Chapter 1474: Chapter 1474
Predecessor Santa didn’t even need to explain to everyone what kind of evil this "Master Anthony" had committed. The extremely sinister skill of the Boundless Virtual Adept Skill was enough to imagine the harm it could cause.
Mr. Sun immediately issued a strict order, and the entire Horizon Bureau took action. It took half a month to find all the members of the Lee Family. However, that was all they could do, as these Virtual Response Bodies would never surrender. Even if they were trapped by means such as the Array, they would immediately commit suicide. After their deaths, they melted away and disappeared, leaving the Horizon Bureau’s investigation in a dilemma: there were too many clues, and every living being that had come into contact with the Lee Family, even a cat or dog, could become a new Virtual Response Body!
At the peak of Master Anthony’s power, there were 108,000 Virtual Response Bodies. Now, there were only 5,400. How could they investigate?
Even Predecessor Santa was at a loss this time. They couldn’t figure out a solution unless their true body had already awakened.
"Secretly inform all the revered Lords of the Horizon Bureau of Master Anthony’s case, and have them quietly pay attention to the high-ranking officials and Grandmasters in their territory. If they find any abnormal behavior, they must report it immediately and not act without authorization!" Mr. Sun knew that Master Anthony could not be captured this time, so they had to wait for the next opportunity!
Master Anthony created Virtual Response Bodies specifically targeting those with status and a certain level of strength. There may be some commoners affected, but their numbers would not be many.
Predecessor Santa thought for a moment, "For now... this is the only way." Mr. Sun couldn’t continue to focus all his energy on this case. The actions of the Horizon Bureaus in various places had also encountered resistance. David and a few others from the Sixth Great Realm launched attacks in various places, and there were still some desperate resisters. It was time for Mr. Sun to step in and clear the way with his Thunderbolt techniques.
After finishing the tail-end work of the Dragon Snake List a month and a half later, Predecessor Santa finally heard Mr. Sun say, "Junior has finished. I await your command."
Santa said, "First, we will go to the Red Clan Barbarian Continent."
Considering that this trip was extremely dangerous, Mr. Sun only brought Princess Amelia as backup. However, Mr. Sun used various means to appease the curiosity of the Little Princess, who wanted to go to the Red Clan Barbarian Continent, causing her to reluctantly accept a harsh condition: she could only appear in her original form.
The two and a bird secretly crossed the Void Sky Path and arrived in Boneset Country. The moment their feet touched the land of Boneset Country, their appearances automatically changed to those of the Red Clan Barbarians.
Predecessor Santa turned into a bearded old gentleman, and Mr. Sun became a young attendant. The old gentleman wore a top hat and held a walking stick, while the attendant held a large suitcase and an umbrella with a brightly colored bird on his shoulder. The master and servant looked like they were traveling.
With a leisurely stroll, they crossed mountains, rivers, and cities.
Behind Mr. Sun, four hundred thousand newly-trained soldiers of the Wood Dynasty joined the Wood Dynasty’s expeditionary army, departing for the frontlines in Boneset Country.
Subsequently, the new army was composed mainly of landless refugees from the southwest and poor people from Nanni Nation. The Wood Dynasty had no shortage of population. As a result of prolonged peace, there was an excess of people and not enough arable land within the territory. These eager soldiers would be given a plot of land on the Red Clan Barbarian Continent in the future. After the war, the Imperial Court would help them move their families there. Those who died in battle would also receive compensation to ensure that their families could survive.
The Expeditionary Army was no longer able to conceal its presence in Boneset Country, having fought dozens of battles with the Boneset Country’s regular army. Currently, they had occupied about a quarter of Boneset Country’s territory.
"False Believers" took the opportunity to launch a new religious movement, exposing the corruption of the Holy See and reinterpreting the "doctrine" to coordinate with the Expeditionary Army’s actions. There were now a full thirty thousand people in the Expeditionary Army who were "False Believers" from Boneset Country.
At this point, the main force of the Expeditionary Army, consisting of 200,000 soldiers, was confronting the "United Army Corps" of Boneset Country outside its northeastern military stronghold, Rasbielte City. The outcome of this battle would determine the ownership of the entire northern region of Boneset Country.
Although Boneset Country was corrupt, they had invested everything they had in this critical moment of survival. The United Army Corps contained a large number of high-level believers, with six of them possessing the Seven Mountains Power! The Wood Dynasty’s Expeditionary Army did not have an advantage. Relying on the support of the Celestial Warship to maintain a "standoff" situation, the Expeditionary Army’s commander, William, had not slept for more than ten days, not daring to let his guard down for a moment.
In a battlefield , a single detail could lead to the complete collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops.
The footsteps of Predecessor Santa and Mr. Sun slowed down. In front of them was a vast, boundless cold fir forest, and quietly standing by the Blue Water River was Boneset Country’s capital city, Hamilton City.
After they entered the city, Predecessor Santa said to Mr. Sun, "His Majesty only needs a wisp of Divine Fire. Over the years, the Flame of Stars has been abundant among the Boneset Country’s believers, and the Divine Fire is thriving on the altar. If we take away a wisp, even though the God would be angry, there’s a chance that it won’t relentlessly pursue us due to its current troubles."
"Every time the Flame of Stars collects a tribute, a Void Channel is set up. We can disguise ourselves as ’tribute’ and sneak into its Divine Kingdom."
Mr. Sun asked, "There must be some restrictions on the Void Channel used to collect tributes. How can we sneak in?"