Chapter 405: Chapter 284: Each with Their Own Agenda; A Newborn Calf Fears No Tiger (Part 1)

Constantinople.

Just as the group from Secret Technique Heaven reached the city’s edge—the area enveloped by the glow of the Eye of Omniscience in the sky—Destruction Heaven frowned slightly and stopped in his tracks.

"Twenty-four auras of Spiritual Talismans?"

The question came from an old man dressed in the traditional garments of Ancient Pusuo. He was emaciated, yet his deeply lined face held an expression of profound compassion.

He was the Tribulation Praise Singer of Secret Technique Heaven.

The other members of Secret Technique Heaven also stopped, sensing that something was amiss.

Outside the city, they had been able to vaguely sense the auras erupting from two Spiritual Talismans. But upon entering the urban area, that presence had multiplied, reaching a total of twenty-four distinct locations scattered throughout the city.

There were only twelve Spiritual Talismans in total, so these twenty-four auras must have been faked by the Illuminati.

However, the members of Secret Technique Heaven were completely unable to distinguish the real ones from the fakes.

All twenty-four auras seemed authentic.

"It’s that eye in the sky—a technique from the Illuminati’s Eye of the Sun."

A young man with an androgynous face and slitted pupils looked up at the sky, his voice cold and sharp.

He was Great Serpent Heaven of Secret Technique Heaven.

Everyone looked up. At some point, the pupil of the giant, illusory eye had turned toward them, as if staring them down intently.

A vast magnetic field was constantly being released, silently and invisibly affecting them.

Although it couldn’t trap them in an inescapable Illusion Realm or cause them any serious harm, it could confuse their senses and introduce errors into their long-range judgments.

"We can’t act rashly. Let’s first withdraw from the area covered by their Divine Power and see if we can block its influence to pinpoint the exact locations of the Spiritual Talismans."

This was spoken by the White Elephant Lord, a man as tall and broad as a giant elephant, his albino-white skin possessing a strange, jade-like quality.

Destruction Heaven narrowed his eyes. Without a word, he extended his palms.

In the center of each palm was a profound character that resembled Sanskrit.

However, these characters didn’t look like tattoos or patterns, but rather as if they had grown from his very flesh and blood.

If translated into the Donghua language, the Sanskrit-like symbol on his right palm meant "Augment."

The symbol on his left palm translated to "Diminish."

THUMP-THUMP! THUMP-THUMP!!

Destruction Heaven’s palms swelled, and the Sanskrit characters for Augment and Diminish expanded along with them, becoming more three-dimensional as they throbbed violently.

Two different radiances coalesced above the characters. The "Augment" character shone with a golden light, while the "Diminish" character was wreathed in a black glow.

CLAP!!

Destruction Heaven suddenly brought his hands together before his chest, pressing the "Augment" and "Diminish" characters against each other.

Seeing this, the other members of Secret Technique Heaven frowned slightly. They silently retreated several steps, circulating the Qi and blood in their bodies and secretly mobilizing their Magnetic Force to protect themselves.

The next moment.

VMMMM!!

The golden light and black glow vanished. A terrifying fluctuation emanated from Destruction Heaven as his entire body became illusory, appearing as a mass of afterimages. Overlapping layers of an Invisible Force Field continuously spread outward.

Destruction Heaven’s body showed no signs of physical exertion, yet it unleashed a terrifying destructive force.

CRACK!! CRACK!!

With his body as the epicenter, the concrete ground beneath his feet shattered inch by inch, the destruction spreading continuously outward.

The roadside trash cans, benches, streetlights, and even the trees were caught in the wave of invisible force and instantly destroyed.

The trash cans exploded into fragments. The benches and streetlights burst and contorted, their steel frames twisted like pretzels. The trees simply disintegrated, sending sap and splinters flying everywhere.

Within a twenty-meter radius, everything was a complete wreck.

This terrifying destructive power had already surpassed the limits of the human body.

Suddenly, a fierce light flashed in Destruction Heaven’s eyes. He aimed at the Eye of Omniscience in the sky and abruptly thrust his palms forward.

BOOM!!

The entire world seemed to twist and tremble, blurring into an indistinct haze. Even the Eye of Omniscience in their vision distorted, as if its influence was being suppressed.

However, the moment Destruction Heaven stopped exerting force, the pupil of the Eye of Omniscience burst forth with a light as brilliant as the scorching sun. All abnormal fluctuations were instantly smoothed over and suppressed, returning everything to normal.

"It’s useless. The Eye of the Sun is using his ’Immortal Soul,’ so the range of his Divine Power is immense. Unless you possess an ability of a corresponding Realm or manage to find his physical body, it’s nearly impossible to break through his technique."

Foolish Heaven said, shaking his head.

"Foolish Heaven, Tribulation Praise Singer, you’re both masters of the Knowledge Forbidden Realm. Do you have no way to counter it either?"

Destruction Heaven asked, looking toward his two fellow members of Secret Technique Heaven.

"In this era, when it comes to the profound mysteries of Knowledge Prohibition, perhaps only Lotus from the Pioneer Group could get the better of the Eye of the Sun. If the Great Dream Immortal of Donghua’s All the Sons were still alive, he might have been able to as well."

"Other than that, it would likely require one of the Sleepers to act personally, using their ’Earth Immortal State’ to be exempt from its influence."

The Tribulation Praise Singer replied, his face a mask of compassion and misery.

"For now, let’s withdraw from the range of his Divine Power and make a new plan."

Foolish Heaven said in a low voice.

Destruction Heaven could only nod. Even though he was displeased, he had to consider the bigger picture.

’Although we came to fight for the Spiritual Talismans, we did so in our true bodies. If our lives were genuinely at risk, not a single one of us would stay.’

’Of course, I’m no exception.’

’No matter how tempting the secret is, you have to be alive to use it. If you die, it’s all for nothing.’

The members of Secret Technique Heaven quickly withdrew from the urban area covered by the Eye of Omniscience.

After a moment of sensing their surroundings, their expressions changed once again.

Now that they were outside the coverage of the Eye of the Sun’s Divine Power, the twenty-four Spiritual Talisman auras instantly vanished. Once again, they could sense the auras of two Talismans surging skyward.