Of those people, there was Lin Tianhao, as well as Li Yi and Kong Dao!
During the period of Wang Baole’s seclusion, Kong Dao and Li Yi both arrived. Kong Dao didn’t do much, but Li Yi immediately interfered in the construction of the new city zone, even putting forth hard-headed suggestions in many areas, requesting that changes be made.
Those requests, which were unreasonable in Lin Tianhao’s eyes, were immediately rejected by him. In front of Wang Baole, he had suffered and therefore yielded, which made him seem weak. However, as the son of a senator, Lin Tianhao was considered prominent regardless of which faction he was in.
Comparing his background, he didn’t lose out, and comparing his Noble, he had caught up and was now a Secondary Rank Four Noble like Li Yi. Comparing his cultivation, even though he was merely someone who had perfected the early-stage Foundation Establishment realm, Li Yi was still nowhere near superior to him.
This way, Lin Tianhao’s prominence was strongly conveyed. It wasn’t a simple rejection, but outright disregard. During that period of time, the clashes between them grew.
Even so, with the sounding of the alarm, the group of them charged towards the area in all seriousness. When they saw the huge face within the seal, they jumped out of their bodies in shock. Suddenly, the face was no longer screaming and was instead slowly calming down.
The alarm also stopped ringing at this moment.
The instant the face sank, Wang Baole heard the alarm and retracted his Dark Fire. When he stood up, the chilliness around him visibly disappeared. When everything returned to normal, Wang Baole, who emerged out of seclusion, rushed to the Divine Armament seal, looking extremely serious.
He didn’t know what the issue was, but according to his plans, the alarm would only sound when an extreme crisis occurs.
Therefore, even though the alarm had stopped ringing now, he was still charging at an extremely fast speed. He arrived not long after Lin Tianhao and company were inspecting the situation. He neared the area immediately, stepping out of the circular array formation. Lin Tianhao immediately noticed him, and hurriedly greeted him respectfully.
“Greetings, Mayor!”
Kong Dao and Li Yi stood looking coldly at Wang Baole without greeting him. If it were in another situation, Wang Baole would definitely throw them a death stare. However, right now, he didn’t have time to think about all that. He hurriedly neared and immediately inquired.
“What’s the situation!?”
Lin Tianhao didn’t dare to cause any delay, immediately speaking in a hushed voice and telling Wang Baole everything they knew and saw. That shocked Wang Baole, as he looked at the Divine Armament Catacombs seal that had returned to a state of calmness, and he thought about the time…
That was the exact time when I achieved cultivation breakthrough, the moment when the Dark Art wasn’t suppressed… When I heard the alarm, I immediately withdrew the Dark Art, and with that, the alarm stopped and the face sank. Wang Baole was deep in thought as he checked everything thoroughly. After that, he began inspecting the construction, ensuring that there was nothing wrong with it and that everything was going according to plan, before leaving.
From start to end, Li Yi and Kong Dao stood there without speaking to Wang Baole. Wang Baole also disregarded them and muttered under his breath as he left.
Putting on airs in my territory? With that thought, he turned to look at Lin Tianhao, speaking with a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
“Tianhao, I spent about a month in seclusion right? It’s been almost two months since we’ve arrived here, hasn’t it?”
Lin Tianhao estimated the time in his mind and immediately agreed.
“Yes, it’s been almost two months. My three vice mayors haven’t reported to work. That’s interesting. It seems like they don’t wish to suffer here. Tianhao, go to the Martian City to meet the Martian Colony Governor now to inform her about what happened. Tell them that if they’re unwilling to come, I don’t want them either!” Wang Baole spoke arrogantly, wanting to leave after that. However, Li Yi and Kong Dao, who were standing nearby, were immediately angered.
“Wang, are you blind!?” Li Yi had initially wanted to take over whatever Wang Baole refined, but since losing, she had lost all will, feeling that she must have been kicked by the donkey to have made Wang Baole fall in love with her. Listening to Wang Baole’s words now, she grew even more furious.
“Oh?” Wang Baole turned around, throwing a glance at Li Yi, before turning to ask Lin Tianhao.
“Who’s that?”
Li Yi was about to explode from anger. A fire was raging in her eyes, and she looked furiously at Wang Baole while speaking with gritted teeth.
