Chapter 442 (2/2)

“How can we verify that?” Fang Xingjian asked after hearing that.

“If the seventh onslaught is really going to start three years later, then one thing that’s for sure is that with how well-informed the Church of Universal Truth and the Empire’s royalties are, they will definitely not be without any reaction. You’ll be able to find out if you get someone to check if they have made any changes to their usual arrangements..”

Fang Xingjian did not say a word but quietly got Zhou Xingwen to come over.

In the next few days, Fang Xingjian’s sword arts continued to improve at a tremendous rate. He had already learned the over 5,000 of the sword arts manuals from the library and entered an unfathomable state.

His plan was to start merging all the Killing techniques into one technique after picking up all the Killing techniques manuals in the entire library. He was going to completely establish his sword arts foundation, creating just one Killing technique.

Fang Xingjian’s sword arts had indeed improved. However, at level 29 and having reached the perfection in his body’s toughness, he was still a very long way from reaching the other areas of perfection. These were namely the areas of specialty seeds, physical particles, ether organs, and brain regeneration.

This was especially so when he had chosen the specialty seeds to be the area of focus for his second perfection. This area still required him to work on it for a very long time. It was not something which could not be achieved just based on one’s talent alone.

During the next few days after his return, he made the best use of his time to condense specialties while filtering through the methods of condensing the specialty seeds he had obtained from the Horned Frogs Valley.

“Xingjian, we’ve found out the information that you wanted to know. It really is strange,” Zhou Xingwen said. “There seems to be no news of the First Prince at all, and it’s being said that many level 29 experts from the eight great regions have mysteriously disappeared. We suspect that they might have all signed the Hell’s Map.

“The military has also made emergency mobilizations. Over 10,000 Knights were dispatched to the boundaries, and combat exercises have been brought forward. The armed forces are once again starting to develop Empire’s Divine Weapons on a large-scale. Many people are saying that there’s going to be a war.

“We aren’t able to contact the Second Prince either. We don’t know what has happened.”

The entire Empire was like what Zhou Xingwen had said. Most people did not know what was happening, but the Knights from the middle management and above all had the feeling that there were turbulent winds blowing. They sensed an impending storm.

Tyrant let out a sigh inwardly. ‘Is the seventh onslaught really going to start soon? Why? Why would it suddenly be brought forward so early? Three years is far too short. There’s not enough time for us to prepare at all.’

Fang Xingjian did not say comment. He merely looked at Zhou Xingwen and continued asking, “What about the Church?”

“We don’t have much people in the north, but many of the missionaries located in the Empire seem to have all headed back to the north. The Martial Techniques Grading Plan seems to have been put to a halt as well. It’s as if that they have no plans to continue after doing half of it…” Thinking of this, Zhou Xingwen’s countenance suddenly turned grim. He had no idea what was going on at all.

Fang Xingjian shut his eyes and started thinking.

Then he asked Tyrant, “Do you know what the seventh onslaught is going to be like?”

“I don’t know. Before the onslaught happens, no one knows what it’ll be like. It may be a powerful band of troops from an alternate world, or it may be a natural disaster that destroys everything. There are many other possibilities, but they are all phenomena which we are unable to comprehend, unable to resolve, and unable to study. The only thing we can do is to quietly get used to it…” Tyrant sighed and said, “Each onslaught will destroy majority of the civilizations and even our Mage Association and the Church of Universal Truth will suffer great damages. Therefore, even with the documentations which the Mage Association possess, we’ll still be left with just dribs and drabs. It’s because the number of people who can survive this is far too few.”

Fang Xingjian remained silent. Based on his remaining lifespan, he might not even be alive when the seventh onslaught starts. Therefore, he was not really very concerned about it.

In fact, the reason he had gotten people to checked out the related information was because he felt that the term ‘seventh onslaught’ sounded very familiar to him.

“As for Hildebrand, we haven’t found him, but we have found traces of his subordinate, Peter,” Zhou Xingwen said respectfully.

Hearing Zhou Xingwen’s words, Fang Xingjian slowly opened his eyes and said, “Peter? That level 25 Conferred Knight?”

“Yes. Someone saw him at the sects’ gathering on Dark Shadow Mountain.”