Chapter 249
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Chapter 249: Finding Yi Chen
After spending more than half an hour, Lie Bo finally developed his plan.
First, he needed to confirm the reason behind the Botany Institute’s sudden large-scale and high-price acquisition of high-grade healing spirit materials.
With his lowly status in the Great Flame Kingdom, he naturally had no connections to access such high-level information.
But he could observe outside the palace.
He would watch to see if any high-ranking members of the Botany Institute went to the palace after the acquisition ended.
If none appeared, it would mean the four armies faced a powerful enemy, and the materials would be directly sent to them.
However, if high-ranking members from the Botany Institute did head to the palace afterward, it would indicate one of two possibilities: either Yi Chen was planning to refine related spirit pills or he had been injured.
Next, he had to take a gamble.
No matter the reason, he could not delay further and decided to take a risk.
He could simply follow the members of the Intelligence Organization to find Yi Chen’s location.
Since regardless of the reason, the members of the Intelligence Organization would deliver information to Yi Chen.
As for how to identify the members of the Intelligence Organization, it was relatively simple.
Yi Chen was currently alone, and within the palace, there were only guard team members and Intelligence Organization members.
The guard team members would not leave the palace.
Though the Intelligence Organization members came and went, only important intelligence or significant items would warrant the involvement of powerful members with their subordinates.
As long as the individual seen was a capable genius and accompanied by subordinates, it was highly likely he could follow the clues to find Yi Chen.
Once he located Yi Chen, whether the assassination would succeed would depend on fate.
In Lie Bo’s assessment, if Yi Chen was seriously injured and far from the Great Flame Kingdom without any top geniuses or top fierce beasts to help intercept him, he would likely not escape Lie Bo’s pursuit.
But if Yi Chen wasn’t injured, even if he couldn’t defeat a full-level fierce beast, his chances of escaping would still be significant.
He had to take a gamble, trying to manipulate the life and death of the Intelligence Organization’s members to pressure Yi Chen into a desperate fight.
Alternatively, he could gamble that Yi Chen could not withstand verbal provocation and would also fight to the death.
With his mind made up, he immediately communicated with the full-level fierce beasts he controlled, instructing them to come to the Great Flame Kingdom.
At the same time, he contemplated how to reasonably request a break and how to disguise his intentions if discovered by the palace guards.
Lie Bo appeared to have good luck.
He found a reason to take a trip for leisure while looking for rare spirit materials, and the owner of the spirit materials plantation did not suspect anything, quickly granting approval.
On the necessary path from the palace to the Botany Institute, there was a commercial area.
He set up a small stall, selling some animal skins on the street, which wouldn’t attract the guards’ attention at all.
After just three days, the Botany Institute announced the end of its acquisitions.
That same day, the high-ranking official responsible for the purchases headed straight for the palace.
Just over an hour later, several members of the Intelligence Organization left the palace and boarded a flying fierce beast, heading southeast.
Lie Bo did not hesitate. He quickly abandoned his stall, disregarding any potential suspicions, and mounted a low-level flying fierce beast he had purchased earlier, trailing far behind the members of the Intelligence Organization.
Although he could not afford a higher-level flying fierce beast due to differences in their ranks, the distance between them continued to widen.
However, as he left the Great Flame Kingdom, the full-level fierce beast he controlled was already waiting in the agreed-upon location.
This full-level fierce beast was a massive firebird.
Not only was it incredibly fast, but its eyesight was also remarkably keen.
Soon, it detected the direction of the flying fierce beast that the Intelligence Organization members were riding based on their flight path.
Following Lie Bo’s instructions, it kept a safe distance behind.
A few hours later, the members of the Intelligence Organization began to dive down, steering their flying fierce beasts into a forest.
Lie Bo was nearly certain that Yi Chen was in that forest.
He immediately ordered the firebird to patrol above the treetops, using its Perception Ability to search for Yi Chen’s presence and any items similar to flying treasures.
He could not overlook the gathering point of the Intelligence Organization in this area either.
If Yi Chen was defeated and already injured, his chances of escaping would be slim.
However, if he had no injuries, even if defeated, he could likely fly away using the faster Cloud Treading Technique.
In such a case, he could threaten the lives of the Intelligence Organization’s members to try to force Yi Chen into a desperate fight.
Following Lie Bo’s orders, the firebird began to sweep rapidly over the forest.
…
In the center of the forest, Yi Chen had started to use his understanding of luck to try and create a new skill energy circulation pathway.
His divine consciousness faintly sensed a powerful aura.
His attention was immediately drawn to this strong presence.
He quickly discovered a flying fierce beast with a menacing aura soaring above the forest, searching for something.
On the back of this flying fierce beast sat a ‘person.’
A being who felt strange and unlike humanity.
Could there be other races on this planet?
Yi Chen felt shocked.
After a moment of thought, he allowed his aura to seep out like a flying treasure, actively releasing it outward.
With his divine consciousness, he carefully observed the expression of the person above the flying fierce beast.
Before long, the firebird sensed Yi Chen’s aura.
Through mental connection, it relayed the information back to Lie Bo.
"Attack with full force!"
Lie Bo hesitated for no moment, a glint of killing intent flashing in his eyes as he immediately ordered the firebird to launch a full assault.
He understood very well that Yi Chen’s divine consciousness strength far exceeded that of fierce beasts and other races at the same level.
Once Yi Chen sensed the presence of the firebird, he would definitely grow wary.
If he sensed Lie Bo behind the firebird, his vigilance would increase even more.
Those talented individuals might only sense something strange about his aura but would not think too deeply about it.
However, Yi Chen’s divine consciousness would surely go beyond merely sensing something unusual; he might discover that Lie Bo was not part of humanity.
Acting quickly and aggressively was the best choice.
Whoosh…
The firebird opened its long beak.
A flame, powerful enough to instantly incinerate anything, shot toward Yi Chen’s location.
This flame rapidly expanded, its aura terrifying.
‘This is aimed directly at me, and it’s intent on killing me? Could it be that outside the Great Flame Kingdom’s territory, another race has established powerful forces and knows about the Great Flame Kingdom’s existence?’
Yi Chen immediately understood the intentions of the being controlling the firebird.
However, his expression remained completely calm.
At his current Crossing Tribulation Stage of the first level, although he had only reached the top tier of this planet, he hadn’t yet reached the absolute peak.
Yet, he was confident he could be undefeated in a one-on-one fight.
Even against an enemy of a higher major realm, he believed he could kill them.
Let alone the flying fierce beast, which could be considered at the peak of the ninth level of the Crossing Tribulation Stage in terms of humanity’s realm.
It hadn’t even reached a full major realm yet.
While concealing his aura, he directed spirit power into the flying treasure.
The palace-shaped flying treasure shot out several kilometers in an instant.
The firebird immediately lost its ability to sense Yi Chen’s aura.
Lie Bo was filled with shock and fear.
With his intellect, he swiftly deduced that what he had just sensed was likely deliberately leaked by Yi Chen to the firebird, to test his intentions.
This also meant that regardless of Yi Chen’s power, at the very least, his divine consciousness significantly surpassed Lie Bo’s expectations. Its strength was higher than that of the full-level firebird’s Perception Ability.
A chilling premonition surged in Lie Bo’s heart.
