Chapter 884
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Chapter 884 Long-Awaited Peace
Fang Yu brought the half-crippled Ax back home.
Just like last time, Fang Yu called Little Wind Chime over.
“Master, why did you bring a different person?” Little Wind Chime looked at Ax in Fang Yu’s hands with wide eyes and asked, “Where is… Laxi?”
“As promised, I let him go,” Fang Yu said calmly, “However, whether he can survive or not is really uncertain.”
Delaqi had fainted at Ax’s feet, and afterward, the entire church collapsed.
Unless his luck was extraordinary and he happened to fall in a position that avoided all the falling debris, he likely couldn’t escape death.
“Oh, what’s this strange person’s name?” Little Wind Chime stared directly at Ax, her black pupils gleaming brightly.
Seeing her eager expression, Fang Yu knew what she was thinking.
“You don’t need to handle this one for now. I want to ask him some questions right away. Just watch from behind,” Fang Yu said.
“…Okay.” Little Wind Chime replied with slight disappointment.
Fang Yu brought Ax to the cave where he had previously interrogated Delaqi but didn’t go inside.
Casually throwing Ax to the ground, Fang Yu squatted down and asked, “I have a few questions for you. If you answer truthfully, I’ll let you off.”
“…The gods will eventually descend with punishment, and you will go to hell sooner or later!” Ax looked at Fang Yu, his sculpture-like face showing no change, but his tone revealed humiliation and anger, “The gods…”
“Slap!”
Fang Yu slapped Ax’s face, forcibly interrupting his words.
“What bullshit gods? Without your staff and codex, you’re not even as good as the little girl standing behind me,” Fang Yu said mockingly.
“…Master, are you talking about me!?” After a few seconds of silence, Little Wind Chime reacted and asked loudly.
“Of course not you. You’re not even human, so there’s no comparison,” Fang Yu said.
“Oh, that’s good then.” Little Wind Chime nodded and replied.
Fang Yu turned his head and looked at Ax again.
At this moment, Ax remained motionless and silent.
“What exactly did you mean by the revival of all things? Tell me,” Fang Yu asked.
“…” Ax did not answer.
After several probing attempts, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
From the beginning of their confrontation, this Ax had given him a very strange feeling.
He didn’t behave like a human, or even like a living being.
This was evident from the fact that when Fang Yu beat him severely, he didn’t even let out a groan of pain.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Yu reached out and placed his hand on Ax’s face.
His right hand emitted a burst of light, and his divine consciousness immediately enveloped Ax’s entire body.
But strangely, he couldn’t find Ax’s soul.
“So he’s really not human? He doesn’t even qualify as a living being.” Fang Yu’s eyes flickered as he thought.
Using his divine consciousness to scan Ax’s body felt similar to scanning a piece of steel—he couldn’t detect any unusual aura or find anything worth investigating further.
This inanimate object not only possessed self-awareness but could also control two powerful magical artifacts.
This was many times more sophisticated than the puppet techniques passed down in China since ancient times!
So… did this Grand Angel Bishop have only one body, or many bodies?
Fang Yu couldn’t be certain.
But he was inclined to believe that Ax would have many duplicates.
After all, once you’ve made one, making more is just a matter of time.
Looking at it from another angle, the person who created Ax was likely the true mastermind behind the Angel Church.
Ax’s position as Grand Angel, including the two artifacts in his hands… were bestowed upon him by this mastermind.
So then…
Fang Yu shook his head, knowing he was thinking too far ahead.
The current situation was that he couldn’t get the answers he wanted from Ax’s mouth.
Whether there was a mastermind behind Ax or not, Fang Yu temporarily didn’t have the time or energy to investigate.
“I’ll leave him to you. Handle him however you want,” Fang Yu stood up, turned around, and said to Little Wind Chime, “Let me know immediately if he starts begging for mercy.”
“What if he never begs for mercy?” Little Wind Chime asked.
