The story of the black silk female knight

A black-armored guard with a cloak behind him spoke first, making a throwing motion with his long halberd as he spoke, his tone full of threat:

"Come down and surrender immediately! You'll be spared physical punishment!"

"...What? It's only been a little over 300 years, and the palace guards of your Central Continent Empire don't even recognize Her Majesty the Goddess's holy priests?"

Zero merely snorted coldly at the black-armored guard's reprimand, then raised his head and said:

"I am the Holy Maiden of the Church of the Sun, Zero Asbufit. I have something to ask your Dragon Emperor. Tell him to come out and see me immediately!"

"Be bold!"

The black-armored guards were enraged:

"Where did this scoundrel come from, spouting nonsense and daring to address His Majesty by his name—prepare to die!"

As he spoke, he threw the halberd in his hand, which transformed into a streak of silver lightning that shot towards the camera.

However, what appeared above the Zhongzhou Empire's palace at this moment was merely a mirage-like projection. Zero and Valensa's true forms were both on the Divine Favor Continent. Even if the halberd was a treasure, it would be completely useless and could not possibly harm Zero and Valensa.

But the artifact can strike across continents.

"You're the one who dares to do that!"

Zero's pretty face was also frosty, her eyes blazing with anger:

"How dare you disregard Her Majesty the Goddess! Do you even deserve to call yourselves a civilization that rules the continent? What difference is there between you and those ignorant and backward uncivilized savages... You must immediately accept divine punishment!"

boom!

As Zero finished speaking, a blazing divine power descended from the sky, directly striking the black-armored guard who had thrown the halberd.

The black-armored guard, who was probably the captain, was at least a Star Glory level expert, yet he still couldn't withstand the cross-continental attack of the divine weapon... He quickly knelt in pain amidst the power of the Yang Flame Divine Power, his black armor was burned through, and within seconds he was almost 6% cooked.

"Captain Wang!!"

The other black-armored guards were enraged and assumed the posture of throwing their halberds, preparing to attack the projection in the air.

Zero was naturally not afraid of this level of conflict; on the contrary, he became even more furious.

"What? Do you also wish to offend Her Majesty the Goddess's majesty?"

"stop!"

At the critical moment, a loud roar rang out from the largest palace in the royal palace, followed by an old man dressed as a civil official running out.

The moment Valensa saw the old man's appearance, she almost burst out laughing, and it took a lot of effort to keep her expression from crumbling.

Because the old man looked so funny.

Judging by his face and clothing alone, the old man was nothing special; he was just an ordinary elderly man from the East, except that he held a high-ranking civil official position, possibly at the level of prime minister.

However, the old man's hair was the standard green color, and he had a large turtle shell on his back... Each element alone wouldn't be much, but together they almost perfectly embodied the physical image of the green-haired turtle.

...Your wife must really enjoy running in slippers in the middle of the night, right?

Valensa couldn't help but mutter this in her mind.

Although the green-haired turtle looked comical, his status was clearly not low. With just one sentence, he made all the black-armored guards stop. Even though the captain had been burned to death by the Yangyan Divine Power, no one dared to fight for him anymore.

"Meet Her Royal Highness the Saint."

The green-haired tortoise clearly knew about the Church of the Sun, but showed no respect whatsoever. Even his bow to Zero was perfunctory, and after bowing, he immediately began to criticize:

"Your Highness, isn't this going too far? Your Church of the Sun has been gone for over 300 years. It's normal that young people today don't recognize you, isn't it? You've taken the lives of Imperial soldiers like this... I strongly protest! The Church of the Sun must compensate us!"

"You fart!"

But Zero seemed genuinely angry, and couldn't even be bothered to maintain a facade of politeness:

"Her Majesty the Goddess's fame spreads throughout all sun-drenched lands. Even the ignorant beasts and mermaids of the deep sea know of Her Majesty the Goddess. How could a royal guard of a continental hegemon not know? If he truly doesn't know, it must be because you deliberately concealed the blessings Her Majesty the Goddess has brought to this world during your education... This in itself is blasphemy! I haven't even pursued your disrespect yet, and you dare to ask me for compensation? Believe me, this Holy Maiden will stew you into turtle soup right now?"

And I'll say it again, I have something to ask the Dragon Emperor! This Holy Maiden is here to question your Emperor, when did it become the business of a nameless green-haired turtle to interrupt? Hmm?

"I am the Imperial Chancellor!"

The green-haired turtle's fur stood on end in anger, and it glared and puffed out its beard.

"Your Majesty is the supreme ruler of the mortal realm. Even if you are the Sun Saintess, how can you just see him whenever you want? Whatever you want to see His Majesty, I, as the Prime Minister, am more than qualified to speak with you!"

