Volume 2, Chapter 76 – A Plan Made Long Ago, All for This Moment

“This aura…”

After sensing the powerful presence behind him, Xi Xuan’s expression grew even more solemn.

As the First Celestial Augur Knight slowly turned his gaze behind him, that white figure entered Xi Xuan’s view.

It was a beautiful woman with blue-white hair, her entire body wrapped in form-fitting silver-black metal armor, with a strange string of numbers on her neck.

Her eyes were mechanical pupils emitting purple light.

In her hand, she held a laser blade radiating terrifying lightning fluctuations.

The horrifying temperature directly distorted the surrounding space, causing the lake water below to evaporate on a large scale, countless dead fish floating to the surface.

Upon seeing this woman, upon seeing the number on her neck, Xi Xuan immediately recognized her identity. She was the prototype of what is now the Westivian Covenant’s Valkyrie Battalion, a weapon used by Shenluo to counter alien races a thousand years ago.

Code name: “Su.”

As one of the highest technological products of the Shenluo Empire a thousand years ago, Su’s combat ability was far beyond what the mass-produced Valkyries of the Westivian Covenant could compare to. The core inside her, crafted with lost technology, contained thousands of times the power of an ordinary Valkyrie core.

More than a thousand years ago, before the Corruption erupted… this thing had single-handedly hunted down a dragon king of the Draconic Bloodline, a dragon king with Divine Departure Realm strength.

“An ancient weapon, you want to use her to stop me? You’ve really, gone all out.”

After all, a thousand years had passed, the number of times this thing could be activated should be limited.

—”Hehe, compared to the value after obtaining the Primordium, this cost… is certainly worth it!”

Moande smiled playfully.

Then, stimulated by the laser blade’s temperature, Moande’s head melted into molten iron. Almost simultaneously, the armor on Su’s back silently opened, the propulsion device suddenly erupting with grim purple flames, propelling the woman violently toward Xi Xuan.

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In response, Xi Xuan angrily gritted his teeth, his iron fist enveloped in silver spiritual energy swung out, fearlessly meeting Su’s laser blade.

“BOOM!!!”

With an earth-shattering roar, destructive light suddenly bloomed in the sky above the great lake…

Time returns to the present, in the Lingyuan family main residence surrounded by pale white flames, Moande, holding a long spear and bathed in white flames, was coldly surveying the still-resisting Niyi and other guards in the distance, as well as the twins being protected behind them.

At the same time, Moande also slightly turned his head, casting a pleased gaze toward the silver-haired girl who had just returned.

“Everyone’s here, excellent.”

His lips slowly curled upward, a greedy smile quietly appearing.

Seeing Moande turn his gaze toward Ailiya in the distance, Naro, who was protecting the twins, immediately showed a panicked expression and hurriedly shouted at the top of his lungs:

“Lady Ailiya! Run quickly! This man is dangerous!!!”

While shouting, Naro also cast an unprecedentedly grave look at Moande.

Although he had never met this red-haired man before, judging from the name he had just revealed.

He was the sixth seat of the First Celestial Augur Knights, Moande-Samcrozzi.

That is, the man the master had once told him about, who had already cooperated with Paradise Manor and very likely betrayed their brotherhood.

Naro knew very well, without the master and Master Luo Fei, they couldn’t defeat a First Celestial Augur Knight.

But, even if they couldn’t defeat him?

They shouldn’t be in such a sorry state…

The defense line that the Lingyuan family had established over years, even if three Divine Departure Realm powerhouses attacked simultaneously, should be able to hold them off for a while! But why… after Moande charged in, neither the outer protective shield, nor the garden’s firepower defense mechanism, nor the barrier suppressing invaders’ power activated?

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All means of defense against external enemies seemed to have misfired?!

Why was this happening?!

At this moment, Naro was completely baffled.

In his fifty-plus years serving the Lingyuan family, he had never encountered such a situation.

But regardless, at this stage, only activating the defense mechanism could delay this bastard.

Thinking of this, Naro turned his gaze toward a nearby elite guard member, a blonde woman with green eyes holding a heavy cannon.

“Ni… go check the defense system, make sure to restart it.”

Naro instructed quietly.

However, such a conversation naturally couldn’t escape Moande’s ears.

—”Don’t waste your effort, old butler. Those defense systems are useless.”

“What?”

“Your Lingyuan family’s defense mechanism has been operating normally from the beginning, there’s no need to restart it. The defense system didn’t activate simply because it didn’t identify me as an enemy.”

“Not an enemy? How could someone who hasn’t been registered, who intrudes without permission, not be identified as an enemy!”

“Hehe, I haven’t been registered. But… this modified body I’m using was registered in its lifetime. Moreover, it had quite high authority.”

“?!!”

At these words, Naro’s eyes suddenly contracted.

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After this series of exchanges, Naro was certain that what Moande was using wasn’t his true body, but a synthetic body. This special type of body had two manufacturing methods.

One was normal artificial synthesis.

The other was living body modification… that is, transforming a living person into a synthetic body.

In an instant, a guess that filled Naro with immense anger surfaced in his mind.

“Could it be, could it be…”

After seeing Naro’s shocked gaze, Moande smiled playfully, but didn’t directly answer,

“What do you think?”

Xi Xuan-West.

He was a First Celestial Augur Knight, an existence who inherited part of the soul power from the first savior.

To recover that part of the soul power, he had made plans targeting the Lingyuan family early on.

This body, was specially crafted for this purpose.

“Hehe, moreover, I advise you not to waste energy on those defense systems. Those troublesome things, I destroyed several system centers as soon as I entered your Lingyuan family estate. Enough talk. If I let you delay further and activate remote transmission, I’d be embarrassed.”

Besides, Su, plus those troops he had as his trump card…

Though their combat power was strong, how long they could hold off Brother Xi Xuan was still unknown.

He needed to hurry.

“Not good!”

Hearing this, realizing the opponent had seen through his thoughts, Naro suddenly pushed the twins behind him out.

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“Second Young Miss, Third Young Miss! Quickly summon energy to protect yourselves!”

Naro shouted anxiously.

And just as the old butler desperately pushed Miya and Weiya out, Moande’s figure, surrounded by pale white flames, directly attacked Naro!

Niyi and a group of Divine Martial Realm guard experts immediately charged toward Moande, risking their lives. Unfortunately, although using a synthetic body, with one-fifth of his soul attached to the body and the body’s excellent performance, Moande could exert early-stage Divine Departure Realm strength.

Though only one realm apart, the power gap between Divine Martial Realm and Divine Departure Realm was like a chasm.

In just an instant, five Divine Martial Realm experts were directly sent flying by Moande.

The formation that Naro had secretly arranged on the ground, intending to teleport the twins away, was shattered by Moande’s spear.

And Naro himself was sent flying back, violently coughing up blood.

“Hmph, you really thought you could hide it from me? Secretly sending people away? Do you take me for a fool, old man?”

Looking at Naro lying in a pool of blood, Moande spoke contemptuously.

Hmm?

As he spoke, Moande raised an eyebrow, somewhat disdainfully glancing behind him,

“Lianna’s stupid daughter… you don’t think you can defeat me with a sneak attack, do you?”

Before he finished speakin

g, Moande directly thrust his spear behind him.

A certain silver-haired girl wielding twin swords was directly pierced through the shoulder by Moande’s spear…