Insight

"Let them go?"

Ian Song sneered at Selena Owens. "Selena, you're way too naive. You know exactly why they came to Elmridge Prefecture. If my sister, brother-in-law, Frank Shaw, and Huntley Hayes weren't here today, have you thought about what would happen to me?"

"I...!"

Selena Owens opened her mouth but couldn't speak. She knew Ian was right—if the others weren't here today, even she wouldn't have been able to keep Ian alive.

"Little brother, not bad! You haven't been blinded by a pretty face!"

Rhea Redmoon said with a cheerful smile.

Right after that, Rhea Redmoon, Galen Silverwing, Frank Shaw, and Huntley Hayes all struck at once.

"Run!"

Zane Owens turned into a streak of white light, shooting toward the city gate, but was intercepted by Frank Shaw with a single sword. In just three strikes, Frank Shaw cut Zane down.

As for the other Owens Family Heavenly Gods, they didn't even have a chance to resist—they were wiped out almost instantly.

For a moment, the entire hall fell silent.

At last, the old clan head helplessly waved his hand: "Enough, let’s leave it at that."

Right now, the Owens Family is carrying out a colossal plan. If they succeed, the family will gain a new God-King. At that point, Rhea Redmoon, Galen Silverwing, and Frank Shaw won’t matter.

So the old clan head chose to endure. Otherwise, provoking Galen and Rhea could ruin the plan.

The next day.

Ian Song left Elmridge Prefecture to complete his second mission as a Two-Star God-Demon.

Since his strength was already exposed, he no longer concealed it.

He returned in just one day, carrying the corpses of five fierce beasts, and completed the mission.

In the days that followed, he frantically completed missions, quickly meeting the promotion requirements. In just twenty days, he advanced from Two-Star God-Demon to Three-Star God-Demon.

During this time, the Owens Family seemed to have quieted down.

In a certain courtyard in Elmridge Prefecture.

Ian Song was sipping tea, thinking that more than two thousand years had passed in the Immortal World, yet Hannah Murong and his parents still hadn’t ascended.

Suddenly, he sensed something and asked Selena Owens, who was standing nearby and seemed absent-minded: "Do you think the Owens Family will really let this go?"

"Elder Zane, what exactly happened?"

Selena Owens shook her head, then after a moment’s silence, said, "You should leave Elmridge as soon as possible."

"Do you know something?"

Ian stared at her and asked.

"Don’t force me!" Selena Owens pleaded.

"Fine, I won’t force you. Let’s analyze it together!" Ian Song smiled mysteriously. "When I rescued Talon, he told me your family was plotting something that couldn’t be leaked, so you were hunting him. If I’m not mistaken, exposing this would cause your family great trouble, maybe even ruin the plan, right?"

Selena Owens didn’t reply, but her eyelids twitched.

Ian’s smile grew brighter. "Looks like I guessed right. Let’s keep analyzing. The Owens Family are the local tyrants of Elmridge Prefecture. If it were an ordinary matter, even if exposed, no one could do anything to them. But they’re this nervous, which means it isn’t ordinary gods they’re worried about, but powerful experts and especially the God-Demon Corps!"

So I suspect your family is either refining a God-King-level ultimate weapon—

Selena Owens visibly relaxed.

"Looks like I guessed wrong. If it’s not a weapon, then your family is trying to produce a new God-King!"

"How...how did you know?"

Selena Owens stared at Ian Song in shock, her eyes full of disbelief.

Is that so hard to guess?

Ian Song smiled indifferently. His soul had undergone eleven metamorphoses, which brought not just strength but wisdom. With his intelligence, even the smallest clues let him deduce many things.

He gave a cold smile. "If the Owens Family produces another God-King, they’ll have absolute power to sweep away all obstacles in Elmridge Prefecture. Even the God-Demon Corps wouldn’t dare confront them. Good plan! Too bad I’ve figured it out, so they’ll never succeed!"

"Ian, I beg you, don’t let this secret out!"

Selena Owens pleaded.

Don’t leak it?

Ian Song sneered at her. "If the Owens Family produces a God-King, all I can do is flee Elmridge and become a stray dog. My relatives who ascend later will fall into their hands, and Frank Shaw’s daughter will be targeted. Frank is my friend, and Rhea Redmoon and Galen Silverwing have helped me. You want me to watch them die? I won’t accept your request!"

Selena Owens was speechless again.

Also! If the Owens Family produces a God-King, do you really think they’ll spare a traitor like you? Your plea won’t earn gratitude, only destruction!

With that, Ian Song flicked his sleeve and left. He was going to report everything to the God-Demon Corps and push them to sabotage the Owens Family’s plan.