Chapter 328
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Chapter 328: The Arrival of the Shadow King
"Impressive! Truly worthy of being the ally chosen by my Shadow King!"
After breaking through the energy shield of the large Defense Systems, the Shadow King quickly arrived over the exile planet.
His Perception Ability effortlessly covered the entire exile planet.
He marveled at the defensive formation above the Great Flame Kingdom.
This large defensive formation was indeed inferior to the large Defense Systems.
Its coverage was far less than that of the human federation’s large Defense Systems.
But for someone who had only just broken through the Tribulation a year and a half ago to set up such a powerful barrier, that was truly extraordinary.
At the very least, he questioned himself; at Yi Chen’s strength realm, he couldn’t even set up a defensive formation as strong as this large barrier, let alone the powerful ones.
The large Defense Systems could not even block the Shadow King, who excelled at concealment.
Naturally, Yi Chen’s large defensive formation was as good as useless.
The Shadow King did not teleport.
But like the Soul Clan, the Shadow Clan was also an energy entity without a physical body.
The greatest talent of the Shadow Clan was their ability to change form infinitely and become invisible.
No matter where it was, as long as there was the smallest gap, they could pass through, even entering the enemy’s body through their pores.
Reaching the level of the Shadow King, even a seemingly impenetrable energy shield could be crossed.
He easily entered the large defensive formation.
The Shadow King first used his Perception Ability to scan the Great Flame Kingdom, and after finding no trace of Yi Chen, he passed through the defenses and infiltrated the flying treasure that resembled a palace.
Inside one room of the flying treasure, he discovered Yi Chen’s avatar.
However, Yi Chen’s main body was not in the flying treasure.
What was going on?
The Shadow King felt a bit bewildered.
He exited the flying treasure and searched the Great Flame Kingdom again.
Still, he couldn’t find Yi Chen.
He left the large defensive formation of the Great Flame Kingdom and searched the entire exile planet.
He even checked the outer space of the exile planet.
Yet, he found nothing.
Goodness, had he left the exile planet?
The Shadow King felt like a mere follower.
Wherever Yi Chen went, he followed.
He was more diligent than someone searching for their husband hundreds of miles away.
There was no way around it; after all, he had eagerly sought this person to be his ally.
He exhaled deeply.
He could only activate his special ability to use the collected essence and energy of Yi Chen to locate his current position.
A vague direction appeared.
What the heck!
The Shadow King nearly knelt in shock.
Why had Yi Chen moved millions of light-years away again?
It took him over two months to travel from the Tianling Star Cluster back to the galaxy.
Just as he finally arrived at the exile planet, Yi Chen had once again gone to the Tianling Star Cluster?
Was this a game of hide and seek?
Moreover, without a medium-sized battleship or a larger vessel, Yi Chen couldn’t possibly have reached the Tianling Star Cluster so quickly.
After much hesitation, the Shadow King decided to first discuss the alliance with Yi Chen’s avatar.
It was already established that Yi Chen did not intend to swear loyalty to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and was not going to abandon the citizens of the Great Flame Kingdom.
Considering Yi Chen’s character, an alliance would be worthwhile.
Since that was the case, there was no need to waste more time going to the Tianling Star Cluster; he could negotiate with the avatar and then find Yi Chen again to finalize the contract.
With his mind made up, the Shadow King passed through the defensive formation again and entered the flying treasure.
He then entered the room where the avatar was located.
Inside the room, the Yi Chen avatar was sitting cross-legged.
It was doing nothing and thinking of nothing.
Due to not having refined its meridians and acupoints, the avatar could not cultivate.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Yi Chen’s main body was fully focused on cultivating and preparing to break through to a higher major realm, so it wasn’t suitable to be distracted.
Thus, the avatar simply remained in the room like a statue.
Suddenly sensing a powerful aura, the Yi Chen avatar abruptly opened its eyes.
To its surprise, a gigantic dark figure had appeared in the room.
The strength of the aura was second only to that of the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe it had encountered.
"Is it an enemy or a friend?"
After a brief moment of shock, the Yi Chen avatar couldn’t even be bothered to be on guard.
Because being cautious was pointless; it simply wasn’t a match for the visitor.
Fortunately, it was just an avatar; the main body was not here.
Even if it was killed instantly, it wouldn’t have a significant impact on the main body.
"Friend!"
The Shadow King transformed into a shadowy figure resembling humanity and approached the Yi Chen avatar.
Yi Chen believed about eighty percent of what he heard because he had gathered some special information while encircling the fleet of the Soul Clan.
This dark figure could very likely be the shadow that teamed up with the Soul Emperor to kill the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Moreover, since the figure could directly appear before him, it surely sensed that he was not his true body.
If it truly had hostile intentions, it would have lurked in the shadows, waiting to strike when his main body appeared.
He asked the second important question:
"Can you tell me how you passed through the defensive formation I set up?"
"We of the Shadow Clan have no main body; we can change infinitely and blend seamlessly. With my strength realm, in my eyes, both your defensive formation’s energy shield and the energy shield of the large Defense Systems actually have gaps to exploit."
The Shadow King spoke candidly: "You have been to the human federation and have gathered related technological knowledge."
"It’s like a piece of metal that seems to have no seams, but if I could shrink smaller than the size of atoms, the gaps would become very large. If I can withstand the forces between the molecules, I can easily pass through."
"The energy shield works the same way."
Yi Chen suddenly understood.
His Teleportation Technique should also be based on this principle.
Otherwise, in a truly enclosed space, the Teleportation Technique would also fail to pass through.
At the very least, with his current strength realm and understanding of the laws of space, the Teleportation Technique would not be able to get through.
In the future, if he wanted to create formations that countered Teleportation Techniques, he should start researching this aspect.
"Do the powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe also possess similar abilities?"
He asked again.
The Shadow King sensed Yi Chen’s concerns and shook his head, saying, "You can rest easy; the powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe can only forcibly break through your defensive formation. However, with the strength of your energy shield, they might hold on for only three to five minutes."
Yi Chen frowned slightly; three to five minutes was not long enough for the citizens of the Great Flame Kingdom to retreat.
However, the most pressing question now was why this powerful being from the Shadow Clan had come to him.
Such a strength realm could not belong to a race from this star cluster.
They likely came along with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Given that they had teamed up with the Soul Emperor to kill a powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, they probably had a grudge against them.
Did they know he didn’t intend to pledge allegiance to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and wanted to find him for cooperation? Were they plotting to kill the next envoy from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe?
Even if they were not enemies, it was hard to say if they were friends.
Yi Chen did not want to be a pawn for anyone.
He would indeed like to eliminate the third envoy from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, but that would only happen if no one knew he was involved.
Otherwise, his small frame wouldn’t withstand the retaliation from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
"Don’t overthink it; my intentions are simple. I come as the strongest member and highest ruler of the Shadow Clan, representing the entire Shadow Clan to discuss an alliance with you. Moreover, with you as the ally leader!"
The Shadow King got straight to the point.
Yi Chen looked bewildered and unconvinced.
"My fortune is strong.
So strong that I don’t even dare to look at it.
But it’s not strong enough to attract a powerful race to come to me for allegiance while I’m still just a tiny ant, right?
Who do they think they’re fooling?!"
