Chapter 226: A Spirit Robe That Has Come to Life?
To quickly capture the fleeing couple and recover the stolen spark, the people from the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall traveled light.
Ten cone-shaped ships, with pointed flat shapes but seven to eight times larger than capsule ships, took off from the warships, their tails spewing faint red light as they plunged into the azure depths of the Eternal Flow Sea.
However, to their surprise, after only a few hours of pursuit, Renault discovered that the fleeing signals had stopped ahead.
After advancing for another half hour, a massive blood-red and black cloud platform, composed of ship wreckage, unknown rocks, and creature skeletons, appeared not far away.
In the center of the cloud platform, a capsule ship made of ink-black material was quietly docked.
“It’s probably out of energy,” the blond man said, hands crossed on his chest as he leaned casually against the window, looking down with a mocking grin. “These two idiots were probably in such a hurry that they didn’t even check the cabin’s energy.”
“This place is close to the Northern Border Defense Line, Lord Viper. I suggest you make a quick end of it.”
Renault casually leaned back in a nearby seat, looking through the window at the faint blood-red light emanating from the depths of the seawater, and reminded with a gentle smile, “Otherwise, if the nearby stationed legions detect anything unusual, you won’t be able to escape.”
“Kid, mind your own business. I don’t need your reminder,” Viper shot Renault a cold glance. He dealt with these Imperial Legions every day, so he knew the dangers of this place.
There were four great rifts between the real world and the Nightmare Realm: Qitian Holy Mountain, Evil Dragon Forest, Northern Border Vortex, and Southern Border Dead Sea.
The former two had already been sealed stably, leaving only the Northern and Southern Borders, where Nightmare Clan invasions still occurred from time to time. Although things had quieted down in recent years, terrifying legion forces were still stationed around the Northern Border Defense Line.
The place they were in was already the outer periphery of the Northern Border Defense Line, and legion fleets could pass by at any time.
“I heard that Xize has been trying to capture an A-class Spirit Robe that has come to life at the Northern Border Defense Line recently,” Renault suddenly asked. “Do you know anything about it, Lord Viper?”
“Come to life?”
Viper didn’t answer, but the blond man not far away sounded slightly suspicious. “You mean a Spirit Robe has become a living being?”
“This matter is indeed a bit strange…”
“Cough!” The Blind Old Man glanced at Renault, his eyes signaling.
Renault smiled slightly and didn’t say anything more, then casually asked, “Lord Viper, you won’t need our help to deal with those two, right?”
“No need.” Viper walked to the cockpit.
Two Third-stage Spirit Masters were not enough to cause any trouble.
As the ten cone-shaped ships passed through the airflow layer and entered the cloud platform’s space, Viper calmly ordered, “Open fire!”
While heavy weapons couldn’t inflict damage on Super-stage Spirit Masters, they had a significant effect on the physical bodies of Spirit Masters at or below the Third-stage.
Numerous ferocious high-pressure beam projectiles rained down on the capsule ship. Two seconds later, the ship’s hull exploded with a bang!
Debris scattered, and the surrounding rugged ground erupted in circles of flames.
“Lord Viper, there seems to be no one inside?” a subordinate asked in confusion from the cockpit.
Viper’s expression remained unchanged. He wasn’t surprised, as the other party could turn invisible and likely hid somewhere on the cloud platform.
“Let’s go and draw these two little mice out,” Viper said, his vertical pupils flashing with a bloodthirsty light as he stepped out of the cabin.
The blond man grinned and followed closely behind.
Renault and the Blind Old Man didn’t move. After all, Viper, a Nascent Ten, and the blond man, a Third-stage, were more than enough to deal with those two fools, it was a complete crush.
Of course, even if Renault wanted to move, he couldn’t. Both he and the Blind Old Man were handcuffed, as Viper didn’t trust them.
“How much longer until these can be unlocked?” Renault asked the old man.
“Young Master Renault, please bear with me a little longer. Give me three minutes.”
Viper, wearing a dark green robe, hovered half an inch above the ground, his hands behind his back as he floated slowly forward over the rugged terrain. His calm vertical pupils lit up with blood-red light, and his dangerous eyes scanned the surroundings. His snake-like eyes were his spirit artifact, not only capable of detecting living beings but also causing any observed living being to experience rage and hatred, thus provoking them to attack him.
