Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 60: Invasion
The two gold debt collectors who followed Tan Lai surpassed Pan in the golden light. They summoned the golden shield with a powerful impact force, and broke through the protective shield formed by the imperial spies in one fell swoop. The shock wave knocked the spies back, and the red falcon, blue pigeon, egret, and grey goose filled in, splitting into two teams to block the two debt collectors.
The debt collectors tacitly pulled out a gap to both sides, and Pan rushed through the middle, holding the golden sword in his hand and stabbing at Luke. At this time, a wrench knocked Pan's sword away, and sandpaper in a fighting posture flew in front of Pan.
"Hey, your opponent is me!
The fighting girl's colorful wings!"
Sandpaper recited the secret words, and a leaf stretched out from the gap on Luke's golden armor neck. Five feathers of different kinds flew out from the five girls, and then the feathers were directly activated by the artifact tree bud as the subject of the secret technique.
Bird-adorned headdresses fell from the sky onto the heads of the beautiful girls, with long feathers extending from their waists. Their flying hair was covered with colorful feathers formed by spiritual power.
The melodious chirping of birds rang out, and the shadows of four bird forms, a red kestrel, a blue pigeon, an egret, and a grey goose, appeared behind the four girls. Following another high-pitched cry, a pink phoenix spread its wings behind the sandpaper, revealing its majesty.
Phoenix looked down at Pan, Sandpaper opened the tool bag, and specially made screwdrivers floated out in a row.
The phoenix cried, and the screwdriver flew in various arcs and shot towards Pan from different angles.
Sandpaper has none of the demeanor that a phoenix should have. She is just a violent maintenance worker, holding a wrench and walking forward to dismantle Pan's golden armor.
Pan didn't want to waste any more time on Sandpaper. He was very close to his enemy Meteorite. This was the best and only chance to kill him.
But he didn't expect that the little girls around Meteorite would be so difficult to deal with. He was not paying attention and a piece of his shoulder armor was knocked off by them.
"Shadow, I need more power."
"The Divine Art Differential Machine is far from being completed. Allowing you to temporarily restore the power of the Shining Gold Man is the limit of what I can do. If I increase the Divine Art grant, you will be annihilated in the collapse of power."
"Please increase the divine power."
"Is your opponent worth giving up your life?"
Pan looked at Luke after the fight: "I have done a lot of wrong things. I am the sum of all my failures. The biggest shining light I can make is probably to kill him. Please give me stronger power, Ying!"
"Since this is your insistence, I promise you. I will miss you, Pan..."
As the ancient golden language he had never heard of rang in his ears, Pan felt his power grow explosively . The armor on his body thickened, and a pair of triangular fixed golden wings extended from his back.
Two ten-meter-long weapon cabinets were deployed on both sides, loaded with various weapons.
Three golden shields flew out from the weapon cabinet and rotated around Pan. Facing the sandpaper attack, the golden shields would automatically block all kinds of attacks.
Then a battle scepter flew into Pan's hand, and several golden components were mounted on Pan's entire right arm, making his right arm holding the scepter more powerful.
Pan swung his scepter and smashed it at the sandpaper, only to see that this ordinary blow actually produced a loud roar like a tsunami.
Feeling the greatly increased power of Pan, Sandpaper dared not face the attack directly, and she used her agile body to dodge. However, the staff seemed to have some kind of traction field, pulling Sandpaper under the staff. When Sandpaper was about to be hit by the attack, a hand grabbed her feet and pulled her out of the attack range of the staff.
"Sandpaper, go help your sisters." It was Luke who saved Sandpaper. He waved his hand to let the spies who wanted to come to support him retreat: "His Highness Pan will kill me even if he has to use his life. I must give him a chance."
The sudden surge in strength was causing a huge burden to Pan. He knew that he could die from the collapse of strength at any time, so he didn't dare to say anything more and waste time.
Pan waved his scepter and smashed it at Luke, and the scepter emitted a stronger traction field to pull Luke's body. Luke, who needed to conceal his identity as the Taotie King, used the ancient Golden Language magic to summon a two-handed sword. He swung the sword to block Pan's scepter, and the feedback force made his hands numb even though he had dragon blood.
Moreover, he was still in the secret technique of "prison that imprisoned time and space", and part of his strength was used to fight against this sticky space.
The scepter's traction field pulled Luke down the beach, and a pocket watch popped out of thin air at his side.
