Chapter 359: Chapter 214: Can’t Find the Target! (Three in One, 5/5)_3
Chen Mo was now in a thick haze, clueless as to who his opponent was, which piqued his curiosity.
He considered several potential opponents.
The first could be a top-notch expert from the Academy Alliance.
The second could be a top-notch expert from an aristocratic family.
The third could be a top-notch Alien expert.
After all, to obtain a divine artifact component, one must pass the SSS-level Realm Breakthrough Assessment.
Given this prerequisite, it was almost impossible for anyone but a top-notch expert to accomplish this.
Therefore, the strength of his opponent was assured.
It was just that he didn’t know what stage of power his opponent was currently at.
If his opponent fit the first identity, a top-notch expert from the Academy Alliance, that would be the most stable situation for him. At least both parties could abide by the Alliance Hierarch’s agreement and avoid hurting each other. Of course, this could cause problems later on. After all, to complete this Above SSS-level reward, one of them has to die. If the opponent were the second identity, the circumstances would be similar to the first, but there would be fewer concerns afterward.
After all, aristocratic families and the Academy Alliance shared a semi-competitive, semi-cooperative relationship.
If mutual slaughter was necessary to foster the growth of the other party, both sides would permit such competition.
The death of one of the two could produce an Above SSS-level treasure—and not just any Above SSS-level treasure, but a top-grade one. Sacrificing one person for such a prize would be acceptable to both the Aristocratic Families Alliance and the high-ranking officials of the Academy Alliance.
But this presupposed that both parties had gathered all the divine artifact components and were allowed to kill each other openly.
However, before they gathered them all, they could only fight each other privately. Otherwise, neither alliance would allow their powerhouse to be eliminated just like that.
After all, they were all talents who had passed the SSS-level Realm Breakthrough Assessment.
Compared to a rare talent like Chen Mo, who had achieved consecutive perfect clears of the SSS-level Realm Breakthrough Assessment, both sides might even have vouched for him if not for their competitive relationship.
If his opponents were from the first two categories, he could ensure he wouldn’t be harassed at this stage, as long as he reported the issue to the Alliance Hierarch level. However, the last identity would be a different story. They were already eager to kill him. Now, with such a significant interest at stake, they would be even more desperate to feast on his flesh and drink his blood.
Soon, these three third-transition experts closed in to about a hundred meters from Chen Mo.
This was primarily because their detection abilities hadn’t found any targets in the area, which is why they continued to approach.
Originally, when they detected no one, they immediately reported back.
However, they then received a message from Rangu. He insisted that someone was definitely there and instructed them to investigate at close range if their wide-area detection failed.
This led to the three of them approaching this location.
In the end, even after closing to within a hundred-meter range, they saw nothing at all.
"Nothing. Did you guys detect anything?"
The three of them met up, still roughly a hundred meters from Chen Mo’s indicated position, utterly baffled.
"No, I’ve got an SSS-level Invisibility Breaking Stone on me. I didn’t detect anything, so it can’t be invisibility."
"I entered the Void Realm to check just now, and there was nothing there either."
"That can’t be right. If we can’t detect anything even like this, there’s probably no one here at all."
While talking, the three of them had already sent the message back.
"Sir, we’ve carefully inspected the area. All three of us are at the target location, but there’s nothing here. We’ve tried detecting invisibility and searching the Void Realm, but found absolutely nothing."
Hearing this answer, Rangu frowned and fell silent.
He carefully studied the display of the target location on the map. There’s absolutely no mistake; that person is definitely at this location. Unless Heavenly Dao is wrong... But clearly, Heavenly Dao can’t be wrong. It must be that my men lack the ability.
A thought suddenly struck him, and he immediately sent a message, saying, "Zuo Jing, hand your SSS-level Invisibility Breaking Stone to Boji. Although Boji can enter the Void Realm, his stealth detection ability isn’t good enough. The target might be hiding in the Void Realm *and* in invisible mode, which is why Boji couldn’t detect them."
Upon receiving Rangu’s response, the three men thought it seemed plausible.
Zuo Jing immediately handed the SSS-level Invisibility Breaking Stone to Boji.
When Boji re-entered the Void Realm to investigate, he was utterly dumbfounded.
As he emerged back into the physical world, Zuo Jing and his companion immediately looked at him curiously. "Well?" Zuo Jing asked. "Did you find anything?"
Boji shook his head with a bitter smile. "Nothing. Not even a single hair."
"Impossible! Why would Sir be so sure that there’s definitely someone here?"
"How strange. We’ve performed every search method we know. Apart from being invisible or hidden in the Void Realm, there’s no other way the target could conceal themselves from us."
The three of them immediately reported the investigation results back to Rangu.
Now, even Rangu himself was baffled.
Through the detection map provided by the Divine Power Mission, he could clearly see that Chen Mo’s position hadn’t budged at all. The target is right there! How could they have vanished into thin air? Could it be that the divine artifact component possesses some extraordinary ability?
Rangu glanced at the effects of the divine artifact component in his hand and couldn’t help but shake his head.
After all, a divine artifact component is just that—a component. Its abilities haven’t reached the Above SSS-level; they’re generally only SSS-level.