"Nonsense!"

Zero's aura intensified, his eyes fixed intently on the green-haired turtle:

“I am the Holy Maiden, the highest-ranking person in the Sun Church of Eve Star, and the representative of Her Majesty the Sun Goddess in this place... while you, even if you are the Imperial Chancellor, are nothing more than a high-ranking servant of the Emperor.”

You say you're qualified to be on equal footing with me, does that mean... your emperor wants to be compared to Her Majesty the Goddess?

"...What's wrong with that?"

Valensa thought the green-haired tortoise would back down, but to her surprise, he raised his head and retorted loudly and fervently:

"Your Majesty is the supreme ruler, the Human Emperor! The Human Emperor should not be subordinate to the Goddess... uh!"

"You deserve to die!"

Zero was completely enraged. A flash of pink light appeared at the tip of his tail, and another blazing divine power of Yangyan descended from the sky and slammed into the green-haired turtle.

However, as the prime minister of the Central Continent Empire, the Green-haired Turtle was no ordinary civil official. He immediately raised a spiritual energy shield, which actually blocked the Yang Flame Divine Power.

This further fueled the green-haired turtle's arrogance, causing him to laugh loudly.

"Divine punishment is nothing more than this! All land under heaven belongs to the emperor, and even the power of a god must submit to His Majesty on His Majesty's land!"

"...I think you really want to die!"

Zero seemed somewhat surprised that he couldn't defeat the green-haired turtle in one blow.

But she immediately gritted her teeth, and the pink light at the tip of her tail shone brightly:

"You were the one who spoke so disrespectfully first! Even if your palace and capital are reduced to ruins, don't blame me for being too harsh!"

boom!

The Yang Flame Divine Power that landed on the green-haired turtle immediately increased more than 10 times, burning a large hole in the steps in front of the palace and completely crushing the green-haired turtle.

The green-haired turtle's spiritual energy shield shattered completely in less than 5 seconds. Its green hair burned away in an instant, its prime minister's official robes turned to ashes, and cracks appeared on its shell. The turtle itself emitted the aroma of roasted turtle.

The scorching Yang Flame Divine Power did not stop, continuing to roast the green-haired turtle while also destroying the foundation of the imperial palace... If this continued, not only would the green-haired turtle surely die, but the largest palace in the Central Continent Empire would also collapse and burn to ashes.

brush!

The people inside the palace finally couldn't hold back any longer and made their move. A fierce sword light shot out from the palace, cleaving the pillar of Yang Flame Divine Power directly from above the green-haired turtle, and continued upwards... splitting all the Yang Flame Divine Power in the middle until it struck the projection in mid-air.

Stab it!

Unlike the futile halberd thrown by the black-armored guard captain earlier, this sword light actually crossed the distance between two continents and struck the temple directly through the artifact lens!

Although the sword light was much weaker after reaching the temple, it only managed to cut through the white silk on Zero's leg and the black silk on Valensa's leg, but it was still enough to prove that the person who wielded the sword light was an extremely strong person.

Moreover, Valensa was no stranger to this kind of sword light.

Sure enough, three more people soon emerged from the most magnificent palace, including the woman in white with a sword... She was almost a stunning beauty from head to toe, but unfortunately, her mouth and eyes were in the wrong place. No matter how beautiful the rest of her face was, it only made her look terrifying.

The strongest person in the Eastern Continent, Consort Xiao Yu, mentioned by Himiko, is suspected to be at the Sun-level.

Yet this strongest man in the Eastern Continent, who could directly confront divine artifacts, willingly lags behind by half a step to serve as a foil.

Walking beside her was a man in armor who looked seven or eight parts like her, except that the man's mouth and eyes were not reversed, and he had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, making him quite heroic and handsome.

But the man was clearly not a completely normal human being... His mouth was obviously larger than a human's, with the corners of his mouth almost reaching his cheeks, and he had two very sharp and long fangs that hung down past his chin like a saber-toothed tiger.

The fact that he could walk side by side with Xiao Yu meant that he must be a big figure in the Central State Empire, and judging from the armor he was wearing, he was likely an imperial general.

The one who can make even the top expert and the great general fall behind by half a step and serve as a foil is naturally the current overlord of the Eastern Continent, the ruler of the Central Continent Empire—the Dragon Emperor.

He wore a long, dark robe with a huge golden dragon head pattern on his chest, and seven long swords of different shapes were tattooed on his limbs and the cloak on his back.

He was about 1.85 meters tall, with a strong and muscular physique, black hair and black eyes, and a square face that exuded an air of authority.