This old pocket watch opened while tumbling in the air, and the cracked glass dial showed the current time.
Luke glanced at the hands on his pocket watch and said the code: "9:26 p.m."
The leaves sticking out of the gap in Luke's golden armor's neck shook twice, and the secret technique was activated...
The old pocket watch broke into pieces in an instant, and the complex gears inside were thrown out. The surrounding scenes that were still moving were all frozen, Qingkong, Tan, the Golden Debt Collector, the beautiful sisters, as well as the Ice Cave Agent, the Lookout, and the Imperial Spy, all stopped because of the stop of time, and the outer edge of this small mystical space was reflected in the mirror.
Only Pan, who was close by, was still waving his scepter to attack.
A pair of hands appeared next to the pocket watch parts scattered in the air. The hands were very slender and dexterous. They grabbed the pocket watch parts and reassembled them.
The mysticism of space and time versus the mysticism of space and time.
The burden of the "prison of time and space" suddenly collapsed.
Luke, who had gained new strength, had another head-on battle of strength with Pan. The shock wave stirred in the small enclosed space, stirring up sand and stones, like a high-speed washing machine.
In the madly swirling sand, there was a butterfly covered in powder.
The new secret language was spoken by Luke.
"Death trap of symbiosis"
The butterfly stopped spreading the light powder, and without the camouflage of the phantom light, the colorful butterfly revealed its true appearance. It was a moth with a skull pattern on its back, and if you look closely, you can see a black flower underneath the moth.
The Lerda flower can produce a very strong psychotoxin. It can disguise the Death's-Heart Moth as a beautiful butterfly to attract small animals, and then kill them with the psychotoxin. The Death's-Heart Moth can also enjoy a feast.
In the secret technique, the Laerda flower quickly withered, and the mental toxin was extracted, turning into black and purple smoke that attached to Luke's golden sword.
Once again, the two forces collided, and Luke, who could not exert his full strength, was still at a disadvantage. And part of the spiritual toxin on his golden sword was stained on the scepter in Pan's hand during the collision.
As the artifact tree bud sent out the docking information, Luke called out, "Shadow!"
"Who...are you? How can you actively connect to the Divine Difference Machine!"
"you guess!"
Ying didn't dare to guess, she immediately issued an alarm through the magic difference machine: "Attention, the magic difference machine has encountered an unknown intrusion! To protect the safety of the magic difference machine, the experiment will be terminated in ten seconds. All laboratory personnel are ready to evacuate!"
Tan, who was fighting with Qingkong, asked, "Ying, what happened? How could the Divine Art Difference Machine be invaded?"
"I don't know what happened! An unknown signal suddenly came in, and the other party's interpretation of the origin of the world seems to be more advanced than the divine magic difference machine."
"What? How is this possible? It's more advanced than the divine difference machine you made. Could it be... a divine weapon?"
"It's still too early to tell. I can only terminate the experiment to prevent something worse from happening."
Pan Lian came in: "I can't stop, I'm almost there, just a little bit away from killing him!"
Pan attacked Luke frantically, forcing him to retreat continuously.
"I'm sorry, Pan... the divine difference machine is more important!"
Connection lost...
The golden armor attached to Pan's body, the scepter he held, and the golden shield surrounding him shattered like glass at this moment. The scattered gold pieces did not fall, but collapsed layer by layer towards a central point. The collapse of power split Pan's flesh and blood, crushed his bones, and the red blood mixed with the gold pieces shrank.
Finally, it gathered into a gold grain, which was then quickly swallowed up and disappeared by a black hole.
The deft hands completed the assembly of the pocket watch at that moment, and after a brief fast-forward of the still mirror images around them, the two time streams were synchronized.
Then the stationary mirror image in the distance also began to accelerate.
All the changed time flows were synchronized, and the outside of this beach was surrounded by the Shining Gold warriors wearing golden armor.
The fighting stopped.
Two Golden Warriors walked up to Tan.
“Tan! The Council of Elders has issued an order to revoke all your positions and powers in the World Bank, and to escort you to the Council of Elders for questioning.
Please do not resist, it will only increase your guilt."
Tan did not argue. She spread out the golden armor on her body and stretched out her hands.
Two Golden Warriors put shackles on Tan and cast magic to seal Tan's power.
Tan did not resist at all. She looked at Qingkong and said, "You are a rare opponent. I look forward to fighting you again. I hope no one will disturb us again."
