Chapter 177: Chapter 120: Teleporting to Japan, Seizing the Divine Artifact
"Get lost."
With the item in hand, Shen Fei had no intention of getting tangled up with the seaweed. He leaped onto the Golden Celestial Horse and prepared to take flight immediately.
SWOOSH!
But taking off wasn’t so simple. Countless python-like vines shot up from the ground, lashing out to bind the ascending Golden Celestial Horse.
I can’t believe it, thought Shen Fei, who loved using Vine Towers more than anyone. A day would come when I’d be the one chased by vines.
ROAR!
The vines were as fast as lightning, managing to catch up even as the Celestial Horse was accelerating. The only thing Shen Fei could do was conjure another massive Golden Guardian in mid-air.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
As the Golden Guardian swung its Long Spear, swiftly severing the pursuing vines, even more of them surged forward. They completely bound the Guardian, wrapping it up like a zongzi.
"Bye-bye!"
With the Golden Guardian drawing all the aggro, the Celestial Horse was finally able to soar into the sky. With a wave of his hand, Shen Fei canceled the Summoning of the Soldier-piece’s Golden Guardian, leaving the vines to bind nothing but air as he flew high into the sky.
WHOOSH!
But before he could even catch his breath, a glistening green Water Arrow suddenly shot out from the sea. Its target was Shen Fei’s head, just as he had escaped the pursuing vines.
"Fuck!"
I can’t believe there was a sneak attack, and from so far away!
From the inky black water below, Shen Fei had no idea what was attacking him—a fish, a fish monster, or even one of the Fish People. As the lightning-fast Water Arrow entered a ten-meter radius around him, his two Soldier pieces activated automatically. Layers of Shields materialized, blocking the arrow’s path.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The Water Arrow pierced through five golden Shields in a row before finally dissipating.
The sea...!
Gazing down at the deep ocean below, Shen Fei’s brow furrowed deeply as he urged the Golden Celestial Horse to fly even higher.
...
PHEW!
Once he was truly in the safe zone high in the sky, Shen Fei let out a long breath and took out the Divine Artifact fragment he had just obtained.
Relatively speaking, this fragment was the easiest one to get yet!
"Let’s go! Time to press the advantage!"
After glancing at the 5% he had just acquired, Shen Fei didn’t hesitate. He immediately used one of his two remaining ultra-long-distance Teleportations. Relying on the Celestial Horse or the [Chariot] to get from Songhai to Japan’s Dongrejing was out of the question. He wouldn’t dare fly over the open sea with the [Chariot] piece, which could only fly quickly at low altitudes. He’d already been ambushed two or three times near Mingchong Island, which was close to the coast; he wasn’t about to go courting death in the deep sea.
Shen Fei wouldn’t venture into the deep sea until he had inherited the Floating Island and the Black Tortoise. The deep sea was countless times more mysterious than the land! At the very least, he would only venture into the sea once he had inherited the Great Xuanwu.
SHIMMER!
Taking out the Divine Artifact fragment, Shen Fei immediately activated the super Teleportation. There was no reason to wait. His objective was clear: obtain the Divine Artifact. He felt not the slightest pressure or discomfort about snatching Japan’s Divine Artifact. That was the goal.
...
SHIMMER!
He activated the Teleportation directly from high in the air. His vision blurred, and when it cleared, he had arrived on the main island of Japan. After taking a moment to get his bearings, Shen Fei used the locator to check his position. Then, he began to sneak quietly toward the location it indicated.
Once the target was within 50 kilometers, he immediately descended and quickly deployed a Detection Tower.
...
"Baka!"
"No one retreats!"
"Charge!!!"
"Don’t stop!!!!"
North of Reijing Bay in Japan, a battle for a Neutral City was raging. The one leading the charge was Japan’s behind-the-scenes General.
Unlike other major powers, most of whom had received a large Neutral City as a gift for possessing a National Treasure Divine Artifact, Japan was different. Japan’s National Treasure Divine Artifact was incomplete. Because it was not in its complete form—with only 85% of the Divine Artifact remaining—it did not grant them the ability to receive a large city as a gift.
After learning through secret channels that other countries had received one while his had not, Japan’s behind-the-scenes General became furious.
If you won’t give me one, then I’ll just take one myself!
