Chapter 1075: Chapter 1075

A burst of orange-gray radiance flashed through He Ao’s eyes.

Some invisible ripples in the void were slowly being guided towards He Ao’s hands.

Perhaps due to a higher energy content, the process of the city ’absorbing’ the remains of the main priest was much more complex this time, and the ’lines’ pointing to the city were thicker.

Therefore, the process of He Ao guiding this line toward the yellow crystal in his hands was also slightly affected, slowing down a bit.

During the guiding process, He Ao also carefully observed what seemed to be some kind of ’sacrifice ritual’.

Essentially, the structure of the ritual for absorbing the ’main priest’ was not much different from absorbing the remains of the Variants.

In the eyes of this city, this noble Mr. Main Priest wasn’t much different from those Variants that transformed from the humble livestock he spoke of.

In a sense, this twisted state of the main priest was nothing more than a Variant with intelligence.

Of course, in terms of power, he was indeed much stronger than those ordinary Variants.

All things considered, his strength should be around 6000. Adding to this the environmental advantage he had here and his richer combat experience, theoretically, dealing with him would not be much easier than dealing with that Second Vice-President who only knew brute force.

But this ’main priest’, like that Second Vice-President, possessed the excellent trait of the Rong Guang Society members: ’arrogance’.

Initially, he didn’t really regard He Ao as a particularly strong opponent. After a brief exchange, He Ao seized the opportunity and killed his human form.

One mistake led to another.

Once the fight entered the rhythm of He Ao’s advantage, his fate was sealed.

However, looking at the situation of this main priest, the City of Rong Guang did indeed provide enhancements to these core members of the Rong Guang Society.

That Second Vice-President who died at He Ao’s hands, if he were to be truly in the City of Rong Guang, might have been stronger than in the Main World.

He Ao looked up at the collapsing ceiling overhead, and at the inside of the ceiling, the flesh that was still twisting and writhing.

Strictly speaking, Mr. Main Priest had not died completely yet.

His energy pathways were too bloated. After the destruction of the energy convergence point, the collapse was also slightly slower.

Surges of flames flowed under He Ao’s feet, and a distorted face slowly emerged from

At this moment, the sounds of leaping and stepping footsteps came from He Ao’s side. Ruilin, who was holding a bronze sword, had already stepped on some barely intact tables and was quickly approaching.

He Ao turned his head towards Ruilin and gave a light wave of his hand.

Instantly, the Shadowless Sword swept away the burning wine and flames surrounding him, clearing a blank area.

Ruilin looked up at He Ao, jumped into the cleared area, and stood next to him.

Then she raised her head, looking at the rapidly collapsing walls around her and the fallen flesh on the floor, "Is the main priest dead?"

"Not completely dead."

He Ao casually responded.

Then he took a step towards the location where the liquor cabinet used to be.

The Shadowless Sword flew in front of him, instantly cutting through the roaring sea of fire and creating a path straight to the depths of the hall.

He Ao followed this path forward, his footsteps crunching on broken glass bottles and making a crisp sound.

Ruilin watched He Ao’s back, not immediately understanding what he meant by his words. She quickly caught up with He Ao and hesitated for a moment before whispering, "Then how should we head to the upper levels?"

"You can’t go there."

A hoarse voice instantly rang in her ear.

Ruilin shuddered, her grip tightening on her bronze sword as she turned her gaze towards the source of the voice.

Beside the path opened by He Ao through the flames, an elderly head was burning in the fire. This was the head of the ’main priest’ whom He Ao had just decapitated.

At this moment, this head turned its gaze towards He Ao and spoke hoarsely, "Foreigner, only those who are entrusted with Rong Guang’s glory can proceed to the upper levels. A non-believer like you will never reach there."

His elderly mouth opened and closed, "You can’t even find the passa—"

As he spoke, He Ao had already reached the wall behind the original liquor cabinet. He raised his hand, and the Shadowless Sword instantly cut through the wall and the flesh inside it.

A complex olive-shaped Array appeared before him.

The aged head froze with its mouth open, about to speak but quickly changing its tune, shouting loudly, "You do not carry the glory of Rong Guang; you cannot go to the City of Rong Guang. The vice-chairman will soon learn of what has happened here, and once he sends someone down, you will die—"

Then it saw He Ao raise his hand, revealing the yellow crystal in his palm.

The head burning in the flames suddenly widened its eyes and roared loudly, "Impossible! Impossible! You cannot use it!"

By then, a faint and powerful yellow glimmer, as if endowed with some high-level power, had already spread from He Ao’s fingertips, activating the crystal in his hand.

"Impossible! You have stolen the power of the great Divine Beings! The Destroyer K is watching you! You thief! You thief!!!"

