Chapter 174 The Holy Book is Missing

"The theft of the Holy Book... is a serious matter, I must report it to the Temple."

Su Ye looked at the empty courtyard, his expression grave.

"Su Ye," Jia Wei said, "let me handle this matter. I'll take full responsibility."

Su Ye was taken aback.

"I suspect the perpetrator is Gu Shen."

Jia Wei said calmly, "Even if it wasn't him... it must be related to him."

Su Ye frowned, "Sir, this is not a trivial matter. Suspicion alone is not enough."

"Yes..."

Jia Wei smiled self-deprecatingly, "I know. It's just that some things, they have no evidence either, do they?"

Su Ye paused for a second.

"What are you going to do?"

He looked at the Great Knight.

"Nothing." Jia Wei said calmly, "Don't worry... I just want to use the 'Guang Ming Cheng' way to solve the problem."

"Mr. Jia Wei, I need to remind you."

Su Ye took a light breath and said seriously, "You are the Great Knight of the Holy Tribunal Legion, representing the will bestowed by His Holiness."

"Blessing, Lord, no need to say more, everything I do is for the light."

Jia Wei smiled, "I know very well... what I'm doing. Leave the 'Holy Book' case to me to investigate."

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The outer perimeter of Tanyao Volcano.

This is the darkest and most sinister area of the entire Sang Zhou Grotto Heaven ceiling.

Countless thick volcanic ash spews out from here, spreading and covering the area, so the color of the ceiling is no longer light gray, but a depressing and heavy black.

A streak of scarlet fire shadow hovered above the cloud layer, dense with volcanic ash.

Zhu Que released the *Li Huo* domain and slowly descended, while looking back with some suspicion.

"Where are the people behind me?"

He didn't expect that after he accelerated, Jia Wei seemed to have given up the chase—

Because those two shots earlier were really too painful, Zhu Que didn't dare to stop. He was afraid of a trick, and desperately rushed towards the "destination," and only stopped now, looking back with lingering fear.

"Really not chasing..."

Zhu Que frowned.

His mental power swept out for several miles, and he didn't feel even a trace of threat, and then he dared to breathe a sigh of relief.

But he couldn't figure it out.

Why would Jia Wei give up on him? What could be more important than the life of him, one of the Four Divine Envoys?

Could it be that Jia Wei also knew that if he kept chasing like this, he wouldn't be able to kill him?

"Hong Long, I have arrived at Tanyao."

He took out the *Yun Jing* and sent a message mentally.

However, this time the *Yun Jing* didn't respond directly.

"The mission is going more smoothly than expected, Jia Wei didn't chase to the end..."

Zhu Que reported slowly.

As he spoke to the *Yun Jing*, he looked around at the surroundings. Although Jia Wei didn't continue chasing, the Tanyao Volcano itself still brought him some "unease."

This majestic and boundless active volcano is in the stage of revival...

The constantly erupting volcanic ash indicates the fate of Tanyao's imminent awakening.

A large amount of transcendent source power is wandering in the air!

It is said that the source power of the "Ice Sea" has been attracted by Tanyao... If Tanyao really revives, as long as it erupts, it will be a disaster that wipes out the entire island in an instant!

At that time, the natives still on the island will not be able to escape.

Not to mention them.

Even Zhu Que was afraid... He was Fourth Order, but there were things that Fourth Order couldn't do.

How dare a mortal body resist natural disasters?

The *Yun Jing* was shrouded in mist, a blur.

Zhu Que sensed something was wrong and asked again, "Hong Long, have you arrived?"

"..."

After a brief silence.

The face of Hong Long appeared in the mirror, and he said softly, "I have arrived."

"Why so slow?"

Zhu Que frowned, "If Jia Wei was really chasing me, I might have been seriously injured!"

"However... you are still living very well."

Hong Long said calmly.

"???"

Zhu Que said unhappily, "Where are you?"

"I'm on the east side of Tanyao. You need to cross the core area... There's too much 'mountain ash' here, and the connection between the *Yun Jing* is not so smooth." Hong Long said lightly, "So, don't ask so much. I'm waiting for you on the 'east side.' The Great Hunt is about to end, hurry up."

With that said, the *Yun Jing* connection was cut off.

"East side of Tanyao..."

Zhu Que gathered the robes of the divine official around him, and he narrowed his eyes towards the direction where Hong Long was.

He is now located on the south side of the volcano. To reach the destination, he needs to approach the crater area, where a huge amount of 'mountain ash' is piled up. The *Tian Yan* first lost surveillance of that area. It can be said that... that area is the real no-man's land in the Sang Zhou Grotto area.

Chī!

Zhu Que waved his sleeve, and a wisp of *Li Huo* ignited on the robe, and then the flame burst out in an instant, wrapping him up. Under the coverage of "elementalization," Zhu Que turned into a ball of flame.

