Bulwark of Light

Chapter 399 The Farewell Gift
The dense neem forest casts a slender, needle-like silhouette under the hot light.

The buzzing of insects and the noisy hot wind.

The overturned weeds on the bullock cart were piled up randomly, and were blown up by the wind one after another, revealing a corner of the dry and smelly corpse, and a pair of pale and shriveled legs could be vaguely seen, and flies were still emitting from the clothes covered by the dry weeds. The smell of eggs...

The boy looked at the man who came out of the dense forest with a confused expression.

"Sir... I don't understand what you're talking about..."

The expression on his face was full of puzzlement, very sincere.

Gu Shen stood still.

He calmly looked at the young man in front of him.

Watching each other's "performance".

The young man pointed at the ox cart and opened a corner of the weeds. The smell came over his face. He just wanted to explain that he was transporting his dead father away from the city for burial, but Gu Shen didn't give him a chance to speak.

Gu Shen raised his hand expressionlessly.

"Whoosh" sound.

Like a piece of iron piercing the void.

It is indeed a piece of iron across the void.

The young man's voice stopped abruptly, he staggered two steps, and tried to stand upright by holding onto the bullock cart... He didn't feel any real pain in the first few seconds, but after a few seconds, he stretched out his hand and touched the itchy spot on his neck. position, a clear and bright red bloody long line appeared around it.

"Puff" sound.

He knocked his head off.

A head fell down and hit the mud!

A ray of blood seeped out from the brows of the head, and emerged to condense, which contained many complex emotions such as anger, panic, and bewilderment.

"Gu Shen!"

An angry roar came from the blood fire.

Gu Shen waved his hand lightly as before, grabbing the blood directly.

Through the flickering light of the fire, Xiao Xiao, who was thousands of miles away, could clearly see the "sharp weapon" that cut off the head. It was a thin piece of rust, which was swept out of the abandoned ox cart.

This rust...?
He suddenly realized why Gu Shen appeared here.

These shells are too weak.

So the ability to perceive is limited... The time to take away the sealed item of the church is very tight. Even though he was cautious enough, he still didn't realize that something had been tampered with.

He originally thought that even if there was only a wisp of Gu Shen's blazing fire, he could clearly sense it!

But... that wisp of fire was hidden in the rust!
All the breath is hidden tightly!

Weakness has its advantages. He can abandon this body at any time and escape at any time without feeling distressed like Dadu.

But being weak also has the biggest problem of being weak.

He is too weak.

Can't resist at all.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Holding the wisp of blood, Gu Shen said lightly, "Leaving Xiyin City is not easy, is it? Thank you for your hard work."

In front of Xiao Xiao, he waved again.

A gust of wind blew up, blowing vigorously, blowing away all the withered grass on the car, revealing a pale "corpse".

At every checkpoint along the way, no one checked this "fresh corpse" because its smell was too strong. At this moment, the "corpse" rolled and fell off the bullock cart, revealing a hidden piece of grass under the weeds. Another Sealed Artifact...

Gu Shen could feel the violent mental fluctuations in the blood fire.

anger!
Wrong!

In order to leave Xiyin City, Xiao almost used all the "body" that had been lurking in Xiyin City for a long time. The reason why he took such a tortuous and bizarre route was to ensure that he could pass the interrogation smoothly... Every wave of priests who came to interrogate Everywhere has its own "Blood Fire Believers", after struggling to escape, they find that they are just a clown.

In the end, they all made a wedding dress for Gu Shen!
Gu Shen looked at this pile of Sealed Artifacts, but none of them could catch his eyes.

What he cares most about...is the lamp of anger.

Mental power swept over many objects.

【Iron Throne】started, and there was a hum... Gu Shen found the ancient lamp, he raised his hand and sucked it into his palm, then looked at the faint blood, smiled and said: "You seem very angry? "

That ray of bloody flame suppressed the violent anger.

"Gu Shen...my body doesn't have much power, and it would be futile for you to kill me."

He saw it too.

Gu Shen was not interested in these sealed items.

Only care about that antique lamp.

Gu Shen put away the lamp of anger, let go of his hand, let the strand of blood float, and asked with a smile, "What do you want to say?"

"Do you know why I want to attack the New Moon Church?"

Xiao seemed to have returned to the previous negotiation. He lowered his voice and said slowly: "We can continue the transaction, and I will tell you the important news about that forbidden technique."

