Light Fortress-Chapter 1560 - 250: Fiery Eyes
"Lord Long, the Holy Light Gate has been set up."
On the snowfield, there is a team of Transcendents dressed in white hemp robes.
The most outstanding among them is a dignified middle-aged man with a shaved head and golden eye motifs engraved on his forehead.
Light Fragments swirled around him, and as the wind and snow swept by, his robe fluttered, making him appear holy and dignified.
Long Qi.
The seventh-ranked Holy Judgment Elder in the temple.
This time, he’s leading the mission to explore the Ice Sea from Light City, guiding the Holy Judge Army through the first round of exploration.
The so-called Holy Light Gate is an alternative application of space ability.
Back then, in the Tundra Prison, there was a heavyweight prisoner with the ability called "Intercut," named Yuan Zhong. His ability was to continuously cut through space, which allowed him to move quickly.
The Holy Light Gate combines "Intercut" with large-scale space distortion.
East Continent has the Four Seasons Breathing Method, while the West Continent has the Holy Light Breathing Method.
Transcendents with the potential to develop "light elements" in their abilities can understand the Holy Light Breathing Method in Light City. Once mastered, they can pay the price to set up the Holy Light Gate. Between two Holy Light Gates, they can warp space quickly, stepping into the portal and consuming source essence to traverse at high speed.
This was created by the Light God’s Seat, a magnificent application of light-based abilities.
Of course, everything in the world is fair, and the ticket to pass through the Holy Light Gate is "source essence" and "light."
The more frequently it is used, the greater the burden, and the higher the price that must be paid.
At this moment, Long Qi only left one "Gate" behind, which was a sort of marker.
"This place is vast and boundless, seemingly endless, requiring utmost concentration..."
Long Qi slowly stood up, his white robe flying alongside the snow.
"We cannot have any more accidents like before."
As they were about to reach the Ice Sea Ruins, the Holy Judge Army was severely ambushed, disrupting all previous Ice Sea landing plans.
Now they were forced to enter the sea fog area unexpectedly, arriving at this snowfield.
From top to bottom, everyone appeared somewhat disheveled.
Long Qi extended two fingers, wiping them along the vertical line on his forehead. He surveyed the area, and his Fiery Eyes illuminated the surrounding snowfield... this was their greatest reliance for the journey, the authority granted by the Light God’s Seat, capable of revealing all shadows, all ominous signs, all disasters, and even finding a clear direction within the darkest of paths.
"I see several different glows, large and small, each one is quite conspicuous."
Long Qi lowered his voice and said coldly, "The Source Tower, Changye, Central City, Storm Church... and the East Continent thieves who ambushed us are not far away."
A Believer respectfully reminded, "Lord Long, the Great Elder previously instructed to avoid conflict as much as possible on this trip, to get what we need and leave."
"Hmm."
Long Qi did not elaborate, only stating calmly, "We’ll settle the Ice Sea ambush later."
Finally, his gaze landed at the horizon of the overlapping snowy mountains.
"Over there, I also see a gleam of light."
Long Qi squinted his eyes, "A strand of purple light, though faint in its aura, appears to possess some inexpressible Transcendent traits. If I’m not mistaken, it should be that secret cultivation of a little girl by the Source Tower."
"Gu Xiaoman?"
Someone exclaimed in surprise.
In recent years, Gu Xiaoman has become a well-known young genius.
Despite her youth, she was directly absorbed by the Source Tower, with the precedent set by the Red Dragon Pearl, naturally attracting many to pay attention to this "Red Dragon Inheritor."
The Light City Temple has been diligently collecting detailed data on young talents across all continents.
"Gu Xiaoman is not as simple as you think," Long Qi chuckled lightly, "The temple has always suspected that this is the ’Lord of Wine’ that the Source Tower wants to cultivate... this little girl was taken out of the Sangzhou Cave. Back then, the Red Dragon couldn’t even spare the Transcendents in the sealed area, yet had to take this little girl away. If she were just S-rank, wouldn’t that be hard to justify?"
The subordinates around him still looked somewhat bewildered.
"But, the position of the Wine Spark hasn’t been decided yet?"
Everyone across the Five Continents knows this.
In recent years, Source Tower Divine Envoys have been exhausting themselves, performing tasks for the chance to inherit the Spark.
"Fishing requires bait."
Long Qi mocked, "If those Divine Envoys were qualified to inherit the Spark, they’d have tried to merge with it long ago; they wouldn’t have waited until now. They’re nothing but expendables, foolishly unwitting, so they forge ahead, finding joy in it."
The Holy Judge Commanders surrounding Long Qi suddenly had a revelation.
"Gu Xiaoman acting alone suggests she’s being hunted by the Source Tower. The Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle are not kind souls, they likely noticed something and want to seize this chance to eliminate her."
Long Qi smiled and asked, "This little one’s direction of progression is in line with ours, should we lend a hand to those two Divine Envoys from the Source Tower?"
One commander asked in confusion, "My lord, aren’t we allied with Central Continent?"
"..."
Long Qi gave the commander a meaningful smile, the latter’s eyes foggy in confusion, until a colleague gave him a firm pat on the shoulder, only then did a realization dawn.
"In this world, there are no eternal allies, only eternal interests."
Long Qi murmured, "If Central Continent truly births a new ’Lord of Wine,’ would the Source Tower... still need allies?"
"Well put."
From the depths of the wind and snow, came a light chuckle accompanied by applause.
"...?"
