Chapter 174 - Chapter 174: Chapter 167: Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory (2/2)

Viscount Bast gazed deeply at the amethyst throne, murmuring to himself.

“This is the palace.”

“All these years of planning, and finally, the wait is over… splendid, hehe.”

He suddenly reached out and grabbed Byrne’s shoulder.

“Byrne, thank you. Before we proceed, there are things we must do.”

“Hmm?”

Byrne immediately sensed that there was something off with Viscount Bast’s eyes, which were filled with a severity that had never been there before.

Then, Viscount Bast slowly turned to face the dozen or so Extraordinary Exponents present.

His eyes were steely, sending chills deep within everyone’s hearts.

People realized that even though they might be high-level Transmutation Exponents in the Metamorphosis Phase, no one had ever possessed the terrifying aura of Viscount Bast!

Besides Viscount Bast’s two brothers, everybody else’s complexion changed.

Although there were a dozen Transmutation Extraordinary Exponents present, they felt as though they were collectively surrounded by Viscount Bast alone, and none dared to make a move.

The old man with silver-white hair let out a cold chuckle, then said loudly:

“Among you, there are those who have betrayed me, cast aside their pitiful scraps of dignity, and despicably defected to the Eagle clan’s ‘Viscount Black Hawk’ Zavier!”

“I cannot forgive betrayal, and I will judge the traitors among you right here!”

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In another part of the Spirit Realm, on a Spirit Realm island.

A group of Extraordinary Exponents was searching for the Gate of Nature; they were using “Path Divination” from the prophecy spell to locate it, much less efficiently than Viscount Bast’s magical pointer.

A female Extraordinary Exponent asked:

“Nature, Order, Authority – after passing through these three gates, can we reach the amethyst palace?”

Another Extraordinary Exponent dressed in a dark blue robe, who was the leader of the group, shook his head slowly and said calmly, “No, it’s not that simple.”

“Even if we get through those three gates, we only have a thirty percent chance of reaching the palace in the end.

“However, according to the prophecy spell, today’s alignment of stars is known as the ‘Lone Wolf Aspect,’ undoubtedly the best day to head to the palace in the last several decades.”

“So, we must make the most of our time today.”

This five-person team of Extraordinary Exponents belonged to a top-level secret organization spread across the Claud World called the “Primordial Tree,” primarily active in the Seven Stars Empire and the Lorne Empire through the “Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory.”

A middle-aged man dressed in a blue robe, with short even hair and six symmetrical patterns on his face, occasionally had blue flames flickering in his eyes.

This man was the deputy leader of the Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory, with the strength of a low-level Monarch. Even within the Seven Stars and Lorne empires, he was considered a formidable power.

The Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory was a wickedly secretive organization, founded only a short decade ago, its members comprised of outlawed Extraordinary Exponents and defectors from the church.

Their leader, known as the “Spiritual Tunic Sage”, had obtained a terrifying piece of forbidden knowledge from the Spirit Realm a decade ago—the “Spirit Suppressing Straitjacket.”

The members of the Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory had also learned this forbidden knowledge taught by the “Spiritual Tunic Sage”, gaining the horrifying power to craft souls into spiritual tunics for their own use—the “Spirit Suppressing Straitjacket.”

By activating different “spiritual tunics,” they could transform into the likeness of the deceased, and even wield the most powerful extraordinary powers the deceased had in life.

Although the level of those extraordinary powers greatly diminished, and the “spiritual tunics” had a limited number of uses, the “Spirit Suppressing Straitjacket” remained a dreadfully horrifying piece of forbidden knowledge!

They had become highly active both in Lorne and the Seven Stars, already the target of a severe crackdown by both empires and several large churches.

Among the five members of the Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory, a bald member suddenly turned to the deputy leader and asked:

“Speaking of which, if today is the best day in decades to head to the palace, and so many people in the Claud World venture into the Spirit Realm, is it possible that others also know of its existence and will arrive there on the same day?”

“There is indeed such a possibility.”

The deputy leader didn’t deny it; he simply nodded calmly and said:

“No matter, if we encounter other competitors, we’ll just kill them all.”