Cataclysm King

Chapter 563: The New Use of Battle Angels

"The Oran Royal Court has assembled a large number of troops this time, probably heading for the New World Science and Technology City. The Alliance Army had intelligence pointing to spies infiltrating there."

"The New World Mechanical City is the largest mechanical technology and logistics support base of the Alliance Army, and the Oran Royal Court is also heading for the Alliance Army. If a real fight breaks out, Miss Carter will definitely come to support. In this battle, King Arthur intends to completely solve the problem of the East Wasteland."

"And Chujiu. Arthur is here for you this time too."

"Ok, I know."

"By the way, is there any action from your hermitage? I feel that given this situation, Jia Yu will probably get involved."

"People in the organization are already gathering in the Eastern Wasteland."

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The three of them sat around the fire, chatting about the latest information from the Illuminati.

Ji Xun also deduced various possible subsequent situations in his mind.

But no matter which situation it is, it points to one result: the decisive battle.

All three of them realized that the Oran Royal Court was planning to resolve the issue once and for all with a decisive battle.

The reason why Ji Xun was not surprised was that if he were in King Arthur's position, he would have done the same.

After all, the regime in Donghuang seemed to be centralized, and even supported by the Silver Moon Faith, which was more stable than the old Oran Dynasty that collapsed two hundred years ago.

But this is just appearance.

The actual situation in the royal court was already very bad.

In order to consolidate his royal power, King Arthur used a lot of reckless means.

The Silver Moon Sect, the Seven Scourge Lords, the Southern Continent, and the Alliance Army are all deadly hidden dangers.

But the biggest threat to the throne of the new King Arthur in the entire Eastern Wilderness is still the "New World Science and Technology City".

After all, the most powerful mechanical technology in the entire plane is not from the secret research institutes of the Oran Royal Court.

It was the New World Science and Technology City that the Song family had been planning in the wilderness for nearly a hundred years!
There they already have the technology, personnel, and well-equipped factories for mass production of mechanical armor.

Now Ji Xun has obtained Titan mechanical blueprints and key production materials. There is also the continuous high-end resource support from the Alliance Army in the Old Continent. It can be said that if the New World is given some more time, they can even produce a batch of Titan armors with considerable data, as well as countless Hunter God-level and other armors.

By the time the mechanical army is formed, it will be a torrent of steel that no one can resist.

The longer Arthur puts off the final battle, the less chance he has of winning.

The situation of the Oran Royal Court today is very similar to that at the end of the Tarun Dynasty three thousand years ago.

If you can't solve the problem, then the problem will solve you.

Moreover, Chujiu came to Donghuang this time for her nominal brother.

It's not just a personal vendetta for the murder of her mother, but also, she is the legitimate King Augustus!
That is a duty that is engraved in our blood.

The Augustus clan is not only the royal bloodline left by Emperor Lanlingster, but also the carrier of the inheritance of the Kashi civilization.

Ji Xun didn't think that this was just the royal family flattering themselves, but history had proven that Emperor Lanlingster had made too many arrangements that influenced future generations.

He even suspected that the fall of the great emperor was directly related to protecting the continuation of the entire Kashi civilization.

As the King Augustus of this generation, Chujiu was destined to shoulder the sacred responsibilities of the Augustus lineage from the moment she merged with the [Queen of Diamonds - White Queen].

Arthur's current actions have pushed the entire Kashi civilization towards destruction, and she must take back the royal power.

and.

Just like Marshal Andre of the Iris Legion, who was at the peak of the ninth rank, needed an epic war to advance to a higher rank, the card masters who took the royal path also needed a promotion ceremony when they reached that stage.

The best ceremony for a royal destiny is to ascend the throne.

Even though Chujiu is not too keen on the kingship, in Ji Xun's eyes, he can see too many futures.
Every step we take now will have a crucial impact on the future.

The three of them ate and chatted leisurely.

Just like any other time, nothing special.

The three of them have become accustomed to this kind of relaxed interaction.

