Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon

It wasn’t just Stone Gate City; even the powerful wraiths of Calamity City were mobilized by then. Taking the three cities in the rear as the core, all the wraith altars in the vicinity had entered a state of emergency, and the message was also relayed to the front lines. The current order from the Spectral Saint Mage was to find the attackers at any cost and extinguish them.

One must understand that the construction of a wraith altar is not a simple matter—it requires numerous resources, and the recovery would not be something that could be completed in a short time. Because of this, it might even cause changes in the strategic situation at the front lines.

Although Long Dangdang and his group were not clear about the overall situation of the wraith altars within the Wraith Kingdom, they were very aware of the impact that destroying them could have. At the moment, they continued their magical recovery through cultivation in another cave, which was situated between Calamity City and Stone Gate City. Compared to the previous cave they were in, it was farther from Stone Gate City and closer to Calamity City.

Before commencing their operation, all these caves that Long Dangdang had selected to construct recovery array formations had been carefully considered. According to their plan, at most six such sanctuaries would suffice, but in fact, Long Dangdang and Ling Menglu had constructed as many as twenty, hence the lengthy preparation time required.

Plans cannot keep up with changes; no one can be certain of the situations they will face once the operation begins. Therefore, as Long Dangdang set up these twenty refuges, he combined patterns with chaos. This way, their whereabouts would be harder to track, using disorder to baffle the Wraith Kingdom.

The demon hunting team had survived for thousands of years because they had taken their elite special forces operations to the extreme—few in number, agile, individually powerful, equipped for executing a variety of complex missions. At this time, Long Dangdang was leading his companions, fully displaying the demon hunting team’s characteristics.

As for the turmoil outside, members of Demon Hunter Team 1911 were not aware, but they could guess some of it. Yet, they were all recovering their conditions, quickly returning to their peak under the array formations inscribed by Ling Menglu.

When Ling Menglu once again opened her eyes, the sparkle in her beautiful pupils had been rekindled. Sensing her awakening, Long Dangdang also opened his eyes. He and Little Eight had previously cast the Forbidden Spell Earthly Fire Heavenly Stars together; their depletion wasn’t as significant as Ling Menglu’s, with Little Eight sharing the burden. By then, he had almost fully recovered as well. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Are we ready?" Long Dangdang asked.

Ling Menglu nodded.

"Then let’s go." Long Dangdang woke the rest of their companions, and once more they began to teleport. Meanwhile, the Slow Delay Domain’s protection could still last another ten minutes, enough time for them to go through with the teleportation.

This time, when they reappeared in a new cave, they did not engage in meditation and cultivation. Long Dangdang immediately began to inscribe his own teleportation array formation, and after a few minutes, the teleportation continued. However, the delay effect of the Slow Delay Domain was left behind there, and the cave, without the dense fluctuation of the light element, was also difficult to detect, unlike those caves they had used earlier for cultivation through the array formations.

Outside, the powerful wraiths were chasing their shadows, while they were swiftly changing locations using the most convenient teleportation. If they wished, they could now use long-distance teleportation to leave the Wraith Empire’s rear at any moment.

When the teleportation was completed once again, they appeared in a cave—or more precisely, a burrow. Inside the burrow, the Earth escape shuttle lay quietly, and in front of it, there was a passage that had been created long ago.

No need for further words, everyone quickly boarded the Earth escape shuttle, the hatch closed, and Long Dangdang took control of the shuttle, moving swiftly, taking his companions and stealthily infiltrating Stone Gate City. That’s right, they had come back, back to Stone Gate City.

Attacking the wraith altars outside was their main objective. From their earlier reconnaissance, they had concluded that the number of powerful wraiths in the rear was limited. The wraith altars being attacked would be a significant event for the Wraith Kingdom. The powerful wraiths stationed in Stone Gate City were undoubtedly strong and numerous. However, if the wraith altars surrounding Stone Gate City were attacked one after another, would the powerful wraiths here be mobilized? The answer was almost certainly affirmative.

The reason Long Dangdang and his group had returned was not to try to destroy the possibly vast wraith altar inside Stone Gate City. No matter how relaxed the guards were, there would still be powerful wraiths, and with their current cultivation level, the likelihood of destroying the wraith altar in Stone Gate City was undoubtedly very low. They had a different purpose for coming back.

The Earth escape shuttle traveled swiftly underground, following a route that Long Dangdang had long since finished planning. It wasn’t his first infiltration, and he could be said to be very familiar with the process.

The reason they did not use teleportation to enter Stone Gate City was that teleportation arrays produced spatial fluctuations the moment they were used. In the wilderness, it was not easy for powerful wraiths to detect this, as the wilderness was vast, and the soul power of powerful wraiths could not cover it entirely. However, within a city, it was a different story. Long Dangdang had experienced the spiritual power of powerful wraiths covering an entire city. By entering Stone Gate City using the Earth escape shuttle, they didn’t have to worry about this, as burrowing a hundred meters deep into the earth meant even top figures were unlikely to detect their presence.

Having stopped the Earth escape shuttle, Long Dangdang opened the hatch. Of course, they were not yet on the surface but still underground. The situation outside must be fraught with tension, so whatever they did, they had to be especially careful.

Outside was a space of about one hundred square meters created by the Earth escape shuttle. Long Dangdang was the first to exit the shuttle. From here, there was a half-dug passage extending upwards, leading to their destination. It was the same exchange shop that had once stored Soul Stones.

Yes, this was Long Dangdang’s ultimate goal after luring the snake out of the hole. Little Evil needed a large number of Soul Stones for early evolution, and if Little Evil could complete its evolution, the help to Long Dangdang would undoubtedly be immense. So, they returned. There was no place easier to obtain Soul Crystals than here. Long Dangdang did not dare to go to Calamity City, so this was the best target.

Little Evil was released by Long Dangdang, and the other companions also emerged from the Earth escape shuttle. Long Dangdang put away the shuttle, for if everything went smoothly, they wouldn’t need it anymore.

A faint earthy yellow glow emanated from Long Dangdang, surrounding his body. He slowly moved up through the passage, dissolving the surrounding earth just a little at a time, while releasing the Slow Delay Domain to isolate his and his companions’ presence.

Although it was highly likely that the garrison forces within Stone Gate City had already been mobilized, he still did not dare to take any chances and remained cautious.

The passage continued upward. Little Evil used its tentacles to climb, following beside Long Dangdang. Long Dangdang estimated that they were close enough and then stopped.

Little Evil deployed a spiritual detection to sense the treasure vault storing Soul Crystals. The protective array was much the same as when they had scouted before, and no powerful presence was detected inside.

The information sensed by Little Evil was naturally conveyed to Long Dangdang immediately. Long Dangdang pondered for a moment, checking if anything had been overlooked. For some reason, his heartbeat quickened slightly. However, no matter how much he thought about it, he didn’t feel like he had left any loopholes. Even if the powerful beings of the Wraith Empire guessed that he might attack Stone Gate City, they would still likely be guarding the wraith altar in the city, since all their previous attacks had targeted wraith altars. After all, that was the most critical spot, the core of Stone Gate City. It was definitely improbable that they would expect someone to sneak attack an underground treasure vault at this time.