The burning head let out a howl that vibrated throughout the entire hall.

At that moment, He Ao finally turned his head and glanced at it.

The ’Sacrifice Ritual’ had now fully connected to the yellow crystal in the young man’s hand, with the yellow light, seemingly from Angels, winding around his fingertips like a submissive servant in his grasp.

The burning head observed those profound eyes that reflected the entire star universe and suddenly widened its eyes.

With the spread of mystic connections to the Sacrifice in the void, it seemed to see through that deep gaze, the vast expanse of stars, and the figure dwelling deep within the stars—a terrifying conjecture surfaced in its mind.

It stared dumbly at the youth before it, mouth agape, "You, you, no, no, no—"

The chandelier on the ceiling finally fell, shattering the table below, followed by pieces of concrete and flesh raining down like a sudden downpour.

The surging fire instantly devoured the burning head, erasing all traces of life.

The twisted corpse in the air decayed rapidly; Ruilin, stunned, watched this unfold, only now understanding what He Ao meant by ’not yet completely dead.’

But now it didn’t matter anymore, the ’High Priest’ was truly dead.

And her attention was captured by the flesh that kept disappearing, she said subconsciously, "This, this is..."

He Ao casually gave the answer, raised his hand, and placed the crystal in front of the Array on the wall, following the activation method gleaned from the High Priest’s thoughts, he activated the Array.

A dazzling brilliance lit up from the olive-shaped Array.

Ruilin stared dumbfounded at the scene before her that seemed like the collapse of the world.

So it turned out that the ’High Priest,’ who ruled over everything, was just a Variant.

Her world collapsed at this very moment, only to be rebuilt again.

She turned her head, looking at the youth standing in the glow of the Array, and spoke softly, "Mr. Hao Yi, could you take me with you to the upper layer?"

"After witnessing the ’High Priest’s’ power, are you not afraid?"

He Ao turned his head to glance at her hesitant and cautious face, gently asked.

The original, unspoken agreement between He Ao and Ruilin was that Ruilin would bring He Ao to see the High Priest, and He Ao would take her to the upper layer to find her sister.

But after witnessing the battle between He Ao and the High Priest, even a warrior as resolute as her could not help but worry.

After all, it concerned her sister.

"Riley is my only family."

Ruilin looked at the youth’s serene face and said earnestly.

Then she paused before continuing, "And slaves should always stand up and confront their ’masters.’"

Spontaneous gunfire erupted from above the ceiling.

Other people in the castle were still fighting.

He Ao withdrew his gaze, raised his hand, and fully illuminated the Array on the wall; he paused, as if sensing something, and spoke with implied meaning, "Riley might be in need of you right now."

A radiant brilliance surged out, engulfing the silhouettes of the two.

The fiery passage that had opened up behind them closed again.

The hall constructed of flesh and bricks collapsed completely; the chunks of twisted flesh rapidly vanished in the blazing fire, leaving only the flames dancing in the dust.

All in the world falls to silence, an invisible ripple cuts through the lowest layer of space.

It seems to be searching for where the lost power has gone.

Feklay City · Suburban Fortress

Stepping out of the taxi and onto the starlight before Daybreak, Lin Chichi finally arrived at the fortress that was her destination.

In fact, with her speed, the journey needn’t have taken so long, but there was no signal for her phone in the forest, and she hadn’t downloaded offline maps.

Thus, she got lost in the forest for a while, and only when her phone got a signal did she realize she had gone the wrong way.

She had no choice but to rely on her phone’s GPS to find the nearest highway and hail a taxi to return.

Shaking her head, feeling a bit silly, the girl rubbed her temples and walked step by step towards the great gates of the fortress.

At this moment, the people guarding the fortress had already been replaced by Lin Chichi’s own. Upon seeing her approach, one guard rushed over.

He spat out a flurry of words, probably wondering why Lin Chichi had returned from outside.

Then, as he saw the bewildered look in Lin Chichi’s eyes, he realized that she couldn’t understand his Ikarian language laced with a thick local accent.

However, his embarrassment was quickly resolved as a figure clad in professional attire with black tights almost simultaneously rushed in front of Lin Chichi.

"Chichi, are you hurt?"

This figure looked at the wounds on Lin Chichi’s body and hurriedly reached out to support her.

Lin Chichi, still reeling from the guardsman’s heavily-accented Ikarian dialect, heard the familiar Central Earth language.

Then, she raised her head to look at the figure in front of her and said with some surprise, "Miss Yan Yue, what are you doing here? Weren’t you supposed to arrive around eight or nine o’clock?"

"First, take this. This is a treatment item effective for ordinary Transcendents that Miss Goya had sent to us before. Let’s go inside and talk."

