Chapter 184: Chapter 180: The Battle Power Statistics of the Torch! (Seeking Monthly Votes) Chapter 184: Chapter 180: The Battle Power Statistics of the Torch! (Seeking Monthly Votes) Oulu Continent, a hidden location.
The gray mist drifted, and the ancient castle seed to vanish from the world.
Within the cold and bleak castle, there were only a few devotees in black robes and a Bloodbeard steward.
He had already dispatched the rest of his people to the various ritual sites.
Now, as the arrangents at those ritual sites neared completion, Priest Pukala’s lips curled into a smile.
Especially since…
He looked eastward, “I had thought that old Maggot Man was well-hidden, but to think he was actually expelled by the Blue Star World.”
“Foolish old Maggot Man.”
As a fellow Priest, one who spread the glory of the gods, Pukala had clashed with that old Maggot Man, as well as Priests from other cults.
Most of the ti, it wasn’t the native forces of the world that hindered their Crimson Sect, as those weak natives couldn’t manage it. Only the cults of other Ancient Gods rited caution.
This ti, as a Priest of the Crimson Sect, Pukala had entered this world known as Blue Star early during the mystical contact, gaining the upper hand.
According to that emperor, around the sa ti he entered, there was only one Priest from the Shadow of Gray entering through a weak point in the world’s change.
“That old Maggot Man has actually fallen, and cannot re-enter Blue Star for a short ti. Who else can stop my ritual?”
“This is the great Crimson Moon showing favor towards !”
“Praise the great Lord! May the light of the Red Moon spread across all worlds!”
Pukala looked at the Bloodbeard steward in front of him and inquired, “How is the ritual site arrangent going?”
The Bloodbeard steward replied, “Lord Priest, as you requested to keep things as discreet as possible, arranging the site took a bit longer… But now we’ve almost finished. At most another day, no, half a day and everything will be ready.”
It was a bit slow.
However, Pukala, unusually, was not angry. Good things take ti, and he was just a bit impatient.
“Once the site arrangent is complete, we’ll start the ritual imdiately.”
“Before that…”
He felt the need to make so extra preparations.
He was sowhat wary of the weapons known as technology in this world. While Pukala did not fear them, he was concerned they might disrupt the ritual.
He would not allow any accidents to occur.
Pukala took out a treasure—a scarlet horn.
“Use this horn to call for the Mysterious Evil, and have them converge at the ritual site.”
With these Mysterious Evil entities as protection, his ascension ritual would be nearly foolproof.
…
Torchfire Town,
The chief of intelligence, Thousand Faces, reported that their mission to investigate the heretical cult’s rituals had hit a snag.
“We’ve confird five of the ritual locations, but the remaining two, handled by the Bloodbeard People, pose a challenge; they rarely show up at the cult gatherings and only one superhuman-ranked Bloodbeard has appeared.”
“I can’t assure that we’ll be able to steal the thoughts of a superhuman-ranked Bloodbeard.”
The remaining two sites were still undiscovered.
Of course, given enough ti, Thousand Faces was confident; however, they were all too aware of the pressing tiline.
“Teacher, we could allocate so of our strength to sabotage those ritual sites; doing so may force the remaining locations to reveal themselves.”
“Perhaps that’s the only option.”
Fang You pondered.
He was preparing to take action once Black Blade advanced to the fourth Awakening.
Suddenly, Thousand Faces said, “The Bloodbeard powerhouse is summoning Mysterious Evil to those ritual sites.”
The bizarre race indeed had thods to summon Mysterious Evil over large areas.
However, the point of ntioning this was not the summoning itself; Fang You understood Thousand Faces’ intention and imdiately opened the mission module.
He also quietly called out in his mind, “Xiao Huan, search for all locations on Blue Star where Evil Tide activities are detected… You can refer to the previous five spots we identified.”
Of the five spots, one was their lair.
In the four other spots, only two had an Evil Tide moving around them; although they were no large, slow-moving swarms of evil.
The numbers weren’t many, marked as ‘three-star group’ missions, the Evil Tide consisted of just a hundred or two hundred, all starting at two-star Mysterious Evil.
There were also twenty or thirty three-star Mysterious Evil among them.
This force could not be considered weak.
And they were all gathered together, moving swiftly.
“By discarding the weak one-star Mysterious Evil, this Evil Tide moves much faster and is just one, instead of converging from all directions around the town. This also ensures secrecy; by the ti the local mystical departnt notices, it will be too late… whether the local mystical departnt exists is another matter.”
“But this action is far too conspicuous in the eyes of my map detection!”
If it were just the Evil Tide moving, Fang You wouldn’t be certain; there were just too many occurrences all over Blue Star.
However, groups of Mysterious Evil starting at two stars were rare, with only five such groups in existence.
“One is located 60 kiloters outside City of Mist in Sunset Country, and it hasn’t moved, as if it’s on standby.”
“Another one is outside Wave City in Wavemist Nation, also on standby.”