The two little mice hiding in the dark, once they couldn’t bear the rage, would reveal themselves, and that would be their death knell.
Although he hadn’t learned the A-class Spirit Robe and was still in the Nascent Ten stage, he was capable of instantly killing two Third-stage Spirit Masters.
“Lord Viper, it seems these two idiots have quite the tolerance,” the blond man said, hands in his pockets, trailing behind Viper with a carefree air, looking around and shaking his head. “It’s been two minutes, and they can still suppress their rage.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Viper’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked towards a dimly lit area in the distance.
It was a giant warship wreck, standing tall, casting a large shadow below.
As they approached, Viper acutely sensed faint spirit pressure fluctuations from beneath the wreckage.
Seeing this, the corner of his lips curved into a bloodthirsty smile, and he floated slowly in that direction with his hands behind his back.
“Whoa, you found them already?” the blond man raised an eyebrow and quickly followed.
But to his confusion, Viper, who was floating ahead, suddenly froze like a statue.
!
“Lord Viper?” the blond man was startled.
Viper didn’t have time to address his subordinate’s confusion.
Because he discovered that as he reached the shadow of the wreckage, it was as if some blood-red, terrifying entity had pounced from the shadow into the soles of his feet, biting at his heart and tearing at his soul. The excruciating pain invaded his nerves.
He recognized this ghastly thing: it was a Bloodworm! A terrifying entity separated from Calamity Force!
Although surprised, he wasn’t panicked. He quickly mobilized his mental power to suppress and expel the large number of Bloodworms that had invaded his soul.
However, as soon as this thought arose, a powerful mental control force, so strong it made him breathless, surged into his mind!
His mental power, which was ample for resisting the Bloodworms, was instantly insufficient. His expression changed slightly. At the same time, a figure of a man slowly emerged from the shadows in the distance.
The white-clothed man drew his bowstring fully, and the light beam on the black and gold longbow flickered with ink-black maddened radiance, continuously expanding, compressing, and converging, its aura becoming increasingly terrifying!
“!!!” Viper’s vertical pupils dilated in terror, his breathing seizing. He felt the aura of death!
Xia Feng was also somewhat surprised. He had originally planned to lure Viper to a designated location, but he didn’t expect the guy to walk into that shadow himself.
In that case, he couldn’t be blamed for launching a fatal strike directly.
One of the functions of the Nascent Ten Holy Bow was the Light Spirit Holy Arrow. It consumed 100 points of mental power to release a Level 4 light arrow, and 300 points of mental power to release a Level 5 light arrow. A Level 5 light arrow had a terrifying strike effect on the souls of Fifth-stage Spirit Masters.
His current mental power was 458 points, enough to shoot one Level 5 light arrow.
Of course, this alone was not enough. Therefore, he also coated the Level 5 light arrow with a Purifying Cannon. The longer the Purifying Cannon was charged, the greater its power. At its limit, it could destroy the physical body of a Spirit Master who had just entered the Fourth-stage, but this still wouldn’t harm Viper.
However, the Nascent Ten Holy Bow could provide a 500-700% multiplier increase to the Purifying Cannon. The longer it was charged, the higher the amplification.
Thus, after he furiously charged it for nearly three minutes, a terrifying arrow capable of instantly killing a Nascent Ten Spirit Master was completed.
Of course, this was still not enough.
After all, Viper was not a stationary target. He would definitely escape and defend with all his might if he sensed danger. Even if the arrow shot by the Nascent Ten Holy Bow had tracking, it would be useless. As long as Viper was fast enough, everything would be in vain.
Therefore, to ensure he could hit this Fifth-stage big shot, Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong used their repeatedly effective combination skill once again: Shadow of the Blood Fiend + Mental Manipulation! It was more than enough to paralyze this Fifth-stage big shot for a few seconds when he was caught off guard.
“Wh—” The blond man was also somewhat surprised to see Xia Feng suddenly appear in the distance.
But before he could react, his words were cut short.
*Boom——* The ink-black light arrow, like the karmic fire of the Underworld spreading, swept through the air in an instant, like a black dragon roaring at the heavens and earth, distorting space and scorching everything in its path.
Viper’s dark green vertical pupils widened slowly.