Gu Shen nodded.

It seemed...he was lost in thought.

And the next second.

He raised his head, looked at Xuehuo, and said coldly: "You better save it."

Slapped it over!

This slap directly slapped him to pieces!
This not-so-powerful spirit was directly scattered and turned into a firefly... Gu Shen didn't want to waste time with Xiao at all, he had already found the lamp of anger, and he didn't want to stay in Nanzhou for a second.

He can slowly guess and explore the content of taboo spells by himself.

The cooperation with "Xiao" will never happen again!

Based on his understanding of Xiao Xiao.

This guy sent the sealed item out of Xiyin City, and it is estimated that he has arranged for a pick-up... This year's self-cultivation and rest, even if Xiao didn't find a body as powerful as "Zhou Yu", there is a high probability that he will be able to find a third-stage transcendent container.

If dragged.

If one's own strength does not have the advantage... at that time, one will be at a disadvantage.

Seeing the bloody flames swallowed by the blazing fire, Gu Shen spoke softly.

"Before I leave, I left you a gift, I hope you like it."

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Time back to a few days ago.

Gu Shen ended the negotiation with "Xiao".

He simply agreed to the church's action after 21 hours, but after the negotiation was over, he dialed Cui Zhongzhong's number... Chu Ling's authority in Nanzhou is limited, and he can only find the Archbishop of Xiyin City of the New Moon Church Part of Ranville's information.That part of the data shows that the archbishop never leaves the church, and is a loyal "believer" and "guardian". With such a general in the Crescent Church, the plan to find the Lamp of Rage will be severely hampered.

What Xiao Xiao meant was that Lanville was going to leave Xiyin City to attend a certain meeting.

What meeting would make Ranville leave the church?

It seems... not difficult to guess.

On the other side of the communicator, Cui Zhongcheng investigated the list of entrants, and gave Gu Shen an affirmative answer as expected... So an interesting plan was born in Gu Shen's mind.

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"Have you checked everything out?"

Ranveer stood in front of the huge French windows on the top floor of the Icon Tower.

The owner of the Holy Elephant Auction House bowed his knees, not daring to neglect: "Master Bishop, I have found out... The man's name is Amir, he is from Ahkandar, an inland state, and he was born into a noble family."

"He claims to be a believer of the church, and he came to Xiyin, seemingly looking for treasure, but in fact, he has been spying on the secrets of [the church]..."

"From the first time we met, I felt something was wrong... This guy behaved differently from ordinary people, so I deliberately kept an eye out and sent someone to investigate the Amir family in Ahkandar."

"As a result, the Amir family said that they didn't know him at all!"

The boss was excited and patted his thigh.

When he spoke, there was an extremely faint blazing fire flashing deep in his pupils.

Lanville didn't look back, and asked with a frown, "Don't you know him?"

"It's a counterfeit."

Beside the boss, there was also a woman believer from the New Moon Church, with black hair and black eyes, and a soft voice.

Zhou handed over the photos.

Lanville took the photo and looked at the "young face" on it carefully. The previous investigation in the lower reaches of the Xihe River failed somewhat, because those "people" who pointed out the clues could not recall the specific face of the bounty offerer.

This is reasonable.

How could it be possible to make an underground church that ransacked the Crescent Church without some skills?
This is a spiritual superhuman.

"Have you compared it with the [Deep Sea] database?"

The archbishop's voice was a little irritated.

"I can't find it... There is no result yet. This may be a 'half-dead person' who was born in the lower reaches of the Xihe River and has not been entered into the system." Zhou shook his head and gave a conclusion.

In Nanzhou, not everyone can be entered into the [Deep Sea] system.

It's too messy here.

In some places, life is cheaper than grass.

If you die, you will die... Should all the "unnamed people" who have sunk into the Xihe Galaxy have to be entered into the system again?

Those who do not have an entry system are the most convenient to deal with. The files that the Crescent Church stacked up in the underground church were able to be covered up because they escaped the glow of the [Deep Sea].

If not entered into the system.

Then burying them is like burying some grass.

[Deep Ocean] doesn't even need to be balanced.

These people disappeared.

It just disappeared.

"If I remember correctly, he took photos of those items... and sent them to Dongzhou?" Lanville knew that this was the last clue, "Where is Dongzhou?"

Zhou said softly: "Those products were sent to Dadu... We contacted the Transcontinental Office of Dongzhou Federation for the first time, and then got a shocking news."

