I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 292 - 268. Apocalypse

Xia Feng looked up and surveyed his surroundings.

Three thousand soldiers and one thousand Half-Dragon troops had arrayed, resembling an ancient behemoth sprawled out, emanating an immense intimidating pressure.

Judging solely by the comprehensive physical qualities, one Half-Dragon was equal to two soldiers; if they went head-to-head in combat, the Half-Dragon army would indeed not be easy to defeat.

But the situation now was different...

Inside the blue whale, the space filled with red gleams fell into a brief silence, so quiet one could hear a pin drop.

Four thousand against two.

The man with the rat-like face couldn't think of how he could lose.

This overwhelming setup.

As he waved his hand with a smile, sounds of metallic clangs and ear-splitting roars resounded from all directions.

"ROAR!!!"

The roar shook heaven and earth!

Dumbfounded, the man with the rat-like face looked up, and a terrifying scene that took him by surprise unfolded before his eyes.

He saw every Half-Dragon plunge their clawed hands directly into the backs of two soldiers before them, grasping their beating hearts, and the soul-burning Dragon Flame was suddenly released.

Without a moment to react, two thousand men turned to ash; the man with the rat-like face opened his mouth wide, his gaze blank.

"What the hell..."

The remaining thousand soldiers came to their senses, hurriedly drawing swords and manifesting their Spiritual Clothes, but it was already too late.

What ensued was a one-sided crush.

In the middle of the bloody battlefield, Xia Feng slowly walked towards the man with the rat-like face.

"Thump—"

Before Xia Feng could say anything, the man with the rat-like face kneeled voluntarily, "Boss, don't act just yet, I'm still useful, I can control the blue whale's transportation channel!"

His mind buzzing, the man with the rat-like face was filled with confusion, wondering how this K-faced person managed to turn and control the Half-Dragon army?!

He seemed to be incredibly unlucky to encounter such an absurd situation. Although he had no idea how it was done, he decided to prioritize saving his own life.

Xia Feng was quite pleased with the man with the rat-like face's sense of propriety, but he did not linger for long and asked Ms. Fu to remain here.

He and Mu Qingtong led the Half-Dragon army towards Xize Island.

The blue whale had a single-transportation life limit of three thousand people, with a two-hour cooldown after each use.

If one wanted to force another transport, it would require the sacrifice of even more spiritual material and life.

The corpses strewn within the blue whale soon were consumed by the red gleam, linking up with the Array's patterns, and the light blossomed radiantly.

The scenery before Xia Feng changed, the view of the corpses spread all around vanished, leaving only a world of red gleams.

However, through his senses, he found that the distance to the Spiritual Artifact which could aid in his Ascension had been reduced by an immense amount.

It was as if one was originally at the South Pole and the other at the North Pole, but in the blink of an eye, they became next-door neighbors.

During his contemplation, Xia Feng did not delay and led the Half-Dragon army rushing out of the blue whale.

Bursting out from the whale's mouth, the pungent, hot sulfur odors hit them head-on.

They appeared at the base of a volcano, ahead of which, suspended in mid-air, was the blue whale, facing a thousand-plus soldiers and the Season Envoy, who looked astonished at the suddenly appearing Half-Dragon army and the two black-robed masked leaders.

"What's going on? How were those remnants dealt with so quickly?"

"That's not right, who the hell are you two?"

Xia Feng had no desire to waste words. After sending the man with the rat-like face to the afterlife, he raised his sword and commanded solemnly, "Kill!"

The ground trembled, the Dragon Roar resounded through the skies, and the densely packed Half-Dragons, tirelessly, plunged into the battle once again.

"Come, Miss Mu, accompany me to find something."

Xia Feng glanced in the direction of another distant volcanic crater; according to his senses, the Spiritual Artifact was in that direction!

Mu Qingtong actually had never been quite clear on what Xia Feng truly intended to do, but it didn't really matter, she would accompany him regardless.

"Mhm." She nodded softly.

*

Xize Island, at the volcano's crater.

