62: Doubt and betrayal!

Of course, dealing with Chu Tian couldn't involve directly cornering him in an alley and beating him up.

Such methods could easily leave evidence, and while the Chu Family wasn't as powerful as the Zhou Family, they still held some influence in Changqing City.

Since I planned to act, it had to be with the intention of eliminating future troubles.

The most important thing was to avoid suspicion; otherwise, I wouldn't act easily.

I suppressed the impulse and focused on my studies.

...

In the Abyss, Ye Chen decided not to wait any longer for news from the first Vanguard Team, which still hadn't returned.

He had initially thought of sending a team with similar configurations to search for the Vanguard Team, but after consideration, he abandoned the idea.

The reason for the Vanguard Team's lack of communication was unknown.

Were they trapped? Or... had they betrayed?

Ye Chen wasn't very concerned about the loyalty of otherFamily.

However, he still needed to be somewhat wary of the Demon People, who possessed some human memories.

If the first Vanguard Team had already decided to betray him, then sending another Demon Person-led team to search for them would likely be like throwing good money after bad.

After much deliberation, Ye Chen decided to send a Little Devil unit to search.

The loyalty of the Little Devil was beyond doubt; otherFamily might betray, but the Little Devil, evolved from his coreFamily, would never betray him.

Moreover, putting aside the Little Devil's combat power, its ability to preserve itself was unmatched by otherFamily.

Even in an emergency, even if the enemy was a Shadow Assassin, it would be difficult to stop a Little Devil!

He selected twenty Little Devil who had learned to Enter the Shadows for this mission and gave them instructions:

First, covertly infiltrate and carefully observe the Vanguard Team's situation; once a problem is discovered, prioritize sending the message back to the Abyss, and then the Abyss Will make subsequent decisions.

After giving the instructions, the Little Devil entered the Otherworld according to the coordinates previously sent back.

At the same time, the Vanguard Team had settled down in Kain City.

Lorraine still led a few members into the city, while the rest of the team remained outside the city.

At this moment, they were dressed in casual clothes, leisurely sitting in a tavern, sipping wine.

"Commander, we've gathered a lot of intelligence these past few days. Should we report it to the Abyss?"

Next to Lorraine, a woman in a black dress asked in a low voice.

This woman was Lorraine's personal guard commander, and she was fortunate enough to be assigned to the Vanguard Team with her.

Lorraine didn't respond immediately. After taking a light sip of tea, she slowly spoke:

"Lily, what do you think of the Abyss?"

Lily was startled by the question, and a bewildered expression appeared on her face:

"The Abyss... it is naturally mysterious and great."

Lorraine didn't refute her and continued to ask:

"Then, compared to this world?"

Lily seemed to sense something and nervously glanced at her other companions:

"This... they're both pretty good."

Lorraine didn't press for a clearer answer from Lily's ambiguous response, only calmly instructed:

"Bring the intelligence from these past few days to my room. I'll send it to the Abyss after I review it."

Lily breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.

But this brief conversation made her vaguely feel that the commander seemed to have other ideas.

As night fell, Lily organized the intelligence collected over the past few days and sent it to Lorraine's room.

Lorraine took the intelligence and quickly flipped through it, then pulled out two pages regarding the strength assessment and made modifications.

"Strength Assessment: The extraordinary profession in this world is Knight. Knights enhance their strength through breathing techniques and combat skills, and condense a fighting qi seed within their bodies to stimulate their potential.

We once encountered two high-level Knights fighting outside Kain City; their destructive power is suspected to be that of a fifth-tier expert."

After reading Lorraine's revised content, Lily couldn't help but be greatly surprised.

The original strength assessment stated second-tier, but Lorraine had directly changed it to fifth-tier.

"Commander, you are deceiving the Abyss. If the Lord of the Abyss discovers it, we..."

Lorraine interrupted her, her tone firm:

"He won't discover it. I only wrote 'suspected fifth-tier,' so a misjudgment is normal."

"But... what's the point of doing this? Even if you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it forever."

Lily asked, puzzled.

Lorraine looked at the night sky outside the window and murmured, "It will have meaning. You don't need to worry about the rest. Just send this intelligence back to the Abyss."

Lily had no choice but to comply.

She activated the sacrificial array on her body and placed the letter inside.

The letter instantly burned to ashes, and the text within transformed into evil, distorted Abyssal script, floating into the array.

Inside the Abyss, Ye Chen, who was watching Apollo fight, received a notification from the Abyss Will and immediately became energized upon learning it was intelligence from the first Vanguard Team.

The first Vanguard Team had been missing for several days, and he had originally thought they wouldn't send a reply, but unexpectedly, he finally received it.

He eagerly checked the content they had investigated.

"The Otherworld is called Ailan World by its natives. The main race is humans, with the Roman Empire being supreme, and several other major kingdoms... The extraordinary profession is Knight. Knights enhance their strength through...

The destructive power of two high-level Knights is suspected to be that of a fifth-tier expert."

After reading the intelligence, Ye Chen frowned.

The cultivation system of the Otherworld was simple, just a common profession that focused on refining the body and stimulating fighting qi.

It was common in the Great World and various God Realm worlds, and its potential was not considered high.

However, Lorraine's intelligence mentioned that a small Kain City had two fifth-tier experts fighting, which made Ye Chen wary.

Kain City was just an ordinary city under a certain kingdom, not some famous grand city.

If the intelligence was true...

Then how terrifying would the strength of the legendary Roman Empire be?

Could it be that this Ailan World had achieved a breakthrough in the Knight cultivation system, breaking the limitations of the profession?

The destructive power of high-level experts was definitely not something low-level creatures could contend with by numbers alone.

The sixth-tier Demon Dragon was the best example; when strength reached a certain level, moving mountains and filling seas were effortless.

If it was truly as the intelligence stated, then this Ailan World might have to be temporarily abandoned, and plans made later when his strength was greater.

However, Ye Chen was skeptical about the authenticity of this intelligence.

The method of fighting qi had been prevalent in various worlds for countless years, but those who could achieve high-level accomplishments were few and far between.

If an unknown Ailan World could truly achieve a major breakthrough in the fighting qi system, then it would truly be a slap in the face to all the Great Worlds.

Since a Little Devil team had already been dispatched to investigate, he would patiently wait for their intelligence before making a decision.

...

On the other side, the Little Devil team had successfully arrived at the place where the Vanguard Team had previously landed.

By relying on their control over shadows, they easily found traces left by the Shadow Assassin in the Shadow World.

The Little Devil followed the traces to Kain City and discovered the Vanguard Team members stationed outside the city, but the Vanguard Team commander and a few others were nowhere to be seen.

The leading Little Devil did not act rashly.

It left fifteen companions to monitor the Vanguard Team members outside the city, while it led the other four Little Devil to infiltrate Kain City to investigate the situation inside the city.

Meanwhile, Lorraine was completely unaware of this.

Because she was worried about someone informing, she did not bring any Shadow Assassin when she entered the city, only a few trusted companions.

At this moment, what she didn't know was that in the Shadow World of Kain City, several Little Devil were quietly roaming...