Chapter 329: 329. Naive!
Witch Island is shrouded in dense purple mist, appearing like a purple planet. Outside the planet lies the boundless azure blue sea currents. At this moment, hundreds of ships are positioned within the currents, completely blockading and surrounding the island.
After a chaotic battle, the five major powers finally reached a ceasefire agreement. However, none of them intended to leave or enter Witch Island. Even Yin Shi had no intention of entering Witch Island; instead, he found a vantage point to observe the overall situation and waited quietly.
The Witch Disaster Realm possesses a rule-level spiritual prohibition field. Any Venerable entering this field would have their spiritual pressure level forcibly suppressed by one to two ranks. Coupled with the eerie contagiousness of the Witch Disaster Realm itself, the mortality rate for Venerables entering was also quite high. Yin Shi was not prepared to take the risk. The Goddess Hall and Golden Sparrow Flower shared the same sentiment.
Currently, the Black Moon Holy See had set up a spatial blockade formation around Witch Island, preventing anyone on the island from using any form of spatial teleportation to leave. The only way to exit the island was by ascending into the Eternal Flow Sea. Therefore, they simply needed to wait outside the island; if the K-Masked Man planned to leave, he would have nowhere to escape.
“Holy Son Lord is truly something. Why couldn’t he just be captured obediently by us?”
Inside the main cabin of the Goddess Fleet, twelve people, both men and women, sat on either side of a long, luminous table. At the end of the table, a woman with long pink hair leaned back with her legs crossed, her right hand lazily supporting her jaw, while her left fingertips tossed a coin repeatedly.
“Master, what do you think the Holy Son is thinking?”
On the right side of the table, a middle-aged man pushed up his glasses and asked in a deep, confused voice, “I heard that a team was sent to Sector 51 previously to escort the Holy Son, but he escaped in advance. It seems this Holy Son Lord isn’t very eager to accept the Goddess Venerable’s bestowal.”
As the middle-aged man spoke, someone else chimed in, “Honestly, I still don’t understand what criteria the Goddess Venerable uses to select the Holy Son.”
“Criteria? Heh heh~ I suspect the criterion is the ability to cause trouble,” a man said with a light smile. “To be chased by so many powers simultaneously, I wonder what heinous deeds this Lord has committed.”
“Tsk tsk~ In that case, he’s quite suited to join our Burning Heaven Sacred Hall.”
“Enough, all of you, shut up.”
The pink-haired woman caught the coin in mid-air and looked up at everyone. “Maintain vigilance towards Golden Sparrow Flower and Yin Shi. Our objective is to capture the Holy Son, but their objective is to kill him. I doubt they’ll give up easily.”
“But Master, to be honest, I doubt whether the Holy Son can even leave Witch Island alive,” the middle-aged man said, shaking his head. “After all, according to the information I obtained from the Burning Heaven Dao, several Venerables have died on Witch Island throughout its history. It’s extremely dangerous.”
“The High Command is transmitting.”
At this moment, a girl with a watermelon hairstyle, wearing headphones, looked up. “The transmission says that people from the Burning Heaven Dao are carrying out a mission on Witch Island. If needed, we can contact them.”
“Burning Heaven Dao, what are they doing on Witch Island?”
The watermelon-haired girl said in a deep voice, “According to the information, there’s a hidden treasure on Witch Island, which is why countless people have attempted to land on the island for over ten thousand years. The Burning Heaven Dao’s objective is to obtain the [God Relic: Witch’s Key] from the treasure.”
“What’s the use of the Witch’s Key?”
“The transmission didn’t say, only that it’s a Pure Blue Grade God Relic. If necessary, we are to assist the Burning Heaven Dao in obtaining this God Relic.”
Although God Relics are rare and their forms vary, producing vastly different effects, there are general classifications: Profound Green, Pure Blue, Epic, and Legendary. Most God Relics are Profound Green Grade. Of course, in reality, there’s a ‘White Name Grade’ below Profound Green. However, White Name Grade God Relics have basically been destroyed and vanished over the past ten thousand years of historical development, making them even rarer than Profound Green and Pure Blue, so they were removed from the classification and collectively categorized as Profound Green Grade relics.
“The Witch’s Key…” After the girl’s explanation, the pink-haired woman furrowed her delicate brows, not happy that the Burning Heaven Dao was also on Witch Island. The Burning Heaven Dao and the Goddess Hall both belong to the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall, but their relationship is not harmonious. If those lunatics from the Burning Heaven Dao found out the Holy Son’s location, they might secretly kill him.
“Tsk, so troublesome,” the pink-haired woman narrowed her phoenix eyes, her red lips murmuring, “Holy Son Lord who is good at escaping, I hope you don’t encounter those lunatics and manage to escape successfully again.”
Xia Feng did not encounter the Burning Heaven Dao, but at this moment, he was completely trapped. Damn the Black Moon Holy See; encountering people from that Holy See never bodes well. Xia Feng made another note in his little book about the Black Moon Holy See. He decided that when he found an opportunity, he would definitely go to the Black Moon Holy See headquarters and directly “borrow” all their spirit artifacts!
While thinking this, Xia Feng concentrated on the path ahead. Currently, he, Mu Qingtong, and Yue Hongli were back-to-back, facing forward. All around them were witches, about sixteen of them. They stood scattered in the dim purple mist, hands covering their eyes, forming a circle with smiles playing on their lips.
These witches seemed to possess a certain level of intelligence. They had left only sixteen behind, while the remaining eighty continued to pursue the Black Moon Holy See. However, even with just sixteen, they were enough to trap Xia Feng and the others here. Even if Yue Hongli watched from a distance, it would be useless. The witches were too far apart, and the purple mist obscured their vision, making the ambient light very dim and blurry. It was impossible to find an angle where Yue Hongli could take all the witches into view.
In the end, there was no other way. Only by standing back-to-back could the three of them cover a full 360° field of vision stably, ensuring no witch was missed. Fortunately, the Crying Witches had a weakness: their blink movement was linear. If a fellow witch was directly in front of them, they could not blink past them. This was probably why they chose to leave sixteen witches behind, as sixteen were sufficient to form an inescapable circle. Any more would be a waste. This indicated that these witches did indeed possess a certain level of intelligence.
“It seems we’re going to die for love on this island,” Xia Feng sighed. “But you know, it’s actually not bad this way. It’s quite romantic, don’t you think, Miss Mu?”
Mu Qingtong: “?”
“Mr. Xia, do you have a misunderstanding of romance?”
“Romance is when a loving couple grows old and dies together. It fits our current situation perfectly,” Xia Feng said with a slight smile. “Little Carp, do you think I’m right?”
Yue Hongli nodded earnestly, “Mm-hmm, Master is right about everything!”
“2 to 1! Miss Mu, I win.”
Mu Qingtong replied with a hint of helplessness, “Naive.”
However, she seemed to think of something else and tilted her delicate brows. “A loving couple? Mr. Xia, are you admitting you like me?”
“Ah?” Xia Feng was startled, his tone full of surprise. “I was talking about Xiao Li and me! Miss Mu, I find you quite narcissistic! You’ve gone and assigned yourself to it~”
“. Mu Qingtong pursed her lips. “Naive!”
