Chapter 301

Five days later.

Sky Republic's new capital, Youlai City, the phase transfer array in the suburbs. 【Sky Republic, New Capital City, Youlai City, Suburb Phase Transfer Array】

Oooom— 【】

In the shifting light and shadow, Mage Naya appeared first. 【Naya】

She immediately left the array, and in less than a minute, a man in ordinary gray cloth robes appeared in the array. 【】

It was Luosen. 【Luosen】

Upon appearing, he first employed a Yin Shadow Secret Technique to conceal his aura, then used the Soul-Burning Ring he carried to replenish at maximum speed the mana consumed by phase transfer. 【Yin Shadow Secret Technique, Soul-Burning Ring, Phase Transfer】

The replenishment speed was very fast, but because the amplified soul was too powerful, it still took over three minutes to finish. 【】

During these three minutes, the magic ring experienced violent turbulence, but almost all secret techniques were blocked by the Yin Shadow Secret Technique, so the ripples that spread in the ring were only about as strong as an ordinary Three-ring spell. 【Yin Shadow Secret Technique, Three-ring】

After the mana replenishment, its strength and scale corresponded to the vast soul, far surpassing that of an ordinary mortal legendary mage, reaching an unbelievable level. 【】

But all of this was concealed by the Yin Shadow Secret Technique, so what finally showed up was merely a mortal legendary mage of Legendary 7 strength. 【Yin Shadow Secret Technique, Legendary 7】

Naturally much stronger than an ordinary mortal legendary mage, but compared to the various Void Gods of the Light Divine Race, it's merely an ant before an elephant. 【Light Divine Race, Void Gods】

Naya currently has Legendary 3 strength, so of course she can't see through Luosen's hidden secret technique, nor does she understand where his confidence comes from for coming alone to Nawat. 【Legendary 3, Luosen, Nawat, Naya】

But she also understood Luosen's personality, knowing he would never act impulsively, so she felt that this young emperor before her was very profound, like an ocean unfathomable. 【Luosen】

Luosen naturally sensed Naya's emotions, but of course he wouldn't reveal his trump card. 【Luosen, Naya】

His true form was ultimately still mortal; once he took off the Supreme Crown, he had nothing to do with the word 'great'. 【Supreme Crown】

Now the situation in Nawat is also unclear; the more mysterious he appears, the harder he is to read, and thus the safer he is. 【Nawat】

Leaving the hidden phase transfer point, one arrives at the suburban town. 【Hidden Phase Transfer Point】

On the town's streets, people come and go; one often sees various Black Stone vehicles, and overall it's still fairly prosperous. 【Black Stone】

But compared to the Nawat Republic of years ago, the spirit of the people on the streets has completely changed. 【Nawat Republic】

Formerly, all of Nawat resisted the demons, and everyone was a lofty warrior bearing the honorable mission. 【Nawat】

Now, ordinary people have become noticeably apathetic, each looking hurried, with helplessness and anxiety hidden in their brows. 【】

Luosen saw after just a few glances that if they came any later, the guardians' belief would completely collapse. 【Luosen】

After walking a stretch, he again saw at a street corner a white-robed missionary; the power aura emanating from within and the content of his missionary prayers told Luosen that this was a priest of the Sun Lord Atum. 【Sun Lord Atum】

Luosen observed for a while, finding that many civilians were listening, but most of the civilians' attitude was skeptical. 【】

It was merely skepticism, with no resistance, let alone hostility. 【】

Naya had said earlier that one-third of the members of the Sky Council had already prepared to surrender to the Sun Lord Atum; thus the missionary priest now appearing in the suburban town of the capital clearly demonstrates this. 【Sky Council, Sun Lord Atum, Naya】

Opening the Void Vision and sensing carefully for less than a minute, Laifu tallied that within a radius of five hundred kilometers there actually existed detailed soul information of about 1,200 missionaries of the Light Divine Race. 【Void Vision, Laifu, Light Divine Race】