Pang Xize frowned as he looked at the person opposite him.

It was a knight clad in shining silver armor, his nasion adorned with a silver nose-piece that concealed the lower half of his face, revealing only a pair of indifferent gray-white pupils. A little further up, a sacred white X mark was etched between his eyebrows.

He had his long sword propped upon the rock, his gray hair tied into a wolf-tail, hanging down his nape, unyielding amidst the flames and fierce winds.

Just then, as Pang Xize was preparing to head to the forbidden zone, this Wolf-tail Knight suddenly arrived on Xize Island

"Yin Shi."

Pang Xize's gaze narrowed slightly as he said in a deep voice, "What is the Apocalypse bringing you to Xize Island for?"

The Apocalypse Knight Order, an investigative authority established during the early days of the Empire, wielded supreme judicial power surpassing the eight great armies, believing in the core principle that 'any individual or force detrimental to the Empire would become a target of Apocalypse, including the eight great armies themselves', possessing the right to kill with immunity.

Yin Shi's gray-white eyes lifted slightly, his tone indifferent, "Pang Xize, as the deputy leader of the Garden's investigative group, I have come to interrogate you."

As the Wolf-tail Knight spoke, Pang Xize's neck stiffened slightly, his thoughts falling into a void, but he quickly recovered, his expression unchanged.

He pushed up the tiny glasses on his broad nose, his eyes narrowing slightly, "Sir Yin Shi, I spend most of my years at the border of the Northern Territory, so far from Zone 51, do you truly think that the Garden case is related to me?"

"It's an investigative order."

The Wolf-tail Knight did not engage with his query, as a piece of Golden Paper materialized in his hand, the dense text floating into the air, a sacred white X-shaped seal prominent in the center.

"Sir Pang Xize, please cooperate with the investigation."

The stout military officer scrutinized the investigative order before finally raising his gaze to the knight opposite him.

Such an advanced investigative order was only issued in cases of conclusive evidence, due to the special nature of spiritual materials, there was no possibility of forgery.

Thus, it was certain that the investigative group had already obtained relevant conclusive evidence.

As for where it came from...

Pang Xize had a guess; the only possibility seemed to be that not everyone from the investigative group that breached into the forbidden zone had perished. The survivor, using the spatial channel opened by the blue whale connected with the outside of the forbidden zone, had managed to transmit relevant information out.

He had reviewed the personnel files of the investigation team, and there was only one member of the team with the capability of long-distance information transmission, a Level 5 Season Envoy of the Yinlong Army: Lin Musen.

It was precisely because of this unique ability that Lin Musen was chosen by the investigation team.

Thinking of this, Pang Xize did not panic but smiled and nodded,

"Alright, begin the questioning."

Yin Shi didn't say much, turning the palm-sized silver-gray compass in his hand. The compass needle spun, clicking crisply, and at the same time, a silver light shot into Pang Xize's forehead.

"Pang Xize, was the army of one hundred thousand defending White Emperor City thirty years ago a rebel army?"

"No."

"Pang Xize, from thirty years ago to the present, have you been sending troops disguised as the Evil Clan to attack White Emperor City?"

"Yes."

Quite unexpectedly, Pang Xize admitted to this.

It's known that, under the compass's witness and record, all speech will become legally effective and conclusive evidence.

Yin Shi paused for a moment after asking, then continued,

"Pang Xize, from thirty years ago to the present, have you used the souls of the one hundred thousand army to create the 'Desire for Life Stone'?"

"Yes."

"Pang Xize, are you the mastermind behind the Garden case?"

"Yes."

"Pang Xize, are you the mastermind behind the wrongful case of White Emperor City?"

"Yes."

...

The Wolf-tail Knight asked several more questions, and Pang Xize answered each one.

"Good."

Not long after, the Wolf-tail Knight covered the compass that recorded the video, looking up with a detached voice, "Lord Pang Xize, thank you for your cooperation."

As his words fell, the barriers around dissipated, and a bald military officer outside, anxious and on edge, hurriedly rushed over.