His gaze was grave.
These two places were the last two ritual sites that Thousand Faces had not been able to find, and they had indeed caught him by surprise.
The City of Mist, Wavemist City—these were the strongest strongholds of the mysterious departnts of the two nations, yet they had already been quietly set up as ritual sites?
Considering the population of these two cities, they were bound to play a pivotal role in the ceremonies.
“It’s very possible that even if the other ritual sites were destroyed, the core and these two alone would still be able to maintain the ritual.”
“However, we must stop the ceremonies at all seven locations.”
Fang You and Thousand Faces discussed for a long ti.
The enemy’s strongest forces were obviously located in the core area, the City of Mist, and Wavemist City; he planned to assign Black Blade, An Jianyou, and the Thorn Witch to these areas.
But the remaining four sites could not be taken lightly.
Besides the one that Thousand Faces was responsible for, any of the other three could harbor a contingency plan prepared by Bloodbeard Priests or be a case of openly repairing the walkway while secretly passing through another route.
Moreover, considering the ritual site where Thousand Faces was located, the heretical cult’s strength was already formidable—any team he sent that was slightly weaker would fail to take it down.
“There are at least two gray-robed devotees, and at least two or three three-star special Mysterious Evils that obey their commands.”
“There are countless gray-robed devotees and ordinary devotees, hidden within the cities, not even showing the slightest anomaly.”
“Again, the seven sites are scattered far and wide.”
The Oulu Continent had the most ritual sites.
But in Asia, Southeast Asia and White Bear Country also had one each.
It was difficult for Torchfire to cover them all with the manpower they had.
“This is a matter of global security, so of course, we need to make full use of the power of the mysterious departnts in each region.”
“The ritual site in Southeast Asia can be handled by the Huang Country. Inside the Huang Country is now much more stable, and they can completely spare the strength to do so.”
The mysterious departnts of White Bear Country and Sunset Country were not weak.
However, he had no contact with them and did not plan to intervene personally; “Given the style of these mysterious departnts, covert guidance might be more efficient… the sa applies to Wavemist Nation.”
For so countries with weaker native forces, there was no other choice but to rely on Torchfire’s own might.
Upon returning to the Secret Realm, Fang You pulled up the current organizational panel.
Angel Envoy.
Junior Apostle.
Quasi-official Apostle.
The last one was an additional category.
He tallied up the current combat power of Torchfire.
“There are currently three top-level Awakeners, including myself, An Jianyou, and the Thorn Witch … but I’m not counting myself, I plan to provide ultra-long-range support.”
This was true ultra-long-range support.
He had to hold so trump cards in case of ergencies, to counter any other thods the Bloodbeard Priests might have.
He would definitely keep this super unit of war power.
“There are eight people among the three-star rank, including Black Blade, Palm Thunder, Yiluoxi, etc., all official Angel Envoys have reached three-star awakening. Among them, Black Blade has extraordinary combat power, and defeating four-star enemies is indeed possible.”
“Oh, and also Black Pupil.”
After several days of refinent, and a few days of waiting in the secret land, Black Pupil had successfully stepped into the three-star awakening.
The process was as simple as eating and drinking. Although Black Pupil had not fought with full strength after reaching three-star awakening, Fang You believed he was strong; he was just too lazy.
Black Pupil too was a top-tier three-star combat force.
He had also attempted to use the Junior Apostle recruitnt voucher on Black Pupil, like he had with the Thorn Witch and Qingmu.
Now Black Pupil could go out freely—although the cat didn’t want to, it enjoyed staying at ho too much.
“Black Pupil can be the main force of a team.”
“However, any ritual site covers the entire city and has a vast range. We will have to face many heretical cult mbers, so having a few strong individuals is not enough.”
He looked at the organization’s second-rate masters.
That is, the Junior Apostles; none of them had stepped into the three-star awakening yet due to a late start, but they were still formidable.
Currently, there are 146 Junior Apostles, and among them, there are 59 small masters who have stepped into two-star awakening!
The number has grown unexpectedly large!
Among these 59, there were formidable experts like Ming Deng Mage, Gou Ping’an, Xu Tian, Fan Anyuan, Roland, and Luo Rui who were no less formidable than the top-ranking fighters of the major powers.
And for single-star Awakeners …
Torchfire had exactly 236 people! This number was incomparable to that of major powers, but all the Awakeners from Torchfire were equipped with Awakened Weapons and had undergone various trainings to combat Mysterious Evil. The vast majority of them even mastered attack skills such as Blade Slash, Cannon Punch, Palm Thunder, Fireball Technique, and Triple Stab, or support and healing skills such as Evil Tracking, Purification, and Healing Water.
Based on their Awakened Abilities they matched the skills and then made team arrangents.
There were no weaklings among them.
Those who could fight two-star Mysterious Evil above their level were not few.
They were already well-equipped and strong!
No longer were they just a few big cats and kittens.
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