Zhang Yue's so calm attitude, as well as the words he spoke, instead caused the God of Wrath to be momentarily stunned.
The meaning of Zhang Yue's words… could it be that he had long already known all of his own plans?
"Don't try to cover your own stupidity with such ridiculous jokes," Jie'e said, thinking himself clever, "From start to finish, my plan is flawless. With just you, a mere mortal, it's absolutely impossible to discover it!"
"Flawless?", Zhang Yue gave a cold, light laugh, "Might as well say it's full of holes."
Even Cherry at the side felt extremely astonished, "Master, when did you discover that he was disguised by this bad guy?"
"When entering Gate of Immortality, as a team leader, not knowing whether one's own team members meet the conditions to enter the Gate of Immortality, and using forgetfulness as an excuse, don't you think that's a bit ridiculous?"
The God of Wrath froze for a moment, clearly not having expected that, starting from that moment, just due to such a small detail, he had already aroused Zhang Yue's suspicion.
After pausing, Zhang Yue continued to speak, "After entering the Gate of Immortality, your familiarity with this place's layout didn't resemble someone who had only been in once or twice before. You've been here at least ten times."
Guessed right again.
Because the Fatal Lock was sealed within the Gate of Immortality, in order to regain the Fatal Lock, the God of Wrath, nearly every time the Gate of Immortality opened, would come in once.
Therefore, he was thoroughly familiar with the layout within the Gate of Immortality.
However, as the interior of the Gate of Immortality was filled with Divine Guards, no matter how many times he entered, he couldn't, by his own power, take the Fatal Lock.
At first, the God of Wrath had also transformed into the appearance of a professional, and when the Gate of Immortality opened, lured in professionals, attempting to use them to help him take the Fatal Lock.
But in the end, because the Mist City, filled with lord-level monsters, was too difficult to conquer, and adding the obstruction of Divine Guards that could evolve into god-level bosses, ordinary professionals didn't even get the chance to enter the Mist City before being wiped out.
So in the end, the God of Wrath could only lock his gaze onto the main forces of the Seven Nations, planning to personally nurture them, and when they arrived at the World 22, have them assist him in entering the Gate of Immortality to take the Fatal Lock.
And then, when the Seven Nations' main forces were crushed by Zhang Yue in the World 21, the God of Wrath temporarily changed his target, and shifted to Zhang Yue.
Immediately after, Zhang Yue continued to speak, "From the first Devour Beast that appeared from the forest, to each subsequent map you took me into, each had one such Devour Beast stationed. Normally, lord-level monsters couldn't have three evolution stages of devouring. Clearly, this Devour Beast's identity is unusual, absolutely not just a gatekeeper guarding the map."
"Next, you intentionally avoided all maps guarded by Devour Beasts, only waiting outside, using me to kill the Devour Beasts, your intention was far too obvious."
The God of Wrath found it unbelievable.
Zhang Yue's meticulous thinking simply made his scalp tingle.
Turns out Zhang Yue wasn't stupid, it was he himself who had been too careless.
Only at this point did the God of Wrath finally realize, "So when that last Devour Beast appeared just now, you deliberately didn't take action, just to verify that these Devour Beasts have traits that counter me."
"You've awakened, huh," Zhang Yue said blandly, "Didn't you yourself tell me before? It's exactly because of those damn Divine Guards that you couldn't get the Fatal Lock, so these Devour Beasts, should be the so-called damn Divine Guards, right?"
"Damn it!", The God of Wrath glared at Zhang Yue, gnashing his teeth in hatred, "From the start, you dug a big pit, waiting for me to jump in?"
Although Zhang Yue had said back then that the Fatal Lock was personally buried by him a hundred years ago, the God of Wrath didn't believe it.
If it had truly been buried by Zhang Yue, he would've already tried everything to retrieve it and prevent the Fatal Lock from falling into his own hands.
In this regard, the God of Wrath still thought himself quite clever.
But never did he expect: even though Zhang Yue indeed didn't know the location of the Fatal Lock, he used this method to acquire its location through him.
If Zhang Yue had searched by himself, his only path would've been to first obtain the Resurrection God Stone, use it to resurrect Long Two, and learn it from his mouth.
But thinking back now, that method was truly a gamble.
Because although Zhang Yue had successfully obtained the Resurrection God Stone within the Gate of Immortality, it could only be used after leaving the Gate to revive Long Two.
At that point, even if Zhang Yue knew the Fatal Lock was within the Gate of Immortality, he would no longer be able to re-enter to search for it.
Because each Gate of Immortality can only be entered once per person in a lifetime.
No doubt, this move by Zhang Yue was truly ruthless.
So ruthless that even the God of Wrath couldn't imagine it.
Amid the shock, the God of Wrath instead acted nonchalantly, "Indeed, I admit, you do have some brains."
"Only, even if you turned the tables, used me to find the Fatal Lock, and even indeed found it."
"But now, the Fatal Lock is already in my hands. What can you do to seize the Fatal Lock from me?"
"You should've known a hundred years ago, with the Fatal Lock protecting me, I've already gained an Undying Spirit Body. You can't kill me."
Zhang Yue also had clear self-awareness, "Mm, I can't kill you."
"Then what if it's it?"
With a glance from Zhang Yue.
The Armageddon Black Dragon beside him suddenly lifted its foot.
In the next moment, that emperor-level Devour Beast that had been stomped flat, actually stood up again.
"What?", The God of Wrath was immediately stunned, "You actually didn't kill it?"
Zhang Yue smiled calmly, "Since I already knew your goal, wouldn't it seem unreasonable not to hold back a little something?"
When planning to use the hands of the Seven Nations to eliminate the Divine Guards, the God of Wrath had already entered the Gate of Immortality many times beforehand, probing the exact positions of every Divine Guard.
So after bringing Zhang Yue in, he lured Zhang Yue step by step to eliminate all the Divine Guards.
This was to prevent those Divine Guards from causing trouble.
But after all that careful calculation, the God of Wrath hadn't accounted for: Zhang Yue actually kept such a trump card.
After heavily injuring this final fusion-form emperor-level Devour Beast, he had the Armageddon Black Dragon activate blood-lock protection mode, and right in front of the God of Wrath, faked the illusion that the Devour Beast had already been killed.
The moment the Devour Beast stood back up, the God of Wrath really did panic.
He relied on the Fatal Lock to recover a bit of confidence.
"With the Fatal Lock protecting me, a mere Divine Guard, can do nothing to me!"
ROAR!
The Devour Beast let out a roar, and pounced toward the God of Wrath.
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