CHAPTER 558: CHAPTER 573: FORBIDDEN DIVINE SOLDIER FRAGMENTS

The entire hall was enclosed.

Around it were martial artists guarding vigilantly.

There were various defensive facilities on the perimeter.

Trying to escape from here without Tier Four strength was simply impossible.

But if Ji Ling had Tier Four strength, she wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Moreover.

Even if Ji Ling was naive, she could see that Baiyu had used the forbidden armament of the East Prosperity Imperial just now.

The entire empire.

With vast territories and a population of billions.

There were hundreds and thousands of martial artists.

With such large numbers, only a few dozen, or even fewer than a hundred, possessed a forbidden armament.

It is imaginable.

The status, position, and strength of this man in front of her were enough to make her abandon her thoughts of resistance.

Although unsure why he was in Villiduo Outer City and in an unguarded residence.

However.

She understood.

Falling into this man’s hands made it even harder to turn things around than if she had fallen into the hands of the Demon Blade Gang.

"Still unwilling to hand it over?

I saved your lives, hand over what the Demon Blade Gang wanted, and I can ensure your safety.

You should know.

It’s impossible for me to shield you for no reason."

Baiyu sat in the main seat, looking down at the two of them.

Ji Ling hesitated for a while, finally, reluctantly took out a wooden box from her bosom.

Baiyu remained silent.

Beside him, Qiong Zhen took the wooden box and slowly opened it.

Inside.

Contained a shard, entirely crimson, emitting endless malevolent aura, encased in a living iron box interior.

Only living iron could barely contain the shard’s malign aura.

Opened at this moment.

Baiyu felt an extremely strong agitation welling up in his heart, accompanied by various distracting thoughts, continuously sinking into his mind.

Qiong Zhen, being closer, was even more sensitive to this feeling.

He was the first to succumb.

A few seconds later, he shut the wooden box with a bang.

Only then.

The degenerate, maddening, deforming aura slowly receded.

It was unbearable.

This eerie aura was something ordinary people could not withstand.

"This is, the shard? Did you all go to the Holy Light Church to steal the Forbidden Divine Weapon?"

Baiyu’s eyes showed surprise.

Other than the Forbidden Divine Weapon’s shard, Baiyu couldn’t think of anything else that could cause such a situation.

However.

Their strength made him doubtful.

On the night of the explosion, those who could attempt to steal the Forbidden Divine Weapon were not insignificant players.

With these two’s strength.

Even considering their deceased companions, it was impossible to seize a shard from any faction on the night of the explosion.

It’s not that Baiyu looked down on them.

It’s just.

Too weak indeed.

Ji Ling’s eyes glared intensely at him: "I obtained it using a special Ji Family method."

With that.

She said no more.

Baiyu examined the wooden box in his hands.

Feeling that the Forbidden Divine Weapon’s shard was like a hot potato.

But now that it was in his hands, he couldn’t possibly give it away.

Judging by the earlier situation, the members of the Demon Blade Gang didn’t know what their leader wanted, only acting on orders.

This meant.

The information about Ji Ling obtaining the Forbidden Divine Weapon hadn’t spread.

Apart from a few high-ranking members of the Demon Blade Gang, no one else should know.

If it were known by forces like the Divine Court, Ji Ling wouldn’t have been able to escape until now.

According to Baiyu’s initial assessment.

The spiritual strengths of Yun Zhongjun, Yin Lord, and others were at least not weaker than Ji Long.

This implies.

They must have at least Tier Two strength in reality.

This is grandmaster-level combat power, comparable to an extraordinary being, even close to a demigod.

In some extreme cases, dual cultivation might not be impossible.

The Divine Court’s inheritance was not something commonplace, rather a highly advanced legacy.

For now at least.

The Moon Lord’s inheritance Baiyu encountered was not weaker than any core technique.

And undoubtedly of the rarest quality.

After all.

The inheritance was extremely comprehensive, a complete set, and of very high quality.

Thus, Baiyu could assert that the news of Ji Ling obtaining the Forbidden Divine Weapon hadn’t spread; it was simply discovered by the Demon Blade Gang by accident.

The escaped leader of the Demon Blade Gang wouldn’t dare publicize the news.

Unless he intended to go down a mutual destruction path, giving up the fight for the shard.

Temporarily, the situation was safe, albeit only for now.

In an instant.

Baiyu thought of many things.

Besides the Forbidden Divine Weapon’s shard, he also wanted to know what had really happened at the explosion’s center that day.

However.

Ji Ling was unwilling to say more.

And she certainly didn’t participate in the initial fight for it.

"I can tell you, the largest shard is in the hands of the Holy Light Church, and their people have already escaped.

These past two nights.

The Holy Light Church has suffered heavy losses.

But the core members, leveraging various channels, mostly escaped from Villiduo.

Once they recover, they’ll definitely gather all the shards.

When that time comes, the shard in your hand will be your death knell."

Finally.

Ji Ling half-threatened and half-intimidated with this statement.

Baiyu smiled slightly, closing the wooden box.

"Elder Zhen, take her down to rest, keep a close watch, and don’t let her wander around."

Qiong Zhen nodded repeatedly.

Ji Ling’s eyes, glaring like two bells, stared at Baiyu as if she wanted to swallow him whole.

"In the current situation, staying with me gives you even a sliver of hope.

If you leave...

there’ll be no one to clean up your corpse if you die.

It might end up rotting in a sewer, who knows.

No, wait.

Someone as beautiful as you, in the Outer City, might find it hard even to die.

For a piece of Forbidden Divine Weapon, ending up worse than death, is it that important to you?"

Baiyu mocked coldly.

Ji Ling gritted her teeth and replied, "Of course, it’s more important than my life! It’s my only means for revenge."

Baiyu wasn’t interested in her tales of love and hatred.

Seeing her eagerness to speak further, he hurriedly gestured for Qiong Zhen to take her away.

Let her temporarily stay here.

Wait until the situation calms, then give her money to leave on her own if she wants to.

As for the Forbidden Divine Weapon.

There was no way it would be returned to her.

Baiyu took the Forbidden Divine Weapon shard back to his room, wanting to know how many pieces the Forbidden Divine Weapon had split into.

And.

What was the purpose of the Forbidden Divine Weapon, forged through the Heart Fire Wolf?

Compared to the Forbidden Armament.

What kind of effects does it have?

These were domains completely unknown to him.

Baiyu had never encountered Forbidden Divine Weapons before, not even having seen data about them.

Now.

He urgently needed to catch up on this knowledge.

Just as Baiyu contemplated how to obtain specific knowledge of Forbidden Divine Weapons, the mark under his arm’s skin started to tremble.

The Divine Court.

It was the spiritual teleportation light gate of the Divine Court.

Trembling indicated that a Divine Court meeting was being convened.

Or that members within a certain range needed to discuss something.

Baiyu focused his mind, his spirit instantly entering the Divine Court.