Chapter 167: One of Us is a Traitor
“Miss Jiang Zhizi, how much longer will your spirit pressure be depleted?”
“Two days.” The woman raised her eyes faintly. “What’s wrong?”
The use of spirit artifacts did not consume much spirit particles, so she could maintain it for a long time.
“Can you give me this flower and the Lost People inside?” Xia Feng briefly explained the matter of sacrifice.
Jiang Zhizi hesitated for a moment, and nodded reluctantly: “Okay.”
She didn’t really want to give it, but she had to. After all, the man in front of her could have directly snatched it, and there was no need to discuss it with her.
“The purpose of the garden is actually for the Lost People?” Cha Nai Xue was a little surprised. “But how did you know?”
“Naturally, the Peach Organization told me.”
Xia Feng only mentioned that the Archbishop’s purpose was sacrifice, but not the matter of the Life Roulette.
“Moreover, the organization has just issued an order for us to set off immediately.” Xia Feng smiled slightly, clasped his hands behind his back, and said with a deep voice, “Kill the Archbishop!”
Cha Nai Xue: “Ah?”
Mu Qingtong: “?”
“The Archbishop is a Tier 5 Spirit Master. How can we fight him?” Cha Nai Xue was speechless. “Unless Black Spade and Red Spade come.”
“Don’t worry about that. In short, the mountain people have their own clever plans.” Xia Feng smiled confidently.
“What are you trying to do again?” Mu Qingtong’s clear voice sounded in his heart.
Xia Feng turned his head, meeting the puzzled gaze of the black-dressed woman with her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
“Miss Mu, you said, now that we’ve all advanced to Tier 3, and with Cha Nai Xue’s cooperation, is it possible to kill the Archbishop?”
“Dreaming.”
“Is it dreaming if we can’t kill him?”
“It’s dreaming if we can kill him.” Mu Qingtong shattered Xia Feng’s wishful thinking, shook her head, and said softly, “The further back it goes, the harder it is to bridge the gap in cultivation. Ye Lixing is only at the beginning of Tier 4, not only is his spirit pressure unstable, but he hasn’t even learned many of the spirit robes he should have learned, which is why we could easily kill him together.”
“Archbishop Aus has been immersed in Tier 5 for many years. Even if five Ye Lixings went together, they might not be able to defeat him.”
“Is that so? Alright…” Xia Feng nodded. Although he was highly likely to be abused by the Archbishop, he still planned to go find the Archbishop, and then accidentally snatch the 100 Lost Nobles that the Archbishop took.
Help the Archbishop complete the 9900 sacrifice standard.
His main goal was not to kill the Archbishop, but to copy and plunder the Archbishop’s spirit artifact.
If there was any danger to his life, he had Black Crow’s crow feathers as a safeguard, and could directly take them back to the Evil Dragon Space.
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In the castle, in the center of the spacious hall, an old man in a black and gold wide-sleeved divine robe stood with his hands behind his back in front of a formation, and said in a deep voice:
“It’s been twenty-four hours, why haven’t your subordinates returned?”
“They are dead.”
The Eternal Day Emissary – Viper emerged from the shadows and took off his mask. His dark green snake eyes were slightly sinister. “I just received news that Groundhog and Yellow Rat’s incense burners have been extinguished, which means their souls have been scattered.”
“Tsk~” The Goddess Emissary in the corner – the Golden-eyed Masked Man leaned lazily against a stone pillar and chuckled. “I told you these two rats were unreliable. Tsk tsk, the Burning Heaven Cult are all useless.” Archbishop Aus was silent for a moment, his sparse eyebrows knitted. If these two Burning Heaven subordinates were dead, then Ye Lixing would probably be in grave danger. He had finally cultivated a Tier 4, and he died so abruptly, which made him somewhat inexplicably annoyed.
“Could it be that the Peach Organization sent someone higher up into the garden?” Viper narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Absolutely impossible.” The old man shook his head in a deep voice. “With the help of the Star Bone Pillar, the blockade domain of the garden is fully deployed. Even if a god descends, they will be detected.”
