Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1515 - 642: Old Bai Masters the Heavenly God Skill!

This is already nearly twice as fast as an ordinary Seventh Rank Deity.

But when it was discovered that Zhao Ji was also refining the Boundless Heart Sea Region at the same time, suddenly everything made sense…

Many details that couldn't be explained before could now be clearly understood.

—Turns out Zhao Ji and Qiu Tu were refining the region together, which is why it seemed like Qiu Tu managed to refine 46 regions in just three days.

So… Qiu Tu's promotion to Eighth Rank was just a ruse. In fact, all his recent refining of the Boundless Heart Sea Region was just a smokescreen.

The reason he made this whole operation so ostentatious was actually to cover up Zhao Ji's actions.

The purpose was quite simple, really.

It was that… Zhao Ji's talent and power far surpassed Qiu Tu.

With Qiu Tu's strength, wanting to advance to the Eighth Rank would take ages, but Zhao Ji isn't that far from Eighth Rank, and her advancement is much easier.

More importantly… compared to Qiu Tu's combat power, the "Heavenly God Reincarnation" Zhao Ji's fighting strength is much scarier.

She's practically famous in the Northwestern Region for "cross-rank battles." Stage Four kills Stage Five, Stage Five kills Stage Six, Stage Six kills quasi-Seventh Rank!

Although it's not clear how strong she is right now, both the Fog Hidden Association and the three major forces believe that once Zhao Ji breaks through to Eighth Rank, she'll likely be able to challenge the late Eighth Rank in a straight fight.

So, after discovering Zhao Ji was refining the Boundless Heart Sea Region simultaneously with Qiu Tu, nearly all the forces instantly locked onto their new target: Zhao Ji.

Compared to Qiu Tu, she is their real dire threat.

So, that iron tower-like man who set fire to the manor, and the child dressed in a suit with hands in his pockets, after thinking for a moment, finally decided to give up on Qiu Tu and chase after Zhao Ji.

And that woman with hair like vines, slender body, childish face and generous curves, after hesitating for a while, also slowly vanished in Zhao Ji's direction...

As for the man merged with the water, and the elderly man leaning on a cane, after careful consideration, they too shifted their attention to Zhao Ji…

Just like Zhao Ji thought in the meeting: with Qiu Tu's wits, he would never fully trust that lazy-and-dumb pair, Qing Lan and Candle Dance. So of course, he made early plans and preparations…

It's just… maybe even Zhao Ji didn't expect that Qiu Tu's arrangement wasn't on himself, but on her.

"Giving the enemy a new target is the easiest way to divert their attention…"

Besides, Qiu Tu also believed: it's only a few Eighth Rank Deities hunting her, Zhao Ji could definitely handle them.

After all… she's Zhao Ji!

And so, with the Northwestern Region's focus perfectly shifted from Qiu Tu to Zhao Ji—

Qiu Tu once again gained a brief window for development.

Knowing the enemy could react at any moment, every second was precious, so over these two days, Qiu Tu rapidly refined the Boundless Heart Sea Region.

During this refining, Cataclysmic Materials from the Three Major Sanctuaries arrived batch after batch to his next area for refining.

Of course, to fully play out the drama, Qiu Tu also ordered the Three Major Sanctuaries to place an equivalent amount of Cataclysmic Materials in the cities Zhao Ji passed through.

Fortunately, the Endless Heart Sea – Edge Region may be poor, but with decades of accumulated resources dumped on two people, it was more than enough.

So, even the three major forces didn't notice anything suspicious…

This time, only people from the Fog Hidden Association, because they knew more, weren't so easily fooled…

Three days later.

Seventh Sanctuary – Sangma City.

Zhi Yan Heavenly King and White-clothed were hiding nearby, quietly watching each batch of resources transported to the designated storage site, then chatting softly.

Zhi Yan was clearly curious about White-clothed's position, so she subtly asked, "Sir White-clothed, aren't you supposed to be stationed in the Disaster Zone, awaiting the president's arrival?"

"Why have you come personally to Sangma City to guard it?"

Upon hearing Zhi Yan's words, White-clothed smiled gently. Then he said, "For that, you'll have to ask Golden Lion."

"He tossed me this mission. I wasn't the one who wanted to come."

Being one of the three Heavenly Kings of the Second Sanctuary, Zhi Yan was clearly an Old Fox herself.

She didn't believe a word White-clothed said.

So she asked, "So, are you just here to go through the motions, or did you come to protect Qiu Tu?"

Maybe worried she hadn't phrased it clearly, she continued, "What you said earlier—about just handling chores—was that true or not?"

On hearing Zhi Yan's questions, White-clothed smiled, his eyes squinting to two slits, giving his face a comically cheerful look. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"King Zhi Yan isn't trying to snitch, right?"

"That would be unfortunate."

White-clothed's words seemed watertight and highly ambiguous.

At first, it sounded like he was warning Zhi Yan not to rat out White-clothed to Qiu Tu and ruin his plans.

But on closer reflection, it also seemed like a reminder not to snitch to the Fog Hidden Association.

Anyway… whether you interpret it one way or another, it all makes sense.

So, for a moment, Zhi Yan was even more baffled about White-clothed's true stance.

She wanted to probe a little further.

But just then, Sangma City suddenly trembled for reasons unknown, and surging energies began breaking out from tiny world fissures and leaking toward the real world.