Chapter 525: Thought Cage Core
The roar broke the brief silence of the hall. It was Yan Si’s spirit body letting out a ferocious cry, fiercely glaring at Oberon and growling, “Old undying! You just wait for me!!”
Among the ten geniuses captured, Yan Si, Jin Jili, and the Justice Holy Son’s spirit bodies were all still conscious. Unlike Yan Si’s furious rage, Jin Jili and the Justice Holy Son had their eyes closed. The former’s cheeks twitched, as if in great pain. The latter’s expression was calm, but his flickering spirit body’s face showed that he was not well either.
The Justice Holy Son slowly opened his eyes, his gaze as cold as lightning, “Aren’t you afraid of retaliation from all the forces?”
“Oh, little handsome is worried about big sister~” the White Cat Woman’s voice was seductive and gentle, she chuckled softly, “Don’t worry, the Element Holy See will take the blame for us.” Of course, she was not from the Black Moon Holy See anyway; even if the matter was exposed in the end, it would not concern her. She was just sent by the organization to help.
The Justice Holy Son realized that the enemy did not seem to fear offending all the forces, and he couldn’t help but frown, looking towards the two Black Moon Saintesses in the center who were still struggling. He really couldn’t understand Oberon’s purpose, why was he targeting his own Saintesses?
“Justice Holy Son, is there any plan to escape?” Cha Nai Xue’s faint voice suddenly sounded in his mind. He lifted his eyelids and shook his head almost imperceptibly. He could barely save himself, how could he have any plan to escape? He had placed his hopes on these two Saintesses. But as it seemed now, they were also helpless. This made him inevitably disappointed.
In fact, although Cha Nai Xue and Jiang Qiue frowned, they were not overly panicked in their hearts. Because their master… no, because their companion was Sirius! Both Jiang Qiue and Cha Nai Xue had witnessed Xia Feng’s outrageous and unfathomable strength, and both believed that Xia Feng would come to save them. If for no other reason, then for their usefulness as Saintesses, he would not abandon them.
As for whether Xia Feng, a mere fledgling whose strength was less than a Venerable, could deal with two Venerable-level powerhouses, that was not something Cha Nai Xue needed to consider. After all, every time she questioned Xia Feng, she was proven wrong. So she had learned her lesson. From now on, any probability calculation involving Xia Feng would be discarded from her mind and treated as 100% certainty.
Simply put, it was like choosing ‘A’ in an exam without thinking, and you were sure to get a perfect score! Cha Nai Xue was now confident that her master… no, her childhood sweetheart was invincible.
However, Jiang Qiue did not think so. Although she knew Xia Feng would come to save her, she was still a little worried. The current situation was far more dangerous than when they were in the Bei Qiu Abyss. Oberon, a seasoned Second-level Venerable, was not to be trifled with. Both of his condensed fruit positions were A-class, and his strength was not comparable to ordinary Second-level Venerables. Added to that was the mysterious White Cat Woman.
How could Xia Feng deal with them? If Xia Feng and the Q-Masked Man were not enough, then she could only risk falling into degeneration and shed her tail again, Jiang Qiue thought with inner turmoil.
“So, Oberon, your purpose is to pollute us with this purple mist, then why capture these people?” Cha Nai Xue, who was not flustered, had the leisure to ponder and asked doubtfully. “Only by sacrificing high-quality spirit bodies can the [Thought Cage Core] be activated, releasing enough purple mist to [assimilate the thoughts] of the two adults.”
Oberon leaned on his scepter and walked slowly to the center of the formation, as if chatting with the two Saintesses, calmly explaining his plan.
Jiang Qiue narrowed her beautiful eyes, “Assimilate thoughts, whose thoughts do you want to assimilate ours with?” She could roughly understand the meaning of thought assimilation. It was like the consciousness of the snowfield. If one were to be devoured by the snowfield consciousness, they would become part of the snowfield. She, Jiang Qiue, would still be Jiang Qiue, her soul unchanged, but her way of thinking and personality would become that of the snowfield.
For example, if Jiang Qiue’s wallet was stolen by a strong person, given her nature, she would play it safe and not cause further trouble, waiting until she had the strength to steal it back. Under specific circumstances, she might consider snatching it back. But if she were assimilated by the snowfield, she might directly fly into a rage and fight the thief to the death, even if it meant a thousand damages for eight hundred in return, she would kill the entire family of the opponent!
In fact, this was no different from usurpation, and even more terrifying than usurpation, because the soul was still the same soul, but the immediately formed thoughts, compiled from the way of thinking and personality, already belonged to a completely different life form. It was for this reason that Jiang Qiue asked whose thoughts they would be assimilated with; it was very likely the person behind Oberon who was orchestrating this.
Regarding this question, Oberon raised his old, heavy eyes, “Saintess, if you give up resisting, you will naturally know my purpose and know all the truth.”
Knowing that she could not get any more information, Jiang Qiue did not dwell on it. However, it seemed that Justice Holy Son and the others were implicated by her and Cha Nai Xue. Oberon’s true target was the two of them, and Justice Holy Son and the others were merely sacrifices.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qiue couldn’t help but frown and ask doubtfully, “Where is Olivia?”
“Screech— Screech—” Accompanied by the crisp, powerful footsteps, a harsh screech of metal dragging on the ground came from a dark corner. Jiang Qiue looked up. The woman was nearly two meters tall, her entire body clad in ferocious and rugged blood-red heavy armor. Beneath her flowing blood-red hair, her left cheek was covered by a cold, pitch-black prison abyss mask.
The three-meter-long greatsword dragging on the ground continuously dripped blood, and its blade carved deep, straight furrows into the holy white floor tiles. Fortunately, the floor tiles had a self-healing property and were restored to their original state the next second. Behind her, a red-skinned man wearing reflective square glasses. This person was named Russell. He had delicate features and a faint smile at the corner of his lips, “My master is here, do you have any instructions?”
“Olivia!” Jiang Qiue did not speak, but the Justice Holy Son spoke first, his voice filled with cold anger, “Are you with Oberon?”
Olivia’s scarlet eyes slightly lifted, “What, is there a problem?”
“Such a traitorous and unjust act, you can agree to it?!” The Justice Holy Son seemed to be acquainted with Olivia and found her choice incredible, hating her for not living up to expectations.
“Is there a problem?” Olivia remained indifferent.
Oberon ignored the conversation between these young geniuses and quietly looked out the window. The Cardinals sent by the Element Holy See and the Justice Holy See were anxious to return to their respective Holy Sees to report the shocking secret of ‘Saint’s remains buried on Spirit Mountain’, and they had already left last night. Oberon naturally would not stop them. Now, only Teresa was left. Although Teresa’s escape was outside the plan, it was harmless. An Element Nun alone could not cause much trouble. Now, all that was needed was to quietly wait for the activation of the Thought Cage Core, and then they could successfully assimilate these two Saintesses!
