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Chapter 871: The President's Guards, Surprise Attack on the Prince's Airship
Seeing that Da Chun had been transferred for further processing, Raziel finally felt much better and asked, "When will the trial be held?"

The archangel said, "The judgments in the divine realm are extremely rigorous. Just gathering evidence requires three rounds of approval and three rounds of review. It can't be done so quickly. Go and do your work..."

Raziel chuckled: "Curry-style tedious procedures! Is it because too many curries were hired when developing the new version?"
Michael was also helpless: "Ten years between the old and new versions is enough to breed a large group of curries. They occupy some STEM jobs that local elites are unwilling to do, such as university research and middle management in enterprises. We can't recruit anyone else."

Metatron said with even more helplessness, "So, this is why I've been locked in the dark room all this time?"

Sariel laughed: "Isn't the goal to prevent Dachun from getting anything done? Just keep dragging out the process like this."

Michael sighed, "Let's just keep dragging this on. How's Sira doing?"

Gabriel laughed and said, "Looks like he's finally fallen asleep, and he's even shaking his leg in his sleep."

Sariel said irritably, "I just hope she doesn't develop a sexual addiction."

Metatron said, "This is a necessary sacrifice for research, and she has made a great contribution."

Raphael sighed, "Alright, now that we've finally dealt with Da Chun, the focus is on us. Uriel, have you found a solution?"

Uriel said irritably, "Regarding the consultation with Miss Black Dragon, I simply can't find a single reason for her to help."

Gabriel exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't those five female mercenaries get a promotion after they returned from a thousand years ago? Why don't you just give them orders?"

Uriel said irritably, "It's precisely because their status has improved that the Chamber of Commerce can't contact them for the time being. Let's wait for news..."

Just then, Raphael's subordinate reported: "The entire group has followed Jenny the Fisherman to the fifth seal entrance. Jenny said that the seal entrance was forcibly opened and has now closed again. She has begun to cast a spell to open it again."

Raphael was shocked: "You can even close the seal?"

Sariel watched the live stream: "That's right, the seal's energy has weakened considerably!"

Gabriel laughed: "It's like a thief who clearly damaged the safe door, then repaired it and closed it again."

Raphael said in a deep voice, "Perhaps there was no destruction at all. After all, Eve's magical knowledge was taught by the Empire. If she knows it, the prince knows it even better..."

Michael said, "It seems that Eve's classmate will also take advantage of the time she is opening the seal to gather all the professional teams outside the city again and go down together."

……

While Da Chun was still pretending to be uneasy in the cell, a beam of light suddenly enveloped him, and then Da Chun felt himself being moved out of the cell.

Is this an interrogation?
Then the beam of light disappeared, and Da Chun found himself in another cell. What happened?
Da Chun waited for a while, but nothing happened. Then the deliveryman knocked on the door to bring the food.

Okay, let's eat first.

After finishing eating, I waited for another ten minutes or so, but there was still no movement. What's going on?

My phone beeped with a text message from Zhou Qing: "Brother Chun, the ultrasound in Tieyan Village has become even noisier."

Holy crap? They clearly lost contact but didn't stop? It seems there's only one possibility: the Crystal Bat is learning and practicing on its own? That's good then. I was just afraid that once I went to jail, Iron Flame Village would go silent.

"Okay, that's fine. Let the brothers do what they need to do."

"Okay, Brother Chun..."

Da Chun has finally discovered Zhou Qing's strength: he only reports without asking about the situation. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to find an excuse to brush him off.

Let's take a nap now and make up for the fatigue from staying up all night.

……

1 pm.

Da Chun was startled awake by a notification from his alternate account—System notification: You have received a message about the Book of Beelzebub.

Da Chun's spirits lifted. Was this a message from Libnashi?

Opening the book, a faint but still audible voice came from within: "Master, the world's number one warrior that I've been supporting was suddenly captured by the gods while resting in the desert camp. What should we do now?"

Da Chun was suddenly very touched. She hadn't forgotten me, her owner!

But then I suddenly felt heartbroken. When she was riding on "that number one in the world" and rubbing Beelzebub oil all over her face, did she ever think about me, her owner?

So, you know how I should respond, so you're going to report to the Emperor?

Da Chun then offered his response: "I cannot lose a powerful opponent, otherwise I will lose my reason for existence. I will gain greater prestige, including putting pressure on the divine realm!"

Libnashi replied: "As expected of my master, I need to deal with the situation here now. I will continue to report to my master as there are any new developments."