Long Qi spun around as if he’d seen a ghost, looking towards the direction of the sound, only to see, a hundred meters away, a withered figure obscured by snow and frost, his true face hidden.
Someone had approached, yet he hadn’t detected any signs!
"Who?"
The commanders beside Long Qi instantly entered a state of readiness.
The dispersed Holy Judges also quickly converged, each of their hemp robes igniting with a light brighter than snow!
"There are no eternal allies, only eternal interests."
The figure did not answer Long Qi’s question but simply repeated the previous statement.
And then, he slowly emerged from the wind and snow.
The Holy Judges, their expressions tense, fixed their eyes on the emaciated figure emerging from the blizzard. The newcomer wore disheveled hair, ragged clothes, emanating a sinister aura of Silent Annihilation.
What made it more terrifying.
The stranger wore a mask on his face, looking ferocious like an evil ghost. As the wind blew his black hair, that ghost face seemed to smirk and weep simultaneously.
"So, this is the way of Light City... even as allies, as soon as there is profit to be made, an opportune strike can be attempted."
Gu Shen smiled and said, "As expected of you all."
From the point where he fell from the Cloud Ship, he traveled south.
His luck seemed to be quite bad.
All along the way, the release range of Chi Huo expanded to the extreme, yet he didn’t encounter anyone until now when he finally caught up with a team.
When he left the Cloud Ship, he donned the [Ghost Veil].
The news of his being "alive" was still not suitable to spread for the time being, even when meeting his own people from the East Continent, it was best to conceal his identity.
Of course, when encountering Transcendents from the Outer Continent, it wasn’t as troublesome.
Anyone who saw his "true face" would simply be killed.
"What monster is this? Sneaky and covert!"
A Holy Judge Commander frowned at the long-haired evil ghost and couldn’t help but shout angrily, "Take off the ghost veil, bow down and worship, and perhaps spare your life!"
Gu Shen couldn’t help but laugh.
He just quietly watched these Holy Judges.
Countless Light Radiance emitted from these people, their aura powerful, seemingly like the sun.
From the degree of cohesion, these people are indeed stronger than the Source Tower Enforcers... They are Sacrificial members ready to die for the Light Church, and in deadly battles, the power they erupt is several times that of the Source Tower.
For a moment, this sun-like Light Radiance illuminated the Snowfield.
Plus the Holy Judge Commander’s fierce shout which was weaker inside.
With his hair disheveled and wearing a ghost veil, he truly looked like some shady specter.
He slightly tilted his head and looked at the Commander: "What if I don’t bow?"
"..."
Long Qi’s forehead was dripping with cold sweat.
After Gu Shen put on the ghost veil, he deliberately concealed all his aura, intending not to apply any pressure when meeting with this Light Church team.
But Long Qi still sensed something was amiss, and a faint idea of retreat emerged in his heart.
Gu Shen extended his hand, pointing at Long Qi’s forehead, and earnestly asked, "Is this the legendary Light Authority [Fiery Eyes]?"
"Impudent!"
The Holy Judge Commander couldn’t take it anymore and shouted angrily, "In the face of the Light, reckless talk!"
He grasped a long spear, stood up, and instantly pierced through the void.
"Boom!"
Gu Shen chuckled.
Fourth tier.
A very good strength.
He stood still, not moving a bit.
This spear came directly at Gu Shen’s face, but it was just a fleeting shadow. The Holy Judge Commander glanced, clearly seeing his spear strike the opponent, but in the end, it grazed past without even touching a strand of hair!
Gu Shen hadn’t moved a step from beginning to end.
He just slightly extended one hand as if already waiting for the opponent to crash into his embrace.
With a muffled sound.
The charging Holy Judge Commander crashed into Gu Shen’s palm, coughing up a large mouthful of blood, his eyes full of disbelief.
The next moment, Gu Shen exerted force with his palm.
He flew back heavily, crashing into the crowd.
The Light Radiance shattered, and the life force quickly dissipated.
A Fourth tier...
Died just like that!
Gu Shen shrugged and said, "Sorry, you all saw... he made the first move."
For a moment, the scene plunged into dead silence.
"You... who exactly are you?"
Just now, except for Long Qi, no one saw Gu Shen’s actions clearly on the scene.
Excluding ability, domain, and sealing items, setting aside all external amplifications... purely in terms of combat awareness, the person before them was a truly overwhelming Fourth tier existence.
This Great Elder of the temple felt even more strongly inclined to retreat.
Honestly, he might also manage that palm just now, but couldn’t do it as easily and gracefully as Gu Shen.
"Don’t you have [Fiery Eyes]?"
Gu Shen smiled encouragingly, "Look, just take a look and you’ll know."
The Light Radiance from the Holy Judges wouldn’t waver due to the power of a malicious specter.
The Holy Judge Commander had fallen.
Instead, it ignited the fury of the Sacrificial, Long Qi felt the surging and immense faith behind him, he took a deep breath, his expression turned grim as he lit up the vertical eye on his forehead—
"Swish!"
The light shone brightly!
In Long Qi’s vision, all things in the world had different colors due to their Extraordinary Traits.
The depth and density of colors all gained meaning.
And at this moment... the Ghost Face Man before him was a mass of immense shadow, a spread of indelible thick ink.
It was the most extreme blackness in the world.
Long Qi stared in a daze at this scene, his eyes first turned shocked, then fearful.
"How is it."
Gu Shen asked with gentle concern, "Can you see clearly enough with these [Fiery Eyes]? Do you need me to take off the mask?"
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