Chapter 992: Kill
The so-called ancient powerhouse of the Ruò Iron Tribe was, of course, an impersonation by Li Xiaofei. He had read every recorded text within the ancestral fortress of the Ruò Iron Tribe, and his knowledge of their ancestors was nothing short of thorough. Moreover, he had personally seen all the dead of the Ruò Iron Tribe.
Those powerful warriors who had perished to Oblivion, before they were reanimated into undead husks by electrical stimulation, were nearly perfectly preserved, their appearances lifelike and unmarred. Li Xiaofei remembered every single one.
The identity he had assumed now was based on one such perfectly preserved corpse, an exceptionally powerful individual. According to the fortress’s texts and records, that person had once held the position of High Priest within the Ruò Iron Tribe.
Back then, the tribe had split into two factions over whether to follow the Ancestor of Wisdom and abandon the Evolution Temple.
One was the Patriarch’s Faction, which emphasized the continuation of the bloodline and thus advocated departing to ensure the tribe’s survival.
The other was the High Priest’s Faction, which believed in unwavering faith in the ancestral path of evolution and insisted on remaining. This faction was fighting to overcome the evolutionary shackle and repel the beasts of Oblivion by transcending their current limits.
Thus, the role Li Xiaofei played now was that of the High Priest’s successor. Theoretically, he was a devout priest through and through. With the Eight-Nine Mystical Arts he had learned from Zhu Zhixun and others, and with the actual corpse of the High Priest carried by his side, allowing him to perfectly mimic the priest’s aura, Li Xiaofei could replicate the man flawlessly. His identity could not be exposed.
A knock came at the door.
“Enter,” Li Xiaofei said calmly.
The door opened. Led by Tie Ruo, Tie Shi and the other elders of the council entered the room.
“Greetings, Senior.”
Regardless of truth or illusion, everyone respectfully greeted him.