But today is slightly different.

Nan Jing, who usually talks the most, didn't say much the whole time. He just ate in silence, and only spoke softly when asked occasionally.

Fortunately, it was the ninth day of the first lunar month and there was no gossip at all.

This made Nan Jing feel pardoned.

Ji Xun didn't find anything strange.

The ninth occupation sequence trains one of the fifty-two forbidden magic techniques, "Birthless Forbidden Void", which takes the path of being ruthless and desireless and not being harmed by anything.

It is said that if one reaches a high level of cultivation, one will be free from all desires.

The less desire a person has, the stronger his strength will be.

Today, the ninth day of the first lunar month is already very strong.

One month later.

West of the East Wasteland, Yorkshire, Rigg City.

This was once the territory of the Capone family, one of the five largest federal congressmen, and it owns the largest green copper mining area in the federation.

The city of Rigg has the most advanced mining and smelting industries in the Federation, producing the highest quality green copper and associated magic ore. As a result, it has been ranked among the top 100 wealthiest towns in the Federation by newspapers for many years.

It was already evening when Ji Xun and the other two walked into the town.

There are still sporadic lights on the streets, but the rich nightlife of the prosperous city of the past is long gone.

The smelter's blast furnaces are still belching white smoke, but of the chimneys that once stood like a forest, only one in ten remains in production.

The steel equipment in the entire factory is rusted and dilapidated due to lack of maintenance.

In contrast, the most eye-catching building in the city is the Silver Moon Church, which is painted in conspicuous white and brightly lit.

Every house on the street was closed, bars and restaurants also closed early, and there were almost no normal residents walking on the streets.

There were only a large number of ragged beggars huddled in the dark alleys.

They slept beside the stinking gutters and shared their beds with the rats in the sewers.

This was completely different from the Rig City that Ji Xun had seen reported in newspapers.

This mining city used to have a lot of mining tycoons, not to mention beggars, even poor people were rare, because the mines provided a lot of jobs, even the ore that fell from the train beside the track could be exchanged for a few pieces of black bread to fill one's stomach.

But now, the city is in a state of desolation and desolation.

The three of them walked on the street and saw emaciated Silver Moon believers everywhere.

They do not work or cultivate land.

I just prayed aimlessly towards the church's tall white bell tower.

After praying for a while, they seemed to have received spiritual feedback, forgetting their hunger and cold, and fell asleep on the ground with contented looks.

Along the way, this strange scene could be seen everywhere in Rig City.

Ji Xun was not surprised.

He knew that these refugees were in their current situation not just because of the war.

What is more important is the nature of religion.

During his time at the Royal Academy of Arel, Ji Xun read a large number of religious texts in order to understand the ruling methods of the Holy See.

Let’s not talk about other things for now, but one characteristic of a theocratic society is that the living environment of the lower class people must be very bad.

Only suffering can make people believe in God.

When human beings are unable to change the harsh environment by their own strength, they can only place their spiritual hopes on the illusory gods.

Therefore, if theocracy wants to flourish, the rulers must not allow the majority of people to live too well.

We need to make people yearn for God so that we can gather the power of faith to a greater extent.

If people were already living a prosperous life, then gods would not be that important.

Looking through history books, you will find that behind many wars, plagues, famines, conspiracies, and other disasters, there is actually the shadow of theocracy.

So Ji Xun was not surprised at all to see the situation of these refugees.

This outcome was destined from the moment the Silver Moon Sect came to power.

Religion and technology are inherently in conflict.

If it were not for the need of war, the Oran Royal Court would definitely completely abandon mechanical technology, slowly become like the Southern Continent, and completely return to the ancient world of farming magic.

This is the ideal social state for theocratic rulers.

The Silver Moon believers resisted mechanical technology and refused to engage in any mechanical labor, which caused the mining city of Rigg to become mostly deserted and naturally became poor.

This is also a microcosm of the entire Eastern Wilderness today.

