Above The Sky
Chapter 1123: 159 As Long As You Don’t Die, Go All Out (6000)_3

Chapter 1123: Chapter 159 As Long As You Don’t Die, Go All Out (6000)_3

And Anfa’s expression changed slightly, subconsciously taking half a step back. She sensed her soul trembling slightly; that unknown aura was clearly aimed at her, forged against the Dragon Soul. Although it couldn’t truly kill her with the Dragon Soul, if Simoke were to succeed in his strike, she would surely lose half her life.

Even Ian might not be able to fend off that attack…

“Stop!”

But just at this moment, when Simoke was about to activate that unknown spirit energy artifact from his pocket, a cold and stern female voice rang out.

Buzz—A golden flash appeared instantly in front of everyone, standing between Ian’s group and Jegarna’s group.

It was a Torch Guard holding a golden candle, fully ignited with golden flame. The lantern in her hand was burning fiercely. Under the illumination of the golden flame, all surrounding origin quality and spirit energy fluctuations were rapidly dissipating, calming, and returning to their original state.

The Golden Candle Torchbearers are responsible for the safety of key areas and figures. The ‘Ningmoxiyan’ they wield is an Illusory Realm Fire that can suppress most origin quality spiritual energy reactions. When fully activated, any attack below the Third Energy Level, regardless of its special effects or techniques, would be crudely neutralized.

The Torchbearer controlled the situation the moment she appeared. Upon seeing her, Simoke sighed deeply and withdrew the item he was holding, clearly not intending to proceed with his attack.

The appearance of the Golden Candle Guard meant his mission had failed.

Ian also withdrew his hand, a silvery glow in his eyes, curiously looking at the Torchbearer.

The strength of this Torchbearer was quite formidable. Even within the Third Energy Level, she could be considered a skilled practitioner. The reason the youth focused his attention was that the Torchbearer’s Bloodline True Form was Earth Series. She was surrounded by a strong magnetic field visible to the naked eye, with some metallic dust circling her due to the natural circulation of origin quality around her, releasing a slight humming sound.

This was quite an excellent semi-autonomous magnetic field shield, worth freeloading.

Ian glanced at it, and the skill became his.

“Miss Anfa, and Mr. Jegarna, private combat is not allowed on the first layer of the World Tree City. If you need to duel, please apply to me or other enforcement personnel. Please pay the fines later.”

This Torchbearer was unaware that her family’s secret technique had been freeloaded by Ian. She merely spoke, enforcing impartially: “Mr. Simoke, you intended to use a restricted Third Energy Level offensive spirit energy artifact earlier. Come with me.”

She could, of course, see that Simoke was planning to use an extremely dangerous spirit energy artifact to attack a Blood of the Ten Kings. However, she had no interest in getting involved in the grievances and grudges between the Ten Kings Bloodline, so she merely warned the two noble scions before detaining Simoke and leaving it at that.

Undoubtedly, someone would bail Simoke out later, but at least this would give the Ashlight Family an explanation, demonstrating a non-partisan attitude, and what followed would no longer concern her.

This was also Ian’s objective. From the beginning, Ian had noticed a Third Energy Level Torchbearer patrolling nearby. If Simoke tried to ambush Anfa from the shadows in the group, it would be impossible for Ian to stop without revealing his strength, and the Torchbearer would surely not stop it.

But as long as he made the first move and drew the Torchbearer’s attention, she would certainly come to investigate—Simoke, having lost the initiative, could not succeed in any stealth or surprise attack.

Faced with the verdict of the Golden Candle Guard, Anfa and Jegarna both complied. Although they were scions of the Blood of the Ten Kings, the Golden Candle Guard was still a Third Energy Level enforcer directly under the council.

If they were caught with evidence, they would become targets for attacks by other Ten Kings Bloodline. At that time, it would cause endless disputes in the council, definitely bringing trouble to their families.

Anfa and Jegarna both paid their fines to the Golden Candle Guard. They each had a crystal plate, and after scanning the patterns on the Golden Candle Guard’s crystal plate, the process was completed.

After handling this matter, the Golden Candle Guard couldn’t help but glance at Ian, nodding, “Young man, that was quite a skillful move. Just now, you even deliberately dispersed a bit of energy to create a tremor, reminding me to come over, right? Your perception and origin quality manipulation abilities are incredibly strong, thank you for supporting our Torchbearers’ security work.”

Upon hearing this, Jegarna’s pale face turned a bit green—had Ian really dispersed some energy to remind the Torchbearer? This indicated that Ian had already detected the Torchbearer’s presence long ago, completely outmatching his perception. Yet he, himself, couldn’t even handle the opponent’s restrained attack!

And Simoke, handcuffed in spirit energy handcuffs and following behind the Torchbearer, was also somewhat surprised, raising his head. He wasn’t astonished by Ian’s origin quality manipulation, but rather by Ian’s perception, finding it incredible. However, seeing the spirit energy radiance shimmering in Ian’s eyes, he nodded thoughtfully.

Although this attack aimed to stop Anfa from participating in the subsequent Exotic Species Research Institute exploration plan had not succeeded, it was not without gain… Ian’s observational spirit ability was clearly overlooked by everyone, and it was also a point worth paying attention to.

“Jegarna, what did you say before?”

After the Torchbearer escorted Simoke away, Anfa raised her eyebrows, playfully mimicking the accent of the elf from the rival family: “If we were to fight, what would you do?”