CHAPTER 971: CHAPTER 939: TRIBULATION SEAL

"Calamity...Heavenly Gift..."

In front of the easel, a white-haired man swayed his brush between his fingertips, pondering for a moment before looking up:

"Around the Fifth District, are there any legions?"

Xue Yingjiang shook his head, "Currently, the main forces of all major legions are in the Holy City. Aside from the Great Love Army and our Great Sin, the legions fleet stationed at the forefront major districts are in short supply."

"Great Love cannot leave the Central Court, so now...the Fifth District is indeed somewhat isolated."

Xue Yingjiang said solemnly, "Unless the Elemental Church stationed in the Ninth District is willing to intervene, but now, amid the Empire’s situation, the three major churches are being pressured by various powerful factions surrounding the Holy City. Relations are tense, and moreover, the Elements have always had an unfriendly relationship with the Golden Sparrow, which makes them unlikely to be willing to send troops to aid."

Upon hearing this, Xia Feng’s vertical pupils slightly narrowed. It seemed that the Heavenly Burning Saint Master had calculated everything beforehand and thus chose the Fifth District as the breakthrough point.

The current method to aid the Fifth District may still be to mobilize the upper-level forces of Venerable level from the adjacent districts.

Usually, the higher the district’s rank, the more upper-level forces it would have. For instance, the top ten districts typically have more than three Venerable figures stationed year-round.

The last ten districts generally only have one Venerable stationed year-round, or possibly none, not only because the rear districts are more habitable and sparsely populated but also because of the Final Great Wall.

The reason for its name, the Great Wall is because it’s genuinely...incredibly long! The wall breaks through the plane barriers, crossing Districts 51, 50, and 49.

Apart from being a barrier against the Evil Dragon Forest, the Final Great Wall is also a domain that suppresses realms.

In its radiating area, the higher one’s realm, the more apparent the suppression. However, it only affects those above the Venerable level. Those below do not feel it.

For example, a Sage entering the radiating area would be suppressed down to the Holy Realm, the Holy Realm entering would be pushed down to Venerate Second or even Venerable One.

Due to this, very few Venerables wish to station there for protection, and even districts near the final three districts face disdain because, being close to the Final Great Wall, they are more or less affected by realm suppression.

But the Fifth District is different. Just the Sparrow King Star in District Five has at least ten upper-level Venerables present. Of course, this is because Sparrow God Mountain is situated there.

The surrounding Seventh, Sixth, and Fourth Districts’ upper-level forces might be significantly less than the Fifth District, but if gathered to assist here, it would undoubtedly be a considerable aid.

Nevertheless...these stationed district Venerables, most are actually not official affiliations but the strongest members of various large and small family forces.

If an apocalypse crisis occurs in their home district, these strongest members would naturally go all out to protect it. But if trouble arises in another district, persuading them to act might be as hard as climbing the heavens.

After all, a large family takes a thousand years to finally produce such a Venerable or even an upper-level Venerable, serving as the foundation for the family to continue its prosperity. The death of such a member would likely lead the family toward decline or even extinction.

"Yet...as the Abyss Saint has voluntarily exposed the location of the Sumeru Gate in Golden Sparrow City, various forces, eager to form an alliance with the Abyss Saint as early as possible, are likely to deploy some forces or send representatives to the Fifth District."

Xue Yingjiang analyzed while looking up, "Lord Shi Fu, now..."

"Go, have the logistics troops unload all Sin Leaf equipment, descend on Sparrow King Star, and fully assist Golden Sparrow in defending." The white-haired man waved his hand, speaking calmly, "The rest of the troops are to stand by."

"Understood." Xue Yingjiang bowed respectfully and swiftly exited.

The Great Sin Shadow Masters primarily cultivate Spiritual Clothes·Shadow of Great Sin, with all remaining Spiritual Clothes supporting the cultivation of the Shadow of Great Sin. Hence, in the absence of the ability to use the Shadow of Great Sin, Shadow Masters are rendered ineffective.

However, not all Great Sin Army Generals are Shadow Masters. For instance, the logistics troops comprise Generals eliminated from other units without Shadow talent, which is just as well, as now they have the opportunity to go to the frontline.

As Xue Yingjiang departed, the white-haired man turned back to stare at the portrait on the easel.

"Elder sister, prepare yourself. I’m arranging for you to descend on Sparrow King Star to seek the Abyss Saint."

The white-haired man spoke gently, "Of course, if you wish to wait until the war in the Fifth District concludes, that’s also fine."

"No need." Huang Zhaoyue uttered two words before turning to leave without lingering.

The room fell into silence for a moment.

Swish—the brush re-dotted the canvas center, causing the paper to instantly fracture and the portrait of Huang Shikai on it to shatter completely.

The paper fragments ignited with a strange black flame, turning to flying ashes.

*

In the pitch-black night sky, thousands of varied-sized meteors hovered.

On each meteor stood a Great Sin Army General as the meteors flowed, flying towards the whirlpool gate at the end.

Behind the whirlpool gate lies the Fifth District.

The Great Sin Army relies on the Tree of Sin to precisely position the soldiers’ landing points to Sparrow King Star, entering the Game of Life World.

Huang Zhaoyue stood on one of the last meteors, likewise following the main fleet.

"Since Sparrow King Star is sealed by Calamity, there’s really no need for us to enter right now."

Huang Zhaoyue glanced at the black cat on her shoulder with a hint of reproach, "Why not stay on the ’Sin Star’ battleship? That way, you can still look for opportunities to steal the Enlightenment Trace."

According to her idea, there was no necessity to meddle in the affairs between the Heavenly Burning and Golden Sparrow.

Xia Feng asked her to come along just now, and since Xia Feng was currently her...superior, Huang Zhaoyue held significant respect for her superior, so she did not question much.

But she could not help asking now.

"Steal, steal, always thinking of stealing, Huang Shifu staying in the Sin Star, how can you steal anything there."

The black cat on her shoulder meowed, a proud chuckle sounded in her mind, "Trust me, first return to Golden Sparrow City, I have a way to get the Saint Dragon’s Judgment without lifting a finger."

"Are you sure?"

"Naturally."

Xia Feng’s amber vertical pupils slightly narrowed, staring eloquently at the increasingly close whirlpool gate ahead.

The reason he asked Huang Zhaoyue to immediately enter the Fifth District had, in fact, another reason.

That is...the Black Moon Pope!

Aside from enabling the activation of the Tribulation Transformation Body for authority enhancement, the Tail Calamity Fire within the Saint Dragon Judgment has another ability, which is ’Tribulation Seal Tracking.’

Targets harmed by the Tribulation Transformation Body’s ability will be marked with a [Tribulation Seal], a conceptual-level mark that is difficult for anyone other than True God level beings to detect.

Last time in the Sumeru Realm, although the Black Moon Pope managed to escape, she had already been silently marked with a [Tribulation Seal] by Xia Feng.

According to the seal’s induction, the Black Moon Pope is currently in the Fifth District!

Originally, Xia Feng intended to advance to Venerate Third by forming the Moon Time Dao Fruit with Miss Mu before confronting the Black Moon Pope.

But now that he has come across her, she can blame no one but herself!

It’s perfect to first acquire the powerful S-class Spiritual Artifact·Returning Ruins Dream Expansion that effectively counters Miss Mu and then ’April’ form the Dao Fruit with her. It might make things smoother!