769 Ice Phoenix Legion! (2/2)
That caught everyone's attention and had everyone wondering the reasons behind her sudden singling out of Wang Baole. Even Duo Youzi's eyes had widened upon hearing what she had said. Envy churned in his guts and left a bitter taste in his mouth as he watched Wang Baole step forward excitedly and chase after Fairy Ling You.
The damn boot-licker! Duo Youzi cursed in his heart and watched as Wang Baole reached Fairy Ling You's side. With a wave of her sleeve, she led Wang Baole away and flew off. His guts started burning with jealousy, and he wasn't the only cultivator who felt that way. They began making their way out of the hall.
While the crowd dispersed from the assembly venue, Fairy Ling You was flying ahead of Wang Baole in the skies above the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect, an icy expression on her face. She was silent for the entire journey. Wang Baole realized that this was her trying to take him down a notch. He didn't know why she had ordered him to follow her, but he guessed it must have something to do with the reward he had been expecting.
Her hostile attitude was a clue. Others might not have realized it immediately, but Wang Baole wasn't other people. He had held a high ranking position in the Federation and had done the same to many others in the past, so he obviously knew what was going on here.
Could it be that the Planet realm patriarch didn't just reward me with a disciple's status in the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect but has also arranged for me to be placed in the tenth army—an army that is the newest rising star in the sect? Wang Baole thought, pleasantly surprised. If that were truly the case, it would mean that he was off to a great start.
They approached their destination steadily as Wang Baole was lost in his thoughts. At this point, Fairy Ling You seemed to think that she had given him enough of a cold shoulder and finally spoke to him. Nevertheless, her tone of voice remained frosty, her words lined with ice. This might have something to do with her personality.
”From today onwards, you're going to be a member of the Ice Phoenix Legion!” Having said that, Fairy Ling You stepped through and disappeared behind the gates of the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect.
Wang Baole's eyes flashed, and he hurried after her. As he entered, his vision blurred momentarily. When he could see clearly again, he found himself in another location on the twin peaks.
He was in a desert, a vast expanse of ever-changing sand-scape with no end in sight. The twin peaks of the mountain stood towering in the desert, like two sharp swords pointing skyward. It was a majestic sight. In the distance was Fairy Ling You, her black armor glistening under the brilliant sun. An overwhelming power surged from her person. Wang Baole watched as the color of the skies shifted in response to the sudden power, and her armor transformed into a giant that towered ten thousand feet tall!
The giant exuded an overpowering aura, its sudden appearance summoning a sandstorm in the desert. In that instant, it was as if the desert had transformed into a tumultuous sea, waves of sand surging and crashing down, and violent splashes of sand flowing outward. Wang Baole scarcely had any time to react when the black armor reached out with its right hand and made a grab for him.
Alarm flashed across Wang Baole's face, and while his instincts screamed at him to dodge, he shoved them down violently. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and allowed the hand to capture him. Fairy Ling You's frosty voice sounded in his ear.
”So, you didn't fight back then? It seems like you're not that stupid after all. My army's headquarters isn't here, it's on the seventh satellite orbiting the planet!”
As she spoke, the black-armored giant made a sudden charge, its heavy feet leaving craters in the ground as it leaped and raced straight for the skies. Its swift run sent it through the planet's atmosphere in an instant. In the next moment, it appeared in space. Without a pause in its step, it took another step that landed it on one of the satellites surrounding the Sovereign Planet. It was the satellite farthest from the Sovereign Planet, the seventh satellite!
Seven satellites orbited around the Sovereign Planet, with the seventh being furthest away from the planet. Wang Baole estimated the distance separating this satellite from the Sovereign Planet to be six times that of the distance between the Federation and Earth's moon. The satellite was approximately twice the size of Earth's moon, and its appearance was rather unique—one half of the satellite was purple in color and the other half white. Between the two halves was a huge ravine that separated them clearly.
It was obvious that this couldn't be a naturally occurring formation. The chances of it being man-made were higher.
Just as Wang Baole was narrowing his eyes and lost in deep thought, the black-armored giant took another step and raced towards the white-colored region of the satellite. Wang Baole could see the land more clearly as they approached the ground. He saw countless buildings lined neatly on the white-colored region, like foot soldiers in the army. They stood in neat circular rows, and in the center, there was a humongous statue of a green bird!
This was… the tenth army under the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect—the Ice Phoenix Legion!