Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 800 Victory
He was a man dressed in extremely simple clothes.

Without prior notice, no one would guess that his true identity is one of the six pillars of the Vanpusta Empire's knights, the Grand Master of the [Spirit Candle] Knight Order, and a person standing at the very core of the entire empire.

Compared to another Grand Master, Cleveland Anton, nicknamed "Iron Pulse," he was much thinner, even less "healthy" than most people would consider him. His cheeks were sunken, clearly showing his bony structure. His appearance was unremarkable; if he were thrown into a crowd, he would probably blend in and go unnoticed.

This shouldn't have happened.

Every breakthrough for a psychic is a transformation. Upon reaching a high level, they are like stars that tug at the heart of a planet; no matter how bright their light, they are bound to attract attention. Not every Grand Master of the Six Pillars of the Imperial Knights has reached the fifth ring—but the Grand Master of [Spirit Candle] is an exception.

The fifth ring, the "truth".

—“The Unextinguished Candlelight”, Matthew Toyn.

But his presence was indeed very low until this moment.

"So that's how it is," the man said softly.

He gazed ahead, and in the sky a hundred kilometers away, the magnificent space carrier resembled a thick, oppressive cloud or a dazzling rainbow—more like a floating, beautiful kingdom than a weapon of war.

However, the man's gaze was not on the space carrier, but on its very top.

A youthful and beautiful figure landed on the top structure, which was indistinguishable between the bridge and the throne.

“Your actions,” he stared at her, his pupils reflecting the girl’s flowing hair, “are unforgivable.”

"Hey, don't say such scary things to a beautiful girl." Zenryusatsuna twirled her index finger on her head, looking troubled. "Well, putting aside everything about the beautiful girl, I can forgive you for anything. May I ask what I did to offend you?"

The man remained unremarkable and uninteresting, yet a glimmer of light was slowly emanating from between his clenched fingers.

It was a faint, gentle, and tenacious light!

It is neither bright nor vigorous, like a candle flame that suddenly ignites in the darkness. Though thin and flickering, it is incredibly eye-catching and can guide countless people crawling in the dark.

"I have heard many voices who believe that we have deceived the people of the empire in exchange for their ignorant faith."

The candlelight flickered, the man loosened his grip, lowered his eyes, and the candlelight, held in his five fingers, slowly outlined the shape of a sword.

“They’ve got one thing wrong. We never established a state religion for the sake of faith; we gave them faith because they needed it.”

—The sword formed from candlelight completely overshadowed the man!
The latter became an appendage of the former, or rather, he was merely an insignificant part of the one who raised the candle that guided all living beings!

In stark contrast to his previous obscurity, Matthew Toyn, or more precisely, the candlelight sword he raised, now resembled a massive vortex of gravity, drawing all attention to himself.

“But you are different. You are completely different.” A solemn expression appeared on the man’s face, as if he were both angry and sad: “You are only pursuing your own ugly and selfish desires, your faith for the sake of ‘faith’.”

"I cannot agree with that statement."

Zenru's lips opened and closed in an instant.

"This is."

"Dreams." The next instant, the candlelight burst forth.

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Zhuguang City.

Song Shi has fully recovered from the injuries sustained during his recuperation and resonation with Terra's "unity of heaven and man" after his hard-fought battle against the Abyss.

According to the current strategic deployment, he must immediately return to the Anmenluo resettlement area to serve as a strategic deterrent fulcrum and support this line of defense.

Fortunately, the unconditional spread of the Singularity Technology, "Based Reality Overwriting," significantly boosted the strength of "Nightmare" VE. As the Queen of the Abyss, she was exceptionally gifted in this regard, and in less than a month, she had mastered most of the key points of "Based Reality Overwriting."

She's even preparing to challenge herself by making some personalized modifications to see if she can create something more interesting—in her words, she absolutely can't miss out on this unprecedented and probably never-to-be-repeated super open-source project.

However, in accordance with the alliance agreement, she still spared some of her forces to replace Song Shi, who was not in the resettlement area these days, to deter other high-ranking combatants.

As for Ogden Christopher, the "Wizard King," who was barely considered a half-ally of the Enlightened Ones, he flew into a rage once again after that day, wreaking havoc online, stomping on a bunch of people before disappearing without a trace.

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

Song Shi was bathed in sunlight, with waves of heat rolling over his face.

He squinted, staring directly at the sun, the light emanating from the stars shining on people. Were there any rays of light among them from Ming Xianyuan, who was somewhere engaged in a fierce battle with the emperor of the empire?

Before Song Shi could determine whether Ming Xianyuan's light existed, an urgent communication message appeared before him.

Click to unblock.

It happened 12 hours ago.

[—The "Awakened One" Zenryu Setsuna defeats "The Unextinguished Candle" Matthew Toyn!]

With a flash of light, Song Shi reappeared in the underground base.

“Textile machine,” he shouted directly.

The next second, a mechanical rotating arm moved over, lowered the screen, and displayed the details.

Song Shi could read ten lines at a glance, finishing the entire thing in less than half a second.

"She accumulated knowledge and experience, and she actually did it!"

seven days ago.

In Shenge City, the headquarters of the giant corporation [Dust Contract Generation], a large-scale geological change has occurred. The headquarters of [Dust Contract Generation] was uprooted, slowly rose, and transformed and reassembled into a space carrier—even among the space carriers of various forces, this one is extremely exaggerated in size, second only to the floating city of the [Silent Ones Society]'s "Beyond the Boundary".

After taking off, it hovered for six days, and then, 24 hours ago, headed to the corporate alliance's battle zone.

The defeat and death of Dwight Brooks, and the arrival of the "Post-Abyss Era," prompted the Vanpusta Empire to mobilize an army to launch a formal campaign against the Corporate Alliance. They advanced rapidly, unstoppable. Leading this force was none other than the Grand Master of the Six Pillars of Knights [Spirit Candle] Knights.

Zenryusha arrived aboard a space carrier, confronting the Empire's military might head-on, and chose to face "the unextinguished candle" Matthew Toyn—ultimately, Zenryusha defeated the latter in a direct confrontation!
If it weren't for the fact that four of the six Holy Spirits descended at the last moment and forcibly rescued the severely wounded Matthew Toyn, he would probably have become the first fifth-ring psionicist to die in battle since the Empire launched the Holy War!
(End of this chapter)