The Seventh Base

Chapter 1149: Chapter 195: Parting Ways

As Wu Lai fought, he kept an eye on Proto’s battlefield. Seeing the Holy Light Sword fall and obliterate Proto’s figure, Wu Lai’s face turned pale.

Another heavy blow struck his body, sending Wu Lai flying. He was already injured, and remained distracted during the battle.

“Bang.”

A beam of the Light of Destruction shot towards him. Just then, a figure appeared in front of Wu Lai. Blazing flames burned, and the Flame Sword sliced through the air with dazzling brilliance, forcing the attacking figure back.

It was Vera O’Brien. After repelling the opponent, her gaze turned towards Proto’s battlefield, and her expression became a bit awkward. Proto was part of their team.

“Bastard…” Wu Lai roared in anger, as seen on that battlefield, Rodrigo revealed his hand, and the Big Spear on him released a dazzling light of slaughter, sweeping out. In an instant, two Church Skywalkers were dead or wounded.

“Retreat.”

At this time, the people of the Church realized it was unlikely they would take down Ao Temple’s team now, especially given their losses. Some began to feel the urge to retreat, and the call to withdraw was shouted out.

The Church Skywalkers began to retreat one after another. With intense reluctance in his eyes, Wulim, who was fiercely battling Xu Mo, retreated after a violent clash, his deep gaze ice-cold with murderous intent, saying to Xu Mo, “You will certainly die.”

Xu Mo’s eyes beneath his helmet also revealed intense killing intent, but at this moment, he couldn’t be bothered with Wulim. His figure flickered, heading directly towards Proto’s battlefield.

Moving swiftly through the air, Xu Mo quickly reached Proto’s side. Vera O’Brien was also there, and Rodrigo stood in front of Proto. At this point, Proto lay on the ground, his armor shattered, without a trace of life.

For a moment, the atmosphere here felt somewhat oppressive.

After the Church retreated, Montis also gave the order to withdraw. They had suffered considerable losses, and this Ao Temple team was difficult to handle. Anos’s combat power was not inferior to his. Continuing the fight would lead to even greater losses.

Thus, they could only withdraw.

The surrounding Abyss Monsters instantly retreated like a tide, quickly vanishing without a trace.

After the strong forces from all sides had left, many from Ao Temple were injured. However, except for Proto, the others were still alive, and the most severely injured was Wu Lai.

He dragged his injured body over and removed his helmet. Seeing Proto’s corpse, his eyes turned dark and grim.

“A step too late.” Rodrigo spoke, his voice indifferent, devoid of any emotion.

“Why did you let him die?”

Wu Lai raised his head, his face contorted, his eyes bloodshot.

The people of Capital Star Ao Temple never had a good impression of him. If he hadn’t received any support and was killed, he would say nothing. He never expected anyone from Capital Star to save him.

Proto was the only one who came to help him. Moreover, Proto was from Capital Star Ao Temple, just like Xu Mo, a talented younger brother. He trusted the senior brothers from Capital Star Ao Temple and believed in Rodrigo’s strength. He never thought he would die in the end.

However, Rodrigo deliberately delayed time, purposefully dragging Proto to his death.

With Rodrigo’s strength, how could he be stalled? He could have forcefully cleared the way directly.

Rodrigo frowned, looking up at Wu Lai, his gaze extremely sharp. He said coldly, “What are you talking about?”

“Why did you let him die?” Wu Lai’s voice was tinged with a roar, coldly saying, “He was from your Capital Star Ao Temple and a younger genius, your junior brother. Why did you watch him die, deliberately delaying rescue efforts? How did Proto offend you?”

Upon hearing Wu Lai’s words, Xu Mo’s gaze also turned cold, staring at Rodrigo.

He was not aware of the specifics of Proto’s death. If it was a death in battle here, there would be nothing to say.

However, if he was killed by a conspiracy…

Wu Lai wouldn’t make baseless claims; since he said so, he must have seen something.

Proto, once the first person in Ao Temple’s dire straits, upon becoming a Skywalker, volunteered for this mission. Although his current strength was still weak, with Proto’s talent, he would surely be able to enter the Mystic God Ranking in the future. He had great potential.

He belonged to Capital Star Ao Temple, was part of Rodrigo’s team, and was his junior.

From any perspective, Rodrigo had no reason not to save him.

So, why?

Was it because Proto and he were acquainted? Because they had spoken to each other?

Xu Mo believed it was unlikely, after all, what Rodrigo did carried certain risks; Proto, regardless, was a member of their team.

For some reason, Xu Mo thought of Heath O’Brien’s death.

So, is this a continuation of the Empire Trial Field event?

Does Heath’s death require someone to take responsibility?

Wu Lai’s questioning caused the space to become somewhat oppressive, with numerous gazes falling on Rodrigo. If it was simply a matter of aid arriving late, it wouldn’t matter as much. Though losses during a mission are painful, they are situations that can occur.

But if Rodrigo deliberately refrained from rescue, then the situation changes, turning it into a case of premeditated harm.

