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Chapter 260 - Chapter 260 Chapter 167 How Could There Be No Mysterious

Chapter 260: Chapter 167 How Could There Be No Mysterious Background! Chapter 260: Chapter 167 How Could There Be No Mysterious Background! On the coast of Korea.

Apart from the Huaqi Country’s army that was cleaning up the battlefield.

The troops responsible for protecting the capital were also urgently called over to set up a defense line.

It was not so much for caution, fearing that some might slip through the net.

Rather, it was to prevent media reporters and nosy onlookers who knew something about the situation from approaching.

Thereby discovering some facts that would be troublesome for Korean heavyweights to handle.

With the tacit approval of the major powers.

The small nuclear explosion targeted at the space-time rift by Huaqi Country had been coldly handled by all parties.

They simply waited for the radiation to reduce to a certain level, and then this matter would be considered as past.

Even if some rumors leaked, they could all be dismissed as either stupid or malicious conspiracy theories.

Of course, the emergence of the space-time rift and the modern fire battles against otherworldly monsters… since so many officials and soldiers were present, this could not be concealed.

The major powers had no intention of hiding it either.

Some teams even began using drones and other captured images for editing and adding special effects, preparing to gradually expose the public to these abnormalities through news platforms, which might continuously emerge in the future.

This was to prevent too many adverse societal phenomena when something big happened due to the public’s low psychological resilience.

Besides,

With the emergence of the space-time rift,

the confirmation of otherworldly monsters,

many highly sensitive investors soon discovered that the tense world order had suddenly eased.

The cooperation within Water Blue Star that was nearly hopeless was once again brought up.

And this time, those voices within the major forces that usually opposed everything suddenly quieted down, allowing matters to be smoothly carried out.

The civil engineering, mining, and large-scale manufacturing industries also welcomed a long-awaited spring.

Many bosses who had shifted businesses earlier also bit the bullet after receiving phone calls, and began contacting veterans to re-enter the field.

Fortunately, exoskeleton equipment had also matured and become civilianized by now.

Even old men and women could rely on these aids to contribute their remaining heat…

Re-entering the field, it wasn’t too late!

While forces across Water Blue Star were busy,

Su Ping had quietly gone to the Fishing Point, first fishing the refreshed fishing attempts of Water Blue Star.

Luckily, he got a Green Spirit Fish afterwards.

Inside Pot Cave Heaven,

Su Ping didn’t rush to toss the Green Spirit Fish into the Spirit Light Fish Pond, instead he used the experiential book reward from the Abyss rift challenge.

He pulled the Exorcism Mage Yun Kong to First Tier Perfection instantly.

Then, he used that Green Spirit Fish to satisfy the breakthrough condition.

Allowing Exorcism Mage Yun Kong to also successfully advance to the early stage of Second Tier, thus adding a bit more Foundation Establishment combat strength to Su Ping.

After that, looking at the extra five thousand Fishing Coins,

Su Ping washed his hands, then had the Fox-faced Witch Sakura bless him,

and began the long-missed card-drawing challenge.

The first wave of ten consecutive draws!

Although no gold appeared, three purple lights emerged!

Teleportation Talisman, Teleportation Talisman, Exorcism Mage Yun Kong!

Two teleportations and one Exorcism Mage Yun Kong, this wave was indeed not a loss!

And the fact that Exorcism Mage Yun Kong himself had invested a lot of resources…did it also increase the odds of this output?

Naturally, Su Ping chose to let Exorcism Mage Yun Kong advance.

The next second, Exorcism Mage Yun Kong officially advanced to the same Senior Level as the Fox-faced Witch Sakura.

Apart from the Exorcism Ice Array, he also unlocked a new killer move: Ice Cloud Frost Sky Falling Stars!

Su Ping had Yun Kong demonstrate this killer move on the spot.

With both hands forming a seal in front of his chest and eyes emitting white light, Yun Kong’s short white hair stood on end.

With a hum, a circular white light array emerged beneath Yun Kong’s feet.

About forty to fifty meters above Yun Kong’s head, a phantom White Tiger Dharma Aspect appeared.

Soon the Dharma Aspect transformed into a white ice sphere more than ten meters in diameter, carrying around it a mist of cold ice and ice crystal shards.

Like a meteor, it smashed downwards.

Su Ping’s eyes flashed with golden light.

The Divine Power Giant Hand appeared, blocking in front of the meteor.

Bang!

Upon heavy collision, the meteor exploded, releasing piercing cold ice energy.

The initial explosion range could affect an area of about a hundred meters.

It wasn’t that it couldn’t be farther, but to concentrate energy to enhance lethality.

According to Exorcism Mage Yun Kong’s subsequent addition, he could also compress the explosion range to twenty to thirty meters.

To further intensify the sustained damage intensity of the cold ice energy to enemies within that range.

In addition, he could also increase the power of this move by consuming more of his own essence, energy, and spirit.

The power just now could already be compared to Su Ping’s usual North Dipper Greedy Wolf Fist.

Just earlier, Su Ping had used that kind of fist to knock away an Abyss Monster at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

This also signified that this move could already deal considerable damage to opponents at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

If it were a full-force strike, the power could again double…it really could be considered a heaven-defying, fate-changing killer move.

Su Ping also discovered, just like the Exorcism Ice Array, that this killer move’s generated cold ice power also similarly had a strong restraining force against Evil Spirits and the like.

