Chapter 235: Chapter 121: Sniping the Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight
Tageri Island.
This was an island quite close to Saint Nuoya’s Golden Island.
WHOOSH...
Raging waves surged and howled with the cold winter wind.
Inside a tavern, a fireplace flame flickered.
A Transcendent of the Minstrel Sequence was recounting a story that had been widely circulating across the seas recently.
"Half a month ago, that terrifying Evil Spirit brought down a horrific Evil Spirit Calamity on three consecutive islands."
"Those three islands were all strategic locations guarded by the Saintisman Ocean Legion."
"As the terrifying Evil Spirit Calamity raged, the Ocean Legion suffered heavy casualties. Even many Middle Rank Level experts couldn’t escape."
"This enraged the many powerhouses on the Golden Island. Recently, Saint Nuoya’s Golden Island has begun to form elite squads to hunt down that damn Evil Spirit and the Blood Sail Pirate Gang it relies on."
As the Minstrel finished his tale,
the tavern instantly erupted into an uproar.
"That goddamn Evil Spirit! If I ever get my hands on him, I’ll wring his head right off!"
A drunken sot roared.
"Those bastards from the Northern Border Region just love getting mixed up with those damn Evil Spirits and Evil God Organizations."
"Not only do they have Faith in that damn Sun Bitch Traitor, but they’ve also joined forces with several other Evil God Organizations. That Evil Spirit who deserves the gallows has even become one of their parliament members and is even rumored to become a Prince! The Northern Border Region is just too chaotic. Annihilate them! We have to annihilate them all!"
"And that’s not all! Those Witches, who only bring disaster and misfortune, are also running rampant in their realm."
"There are even Witches from Exotic Realms coming to our World. They say it’s a land of aberrant corruption and madness, and they’re absolutely right."
"When we from Saintisman march north, we have to kill all the men in the Northern Border Region and take all their women!"
"We’ll wipe out their bloodline completely!"
Fueled by alcohol, the more they spoke, the more agitated they became.
"Haha... For the war!"
someone bellowed.
"For the war!"
"For the war!"
"..."
The many tavern patrons raised their mugs and roared.
"Hey! Why aren’t you cheering for the war!"
A sharp-eyed patron noticed a group in the corner wasn’t cheering for Saintisman’s war and immediately began to berate them loudly.
At once, many of the patrons turned to look, their faces filled with uncontrollable rage.
Flames of fury even burned in the depths of some patrons’ eyes.
In Saintisman, anyone who dared not cheer for the war was either a spy and a traitor, or an outsider.
Either way, they could be sent straight to the gallows.
But in the corner, five or six burly, menacing brutes stood up, hefting heavy weapons like broadswords, spiked clubs, and long-handled War Axes.
The spiked club swung out violently.
BANG!
The patron who had been glaring just moments before was now a headless corpse, his skull bursting open like a watermelon.
Before the other patrons could even react,
the body had already crashed heavily to the floor.
Then, the five or six burly pirates broke into savage, bloodthirsty grins.
The leader, the sixth mate of the Blood Sail Pirate Gang, spat fiercely and snarled,
"We were going to play with you a little longer, but since you’re so blind, we’ll just send you to your deaths first."
"Get them!"
Following the sharp command,
a bloody banquet of slaughter erupted in the tavern.
Screams, wails, Death, and blood intertwined, forming a terrifying storm of demise.
In the corner,
Zorn and Captain Jack Jones chatted calmly, oblivious and indifferent to the death and slaughter around them.
"The closer we get to Saint Nuoya’s Golden Island, the more severe this situation becomes."
Jack Jones said with a frown.
"Yes."
Zorn picked up his cup, his eyes narrowing into a faint, unreadable smile.
"That terrifying Jade Magic Ring Tree has initiated a war. It naturally influences the Extraordinary, stimulating their desire for conflict. As for these ordinary people, they’ll become nothing more than slaves and cannon fodder for the war."
"They’ll become a crazed tide in the war."
"If it were just the Jade Magic Ring Tree alone, the effect wouldn’t be this obvious. Someone from a War Sequence is clearly fanning the flames from the shadows."
Jack Jones looked at Zorn.
"Is it the one from the War Sequence you eliminated before?"
"It should be him."
"Didn’t they say that guy suffered heavy losses?"
Zorn glanced outside at the towering, 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower.
"Apparently, that guy has entered into a deep collaboration with the Jade Apostles of the Jade Realm."
"A powerful Sequence like that can still get decent aid and support as long as they’re willing to cooperate with a Divine Kingdom. The price they have to pay, however, is also enormous."
Zorn continued,
"And this is just the beginning. As time goes on, the Jade Magic Ring Tree and the Lord of War will merge more and more."
"The entire Saintisman Realm will be completely reduced to a cold and frenzied war machine."
"Every one of Saintsman’s People will become a part of this cold war machine."
"Either their flames of war will burn and devour the entire World, or... our counterattack will drain them of their very last drop of blood."
Zorn’s words left Jack Jones deep in thought. After a moment, he hesitated and asked,
"Then... if the Golem of the Magic Ring Tree were to bloom in this World, what would be the consequences?"