“Wang Baole, don’t go overboard and feign ignorance here. Do you think…”
“Shut up!” Without waiting for Li Yi to finish what she had wanted to say, Wang Baole bellowed, the late-stage of his Foundation Establishment realm cultivation exploding, instantly forming a strong force that directly suppressed Li Yi!
Li Yi trembled violently, feeling as if her eardrums were about to be broken apart. At the same time, she sensed the transformation in Wang Baole’s cultivation and immediately gasped. Even Kong Dao, who was beside her, was shocked, his facial expression changing wildly. He hadn’t noticed it with the alarm sounding previously. Furthermore, Wang Baole instinctively tried to hide it when he arrived, which made this sudden activation of Wang Baole’s cultivation catch the attention of Kong Dao.
“You still know that I am Wang Baole? Vice Mayor Li, do you know then that you’re just an assistant? You don’t greet me when you see me and are instead waiting for me to greet you?” Wang Baole reprimanded, without a hint of politeness.
His cultivation, status, and responsibility were all superior to Li Yi. Right now, whatever he said reigned, putting so much pressure on Li Yi that she was aghast with shock and hyperventilating.
Kong Dao also fell silent, knowing that it was unwise for him to say anything right now.
Seeing that Wang Baole was reprimanding Li Yi, Lin Tianhao gloated in his heart. He had grown extremely annoyed at Li Yi during this period of time, and now, he opened his mouth to speak.
“Mayor, I would like to confess… After Vice Mayor Li arrived here, she made many suggestions that weren’t in line with the foundational blueprint for the Eternal Fortress that was given by you. I didn’t dare to apply them, which resulted in delays in the construction process…”
Wang Baole raised his brows upon hearing Lin Tianhao’s words, and he looked towards Li Yi.
“Mayor Wang went into seclusion the moment he arrived and didn’t care about how things were progressing over here, eventually resulting in chaos. As the vice mayor, I would naturally have to oversee the construction of the new city zone. What is wrong with expressing my opinion about it?” Li Yi raised her head, recovering from being reprimanded previously as she looked coldly at Wang Baole.
“You can. From now on, Vice Mayor Li won’t only be in charge of the area of the seal, but also the construction of the entire Eternal Fortress. Tianhao, pass a copy of the blueprint for the Eternal Fortress to ViceMayor Li later on.” Wang Baole spoke decisively, shocking Lin Tianhao. Even though he wasn’t sure why Wang Baole responded this way, he still hurriedly nodded his head.
Li Yi was taken aback as well. She had originally planned to find a chance to interfere later on, eventually gaining the power to oversee the construction through a dramatic underhand scheme. Her goal was only to be in charge of twenty to thirty percent of the entire process.
However, she had never imagined that Wang Baole would hand over the entire responsibility for the construction to her. However, even though she was suspicious, she immediately accepted the power that she had been bestowed.
Without bothering himself further with Li Yi, Wang Baole turned to look at Kong Dao.
Kong Dao was silent. He thought about the time he made a pact with his foster father and the Mars military when he first arrived, and how Wang Baole had flipped between being the leader and relinquishing his power in a give-and-take manner, which gave him an indescribable gut feeling. He didn’t know what it was, but he instinctively felt that there was danger lurking.
However, he still greeted Wang Baole expressionlessly.
“Greetings, Mayor Wang.”
Wang Baole smiled vaguely, nodding his head before speaking calmly.
“Mayor Kong…”
“Say no more, Mayor Wang!” Kong Dao interjected Wang Baole mid-sentence.
“Didn’t you already communicate my role with the military previously? I won’t participate in any construction, and will only be responsible in guarding the Divine Armament Catacombs while periodically releasing the seal to do an internal cleansing. As for the resources, I have already reported to Mayor Lin, and I won’t participate in any audit!”
“The alarm just sounded here, and I need to inspect in greater detail. If nothing’s the matter, I will be taking my leave.” As he spoke, Kong Dao didn’t pay any further attention to Wang Baole. Instead, he turned and led his army of military cultivators and began stringent inspections outside the Divine Armament Catacombs.
Wang Baole looked at Kong Dao and squinted his eyes. He didn’t say anything and turned to lead Lin Tianhao out of the Divine Armament Catacombs’s seal. Li Yi threw a glance at Kong Dao before looking away. Thinking about the power she had just gained, her heart palpitated. Even though she was still suspicious, she was no longer hesitant. Even if there were to be anything amiss with this matter, she wasn’t afraid!
Perhaps, this is a sign that Wang Baole is bowing down to the White Deer Dao College…