She submitted the last information.

This is a specific case file of the "S-Class Most Wanted Criminal" arrest case that caused a sensation in Dongzhou No. [-]. The "name" of the target is marked as "Xiao" on the file. This man named "Xiao" has developed a lot in Dadu The believers established an extremist organization, which was finally wiped out by the "Towering Tree" of the Tribunal.

It's just that the case file clearly states that the extremist organization seems to have remnants.

What changed Lanville's expression drastically was...

A special reminder for this case file.

[Specially marked, the ability of this S-rank wanted criminal is manifested as blood-colored flames. The specific function of his ability is not yet clear, but preliminary judgments indicate that blood-colored flames can erode the spirit and transform the body.There may be more than one owl, if there is no way to wipe out all of them, it will quickly spawn. 】

bloody flame...

Bloody flames!
Lanville's memory returned to the scene of the underground church. He has never been able to understand how the "target person" managed to control the timing so precisely...

After seeing Dongzhou's case file.

He suddenly understood everything.

"Owl..."

If this person is always by his side, watching his every move, and has been stationed in the underground church all year round, familiar with the system, then he has the ability to commit crimes.

And if there is really a person in this world who can use "spirit" to corrode the body, then it means...he can abandon a certain body to remove his suspicion.

After using the space-sealed item to steal the underground church, he didn't even need to think about escaping.

All it takes is...suicide.

So breaking out was just a cover, a means to deceive oneself? !
"Sir Bishop!"

"Two bodies were found outside Xiyin City..."

A church member broke in, and he hastily delivered the latest report to Ranville.

"On the abandoned ox cart, the remnants of the extraordinary breath were detected..."

"It's just that when it was discovered, all the sealed items were gone..."

"The deceased was an untouchable from the lower reaches of the Xihe River that had not been entered into the [Deep Sea] system. He took a very strange route, and among the church members responsible for releasing the incident, there have been several suicides in fear of sin...they are all dead!"

A series of voices sounded one after another.

Ranville was just silent.

He listened to everything in silence.

Silently looking at the photos on the file report.

Under the neem grove, lay a dry corpse. The face of that corpse was exactly the same as that of "Amir" presented by "Zhou".

After reading Dongzhou's case file, he realized that the truth behind this matter...was more serious than the loss of the sealed item of the Crescent Church...a person with the ability to use mental power at will and occupy the body, invaded up the interior of the Crescent Church.

He can easily take away the sealed item of the underground church.

It can be done, brush off the clothes, and take off these "bodies" one by one.

To kill...i.e. to take off.

All of what he showed was terrifying enough... and what was even more terrifying was that Lanville's intuition told himself that this was probably just the tip of the iceberg.This guy is like a cockroach that can't be trampled to death, it can reproduce and grow infinitely, if he doesn't kill it, then he will keep his breath forever, peeping in a dark corner forever, waiting for the opportunity!
But fortunately...

He found it all.

You still have time!

"Owl..."

Lanville read the name silently.

The joint case report of the Eastern Continent Federation stated the reason why they finally stopped the investigation. There was an "evil spirit influence case" in a certain church in South Continent. [Deep Sea] compared the spiritual elements of evil spirits and owls. The coincidence rate was as high as 100%. This evil spirit was believed to have died under the influence of the icon, so the Eastern Continent Federation began to exterminate Xiao Xiao's [Long-term Foundation], and the follow-up process went very smoothly.

Dongzhou defaulted that the S-class fugitive Xiao was dead.

But looking at it now, this ray of blood is still alive!

"I'm going to visit the 'Storm Temple'."

Lanville said in a deep voice: "This matter... the Lord God must know!"

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on the returning plane.

Cui Zhongzhong frowned as he looked at the sealed artifacts that filled half the cabin.

"You should know that these [objects] cannot be used... If they are discovered by Nanzhou, there will be bad effects."

These sealed items have already been cleaned.

But Cui Zhongzhong, who has always been obsessed with cleanliness, learned from Gu Shen where they were buried before, and looked at these "objects" with disgust.

"You can't leave it to Xiao, can you?"

"These Sealed Artifacts can be put into the ground of Flower Banner...there are too many Sealed Artifacts that can't see the sun, and these are nothing."

While talking, Gu Shen took off the bloated white robe.