Contact lost.

Da Chun suddenly felt relieved. The so-called latest situation was that the Emperor had ordered her to convey to me how to put pressure on the divine realm, right?

Well, that's better than having no goals or connections at all. But before that, I'll find those four princes and give them a good beating to put some pressure on the Emperor, to let him know just how powerful I am…

As for finding the four high-tech princes, now that we're not far from Gem City, Da Chun wonders if it's a bit difficult to do it all by himself.

The only person who can help me is the CEO.

Da Chun pulled out the CEO's mission magic crystal screen. Of course, it wasn't for doing missions. After achieving such a huge feat as killing the guardian of Gem City, there was no need for things like beating up the 72 little Karami pillars.

Instead, the CEO arranged a personal guard for me; it's time for them to make their appearance!

Da Chun checked the map on the magic crystal screen and selected to summon his personal guard. Having been an explorer in the Empire's legends, Da Chun knew that these high-tech magic crystal screens must have location functions; his personal guard should know where he was.

However, the Arctic restricted area has various electromagnetic interferences that would likely disrupt signals, something they probably don't know. They'll just assume I went to the Arctic to kill the Guardian, hid somewhere for a while, and then came out again.

Just as I was pondering this, a blurry green dot appeared in the distance on the magic crystal screen map, and sent a message: "What instructions do you have?"

Haha, it works pretty well!

Da Chun replied: "Help me search for the airships of the four princes of the Empire! They are probably near Gem City."

The other party replied: "Yes, sir!"

Ha! Turns out they cooperate even with tasks not on the task list, great!

At this critical moment, Da Chun didn't hold back: "Everyone, mobilize and search!"

"As ordered!"

Soon, a green dot appeared in the distance on the magic crystal screen map, replying: "Previously, a human empire airship passed by, suspected of infiltrating the elemental ionosphere..."

Damn awesome!
If the Blood Crystal Bats hadn't found that Forgaro's office was actually an airship that infiltrated the elemental realm, I would have been completely stunned when I heard that. This prince's airship is truly amazing! And the fact that these personal guards were able to find it is also incredible! Since it's so amazing, and I'm in a hurry…

Da Chun asked, "Can you fight for me?" Green Dot replied, "Yes, sir!"

Da Chun is so touched! What did the CEO give him? He's so awesome and obedient, a total suicide squad member?! I feel like I'd be letting the CEO down if I didn't do the later missions!

As time went on, Da Chun drew ever closer to Gem City, and the dazzling light on the horizon could be seen in the distance.

Da Chun received another message: "Please stay put. We are testing the four elemental flows in the encrypted alternate dimension. Your presence will cause disturbances and allow the other side to detect you."

What is an encrypted alternate dimension? That sounds very technical!
Da Chun was even more relieved: "Received!"

"Earth Lotus, land and find a secluded place to wait."

“Yes, Father, let’s go to the woods down there.”

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, Da Chun was getting restless. After all, he didn't know how the battle was going on the other side of Hell Passage.
Da Chun couldn't help but urge, "Haven't you noticed yet?"

Green Dot's reply was somewhat awkward: "There are too many mages in Gem City, and the long-term requisition of elements has made the elemental interface here quite chaotic. Airships have many places to hide in the elemental realm, and then we happened to encounter a monster siege, making the space even more chaotic..."

Holy crap!! You guys sounded so arrogant before, but you all faltered when it really matters!

Green Dot then asked, "Could you explain the specifics of the situation?"

No, could you elaborate?

Alright, Da Chun could only offer a hint: "The four princes should be controlling four puppets, entering the Hell Passage from the fifth underground level of Gem City. More than an hour has passed now, so they should be quite deep inside—but, can an airship control puppets that far away?"

Green Dot suddenly realized: "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Holy crap, this assassin is pretty cheeky?

Da Chun was taken aback: "Finding the airship has something to do with this?"

Green Dot said, "This is called relay node transmission! It's impossible for all four puppets to go deep into Hell, otherwise the airship's energy connection wouldn't work. Under normal circumstances, one of the four puppets would act as an energy relay point at the entrance to Hell, while the other three would go deep into Hell separately to maintain the transmission distance."

Da Chun finally understood: "So, in the end, only one puppet can go deep into hell?"

Green Dot said, "Although it's just one, its combat power is stronger than four together. Also, the first puppet is unlikely to be at the entrance to hell; it would be too obvious and would be discovered. Considering the prince's status, there should be a prince-specific relay tower in the city!"