He got up and swept towards the east side. After elementalization, the unease in his heart was greatly relieved.

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"Lost track of 'Zhu Que'."

Gu Shen left the cities of West Grotto and silently released his *Chi Huo* (Scarlet Fire) sense in the long forest.

He has *Ming Huo* (Nether Fire).

The Four Divine Envoys have the *Yun Jing*.

These are authorities of the same level. The *Yun Jing* cannot sense the *Ming Huo*, and similarly... the *Ming Huo* cannot sense the *Yun Jing*.

Gu Shen saw the appearance of Jia Wei and Su Ye on the distant highlands of W4 District. This shows that the Guang Ming Cheng Great Knight had given up on the pursuit of Zhu Que, and also shows... that they had discovered the "Neutral One" being hijacked and the "Holy Book" being stolen.

Next, Guang Ming Cheng will definitely be furious.

It's a pity.

This kind of anger is meaningless.

He didn't leave any evidence, and Guang Ming Cheng still doesn't know who did it!

However, Gu Shen had a faint intuition in his heart that Jia Wei would lock onto him again. The Great Knight's sense of "locking enemies" was extremely sharp.

Gu Shen still vividly remembered the confrontation in the small courtyard of the Xuankong Mountain in North Continent.

"I need to be careful... I can't meet Jia Wei alone."

This is also why he quickly left W4 District.

Gu Shen watched the entire battle between Zhu Que and Jia Wei.

The destructive power displayed by the Fourth Order Transcendent was terrifying!

Even if he successfully broke through and became the ninth level of the Deep Sea, he would only be suppressed and beaten!

"It's a pity that Guang Ming Cheng's hidden Fourth Order is a little weak..."

Gu Shen was a little regretful.

He originally thought that this duel with the shadow could help him break through the bottleneck of the eighth level.

But unexpectedly.

This battle did not make any breakthroughs.

The shadow was beaten violently by Zhu Que, and his energy and spirit declined completely... Apart from all this, even if the shadow in his prime was found by Gu Shen, he might not be able to exert much combat power.

The shadow is an assassin, and he has always been hidden in the darkness, taking the initiative to attack.

Once the assassin loses the first move, then he will no longer be a threat.

"However... it's not without gains."

Gu Shen raised his palm.

In his palm, there were two daggers, one long and one short.

These two daggers were both from the town of Chasik, the legendary weapon-forging town on the border of North Continent. The War of Felling the Reds destroyed the town of Chasik in the torrent of history...

Now there are not many transcendent knives left from this legendary town.

"Tear, Break Source."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and weighed the two short daggers.

The quality of these two daggers is very good. If they were to be rated, they could even be considered "A-grade," but horizontally, they are slightly behind in the same type of A-grade sealed objects.

But for an "assassin," such two daggers are basically divine weapons!

*Po Yuan* (Break Source) can cut off the flow of transcendent source power between each other.

*Si Lie* (Tear) can cut up the connection between matter!

The combination of the two means that there is nothing in this world that cannot be destroyed by assassination!

"These two daggers are suitable for close assassination."

Gu Shen murmured, "For them, I am a more suitable master than the shadow."

*Ming Huo's* (Nether Fire's) concealment is more powerful than the shadow!

Unfortunately, after leaving W4 District, Gu Shen lost track of Zhu Que, otherwise he would have been very interested in meeting the Source Tower Envoy again, after all, the latter had just been beaten violently by Jia Wei.

Gu Shen likes to beat a drowning dog the most, and he is the best at it.

"It's time to go back..."

Gu Shen turned his palm and put away the dagger.

"The first hunt in the South Grotto should be coming to an end, right?"

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"Drink!"

A childish roar resounded in the primeval forest.

The Hundred Explosion Finger Tiger shattered the air, shaking out a cloud of dust!

Gu Xiaoman in black knocked down a giant ape.

With the fall of the giant ape, the dense forest stirred up a cloud of dust, and finally returned to calm, leaving only Xiaoman's shouting echoing between the trees.

It looks empty and silent here.

But in fact... just a hundred meters behind Gu Xiaoman, a figure in white followed silently.

Bai Xiu stood silently on the high crown of a towering ancient tree, concealing his aura and remaining silent.

This external hunt was Gu Xiaoman's first transcendent battle in her life.

Bai Xiu will not take action unless she encounters a life-or-death crisis.

In half a day, Gu Xiaoman had already killed seven transcendent creatures. The strength of these big guys was not weak, about the third level of the Deep Sea. These were all "selected" by Bai Xiu, the best opponents for beginner transcendents.

Transcendent creatures retain their ferocity, but they are not too strong!

Gu Xiaoman's performance did not disappoint him.