There seems to be nothing strange about him, but if you look closely, you will find that the Dragon Emperor's eyes are different from those of normal humans... His eyes are vertical pupils just like those of the dragon race!

Perhaps that's why he calls himself the Dragon Emperor?

Valensa was lost in thought when she quickly channeled energy into the [Heart of Stockings] earring to repair the hole in the black stockings on her leg.

Chapter 29 A Clash Across Continents

"Meet Her Royal Highness the Saint."

Compared to the ignorance and arrogance of his two subordinates, the Dragon Emperor himself seemed quite polite.

Contrary to Valensa's expectations, he did not act arrogantly and challenge Zero with overbearing words. Instead, he was polite and even made a fairly standard simple prayer gesture.

Not only that, after seeing the automatically repairing holes in Zero and Valensa's white and black stockings, the Dragon Emperor made a slightly angry expression and looked behind him:

"You've been rude, Yu'er! What are you going to do if you disturb the representatives of the two goddesses? Hurry up and apologize to the two holy ladies!"

"...Sorry, you two, I accidentally dropped my finger."

Consort Yu obediently bowed slightly to express her apology, but her large eyes showed no remorse whatsoever, only arrogance and haughtiness.

It's like saying:

So your Sun Church has artifacts that can strike across continents, huh? My sword can too!

The Dragon Emperor then looked at Zero with amusement once more, and said with a forced smile:

"So, why did you two suddenly resort to such methods in front of my palace hall to kill my guards and humiliate my important ministers without any prior communication?"

"They were disrespectful to Her Majesty the Goddess first, and they deserve divine punishment!"

Zero first stared at the Dragon Emperor through the divine mirror without showing any weakness for a while, then stretched out his right hand and used magic to condense a projection in his palm, making the shape of the fake phantom thief's head:

"Dragon Emperor, do you recognize this person?"

"do not know."

The Dragon Emperor answered without the slightest hesitation, and then narrowed his eyes:

"What does Your Highness mean by this? Are you trying to pin the blame on the Empire just because this person is a Tianxuan person? Don't forget, there are Tianxuan people in your church as well."

"Because he called out your name before he died."

Zero didn't beat around the bush; he simply and directly explained the story of the imposter phantom thief in a few sentences, and then continued to question the Dragon Emperor:

"That's it... He called out your name before he died, it couldn't have been a whim, could it? Whatever your relationship was, it must be related to you!"

"So that's how it is... No wonder the Holy Maiden would suddenly use a divine artifact like that; she was tricked by a petty thief."

The Dragon Emperor's lips curled slightly upward, making no attempt to conceal the sarcasm in his voice, but his vertical, dark eyes remained completely calm and expressionless, devoid of any amusement.

"With just a sentence and a projection of a dead man's head, I can't provide any clues... But you two ladies of the clergy can think about it some more carefully. What other characteristics does this person have? Or what moves did he use when he fought you?"

Techniques?

Valensa had a sudden inspiration and immediately thought of the trick the imposter thief used to escape the area.

So he blurted out:

"Boundary Escape: Free and Unfettered Journey! He used this move before!"

"Free and easy travel?"

The Dragon Emperor narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them, and looked intently at Valensa:

"Miss Paladin, are you sure he used the 'Free and Easy Wandering' technique? What exactly are its effects?"

“I clearly heard him murmur something like that… um.”

Valensa met the Dragon Emperor's gaze with composure, but suddenly her eyelids twitched, and half of her body went numb as if positive and negative charges had collided.

Looking at the Dragon Emperor, she noticed a hint of surprise in his eyes. The calm in his dark eyes was suddenly shattered, like waves rising on a peaceful sea, as he stared at Valensa with fervor and longing.

But this was only for a moment. The Dragon Emperor immediately adjusted his emotions, returned to normal, and waited for Valensa to continue her story with a lifeless expression.

Valensa swallowed quietly. She didn't know what had just happened. The Dragon Emperor had given her a very strange feeling... but now was clearly not the time to think about it.

She could only continue answering questions:

"He was trapped inside my domain at the time, but he escaped after I used that move."

"Used to escape from the domain... Hmm, then it should indeed be called 'Free and Easy Wandering'."

The Dragon Emperor nodded slightly, seemingly very sincerely:

"The moves called 'Free and Easy Wandering' are the unique skills of a small sect called Flying Swallow Sect in the Thirteen Provinces of Tianxuan... That sect's direct combat strength is extremely weak, but its members are very good at disguise, infiltration, and escaping from various environments. They are all natural-born thieves and bandits."

"In that case, hand over the leadership of the Flying Swallow Sect to us!"