Qingkong put back his two swords, shook off his ice crystal wings, and said to Tan with a smile: "I advise you to be cautious in fighting me. If you lose... the money that the Golden Shield Empire and the Moonlight Royal Court owe to the World Bank will not be returned."
Tan rarely smiled: "You are right! Considering the money, the Council of Elders will not easily let me fight you again.
You are very strong, and you are strong without the help of the power of artifacts.
goodbye!"
The seal was completed, and Tan left under the escort of the Shining Gold warriors.
A World Bank director in a suit walked up to Luke. He had an indescribable look in his eyes when he saw Luke in golden armor, but he still took off his hat and saluted, saying, "I sincerely apologize to you, Lord Meteorite. The position of the Shining Gold People in wanting to resolve the dispute peacefully has never changed. The Council of Elders promises to thoroughly investigate the entire incident and ensure that similar assassinations will never happen again in Golden Valley."
Luke took off his golden armor and said with a dissatisfied tone: "When a strong city is breached, it is often not because the enemy outside is too strong, but because the internal problems are too serious.
It is very reasonable for At County Union and Rio to assassinate me. But I can't figure out why someone in the Shining Gold people would want to kill me. There are interests in any action. I hope the Shining Gold people can handle this matter properly. If there is a major crisis lurking within the Shining Gold civilization, it will be a big disaster for the world. "
The World Bank directors were certainly aware of the seriousness of the incident, especially since the strongest fighter of the Shuojin people colluded with outsiders to assassinate the guests invited by the Shuojin people without the permission of the Council of Elders. This was enough to cause major turmoil within the Shuojin civilization.
"I apologize again, but please trust our Council of Elders. Sir, please go back to the hotel now. I will send someone to protect you."
“No need!” Luke looked around. The assassination had already attracted many people to gather around him. “Today’s walk has not reached the goal I set for myself. I will continue to move forward. When it is time to go back and rest, I will naturally go back.”
The director heard the metaphor in Luke's words and said, "I look forward to tomorrow's meeting. Goodbye, Lord Meteorite. I still have to escort the relevant personnel back for interrogation."
Luke nodded and walked forward along the beach. The Sailor Squad and the Imperial spies followed him. Clear Sky was long gone.
The two debt collectors who followed Tan to carry out the assassination were shackled and taken away after being sealed.
The Ice Cave Agents and Lookouts were gathered together and were also escorted to the prison by the Shining Gold Man.
The thawing waves rushed onto the beach, burying all traces of the battle.
Golden Valley Elders' Council.
A high-powered headlight shines downward, illuminating the entire Elders' Hall.
In the center of the light stood Tan, even though her hands and feet were shackled, she still exuded authority. The shining gold warriors standing on both sides of her did not seem to be guarding her, but more like her followers.
Tan just stood there straight , his gray eyes looking straight ahead.
It wasn't until she heard footsteps approaching that she shifted her gaze.
"Tan! What happened? Why are you detained?"
The woman who entered the Council of Elders had almost the same appearance as Tan, but she did not have Tan's domineering aura. Instead, she had a weak and morbid beauty.
Tan smiled and said in a gentle tone: "Ying, I'm sorry, there are some things I didn't tell you. I didn't get the authorization of the Council of Elders for today's action, so I have to accept the punishment for my mistake."
Ying didn't expect that Tan would actually disobey the Council of Elders, which was definitely a serious crime for the Shuojin people.
Ying grabbed Tan's hand and said, "Whatever the decision of the Council of Elders is, we will bear it together."
"You will bear the responsibility together? Why should you bear the responsibility?"
The elders appeared one by one on the golden chairs around the Elders' House. After the communication and voting in the aperture, Elder Mu and his chair moved to the middle position.
He asked Tan, "Before you assassinated Meteorite, did you ever think about what the consequences would be for the entire Sparkling Gold Civilization if you were defeated by Qingkong?"
Tan apologized, "I'm sorry, elders. I didn't consider the consequences before deciding to assassinate Meteorite. After the battle, I found that Qingkong was more powerful than I expected.
I can't imagine how she could have such fighting power with just her body without the help of the power of the artifact."
An elder said: "Fortunately, you were not defeated by Qingkong, otherwise the debt collectors would not have the deterrent effect, and the World Bank would have a lot more bad debts that could not be recovered."
Another elder said, "But you didn't defeat Qingkong either, which makes our negotiations with Meteorite even more !"
