Chapter 613: Vermilion’s Climax Battle
Chapter 614: Evil Disciple
Four spiral staircases leading to the second floor were each guarded by officers.
They were fully armed.
Furthermore, Xia Feng discovered that his Eye of Deconstruction couldn’t penetrate the walls of the second floor, only showing a mosaic of dull gray.
The second floor seemed to have a very powerful barrier that could block all forms of espionage and spatial manipulation.
Xia Feng withdrew his gaze, casually took a glass of red wine from a waiter’s tray, and walked deeper into the great hall.
“I heard that Princess Freya was kidnapped by an evil disciple named Xia Feng the day before yesterday. Is it true?”
The banquet was filled with gossip. Whether it was the gentlemen in conversation or the ladies in their social circles, they were all very curious about what happened the day before yesterday.
“This matter is indeed true, but Mr. Dong Jun did not give that foolish evil disciple any chance to be arrogant and directly dispatched warships to rescue Princess Leya. Heh~ I heard that because of this, Princess Leya’s attitude towards Mr. Dong Jun has finally improved.”
“Oh? So it seems the ‘hero saves the beauty’ trope is still effective. Even a princess falls for it.”
“You guys don’t know, I heard that the evil disciple was also Princess Leya’s student in Area 51. He was secretly and fanatically infatuated with the princess, and even wore Princess Leya’s discarded stockings once. He was a pervert! After receiving help from an evil god this time, he was driven by lust and committed this abominable deed!”
Xia Feng’s footsteps paused, the corner of his eye twitched, and he continued to walk forward.
“As expected, people from Area 51, that rural place, are disgusting.”
“Wait! If that’s the case, Princess Leya wasn’t defiled by this evil disciple, right?”
“Nonsense! Of course not. However, I heard that even when facing death, the evil disciple Xia Feng was still drooling over Princess Leya. Princess Leya has been staying indoors these past few days, probably quite disgusted.”
Xia Feng’s footsteps paused again. What the heck? Are these noble big figures so idle that they spend their days spreading rumors?
“I seem to remember the name Xia Feng. Weren’t they saying a few months ago that this person was the Eternal Day Holy Son or something?”
“I’m not sure about that, but it’s not uncommon for people to claim to be the Eternal Day Holy Son and swindle others every year.”
“That’s true…”
The conversations were fragmented. Xia Feng didn’t listen further. He passed through groups of people and sat down on a secluded sofa.
He brought the wine glass to his nose to sniff, then frowned and put it down. As expected, he still wasn’t used to drinking this stuff.
While swirling the wine glass, Xia Feng continued to use his Eye of Deconstruction to scan his surroundings, observing the identities of those attending the banquet.
The most eye-catching among them was the man in silver armor sitting casually on an elegant sofa in the center of the great hall.
A sacred white VII mark was engraved between the man’s eyebrows, and a silver helmet mask was worn below his nose. However, the mouth of the mask was stretched into terrifying shark teeth that reached his ears.
Judging by his armor and the mark between his eyebrows, he was a Heaven’s Revelation Knight.
Miss Mu had collected information on several Heaven’s Revelation Knights, and Xia Feng recognized this person after seeing it.
—Heaven’s Revelation·Shi Qi.
Shi Qi seemed very hungry. He was rapidly gnawing on an apple in his hand with his shark teeth, his scarlet eyes flashing with a bloody glow. Finally, he even crunched down on the apple core, swallowed it whole, and went down his throat.
He ate one every three seconds. The mountain of apples piled up two meters high in front of him was significantly reduced in no time.
Whether they were gentlemen, ladies, or officers, everyone in the great hall kept their distance from him, even fearing to look in Shi Qi’s direction.
A ten-meter radius around Shi Qi was thus left as a quiet, empty zone.
To avoid drawing attention, Xia Feng didn’t stare at the man for too long and quickly shifted his gaze.
However, he immediately saw someone unexpected.
Dipus.
