Chapter 979: When the Big Shot Makes a Move, Great Terror Follows

"What’s happening in the Underground City?"

Selina, Zhan Xifeng, and Jiang Chen looked toward the Underground City, faces full of confusion.

"To be able to see such a massive fire from this distance, could someone have set the whole Underground City on fire?"

Selina said gloatingly.

"It must have been Lin Lei."

Zhan Xifeng said wisely and with absolute confidence.

"Lin Lei’s move is ruthless! He first tricked us into going to Xiwu Mountain and then had someone disguised as us to order the three Judicator Families’ army and the Demon Clan’s army to attack the Genius Alliance. Meanwhile, he took the opportunity to send people to lay fuel in the empty Underground City, and wait until the Demon Clan army returns to ignite it—such a deep plan, layer upon layer." Jiang Chen laughed as he analyzed.

"If it weren’t for Ximen’s interference, the Demon Clan would surely think we started the fire." Selina said with a face full of fear.

"I bet it won’t be long before the Demon Clan army gets here to join forces with us to search for Lin Lei’s lair." Zhan Xifeng laughed.

The three did not even suspect that someone else might have started the fire in the Underground City. In their minds, there were only four forces in the Underground City and Forest Island:

The three Judicator Families;

Demon Clan;

Lin Lei;

Genius Alliance.

They were completely unaware of the existence of the Dragon King’s Palace, much less that Ye Xiu, leading the Red Water City army, had already moved into six major bases.

Thus, after ruling out the Genius Alliance, they pinned the blame for the fire on Lin Lei.

Because in their perspective, if they did not start the fire, and the Demon Clan couldn’t have burnt themselves, that only left Lin Lei!

Poor Lin Lei, taking the fall for Ye Xiu and Long Qian.

"Boom boom boom..."

At this moment, dense explosions and screams suddenly sounded around them.

Selina, Zhan Xifeng, and Jiang Chen shrank their necks in fear.

"What’s going on?" Zhan Xifeng shouted.

Zhan Jue ran over and said, "It’s the Self-Destructing Robots, Lin Lei has made a move."

Selina, Zhan Xifeng, Jiang Chen laughed.

The fact that Lin Lei made a move indicates that they are getting close to his lair.

"Continue searching!" Zhan Xifeng ordered.

Just then, a member of the Jiang Family ran over and said:

"Many people in our three families have suddenly defected, and there are many assassins targeting our people."

Selina furrowed her brows, "It seems that a long time ago, artificial intelligence dispatched a large number of Nanorobots to control our people."

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Those assassins are probably Nano Warriors composed of a large number of Nanorobots and Liquid Metal Robots. Lin Lei is desperate, throwing out so many cards at once."

"Speed up the search, Lin Lei’s lair must be nearby!" Zhan Xifeng said with a heavy tone.

He did not order the elimination of the Nano Warriors and Liquid Metal Robots, because he knew very well that the three Judicator Families had no way to counteract Nanorobots and Liquid Metal Robots.

Rather than being constrained by the Nano Warriors and Liquid Metal Robots, it was better to find Lin Lei’s lair as fast as possible.

As long as the artificial intelligence is destroyed, all the Nanorobots and Liquid Metal Robots will perish automatically.

"Oh, are Lin Lei and the artificial intelligence really that ruthless? Are they trying to annihilate the armies of the three Judicator Families?"

Ye Xiu had nearly been blown to his heel by a Self-Destructing Robot just now, then heard dense explosions from around him.

Soon after, the armies of the three Judicator Families suddenly started fighting each other.

"Interesting, I’ll take advantage of the chaos to find the three Clan Leaders and kill them!"

Ye Xiu continued searching aimlessly for Selina, Zhan Xifeng, and Jiang Chen in the pitch-black night.

...

Underground City!

"Who the hell did this?"

Liuli, Chi Ming Demon Venerable, and Elder Jiu You ran out from a villa engulfed in flames, Chi Ming Demon Venerable roared in anger.

Leading the Demon Clan army, they had just returned to the Underground City, had cooked noodles and were about to eat, when the bathroom exploded, spraying petrol and flames everywhere.

"This..."

However, once they ran outside, they saw flames everywhere within sight, thick smoke billowing.

This is the rhythm of the entire Underground City burning!

"It must be that Lin Lei, taking advantage of our deployment to the Genius Alliance, sent people to lay fuel in the Underground City, and ignite it when we returned with the army—to disgust us." Elder Jiu You said through gritted teeth.

"It’s not Lin Lei!" Liuli squinted and said.

"Then who is it?"

Chi Ming Demon Venerable and Elder Jiu You asked in unison.

"It’s the three Judicator Families."

Liuli’s tone and expression were utterly certain, analyzing:

"For a city as big as the Underground City, it’s impossible to lay fuel to burn the entire city in a short time. It must have started before we deployed to the Genius Alliance."

"But we didn’t notice anything at all. Obviously, the people laying the fuel were all Earth System Totem Inheritors, and they were operating underground."

"And the ones responsible for igniting must be Fire System Totem Inheritors."

"In this world, besides the three Judicator Families, who else has so many Earth System and Fire System Totem Inheritors?"

After listening, Chi Ming Demon Venerable and Elder Jiu You felt that Liuli’s analysis was spot on—they almost wrongly accused Lin Lei.

"We occupied the Underground City, and now Sanda Judicator Family wants to drive us out." Chi Ming Demon Venerable said with murderous intent.

Then Elder Jiu You suddenly remembered something: "Hurry, send someone to the granary to check, if the grains are burned, what will we eat?"

"Don’t bother, since the three Judicator Families set fire to the Underground City, they surely burned the granary first." Chi Ming Demon Venerable said.

"Assemble the army!"

Liuli roared in anger:

"Tonight I’m going to flatten the three Judicator Families, kill every one of those bastards."

...

Genius Alliance!

Long Qian stood on the mountain top, smiling as he looked at the fiery sky:

"It’s burning, finally. Now the Demon Clan army is sure to beat the dog brains out of the three Judicator Families."

Right then, Ji Hongye, accompanied by the Great Elder and eight Elders, rushed to the mountain top.

Ji Hongye asked, "Yuxin, what’s going on? Where’s the fire?"

"It’s the Underground City!"

Long Qian said with a smile:

"It’s me and Ximen’s doing, in order to frame the three Judicator Families, and incite a war between the Demon Clan and the three Judicator Families."

Ji Hongye and the eight Elders looked at each other.

"A big shot indeed, and sure enough accompanied by great terror."

"Ximen’s courage, strategy, I truly admire him to the utmost."

"With one’s own power, to incite a war between two clans, weakening them mutually—Ximen’s dog-eat-dog plan is marvelous beyond compare!"

Long Qian watched Ji Hongye and the eight Elders shamelessly praising Ximen, growing anxious.

This matter was clearly done by her. The one responsible for the fire was someone she painstakingly controlled, and Ximen was merely her underling.

Yet, now Ji Hongye and the eight Elders are crediting everything to Ximen.

Won’t you praise me instead!