A Mantis Stalking a Cicada, Unaware of an Oriole Behind (1)

Somewhere at the God Realm of Absolute Beginning.

Ōtsutsuki Yakou arrived at the place where Gu Zhu pinpointed him and parked his Warship there, which would strengthen the seals he planned to implement during the fight.

With the presence of the Warship, the efficiency of his Fūinjutsu would be several times stronger because he could use his Warship to power up the Fūinjutsu Seals and make them several times stronger than average ones.

Meanwhile, Qianye Ying'er was preparing for the final act. When hearing how many people were coming, they would need to perform some show to buy time until the Fūinjutsu Sealing Formation activated.

Naturally, Qianye Ying'er was a splendid actor, so Yakou didn't doubt her acting abilities and that she would do her role well. He himself, was preparing for the fight against many many enemies, as this would also serve as a good test of his power after breaking through to the Saint Realm.

Not to mention, he was also planning to test the Mangekyō Tensei-Sharingan this time. He already predicted that the ability of his Mangekyō, the Void End, would have disastrous consequences for the cultivators of the Brahma Monarch God Realm.

Yakou was already laying down the Sealing Formation that he planned to use against the Brahma Monarch God Realm cultivators because he needed to get them all. Not even a single one of them could escape, or else it would spell disastrous consequences.

The best scenario would be leaving Qiaye Fantian in the dark about the developments and that he needed to get thoughts that his subordinates died in the God Realm of Absolute Beginning.

There was a decent possibility that he would think that they were killed by the Primordial Beasts, especially if Yakou captured a few weakest of them and used his Mangekyō on them to induct a mighty illusion on their mind.

This would then force Qianye Fantian to send another wave of powerhouses after his daughter, which would mean another group of sacrifices to the God Tree, which in turn would mean that Qianye Ying'er would recuperate much faster.

"All preparations on my end are done."

Qianye Ying'er reported to Ōtsutsuki Yakou, who was working on the sealing formation around the entire location. He had a lot of work to do, and after the sealing formation was finished, he needed to interconnect it with the Fūinjutsu Seals on the Ōtsutsuki Warship.

"Splendid... how long do you give them?"

Ōtsutsuki Yakou asked as he raised his brow as the former Crown Princess of the Brahma Monarch God Realm was attentively oversing him inscribing the Fūinjutsu Seals one after another.

Even though the Primal Chaos Dimension had Sealing Arts, they were not very developed and certainly were not a match even for the basic Ōtsutsuki Fūinjutsu.

"A few days... Uncle Gu deliberately left traces of me leading here, so they would be here faster."

Qianye Ying'er muttered silently, because this would be the first step to her defiance against the Brahma Monarch God Realm that would end in its destruction.

"You seem somewhat depressed..."

Yakou could tell from the tone of her voice and body language that she wasn't in a good mood, even though she attempted to hide or... or not, he doubted that he could read her persona if she really tried.

"Yes... it was my home for more than a thousand years and my Legacy... the birthplace of my mother, it just feels surreal..."

Unbeknownst to her, a few lonely tears escaped from her ears that even she didn't notice; even though she always appeared to be a strong and distant person, deep inside, she was still very vulnerable...

Her mother was her most beloved family member who was murdered by Qianye Fantian...

"Don't worry... it will be alright... everything will be alright..."

Before she realized she was leaning over Yakou's chest as she was sobbing silently. One part of her hated herself for being this weak in front of a man; another part of her mind was rather happy that he was acting there as her moral support and not taking advantage of her.

Meanwhile, Yakou took a little pity on her, even though it was not his style, but he spent a few weeks if Qianye Ying'er and he found her a very pleasant person, if he didn't count her aloof and cold personality at the start.

She was very intelligent and a good conversationalist, not talking about her intelligence that was something extraordinary on its own.

***

Several days later, God Realm of Absolute Beginning

"We are nearing the lôcoation; she should be hiding somewhere in these areas..."

Stated the leading cultivator of the group. There were more than two hundred of them, ranging from the Divine Sovereign Realm to the peak Divine Master Realm. The man who spoke was the strongest from the group, reaching peak Level 10 Divine Master Realm.

Along with two others, he was one of the 12 Brahma Gods and was considered as one of the strongest cultivators of the Brahma Monarch God Realm.

"Are you sure this is not a trap?"

Asked a plump old man wearing a golden robe with the sigil of being also one of the 12 Brahma Gods and he too was a peak Level 10 Divine Master Realm cultivator. Not only him, but a good number of the Brahma Kings and Brahma Elders were also standing at the peak of the Divine Master Realm.

The Brahma Monarch God Realm wasn't the strongest human-controlled faction for nothing. They had the highest number of Divine Master Realm cultivators and peak Divine Master Realm cultivators after the Dragon God Realm.

Not to mention that all of their cultivators that practiced the methods and techniques of the Brahma God Clan were top-notch warriors and that was a considerable feat. If someone was a pinnacle powerhouse, it didn't mean that the person in question was also a powerful combatant.

"I don't think so... or rather say, that chances are low. Qianye Ying'er lost her Brahma God Divine Power and should have dropped to middle levels of the Divine Master Realm."

Answered the leading Brahma God confidently, because all things considered the changes of this entire endeavor being the trap was pretty low for the Brahma cultivators.

"And don't forget the damage done to her foundation; she will soon drop probably to the Divine Sovereign Realm and her actual combat prowess would be even lower than that."

Remarked the last Brahma God who was the youngest of three of them and had the appearance of a middle-aged man with brown hair and a beard.

"Stop chitchat; we need to go and act fast before somebody notices us."

Ordered the strongest and oldest of the Brahma Gods as they continued flying towards the place where Qianye Ying'er was supposedly hiding.