Yan Yue raised her hand, pulled out a green pill resembling a plant’s fruit, and stuffed it into Lin Chichi’s hand.

Lin Chichi, still dazed, held the pill, feeling the gentle healing power coming from within, and followed Yan Yue into the fortress.

"The current arrivals aren’t the main force,"

Yan Yue explained to the girl beside her as they walked, "After discussing, we still felt that your plan was very dangerous, and finally decided that I would lead a team to come over as quickly as possible."

"But I checked the weather forecast, wasn’t there a torrential downpour on your route?"

Lin Chichi was slightly taken aback and asked with some confusion.

"The rain stopped quickly, and we managed to arrive several hours earlier without any issues,"

Lin Chichi glanced at Yan Yue’s unmarred clothes. Her attire seemed fine, but some scratches were still visible under the folds of her sleeves.

Obviously, her journey here hadn’t been as safe as she’d claimed.

But she had changed into a new set of clothes after arriving.

Lin Chichi didn’t inquire further about the injuries but simply nodded and earnestly said, "Thank you."

"We’re all working for Minister He."

Yan Yue smiled again, "No need to be polite. Moreover, strictly speaking, the dangers you’re now facing are what I should have encountered, so I should be thanking you."

"Does Minister He know about this?"

Lin Chichi asked softly.

"We’ve reported to Minister He,"

Yan Yue smiled and continued, "Minister He only replied with ’agreed’,"

"However, it’s amazing. There was a severe storm on our way here, and then the helicopter had a bit of an accident. I initially thought something big was going to happen, but the helicopter actually landed steadily in the end, and the rain clouds also dissipated a lot. That’s why I was lucky enough to come over ahead of time."

"Maybe Minister He is helping us."

Lin Chichi pondered and earnestly said.

"It might also be ’K’ helping us."

Miss Yan Yue shook her head with a smile, and then she looked at Lin Chichi, "By the way, how are things on your side?"

"The attacker is dead,"

Lin Chichi said slowly, "But he also had a Transcendent made of a pile of flesh. That Transcendent was very strong and very dangerous. I injured him, but he still got away."

During the conversation, Yan Yue had already taken Lin Chichi deep into the fortress.

Hearing Lin Chichi’s words, Yan Yue glanced at the girl’s injuries, then wrapped her arms around her and chuckled, "Our Chichi is the best!"

Then she lowered her head and grinned, "I have good news to tell you, thanks to Minister He, we’ve got a strong reinforcement this time."

Lin Chichi was slightly startled and asked with some confusion, "Who might that be?"

"They should be arriving soon."

Yan Yue checked her phone, grabbed Lin Chichi’s hand, and hurried up the staircase beside them.

Soon, the two reached the third floor and walked towards a huge open helipad.

The whistling wind approached from afar, and at that moment, a black helicopter hovered above them, followed by the cabin door opening.

An elderly man holding a magic wand leapt down from the helicopter.

Lin Chichi stared at the old man before her in a slight daze, "Mr. Rudel?"

"My girl, we meet again."

Mr. Rudel nodded at Lin Chichi with a smile.

He certainly knew Lin Chichi; they had both stayed in the sanatorium during the Blood Sun incident and even sat with He Ao, Hao Yi, and Li Cheng at a big table eating fish.

At that banquet, Lin Chichi even made a few appetizers.

Rudel also knew that the young girl before him was someone ’K’ had taken an interest in.

"Weren’t you up north?"

Lin Chichi asked with some confusion.

Rudel nodded, "When I heard there were some problems here, I came immediately."

After that banquet, Rudel had gone to an island in the north, one of his usual residences.

From the map, it would be to the northeast of the Trok Republic, and after covering a long stretch of sea, one could reach the Trok Republic.

Coming here strictly by helicopter was a bit difficult.

"Over there, did you come by private jet?"

Lin Chichi asked with some puzzlement.

"I don’t have a regular private jet over there,"

Rudel shook his head, "I found a helicopter, flew near the Trok Republic, swam for about several dozen nautical miles, and then took another helicopter straight here."

"This is pretty normal for a B-class; sometimes it’s even faster to travel on their own,"

Rudel chuckled, "Not everyone is like Hao Yi who has a train that can go anywhere."

After all, Brother Hao Yi is so formidable.

But with a B-class here, things should be resolved quite nicely...right?

"With Mr. Rudel here, we should have an easy time this round."

Yan Yue stood by her side and spoke slowly.

For some reason, upon hearing this, Lin Chichi felt an ominous premonition rising within her.

And at that moment, the door behind her was suddenly pushed open.

A young man with black hair rushed over, "Miss Lin Chichi, you’re here. Duke has just sent over an invitation, inviting us over... to have dinner. You, Miss Yan Yue, and all of us."