At least sixty percent were of the Sun Lord Atum, and another forty percent belonged to the three subordinate gods of the Sun Lord. 【Sun Lord Atum, Subordinate Gods of the Sun Lord】

They are respectively the Mighty God Moon Lord of level 12 power, the Blazing Lord of level 10 power, and the Judgment Lord of level 9 power. 【Moon Lord, Blazing Lord, Judgment Lord】

At the same time, one can see that the folk guardians' belief still exists, but it is dim and lackluster. 【】

Moreover, many faith-links toward the Light Divine Race have already appeared, indicating that a batch of Light believers has emerged. 【Light Divine Race】

The area within five hundred kilometers around Youlai City is a plain, which is the core region of the Sky Republic. 【Youlai City, Sky Republic】

Approximately 91 million mortals live there, with about 1.5 million faith-links, which is not a high proportion of the total population, and most of those links are not strong, indicating that currently it's only superficial faith. 【】

Naya's voice came from nearby: "The Light Divine Race never directly participates in battle; on the surface, they have always taken the image of 'compassionate healers'." 【Light Divine Race, Compassionate Healers】

The folk impression of them leans positive, and even many Sky Council members are deceived by them, which prevents us from forcibly expelling their missionaries from the republic. 【Sky Council members】

Luosen nodded: 'Indeed, that is a quite clever strategy, undermining from the grassroots the national will to resist the gods and demons.' 【Luosen】

Now the Light Divine Race uses this move, which is exactly the same as that of the primordial Yin Shadow Lord. 【Light Divine Race, Yin Shadow Lord】

Unfortunately, the Yin Shadow Lord was too weak; he hadn't even succeeded before Luosen killed him, whereas the current Light Divine Race is not only powerful in strength, but its methods are also far superior to those of the Yin Shadow Lord. 【Yin Shadow Lord, Luosen, Light Divine Race】

In terms of territory, the Light Divine Race has already successfully eroded about four-fifths of the Nawat plane. 【Light Divine Race, Nawat Plane】

If no external help arrives, then the Light Divine Race controlling this plane and gaining over 1.6 billion mortal believers is merely a matter of time. 【Light Divine Race】

The good news is that the Light Divine Race's infiltration of this plane has not been long; the generation that once belonged to the Nawat Republic is still alive and well. 【Light Divine Race, Nawat Republic】

As long as a strong hero appears to rekindle this group's guardians' belief, it might be possible amidst the fragments to re‑condense the former great mortal republic. 【】

But evidently, even the steadfast combat faction member Naya shows full pessimism on her face: 'Do you think we can succeed, Your Majesty?' 【Combat Faction, Naya, Your Majesty】

Luosen nodded: 'That depends on how you define success.' 【Luosen】

'Huh?' Naya looked at Luosen, somewhat confused. 【Naya, Luosen】

'If it's just to expel the Light Divine Race, that's quite simple. But if one wants to rebuild the former Nawat Republic, then it will require considerable effort.' 【Light Divine Race, Nawat Republic】

Naya's confusion deepened: 'Your Majesty, compared to when you left last time, you have become much more confident.' 【Naya, Your Majesty】

She even felt that he was somewhat arrogant. 【】

Luosen deflected the topic: 'Where are we headed next?' 【Luosen】

'First go to my house to meet the remaining 38 seats of the war faction in the Sky Council,' Naya said, leading the way: 'We'll go to the town government to requisition a Black Stone vehicle; I'll drive you there.' 【Sky Council, War Faction, Black Stone Vehicle, Naya】

The situation, somewhat similar to last time, made Luosen's heart twitch: "Again, riding in a Black Stone vehicle?"

Naya immediately understood Luosen's words and let out a light sigh.

"The Light Holy Warriors disguise themselves as assassins, killing uncooperative Sky Council members everywhere, so we might actually encounter assassins on the road."

Soon they got a Black Stone vehicle, driven by Naya, heading all the way to the main district of Youlai City.

Sitting in the vehicle, Luosen carefully felt the Black Stone vehicle: "It's improved quite a bit."

