Chapter 1266: King of Silver?

Dark clouds hung over the Cao Gang.

Continuous wind and rain drifted into the interior of the Cao Gang through the holes in the ceiling. The members of the Cao Gang, having just experienced the chaos caused by "Heart 6," swallowed nervously as they looked at the dozen figures emitting terrifying pressure in the sky above.

Eighth-Order, Seventh-Order, Seventh-Order, Seventh-Order, Seventh-Order, Seventh-Order, Sixth-Order, Sixth-Order, Sixth-Order...

Hiss...

Is this the true strength of the Pu family?

Seeing this scene, the two Seventh-Order leaders of the Cao Gang felt cold sweat continuously seeping from their backs... Facts proved that the foundation of the Pu family was simply incomparable to any other Divine Path organization in any other realm. After all, this was the only Divine Path organization among the Nine Realms with a Demigod presiding over it... Of course, excluding "terrorist organizations" like the Twilight Society's Fire Tamperers.

Even in the South Sea Realm, which possessed two Divine Path Ancient Treasures, the Pu family could firmly sit on the throne of the number one power. They relied not only on those political maneuvers but also on their own absolute strength.

Not to mention, this wasn't even the Pu family's full strength; they still had a Ninth-Order ancestor living in seclusion, and an Eighth-Order Judgment Deputy in the Tian-Shu Realm.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Pu family at full strength could even go head-to-head with any other realm.

"Did you find out?" The Patriarch asked, hands behind his back, looking calmly at the Pu family members emerging from the Cao Gang.

"We found out, Patriarch. He ran in that direction."

The man pointed in a direction.

"Pursue."

As the Patriarch's voice fell, the surrounding Pu family high-level members immediately flew toward that direction. Numerous figures streaked across the sky, attracting the attention of many citizens.

"Patriarch, if we search like this, can we really find Chen Ling?" The Pu family's Fourth Uncle couldn't help but ask.

A period of time had already passed from the incident at the Cao Gang to the Pu family's pursuit. If Chen Ling was fast enough, he should have already escaped without a trace by now... To be honest, although this group of theirs was powerful, Pu Fourth didn't think they could still catch Chen Ling. After all, if they were truly good at tracking and catching thieves, they wouldn't have placed all their hopes for solving the case on Han Meng.

"Whether we find him or not is not important," the Patriarch said leisurely. "What's important is the 'attitude'."

"Attitude?"

"A World-Ending Calamity has infiltrated the South Sea Realm, and our Pu family is the first to go out in full force to face the world-ending threat... This is the attitude." The Patriarch glanced out of the corner of his eye at the center of the South Sea Realm.

"Over the past hundred years, our Pu family has risen strongly. Our ancestor advanced to Demigod and hid all his lifelong insights into the Book Divine Path within the surname 'Pu'... Any child of our Pu family has an extremely high affinity for the Book Divine Path, and their advancement speed after stepping onto the Divine Path is also incredibly fast. Now, the entire Book Divine Path Ancient Treasure is already surnamed Pu. In a few more decades, maybe the entire South Sea will be surnamed Pu...

What kind of person is the South Sea Lord? How could he possibly allow such a thing to happen?"

"So, we are doing this for the South Sea Lord to see." The Pu family's Fourth Uncle suddenly realized.

"Fourth, you should just use that brain of yours for writing. The logic that even our juniors understand, you're only just realizing now." Pu Laoliu snorted coldly.

"If it were before, our Pu family would indeed be the sky of the South Sea Realm, but now that the South Sea Lord has awakened, he will only allow one sky here... and that is himself.

He ordered a strict ban on Divine Path possessors participating in the Alliance Council, and this time he sent people to interrogate the Pu family; these are all knocks and warnings to the Pu family. If it weren't wartime, I'm afraid he would have already made a move against our ancestor."

"This time we went out in full force; whether we catch Chen Ling or not is not important. What's important is letting the residents of the South Sea Realm see our attitude, and also letting the South Sea Lord know that, at least at this juncture, our Pu family is indispensable."

In a sense, this was the Pu family's "counterattack" against the South Sea Lord's order for interrogation.

"Politics is really complicated," Pu Fourth muttered.

"I'd better just honestly write..."

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something else.

"Then what if we actually run into the Calamity of Mockery?"

Pu Laoliu's expression stiffened, and he glanced at the Patriarch out of the corner of his eye...

"If we run into him, we naturally have to make a move," the Patriarch answered as a matter of course.

"But that's a World-Ending Calamity. What if he goes berserk... with just us, can we stop him?"

"If it really comes to that point, we wouldn't be important anymore. That's a problem for the South Sea Lord and our ancestor to worry about."

"That's true..."

While they were talking, the Pu family members had already arrived at the spot where Pu Jianyue had entered the sewer.

The Patriarch scanned the surroundings and said calmly:

"Let's split up and search."

"Alright."

Numerous figures immediately scattered in all directions.

Pu Laoliu knew that this pursuit was more of a show, so his actions were quite lazy. Just as he was about to pick a random direction to go, a thought suddenly came to his mind, and he subconsciously looked in a certain direction...

Whatever, just pick one.

Pu Laoliu flickered and chased in that direction.

……

Strokes of ink emerged from the gaps in the manhole cover, reforming into the figure of Pu Jianyue in the deserted alley.

Pu Jianyue looked around, and after confirming that no one was chasing him, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Although it was a pity that he didn't lure out the King of Silver, at least he had completed the mission and successfully escaped... As for why the King of Silver didn't show up, perhaps the Queen of Clubs had the wrong information? Or did he see through that he was fishing?

Pu Jianyue didn't want to think about it anymore. Going directly to find the Queen of Clubs and asking clearly was the best choice now.

When Pu Jianyue was escaping, he had chosen a route close to the hotel, so it wasn't far to find the Queen of Clubs now; he just needed to cross the street.

Just as he put on his cloak and hood and left the alley, a figure flew over from a distance.

That figure did not hide his Divine Path but flew openly through the air, causing a burst of exclamations from the citizens on the road below.

Seeing this scene, Pu Jianyue immediately pulled back the step he had just taken.

What's going on?

Pu Jianyue frowned tightly. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively poked his head out and looked toward the flying figure...

When he saw the person's appearance clearly, Pu Jianyue seemed stunned, then violently pulled back into the alley. He crouched in the dark corner, his chest heaving violently!

His heart was pounding wildly!

"King of Silver..." Pu Jianyue gritted his teeth. "You really came!"

Pu Jianyue would never forget that face...

The impression he left on Pu Jianyue was so deep that when he saw him, an instinctive irritation and resistance rose in Pu Jianyue's heart.

Just like when he was in the Wuji Realm, Chen Ling's Yesterday Revolver only swapped Pu Jianyue's memories but did not change the original character image. At this moment, he had already substituted his father's image into the role of the "King of Silver," and his brain began to run at high speed.

It seems the Queen of Clubs was right. The King of Silver... he was actually lured out by himself!