That very night, he led his army of seppuku-ready soldiers to attack a large Neutral City. Unfortunately, just a few minutes into the assault, before they could even touch the City Shield, they were utterly routed. After suffering over 50% casualties, they were forced to retreat.
Unwilling to accept defeat, the behind-the-scenes General regrouped his forces and launched an attack on a medium-sized Neutral City instead. If we can’t take a large city, then we’ll take a medium one!
At this moment, they had just broken through the medium-sized city’s Shield and were beginning the first phase of the siege.
"Baka! Baka! Baka!!"
While driving his subordinates forward, the behind-the-scenes General, who stood outside the siege area, cursed endlessly under his breath. At the same time, he clutched a damaged, purplish-black little bottle in his hand.
Looking at the incomplete bottle, the General was in a foul mood. Japan’s National Treasure Divine Artifact, the [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle], was not whole. And the reason it was incomplete had everything to do with him.
It was all his fault.
The first time, he had sent a team with a Divine Artifact fragment that had a Teleportation ability to the Xia Country to capture the Tower Master from Qing City. He thought it was a sure thing, but the team he sent out completely lost contact. The deaths of his men were a small matter, but leaving a 5% Divine Artifact fragment on Xia Country soil was unacceptable.
To that end, the General subsequently dispatched eighty-one waves of Ninjas to Qing City to retrieve the lost fragment. Unfortunately, with the strange changes happening to the Earth and without the ability for long-distance teleportation, many of the people he sent out were killed by Sea Beasts as soon as they entered the ocean.
Having no other choice, for the last few attempts, he had to provide more Divine Artifact fragments. He even gave one team a special fragment that could navigate and avoid Sea Beasts. To the General’s surprise, that team had just reached the Xia Country’s Yangtze River Estuary and was about to travel upriver toward Qing City when they were suddenly dragged to Hang City by an earth monster and killed. Another team, after dodging Sea Beasts at sea, lost contact the moment they set foot in Xia Country’s Songhai City.
The General was filled with immense regret for his initial, rash decision to send people to Qing City with a 5% Divine Artifact fragment. If he hadn’t lost that crucial 5%, he wouldn’t have been forced to send team after team to their doom, losing two more 5% fragments in the process. Then Japan wouldn’t have failed to inherit a large gifted city because of its incomplete Divine Artifact.
But alas, it couldn’t be helped. The fragments were lost. All he could do was search for them with all his might. As long as he could eventually gather all the Divine Artifact fragments, he knew it would all be worth it.
The good news was that right after the game abilities were inherited, the enormous Godzilla that had been heading for Dongrejing had changed course midway and disappeared into the ocean. Moreover, after gathering information for the past few days, he discovered that the defensive capabilities of the Xia Country’s Tower Masters were indeed incredibly strong. My initial target for kidnapping was the right one; I just sent people who were too weak...
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Standing outside the siege area and watching the battle before the medium-sized city, the General made a decision. As soon as they captured this city, he would personally lead a team to the Xia Country and take back the lost Divine Artifact fragments. They hadn’t received a large city in version 4.3, but they absolutely had to get one in future versions. Before that could happen, the lost Divine Artifact fragments had to be retrieved.
"Hm?"
As the General was overseeing the siege, the purplish-black bottle in his hand suddenly grew warm.
"A Divine Artifact fragment!?"
A major part of a Divine Artifact containing 85% of the whole could, of course, sense smaller fragments. However, this 85% piece lacked the long-range sensing ability of that special 5% fragment, which was specifically designed for Detection; its effective range was only 50 kilometers.
The moment the bottle warmed up, the behind-the-scenes General’s gaze shot toward a point 50 kilometers away.
"15%? They’re all here!? BA!!! KA!!!!!!"
Sensing what his Divine Bottle had detected, the General flew into a panic. Forgetting all about the siege, he let out a furious roar and charged toward the location 50 kilometers away with his reserve forces.
The Divine Artifact fragments I’ve been longing for have appeared! The ones that were supposed to be in the Xia Country! What am I to do? Take them, of course! The Divine Artifact is the most important thing!
SWOOSH!
Suddenly, endless vines erupted from the ground, lashing out at the General and his men. A small portion of the vines attacked the black-clad Ninjas, who had already turned into incorporeal, invisible shadows. The vast majority of the attacking vines, however, targeted the General holding the Divine Bottle.
He was clearly the primary target.
