Chapter 205 – The Elephant Deity Emissary!

This punch was never thrown, but Lu Yuan could already feel the immense power contained within it.

His mental power had more than doubled, expanding his mental detection range to two hundred meters.

His learning capability and cognitive comprehension had significantly improved as well.

Most noticeably, his True Intent.

Originally, his True Intent, exemplified by his Spirit Crane True Intent, was about two meters in size.

This was already considerable, allowing him to rival top True Intent Realm experts like Liu Daoyuan and You Long.

However, now,

With his intelligence points increased to 21, his True Intent inflated like a balloon.

From just over two meters, it surged to over five meters in size, comparable to the height of a two-story building.

If he were to activate the [Unyielding Will] skill, it would even reach seven meters!

The colossal Spirit Crane True Intent, when released, appeared like an invisible Dharma Form suspended behind Lu Yuan.

True Intent is normally invisible to those of the same level.

But Lu Yuan’s current True Intent was so strong that it was almost visible to ordinary people.

It was a crane-shaped outline formed by the slightly distorted air, reaching the height of a three-story building.

“Is there really any high or low grade in True Intent? If your True Intent can’t beat others and is full of flaws… that’s because you’re not strong enough!

Our Sky Water Stream Crane Style’s inherited True Intent is not as perfect and profound as the Dragon Sect’s True Intent, but if I were to face You Long now, I wouldn’t even need to use my killer move. One peck from my Spirit Crane True Intent… and it would shatter his Dragon Form True Intent!”

As Lu Yuan thought this, the Spirit Crane True Intent behind him switched into the True Essence of Dragon Form.

In an instant, an imposing, ferocious, invisible dragon appeared, and with just a slight turn, it caused the surrounding air to ripple like waves in water.

“When my Dragon Form True Intent reaches ten thousand meters, I will be the Founding Master of the Dragon Sect… no, even the Founding Master would kneel before me!”

Lu Yuan’s extraordinary martial arts, extraordinary in every aspect, naturally had to break through all shackles and transcend the ordinary.

Lu Yuan had been rigorously training in external martial arts to achieve extraordinariness in his martial body.

Now, he had also found the direction for an extraordinary will.

The future of his extraordinary martial path seemed brighter than ever.

“Two more attribute points… let’s quickly achieve the first limit break in strength points…”

As Lu Yuan was thinking, his expression suddenly changed.

His eyes flickered, and he slowly leaned back against the Iron Spear Throne.

His strong physique melded with the black Iron Throne. With his back to the starlight, half of his face was hidden in shadows.

Soon, the sound of footsteps echoed in the empty room.

Two people, one following the other, quickly approached Lu Yuan.

“Lord.”

The leader was a middle-aged man with a cold demeanor, known as “Owl Blade.” He was one of the few Red Bears left in the old city circle.

Owl Blade stepped closer to Lu Yuan and bowed respectfully.

The other person immediately knelt at Lu Yuan’s feet, showing a reverence that bordered on devoutness and fanaticism.

“Sackford pays respects to Lord Spear Bearer.”

This man was the first Mosa Sect follower to acknowledge Lu Yuan’s identity as the Silver Spear Bearer.

Lu Yuan sensed that the man’s reverence was genuine, though a significant part of his respect seemed directed at the silver spear in front of him.

Lu Yuan didn’t mind. He looked at the man and, through the silver sheep mask, examined the deep-set eyes and high-bridged nose underneath. He asked calmly, “You are not from the Xia State?”

The man named Sackford mentioned a name of a country with a difficult pronunciation, then replied respectfully, “My country has long perished in the flames of war. The great Deity of Hunting and Combat guided me. I am now a loyal follower of you, my lord.”

After he finished speaking, Sackford respectfully presented a few items with both hands.

Lu Yuan gave them a glance, his eyes immediately fixing on a small bottle about a finger’s height, filled with scarlet liquid.

“This is the Divine Blood of Mosa?”

“Yes,” Sackford replied. “The previous Black Iron Spear Bearer, Rage King, conducted three Ultimate Blood Battles and collected three bottles of Divine Blood. He used one bottle himself, leaving two…”

“One of them has already been handed over to Mr. Lin, as per your instructions, along with your message.”

Owl Blade added from the side.

Lu Yuan nodded.

After taking over the Mosa Sect church in Chiming, the first thing Lu Yuan did was instruct the Yellow Bear under him to find the Divine Blood and deliver it to Lin Zhiqin.

Along with the Divine Blood, he included the information about it that he had found within the internal documents of the Yellow Bear.

Although the Divine Blood of Mosa could grant the user a powerful constitution and will, it inevitably led to the result of a mutated body.

Lu Yuan had seen what a mutation looked like.

It was entirely a half-human, half-sheep abomination.

So, he gave Lin Zhiqin a choice:

Whether to use the Divine Blood on Lin Mo, allowing her to live on as a half-human, half-sheep being.

Or… to hand Lin Mo over to the Yellow Bear.

With the capabilities of the Yellow Bear’s Research Group, even if it couldn’t guarantee a complete cure for Lin Mo’s “Congenital Cellular Exhaustion Syndrome,” they could at least significantly improve her condition.

Lu Yuan figured Lin Zhiqin would likely choose the latter.

After all, he couldn’t even accept the consciousness transfer surgery, let alone allowing Lin Mo to turn into a monster.

Deep down, Lin Zhiqin remained very conservative and traditional.

Lu Yuan casually picked up the Divine Blood in front of him, scrutinizing the slightly murky liquid through the bottle.

After a moment of contemplation, he unscrewed the cap and poured the contents directly into his mouth.

Closing his eyes, he savored it as if he were tasting fine wine.

