**Chapter 196: A-Class Fugitive Xia Feng**
Seeing that the Chief Judge still didn’t understand, Locke rapped on the table and explained in a deep voice, “Uncle Wei knows too much. He was involved in everything from the Earl’s death to the destruction of the garden. We need to deal with this guy for ‘Mister’. But unfortunately, Uncle Wei disappeared three days ago.”
“Therefore, we need to capture his only adopted son, Xia Feng, now.”
Zorav nodded thoughtfully. “So, you framed him with the charge of Burning Heaven Heresy?”
“Exactly.” The bald knight straightened his back, his gray eyes vacant as he explained indifferently, “It just so happens that legends speak of a mysterious and unknown Holy Son in the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall, who is exceptionally talented and whose identity remains unknown to this day. Xia Feng’s talent is considered a bare match for this identity.”
“And after we searched for a day, we found that this child’s last known location was outside the Black Moon Holy See. Therefore, we suspect that Xia Feng might have infiltrated the Holy See.”
Hearing this, Zorav basically understood Locke’s intentions. After a moment of thought, he nodded and smiled lightly. “Very well, the Holy See will cooperate with your search, but I have a condition.”
“Please state it.”
“The Black Moon Inquisition has the right to execute cult heretics, and even the Military Department cannot interfere. Therefore, after capturing Xia Feng, the Inquisition requires him to be sacrificed to the Goddess with the Divine Fire Burning Punishment,” Zorav said with a slight smile in his eyes.
“Agreed. Just leave a thread of his soul, and everything else will be handled by Chief Judge your Excellency.”
Locke said with a cold expression, but then suddenly closed his eyes, his brow furrowed.
Zorav sensed that something was not right with him and asked, “What is it?”
The bald knight opened his eyes and shook his head, his tone turning cold and deep. “Rake is dead.”
“Dead?” Zorav’s previously calm expression changed, and his face turned displeased. “That’s impossible…”
The team that entered the Miracle Star River for the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo was incredibly powerful, so there shouldn’t have been any problems.
Even if there were accidents, at most, two Tier 5 Berserker Knights would have met with misfortune. How could Rake, a genuine Tier 5 Spirit Master, have died?
In other words, if Rake had died, those two Tier 5 Berserkers would likely not have survived either.
Upon thinking of this, Zorav’s face grew even more grim. What exactly had happened in the Miracle Star River?
He looked up at the bald knight opposite him. “Locke, did you sense anything else?”
The bald knight frowned and shook his head. “Although Rake and I are one, I can only sense his location and whether he’s alive or dead. I can’t perceive anything further.”
The Black Moon Holy See had two ways to cultivate knights. The first was the Berserker plan, which focused on pure physical strength to cultivate Berserker Knights.
The second was the Sacred Spirit Project. Knights who emerged from the Sacred Spirit Project would possess one to two Incarnations, also known as False Spirits.
False Spirits had the same Spirit Artifacts as their main bodies but possessed completely independent consciousness and personalities. Moreover, their strength improvement was also independent.
It could be said that a False Spirit was a brand new individual. If the main body died, the False Spirit would not die.
Rake was the main body, and Locke was the False Spirit.
Now that the main body had died, he, the False Spirit, had naturally become the sole main body. However, this brought him no benefit whatsoever.
“Chief Judge your Excellency, the Miracle Star River has closed, and all surviving participants have returned.”
Just then, a subordinate’s voice entered Zorav’s mind. He nodded and stood up, saying in a deep voice, “The Miracle Star River must have encountered problems. Lord Locke, please come with me.” When Zorav returned to the central hall, he realized that the Miracle Star River hadn’t just encountered problems; it had encountered huge problems!
The knight squad he had secretly sent into the Miracle Star River had been wiped out!
The Element Holy See had also played tricks, secretly sending a knight squad into the Miracle Star River, but they had been driven out by the Mysterious Masked Man long ago. No one knew what had happened in the Star River in the following days.
However, the only certainty was that the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo had not appeared, which meant that the Black Moon Goddess had not yet awakened. Otherwise, she would have descended the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo.
This was considered the only piece of good news. At least the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo had not fallen into the hands of the Element Holy See.
But just as Zorav breathed a sigh of relief, he heard that the K-Masked Man had directly stolen half of the one hundred and fifty Obsidian! He was so angry he almost spat blood. The loss of such rare Spiritual Material would inevitably lead to accountability from the main court, and the days ahead would likely be difficult.
The Element Holy See was equally furious. However, after learning of the tragic fate of the Black Moon Holy See’s complete annihilation, they suddenly felt much less upset.
Well, at least their Element Holy See personnel had suffered almost no losses. Compared to each other, it didn’t seem so unbearable.
The Miracle Star River could only be entered and exited through Obsidian, so the K-Masked Man must still be hiding among these participants. Therefore, to find the detestable K-Masked Man, the Black Moon Holy See had sealed off the Holy See inside and out, and began to investigate all participants.
Zorav knew that this K-Masked Man must be extremely powerful. Even if they found the K-Masked Man, they might not be able to gain the upper hand.
But it didn’t matter. His current vast faith power was enough to unleash the Divine Grace Spirit Robe · Moon Surface once. Once he found this scoundrel, he would drag the scoundrel into the Moon Surface space! Let the Goddess torment this scoundrel severely!
But… no matter how they investigated afterwards, they still couldn’t find the K-Masked Man’s whereabouts.
After the final farce, the Element Holy See decided not to play with the Black Moon Holy See anymore and prepared to leave this land of right and wrong with a few newly accepted disciples.
Because Archbishop Laura of the Element Holy See realized a problem: the K-Masked Man clearly did not want to be enemies with them, the Elements. So, if they lost Obsidian, they lost Obsidian. They would give the K-Masked Man some face. The most important objective now was to safely escort Li Hongdou to the Element Main Court. Li Hongdou was far more important than those Obsidians.
Thus, the high-ranking officials of the Element and Black Moon Holy Sees engaged in a fierce verbal exchange. Xia Feng watched with trepidation. However, Archbishop Laura, despite her old age and white hair, was surprisingly capable and swaggered away from the Black Moon Holy See with Mushroom.
Xia Feng also breathed a sigh of relief because of this.
His Enlightenment Domain had only been active for an hour, meaning there were still 23 hours left.
If he were in the Miracle Star River, he could have been invincible below the Venerable realm with his Enlightenment Domain.
However, returning to the Real World now meant he had to face the reality that Spirit Masters could still use Spirit Robes.
The difference in combat power between a Tier 5 Spirit Master who could use a Spirit Robe and one who couldn’t was enormous. If he could avoid being exposed in the Black Moon Holy See, Xia Feng naturally did not want to take risks.
From then on, everything went smoothly. After leaving the Black Moon Holy See, Mushroom found a secluded spot and let Xia Feng out. Xia Feng also went home to pack his luggage and planned to flee in a couple of days.
But just as he approached his house, he saw a squad of fully armed knights lounging around his doorstep, chatting and laughing. Hearing the commotion, they simultaneously turned to look vigilantly and were all taken aback.
Just as Xia Feng was about to say something in confusion, the leading knight suddenly raised his hand and said coldly, “Take him down!”
Immediately, the silver-armored knights swarmed him, quickly surrounding him, with swords flashing with cold light pointing at him:
“Xia Feng, the Empire’s A-class fugitive, you have committed the crime of treason and heresy. The Black Moon Inquisition is now arresting you in accordance with the ‘District 51 Security Law’.”
“Please cease resistance and surrender immediately!”
