Chapter 191: Goddess
“Hong Li, protect Mushroom. I’ll be right back.”
Xia Feng left his combat knife to Mushroom and rushed towards the Holy See’s people.
“Copy.”
With a thought, the information on the Human Skin Puppet surged.
[Copy successful—]
[Copy slot is full, b·Human Skin Puppet overwrites a·Spirit Artifact Space]
Xia Feng felt that even with four copy slots, he was still stretched thin. At this development rate, he couldn’t possibly overwrite Spirit Artifact Space every time he copied a new spirit artifact. This would put the Spirit Artifact Space into a 12-hour cooldown, which would be very detrimental in combat.
However, there was no good solution at the moment. Xia Feng shook his head and looked into the distance.
As the divine light from the end of the Star River struck, all the knights of the Holy See knelt on one knee, saluting and worshiping the divine light. Ito Mi’s expression was excited, and she opened her arms to welcome the guidance of the Black Moon Goddess.
At this moment, a black figure appeared in the distance, blocking everyone’s view.
“K-Masked Man?” Everyone recognized the mysterious black figure. It was the guy who had been causing trouble in the Miracle Star River these past few days. But what was he doing? Jin Zheng’en’s eyes narrowed, and he stared at the Masked Man in confusion.
The Masked Man was also stretching out his arms, as if welcoming the divine light from afar.
“Is he trying to intercept the ‘Guiding Divine Light’?” Jin Zheng’en found it somewhat amusing. He tilted his head to look at Ito Mi.
Ito Mi smiled faintly and nodded. “Don’t worry, I sensed the guiding message. It’s coming for me—”
Whoosh— Her words came to an abrupt halt because the divine light from afar suddenly paused, as if it couldn’t find the direction. However, because Xia Feng was standing in front, it instantly submerged into Xia Feng’s body.
All the Knights: “???”
Ito Mi: “!!!”
Under their astonished gazes, the K-Masked Man glanced back at them, his figure slowly dissipating as he was enveloped by the golden light, being drawn into the end of the Star River. Although the K-Masked Man wore a mask, everyone could inexplicably feel the extremely evil, teasing smile beneath it, as if mocking their ignorance and stupidity.
“Seeking death!” Jin Zheng’en’s gaze turned cold. Although it was unexpected, he frowned and wasn’t too concerned. He turned to Ito Mi. “What happened?”
“I…” Ito Mi was a bit stunned. “I don’t know either…” She didn’t understand. The guiding message was clearly directed at her, so why did it pick up the Masked Man?
“It is indeed a bit strange, but there’s no need to worry,” Knight Rick said calmly from the side, shaking his head. “He probably used some strange method we don’t know about. But as long as this Masked Man is not a believer of the Black Moon, the Goddess will definitely kill him, saving us the trouble.”
“That’s true,” Ito Mi realized and breathed a sigh of relief, nodding.
“So, we just need to wait here,” Jin Zheng’en narrowed his eyes as he looked at the end of the Star River, a slight smile playing on his lips. “And we can also see what this ignorant fellow is trying to do.”
Xia Feng felt the star streams around him recede in a twisted manner. After a moment of dizziness, his vision changed drastically. In a world with darkness as the background, layers of sacred golden steps extended towards the heavens. Xia Feng looked up, and at the end of the divine steps, a dark golden crescent moon hung. In the center of the crescent moon sat a divine-fleshed woman covered in golden liquid. Her face was still obscured by radiance, making it impossible to see her features, but the dark gold crescent moon mark imprinted between her eyebrows was extremely striking, exuding majesty and mystery.
Thump-thump— The moment he saw the Black Moon Goddess, Xia Feng’s heart beat rapidly. Because he sensed it – it was… extremely dense Holy Solution! The Black Moon Goddess’s entire body was covered in golden liquid, faintly forming a spiritual outer layer. To be able to form such an outer layer, how much Holy Solution would that require! Xia Feng’s heart was filled with shock, his gaze burning. Swoosh— At this moment, a black moon mark condensed out of thin air before the Black Moon Goddess and shot towards Xia Feng, instantly entering between his eyebrows. This was the Black Moon mark. Upon being recognized by this mark, one could become a preparatory Saintess. However, Xia Feng was not a believer of the Black Moon and possessed no faith. Therefore, after the mark entered him, it instantly sensed an error and retreated from his eyebrows.
At the same time, a terrifying divine pressure instantly crushed into Xia Feng’s soul. The black moon mark quietly transformed into a divine phantom, opening its majestic divine eyes and looking down at him from above, indifferently pronouncing a death sentence: “Unrighteous heresy, die.” Xia Feng’s heart trembled. The terrifying pressure made his bones creak, and his knees buckled, about to kneel and prostrate before the deity above the divine steps, awaiting the finality of death. However, he was not panicked, nor did he immediately use the Black Crow Feathers to escape. This was because when the black moon mark entered his soul earlier, he had sensed an anomaly with the Dragon God True Name. He could feel that the True Name seemed to have an absolute suppressive effect on the Black Moon mark. Indeed. The moment the Goddess’s indifferent sentence fell, the terrifying divine pressure vanished. As the divine phantom faded, the floating black moon mark suddenly turned into spiritual light and dispersed with a bang. Seeing this, Xia Feng breathed a sigh of relief and looked up.
! According to what Chief Judge Zorav said before entering the Miracle Star River, the Goddess would only awaken and bestow the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo after obtaining recognition in the Moon surface space. So, now that the Black Moon mark was destroyed, would the Black Moon Goddess not awaken? Xia Feng stroked his chin, looking back behind him thoughtfully. Behind him, countless magnificent Star Rivers, like countless tributaries, surged from the endless darkness behind, converging at the end of this place.
“Before, when I was on the Star River, I could see the image of the deity at the end,” Xia Feng thought with doubt. “So, if I do something here, will people on the Star River also see it?”
“Emmm, forget it, I don’t care!” After a moment of contemplation, Xia Feng shook his head, turned back to face the Goddess above the divine steps, took a deep breath, and began to ascend. He keenly noticed that faint red mist was swirling around these golden divine steps. As he climbed higher, the red mist became denser, and the Calamity Demon Heart felt a more distinct sense of rejection. This red mist seemed to want to invade his soul, but under the effect of the Calamity Demon Heart, it was all blocked out. Unwilling to give up, the blocked red mist covered his entire body. As he climbed higher, his hands, feet, and torso were covered in a thick layer of bloody mist, as if he were wearing heavy armor, making it difficult for him to move. When he reached the highest point, the red mist solidified and spread all over him. He gradually felt pressure and pain, sweat beading on his forehead, unable to move forward an inch.
“What the hell is this thing…” Xia Feng frowned, looking at the blood-like mist swirling around him and the thick red layer on his body, feeling helpless. He was only two meters away from the Black Moon Goddess, he couldn’t give up now! Xia Feng gritted his teeth and took another step, then another. He didn’t feel much pain, but he was very tired, as if his limbs were burdened with ten thousand pounds of stone, making it difficult to move. However, as he reached the highest point, Xia Feng was able to see the Black Moon Goddess’s face clearly. Under the faint sacred radiance was a solemn, sculpted female pretty face, her features a mix of Eastern and Western, with a divine crescent moon mark etched between her eyebrows, beautiful yet exuding an indescribable majesty. Xia Feng took a deep breath and took the final step! He stepped forward, thud— With Xia Feng’s step, the divine steps let out a muffled tremor, and his body was completely enveloped by the red mist, becoming a giant ball, unable to move at all.
“…” Damn it, Xia Feng was utterly speechless. He couldn’t move his hands or feet. How was he supposed to get the Holy Solution?!
