After the person in the Golden Eye Mask left, Xia Feng and the two women also stepped out of the Nai Luo Space.
Honestly, the optimized Nailuo’s Eye was really useful. Cha Naixue discovered that not only the energy consumption for activating Nailuo’s Eye had significantly reduced, but she could also maintain it for a longer duration, even using it to track.
In her vision, the trajectory of the Golden Eye Mask person was clearly visible.
Based on this trajectory, the trio headed north.
Along the way, Xia Feng saw hundreds of floating images, which were the light sphere images of those who failed to escape from the Star Bone Pillar. These images should have spread throughout Zone 51 but were confined within the Garden due to a barrier, aimlessly scurrying around only within the range of the Garden.
The images recorded horrific and nauseating scenes that refreshed Xia Feng’s understanding. It must be said, these idle aristocrats, in their pursuit of novelty, really had no bottom line and would do anything.
Moreover, from these images, it was evident that at least two hundred aristocrats were involved with the Garden. Aside from the hundred who were sacrificed, the rest, not being in the Garden at the time, had escaped disaster.
"It’s truly... disgusting!" Cha Naixue was sickened by the scenes in the far distance and coldly lowered her gaze to avoid looking further.
"Ants hold high positions, worms control the world." Mu Qingtong, standing next to her, still had a calm gaze as she looked into the distance and softly spoke, a thoughtful cold light flashing in her golden pupils.
Xia Feng also frowned. He recognized many people in the images, "Holy Department, Military Department, Governing Hall, three major Church Courts... The upper echelons of Zone 51 are this chaotic..."
It was only upon seeing these people that Xia Feng realized the waters of the Garden were deeper than he had imagined. Controlling so many big figures clearly wasn’t something a Fifth Rank Archbishop could achieve alone.
While the Archbishop was the owner of the Garden, he was likely not the actual controller. There must have been a more powerful protector behind him; otherwise, he couldn’t have managed to this extent.
"If we can spread these chaotic images from the Garden, perhaps all of Zone 51 will undergo an unprecedented transformation," Xia Feng whispered, pondering ways to deal with the Archbishop.
"Transformation..." Mu Qingtong stared into the distance, her beautiful eyes squinting slightly under her half-frame gold-rimmed glasses. She liked the term; Zone 51 indeed needed a transformation.
"Alright, let’s not look at these disgusting things anymore. Let’s continue on our way." Xia Feng patted the shoulders of the two women, and the trio set off again.
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Soon, with the help of Nailuo’s Eye, they successfully arrived outside a castle.
That was a huge parade ground, where several columns of knights in silver armor patrolled crosswise outside the castle. In the center of the parade ground stood a five-meter-tall crucifix, hanging the bloody body of a man.
From a great distance, Xia Feng stared intently and finally saw clearly.
That man was Wei Shutong. At that moment, his head drooped down, his hair disheveled and clothes tattered, his palms and the backs of his feet nailed to the crucifix. Below, fierce flames burned, the dark flames seemed to be a sort of penalty that scorched the soul.
Xia Feng’s brow furrowed deeply, lost in thought, when suddenly the space to the right of the crucifix distorted. A middle-aged man with a sloppy beard leaped out wielding a large sword, split the crucifix into pieces, and hoisted Wei Shutong to run.
"Hehe, White Dragon, you think you can leave after arriving?" Viper’s eerily calm voice sounded out of thin air above the parade ground. The dark flames beneath the crucifix suddenly transformed into nine terrifying snake heads, tearing towards the White Dragon.
The instant the man chopped off a snake head, the skies changed dramatically. A giant golden hand reached out from the clouds, colliding with the man’s sword blade, sending waves of golden energy rippling outward.
Simultaneously, fine black lines emerged in the space of the parade ground, connecting rapidly at an undetectable speed into a massive cage, forcing the hidden Director Xuanwu to reveal his true form.
Rumble!
In an instant, before Xia Feng and the others could react, a massive battle erupted.
White Dragon Venerable faced off against the owner of the golden hand.
Director Xuanwu confronted the man in the black robe with blood-red eyes.
The owner of the golden giant hand was also a Venerable, but he didn’t seem to be the Archbishop.
However, Xia Feng didn’t have time to worry about that anymore.
"Just right, let them fight, and we’ll sneak into the castle to check things out."
The Nai Luo Space is a moveable Different Space, but it consumes the time it exists; they could stay in Nai Luo Space for three days, but every hundred meters moved would consume a day.
After the time was completely consumed, a 12-hour cooldown period would start during which they couldn’t enter the Nai Luo Space again.
Although the distance they could move was limited, it was enough.
Under Cha Naixue’s control, the three of them silently advanced 100 meters... 200 meters... 250 meters... and soon arrived inside the castle.
In the center of the hall, a brilliant golden Array emitted a faint glow; fifty Divine Robe Priests wearing pure gold masks formed a circle around the edge of the Array, kneeling and bowing their heads in prayer, murmuring words.
The man in the Golden Eye Mask kneeled at the center of the Array, placed his wrist over the Star Bone Glass. Fresh blood seeped from a slit in his wrist, blending into the Star Bone Glass, slowly infiltrating the entire Array.
And at the outer perimeter of the gigantic Array, an old man dressed in a black and gold divine robe stood with his hands behind his back.
"That’s the Archbishop, Aus," Cha Naixue pointed out the old man on the light screen in the Nai Luo Space.
Xia Feng himself thought that copying the Archbishop’s Spiritual Artifact would suffice, but along the way, he still felt uneasy not dealing with the Archbishop.
"Can we move behind him?"
"We can, but what are you planning to do?" Cha Naixue asked, puzzled. "He’s a Fifth Rank Spirit Master; even a surprise attack from behind is unlikely to injure him much."
Xia Feng naturally didn’t plan to act himself; he knew that even if he teamed up with Mu Qingtong, killing a seasoned Fifth Rank Spirit Master would be extremely difficult.
So, he decided to use the Black Crow feathers directly to pull the Archbishop into the Evil Dragon Space and let Evil Dragon Miss finish him off in seconds.
Boom, boom, boom—
Loud booming noises came from outside; Aus looked up and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Jiang Li, how much longer do we need?"
"Not much longer, don’t worry." Jiang Li was actually even more anxious than the Archbishop, his heart excited. It’s almost time! He could hardly wait to report the news of finding the Eternal Day Saint Child to the Goddess!
Archbishop Aus nodded, took a deep breath, and was about to continue speaking when he suddenly frowned and turned around.
There, a man dressed in white had suddenly appeared behind him. His outstretched palm was just a half-inch from touching his back but was firmly blocked by an invisible armor, unable to reach his body.
The Archbishop’s gaze was calm as he and Xia Feng made eye contact.
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Xia Feng: "..."
This was awkward. He hadn’t anticipated that he couldn’t even touch the Archbishop’s body, thus unable to pull the target into the Evil Dragon Space.
Whoosh—
The Archbishop reacted, his murky pupils dilating sharply; his divine-robed figure instantly moved to a far shadow, his gaze warily fixed on the suddenly appeared Xia Feng.
Being able to escape his senses and suddenly appear behind him was clearly very problematic!