Ji Xun could understand, and Nan Jing actually understood it too. But as a high priestess, compassion ran in her blood, and she couldn't bear it.

Looking at the beggars who were starving to the point of being skin and bones, she couldn't help but give them some bread.

However, few adults are grateful for the bread they receive, and believers are only grateful to God.

On the contrary, children’s desires are not as strong as adults’, and they are not as polluted by faith as others.

Soon, Ji Xun and the other two were followed by a group of skinny, pale-faced beggar children.

Nan Jing distributed the food to everyone, and the children left happily.

Rig City is the only way for the Oran Royal Court army to conquer the New World Science and Technology City.

Ji Xun and the other two came here because they deduced that this place should be the battlefield for the decisive battle between the two sides, so they came here to scout the area in advance.

Also, there was a message from Rainey, saying that he had brought the "exiled" Herlands family with him to seek refuge.

Just as Ji Xun guessed, the means of production of Titan Armor was lost in the City of Innocence before. Even though the Herlands family was a family of knights under the king, they were also severely punished by King Arthur.

Because of the contract between the royal family and the guardian knights, the direct descendants of the Herlandes family were not exterminated, but were also exiled.

The moon goddess Arachne wants to completely control the royal power, and will definitely find an opportunity to eliminate the four disobedient knights of the king.

Exile was also expected.

But in fact, Ji Xun and the others understood that this was also a conspiracy between King Arthur and the Moon Goddess.

Because Ji Xun showed up during the robbery and spared the people from the Herlands family, people could already guess some of the situation.

Now if the members of the Herlands family are unwilling to be exiled, they only have one choice: that is to surrender to Chujiu, the orthodox Augustus.

If she accepted, her position would be exposed.

If he doesn't accept it, then Chujiu and other old ministers of Oran will also have no chance.

Chujiu chose the former.

Although there may have been hostility in the past, the Four Knights of the King are all loyal guardian knights of their Augustus clan.

As a queen, she has the responsibility and obligation to accept loyal subjects.

Ji Xun's choice of friends doesn't make much sense.

Although he knew the risks, he was really curious about what King Arthur was going to do.

In the current Eastern Wilderness, there are not many people who can pose a fatal threat to the three of them.

The agreed time is tomorrow.

The three of them wandered around the city for a while, and finally found a hotel that was still open and booked a room.

The hotel is near the smelter, and outside the windows are spider-web-like steel pipes and towering chimneys.

Fortunately, there were not many machines running, so it was not too noisy.

Ji Xun observed from near the window and found nothing suspicious about an ambush, so he closed the window.

After setting up the barrier, the three of them began to practice as they did before.

The extraordinary laws of the Eastern Wasteland are barren, and under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the three people to feel the power of the laws from nature at their level.

At this time, Ji Xun took out the [Space Rune Stone] and [Element Rune Stone] as usual. In an instant, the whole room was filled with the power of the law that was a hundred times more dense than before.

Only Ji Xun and his two companions can come up with the training conditions to fully stack BUFFs.

At this time, Nan Jing also prepared the psychic technique, and at the same time, he muttered: "In the name of the contract, summon the most powerful and invincible war angel, Lord Sophiel."

She recited the words of prayer respectfully before activating the spiritual formation.

In the blink of an eye, a divine light suddenly appeared in the room.

When the light of the spiritual formation faded, one saw the corpse of an angel surrounded by light and dark powers lying on the magic floor in the center of the room.

Seeing the corpse being summoned, Ji Xun also saluted respectfully and said, "Senior, I am sorry to trouble you again."

Even though this guardian angel is a corpse, he was a genuine god when he was alive.

Ji Xun had come into contact with both his body and soul, so he knew that even a corpse had a certain level of consciousness.

He lay there peacefully, giving the three people in the room a feeling of being protected.

Now Ji Xun also knew the name of this national guardian angel, the "War Angel" Sophie.

Summoning this person is also an insurance policy.

With this angel around, even the Moon God would have no chance of approaching quietly.

