Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2900

Chapter 1413 Old Friends

Zu’an’s heart skipped a beat. This incident involving Asura was the result of a joint effort by Marshal Luo Qiantuo and Elder Vimalakirti. Now that Vimalakirti’s envoy had arrived, it would be a good opportunity to find out the reason why the two had joined forces.

A moment of silence fell over the room before a voice said, “Let him in.”

Soon, a figure entered, completely shrouded in a black robe, his face obscured.

Compared to Asura, the man appeared extremely thin, but Asura, who had led the way, showed no disrespect, remaining respectful throughout.

Zu’an pondered to himself, “Is this Asura’s priest’s robe? He doesn’t look like a respectable being.”

The door opened quickly, and Luo Qiantuo, riding a golden-armored horse, sat in the room, looking at the man in black robes.

“Why didn’t Vimalakirti come himself?”

the black-robed man asked. “The Grand Elder has important matters to attend to and cannot leave. He sent me to discuss the previous matter with the Marshal.”

Zu An’s heart skipped a beat. The black-robed man’s voice was soft and charming, clearly that of a woman, but her speech was somewhat unnatural, as if she could conceal her true voice.

However, there was a peculiar aura about her, not the normal aura of an Asura.

In fact, from the moment he entered the City Lord’s Mansion, he sensed a faint aura emanating from all the Asuras in the mansion. If he had to describe it, that aura seemed like demonic energy.

Asuras are inherently jealous and have explosive personalities; if they were to be tainted by this demonic energy, their killing intent would likely only intensify.

Luo Qiantuo was about to answer when

he suddenly looked in Zu An’s direction: “Who goes there!” As he spoke, he thrust a long spear towards them.

Zu An hurriedly dodged, but the spear pierced through his hiding place, instantly turning him into dust.

While marveling at the power of Luo Qiantuo’s attack, he wondered how the other had discovered him. Was it simply because he had been distracted for a moment?

Luo Qiantuo was also somewhat surprised. In his home turf, although he hadn’t used his full strength, he had still used seventy percent, yet the other had dodged so easily.

He dared not be careless any longer, standing up and quickly conjuring nine arms to attack Zu An.

Asuras were determined by the number of arms they had; the Asura King Zu An had seen in the Underworld before also had only nine arms.

Each of Luo Qiantuo’s arms seemed to blot out the sky, locking down every inch of space around the opponent, determined to capture him alive.

However, the next second, he frowned deeply, because all nine of his arms had grasped nothing.

His palms opened, revealing nothing.

The black-robed woman was also somewhat surprised: “That person actually managed to escape?”

She knew Luo Qiantuo’s strength very well; even the Grand Elder Vimalakirti would have to deal with an attack from all nine arms simultaneously, yet the mysterious person had simply vanished?

“He seemed to vanish into nothingness for a fleeting moment, as if he didn’t exist in this world at all.” Luo Qiantuo was also somewhat shocked. He had indeed locked down this space, but since the other party simply didn’t exist, he naturally couldn’t catch him.

If he hadn’t been extremely confident in his eyesight, and if the black-robed man hadn’t witnessed it, he would have doubted whether he had just imagined it.

At this moment, Zu An was also secretly wiping the cold sweat from his forehead outside the city lord’s mansion. Fortunately, he had vanished from reality for a fleeting moment, otherwise, a direct confrontation with the other party would have been quite troublesome.

Asuras love battle the most, and Luo Qiantuo was recognized as the war god of the Asura realm, his strength was definitely no less than Di Jun’s.

In addition, this Iron City was his territory, with an endless army of Asuras. If a real battle broke out, he would be worn down to death.

He dared not go into the mansion to investigate further, so he couldn’t know what the envoy and Luo Qiantuo had discussed.

However, he had already made a guess in his mind during the brief contact, and the next step was just to verify it.

He hid outside the city lord’s mansion. An hour later, the black-robed woman quietly left through the back gate.

She seemed very cautious, vigilantly surveying her surroundings to make sure no one was following her before weaving through the crowd, occasionally disappearing in a wisp of black smoke.

But Zu An was waiting for her, and he wasn’t about to let her escape.

Having learned his lesson, he followed her even more cautiously.

Fortunately, the black-robed woman was clearly weaker than Luo Qiantuo and couldn’t detect him.

Eventually, she arrived at a military camp outside the city. Zu An had learned from Princess Liuli that this was Luo Qiantuo’s most elite Blood Navy Legion.

He couldn’t help but wonder, hadn’t this black-robed woman just had a secret talk with Luo Qiantuo? What was she doing at the Blood Navy Legion?

He vanished into thin air and followed her in.

“How’s the matter I asked you to handle going?” The black-robed woman quickly arrived at a high-ranking tent in the military camp. Judging from the guards and the size of the tent flags, she was probably the vice commander of the Blood Navy Legion.

“It’s almost done. What about what the Grand Elder promised me?” A powerful but ugly Asura stared coldly at the woman in black robes. Even from a distance, Zu An could sense her powerful aura; she was probably only slightly weaker than Luo Qiantuo.

“Don’t worry, once things settle down in the Eternal Night Abyss, you’ll get everything you want,” the woman in black robes said calmly.

“You’d better not lie to me, or even if he is the Grand Elder, I will kill him,” the vice-commander said gravely.

“Don’t worry, Luo Qiantuo is too emotional and not worth planning with. The Blood Navy Legion naturally needs your control,” the woman in black robes comforted him.

“You know what I want isn’t the Blood Navy Legion.”

“Naturally, one of the three great Asura cities will belong to you.”

…

Listening to their cryptic conversation, Zu An roughly guessed what was going on.

Clearly, this woman in black robes harbored malicious intentions, cooperating with Luo Qiantuo on one hand while simultaneously turning his vice-commander against him.

She was probably using the vice-commander’s ambition to make him do things that Luo Qiantuo was unwilling to do.

It was unclear whether this was the black-robed woman’s own idea or the Grand Elder’s.

Alas, the struggle for power is unavoidable in human society, as well as in the world of gods and Asuras.

Besides, what was this Eternal Night Abyss they mentioned?

He even had an impulse to subdue the two people in the tent and bring them before Luo Qiantuo. Even if he couldn’t turn him against Luo Qiantuo, he could at least make him turn against the Grand Elder, Vimalakirti.

Unfortunately, this was the Asura’s most elite Blood Navy camp, and he ultimately abandoned this tempting idea.

He waited until the black-robed woman left the camp before continuing to follow her.

After walking for a while, the black-robed woman suddenly stopped: “How long do you plan to follow me?”

Zu An didn’t deliberately conceal his presence, appearing directly from the void.

The black-robed woman frowned slightly: “Are you from the City Lord’s Mansion?”

Even Luo Qiantuo couldn’t catch this being.

Zu An was somewhat curious: “You don’t seem afraid at all?”

The woman in black robes chuckled: “Why should I be afraid?”

Her voice was sweet and alluring, even more melodious than before, making every man in the world feel a pang of pity.

Zu An naturally realized that this was an extremely skillful seduction technique, but who was he? How could he be bewitched by such a thing?

The other party’s composure made him uneasy, and he decided to go all out to avoid any mistakes.

A seven-colored divine light was unleashed, and the other party was about to defend, but suddenly paused: “Brother Zu?”