Chapter 1405: Concealment Matrix! Why Is There No Reaction At All?

As Xu Jingming secretly rejoiced, Xiea froze in surprise.

She hadn't expected that after only one visit to the Festival of Sacred Reverence, Xu Jingming had made such a major discovery.

You should know that ten years ago on Saint's Day, they participated for a full day and night, yet didn't catch even the slightest clue.

'The Holy Spirit Cult's psychic interference is too severe.

If not for Xu Jingming, I wouldn't have noticed anything abnormal even by the end of the Festival of Sacred Reverence.

Such strong psychic power—he must be an Elementalist.'

Xiea silently speculated.

As a Starlight-tier cultivator, she paid little attention to the Starlight-tier prodigy competition.

Though she had learned their names after last night, she didn't know their specific deeds.

And all three of her and her master were pure martial artists; in terms of psychic power, they truly couldn't match Elementalists.

'We've got a lead. Let's go—see where these people are being taken.'

Xu Jingming spoke softly, his voice calm.

'Got it!' Yueying's eyes sparkled with wonder.

She hadn't expected that merely the second day after arriving on Meteorite Star, they'd already made such a discovery.

Soon, the three slipped away silently from the frenzied crowd.

They trailed far behind the group of white-robed attendants carrying unconscious devotees.

But Xiea grew more and more alarmed with every step.

The group used special methods, enveloping themselves in a hazy psychic barrier.

It rendered her, a Starlight Stage Two cultivator, utterly unable to lock onto their positions with her psychic sense.

Yet Xu Jingming seemed completely unaffected.

He maintained a steady distance of two to three kilometers, trailing far behind.

'How immense must his psychic power be to achieve this?'

Xiea silently whistled in disbelief.

You should know that even her teacher Hughes couldn't.

Even her master Hughes, a Starlight Stage Four powerhouse, could never wield psychic power with such ease.

And Xu Jingming was merely Starlight Stage Two.

The streets gradually grew quiet, the noise of the devotees left far behind.

The white-robed attendants carried one unconscious devotee after another into seemingly ordinary hover vehicles.

The cargo vehicles bore the inscription: 'Xuanxing City Medical Emergency.'

Boom~~~

The hover vehicles' engines roared to life, weaving through the city's winding roads.

One, two, three...

Vehicle after vehicle merged until they formed a convoy of thirty to forty hover vehicles!

All these hover vehicles employed the most advanced stealth technology, rendering them invisible to the naked eye.

Psychic perception was equally useless.

In other words, no one could possibly detect these vehicles.

'Xuanxing City's emergency vehicles!

All specially modified—my psychic sense can't perceive their existence at all!'

As they trailed behind, Xiea, through Xu Jingming's shared psychic vision, couldn't help whispering in shock.

She and her master had lain low on this planet for over twenty years, searching countless times for clues—yet found not a trace.

Now she realized: from the very beginning, they'd chosen the wrong direction.

As martial artists, unless her master broke through to a higher level, they were destined never to detect these anomalies.

The convoy finally exited the city, heading toward the wilderness beyond.

The convoy eventually entered a mountain range.

Then, as the perspective shifted, Xiea saw through Xu Jingming's shared psychic vision an astonishing sight.

Amid the lush forested mountains, there was a massive base embedded within the mountain itself!

The base was constructed entirely of high-grade alloy, bearing a silver lotus emblem—it was a hidden base of the Holy Spirit Cult!

Around the base stood dozens of giant metal pillars, each thirty meters tall and over one meter in diameter.

Around these metal pillars, faint glimmers of light flickered subtly.

'S-18 Concealment Matrix—so it's this thing.'

Behind a towering tree, Xu Jingming and the others halted.

Yueying, having received the shared psychic vision, crossed her arms and sniffed.

'You know what this is?'

Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow.

'Of course. Our elven homeworld also deploys this extensively—but our models are far more advanced.'

Yueying explained softly, 'Come to think of it, this is a product unique to the Eternal Star Alliance.

It bends light and blocks psychic perception.

It's a regulated item among all interstellar civilizations—yet the Holy Spirit Cult somehow got their hands on it. Their background must be extraordinary.'

'Before the Eternal Star Alliance, there is no background,' Xu Jingming said flatly.

'True,' Yueying replied with a light laugh.

"So it turns out to be our Eternal Star Alliance's black technology — no wonder we couldn't find it before..."

Xiya murmured to herself, finally understanding why they had come up empty-handed for twenty-three years.

This level of concealment had already far exceeded the investigative capabilities of peripheral members like them.

"Found the real culprits. Let's go — first we'll test what they're made of."

At this moment, Xu Jingming suddenly spoke up.

The next instant,

accompanied by a low rumble of thunder, resplendent dark-golden Lei Guang leapt across the surface of Xu Jingming's body.

"Alright." Yue Ying nodded.

Around her, streaks of cyan swift wind likewise danced.

"Wait — we're just going in like this? Not going to notify the teachers first?"

Xiya realized she couldn't quite keep up with their pace and hurriedly spoke up:

"Besides, the one in front of the base is a Holy Priest of the Holy Spirit Sect.

A Star Tier 2 powerhouse — if we just charge in like this, won't we alert the enemy?"

Although they had already found where these missing people had gone.

After all, they hadn't actually discovered any demons.

And the Star Tier 2 guarding the base entrance certainly wouldn't be that easy to deal with.

If mishandled, alerting the demon and letting them escape would be troublesome.

"Opportunity won't wait. By the time Hughes and the others arrive, it'll likely be too late.

As for the Star Tier 2 at the door, I have my own way of handling it."

While speaking, Xu Jingming had already charged out several dozen meters.

"Isn't this a bit too risky?"

Xiya hesitated, but then heard Yue Ying's cool, clear voice ring in her ear:

"Let's go. Xu Jingming has always been steady — if he says there's no problem, then there definitely isn't."

She didn't know when it had started.

This proud elven princess had already developed an inexplicable sense of trust in Xu Jingming.

"Is that so?"

Xiya tilted her head, and seeing that Xu Jingming and the other had already charged out over a hundred meters, couldn't help but grit her teeth and say:

"If we're going, we're going! After waiting over twenty years, this is a hard-won opportunity!"

Whoosh—

She transformed into a streak of flowing light and quickly chased after Xu Jingming and the other.

But she was after all a bit slower. By the time she caught up, Xu Jingming and Yue Ying had already stepped into the base's range.

"Looks like there'll be a big battle soon."

Xiya took a deep breath, her entire body's primal energy boiling over.

However, the next moment, a scene that left her dumbstruck appeared.

She saw Xu Jingming stride boldly up to the base's main gate with Yue Ying.

Yet the surrounding guards, along with that Star Tier 2 Holy Priest, acted as if they hadn't seen them at all.

"Hm? What's going on?"

Xiya was stunned.

Two people so blatantly appearing in front of the base — why did the Holy Spirit Sect's people show no reaction at all?