"Many people would come to revere the Golem Sequence and then inherit the corresponding Sequence from the Golem Race."
"After a holder of this Sequence dies, their origin will feed back into the towering Golem of the Magic Ring Tree, endlessly strengthening its own origin."
"If you draw power from a Sequence, it’s only natural that you have to give something back."
"It sounds... not too bad!"
Zorn chuckled softly and then said slowly,
"That’s assuming the Golem Divine Race doesn’t activate the power within the Tree of the Magic Ring. If they do, the fate of those in the corresponding Sequence might not be much better than those affected by the war and the Jade Magic Ring Tree."
Jack Jones couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.
"So, letting those Trees of the Magic Ring bloom in our World... might not be a good thing!"
Zorn couldn’t help but laugh.
"Why would you ever think a Tree of the Magic Ring blooming is a good thing?"
For a moment, Jack Jones was at a loss for words.
"Alright. Many things are beyond our control, but we can become stronger so that we don’t end up like those ordinary humans—puppets and cannon fodder!"
Jack Jones thought for a moment, then broke into a grin.
"That’s true!"
"Alright, the battles in the other locations have already begun. We..."
Zorn looked out the window.
"...should begin as well!"
The moment Zorn finished speaking,
Captain Jack Jones slammed his fist into the wall beside him.
CRASH...
Darkness and surging waves rushed in.
The Dark Sea Demon Ship lay in wait in the depths, like a Giant Beast.
They descended the stairs and boarded the Sea Demon Ship.
At Jack Jones’s command,
CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH...
The Dark Sea Demon Ship sailed toward the nearby 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower.
Today was the day for everyone to join forces and attack Saint Nuoya’s Golden Island.
The battles in the other locations had already started, and Zorn’s group was following suit.
As the Sea Demon Ship drew near,
within the Spirit Realm Layer, crimson thunderclouds began to gather above the Celestial Dome Curtain.
Then, RUMBLE... bolts of purple Divine Art lightning rained down.
They struck the Dark Sea Demon Ship, causing it to rock violently.
Captain Jack Jones, a Level 9 Dark·Demon Ship Master piloting the exceptionally unique treasure that was the Dark Sea Demon Ship, was not afraid of the lightning barrage.
Meanwhile, Zorn, standing to the side, was silently channeling all his power into casting a spell.
Guarding the 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower was a Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight who possessed an astonishingly powerful defensive Ability.
When his Ability was combined with the 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower,
the overall Defense of the Jade Magic Ring Tower became even more terrifyingly formidable.
And that was exactly the situation now.
The Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight knew that even if he came out to fight, he couldn’t necessarily stand against the Sea Demon Ship, which was like a small World unto itself.
It was better to just defend the 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower.
After all, his unique Talent was fortification!
While the Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight held his ground,
several Level 8 and Level 9 Transcendents were continuously unleashing techniques in a relentless assault on the Sea Demon Ship.
Faced with the attacks of these Level 8 and Level 9 powerhouses,
the many mates and crew members inside the Sea Demon Ship were doing their utmost to support the vessel, urging it to accelerate and ram the 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower.
That’s right!
The Dark Sea Demon Ship was accelerating with all its might, intending to ram the 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower.
At full speed, the two drew closer and closer.
"We’re about to hit!"
Jack Jones shouted in a low voice.
"I know!"
Zorn said grimly, his eyes narrowed.
Amidst the bombardment of countless Magic Spells,
BOOM—!
Both the Spirit Realm and the physical plane instantly became blurred and hazy.
A terrifying storm of Spiritual Energy swept out in all directions.
It wasn’t just the Sea Demon Ship that shook violently.
The 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower was the same, its Spiritual Energy raging wildly.
Seizing this perfect opportunity,
the Holy Judgment: Arrow of Concealed Sin that Zorn had drawn with the Ancient God Curse was unleashed.
VMM—
A straight, brilliant streak of golden light pierced through the hazy divide between the physical world and the Spirit Realm.
Deep within the 8th Ring Jade Magic Ring Tower, the Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight, who felt his entire body shuddering, abruptly looked up.
ROAR...
It was as if the roar of a Giant Dragon suddenly echoed through his very soul and Sequence will.
Then, he saw an endless, brilliant gold.
That warm golden light permeated his Sequence.
In that moment, he seemed to see his younger self, engaged in the Ascetic Practice of a Knight’s combat arts.
With a gentle smile on his face, the Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight’s Sequence shattered inch by inch. His entire body cracked apart with a CRUNCH, CRUNCH sound, then crumbled into dust.
At that moment, the various Level 8 and Level 9 Transcendents who felt the Death of the Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight were all horrified.
’He directly shot and killed a Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight renowned for his Defense. This guy’s power is getting more and more astonishing.’
’Back in the Ancient Porcelain Holy City, the rumors said he wasn’t this powerful yet.’
Captain Jack Jones, feeling the fall of the Level 10 Crystal Wall Knight, narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.
Meanwhile, Zorn, at his side, once again drew the Holy Judgment: Arrow of Concealed Sin with the Ancient God’s Hand.
