Chapter 212: The Empire’s Four Great Pillar Kingdoms
The seawater of the Eternal Flow Sea is scientifically named Macro-light Fluid, commonly known as Spacetime Water, or Perpetual Flowing Water. Each drop of Macro-light Fluid is a faint azure blue. When it forms a water flow, it possesses the ability to devour all life. Any living being engulfed by Macro-light Fluid is drawn into the Spacetime Turbulence, or in extremely rare cases, teleported elsewhere. Once inside the Spacetime Turbulence, it is essentially akin to death; no one has ever escaped. Therefore, engaging in combat within the Eternal Flow Sea is extremely dangerous. A single misstep could risk capsizing the ship and leading to immediate death.
However, Xia Feng and the other person were not panicked. As their capsule ship moved against the tide of incoming fire, it rapidly approached the ten capsule hulls in the formation ahead. Xia Feng’s hand slowly condensed a dark gold longbow—the Nascent Ten Sacred Bow. After previously fusing the Elven Sacred Bow and three other spirit artifacts, it had become the Nascent Ten Sacred Bow, possessing five abilities, which was now proving useful.
[Light Spirit Sacred Arrow: Consumes 30 Mental Power to release one Level 3 Light Arrow. Consumes 300 Mental Power to release one Level 5 Light Arrow.]
[Holy Arrow Spirit Soldier: Sacred Arrows released can forgo their attack form and transform into human-like Sacred Soldiers, possessing the corresponding level’s Strength Value status. For example, a Level 3 Light Arrow can transform into a Level 3 Sacred Soldier, possessing physical strength equivalent to a Tier 3 Spirit Master. Level 5 is similar.]
Xia Feng’s current Mental Power is 183. He immediately expended it all. As the bowstring was drawn taut, six slender Level 3 Light Arrows shimmered with golden light, suddenly appearing and disappearing within the cabin.
[Overlimit Sacred Bow: Possesses a 500% to 700% bonus effect. Furthermore, arrows shot from the Sacred Bow possess the ability of a {10-meter} short-range spatial jump.]
“Walker Lord, we have located Xia Feng. We are currently encircling and eliminating him.” At the same time, inside one of the capsule ships, a person clad in a dark blue uniform raised their palm and spoke in a respectful, deep voice. On his middle finger was a black ring, from which a holographic projection emerged, revealing an extremely obese military officer, estimated to weigh over 400 pounds. He wore a custom-made dark blue military cap. Although his face was large and greasy, his eyes were small, with what looked like reading glasses perched on his fleshy nose.
“Destroy them directly. There’s no need to leave any survivors,” the portly officer said calmly, his small eyes sharp.
“Yes!” The subordinate replied respectfully in a deep voice. But just as he nodded, he noticed the fleeing capsule ship in the distance suddenly change direction and rush towards them with incredible speed.
“Are they desperate and trying to commit suicide?” he muttered to himself, shaking his head. Just as he was about to turn his weapon, his expression suddenly froze. His eyes, hidden behind a dark blue mask, flashed with a golden cross symbol. In that brief moment of stunned immobility, the charging capsule ship had entered the ten-meter range. Under Mu Qingtong’s precise control, it skillfully dodged the encirclement formation of the ten enemy ships.
Simultaneously, six released Sacred Arrows pierced through space, appearing within six capsule ships. Under Xia Feng’s mental command, they condensed into six human-like Sacred Soldiers, tightly gripping the pilots in their cockpits.
“Go.”
*Whoosh—*
With Xia Feng’s telepathic transmission, Mu Qingtong executed a sharp turn, quickly disengaging from the battlefield. Inside the six capsule ships, now occupied by human-like Sacred Soldiers, roars of anger erupted. The people inside struggled in terror, but it was futile. The human-like Sacred Soldiers possessed the physical strength of Tier 3, and these individuals were only Tier 2 or Tier 3. Their physical strength was evenly matched, and they dared not use their offensive spirit robes carelessly. Consequently, the six closely positioned capsule ships, disrupted by the Sacred Soldiers, collided and capsized.
As the human-like Sacred Soldiers self-destructed, they triggered a chain reaction of explosions. The remaining four capsule ships, unable to react in time, were engulfed by the widespread, massive explosions. Ripples of light blue shockwaves spread outwards, causing even Mu Qingtong and Xia Feng, who had already escaped a hundred meters away, to be spun around in the seawater.