As expected of the future "Lord of Wine," Xiaoman is definitely a genius in combat. In the first transcendent duel, she needed to fight a war of attrition, relying on her tenacious endurance to gradually wear down the black bear's physical strength before she could win.

After that, she became more and more familiar with it.

When fighting this giant ape, she had already figured out the important skills in close combat.

*Shou Yu Fang* (Receive and Release)!

Each time she clashed, she would control her strength, avoiding its edge when the giant ape was truly ferocious, and exerting all her strength when it was not fully prepared. In this way, it was still the original "consumption" fighting style, but the battle process was greatly shortened.

In about forty minutes, this giant ape could not bear the heavy burden and was worn down and defeated by her!

Gu Xiaoman squatted down. She waved her hand to disperse the smoke and dust, and took out a small knife she carried with her, muttering, "Bleeding...tendons..."

She held up the cutlery and gestured in the air.

"Leave the rest to us."

Familiar voices came from behind Xiaoman.

Chen Li, Zhuang Su, and Adam came from the depths of the dense forest.

Thanks to Gu Shen's negotiation with Yuan Shuo Cheng, the believers of the Storm Church are responsible for advancing this external hunt, and the neutral and Dong Zhou transcendent troops only need to slowly follow up.

As for the three of them, they maintained contact throughout the process.

Chen Li is responsible for protecting Adam.

Zhuang Su is responsible for following Adam and collecting experimental data... The so-called "bleeding" and "tendon removal" are actually preliminary steps to collect transcendent information about giant creatures.

These operations are really bloody and unsuitable for children.

"It's okay, I can do it."

However, Gu Xiaoman didn't seem to care.

She had groped and rolled in the piles of dead people in the E0 District. What scenes hadn't she seen?

In the environment of the famine, she had also seen people eating people, even not spitting out the bones... Bleeding and bone removal are really nothing. If there is a teacher to teach her, she can quickly peel off a whole animal skin!

The few people heard this and were a little helpless.

"Xiaoman, you should continue to find spirit beasts to fight one-on-one."

Chen Li sighed softly in his heart.

He thought for a moment and said, "It's rare to encounter such an opportunity... If you like 'animal anatomy', there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. If Gu Shen knows that we let you do this, he will definitely scold me. Moreover, this hunt is coming to an end, and we will be going back later."

The exploration of the outer troops has basically been completed.

The large army found a base camp in the primeval forest.

Hunting spirit beasts is not a job that can be completed overnight...

Those transcendent creatures are hiding, and if you want to eliminate them on a large scale, you need a long-term operation!

"Okay..."

After hearing this, Gu Xiaoman retracted the small knife with some regret.

She is quite interested in this kind of thing.

But Xiaoman also knows that Chen Li is right—

There are often opportunities for dissection, but opportunities for combat are hard to find.

She continued to sweep into the depths of the forest, looking for her next duel target.

After Xiaoman left, Chen Li raised his head.

He looked at the high ground in the dense forest and sent out a mental message: "Bai Xiu—"

Chen Li knew that Bai Xiu was not far away.

It's a pity.

Little Iron Man's mental realm is far worse than Bai Xiu's. This dense forest is too quiet, and he really can't find Bai Xiu's hiding place.

"I'm here."

After he spoke, a gentle response sounded behind him.

Bai Xiu was on the giant tree behind Chen Li. He jumped down and landed steadily.

Chen Li was a little embarrassed and turned around: "Actually, you don't have to show up... I just want to make sure you're there."

"I've always been here."

Bai Xiu said calmly, "Xiaoman is here, so am I."

"Okay..."

Chen Li said earnestly, "There is an important matter in Gu Shen's plan. During this external hunt, Da Du Cheng Xin will transport a batch of supplies... The Holy City Research Institute will open its entrance."

"I know this."

Bai Xiu's expression did not change: "Transcendent people from all four continents will accept the aid of local supplies, and the interface should already be open."

"Not bad."

Chen Li said seriously: "I just received a message from Chen Mei that Cheng Xin's transcendents have arrived and are about to carry out the handover. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Mr. Zhuang Su will take the opportunity to send ten members of the 'Neutral Party' out of the Sang Zhou Grotto... They are carrying confidential information that has been researched locally for many years."

"So... you mean, send Xiaoman out too."

Bai Xiu is very smart and understands immediately.

"That's right!"

Chen Li's eyes lit up and he lowered his voice: "But this is not my intention, it is Gu Shen's intention... You also know that the situation in Sang Zhou Grotto is unpredictable, and the transcendent people from the four continents are fighting fiercely. It is really unsafe for Xiaoman to stay here."

"Understood."

Bai Xiu nodded, his words were concise and his attitude was clear from beginning to end.

He did not object or question Chen Li's message at all.

Because this is Gu Shen's arrangement!

"Give me the handover location."

Bai Xiu looked in the direction where Gu Xiaoman left.

"I will send her away."

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