Chapter 565: Main Body Unfit? Then let this remnant spirit discipline him!
Theseus didn’t understand why His Majesty suddenly asked that question.
But he still replied in a deep voice:
“Area 15 is guarded by the Li Dong Legion under the Fourth Pillar, and they are responsible for guarding the Astral Gate.”
“Besides the Li Dong Legion, Area 15 is also the location of the Black Moon Holy See’s General Court, and the territory of the Power Faction, the Jin Yang clan.”
The Black Moon General Court… the Empress mused.
She had seen clearly just now that there were five people beside Xia Feng. Among them, one pair was father and daughter, estimated to be the important figure Feng Jiany that Theseus had reported earlier.
As for the remaining three women, apart from the black-dressed woman whose mental power was strong enough to block her prying, the other two women both bore the mark of the Black Moon, and were Black Moon Saintesses.
Theseus said that the Black Moon General Court seemed to have been in trouble recently. If so, the purpose of the Black Moon Saintesses hiding their identities should be to return to the General Court in secret.
Xia Feng was the master of one of the Saintesses, and he would likely go along with them.
Of course, even if the arrogant believer arrived in Area 15, with her current restricted abilities, she still couldn’t catch this madman.
But it wasn’t entirely without a solution.
The Empress’s divine eyes looked down indifferently.
Theseus suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and the figures of the two Pillar States who had been respectfully standing with their hands lowered in the distance disappeared.
He immediately understood that His Majesty had pulled him into the realm space, as there was something she didn’t want those two Pillar States to know.
It seemed that His Majesty was fully aware that these two Pillar States could not be trusted.
“Is the Astral Gate in Area 15 in use?” the Empress’s majestic voice echoed through space.
Theseus shook his head: “Your Majesty, since you fell into a deep sleep, the Council and the Four Pillar States made a unanimous decision to seal all spatial gates at various levels to save energy. They cannot be activated unless there is a war.”
“As for the Astral Gate in Area 15, its energy has long been depleted. It cannot be used even if the seal is lifted.”
The spatial gates used by the empire for war were divided into district-level spatial gates, regional-level spatial gates, forbidden-level spatial gates, and the most powerful Astral Gates.
District-level gates had limited transmission distances and could only perform short-distance transmissions within a large district.
Regional-level gates were much more powerful and could perform cross-district transmissions, generally spanning 1 to 3 large districts.
Forbidden-level gates could span up to 10 large districts.
The most powerful Astral Gate, if there was enough energy, could directly span half the empire.
These spatial gates were all divine relics formed from the authority of Ortan Star God, who controlled the authority of space, after his death.
Therefore, every spatial gate was very precious, and once destroyed, it could not be restored. It was a non-renewable resource.
Area 15 happened to have the most powerful Astral Gate.
The energy required for Astral Gates and various transmission gates was different. The various transmission gates used “time” as energy, meaning that as time passed, the energy of the transmission gates would automatically increase slowly.
As long as they were not used for a sufficiently long time, they could store enough energy to deal with wartime crises.
As for Astral Gates, they used a rare spirit material called [Star Energy Stone] as energy.
The empire actually had some reserves of this spirit material. Unfortunately, during the Imperial Civil War a thousand years ago, in order to suppress the Second Pillar, the remaining Star Energy Stones were also consumed.
After listening to Theseus’s explanation, the Empress had an idea.
In fact, she actually knew where more Star Energy Stones could be mined, and Area 15 was exactly one of those places.
Thinking of this, she quickly made a plan in her heart.
After a deep sleep of 10,000 years, two of the Pillar States who had followed her in battle had perished early on. The empire she had personally built had long since undergone earth-shattering changes and was out of her control.
To regain control of the empire, that arrogant believer had become the key. But first, she had to catch this person and give him a good punishment, making him feel despair and learn to fear.
She was willing to acknowledge the believer her main body had accepted, but believers should know their place and not overstep their bounds.
If the fallen main body couldn’t teach this madman well, then she, the remnant spirit, would discipline him!
While contemplating, she issued an edict to the Heavenly Revelation Knights stationed near Area 15, ordering them to find Star Energy Stones, restart the Astral Gate, set a trap for Xia Feng, and use the Astral Gate to teleport him directly to the Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace.
The memories of the ninth life from the main body contained a lot of daily routines with the madman. She naturally knew that this madman possessed the power of immortality, and could escape to a safe place by simply committing suicide, making him very difficult to catch.
But as long as he came to the Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace, even the power of immortality would be useless.
In this Divine Palace, she was invincible.
Even if the main body came, it would be useless!
“Heh~ Anyway, with the Pale Contract Seal in place, if this Empress dares to come looking for trouble, it’s uncertain who will win or lose!”
As Xia Feng’s cold laugh echoed in his mind, he suddenly shivered and felt an inexplicable panic.
He couldn’t help but look out the window, then nervously look around. No, what was this feeling of unease? Could it be that there were more wicked people trying to harm him?
Mu Qingtong raised her eyes and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing.” Xia Feng took a deep breath, calming his mind.
“Your Excellency, are you planning to take this Star Iron directly to Area 15 now?” Feng Jiany suddenly asked.
Xia Feng shook his head: “Just changing trains. The Star Iron is too slow. I heard that there is the Saint Hua Star Wheel, which has the fastest speed, in Jiakai City in Area 18. We plan to take the Saint Hua to Area 15.”
Feng Jiany tapped his fingertips on the table, pondered for a moment, as if he had made a decision. After checking that no one was around, he wrote a line of words on the table with his fingertip:
“If Your Excellency and the three ladies trust me, I can take you to Area 15 instantly.”
Xia Feng’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and he exchanged glances with the three women.
Their current location was Eternal Flow Sea in Area 18-19. The ultra-long-distance spatial means to reach Area 15 directly was already comparable to a regional teleportation gate, and even reached the threshold of a forbidden-level gate.
Moreover, judging from Feng Jiany’s tone, teleporting four people at once was not a problem.
Without much hesitation, Xia Feng smiled and nodded: “If Mr. Feng is willing to help, then of course we trust you.”
“So, can we teleport now?”
“It will take half a day to accumulate energy,” Feng Jiany shook his head.
*
11 hours later.
Xia Feng and the other three followed Feng Jiany into a storage room.
As expected, the Collapsing Stone Slab was on Feng Jiany’s daughter, Feng Nuoyi.
Or rather, the Collapsing Stone Slab was Feng Nuoyi’s heart.
“Nuonuo actually died long ago. The Collapsing Stone Slab can freeze time and solidify her life at the last moment before death, thus maintaining her state of survival.”
The middle-aged man rubbed the little girl’s head and sighed with a shake of his head. “Your Excellency Xia Feng, didn’t you ask me why I didn’t destroy the Collapsing Stone Slab before? This is the real answer.”
So that’s how it is. Xia Feng couldn’t help but look at the little girl who was lowering her head in silence. He had indeed guessed that the Collapsing Stone Slab was related to Feng Nuoyi, but he didn’t expect it to have this effect.
Freezing time.
Xia Feng had to be surprised that the Collapsing Stone Slab was no longer just related to space, but also involved the outrageous dimension of time.
If the Collapsing Stone Slab were destroyed, the little girl would also die.
For this reason, Feng Jiany would find it even more impossible to hand over the Collapsing Stone Slab to the empire, and could only escape.