This son of the Pope had disguised himself as a young master of a power faction. Dressed in a tuxedo, he was conversing with several noble ladies with a gentle smile. The ladies were elegantly dressed and quite attractive. Dipus’s witty remarks caused their crow’s feet to fade slightly, and their faces lit up with joy.
As if sensing a prying gaze, Dipus turned his head in Xia Feng’s direction. However, he only glanced over and didn’t pay much attention before turning back.
Xia Feng’s disguise technique was the Vermilion Mask, which was far more advanced than that of the son of the Pope, so he wasn’t afraid of his true identity being discovered.
What puzzled Xia Feng was, why was the son of the Pope here? And why did he deliberately disguise himself?
The Black Moon General Court was also located in Area 15. Ye Li Dongjun’s birthday banquet should have sent an invitation to the Black Moon General Court.
Logically, if the son of the Pope wanted to come, he could have entered openly.
But looking at the current situation…
Xia Feng pondered. He suddenly remembered the time he copied the Absolute Twin Pupils Sub-spirit Artifact from Ye Li Kong on his way to Area 15.
Ye Li Kong’s purpose at that time was not only to enslave him and turn him, a Dragon God Bloodline wielder, into Ye Li Dongjun’s slave.
Ye Li Kong also wanted to kill the two Black Moon Saintesses and prevent them from returning to the Black Moon General Court.
At that time, Xia Feng speculated that someone within the Black Moon General Court wanted to harm the two Saintesses and found it inconvenient to act, so they entrusted Ye Li Dongjun to send his subordinates to do the job.
But now it seemed that Ye Li Dongjun and the Black Moon General Court were most likely not in a cooperative relationship, but in an adversarial one!
Then, what was the reason for these two forces being hostile towards each other?
While thinking, Xia Feng recalled the Lantern Festival last night, when Dipus appeared at the Sky Lantern Pavilion wanting to snatch the Sumeru King Order
At this thought, he largely understood. It was likely the Sumeru Throne that had made Ye Li Dongjun and the Black Moon General Court enemies.
Within the Black Moon General Court, there should be someone of high status and power who had also obtained a qualification slot to compete for the Sumeru Throne.
Xia Feng looked again at the gentle-smiling young man in the distance, Dipus. He was most likely one of these nine seats.
In that case, the internal strife within the Black Moon General Court and the assassination of the Black Moon Saintesses by Ye Li Dongjun might both be related to the competition for the Sumeru Throne.
With his thoughts cleared, Xia Feng nodded thoughtfully. Thinking about it this way, he had actually been connected to the Sumeru Throne from the moment he was adopted by Uncle Wei.
And after copying a spirit artifact with a ‘life mark’ and entering the Life Roulette space, he had been completely drawn into this turmoil.
While pondering, Xia Feng suddenly froze. His gaze fell on a middle-aged man in a distant corner.
The man sat alone in a booth, leisurely sipping his wine. His face was also disguised.
The disguise technique was on par with Dipus’s and was easily seen through by Xia Feng.
And beneath that mask was a face Xia Feng was very familiar with.
Uncle Wei!
“Old Wei, why is he here?” Xia Feng was slightly startled. He hadn’t seen Old Wei since he left Area 51 and started running for his life.
After they were framed as the culprits in the garden incident, they fled separately. He hadn’t expected to reunite at Ye Li Dongjun’s birthday banquet.
Seeing Old Wei, Xia Feng remembered what the veteran Li Zaishi had told him in White Emperor City.
More than twenty years ago… the only person successfully sent out of the White Emperor City Forbidden Zone by the soldiers was the son of the City Lord, Lord Wei Zhong, Wei Shutong.
Is Old Wei here at the Sky Fortress to assassinate Ye Li Dongjun during the birthday banquet?
Xia Feng’s heart sank. He thought for a moment and then got up.
Just as he was about to walk towards Old Wei, the Heaven’s Revelation Knight in the center of the great hall, who had been constantly gnawing on apples, suddenly turned his head and cast a cold, sharp gaze.
It locked onto him tightly.