Owl Blade, the Red Bear standing nearby, watched with narrowed pupils but said nothing, only lowering his head quietly.

[Your [Spear Bearer (Extraordinary)] profession has gained a boost, professional experience +50].

“Just as expected…”

Lu Yuan looked at the prompt that appeared on his professional panel, calmly wiping away a bit of the scarlet residue from the corner of his mouth.

“This Mosa Divine Blood is just like the red bead from the Crow Deity Sect; both can provide me with the relevant professional experience.”

“Is this Divine Blood only distributed during the Ultimate Blood Battle? Is there no other way to obtain it?”

Lu Yuan inquired of Sackford in front of him.

Sackford shook his head. “I am not sure, my lord. All interactions with the higher-ups are always handled by the previous Black Iron Spear Bearer himself. Now that you are the Silver Spear Bearer, I’m sure it won’t be long before someone from the church reaches out to you…”

“Alright.”

Protected by his identities as the Yellow Bear and the Golden Bear, Lu Yuan wasn’t particularly keen on Mosa.

Let the higher-ups come whenever they want, doing so as if they thought no one could counter them. With Lord Tong backing him, did he need to fear that an outsider could overpower the locals?

Lu Yuan picked up the remaining items presented by Sackford and took a glance.

To his surprise, they included the financial statements of Mosa?!

Although Mosa is a church, its martial arts clubs are widespread throughout Xia State, primarily focused on organizing various martial arts events of all sizes.

As Lu Yuan flipped through the documents, he discovered that the organizer of the Southern Hundred Cities Martial Arts Tournament, which Liu Daoyuan had previously mentioned, was also Mosa!

Is their business scope really this vast and deep?

The Southern Hundred Cities Martial Arts Tournament is a preliminary event for the Martial Arts Conference on the Martial Saint Island, a top-tier event in the world of Ancient Martial Arts. The standards are quite high; who would have thought that Mosa was involved in this too?

“The Southern Hundred Cities Martial Arts Tournament is co-hosted by Mosa’s Chiming branch and Martial Saint Island. Since I’m the Silver Spear Bearer of Mosa, does that mean I’m one of the organizers of the Tournament?”

“So what’s the point of competing? Can I just manipulate things behind the scenes and bring the entire Crane Style family straight to Penglai Martial Saint Island?!”

Lu Yuan blinked his eyes, feeling a mix of absurdity and novelty.

“Oh, right.”

Lu Yuan suddenly remembered something and asked Owl Blade, who was standing nearby.

“Have you inquired about the Elephant Deity Sect matter?”

Owl Blade nodded and said, “I was just about to report on that, Lord.”

“Go ahead.”

“…The one who killed Xia Weimin and took his luggage was indeed someone sent by the previous Black Iron Spear Bearer, the Rage King. Mosa Church has always been keen on collecting mysterious relics related to other deities, seemingly linked to the performance assessments of the Spear Bearers.”

“However, Xia Weimin’s suitcase was empty. Our investigations revealed that before his demise, Xia Weimin had secretly mailed the five stone balls he took from the Xixu archaeological team to one of his students. After Xia Weimin’s incident, the student got scared and discarded the five stone balls…”

“Discarded?!”

Lu Yuan frowned and asked, “Where were they discarded? Can we retrieve them?”

“In the coastal bay area of Shuangliu City. We’ve already sent people to search for them. During this process, we made another discovery!”

As he spoke, Owl Blade tapped a few times on the back of his right hand, and a faint blue virtual screen appeared.

He raised his hand to present it to Lu Yuan for viewing.

Lu Yuan saw a video feed appear on the virtual screen.

In the video, a group of people was walking briskly.

He immediately noticed a woman in a beige trench coat, with fair skin and striking features within the crowd.

“Bai Ying!”

A glint flashed in Lu Yuan’s eyes as he stared at the video, muttering under his breath, “Javier… Sleepless Organization!”

…

Shuangliu City.

As one of the famous coastal cities in the old city circle of Xia State, Shuangliu City boasts the largest import-export port in the region.

The annual cargo throughput exceeds millions of tons.

At this moment, at the No. 8 Shuangliu Port, filled with the salty tang of sea breeze.

Black and yellow caution tape cordoned off an area spanning several square kilometers.

Many sturdy men, clad in black protective suits and armed, were patrolling around the restricted zone with a vigilant air.

Suddenly, a massive shuttle, bearing the markings of the Yellow Bear and Xia State, appeared silently above the restricted area.

The black-clad men looked up, watching as the shuttle descended slowly.

Moments later, the shuttle landed.

The shuttle door opened, and two figures emerged one after the other.

Leading the way was a tall, handsome young man with short, neat hair and a well-proportioned, upright posture.

He wore a simple black trench coat and casual pants, exuding an air of relaxed composure, akin to a rich young man on vacation.

Following behind him was a middle-aged man with a cold demeanor and an expressionless face.

The latter deliberately lagged a few steps behind the former, exhibiting an inexplicable air of reverence in his mannerisms.

The Yellow Bear members immediately noticed the prominent Red Bear insignia on the middle-aged man’s attire, and their hearts skipped a beat.

Connecting the dots to the tall young man’s identity walking ahead…

Their expressions instantly reflected shock and awe.

What caliber of a big shot could command the deference of someone at the Red Bear level?!

They dared not even think deeply about it.

Straightening their backs as much as possible, they brought forth their best demeanor, as if trying to present their utmost excellence from a previous life.

“The area where the conflict erupted is right here,” Owl Blade said, leading Lu Yuan to the cordoned-off zone.

Narrowing his eyes, Lu Yuan carefully examined the scene in front of him…

It looked like the site of a recently shot disaster horror film.