Chapter 564: Purpose?
The dim vision was filled only with the tearing gunshots, like the roars of evil spirits.
Jin Jili’s consciousness gradually blurred amidst the soul-tearing agony.
He couldn’t understand, wasn’t that young man a Divine Half-dragon slave trained by Jiang Qiue?
How could Jing Jiu dare not capture him after just one glance?
This guy…
Who was he?!
“Bang—!” The final gunshot pierced through the bloody hole between his eyebrows, and Jin Jili’s head tilted back, his vacant eyes reflecting the young man holding the hunting rifle aloft.
The young man remained composed, leaning by the window, leisurely retrieving his hunting rifle.
This was the last image Jin Jili saw before he died, his consciousness dissipating completely with indignant rage.
Jing Jiu’s palm ignited with ice-green flames, and the moment he pressed it onto the forehead of Jin Jili’s corpse, it was directly annihilated, leaving no trace.
After dealing with the criminal who attempted to attack civilians, he didn’t look at the innocent civilian holding the hunting rifle and turned to leave that carriage.
The passengers, whose senses had been sealed, gradually woke up.
The investigators and knights from the previous carriage, who were rushing over in confusion, were stopped by Jing Jiu. After a few words, the forces blockading the Star Iron began to withdraw.
The Holy Department investigators boarded the warship, and the Apocalypse Knights boarded their private vessels.
The crisis was resolved so easily? Feng Jiany stared blankly at everything outside the window as Jing Jiu’s ship gradually moved away, finally disappearing into the stars.
Did he really leave? Feng Jiany recovered and finally accepted the outrageous fact, slowly turning his neck to look at the young man sitting opposite him.
The young man had not moved from his spot the entire time, facing everything calmly, as if he had known all along that the Apocalypse Knights would not dare to investigate him.
Feng Jiany finally understood that Xia Feng’s confident demeanor earlier was not bragging at all, but that he could indeed save his father and daughter.
So effortlessly!
Then, who was this young man? The more Feng Jiany thought about it, the more shocked he became.
Before talking to the young man, he had already checked his resume.
Xia Feng, a B-grade wanted criminal, was originally a freshman at Weiyang Academy in Area 51, one of the masterminds behind the Garden case. He then disappeared for a year after being accused by the Black Moon Holy See as the Eternal Day Holy Son.
Based on Feng Jiany’s understanding of the upper echelons of the empire, he could tell at a glance that Xia Feng was framed and was definitely not the Holy Son of the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall.
Of course, none of that was important.
What was important was that Xia Feng’s experience of being framed and becoming a wanted criminal indicated that this young man came from an ordinary background and had no powerful forces behind him to protect him.
This was what Feng Jiany had originally thought.
However, the current situation overturned his guess.
His observational skills were extraordinary, and he had keenly noticed earlier that when Jing Jiu stood in front of Xia Feng, his right knee bent slightly, as if he were about to kneel!
Even when facing a Pillar State, Apocalypse Knights did not need to perform a kneeling salute, unless it was to the Empress who had been in deep sleep for ten thousand years.
This young man couldn’t possibly be Her Majesty, of course.
Yet, when facing the young man, not only did the Apocalypse Knight not dare to investigate further, but he turned and left. Moreover, when the young man was about to kill Jin Jili, he publicly protected the young man, controlling Jin Jili to allow Xia Feng to kill him at will.
All these actions far exceeded Feng Jiany’s expectations; he couldn’t fathom the young man’s identity at all.
But no matter what, this young man named Xia Feng must have an extraordinary background.
Befriending him would certainly be the right choice.
“Your Excellency, it seems you are also a person with a great background.” While Feng Jiany was secretly contemplating, he smiled and pushed the card in his hand to Xia Feng. “I keep my word. The card contains the password to the third level of the laboratory.”
At the same time, Cha Nai Xue and Jiang Qiue stared at Xia Feng with strange looks, equally surprised and confused.
How did this guy manage it?
Mu Qingtong’s beautiful eyes also held some confusion, and she frowned in contemplation.
She had initially expected a tough battle ahead, but the outcome was completely unexpected.
The Apocalypse Knights had voluntarily given up their inspection and even cooperated with Mr. Xia to kill Jin Jili. Could it be that Mr. Xia had secretly infiltrated the Apocalypse Knights?
Mu Qingtong narrowed her beautiful eyes. If that were the case, then Mr. Xia’s infiltration into the empire’s high-level circles was indeed slightly more formidable than hers.
After all, organizations as powerful as the Apocalypse Knights, which stood above all other forces, were immeasurably more difficult to infiltrate compared to other powers.
Looking at the surprised and doubtful gazes, Xia Feng smiled without a word, the corners of his lips holding an unfathomable depth.
In reality, he was terrified.
Judging by the reactions of the Apocalypse Knights, his previous guess was correct: the Eighth Generation was indeed the Empress who had slumbered in the Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace for ten thousand years.
She had now awakened!
Fortunately, the Empress seemed to be able to use the Apocalypse Knights as her eyes, transcending distance limitations with her will. However, she hadn’t taken any further action, indicating that her range of activity was still limited.
It was only within the scope of ten Area 15s.
Perhaps, her main body couldn’t even leave the Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace?
Based on Xia Feng’s limited knowledge of divine-level existences, he felt that even if such an entity couldn’t traverse the entire empire instantaneously, crossing twenty Area 15s in a few seconds should not be a problem.
Yet, after waiting for so long, the Pale Contract Seal remained completely still.
This suggested that the Eighth Generation scoundrel was still powerless against him.
This was indeed good news, but it was also something that puzzled Xia Feng. Previously, in the Evil Dragon Space, the Eighth Generation had vowed to find him and make him experience despair.
She would definitely try every means to capture him.
Given the situation just now, wouldn’t it have been simpler to directly have the Apocalypse Knights capture him and send him to the Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace in Area 1?
Unless…
Xia Feng mused with his black eyes, unless the Empress knew that if Jing Jiu acted directly, he likely wouldn’t be able to catch him, so she chose to let him leave first and plan for the long term?
Or perhaps, the Empress knew he could use the Pale Contract Seal to counter-attack, and being newly awakened, her strength was insufficient, so this petty Empress was afraid and dared not come?
Hmm… well, it would be impossible to make the Eighth Generation afraid. Xia Feng felt during his brief few minutes of contact with her in the Evil Dragon Space that Miss Evil Dragon had a very resolute personality.
She wouldn’t back down at the first sign of difficulty.
A myriad of thoughts flashed through Xia Feng’s mind. The more he thought, the more questions he had, making him feel quite vexed.
The Eighth Generation had saved him, but she hadn’t sent any message with Jing Jiu, which was truly strange.
He couldn’t figure out the Empress’s motives, so he had no choice but to put it aside for now.
After all, with the Pale Contract Seal in hand, if the Empress dared to trouble him, who knew who would win!
Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace.
Countless illusory light gold stairs rose from the gray abyss, layer by layer, forming a grand staircase to the Divine Palace in the heavens.
Theseus respectfully stood below the divine steps. After reporting the recent thousand years’ events, he received no response and looked up in confusion, “Your Majesty?”
The Empress withdrew her gaze from the distant horizon, her divine eyes indifferent and majestic, and suddenly asked:
“What forces currently exist in Area 15?”