Also, this is a necessary "reference material" for Ji Xun's practice.

The Guardian Angel, like the Four Knights of the King, is the guardian of the Augustus clan.

This lineage all follows the [10 of Hearts-Hero] sequence.

Ji Xun wants to learn the exclusive secret method of "Lightless Sun" of the heroic sequence, and the best reference for his insights is this person.

The black energy emanating from his body is the "dark matter energy" that has been cultivated to an extremely high level by the Lightless Sun.

As long as he gets in close contact with it, just like getting close to a fire to comprehend the laws of fire, Ji Xun will find that his proficiency in the magic secrets will skyrocket.

Therefore, Ji Xun often asked Nan Jing to communicate with this person to assist him in his practice.

And just a few days ago, he was surprised to discover another change!
Ji Xun received guidance from the fragments of the witch Lanlingster's consciousness in the [Gray Mist Relics].

It is now basically certain that the interweaving characteristics of light and darkness on the Taren Guardian Angel is the supreme rule of the universe that only gods can access, "supernatural opposition".

Originally, this was a field that card masters below the god level could not and would not touch.

The reason why people won't touch upon them is that human energy is limited. Specializing in one path is enough to reach the divine level. Being greedy for more will affect the progress of cultivation.

There is no need to contact opposites.

The reason why you cannot reach it is that your realm is not high enough.

Don’t think that Ji Xun’s path is like that of a [Polymath], as he is proficient in many rules, including many opposite rules.

But in reality this is only a very superficial application of the law.

Compared with "supernatural opposites", it is like comparing the fish tank at home to the endlessly self-circulating ocean.

Ji Xun couldn't understand this concept at first.

Until seven days ago, when he accidentally discovered during his routine practice that his witch deformation and normal body had reached a delicate balance, he suddenly understood the strong opposition between the light and dark divinity on the angel's corpse!

Although it cannot be described, the panel clearly shows that after Ji Xun sensed that opposing balance, the speed of practicing the secret technique "Lightless Sun" increased a hundred times!
Yes, it is the hundredfold cultivation efficiency that makes it hard for people to be confident!
When he discovered this, Ji Xun thought it was an illusion.

I asked Nan Jing and Chu Jiu, and they didn't notice anything unusual.

But after trying many times to stabilize that state, Ji Xun was surprised to find that there really was a magical force helping him practice!

He could not understand the mysterious power that was no longer within his cognition, but he could use a metaphor: like a fulcrum of a lever, the mysterious power helped him to reach an extraordinary understanding that was many levels beyond his own comprehension.

This made Ji Xun very happy.

This, he realized, was the magic of "opposites."

Ji Xun suddenly understood why Emperor Lanlingster used witches to balance his own extraordinary power.

Ji Xun was extremely excited by the hundredfold efficiency of cultivation.

But the only trouble is that one must maintain that delicate state of balance of the witch's distortion.

If you indulge yourself for a moment, the distortion will deepen and the balance will be broken.

Fortunately, Nan Jing helped to suppress it these days, which allowed Ji Xun to remain in that delicate witch balance state.

It also allows him to maintain a cultivation speed a hundred times faster than that of "Lightless Sun".

Ji Xun looked at the angel's corpse in front of him, exchanged glances with Nan Jing Chujiu and nodded, without thinking much, he sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

Time flies by unnoticed.

The night passed.

The next day, early in the morning, the roar of the first steam train broke the silence of Rigg City overnight.

Thousands of people got off the train one after another.

Most of these people come with their families, mostly women and children.

It was the person who was exiled from the forbidden spell caster family.

The young man in the lead was none other than the genius Rick whom Ji Xun had met. However, his face was less sharp than before, and more calm, which was inconsistent with his age.

After getting off the car, Rick looked confused and puzzled. He tilted his head to look at the old gentleman in a black coat beside him and asked, "Grandpa Rennie, grandma told me to follow you. Where are we going now?"

Rennie looked in the direction of the city and said, "Let's go meet some people."

(End of this chapter)