One Step Too Late
"Two things. First, find out who brought that bronze meerkat mask into the trade fair. Second, immediately send me to the Ancient God Church's lair. "Xia Fei waved his hand, his tone firm.
Both Qinian and Clean Knife were stunned, hurriedly asking, "To the Ancient God Church? That church is in the territory of the shark race. "
Xia Fei raised an eyebrow and sternly said, "I don't need to know where that place is. Just give me the coordinates."
Qinian gulped and hurriedly left to help Xia Fei gather information. Only Xia Fei and his old acquaintance, Clean Knife, were left in the room.
After Xia Fei took a seat, Clean Knife handed him a cup of tea. Xia Fei took the cup but did not drink it, instead looking out the window in deep thought.
Clean Knife pursed his lips and awkwardly sat by his side.
Soon, Qinian ran back to the room and handed Xia Fei a card with the coordinates written on it. "This is the location of the Ancient God Church. As for the bronze meerkat mask, I won't be able to find it anytime soon. The Wind and Rain Society is about to explode."
Xia Fei nodded. Putting away the card, he strode out of the room and took out his spatial compass. With a whoosh, he disappeared.
Watching Xia Fei leave, Qinian wiped the sweat off his forehead and sighed. "As expected of a monster from the Skywing Clan, a warrior who crawled out of a pile of corpses. When he gets serious, I'm so nervous that I could die."
Clean Knife kept nodding, agreeing with the third patriarch's words. The usually carefree Xia Fei and the serious Xia Fei were two completely different people!
…
* Whoosh ~ *
A spatial gate opened, and Xia Fei strode out.
He saw that he was on an isolated island surrounded by cliffs. Aside from the crashing of the waves, there was only silence.
"Is the mysterious energy ball in your seventh brain region fine? You should've absorbed quite a lot of energy this time, so why isn't the need to release it as urgent as before? "Oro worriedly asked.
Xia Fei's harvest of energy from killing a Law Overlord could be described as massive, but for some reason, he did not feel too threatened this time. It was natural that he had an abundance of energy, but it was not as restless as before.
Xia Fei shook his head. It's strange. The size of the energy sphere in my brain region hasn't changed, but its capacity seems to have increased by several times. The energy I'm absorbing is also very stable.
The old demon lord was elated. "The Bronze Mongoose Mask is from ancient times. Perhaps it's because it absorbed this guy's energy that caused the energy orb to mutate, or perhaps it's because your level has increased and your control over your brain region has increased. In any case, this is a great thing for you! You can now store more energy in your brain! "
All of a sudden, Xia Fei furrowed his brows. He sniffed and said, "There's a smell. It's the smell of death."
* Whoosh! *
His figure quickly vanished, Xia Fei making a beeline for the massive temple in the center of the island.
A corpse!
Along the way, Xia Fei discovered many corpses. Judging from their strange outfits, these were all followers of the Ancient God Church, and they had been dead for around a day.
"Not good. Someone's already one step ahead of us!" Xia Fei said in a deep voice.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Fei rushed into the mountain gate of the Ancient God Cult. He saw a giant statue that was as large as a hill, and the headquarters of the Ancient God Cult was built at the foot of the mountain. The entire mountain had been hollowed out as a place for the cultists to cultivate, and there were also many small functional rooms around it.
Without stopping, Xia Fei observed his surroundings for a moment before charging right in!
* Whoosh ~ *
Xia Fei held the Blood Crystal in his right hand. This bloodthirsty dagger now had a third edge, so it was much heavier than before, and it felt quite good in his hand.
Blood flowed like a river!
The corpses in the temple were piled into a mountain. It was clear that a massacre had taken place here! There was no longer any life in the Ancient God Cult, and it had become a city of death!
"Who could have done this?!" Oro sternly questioned.
Xia Fei crouched down and examined a corpse that had been split in half. He muttered, "The Void Underworld Realm expert has just died, and the Ancient God Cult has been wiped out. No matter who did this, I smell a conspiracy."
Xia Fei had learned an important piece of information from Miss Alan. The Ancient God Cult had an altar, and aside from the Cult Master, no one could enter, not even his junior brother, Void Orb.
This made Xia Fei suspicious. Since the Law of Time was not on the Void Underworld expert, this altar was naturally the best hiding place!
Alas, Xia Fei was one step too late. Someone had already forced their way into the Ancient God Cult and killed tens of thousands of believers. Their goal was most likely the Law of Time!
Clenching his teeth, Xia Fei pushed off the ground and shot forward!
Based on the information he had obtained from Alan, Xia Fei found the altar by the cliff at the back of the island.
This was an exquisite white marble dome, very much like an astrological hall where the ancients used to observe celestial bodies. Countless skylights were open, and the thick alloy doors had been smashed to smithereens!
Xia Fei's brows furrowed, and he had a very bad feeling.
"Crafty Approach!"
Xia Fei's figure flickered, and he drifted into the altar like a ghost. It was empty inside, not even the shadow of a ghost. Other than the doors, there were no signs of damage. It was as if no one had been here before.
