Death... and me

Chapter 3166: An Idea

The hacking wasn't over yet. Sister Orb had only acquired partial control over it, so she couldn't make it do what she wanted. However, Rean would die if she didn't act since he was powerless in that situation. The cultivation difference was just too big, and the formation made it even worse. She only had one choice: immediately overload everything and hope for the best.

The Formation immediately collapsed with the power of Space, which also affected time. For a moment, everything stopped moving outside. Rean, Rifindio, his subordinates, everyone. The collapse didn't judge friend from foe, and a small semi-blackhole was created for an instant. Those who were inside the formation, the Divine Realm experts, the Spaceship on the back, Rean at the center, and Rifindio right in front of him. They were all swallowed by it.

However, such extremely small black holes simply didn't have the energy to sustain themselves. It didn't last even a second before it too disappeared. It's just that everyone was already taken inside. As for the others watching from afar, especially formations masters who worked on building the formation, only saw a burst of energy before everything went silent. They looked around, but there wasn't anything there anymore.

For various days, the experts of Giantel looked everywhere, feeling nervous. After all, the one who disappeared inside was a real Camazotz Bat from the Supreme Palace. Just the fact they had seen one in them in their life was already a miracle, and they had now lost the guy.

Too bad that it was useless. The Inquisition Hall from Giantel gave up the search a month later, using the Werdlem Empire Network to report the event to the Supreme Palace in the Higher Realms. Of course, to keep the face, the Supreme Palace sent their own experts down to investigate.

They got the report of what happened and heard about Rifindio's plan. They had to admit it was quite ingenuous. Rifindio went an extra mile to investigate the twins. Rifindio had found out everything about Rean and Roan. How they often simply disappeared without a trace. He went to the Gondel Clan, which collaborated fully. Then they went to the World Splitting Sect, which wasn't as cooperative.

Learning that Diliy understood the Fifth Stage of Sword Intent on that occasion surprised many, but it had little use in front of Rifindio. Using his status and his authority over the Werdlem Empire Network on the planet, he threatened Diliy and the sect with complete blockage of cultivation. As impressive as Diliy might be for understanding the Fifth Stage of Sword Intent, that wouldn't be of much use if he couldn't use Spiritual Energy.

In the end, he also collaborated and even signed the Soul Binding Contract of Second Stratum, so Rifindio would be sure that he wasn't lying. Of course, that also made him a slave of the Inquisition Hall for a year, although it didn't matter now.

Another person caught in the net was Foliana, but due to her cultivation, a simple Soul Binding Contract was enough. Once she told everything she knew, she too was taken by the Inquisition Hall. After all, the bloodline she absorbed was now part of her body and made her an unbelievably impressive prospect, especially since she now had a Divine Werdlem of her own. She, too, became a slave of the Inquisition Hall.

Rifindio didn't stop there. He didn't want to give the Supreme Palace the time to throw him away and worked incredibly fast. He also made full use of every single expert in his had. He even ended up visiting the Lava Pristine Salamanders after reading and filtering many reports. How did he end up in the Lava Pristine Salamanders Territory? That was simple. Once again, it was the fact that the Cat Demon Beast called Tweety had vanished in thin air with his friend, Sylvester. Were they truly killed? It didn't seem like it.

With more contracts being forced and the fear of being taken out of the Werdlem System, the Salamanders who took Rean's offer ultimately opened their mouths. The Stage Six Demon Beasts, Tweety and Sylvester, were believed to be dead due to Zymrug's Dragon's Breath. Yet, they were actually fine. That only made the existence of a Pocket Dimensional Realm even more likely in Rifindio's eyes.

Rifindio also made sure that none of the places he investigated had any chance to use the Werdlem Network for communication. That way, if the twins had any accomplices in those places, they wouldn't be able to contact the twins.

Another thing that made Rifindio's investigation sure that he was on the tail of the same group was the identities. In the Werdlem Empire's Network, there wasn't anything wrong with the names Rean, Roan, or Kentucky took. Everything seemed fine... except the locations. These names of Werdlem Empire Experts were appearing just way too far from their normal zones or were once considered as disappeared. He truly began to consider the idea that perhaps Rean and Roan's group had some method to fake real Werdlem Stone IDs.

But another thing became obvious with all that investigation. The twins' group obviously had at least one high-level expert. It's just that this expert, or experts, had been weakened and appeared in this Mortal World somehow. Could it be they were the so-called Invaders of the Werdlem Empire? That was too early to tell, but the idea definitely took root in Rifindio's mind alone.

He didn't mention his thoughts to anyone, though. If he was right and he managed to get rid of thse invaders, that would be his achievement. That would be perfect for him, so he kept silent all the way.

Another point he understood was that this expert, or these experts, were trying to regain their strength as fast as possible. The different places Rifindio visited, like the Gondel Clan, former Forging Hall Location, World Splitting Sect, Lava Pristine Salamanders... The twins seemed to increase their cultivation at ridiculous speed. It definitely wasn't something people from this Mortal Planet should be able to achieve. With that in mind, Rifindio finally had an idea...