Chapter 1401
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Chapter 1401 Kneeling in Worship
Sea Island’s Depths.
In the dim valley, two black alligators silently crawled out from the shadows, while simultaneously, a figure rose from the ground like a ghost.
Moon Huai hunched his body, his gaze sweeping the surroundings. Continuous rumbling sounds came from the distance, yet the valley remained deathly silent.
The corner of his mouth curved slightly upward.
Just as he had expected, with the entire Mogara clan attacking the island, the true guardians of this place emerged one after another: Nie Jinshan, Li Kengqiang, Tang Yusheng, Wang Qing… These historical Nightwatcher Commanders-in-Chief, though transformed into souls, remained fused with the national fortune of Great Xia, their combat power no less than when they were alive.
The four of them guarding this place had forcibly held back almost all the Mogara. If he hadn’t brought enough manpower, infiltrating this island would indeed have been as difficult as ascending to heaven.
But now, the four Commanders-in-Chief were all engaged at the island’s perimeter, so the core area protecting Great Xia’s national fortune should be unguarded.
Even if another Great Xia deity was hidden here, with the two Mogara creating a diversion and Moon Huai’s own abilities, he was confident he could escape. Just being able to probe the final trump card of Great Xia’s national fortune would make his journey worthwhile.
“Let me see where Great Xia’s national fortune is hidden.”
Moon Huai took out an ancient compass from his bosom. The needle spun rapidly, quickly locking onto a direction.
Following the compass’s indication, he walked for about two minutes, finally stopping in a spacious clearing.
Moon Huai looked down at the ground, his eyes narrowing slightly:
“It’s underground…”
Moon Huai extended one palm, gently pressing it against the ground. The black lotus petals on his palm began to emit a faint, eerie light.
Just then, Moon Huai seemed to sense something and abruptly looked up toward the distance.
“Someone else?” His brows furrowed slightly.
From the dim forest, Lin Qiye and his companions slowly emerged, their expressions extremely solemn.
Following Wang Qing’s instructions, Lin Qiye and his group had walked straight to the deepest part of the island, only to encounter Moon Huai and two black alligators who had invaded from outside.
“It’s him?” Seeing Moon Huai’s familiar face, Lin Qiye’s gaze intensified.
The encounter with Moon Huai in the [Virtual Reconstruction] two days ago was still fresh in Lin Qiye’s memory. He knew that even though the Ancient God Church was now weak and in hiding, this oldest evil god was still lurking somewhere in Great Xia. However, he hadn’t expected to encounter him again in just a few days.
The last time he saw Moon Huai, he was a young man of about thirty, but now standing before Lin Qiye was a man in his seventies.
Lin Qiye recognized Moon Huai, but Moon Huai didn’t recognize Lin Qiye.
His impression of Lin Qiye and the others was merely a group of young Nightwatchers who had been playing wildly on the island for several days, with the highest being only at the “Klein” level—posing no threat to him whatsoever.
Moon Huai’s tightly knitted brows relaxed slightly. He had thought he’d encountered some troublesome figures, but they were just a bunch of kids.
“Kill them,” Moon Huai waved his hand lightly, and the two black alligators charged out like lightning, fiercely rushing toward Lin Qiye and his companions.
Lin Qiye gritted his teeth, gripping [Zhan Bai] and the Ama-no-Murakumo sword in his hands, and said in a deep voice, “Prepare for battle.”
They had thought this would be the safest place on the entire island, but unexpectedly Moon Huai had infiltrated. The four Commanders-in-Chief were still intercepting the black alligator group at the island’s perimeter and couldn’t come to help. They had no choice but to fight to the death.
Just as Lin Qiye and his companions were about to charge forward, a cold snort suddenly echoed from the void!
The moment this cold snort appeared, the two ferocious divine beast alligators charging toward them instantly froze in place like statues!
The sea breeze swept through the dim forest, countless fallen leaves rose with the wind. As an invisible ripple spread out, they simultaneously suspended in mid-air. The twinkling stars visibly dimmed, and a chill rapidly enveloped the entire valley.
Moon Huai, who was about to strike the ground with his palm, felt his body sink, becoming as heavy as if filled with lead. It was as if an invisible force was squeezing his muscles, attempting to take control of his physical body.
“Who is it?!” Sensing the changes in his body, Moon Huai’s heart sank.
He frowned, his mental power—at the human ceiling level—surged turbulently, trying to disperse the mysterious force enveloping his physical body. But the more he resisted, the stronger that force seemed to become.
His entire body began to tremble slightly as he stood in place, and cracks rapidly spread across the ground beneath his feet.
Bang—!!
The ground beneath him exploded, and a spear shot out from the flying debris, its tip aimed directly at Moon Huai’s brow!
Moon Huai’s pupils suddenly contracted!
In this critical moment, Moon Huai’s divine realm opened. The spear that had shot out from the ground suddenly dematerialized, passing through his skull weightlessly before disappearing into the sky as a point of starlight.
Moon Huai’s rigid body floated into mid-air along with the shattered ground, large beads of sweat rolling down his face, his complexion extremely pale.
Just now, he had brushed shoulders with death.
The appearance of that spear had come without any warning. If his reaction had been half a beat slower, he would have been instantly killed!
In that moment of distraction, the mysterious force controlling his body erupted again!
Moon Huai felt invisible threads connecting to his body. His muscles no longer obeyed his commands, and his entire person hung in mid-air like a puppet, his expression extremely ugly!
At the same time, the two black alligators that had frozen in front of Lin Qiye and the others began to tremble uncontrollably, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying. Their enormous bodies, as if pressed down by a giant boulder, trembled as they prostrated themselves on the ground.
Not just the two alligators in the valley, but at this moment, all across the island, the black alligators that had been battling with the various Nightwatcher Commanders-in-Chief simultaneously stopped and gradually lay down on the ground…
And what they were facing was the hole from which that spear had flown!
In an instant, the island that had been engulfed in chaotic battle fell into dead silence.
“How is this possible?” Seeing all these alligators kneeling down, Moon Huai, suspended in mid-air, had disbelief filling his eyes!
The Mogara were a race created by that person’s own hand, pure-blooded divine beasts! Besides that person, how could they possibly kneel to anyone else?!
Who exactly was stationed beneath this island?
“Strange, all four Commanders-in-Chief have already left, so who is making a move now?” Cao Yuan, seeing this scene, was equally puzzled.
From Li Kengqiang’s words, they knew that the [Hero Spirit] team was composed of the spirits of historical Nightwatcher Commanders-in-Chief, but before Ye Fan, there had only been four commanders in Nightwatcher history… So who was this person taking action now?
Lin Qiye’s gaze swept over the two alligators prostrating on the ground, then looked at Moon Huai who was unable to move in mid-air, and after pondering for a moment, said:
“Don’t you think… this ability seems familiar?”