"Ocular technique!"
Xia Fei's eyes blazed like torches as he quickly scanned his surroundings.
There were several dozen statues inside the altar, all depicting a voluptuous woman. This was probably the god that the Ancient God Cult worshiped.
One of the statues was holding a dagger. The dagger was completely smooth, as if it had often been caressed by someone.
Xia Fei walked up to it and lightly pushed it with his finger. The dagger was pushed from the front of the statue to the back!
* Crack crack crack! *
The two statues immediately parted, revealing another hidden room.
Xia Fei walked in, only to find that the room was empty. There were some traces of rules on the floor, clearly indicating that something had been set up not too long ago. However, the things here had all been moved away, and even the overhead fluorescent lights were gone.
"It's very clean. These intruders probably didn't find what they wanted but were in a hurry to leave, so they emptied the room and went back to slowly search for it." Oro chuckled.
Xia Fei nodded in agreement. From the marks on the ground, the items that had been placed here were very heavy. If the intruders had found what they wanted, there was no need for them to clean the room so thoroughly.
"Let's go. We're too late. This is the Shark Race's territory. It'll be bad if they discover you," Oro helplessly said. He was also very depressed that he had not found the Law of Time.
Xia Fei did not bat an eyelid, continuing to use his sharp eyes to observe the secret room as if he wanted to see through every inch of the stone.
The corner of Xia Fei's lips curled up into a smile.
He went to the opposite corner of the wall and squatted down to pick up half a piece of wood.
This small piece was covered in patterns as if it had fallen from a whole piece.
"What is this?" Oro curiously asked.
"An intruder left it behind."
Oro disapprovingly snorted. "It's just a small piece of wood. It can't prove anything. How can you be so sure that it was left behind by an intruder?"
Xia Fei smiled. "There are clear marks in the corner, meaning that a rather heavy item was once placed here. The marks on the piece of wood are new, no more than twenty-four hours ago, and there's a bit of white on the corner that's also recent. This means that the person who moved it accidentally brushed against it, causing the piece of wood to break. Do you need me to explain more?"
Oro was speechless. He had already witnessed Xia Fei's deductive abilities, and Xia Fei was probably the only one who could deduce that this piece of wood belonged to an intruder from these insignificant details.
After finding the small piece of wood left behind by the intruder, Xia Fei had no intention of stopping. He continued to observe the secret room, over and over again, tirelessly.
Even the best analytical abilities required patience and meticulous observation, and Xia Fei was undoubtedly very patient and observant.
Several minutes later, Xia Fei was startled. He quickly went to another wall and used the Blood Crystal to pry off a white rock. Weighing it in his hand, a look of delight appeared on his face.
Oro asked again, "Is there something fishy about this piece of rock?"
* Pa ~ *
The moment he said this, Xia Fei raised his hand and shattered the rock!
He saw a brown metal box, about the size of a palm and very heavy!
"This isn't an ordinary rock, but a white rock that can reflect waves in a certain direction. This rock's color is a little different, so it's clear that it was installed later on. The weight in my hand is also different." Without needing the old demon lord to ask, Xia Fei took the initiative to explain, making Oro's heart itch. Xia Fei's explanation was so clear and logical, but why had he failed to notice it if it were him?
Suddenly! Xia Fei's eyes turned sharp.
"Someone's here!"
Stomping off the ground, Xia Fei punched out with both fists, breaking through the thick roof of the secret room and charging out!
At the same time, several swift and fierce Law attacks were like sharp blades, smashing the divine altar and secret chamber to pieces!
* Rumble! *
Under the intense explosion, the entire altar collapsed! It had been forcefully pulled underground!
This was the effect of combining the Law of Space and the Law of Matter. If Xia Fei had not chosen to escape from above, he would have been buried alive by the powerful law energy!
Xia Fei's sharp eyes coldly scanned his surroundings. He saw two figures, seeing that their attacks had missed, flee in two different directions!
"Hmph!"
Xia Fei coldly snorted and shot forward like a bolt of lightning!
Playing hide-and-seek with a high-speed warrior was simply asking for death!
A speed of 240,000 meters per second!
Before the two could figure out what was going on, Xia Fei had already picked them up with each hand!
* Bang! *
There was no need to be polite to an enemy!
Xia Fei brought his arms together, causing the two of them to slam into each other, their heads bleeding! Their front teeth flew out along with blood! Their eyes saw stars!
* Whoosh ~ *
The Blood Crystal eerily pressed against one of their chests while Xia Fei stomped on the other.
"Speak! Who are you?!" Xia Fei coldly asked.
The moment he said this, Xia Fei felt that something was wrong. This was because these two ambushers were foaming at the mouth, and their nostrils were only letting air out, not in.
'Eh?'
Xia Fei placed a hand on their necks and frowned. "Dead?"
The old demon lord complained. "It wasn't easy to catch two alive, so why did you kill them?! Great, the trail's broken again. "
"I didn't kill them." Xia Fei ignored Oro and used the Blood Crystal to pry open the mouth of one of them. He saw a strange black line on his tongue.
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