Soul Trigger

Chapter 551 Taking Advantage of the Situation to Launch a Surprise Attack
On a luxury car fluttering the little white flag of White Island.

The director of the White Island embassy was making tea for the bearded man in front of him:
"I'm sorry I couldn't take your health into consideration; the local food in Mirage City is indeed on the spicier side..."

The bearded man sitting opposite him, leaning on a cane and wearing a top hat, was none other than Willard III, who had previously clashed with Ji Li in Silla.

He smiled and held the iced tea to his face:

"It's alright, just consider it a special drink to cool you down. It's the price of sitting for so long..."

The embassy director smiled sheepishly.
"You're too kind. However, we have more than a dozen appointments ahead of us, so this visit to the Yuanling Prince's Mansion will probably be fruitless. Please be prepared for that."

"That's natural."

"However..." the embassy director changed the subject:
"Since you're carrying a 'buzzer,' are you still going to try to uncover the secrets of the dragon vein by using the power of the Eye of Truth?"

King Willard III took a sip of his iced tea and smiled slightly.
"It has nothing to do with that. Since the 'Eye of Truth' is right here, how can there be no reason not to come and take a look?"

Although there has only ever been one coffin, and the so-called princess has probably never even been seen by anyone from the Mediterranean Union itself, isn't that what makes it all the more intriguing?

The god of the mortal realm created by the seventh pillar, though made in such a cruel way and difficult to control, undoubtedly possesses immense power.

Among those gods on earth, Shu should be the most enigmatic and powerful being.

If one day this thing escapes from its coffin, the Menes will likely have to pay the price for their actions.

"You're right. However, the Seventh Pillar's people bringing the coffin princess directly to Shulong is probably also for the purpose of securing the dragon vein..."

Sir Willard shook his head and smiled without saying a word.

Just then, a burst of noise reached his ears, and the unpleasant noise made him frown:

"what happened?"

The driver in front immediately replied:
"Sir, we've arrived at the Yuanling Prince's Mansion, but there's a disturbance in the nearby scenic area. They say a wild animal has been released from its cage in the zoo, and there's also been a car accident ahead, so we might not be able to drive in."

The two men in the back seat exchanged a glance, and Sir Willard said:

"I've long heard that the Yuanling Prince's Mansion is located in one of the most luxurious scenic spots in the Mirage City, surrounded by a cluster of human spirits. Today, I'll finally get to see it for myself."

It's just that this combination of a car accident and an unexpected event at the zoo is rather unfortunate, and it probably also contributes to the fact that diplomatic corps have been flocking to this area lately.
"It's okay, just drive carefully and park safely. We'll walk in from here."

"OK……"

But before the driver could finish speaking, the two people in the back seat jerked forward.

With a loud bang from the vehicle, Sir Willard was splashed in the face with the herbal tea he was holding:
"..."

The embassy director beside him froze for a moment, then quickly pulled out a handkerchief and angrily shouted:
"What are you doing?! How are you driving?!"

A weak voice came from ahead:
"Feel sorry……"

The blond, blue-eyed driver also quickly got out of the car to check the situation.

A black sedan was parked right across from him, its hood slumped down, and he immediately cursed inwardly.

He had been driving for the White Island Embassy in Shulong for six years without ever making a mistake.

Today's task of picking up and dropping off such an important figure as King Willard III is of utmost importance, but for some reason, the brakes suddenly failed.

I intended to speed up and slightly maneuver around the vehicles on the right, but instead I veered directly into the oncoming lane and collided with someone right in the face.

As Willard III watched the driver ahead begin negotiating with the owner of the car that had been hit, his brow furrowed deeply.
He smelled the scent of spiritual energy.

The taste had a strange sense of familiarity, but more importantly... it was very special.

He declined the embassy director's offer of a handkerchief, awkwardly wiping his now sticky beard, and quickly got out of the car with the embassy director.

As his spiritually enhanced gaze swept across the area, he saw that the Yuanling Royal Palace deep within the scenic area was in a state of chaos, with people coming and going, and the spiritual light of various awakened beings flashing by.

The embassy director also put away the techniques he was looking at:
"This is……"

"Go and see."

The two quickly moved into the scenic area and arrived outside the Yuanling Prince's Mansion.

Strange things were happening everywhere:

Someone tripped over their own trouser leg while running.

Members of the diplomatic corps dressed in traditional foreign attire were escorted away.

It looked like he had bitten his tongue while speaking, and blood was flowing continuously from under the hand covering his mouth.

Two guards who had hurriedly left the Yuanling Royal Palace had just passed by Sir Willard when they missed a step on the stairs below.

One instantly transformed into a human-shaped tire and rolled downwards, while the other bounced and crashed repeatedly while overturned, eliciting a series of low gasps from the surroundings.

If it were an ordinary human spirit, rolling down like that would almost certainly result in death or serious injury.