Moreover, Proto was part of Rodrigo’s team.

Anos and Vera also looked at Rodrigo, believing that Rodrigo wouldn’t do such a thing. The relationship between Proto and Rodrigo was neither good nor bad, and Proto hadn’t obviously offended Rodrigo.

Rodrigo sensed the gazes and frowned, staring at Wu Lai. An invisible energy storm emanated from him, pressing towards Wu Lai as he took a step forward, instantly enveloping him with a powerful sense of oppression.

Wu Lai stood firm, staring back at him. Rodrigo said coldly, “Do you know what you are saying?”

“Of course I know.”

With fearless eyes, Wu Lai stared at Rodrigo: “I saw with my own eyes that you were held back by the Abyss Monster and didn’t rescue Proto in time. Your combat power shouldn’t have been restrained. If you had been a bit faster, Proto wouldn’t have had any trouble, yet you just happened to stall and watched him die in front of you.”

“Presumptuous.”

Rodrigo shouted, his terrifying aura going berserk as he raised the Big Spear in his hand, pointing it at Wu Lai.

“Proto was a member of my team,” Rodrigo said coldly.

“That’s right, so I want to ask why you did it?” Wu Lai said, “He was a member of your team. Before he died, he said that reinforcements were about to arrive. He trusted you.”

“What a mad dog.”

At this moment, a cold, sarcastic voice came; it was Ryder’s voice.

“Proto sacrificed himself to support you, didn’t he?” Ryder said indifferently, “And you chose to flee the battlefield? Now, you accuse Rodrigo of not rescuing in time?”

Wu Lai stared at him. They had gone over there with an agreement with Proto, to ask for help, not to escape.

“Don’t forget, you were the ones who caused the incident in the first place, and now you’ve gotten Proto killed, only to turn around and accuse us?” Ryder sneered, “You Chloe Star people from the Mystic God Temple are something else.”

“Enough.” Vera O’Brien scolded Ryder. She was already a bit fed up with his antics.

However, she still found it hard to believe that Rodrigo intentionally killed Proto.

From what she knew of Rodrigo, he wouldn’t have been so narrow-minded as to develop ill intentions just because Proto was close to Xu Mo and the others.

“The battlefield conditions were complex. Ryder, is it possible that you misunderstood Rodrigo during the chaos?” Vera O’Brien spoke, though her tone was more conciliatory, intending to defuse the situation rather than incite it like Ryder.

“There is no possibility.” Wu Lai replied firmly.

Vera O’Brien was at a loss for words. She hadn’t even thought about her brother Heath O’Brien’s death, as she didn’t blame anyone else for that incident, including Proto.

Anos stood watching from the side. He didn’t know what had happened and had only come to support later; he didn’t understand the conflict between the sides, so he found it unsuitable to intervene without understanding the situation fully.

The conflict between the sides was evidently very intense.

“Wu Lai, do you know you are accusing me of murdering a fellow disciple of the Mystic God Temple? This is a serious accusation, and you will pay a price for your words.” Rodrigo’s voice carried a threatening note.

“So, you want to kill me?” Wu Lai stared at Rodrigo.

There was indeed a murderous intent in Rodrigo’s eyes.

“Senior Brother Wu Lai,” Xu Mo called out. Wu Lai looked at Xu Mo, and he heard Xu Mo then address Vera O’Brien, “Senior Sister Vera, we’ve interrupted for long enough; we should leave now and each carry out our tasks.”

The conflicts on both sides had reached this point, and it was apparent that continuing together was impossible. There were already rifts, now fully triggered by Proto’s death.

Vera O’Brien understood and nodded, “Be careful. If you encounter any danger, notify us immediately.”

“Okay.” Xu Mo nodded politely, looking at Proto’s body. Vera O’Brien said, “Proto was a member of our team; we will take him back.”

“Thank you very much.”

Xu Mo nodded and then turned to leave.

The six members of the Mystic God Temple from Chloe Star went together; Wu Lai gave Rodrigo a cold glance, only to see Rodrigo looking back equally coldly.

Afterward, Wu Lai turned and walked away, the two teams going their separate ways.

As Xu Mo and his team walked a certain distance, Xu Mo said, “Senior Brother Wu Lai, by publicly pointing out that Rodrigo killed Proto, you might have provoked him to have murderous intentions towards you.”

Thinking of Proto’s death, Xu Mo felt a bit angry; a former top talent of the Ten Palaces being killed by his own people.

“You believe me?” Wu Lai looked at Xu Mo and asked.

“You are my senior brother; of course, I believe you,” Xu Mo replied.

Wu Lai looked at Avery and Wang Ming, and Avery said, “I believe you too.”

Wu Lai had an open and straightforward personality, outspoken and hearty. He would never make unfounded accusations.

If he said Rodrigo had intentionally killed Proto, then Rodrigo must indeed have problems.

“Hmm.” Wu Lai nodded vigorously, without saying more.

However, making Rodrigo pay the price would be very difficult.

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