Chapter 465: Unshadowed Cross

"Truly impossible to guard against!" Klein's wariness toward that Imaginary Angel was elevated to the extreme.

He stared intently at this "Unshadowed Cross" for about a few minutes, all sorts of thoughts flashing through his mind, but in the end, he still picked it up and brought it into the Real World.

Haa!

That sound of gasping became even clearer, and tiny specks of golden light seemed to emerge from the "Unshadowed Cross" in Klein's hand.

"He seems to be in some pain..." Klein was able to glean more information from that sound of gasping.

"This is likely the pain of being killed during the late stages of the God War..."

Klein looked at the "Unshadowed Cross" with a solemn gaze; if this thing could sense the aura of that Creator from the Third Epoch, it meant it could guide him toward the Forsaken Land of the Gods within this Battlefield of the Gods.

"Calculated quite accurately..." Klein took a few deep breaths and then carried this Sealed Artifact on his person.

He walked out of the room, only to discover that the outside had unexpectedly changed once again, shifting from the dark of night to high noon.

"Under normal circumstances, the time shifts in the ruins wouldn't be this drastic." The Admiral of Stars found Klein and shared some intelligence.

She felt that this Mr. World knew more.

"..." Klein looked at the burning flames on the horizon and said, "Do not go any deeper."

"You?" Cattleya's expression changed slightly.

"I may have found other means of transportation." Klein and Cattleya walked to the deck and saw a speck of light.

And as the ship progressed, that speck of light grew larger and larger.

Under the refraction of the sunlight, it shone with a dreamlike radiance concealing many colors, like a massive, translucent gemstone.

And as Demigods, Klein and Cattleya had already seen its essence clearly: it was four massive pillars carved from pure diamond.

They stood upon the sea like giant pillars supporting the ocean, holding up a not-so-small floating island.

Above the floating island, the soil was scorched black, without a hint of green, but deep within, it was as if there were a sun, brighter than the sky at noon.

"So this is what you were looking for?" Cattleya asked, frowning; she felt an intense danger from this floating island.

"No, it is what found me." Klein smiled when the moment arrived.

"You can stop here and prepare to return," Klein said again.

"If you insist." Cattleya had to consider her crew as well.

"The reward is a Sequence 5 Characteristic..." Klein generously took out a Sequence 5 Characteristic.

After all, to send him in, the Future had delayed all its arrangements, and Cattleya had also used her power multiple times.

"Good!" Cattleya also decisively accepted the Characteristic; she actually wasn't very worried about Klein's safety, and since Klein insisted, this journey could only end here.

"The first half of the pilgrimage was dull and tedious, the second half is indeed exciting, but perhaps a bit too exciting..."

After Klein was ready, he leaped up directly from the Future, walking toward the floating island as if treading on flat ground.

"Captain, he..." Frank watched Klein with concern.

"Just watch." Cattleya suppressed the panic of the pirates.

"This sea area probably hasn't encountered such an arrogant person in thousands of years," a pirate couldn't help but exclaim.

And very soon, Klein had to endure the trouble his arrogance had invited.

Roar!

A monster composed of a whale and a squid suddenly lunged out from the calm sea, biting fiercely at Klein.

"Slash!" Klein held the "Unshadowed Cross" and summoned a "Sun Purification" that descended from the sky. Ssh! The monster was cut in half at the waist and fell into the sea.

"Does the meaning of pilgrimage also include overcoming all obstacles?" Klein's Spirituality rippled.

This monster was only a small part of the obstacles.

In the process of Klein approaching that floating island, countless monsters rushed out from the sea, wanting to block Klein's path, but they were all cut down by beams of light and flame descending from the sky.

For a time, the sea was filled with the corpses of strange-looking monsters.

"Why does it feel a bit sacred..." Frank blinked and voiced the inner thoughts of many pirates.

"This might be a ritual." Cattleya made a judgment based on her rich experience and knowledge.

And at this moment, Klein had already approached the floating island.

Suddenly, a long neighing sound came from the floating island; the sound was loud and unbridled, but it lacked that sense of danger that made one's hair stand on end.

However, all the pirates heard the *clatter-clatter-clatter* of horse hooves running and saw two steeds that appeared to be crafted from gold appear on the floating island, pulling a similarly golden, magnificent chariot behind them.

"This..." All the pirates' pupils vibrated.

"That is the so-called means of transportation?" Cattleya felt danger, but it wouldn't harm them; all the pressure was being borne by Klein alone.

"It really is a carriage..." Klein had almost thought he saw wrong when he saw it from afar earlier.

He held the "Unshadowed Cross" high and secretly used "Deception."

Under the guidance of the "Unshadowed Cross," he found this means of transportation, but the two did not seem to belong to one person and required some means to handle.

Angel-level "Deception" already touched upon Rules, so in the eyes of those two steeds, Klein was radiating golden holy light and was their master.

*Neigh... * The two steeds cast from gold let out cries, having already been "Deceived" into believing in Klein.

Klein smiled slightly and truly stepped onto the magnificent chariot behind them; this was the vehicle for his pilgrimage.

He nodded lightly toward Cattleya and the others, after which the two steeds began to run, each step treading upon the air, heading deeper into the Sea of Ruins!

A group of pirates were dumbfounded.

"Return!" At this moment, Cattleya suddenly gave the order, waking all the pirates from their mental shock.

She could roughly judge the origin of this carriage, so this was not something they could participate in.

And the feeling for Klein, who was standing on the magnificent chariot, was even clearer; he felt as if there were an existence beside him whose aura was like the Sun.

That feeling gave Klein a subtle intuition; he seemed to have felt this aura before.

"God's Blood? No, it's that drop of Angel of Blood from Tingen!"

"Combined with the scene seen in the Fog of History... it seems to be that killed Angel of Sun; does this chariot belong to the King of Angels, the White Angel?"

"In that great battle, the Pure White Angel was killed by Dream, and the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' that followed..."

Klein suddenly did not dare to think any further.

Whoosh! First, deal with the pilgrimage before him... Klein reached out and summoned his group of guardian angels; the protection of several angels finally gave him a sense of security.

(End of this chapter)