Su Ping looked at the Fire Knight, Elvin.

After witnessing the transformative growth of the Exorcism Mage Yun Kong, to say he wasn’t eager for the Fire Knight’s transformation would definitely be a lie.

But, what can he do since he is a rare companion?

The resources for his advancement could only be hoped for through the accumulation of time.

The start wasn’t bad. Su Ping took a deep breath and once again carried out a ten-consecutive draw.

This time… only a purple light appeared.

Su Ping looked over, slightly startled.

This time it wasn’t a Transmission Talisman that appeared but rather a new special structure.

[Ancient Winged Fire Snake Stele, Special Structure, Quality: Rare, Exclusive to Pot Cave Heaven, placing it can slightly increase the spiritual energy output of the grotto heaven]

“Ancient Winged Fire Snake Stele?”

Su Ping, curious, summoned it and placed it in front of him.

He found it was a stele about five meters tall.

The stele was adorned around its sides and apex with totemic designs of a serpent with wings.

Engraved on the stele was a Winged Fire Snake soaring through clouds, seemingly in a rage.

“This is one of the twenty-eight constellations, the Winged Fire Snake!”

“A single special structure only has a decorative and slight spiritual energy enhancing effect…”

“Well, it’s not essential to collect all twenty-eight constellations, but to have any effect, you need at least one of the Four Symbols, which means collecting the seven constellations of the same symbol!”

Su Ping’s mouth twitched as he looked at the information.

He also saw that the information specifically reminded him that the twenty-eight constellations were new prizes added to the card pack only after upgrading the Pot Cave Heaven.

“Seems like today is not the day for drawing cards.”

“Better take it easy. Let’s just cultivate for now.”

After pulling a merely decorative structure, Su Ping did not continue to draw cards.

Instead, he took out the Array Map and Spiritual Pearl that had played a major role before.

He began to cultivate within the Pot Cave Heaven and replenish what they had previously consumed.

…

In Gaul Country, the capital’s Grand Library.

After difficult negotiations, a compromise was finally reached.

This place welcomed a delegation composed of major powers.

The Grand Library had already been closed a week earlier.

Especially in those old storage areas where no one knew how long or how many old books had piled up, a large number of security personnel had been guarding from early morning.

And the reason… was all because after the serious incident in the Arctic Circle, someone suspected to have been saved by a mysterious ability user gave a critical keyword: Dawn!

For the mysticologists of Old Europa and many influential figures,

they were too familiar with the word “Dawn”!

In fact, there had indeed been a mysterious organization codenamed Dawn.

It had truly existed in Old Europa since long ago and continued to exist to modern times, always maintaining an air of mystery in the eyes of outsiders.

In the last century, when the fascination with mysticism became popular, members who claimed to be from the Dawn Organization even appeared in public to promote it, causing quite a stir among the nouveau riche.

Of course, it wasn’t long before these nouveau riche shattered their illusions about the mysterious organizations, and angrily declared: Is this all there is to the so-called mysterious organization?

Turns out, most of Dawn Organization’s mysterious but intimidating information had been fabricated over their centuries-long existence.

Some of it even borrowed from myths of other regions. After stripping and adjusting, it became autobiographies of their ancestors.

In truth, they were not an organization with transcendent powers as described in novels.

Instead, they were a group of aristocratic scholars who formed a small circle based on common interests to facilitate their academic research.

Putting on a mystic cloak was merely to keep outsiders at bay while also facilitating their god-defying research…

But now.

As someone casually mentioned the building’s name during main talks,

All the major powers felt that their previous investigations might have been deliberately misled by the other side.

It might also be that these inheritors of the Dawn Organization, like other organizations, had long since lost their ancestors’ legacy.

Or, more likely, the real Dawn Organization might have left a long time ago, and those currently claiming to be members of Dawn are nothing but profiteers and frauds.

Moreover, as the investigation intensified, the investigators first discovered that biographies of various famous people, aristocratic diaries, and parts of modern history concerning the Dawn Organization were mostly modern forgeries.

The forgeries were not older than fifty years.

Those who claimed to be the inheritors of the Dawn Organization were very likely to be frauds who had deceived everyone for decades!

But while they were frauds,

it’s also true that the library had amassed documents genuinely centuries old.

Faced with mystery, no one dared to deny everything else just because part of it was fake.

As the investigators expanded their scope and mobilized considerable manpower and resources to investigate and summarize these documents,

they… still couldn’t confirm whether the organization was a cloaked scholarly organization or a true transcendent power in history.

With these genuine documents, the truth and contradictions proved too abundant!

Compared to searching for Dawn, it was the Holy Lord Sect on the other side that had made a breakthrough.

Their intelligence personnel discovered that the Holy Lord Sect’s new department was recruiting the best batch of priests and nuns.

And a bishop personally used an instrument to take their blood from the forehead.

This key step of taking blood immediately alarmed the major powers.

Through investigations of investors from Nier, they knew all too well that locals were often subjected to blood collection.

Even a witch’s granddaughter, shortly after her blood was taken, was deemed gifted and disappeared, later being acknowledged as Saintess.

“The Holy Lord Sect must have connections to their transcendent channels!”

“Dammit, I knew they are the largest sect; how could they not have a mysterious foundation!”