"Venerable, we've had an incident!"

"Two Third Rank individuals in black robes have fought their way here from the Line 1 volcano, and now they've reached the opening of Volcano No. 8!"

"?", Pang Xize paused, his face suddenly darkening, "Third Rank? Are your subordinates eating shit? How did two Third Rank individuals break through the defense line?"

"Lord..." The bald military officer carefully looked up and said, "Nearly all the troops on the island were dispatched to..."

He realized the Wolf-tail Knight was not far away, hesitated, and then continued,

"Now there are only two thousand troops left on the island, and more than half of them are at Line 1, fighting against the rebellion of the Half-Dragon army."

"Half-Dragon rebellion?" Pang Xize was stunned once more, veins throbbing on his forehead, "What's going on now?"

"This... I'm not sure, sir."

"..."

Pang Xize felt a headache coming on. He turned and frowned, looking into the distance, where he could faintly see two figures rushing towards them from a distant volcano.

Lately, everything had been going wrong, one situation after another. It was as though a lifetime's worth of bad luck had concentrated in these two months.

Silence fell for a moment.

"Heh—so be it."

Something crossed his mind, and his mood swiftly returned to calm. After all, things could not get any worse.

Now, whether it was the Garden or White Emperor City's affair, a scapegoat was needed.

To end the investigation here, he knew he had to take the fall himself.

Once he took the blame, his lord would find a way to spare him from the death penalty – at most, it would be a life in permanent imprisonment. After a few years of maneuvering, it might just be two or three hundred years of confinement, followed by exile to the Grey Realm.

As his lord promised, upon his release, he would be given the key spiritual material for Ascension, then he would take a position within his lord's secret organization cultivated in the Grey Realm.

It was quite a decent career path, at least the Grey Realm offered more freedom than the Empire.

However, there were a few matters to take care of before going to prison.

First, naturally, was to resolve the issue of the Evil Power in Miss Evil, and after that was settled, he could enjoy her company every day in prison. He could even get married to Miss Evil in jail, have children, have more children, a blissful life without the need for Cultivation or battle.

The thought made Pang Xize quite eager.

After all, ever since he had seen the Spiritual Artifact take human form, he knew he had found the love of his life! It was love at first sight...

As for the second matter, that was to dispose of Xia Feng. Now that he had made an enemy of the young genius, he naturally had to find a way to have him killed.

Otherwise, considering the growth rate of such a talented youth, it was very possible that in three hundred years, he would indeed become a Venerable.

And if he were released after three hundred years, it would be no different from seeking death.

But there was no need to worry too much, his lord would probably send someone to take care of that Xia kid.

As thoughts rapidly flashed through his mind, Pang Xize turned to look back at the Wolf-tail Knight, his eyes narrowing slightly, "Before you arrest me, Venerable Yin Shi, may I deal with some personal affairs?"

The Wolf-tail Knight was expressionless and spoke in an indifferent voice, "Please do, but you only have half an hour."

"That's plenty," Pang Xize responded with a smile and a nod.

Just at that moment, a hundred people landed at the mouth of the volcano and knelt on one knee towards Pang Xize with respect, "Venerable."

This was the first command unit Pang Xize had trained, the strongest squad, selected with care and rigorously trained. Ten among them were equipped with Spiritual Artifacts, forming an even more powerful Spiritual Artifact squad.

These ten Spiritual Artifacts, working seamlessly and in perfect harmony, could deal significant damage to a True Martial Realm expert under specific circumstances, making them extremely powerful.

"Wu Mo."

"Present," a bald man from the Spiritual Artifact squad stood at attention and stepped forward.

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"Take care of those two in black robes, quick and clean."

Pang Xize casually gave the order, then headed toward the center of the volcano.

Wu Mo nodded calmly and led the Spiritual Artifact squad members as they sprinted down the mountain.

Sensing the tall and stout military officer's approach to the perimeter of the Evil Power field, a lethargic golden-haired mare slowly opened her beautiful eyes.