Looking at the distant scene on the display screen, Xia Feng nodded in admiration, “Miss Mu, I must say, your ship handling skills are excellent. I like them very much.”
“Your archery is also very good. I acknowledge it,” Mu Qingtong replied, a slight curve to her delicate eyebrows.
“No, no, compared to my clumsy archery, Miss Mu’s ship handling is far superior.”
“Mr. Xia, you shouldn’t be so modest. You were able to shoot in that millisecond. Your nerve sensitivity is incredibly fast.”
“Actually… I don’t particularly like the word ‘fast’.”
“But Mr. Xia, you are indeed very fast.”
“…”
Xia Feng decided to end the conversation. He shifted his body, his head emerging from Mu Qingtong’s chest. He noticed her delicate shoulders tense slightly and coughed before saying with a serious expression, “Miss Mu, shall we check for any spoils of war?”
“Mm,” Mu Qingtong replied with an unruffled nod and turned the capsule ship back towards the battlefield. They didn’t know which faction these people belonged to, and perhaps they could discover something from the wreckage. However, it was a pity. The explosion was too fierce. In the azure blue sea currents, only piles of charred wreckage remained.
The capsule ship sailed slowly through the debris. Xia Feng’s sharp eyes suddenly spotted a blue USB drive floating not far ahead.
“Let’s check it out.”
As Xia Feng said this in a low voice, Mu Qingtong opened the light screen and pressed a few buttons. A drawer on the front exterior of the capsule hull suddenly opened, and a mechanical arm extended out, grabbed the USB drive, and retracted. After obtaining the USB drive, Xia Feng opened it. To his surprise, there were no clues within. It was filled entirely with study materials for action films, a staggering 100 gigabytes, which was terrifying. He had to admit, the owner of this USB drive was indeed a very studious person. Under Mu Qingtong’s expressionless gaze, Xia Feng silently closed the study materials.
*!*
The capsule ship continued to drift slowly. After a while, they arrived before a black ring. A phantom seemed to flicker on the black ring, as if it had a poor signal. “What—happened—what happened?” the phantom’s voice was also intermittent.
However, after a short while, the signal reconnected, and Xia Feng could finally see the appearance of the phantom on the black ring. It was a military officer with small eyes and an exceedingly plump physique. Judging by the crimson-gold military rank on his epaulet, he seemed to be a Walker.
“Xize, affiliated with the Li Dong Legion, rank of Walker. According to officially disclosed information, he has not yet entered the Venerable realm.” Mu Qingtong’s mind was like an encyclopedia; she immediately stated the other party’s identity. Xia Feng frowned upon hearing this. He was actually from the Li Dong Legion?
The empire had eight major legions, each affiliated with one of the Four Great Pillar Kingdoms. The so-called Pillar Kingdoms were the four strongest individuals supporting the empire, as well as the empire’s four de facto rulers, who commanded the Four Great Gate Pillars. They were:
First Gate Pillar · Huang Ye
Second Gate Pillar · Xia Hou Nian
Third Gate Pillar · Fo Le Shi
Fourth Pillar · Shang Jue
Each Pillar Kingdom commanded two legions. The legions under Shang Jue were precisely the Li Dong Legion and the Yin Dragon Legion. The Yin Dragon Legion was the legion where the White Dragon Walker belonged. The Li Dong Legion was the legion where Xize belonged.
As Xize’s phantom fully solidified, he frowned and looked around at the scene, his small eyes narrowing. After a long silence, the portly officer pushed up his small glasses on his thick nose. His sharp gaze, reflected in the lenses, slightly lifted, and a calm, faint killing intent seemed to pierce through countless spaces, directed at Xia Feng inside the capsule ship.
“Kid, you can’t escape.” He smirked, shaking his head with a light laugh, then the phantom flickered and disappeared. Although he felt it was somewhat inexplicable, and he didn’t know if this guy was the true mastermind behind the garden incident, Xia Feng was certain of one thing: this damned Walker was definitely the one who ordered him to be framed and made him a wanted criminal. Being targeted by a Walker who might be in the Venerable realm was not a good thing. Xia Feng felt a rare sense of crisis, realizing he needed to increase his strength faster! He decided that for the next week, he would provoke Miss Mu every day, and then savagely “suck dragon” every day!
