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Chapter 1311: Chapter 986: After Draining You, I’ll Drain You Again

The clone that shared a telepathic link with its true form feigned contemplation, furrowing its brow slightly and said, "Your concerns are not unfounded. How about this, I will seek permission from the Sixth Elder, and if he agrees, we can arrange for the Black Riders to secretly guard and protect both of you;

If the Sixth Elder disagrees, you two Squad Leaders can wait patiently here with me for some time.

The main thing is, I don’t think the situation is that severe, so I will also send scouts to investigate, searching for the whereabouts of the other two Squad Leaders. Once we understand why they suddenly lost contact, we’ll naturally know how to respond."

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing immense relief in each other’s eyes.

Everyone in the Leisure Sect’s upper echelons knows that the Thousand-Faced Young Master values his own safety above all.

Thus, his Immortal Ship always flies on unpredictable routes, paying no heed to how many Spirit Stones are consumed. Staying temporarily on the Three Protectors’ Immortal Ship until things settle is far better than the result of any private discussions between the two!

"Thank you, Lord Guardian, for understanding your subordinates!" The two Squad Leaders stood up again to salute.

Of course, the clone wouldn’t bother the Sixth Elder for such a trivial matter. The pretense of seeking instructions was just to keep a record of work; if they couldn’t even arrange for the two Squad Leaders to fall into a trap, Qi Baijun’s power would be a joke.

As for making it sound good, it was to leave the blame with the Sixth Elder — using the sect members’ lives to prove his inaction!

There was no response on that side; meanwhile, Jiang Yuan also saw two Immortal Ships land.

"Clank, clank!"

The finely-equipped armor of the Black Riders emitted a neat and uniform sound, which Zhao Wenyu found very pleasing.

The next moment, two Black Riders from another Immortal Ship automatically aligned into two rows, giving him a personal and unobstructed path. Zhao Wenyu walked proudly towards the seal waiting to be opened, making the impatient Evil Cultivators, eager to cross the tribulation and ascend, immensely jealous.

"A personal Immortal Ship, Black Rider escort – who is that sacred person?"

"We are close to two hundred people, with only two Black Riders for escort; while that person has over a hundred escorting him alone – the disparity is too enormous, isn’t it?"

"Tch! If we had greater abilities, we wouldn’t need to wait for a collective tribulation crossing. The Guardian would come in person, and the Tribulation Crossing Array would be set up on the spot. Wouldn’t the disparity be great then?"

"Quick, look, what is he doing in the void? It seems like he is unsealing something!"

"Got it, got it, that person must be an Array Master, tsk tsk! Indeed, having a skill is important..."

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The primary protection target of the Black Riders is Array Master Zhao Wenyu, while the other disciples are incidental; knowing they are impatient for protection to cross the Thunder Tribulation, they dare not cause any trouble, so they simply ignored them.

Nearly two hundred people rushed down the large Immortal Ship one after another, causing a commotion near the secluded lava stream, but they all knew the limits — aware of the places emitting Poisonous Miasma around them, they all moved closer to the Array Master.

Discussion buzzed, hurried footsteps clattered, and most people, unfamiliar with one another, created a noisy scene.

Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Yuan mingled among them, moving closer to the Black Riders.

"Maintain silence!" The Black Rider Captain, seeing Zhao Wenyu taking time to unseal, could only signal for the orderly Black Rider squad to maintain order, making sure that no one disturbed the Array Master’s work.

More than a hundred Black Riders immediately dispersed, forming a black wall to separate the two sides.

Jiang Yuan had carefully selected them; in the Wilderness World branch of the Leisure Sect, there were over six hundred Black Riders in total, apart from the Chief, who had been brought over by the Sixth Elder from the Head of the Headquarters with sixty-one exclusive Iron-Blooded Black Riders, the remaining Black Riders were local Wilderness Evil Cultivators chosen by the Second, Third, and Fourth Guardians.

In theory, the Black Rider Chief and the Iron-Blooded Black Riders should not be mobilized unless absolutely necessary.

As for the other few hundred, under Qi Baijun’s usual management, they have their own small circles often collaborating for specific types of tasks.

Jiang Yuan had carefully selected and transferred 102 members who hadn’t undertaken missions together frequently, making it so he could blend in among the Black Riders without being easily detected.

Everything was ready, just waiting for the Divine Wood Forest to open, allowing him to switch disguises and join the Black Rider squad amidst the chaos.

But as the entrance remained unopened, Jiang Yuan was perplexed – was Zhao Wenyu capable or not?

"I didn’t expect that Ugly Slave was indeed a bit capable. How did he arrange this Sealing Array? I have no idea where to start, curse his ancestors, causing trouble even after death!" Meanwhile, Zhao Wenyu was sweating on his forehead, cursing internally.

This big winter had made the Snake Demon sweat profusely, indicating the difficulty of the array sealing the small space.

After waiting a moment, several Black Riders also turned their heads. Most of them had witnessed Ugly Slave arranging arrays, effortlessly executing them in casual conversation; but now they were standing in the cold wind for so long?

"Can he do it or not?"

"Shh! ’Cannot’ are the words that men hate to hear most, keep your voice down."

"So many of us waiting coldly for his procrastination; why rush so desperately then?"

"Exactly! Saying time was of the essence and arrival had to be early, missing it meant waiting for the next batch. We barely received the orders, rushed over, and almost missed it, yet now we are here just waiting."

"Any Array Master friends here who could explain what’s so difficult about this? The Holy Land’s door used to open on its own, why is it so troublesome now?"

"I heard it was the self-opening door that caused the trouble, many people died because of it..."

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Bored of waiting, Jiang Yuan opened the interface to share real-time updates from the clone’s side.