The Virtual Dark World was a nightmarish mirror of the living's Virtual Star World, accessible only to Dark Beings through their Dark Soul Rings.
It was a sprawling, ever-shifting realm of shadow and malice, governed by the Undying Will—a sentient AI like the SAAI!
Furthermore, only the faction leaders can summon the Undying Will when the Dead Faction faces trouble, and the Soulless Ghost King attacking his own faction is a huge matter.
If Jacob had only killed some lesser Dark Beings within the boundary of Three Steps of Legend or below, it wouldn't been a huge deal, but killing Legendary Nobles was a huge matter!
This gave the Blood Doom King, Wilbur, and Underwood Fiend King, Underwood, enough reason to initiate this meeting and summon the Undying Will to punish the Soulless Ghost King!
It doesn't matter to them if he had his reason or if someone had offended him first; they wanted to see him suffer!
In front of the Undying Will, Wilbur smirks at Jacob, "How… quaint of you to show your face here, Soulless Ghost King. I trust you've prepared a eulogy for yourself?"
Underwood also jeered. "You have some nerve to kill my trusted subordinates. I hope you're ready for me to carve your lies and feast on his marrow."
Jacob glanced at the two leaders of the Dead Factions, and he had to admit, they were no pushovers, but he wasn't afraid at all.
He looked at the Undying Will, a hint of intrigue flickered in his hollow eyes, "Let the Undying Will be the judge of it because my actions were no provocation… but justice."
At this moment, a beam of black light erupts from the monolith, scanning each leader, and Undying Will's voice boomed, "CEASE… HOSTILITY. THIS SUMMIT IS SANCTIONED. STATE YOUR GRIEVANCES!"
Jacob was slightly surprised by the Undying Will's curt reaction, but the other two didn't react much.
Wilbur finally spoke, "Respected Arbitrator, the Soulless Ghost King attacked my territories unprovoked. He violates the Accord of Dead. I demand his Leader seat dissolution and his Dark Network status revoked!"
Underwood followed suit, "It's not just the Blood Domain, but my Evil Domain's strongholds lie in ashes. The Fiend Clans cry for war. Only the Soulless Ghost King's head will sate them. So, including the Blood Doom King's demand, I demand Soulless Ghost King's status to turn into Faction Traitor and an Absolute Dead Order on his head!"
Undying Will turns to Jacob, who hasn't retorted to any of their claims yet, and questions, "SOULLESS GHOST KING. WHAT DEFENSE DO YOU OFFER?"
Jacob looked at the Undying Will and coldly stated, "The Vampires and Fiends conspired to steal the Throne of Death, murdering my kin, a pillar of the Dead Faction, the Drunkard Ghost King, Blackwell. I merely… reciprocated."
Wilbur was startled and couldn't help but snarled, "Lies! I have nothing to do with that idiot! If anything, I think you killed him yourself since we all know that he was probably screwing with your precious trophy, the Soul Ghost King!"
"Heh, Blood Doom King has a point. I even heard rumors that Drunkard Ghost King had gotten the Throne of Death. Now that you're claiming that he was killed, and you are the biggest suspect in this. You're probably doing this because you are afraid that the Soul Ghost King will kill you once she finds out or no longer cooperate with you.
"Hehehe… Undying Will, this guy has clear intent and reason to kill the Drunkard Ghost King, and now he'll put up this façade to escape from responsibility. He's even trying to fool you so you can judge whether he's qualified to be the leader!"
Underwood didn't miss this chance to entrap Jacob even more, and he couldn't help but wonder if Soulless Ghost King had turned into an idiot because he was just digging up his own grave by bringing up this irrelevant matter.
It was as if he wanted to get punished by the Undying Will and bring calamity to himself. But it was not possible since Soulless Ghost King would have no place among the Dark Beings if the Undying Will really declared him a traitor.
Moreover, his enemies were numerous and powerful; they were spread all over the legendary plains, and they would come after him once they realized he had lost the protection of the Dead Faction!
At this moment, Undying Will spoke again, "SILENCE. SOULLESS GHOST KING, THIS EVIDENCE… IS INCONCLUSIVE. BUT THE ACCORD OF DEAD DEMANDS RETRIBUTION. SOULLESS GHOST KING, YOU HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE; YOU MUST SUBMIT TO A VERITAS INQUISITION."
Suddenly, a dark chain erupts from the monolith, aiming at none other than Jacob; it is clear the Undying Will wants to bind Jacob.
Jacob was startled as he had no idea what this was about and what would happen if that chain touched him. Furthermore, he was just a virtual clone, but from the gloating and malicious smiles of Wilbur and Blackwood, Jacob knew something was wrong.
So, before the chain could touch him, with a thought, the Dark Soul Ring vanished from his finger into the Infinity Pendant, and the next moment, his avatar vanished, and the chain smacked into his seat!
Wilbur and Blackwood were shocked by this sudden development; even the Undying Will seemed astounded as the eye flickered brightly. As long as the Undying Will was present, leaving the Virtual Dark World without its permission was impossible, but somehow, Soulless Ghost King did!
Wilbur and Underwood looked at the monolith and wondered if the Undying Will was playing tricks on them. They wanted to protest when the Undying Will's solemn voice rang.
"SOULLESS GHOST KING HAS BROKEN THE ABSOLUTE LAW OF THE VIRTUAL DARK WORLD AND ACCORD OF DEAD!
"I HEREBY VOID HIS STATUS AS THE FACTION LEADER AND DECLARE HIM TRAITOR!
"BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SOULLESS GHOST KING, SO I WANT THE DEAD FACTION TO CAPTURE HIM ALIVE AND BRING HIM TO THE DARK NETWORK SERVER!
"I'LL GRANT THE TWO OF YOU A ONE-TIME USE RELIC TO CAPTURE HIM. COMPLETE THIS TASK, AND YOU'LL BE REWARDED!"