Chapter 939: Tribulation Mark
“Calamity. Heaven’s Gift.”
Before the painting board, the white-haired man dangled his brush, pondered for a moment, and then looked up.
“Are there any legions around the Fifth Great Area?”
General Xue Ying shook his head. “Currently, the main forces of all major legions are in the Holy City. Apart from the Great Love Legion and our Sin Legion, the legion fleets stationed in the Top Ten Great Areas have developed gaps.”
“The Great Love Legion cannot leave the Central Courtyard, so the Fifth Great Area is indeed somewhat Isolated and helpless.”
General Xue Ying said in a deep voice, “Unless the Element Holy See stationed in the Ninth Great Area is willing to provide aid, but given the current situation of the empire, the three major Holy Sees are being pressured and besieged by the major power factions and legions, and the relationship is tense. Moreover, the Element Holy See has always had a poor relationship with the Golden Sparrow Flower, so they are unlikely to send troops to help.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Feng’s cat-like vertical pupils narrowed. It seemed that Burning Heaven Holy Lord had likely calculated everything beforehand, thus choosing the Fifth Great Area as the breakthrough point.
The current method to reinforce the Fifth Great Area might involve drawing top-tier combat power of Venerable rank from adjacent Great Areas.
Generally speaking, the further forward a Great Area is, the more top-tier combat power it will possess. For example, the Top Ten Great Areas basically have at least three Venerables stationed there year-round.
In the latter ten Great Areas, there is usually only one Venerable stationed year-round, or perhaps none at all. This is not only due to the less habitable territories and sparse populations of the latter Great Areas, but also because of the Final Great Wall.
The Final Great Wall is called a Great Wall because it is truly… immeasurably long! The wall directly shatters the planar barrier, traversing through Great Areas 51, 50, and 49.
The Final Great Wall not only serves as a barrier to isolate the Evil Dragon Forest but also as a domain that suppresses cultivation realms.
In the areas within its radiation, the higher the cultivation realm, the more pronounced the suppression. However, it only affects those above the Venerable rank; those below the Venerable rank feel nothing from it.
For instance, a Sage entering the radiation zone would be suppressed to the Sacred Realm, and someone in the Sacred Realm would be suppressed to Venerable Two or even Venerable One.
Because of this, few Venerables are willing to station and protect the last three Great Areas. Even the few Great Areas closest to the last three are shunned, as proximity to the Final Great Wall inevitably results in some suppression of cultivation realms.
However, the Fifth Great Area is different. On Sparrow King Star alone in the Fifth Great Area, there are at least ten top-tier Venerables. Of course, this is due to Sparrow God Mountain being located here.
The top-tier combat power in the surrounding Seventh, Sixth, and Fourth Great Areas might be much less than in the Fifth Great Area, but if they were to gather and reinforce this area, it would undoubtedly be a significant help.
However, most of these Venerables stationed in various Great Areas are not officials but the strongest individuals from various family forces, large and small.
If a crisis were to occur in their own Great Area, these strongest individuals from family forces would naturally defend it with all their might. But if trouble arises in another Great Area, asking for their help would likely be harder than scaling the heavens.
After all, it takes a large family thousands of years to produce a Venerable or even a High-level Venerable. This individual is the foundation for the family’s continued prosperity. If they die, the family will likely decline or even perish.
“However… Abyssal Saint proactively exposed the location of the Sumeru Gate in Golden Sparrow City. For the sake of cooperating with Abyssal Saint as soon as possible, various forces will likely still dispatch some personnel or send representatives to the Fifth Great Area.”
General Xue Ying analyzed, then looked up, “Sir Shifu, now…”
“Go, order the logistics troops to unload all their Sin Leaf equipment and descend upon Sparrow King Star to fully assist the Golden Sparrow Flower in resisting the enemy,” the white-haired man waved his hand, saying softly, “The remaining troops are to stand by.”
“Yes.” General Xue Ying respectfully bowed and quickly turned to leave.
