Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 480 - 478: Immortal Xun and the Qiling Pearl

Chapter 480: Chapter 478: Immortal Xun and the Qiling Pearl

After Xun Qing finished speaking, a giant sword descended from the sky without warning and embedded itself between the two groups of people. The sword was over two meters wide, with more than twenty meters of it exposed above the ground.

The overwhelmingly sharp aura felt like a blade positioned at each person’s throat, whether enemy or ally, and not a single individual dared make any sudden movements, even though this aura was not targeted at anyone specifically!

"Catastrophe Level... this is truly Catastrophe Level, and given that it descended in the form of a sword, it must be the Judicator from the Capital District... Xun Ying!"

Wen Wen put away his already drawn weapon, quietly standing among the Rangers, making sure he did not stand out, as the Disaster True Sequence was entirely unable to detect his difference, but he could not ensure that Catastrophe Level could not perceive his difference either.

Especially now that he had been marked by a powerful Investigator, he could not afford to be even slightly conspicuous.

"Elder brother, how many times have I told you not to call me A Ying..." At the top of the longsword, a young man in white rested his hands on his knees, holding his face, and spoke helplessly.

This young man had thick black long hair pinned up with a hair stick, his white clothing fluttering, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Xun Qing’s but more handsome, as if he had stepped out of a painting.

He was indeed the Judicator from the Capital District, Xun Ying, though he preferred to be called Immortal Xun.

Xun Qing merely smiled lightly at Xun Ying and said nothing.

"Fine, no matter what I say, you won’t change it."

Xun Ying jumped down from the massive sword, and with a wave of his hand, the giant sword gradually shrank, turning into an ordinary longsword that flew around Xun Ying’s body.

He turned around, looked towards Demon Spirit Village, who appeared to be facing a great enemy, and pointing to the sky, said, "I have been watching from above, and I understand that you might have difficulties in this matter."

Then his expression became stern, and as his gaze hardened, the villagers of Demon Spirit Village felt as if they were struck in the chest by a hammer, with a frail Fox Woman even spitting out blood.

"However, I don’t care what your difficulties are, now you all need to bear it, either give up and surrender, or go to die."

Merely with his emotions, he could influence his surroundings, and Wen Wen in his Calamity Prison Supervisor state could achieve this inside the Sanctuary, but he could not do it as effortlessly as Xun Ying.

This meant that even though they were both Catastrophe Level, Xun Ying might be stronger than Wen Wen’s Calamity Prison Supervisor state!

If the power of Catastrophe Level were a sword, then Xun Ying would be a master swordsman, while Wen Wen in his Calamity Prison Supervisor state would be more like a butcher wielding a sword, only capable of hacking with it as with a cleaver.

The bird-headed old woman spoke in a mournful tone, "Does the Hunter Association no longer reason?"

Xun Ying’s voice grew louder, "This incident has already resulted in the injuries and deaths of several hundred Supporters and over a dozen Demon Hunters. The monsters that escaped have yet to be counted for how many more they will harm, and you ask me to reason with you, who will reason with our victims?"

"After you surrender, I will give you the chance to explain, and if your explanation is reasonable and justifiable, I will consider your past relationship with the Association and will try to help you."

"If you cannot convince me, then you must await the Association’s decision."

"I have spoken; who among you agrees or disagrees?"

Xun Ying’s sharp eyes swept over everyone in Demon Spirit Village, and no one dared meet his gaze.

The tiger-headed elder stiffened his neck, ready to debate with Xun Ying, but as he took a step forward, the longsword already pointed at his forehead, the tip touching his skin.

The Catastrophe Level’s distant attack could barely be fended off by True Order Monsters, yet when the two forces got face-to-face, the Disaster True Sequence stood no chance against the Catastrophe Level.

"Do you... wish to die?"

Dragon Village Chief stood in front of the elderly man with a tiger’s head, bowed deeply, and said, "We are willing to comply with the Association’s arrangements, and we ask that you make a decision on our behalf."

He knew that when that giant sword descended from the heavens, all they could do was to follow the Association’s arrangements; after the Catastrophe Level personally arrived, the situation depended entirely on their mood.

Xun Qing waved his hand, and the Rangers began using various restraint devices to tie up everyone in Demon Spirit Village, not sparing even the children who hid within the village.

Once they were all tied up, Xun Ying called over Dragon Village Chief and three others. He sat down to drink tea, waiting for them to explain the situation.

Dragon Elder responded, "Every six months, we make contact with the Association, the last contact was with a group of unfamiliar Demon Hunters."

"We didn’t take much notice, but seven days ago, these Demon Hunters came to Demon Spirit Village and stole our village’s Supreme Treasure, the Qiling Pearl."

"Are you saying the Qiling Pearl was stolen?" Xun Ying, who was sipping his tea, sprayed it out and exclaimed in shock.

Xun Qing, who was beside him, did not understand. He lacked the clearance to know about the Qiling Pearl, so he excused himself from the interrogation room.

After Xun Qing left, Xun Ying gritted his teeth and said, "The Qiling Pearl... the vessel inhabited by the True Spirit after the fall of the ’Beast God Qilin,’ possesses unfathomable divine power, which could even create another ’Beast God’ if it finds a Favored One."

"Such a thing, and you just lost it!" He looked at the four old men as if they were utterly useless.

According to the Hunters Association’s records, 700 years ago, during the fall of a feudal dynasty in Capital District, under war, famine, and plague, only one in ten creatures in the Capital District survived.

And death attracted a large number of undead creatures from the Inner World, making the Capital District at that time a paradise for the undead.

Resentful Spirits, Fierce Spirits, Evil Ghosts, Skeletons, Zombies... to this day, all ghost stories amongst the people of the Capital District originated from that time.

The despair of this land, combined with the massive Power of Death, coalesced into a Catastrophe Level creature native to the real world, self-proclaimed as the ’Capital Feng Ghost God.’

The Capital Feng Ghost God founded the ’Capital Feng Ghost City,’ intent on establishing an undead kingdom in this land.

It was at that time that the ’Beast God’ Qilin from the Inner World stepped forward and sealed the Capital Feng Ghost God in Capital Feng Ghost City, exhausting its own strength and dying at Qi Ling Mountain.

The villagers of Demon Spirit Village were once the followers of the Beast God, guarding the Qiling Pearl, waiting for the next appearance of a ’Beast God.’

The four Disaster True Sequences were Dragon, Tiger, Bird, and Dragon Turtle, seemingly configured like the legendary Four Sacred Beasts.

But in reality, it was because the ’Beast God’ couldn’t defeat those four who were in cahoots in the Inner World, so it specially trained these four to Disaster True Sequence...

For the Capital District as a whole, Demon Spirit Village was meritorious, which is why the Hunters Association even permitted places like Qi Ling Mountain to exist.

But now, after they notified Xun Ying that they had lost the Qiling Pearl, Xun Ying truly wanted to draw his sword and strike down these four fools.