Da Chun understood: "So, as long as we destroy that tower, it's equivalent to interrupting the puppets' transmission, allowing us to rush into Hell and defeat them one by one?"

Green Dot said, "The relay tower itself is also a very strong turret in terms of both offense and defense. What you're doing is like a direct assault on Gem City."

I'm going to rush into hell to save the four city flowers!
Da Chun said, "I'm going to launch a full-scale attack on Gem City!"

Green Dot asked, "What is your purpose?"

No, you...

"First defeat the guardian deity, then defeat the fourth prince, and then... plunder the four city beauties!"

Green Dot was also very excited: "No wonder she is a rising star admired by the Countess!"

Hmph, absolutely! I'm really going all in, not just making empty promises.

Soon after receiving the notification, another green dot reported: "Four magic towers have been discovered connected to encrypted energy channels outside the city..."

"Target location detected!"

what!
Green Dot replied: "Both the airship and the relay station have been detected. We can choose to attack one of them. How should we proceed?"

Now that we've discovered the airship, of course we should shoot it down! Only in this way can we shock the divine realm!

"Shoot down the airship first!"

Green dot: "Please approach according to the current planned route, and be sure to maintain absolute secrecy along the way."

After that, a route map appeared on the magic crystal screen.

They're professionals!
"Di Lian, let's go."

"Okay father."

So Dachun started flying closer along the route, and then suddenly found that this route was particularly smooth and quiet, and he could hardly hear the sounds of various animals in the wild, the wind and the flowing water.

—Void Druid Class Tip: Your "Void Channel Perception" skill has detected a temporary teleportation channel.

Holy crap! This is a skill I learned on my alt account while racing desperately in the Eye of the Void, how come it's here?

Da Chun asked in surprise, "Is there anything special about this route?"

Green Dot replied, "This is the path left by our team members when they traversed the other dimension. It deliberately absorbed the surrounding elements and spatial energy, creating a void space without a spatial medium for the time being. This achieves the effect of isolating space, preventing the other side from detecting us with various detection instruments, and also reducing a lot of resistance when we move around..."

Holy crap! Who are these guards? Are they the true elite of Hell?
What would the elite of the divine realm look like? Am I being too arrogant by saying I want to put pressure on the divine realm?
When Da Chun arrived at his destination, several green dots had already gathered, but Da Chun couldn't see them at all.

"where are you?"

"In the ionosphere of the elemental realm... we've located an airship; it looks heavily guarded. We'll teleport you into the elemental realm immediately, and you're to unleash your full firepower right away!"

Da Chun was a little nervous and suddenly worried about the safety of these elite troops: "If it's too dangerous, you don't have to go."

Green Dot immediately replied: "Yes, sir!"

Holy crap! I was just being polite, but you guys agreed way too readily, you couldn't be happier, could you?

"ready or Not?"

Having witnessed the ferocity of the prince's airship's firepower, Da Chun no longer held back: "Di Lian, when we see the airship, activate the spatial laws to teleport us to the landing site!"

"Okay, Father."

Da Chun took a deep breath: "Ready!"

The next moment, Da Chun felt the screen suddenly vibrate, and the world before his eyes instantly switched to... electric current? Electric grid? Plasma?
Holy crap, the whole screen is crackling with electricity! This is the elemental realm! And sure enough, in the distance, I saw the shadow of an airship.

—System notification: Earth Lotus is hosting your body. Activating Earth Flame Divine Domain, Activating Dragon Transformation Technique, Activating Divine Craftsman-level Void Hurricane Technique, Activating Void Lightning, Activating the Power of Spatial Laws consumes 20 privilege points…

In that instant, well, it was so fast that Da Chun couldn't see it!
With a loud crash, the screen showed a shaking deck and sophisticated, unidentified high-tech equipment. Then, the transformed Earthfire Dragon slammed its claws onto the equipment. The impact was so forceful, like paddling through water, that the entire screen split open, and a row of damage values ​​popped up—"Asura Space Slash Critical Damage -65351! Chaos Damage -1600..."

What the hell!

6 damage! Even if the Tenth Elder, Sheila, blows up a divine artifact, it only deals 10 damage!
The key question is, isn't this actually a basic attack? I also don't know how the Asura Space Slash's damage is calculated; maybe it's boosted by dragon transformation or divine-level spatial magic...

(End of this chapter)