“Then just keep at it, but try not to kill him,” Fang Yu said, “Though I don’t think he can be killed anyway.”
…
The news of the Grand Angel’s arrival in North Capital hadn’t spread widely.
Therefore, the incident at the church naturally didn’t cause much of a stir.
Only those representatives of top powers who personally experienced the entire event returned to their respective family clans or sects and spoke about it, causing internal discussions.
Fang Yu’s name once again became the center of these discussions.
…
A week passed quickly.
During this time, North Capital fell into a rare period of calm.
After killing Nine Void in the second ancient ruin, the Half-Spirit Clan suddenly stopped their activities.
At least, in the past half month, no more news about the Half-Spirit Clan had emerged.
“Teacher, Mr. Fang, I think the situation is unusual,” Zheng Ze sat at the tea table on the top floor of Fang Yu’s bamboo house, frowning as he spoke, “The Half-Spirit Clan was causing havoc in North Capital earlier, nearly bringing down the Martial Arts Association… Logically, they should be pressing their advantage now, continuing to create incidents to thoroughly muddy the waters… Why have they suddenly gone quiet?”
Fang Yu and Huai Xu were also sitting at the tea table.
Huai Xu frowned, his expression solemn.
Fang Yu, however, appeared relaxed, sitting with his legs crossed, drinking tea and eating peanuts.
“Mr. Fang, what do you think about this?” Zheng Ze asked hesitantly.
“What’s there to think about? It’s simply because Nine Void died, and Dao Void got scared,” Fang Yu said calmly.
Hearing this, Zheng Ze’s eyes widened, and Huai Xu also looked up at Fang Yu.
Actually, if one put themselves in Dao Void’s position, the situation would become clear.
What kind of divine object was the Taisui Armor?
Regardless of its actual effect, it was supposedly the strongest defensive magical artifact in legend.
No matter how Dao Void obtained the Taisui Armor, he certainly knew its value.
But he didn’t keep it for himself; instead, he gave it to Nine Void.
Obviously, he trusted Nine Void immensely and hoped that after merging with the Taisui Armor, Nine Void could eliminate Fang Yu, this thorn in his side.
But he didn’t expect that Nine Void, even after merging with the Taisui Armor, would still be defeated by Fang Yu, and even have the Taisui Armor stripped away.
Having assumed that Fang Yu would 100% die at Nine Void’s hands, getting such a result naturally disrupted his subsequent plans.
Dao Void’s current state of mind must be both shocked and angry.
His subordinates dying one by one at Fang Yu’s hands indicated that his previous approach to using people was flawed.
Continuing to send subordinates one after another would only be serving them up to Fang Yu.
So, for his next actions… he must be more cautious.
Even when creating incidents, he must try to avoid being discovered by Fang Yu, which could lead to his location being tracked.
Because he currently couldn’t reveal himself and needed to wait for some time…
After hearing Fang Yu’s analysis of Dao Void’s psychology, both Huai Xu and Zheng Ze were shocked.
Honestly, their understanding of the Half-Spirit Clan and Dao Void was minimal.
Yet Fang Yu seemed to understand Dao Void quite well.
“Actually, this is just my personal speculation. He might simply be preparing for a bigger event,” Fang Yu shrugged and said, “Without any clues, we can only wait.”
Huai Xu nodded slowly, then remembered something and said, “Brother Fang, I don’t know if you’ve received the news, but the Hundred Sects Competition, held once every decade, is about to begin. This time, the host location is North Capital.”
“Hundred Sects Competition?” Fang Yu frowned; he hadn’t heard of such a competition.
“This is a major competition held every ten years. Each region selects its strongest martial arts sects to participate… Half a month ago, internal competitions within each region had already begun,” Huai Xu said. “I’ve received intelligence that among the five sects from the Central Region that have emerged to participate in the final Hundred Sects Competition in North Capital, there is the Purple Flame Palace, which was established less than a month ago.”
