighed, stopped walking, crouched down, and scooped a handful of soil in his palm.

If there’s truly no killing intent, camping here is not too bad, it’s an ideal location for barracks; otherwise, it wouldn’t be the Assassin Alliance’s base.

Actually, the Assassin Alliance’s so-called base is just a small assassin gathering point, or rather, a small military camp.

"There’s something wrong!"

Suddenly, Ye Luo frowned, the soil seemed odd; the Demon Realm’s soil typically contains traces of spiritual energy and demonic qi, theoretically, this base should have abundant spiritual energy, and demonic qi should be more flourishing.

However, the spiritual energy and demonic qi in this soil are fairly weak, so weak that Ye Luo rarely encounters such barren soil in the Demon Realm.

Clearly, this soil is unusual.

But, this exceeds Ye Luo’s abilities; neither the Clairvoyant Eye nor Divine Sense could detect what’s wrong with this soil!

Besides, this kind of phenomenon isn’t overly suspicious, as every region’s soil varies; weaker spiritual energy isn’t anything unusual.

Yet, Ye Luo instinctively felt something was off!

Thus, he silently scooped up a handful of soil, put it into the Qiankun Ring, circled around, then returned to the tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, he instructed his personal guards to guard it, began closed-door cultivation.

During these days, he arranged some formations in his tent, investigating his secrets wasn’t so simple.

This time, naturally, he entered the Divine Kingdom.

His Divine Sense Avatar appeared in the Divine Kingdom, immediately rushing toward Xin Lan’s laboratory, even ignoring Shui Yuehan.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Seeing Ye Luo breaking in, Xin Lan asked puzzled.

If it were someone else, Xin Lan would have been furious; her lab is almost more precious than her own life.

"Help me examine this!" Ye Luo said, taking out the soil.

"This is just ordinary soil, isn’t it?" Xin Lan took it doubtfully and began testing.

Though her experimental equipment is somewhat simplistic now, that’s compared to the base; it’s vastly more advanced than Earth technology. According to Xin Lan, robots are about to be born, once she develops them, the efficiency and speed of experiments will greatly enhance.

Xin Lan’s mind contains numerous technological achievements of the Zhongzhou Empire.