“And the two from the Military Department and the Holy Department are still confronting the knights I sent to the north, so they also can’t help Cha Nai Xue and the others.”
“Then it’s strange…” Viper’s snake tongue flickered between his grayish-white lips, his eyes gloomy.
“What’s so strange about this?” The Golden-eyed Masked Man sneered dismissively. “It’s nothing more than that one of the three little dolls hid their strength. In my opinion, that beautiful little girl named Cha Nai Xue is playing dumb. She probably advanced to Tier 4 long ago. Ye Lixing went there to deliver food.”
Archbishop Aus nodded. This was indeed the most likely explanation. It seemed he had been careless before, seriously underestimating the strength of the Saintess and her companions, which had put him in a passive position. He couldn’t even complete the ritual of the Star God’s projection.
Aus looked at the intricate formation in the center of the hall, with a radius of ten meters.
Fifty divine robe priests wearing pure gold masks were kneeling around the edge of the formation in a circle, their hands in prayer position, lowering their heads and muttering incantations.
This was the “Star Shadow Ritual,” a formation that could summon the Star God they believed in.
But now this formation was missing one of the most important spiritual materials, Star Bone Glaze!
Originally, he had planned to use this formation to ask for the protection of the Eternal Day Goddess, to prevent a sudden attack from the Peach Organization, and thus safely pass the sacrifice stage.
But now there were frequent incidents…
Fortunately, the top brass of the Peach Organization didn’t seem to have any intention of showing up.
“Your Excellency Jiang Li, I heard that your Burning Heaven has a method to complete the Star Shadow Ritual without Star Bone Glaze.” Aus looked at the Golden-eyed Masked Man and asked in confusion in a deep voice. “Does Your Excellency Jiang Li know about it?”
“Heh heh~” Jiang Li rolled his eyes. “That requires sacrificing my life. If Your Excellency the Archbishop thinks you can subdue me, you can try.”
“Your Excellency jokes.” The old man’s face remained unchanged, and he smiled faintly. “Your Excellency, please help me summon the Goddess normally.”
The Golden-eyed Masked Man snorted and said no more. He actually didn’t want to help this old man summon the Goddess, after all, he only had one chance to ask the Goddess for help, and once used, it would be gone.
But there was no other way. The Burning Heaven Sacred Hall had a cooperation with Archbishop Aus, so he could only obey orders.
“Alright, gentlemen.” Aus retracted his gaze from the formation and said blandly, “Since Ye Lixing and the others failed, could I trouble you two gentlemen to go capture the Saintess?”
Both Viper and Jiang Li were Tier 5 Spirit Masters, who were here to assist in protecting the Archbishop and prevent the Peach Organization’s high-level members from suddenly attacking.
As Tier 5 big shots, it was a bit beneath them to personally go and capture three low-level Spirit Masters. Viper’s vertical pupils were calm, and he didn’t speak. Of course, the main reason was his habit. He was too lazy to move unless absolutely necessary.
Archbishop Aus saw this and looked at the Golden-eyed Masked Man.
Jiang Li crossed his arms and leaned against the stone pillar, asking in confusion, “You want me to go?”
The old man frowned slightly. “Your Excellency Jiang Li, if you are unwilling to go…”
“No, of course I’m willing to go.” Jiang Li grinned. “Consider it a post-meal digestion.”
This old man actually assigned this task to him, so he was naturally more polite than obedient. He would not disobey the orders from above, but if he couldn’t catch Cha Nai Xue, and Star Bone Glaze couldn’t be found because of it, then it wouldn’t be him disobeying orders…
At that time, if the Goddess couldn’t descend, he could also save a chance to ask the Goddess for help.
Therefore, he made up his mind, to directly slack off, and quietly wait for the Peach Organization to come and take care of this idiot Archbishop and this idiot Viper, and then it would be all over!
Thinking of this, the corners of his lips under the mask curled up. He waved his hand and turned to leave, “I’m leaving.”