Naya felt somewhat embarrassed: "We've taken much experience from your lightning vehicle, but the time is still too short; the lightning power core hasn't been developed yet, so we still have to rely on the old Black Stone core."

She now feels this Black Stone vehicle isn't worth showing off.

Fortunately, the road is very spacious and flat, so the ride is still acceptable.

After a while, Luosen's heart suddenly twitched slightly: "There really is an assassin coming to deal with us."

Naya's heart gave a slight jolt: 'Where?'

She immediately accelerated.

Luosen laughed: 'It's fine, keep driving—I'll take care of it. This is perfect to catch him and loudly publicize, to reveal the true face of the Light God Clan.'

Naya blinked, then shook her head: 'That's a good idea, but I'm afraid it won't work. Many Sky Councilors think it would provoke the Light God Clan, making them break all ties.'

After a pause, Naya gave a wry smile: 'You know, after the White Sand Plains battle, we no longer have the strength to confront the Light God Clan head-on.'

Luosen laughed: 'Before we didn't, but now we do.'

As he spoke, he had already located the Light Saint's position; with a thought, his mana trembled slightly, he reached forward into the void and employed Lili's Soul-Hunting Technique.

A golden light ball appeared out of thin air in front of Luosen's palm, which he vaguely grasped; it was exactly the Legendary soul of the Light Saint.

Its basic soul strength is Legendary 5, but its mana strength is Legendary 9; the scale of 500 Luosens makes it the saint of the Sun God, Lord of Judgment.

Because of the special Soul-Hunting method, the Saint's mana didn't follow, so what Luosen holds is pure Legendary 5 soul.

This certainly isn't the Light Saint's entire soul, since a mortal soul cannot leave its elemental body.

So this soul is like a stretched bubble gum; its root is still in the body, but the main part is pinched by Luosen.

Ah~~~~ ah~~~~

The soul's main body emitted waves of violent soul fluctuations; in human terms, it was hysterical screaming.

Clearly frightened mad by this unknown situation.

Luosen mercilessly pinched him and told Naya: 'Turn right at the upcoming alley; a Black Stone car is parked by the roadside, and inside is this assassin's body.'

Naya was also startled by Luosen's magic; she immediately followed his directions into the alley and indeed saw a Black Stone car.

Because it was summer, the car windows were half-open, allowing a view of a middle-aged man slumped in the driver's seat.

Completely still, a faint light mist surrounded his body, the mana that automatically seeped out after his main soul departed.

'Is he dead?'

'Not yet; wait a moment until his mana dissipates, then we'll return his soul.'

Normally, mana dissipates extremely fast—gone in a dozen seconds—but the legendary power granted by void life is somewhat different; its 'evaporation' speed is much slower.

After about three minutes, the light mist on his body vanished completely; Luosen released his grip, and the elongated Legendary soul automatically shrank back into his body.

Immediately afterward, the saint of the Lord of Judgment woke up.

Luosen got out of the car, walked over, and tapped on the window: 'Open the window honestly, and don't move your hand from the rune firearm.'

After the window opened, Luosen glanced at the Judgment Saint; his face was pallid, and a foul odor emanated from beneath him.

Luosen asked: 'Did the big and small come out?'

'Hmm.'

The Saint nodded, as honest as a three-year-old child.

'You have two minutes to clean yourself up, then come to my car so we can talk properly.'

The Saint nodded again.

Two minutes later, he sat beside Luosen in the back seat of the Black Stone car.

'Naya, the road ahead is safe now—go forward with confidence.'

Naya was also stunned speechless; she could certainly see Luosen's method and even guess the general principle of the technique, but she was amazed at how calmly he cast it.

It felt like he wasn't dealing with a Legendary powerhouse, but merely pinching an ant.

She couldn't help wondering: 'I have no idea just how strong this guy is now.'

He must be incredibly strong; otherwise he wouldn't have come back with her alone, and though just one person, he seems to command tens of thousands of troops.

I just don't know what method he used to become this strong, nor how strong he has become; but one thing Naya is certain of: 'The Light God Clan is in trouble.'

(End of chapter)