The Sin Legion’s Overtaker primarily cultivates the Spirit Robe: Shadow of Sin. All other Spirit Robes are auxiliary to the cultivation of the Shadow of Sin. Therefore, if the Shadow of Sin cannot be used, the Overtaker is useless.
However, not all Sin Generals are Overtakers. For example, the logistics troops consist of generals eliminated from other units. Spirit Masters without the talent for Overtaking now have an opportunity to go to the front lines.
As General Xue Ying left, the white-haired man turned his gaze back to the portrait on the painting board.
“Eldest Sister, prepare yourself. I’ve arranged for you to descend upon Sparrow King Star together to find Abyssal Saint.”
The white-haired man said gently, “Of course, if you wish to wait until the war in the Fifth Great Area is over, that’s also fine.”
“No need,” Huang Zhaoyue replied, and without lingering, turned to walk out the door.
The atmosphere in the room fell silent for a moment.
Swish— The brushstroke landed on the center of the painting board again. The drawing paper instantly split into pieces, and the portrait of Huang Shikui on it also shattered into nothingness.
The paper scraps ignited with bizarre black flames, turning into ashes.
***
In the pitch-black night sky, over a thousand meteors of various sizes floated.
On each meteor stood a Sin General, and the meteors flowed like a stream towards a vortex gate at the end.
Beyond the vortex gate lay the Fifth Great Area.
The Sin Legion, relying on the Tree of Sin, precisely located the landing spots of all the soldiers on Sparrow King Star, entering the Fate World.
Huang Zhaoyue stood on the last meteor and entered with the rest of the troops.
“Since Sparrow King Star is sealed by Calamity, there’s actually no need for us to enter at this moment.”
Huang Zhaoyue’s beautiful pupils glanced at the black cat on her shoulder. “Why not stay on the warship ‘Sin Star’? This way, we can also look for an opportunity to steal the Enlightenment Marks.”
Originally, according to her plan, there was no need to get involved in the affairs between Burning Heaven and Golden Sparrow Flower.
Xia Feng had asked her to come along just now. Now that Xia Feng was her superior, she, Huang Zhaoyue, respected her superiors greatly, so she didn’t ask further.
But now, she couldn’t help but ask.
“Stealing, always stealing. If Huang Shifu stays in the Sin Star, what ghost can you steal?”
The black cat on her shoulder meowed, and a proud snort sounded in its heart. “Listen to me, let’s go back to Golden Sparrow City first. I have a way to get the Holy Dragon Judgment without lifting a finger.”
“Are you sure?”
“Naturally.”
Xia Feng’s orange-yellow vertical pupils narrowed, staring longingly at the vortex gate that was getting closer and closer.
The reason he asked Huang Zhaoyue to enter the Fifth Great Area immediately was actually another reason.
That is… Black Moon Pope!
The Tail Nature Tribulation Fire within the Holy Dragon Judgment, in addition to being able to activate the Tribulation Transformation Body and bestow authority, had another ability: ‘Tribulation Mark Tracking’.
Targets that suffered damage from the Tribulation Transformation Body’s abilities would be marked with a [Tribulation Mark]. This was a concept-level mark, and unless one was a True God-tier existence, it would be difficult to detect the mark’s presence.
Last time in the Sumeru Realm, although Black Moon Pope escaped, Xia Feng had silently planted a [Tribulation Mark] on him.
And according to the sense of the Tribulation Mark, Black Moon Pope was currently in the Fifth Great Area!
Originally, Xia Feng had planned to deal with Black Moon Pope after he and Miss Mu formed their Dao Fruit and advanced to Venerable Three during their ‘Four Months’ union.
But now that he encountered him, he couldn’t be blamed for being impolite!
It just so happened that if he could first obtain the S-class Spirit Artifact, Gui Xu Meng Yan, which was a strong counter to Miss Mu, and then find Miss Mu for the ‘Four Months’ Dao Fruit union, it might go even smoother!