He really didn't want to wear such a priest's robe anymore... But thanks to such a robe, it would not be recognizable at all in Xiyin City, and the final identity handover would not be troublesome.

just now.

He is not Amir.

Owl is Amir.

"Are you sure... don't you need to get rid of the two believers who were hypnotized by your spirit?"

Cui Zhongcheng said softly, "I have arranged snipers in Xiyin. If there is a need, there is still time."

Two strong logic bullets.

Get rid of the two last "insiders".

"There's...no need to worry about that."

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "Lanville is a transcendent on the tenth floor of the deep water area, and even he didn't notice anything unusual... If anyone wants to investigate, I will directly destroy the spiritual link. They won't get any information. "

The owner of the Holy Elephant Auction House, and Zhou.

Both of these two people were planted with the seeds of "blazing fire".

There are very few superhumans who can control the ultra-long-distance "spiritual link".

And Gu Shen's blazing fire has such power.

In a sense, they are no longer believers of the New Moon Church, but their own believers... This is indeed a very subtle feeling, and it is far from being able to feel that there are two crowds who can dedicate themselves to themselves at any time Life, they have absolute loyalty and absolute obedience.

In fact, Gu Shen regards them as his "eyes".

[Deep Ocean] is balancing all information.

If you want to see the real world...you need more and more "eyes", seeing is believing.

He saw it with his own eyes.

He saw it for himself.

This...is the truth that I can make myself believe.

He still wants to keep in touch with the incident in Nanzhou... If there is no accident, this time the case will attract the attention of the God of Storms. The dark mouse hiding everywhere was exposed to the sun.

Gu Shen was very curious.

How should Xiao hide?
He was looking forward to waking up one day and getting the good news that "Xiao" was crushed to death by the Storm God Throne.

Of course... I hope this time it is no longer the intelligence analyzed by [Deep Sea].

It's what you see "with your own eyes".

"correct."

Cui Zhongzhong spoke again. He sat opposite Gu Shen, shook the paper "newspaper" lightly, and said slowly: "It is necessary to tell you... the final result of this meeting."

Gu Shen was slightly taken aback.

If he remembered correctly, Huaqi landed in Nanzhou this time because he wanted to "sell" the secret research results underground.

Should be some kind of weapon.

"The deal has been cancelled." Cui Zhongcheng said lightly, "Huaqi has not reached an agreement with any church or any general... The so-called secret weapons will not be sold to Nanzhou."

"why?"

This was something unexpected.

It alarmed the giants near Xiyin.

Such a grand meeting was held.

But the final result was a hasty end... I am afraid that this incident will have a negative impact on Cui Zhongzhong.

"The price they offered was very high, and it was almost an irresistible huge profit..."

Mr. Cui said calmly: "From a rational point of view, the transaction should have been successfully concluded. But from a moral point of view, I don't want to see the scene after the transaction is completed."

The plane skimmed the clouds.

Looking down.

Cities become smaller in the clouds.

Looking at this world from a height of [-] meters, you can't see blood, violence, or suffering... Only when you get close to the ground can you see the true appearance of Nanzhou. This is a disaster full of holes place.

The people here have suffered a lot.

Cui Zhongzhong put down the stack of "newspapers", which was the only thing Gu Shen brought out from the underground church after he smashed the alarm.

A thick stack of paper was filled with the ugliness and filth of the Crescent Church's underground.

At this moment, every inch of soil swept by the roar of the plane is buried with the endless "sorrow" of the people of Nanzhou.

"There are not many things that I can decide, but this transaction is exactly one of them."

Cui Zhongzhong spoke slowly.

If the transaction is cancelled, Huaqi will definitely suffer losses. It is not necessary to know that Huaqi's behavior will be criticized by Nanzhou Fang members in the Central Assembly, and the follow-up of the incident will be the rebound of opinions within the board of directors.

Gu Shen was silent for a second.

He said softly, "Mr. Cui, the task Madam entrusted to you is to assist me in completing the operation in Nanzhou. This time we brought back a large number of sealed items together. It is a great achievement to return with a full load... We did not achieve the same task as Nanzhou. The cooperation can only be regarded as a small fault. The merits and demerits are offset, you have done nothing wrong, and I will solve the transaction trouble for you in the case file report afterwards."

Cui Zhongzhong was startled.

He pushed the monocle and looked at Gu Shen with a delicate expression.

Gu Shen stretched out a hand and said with a smile, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

(End of this chapter)