Light Fortress-Chapter 1548 - 240: Eye Contact (Second Update)

The place where the Cloud Ship docks.

The Cloud Tiger hovers high above, enveloping an area with spiritual power, sheltering the Law Enforcers exploring at the foot of the snowy mountain.

"...Hmm?"

He suddenly frowns, sensing something odd.

"What’s wrong?" Xuan Turtle asks.

"Red Phosphorus used the ’Cloud Pattern Fan’ I bestowed upon her." Cloud Tiger squints his eyes, "There is something strange here."

Red Phosphorus has already reported the previous drone crash incident.

Cloud Tiger didn’t pay much attention to it at first.

For someone who has reached his level of cultivation, if there’s any "ominous sign," or "disaster," the Heart Sea would give some warning in advance!

So he merely instructed Red Phosphorus to take two people for a rapid investigation.

Before his words were fully spoken—

"Whoosh!"

A sharp sound pierces through, as a slender, pitch-black arrowhead shoots out from the depths of the snowy mountain!

"Boom!"

Cloud Tiger’s expression suddenly turns grim, wind snow swirling behind him, his domain expands, instantly transforming into a gigantic white male tiger!

The arrowhead’s speed is very fast.

But Cloud Tiger’s speed is even faster!

With a single swipe, he shatters the pitch-black stream of light into pieces.

His strength is formidable, but others don’t have this kind of reaction speed. Amidst the pale snow, countless arrowheads shoot out, those candidates who have ascended to the third tier barely manage to fend them off with their Domain Embryos.

As for those less fortunate low-level Law Enforcers, once hit, they explode directly!

In an instant, countless blood blossoms burst forth.

The scene is extremely chaotic!

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The message in the central control channel hasn’t settled when suddenly the snowy mountain trembles, countless masses of snow fly forth, plunging down like a waterfall. Within seconds, the avalanche surges like a tsunami, everyone is fleeing for their lives.

"Is there truly an Extraordinary Life?!"

Xuan Turtle’s face turns ugly.

"Everyone... return to the Cloud Ship!!"

He plummets from high sky, and then unfolds his Divine Envoy domain, a pitch-black Heavenly Curtain penetrates the foot of the snowy mountain, falling down, the snow torrents crashing against this dark barrier, unable to break it down for the moment, countless snow tides surmount and pile up.

Descending to the ground, Xuan Turtle spreads his arms, pressing his hands on the pitch-black barrier.

He takes a deep breath, holding it tightly.

Among the four Divine Envoys, Xuan Turtle’s defense is the strongest, he alone is a fortress as solid as iron.

Now as the great avalanche descends, he single-handedly stops it!

The candidates flee in disarray, rushing back to the Cloud Ship, blue flames scour the ground, the people of Source Tower have barely landed not long ago, now forced to retreat!

Xuan Turtle sees the Cloud Ship start up, slightly relaxing his breath.

Taking two steps back, he withdraws the field, relying on the exoskeleton armor’s propulsion to ascend rapidly, boarding the Cloud Ship’s hatch at the last moment, below the ground countless flows churn, snow vast and boundless, the snow falls sprayed high, reaching tens of meters, even within the Cloud Ship, one still feels palpitating and awestruck.

Xuan Turtle glances back at the inside of the Cloud Ship.

It’s very bleak.

This sudden attack caught everyone off guard...

Those arrowheads seemed to carry a special Mithril power, as long as they hit a Transcendent, they could trigger an explosion instantly!

And the ensuing avalanche left the Source Tower without even the opportunity to fight back, only able to retreat.

Otherwise, the Cloud Ship would have been buried there!

Source Tower suffered heavy casualties, those candidates were alright, but among the low-level Law Enforcers with not high Extraordinary Realm, nearly half perished!

Xuan Turtle gritted his teeth, "The Extraordinary Life at the Ice Sea Ruins, such ruthless hands... even knew how to use strategy?"

From start to finish.

He never even saw the shadow of the enemy!

Cloud Tiger sits in the central control room, his expression gloomy, transmitting, "Xuan Turtle... come over here."

Xuan Turtle pushes the door in, seeing Cloud Tiger clutching several pitch-black arrowheads, the closed network recording the inscriptions on the arrowheads for comparison...

"What’s wrong with these arrowheads..."

Xuan Turtle is stunned.

"These arrowheads, at first glance nothing much..."

Cloud Tiger takes a deep breath.

He intended to store the arrowhead’s data into the closed network.

Suffered a big loss like this.

But unexpectedly, the closed network prompted that these arrowheads were extensively used in the Southern Continent.

"The inscribed characters on these arrows were carved by the Storm Church!"

Cloud Tiger’s forehead veins bulge, "The ambush we just faced wasn’t from an Extraordinary Life! So the avalanche was also the work of Giant Deer Saint!"

...

...

On the snowy mountain, a tall black-clad figure sat cross-legged.

Seeing the Cloud Ship hastily escape, he finally retracted the conch from his palm with satisfaction, no longer urging the [Tide].

The avalanche immediately ceased, leaving only remnants.

The cacophony of this world gradually faded away, becoming quiet.

"Lord Saint, wise and valiant!"

"Lord Saint, decisively extraordinary!"

Two Archbishops quickly praised.