Even a head injury and bleeding are still a good thing; a broken head is a very real possibility.

Two other vehicles from within the park drove directly into the ground, seemingly refusing to be seen by security cameras, as if even Sherlock Holmes couldn't do anything about it.

You can't even imagine how they managed to drive their cars upside down.

The two exchanged bewildered glances, clearly not expecting the Yuanling Prince's residence to be in such a state: "An unusual event...bad luck?"

"On the surface, it does seem like random 'bad luck.' Could someone be after the Coffin Princess?"

"Not necessarily. Who would dare cause such a disturbance at the Yuanling Prince's residence? It's probably due to internal reasons, but..."

Willard narrowed his eyes:
It cannot be ruled out that some people might be incredibly audacious and take advantage of the unknown anomaly to do something.

And what happened next was exactly as Willard had predicted:
A large cloud of white mist suddenly swept across the entire Yuanling Royal Palace garden, engulfing the delegation visitors and Sir Willard.

The moment they made contact, the two sensed that this was a man-made spiritual technique.

The embassy director beside him had a drastic change in expression, finding it hard to believe that someone would actually dare to take advantage of the situation.

But after a moment of hesitation, his expression softened slightly, and he looked at Sir Willard with a glint in his eyes.

"No, we won't do that."

Sir Willard directly refused.

He knew the other person wanted to ask if they should take this opportunity to investigate the Yuanling Prince's Mansion, or even go see the coffin princess:
"Just like you said, this is the Yuanling Royal Palace. With the strength of Shendu, they can even suppress a large tomb. A small abnormal event is nothing to them."

We shouldn't get involved in this mess. Let's wait and see. If necessary, we can even lend them a hand..."

Sir Willard's mind raced with possibilities, and a smile crept onto his lips.

Just then, he sensed that unknown, abnormal spiritual energy once again.

Just as he was about to try to sense, or even trace the source of this spiritual energy, his expression instantly froze.

Then her face became extremely distorted, and she covered her buttocks, wriggling in place like a worm.

"Jazz?!"

The embassy director's expression changed, his eyes flashing with a sharp light as he surveyed his surroundings.

Sir Willard, standing beside him, raised his hand, his face ashen, his lower body erect, knees slightly bent, and his hand covering his buttocks, speaking in a very strange posture:

"Not an enemy... I..."

Sir Willard opened his mouth for a long time, but couldn't say anything.

He was racking his brains:

How could a gentleman like Shiroshima tell his nervous temporary subordinate that his hemorrhoids had suddenly burst?

Damn mirage vegetables, that herbal tea is completely useless...

At that very moment, in the Yuanling Royal Palace shrouded in white mist, at the far end of an empty hall stood the magnificent Menes coffin, and the ground was covered with a large number of spiritual circuits.

The coffin was resealed by the people of Rizhao, and it was naturally empty inside.

This is a special hall specifically for settling Shu, and it has been arranged into a special spiritual environment to prevent any possible accidents.

But at this moment, this place is also shrouded in white mist:

"...We still can't contact Prince Yuanling, and those who went out haven't returned. Even Prince Yuanling's residence has been attacked?!"

Khalid looked nervous, glancing every now and then at the coffin at the end of the hall before quickly looking away.

“The spiritual environment around us suddenly became chaotic. I suspect something went wrong inside the Yuanling Prince's Mansion, and someone took advantage of the situation to break in… Perhaps we should move the princess immediately…”

"No! The princess is no longer in that coffin. Do you think... we can still move her around as easily as before?"

Naf immediately fell silent, and followed Khalid's evasive gaze to glance over there.

Princess Shu.

Before that night, they had never seen Shu's true form; the only thing they had was the coffin.

Moreover, they didn't know what state Shu was in when she came out of the coffin; for them, all of this was unknown.

These past few days have been spent busy in this main hall, all in preparation for Shu's possible awakening at any moment—

This is an "artificial god" with "paradoxical" power.

However, the sudden disruption of the spiritual energy field in the Yuanling Prince's Mansion seems to have awakened the other party, and the dense fog and strange external conditions have made things even worse.

All they could do was stay here and make sure Shu didn't move to another place.

"Wait five more minutes. If we still can't contact Prince Yuanling... we'll take the princess out to find Prince Ling..."

He looked at Neufe:
"Although I don't know why the princess's condition is so stable, it's completely different from the god of the mortal world who once broke out of his coffin and went berserk."

But I'm afraid that His Highness the Heir Apparent is the key, since he was the one who opened the coffin. Only by having the princess by his side can we ensure that everything is stable..."

At this moment, the brown-skinned girl was sitting with her legs turned to the side next to the coffin.

Her spiritual essence created a divine garment for her, black and gold, a long black robe through which her smooth, brown skin could be faintly seen in the shadows.

A slender gold chain dangled from her long black hair, with a crimson gold eye pattern at its center, seemingly representing her identity as the "Eye of Truth."

(End of this chapter)