The gathered Plume Immortals shook their heads.
"Is this Gao Tian killing him? Clearly, it was Obscura who created a chance for him to kill Gao Tian. Infuriating. Foolish! Obscura is as cunning and scheming as those humans. Despicable!"
Yue Ting raised its head. "Humans? Yes, there are indeed human members of Obscura."
Bei Qing glanced at Yue Ting. "Sooner or later, I will kill Hong Xia."
"Not him. There is another." Yue Ting hesitated briefly. "And that human has also obtained the ability to teleport."
Hearing this, Nan Ling suddenly remembered. "Yes! Ancestor, we were just about to report this to you. The reason this war suddenly began is that Yue Lu was severely injured by that Keeper of Balance and nearly killed. After investigating, we learned that the true cause is that the human civilization now has an Aberrant who has obtained the ability to teleport."
Boom!
The cosmos pressed down with enough power that countless spatial cracks opened up and spread out in every direction.
"What? A human has obtained the ability to teleport?" The terrifying existence roared. Its rampaging aura caused even the Plume Immortals to struggle to breathe. Nan Ling had never imagined that a single report would enrage their ancestor so much. It did not even know how to respond.
"A human? Humans can now teleport?" the terrifying existence continued to roar.
Nan Ling forced itself to answer. "Yes, that is what Yue Lu said. At the start of this war, the human who can teleport also came here. Ming Yu faced him and kept pursuing him. Yue Ting can testify to that as well."
Yue Ting quickly spoke up, "Yes, Ancestor. Please understand things clearly. That human truly is able to teleport. He is the one who used Taiqing's sourcebox array to help Obscura attempt to seal off Gao Tian’s senses. If we had not made preparations in advance, Gao Tian might really have been sealed off. Although that human is only an Aberrant and is not especially strong, he has many methods and is extremely strange."
More and more spatial cracks opened up. In the distance, the rifts split the Aevum Inch like lightning falling from the sky. They were even larger than the Plume Immortals' great tree, looking like crimson pillars holding up the sky.
"Forget everything else. Kill that human first. Exterminate that human civilization!" the terrifying existence roared. Hearing about humans had completely ignited its fury.
Bei Qing asked in a low voice, "Then what about the war with Obscura, or that traitorous bug?"
"Destroy this human civilization first. Nothing is more important than that! Do you not understand my words?"
"Yes, Ancestor."
"Yes, Ancestor."
***
The Immortal Lord left Vestigium to complete their candidacy trial. Only by using a civilization to destroy the civilization designated by Obscura could they truly join as a member. No one was exempt from this process.
But after having lost Luo Chan, the Immortal Lord's means of travel had become Obscura’s gates. They were extremely unaccustomed to such a method.
After the Immortal Lord was gone, Ba Se addressed Lu Yin again. "What do you wish to exchange your remaining rewards for?"
Lu Yin said, "That can wait. Ba Se, you never told me that the Plume Immortals had such a terrifying old monster. I almost died! Shouldn’t you have said something?"
Ba Se calmly replied, "That is war. Anything can happen. Not to mention you, but not even Obscura expected that bird to still be alive."
Of course Lu Yin did not believe that at all, and neither did any other Obscura member. "Who exactly is it?"
Ba Se said, "Shang Jing, the Ancestral Plume of the Plume Immortals. It is a creature that resonates with three cosmic laws and is also a wielder of a guardian artifact. It is one of the strongest known existences in the Aevum Inch, as well as one of the key instigators of the war against the Nine Ramparts."
Lu Yin's eyes flickered as he stared into the pitch-black depths of Vestigium. In the distance, the Divine Tree seemed to transform into a gigantic Plume Immortal. Shang Jing? Ancestral Plume? One of the instigators of the war against the Nine Ramparts?
At this moment, Lu Yin felt as though another corner of the past had been lifted. He finally saw a clearly defined enemy.
"We all believed that it had died back then. We did not expect it to still be alive. As long as it lives, the Plume Immortals will not fall so easily. This war may drag on for a very long time," Ba Se continued. The conversation between them and Lu Yin could not be heard by the other members of Obscura.
Lu Yin stared at the Divine Tree. "Why did you all think that it was dead?"
Ba Se casually replied, "That is a matter of knowledge. Do you wish to exchange a reward for that knowledge?"
Of course Lu Yin did not agree to that exchange. Although he very much wanted to know the details, using a reward for that information would be too costly. Regardless, he already knew that Shang Jing was one of humanity’s strongest enemies, and that was enough. His target had become clear. It was just that this enemy was much too terrifying, and his current self was nowhere near enough to deal with it.
After all, he could not defeat even Hong Xia.