The followers of the Storm Church also gathered back, returning to the mountain top.

"The ’Source Explosion Array Pattern’ bestowed by Lord Divine really is powerful. Even when used on ordinary arrows, it can unleash unparalleled might!"

Giant Deer Saint remembered the scene just now at the foot of the mountain, where countless blood flowers exploded, and couldn’t help but smile and shake his head: "Did you hear what those fools from the Source Tower said in the end? They really thought there were Extraordinary Lives in this place, that those arrowheads were weapons of the Ice Sea Extraordinary Life..."

"Hahaha."

The two Archbishops laughed along.

A Sacrificial stepped forward to report in a low voice: "Lord Giant Deer, three people went missing."

"Hmm..."

Giant Deer waved his hand and said lightly: "They must have been buried by the snow tide triggered by [Tide], I’ve said long ago to retreat after shooting, no need to bother. The Source Tower might return again, you all hurry and dig out those last ’Black Silver’!"

"Yes!"

The followers went back downhill, to the foot of the snowy mountain, where a broken mountain wall held a large amount of Black Silver!

Within the Five Continents, Black Shadow is the highest density and best quality Mithril!

Even in the Mithril-abundant North Continent, annual excavation is calculated in grams!

If not for the Authority Power bestowed by the Divine Throne, then "Black Shadow" would be the best initial Strong Logic Material, without exception!

Such precious resources.

Under this snowy mountain foot, there are at least hundreds of pounds! Perhaps more!

This is why the Storm Church pre-emptively drove away the Source Tower... Once the Source Tower penetrates deeper, ownership of this Black Silver becomes uncertain.

The Storm Church is calm with Giant Deer Saint stationed, though not panicking.

Yet the Source Tower’s Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle Divine Envoys are extraordinarily talented and have lingered at the fourth level for long, reportedly both facing breakthrough realms...

Giant Deer suddenly used a sneak attack with arrows and took a bold move this time to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, in case these two young juniors join forces, and he can’t defeat them, it would be a disaster!

The followers went to mine and collect Black Silver.

On the mountain top, Giant Deer Saint practiced cultivation alone.

One of the two Archbishops who kept praising now spoke up.

"Lord Giant Deer, that move earlier was indeed clever, it shattered the troops of Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle, but there is one thing your subordinate does not understand."

"Speak."

"Lord Divine had instructed before, not to use [Tide] lightly, to avoid provoking trouble..." That Archbishop lowered his brows to remind.

Although under Giant Deer, those who don the Archbishop robe in the church must be loyal to the Storm God’s Throne.

They value whether the divine oracle of the Storm is upheld more than Giant Deer Saint’s deeds.

"Has there been any trouble now?"

Giant Deer Saint calmly countered.

The two Archbishops were speechless.

Giant Deer Saint comforted them: "Once we collect this ’Black Silver’ and return to the Holy City, and offer it to Lord Divine... he will not blame us, but instead reward generously. Besides, according to Lord Divine’s teachings, as long as Authority Power is not captured outside the ruin, there should be no disaster. We are on the path southward seaward, and have successfully entered [Ice Sea Ruins]. Rest assured, there will be no mishap."

Seeing the two Archbishops still silent.

He smiled and asked: "So, what are you worried about after all? Are you really afraid... that there exists Extraordinary Life within this [Ice Sea Ruins]?"

"Yes..."

The Archbishop sighed lightly, explained: "Not exactly. Although along the journey, we have not sensed danger, the boundless ice sea, how can we definitively assert that there exists no stronger life?"

The Storm Church believes not only in the Storm God’s Throne.

Also in the boundless Sea of Origin relying on the Southern Continent.

In their church doctrine, the divine throne and the sea are supreme beings.

"Indeed, the Ice Sea is boundless... Maybe other beings exist, only perhaps stronger than us..."

Giant Deer Saint shook his head, said lightly: "I think it’s impossible. This Ice Sea, no matter how vast, is just that. Don’t forget, you and I are strong cultivators personally nurtured by Lord Divine; exploring a ruin suspected of ’ancient civilization’, carrying such potent authority, why would we be timid? All we need to keep an eye on is the Outer Continent Transcendents arriving at the snowy mountain, that’s all."

"Before that, let’s first collect all the ’Black Silver’.

At this point, Giant Deer Saint stood up.

He stretched.

The next moment, the smile on Giant Deer Saint’s face suddenly froze, as he inadvertently glanced over when standing up and saw a strange crimson figure standing on the vast silver-white snowfield after the avalanche far away.

Long bright red hair fluttered in the wind.

A slender and lean body, clothed in layers upon layers of bamboo armor. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Inside the heavy bamboo armor silhouette, a narrow long knife was hidden, not unsheathed, the face was adorned with a thin mask as white as paper, which was engraved with peculiar ancient text never seen before.

The Source Tower had just retreated.

Even if someone didn’t board the ship, in just that avalanche... how could anyone survive?

The crimson figure squatted down on the snowfield, picked up a broken arrowhead, examined it carefully in front of them, then walked a few more steps, picked up other fragments, and so went along constantly pausing to choose until he raised his head and saw Giant Deer Saint standing on the cliff.

Their gazes met.

The crimson figure tilted his head slightly with some puzzlement, his gaze never wavered.