Chapter 630: Chapter 630
On October 4, on the outskirts of a bustling coastal city in Northern Reef Continent, there was a highway running by golden beaches. Men and women were setting up chairs and parasols, wearing shorts or bikinis and flaunting pale or bronzed skin. Some sunbathed, some played tag, others surfed, and some sipped beer while admiring beauties.
Yet just two or three kilometers away in the forest stood a lone white residence and a lane leading to the highway. Black‑robed figures advanced silently down the lane to the Gate Organization base. Powerful guards appeared, verified identities, then let them pass.
The robed figures entered the hall, waiting quietly for the master. There was pindrop silence in the room. But then, they faintly heard heartbeats growing louder. This text is hosted at novel⚑fire.net
It was just like a red‑hot engine overheating. They could almost see an ugly heart with hellish ghosts around it. Evil petals bloomed and bloodied mire flowed at the center of that heartbeat, bewitching the soul. The features of a human face bulged grotesquely on its pulsing surface. It was straight out of a nightmare. Sadly, the heart was cleft in two right down the middle. Its facial features were half gone, twisted in pain.
An inaudible scream swept across the room as everything dimmed and a figure appeared on the head chair. The robed men recovered from their daze and looked toward him.
The man was a hundred and ninety centimeters tall, with broad, robust shoulders. Long jet‑black hair fell behind him, giving him a warlord's air. However, that silky hair had dried and large patches of withered white had spread from the roots toward the tips. A black mask covered what had been a strikingly wicked‑handsome face.
However, his crimson, blood‑shot eyes, the decay-like lines crawling up his neck, and the thick smell of blood all told of Holy Fist Evil Heart's dire condition. Breaths were held in the hall until a hoarse voice shattered the silence, tinged with hysterical madness.
"Have you found out what happened at Black Rain Manor in the Anta Mountains!? Who... Who exactly wiped out our five General Kings and so many elites?" roared Holy Fist Evil Heart.
The black‑robed men exchanged looks. Finally, a designated spokesman stood up. The middle‑aged man at Evil Heart's left took a deep breath and started to report.
"Sir, our investigation is conclusive. It was the Golem Sect of the Eastern Covert Martial Arts community. We have had previous reports about them a while back..."
Evil Heart's eyes flickered. "Golem Sect!?"
As he was gravely wounded, he'd been secluded since issuing orders days ago and wasn't clear on current events. However, he did know of Golem Sect's rise.
They'd burst forth at the Eastern Exchange Tournament held by Evil Eye Fist, annihilated that sect, and then contended with the Eastern Nine Sects. It was around then that the Spiral‑Eye Sword had been taken from Eye Devil by the Black Ops Agency butler, Reaper Amos, and Cassius. Evil Heart had heard those reports.
How could it be the Golem Sect? Did the Black Ops Agency ally with them? Impossible! Our forces sent to seize Black Rain Manor could have crushed two manors and two Golem Sects. Did every global power unite in the Rainy World to besiege us? Is that why we lost...?
Thoughts raced through Evil Heart's mind.
"Yes, sir. The Golem Sect came out as the final victor. All other forces suffered heavy losses in the Anta Mountains." The middle aged man paused, then continued. "From prior intel on their strength, they likely didn't win by brute force but sheer dumb luck..."
"Our conjecture is that in the Rainy World, multiple forces or perhaps even all of them ganged up on us. Our name is too big and we got targeted. As you know, those factions aren't weak and likely had strong hidden trump cards..."
"So the likeliest scenario is our force was overwhelmed by the siege. Then they fought among themselves, and Golem Sect lucked into final victory. It is undeniable that the manor itself was another variable as well. Otherwise, their strength alone wouldn't suffice. Something there changed, and they seized and used that chance..." The man spoke confidently, giving his view. It was the judgment formed from the intel they'd gathered.
It might be wrong, but it fit logic the best. However, Evil Heart seemed half convinced. He would never believe his Gate Organization lost to one Golem Sect. However, losing to the combined might of all top world forces... Evil Heart felt that at least possible.
"Golem Sect... Golem Sect, Golem Sect!" He muttered beneath the mask, the red in his eyes deepening. With nearly half his Will and Qi destroyed, Evil Heart was clearly going berserk. He was more irritable, enraged, and impulsive than ever. He was unleashing terrifying Qi.
The robed men felt a giant hand press down on their shoulders. They shivered as their hearts started to pound and their palms grew sweaty.
"Golem Sect! Whether or not you were the main force that crushed us, I'm putting this debt on your head! Cassius, you mere top‑tier combat artist, you dare provoke the Gate Organization. Keh keh keh... I will tear you to pieces bit by bit!"
His black and white hair whipped around like a mad demon. Blood seemed to drip from his eyes as Evil Heart ordered. "Notify all Gate members outside. Gather at the Hongli Federation's base in the east! This time, we'll be starting a sect extermination to shock the whole supernatural world and the Covert Martial Arts realm! I will bring back Cassius's head and turn it into a human bone chamber pot. Every torture, every pain will be vented on him..."
Suddenly, hurried footsteps approached from outside. Too rushed to announce himself, the newcomer flung the door open.
"Get out!!!" Evil Heart glared, about to smash the subordinate.
However, the subordinate hastily explained. "Sir, something of utmost importance has happened!"
He was panting, his expression clearly shocked.
"Speak!" Evil Heart frowned.
"A Holy Fist has appeared in the Hongli Federation! On October 1 at Golem Sect's Federal Combat Championships... Golem Sect's master, Cassius, displayed Holy Fist cultivation!!!"