Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming-Chapter 322 319: Acquisition of the Divine Artifact, Holy Light Domain

The middle-aged man, upon entering, immediately focused his attention on an altar on the left side.

On that altar lay a necklace that seemed to be made of thin willow branches, from which sprouted some fresh, new buds. Dangling from the bottom of the necklace was an emerald gemstone the size of a pigeon's egg.

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The vivid gemstone shone with a layer of lustrous green light, exuding an endless vitality.

That was the Druid Church's divine artifact, the Jade Heart.

It belonged to the most important possessions of the Holy Daughters of Druidism throughout the generations.

With this divine artifact, the Holy Daughter could accommodate the maximum extent of the Forest Goddess's divine power and bear the will embodied by the Forest Goddess.

At that moment, both Qin Feng and the middle-aged man had stars in their eyes, wishing they could snatch the divine artifact right away.

The difference was that the middle-aged man only had eyes for the Jade Heart, while Qin Feng was eying all the divine artifacts.

Unfortunately, the magic array in the Underground Palace stopped them from immediately obtaining the divine artifacts.

The entire Underground Palace was enveloped by an enormous magic array, filled densely with magic symbols, and those twelve altars were each enveloped within a transparent barrier.

Those magic shields had exceptionally strong defensive power, each almost capable of withstanding the force of individual forbidden curses.

And the magic power supplying these magic shields came from the top of the Underground Palace, the core of the entire magic array, where a large Light Element Demon Core was embedded.

"Stop looking," said the middle-aged man as he quickly reached the altar holding the Jade Heart. He pulled out a crescent-shaped dagger from his Space Ring, then took out a magic scroll akin to the one he used earlier to breach the magic metal gate, preparing to break the shield while saying, "With that Demon Core supplying power, the magic shields here constantly maintain an immense energy. We can only use these Dark System magic scrolls to weaken the magic barrier and extract the Jade Heart inside."

As he spoke, he once again unrolled the magic scroll, covering the semi-circular shield above the altar with powerful corrosion Dark Magic that had been sealed within.

Immediately, hissing sounds were ceaseless to the ear as the forces of Light and Dark contested each other, dissolving upon contact.

Only this time, the rate of dissolution was extremely slow, and the Super Demon Core at the top of the Underground Palace also began to flicker with even greater light, channeling more Light Magic Power down the lines of the magic array.

The middle-aged man watched the magic force on the shield with nervous eyes, clutching the crescent-shaped dagger, ready to act at a moment's notice.

Qin Feng curiously asked, "Why not prepare more magic scrolls to take away all the divine artifacts here, which would certainly be a heavy loss for the Light Church?"

In truth, his real thought was, if the middle-aged man could get his hands on all the divine artifacts, he would rob this middle-aged man.

Faced with so many divine artifacts, there was no way he wouldn't be tempted.

Even though robbing the middle-aged man would make it more difficult to utilize his current identity later, compared with so many divine artifacts, that hardly seemed to matter.

"It's impossible," the middle-aged man shook his head. "This Magic Array is very powerful, and moreover, every time a barrier is breached, the magic of that barrier will bolster the other altars, increasing the difficulty of breaking the magic shields of other altars. Unless we could have twelve people come in, and also collect a sufficient number of level eleven Dark Magic Great Corrosion Skill scrolls.

Even then, it would still not be enough. I would also need this Demon-Breaking Divine Artifact in my hand, so that at the critical moment, I could break the magic shields and retrieve the items inside.

The Dark Mages have been suppressed for countless years, and it's rare to find Dark Mages powerful enough to make scrolls of this level. Over the years, the High Priest has only managed to obtain two Great Corrosion Skill magic scrolls.

As for this Demon-Breaking Divine Artifact, Moon God's Kiss, it took decades of strategizing, with several failures before we successfully killed the one they called the Shadow Thief Saint, obtaining this artifact. It's nearly impossible to find another such Demon-Breaking Divine Artifact, so there's simply no way we could breach the other magic shields."

"I see!"

Qin Feng shook his head regretfully and then asked, "You've been infiltrating this place for so many years, why didn't you take action earlier and waited for me to arrive before you did?"

"No opportunity," the middle-aged man shook his head. "The Guardian Knights outside won't let anyone in, and the few priests here in the Underground Palace won't allow anyone to wear any magic jewelry, to prevent someone from using a Space Ring to steal treasures. So, it's impossible for me to bring these equipment and Magic Scrolls in.

Moreover, even if I did bring them in, it would be useless. Don't be fooled by the fact that the guards outside don't seem too strong. In reality, the slightest sign of anything unusual would set off alarms throughout the Holy Mountain.

There are far too many formidable figures on the Holy Mountain, including the Pope who can borrow Divine Power. If we act rashly and fail, not only would we achieve nothing, but we would also alert the Church Court, and they would not give us another chance to infiltrate.

Therefore, we could only act when we were absolutely sure of success.

We originally planned to rely on several outstanding youngsters among you; we would use our connections to place you in critical locations. Then, by coordinating from within and without, we would create a suitable opportunity to act within a brief window."

At this point, he turned his head to glance at Qin Feng, "But we never expected you to gain the Four-Winged Angel's approval and be chosen as the Holy Son of Light, which greatly surprised us. We then altered the plan to work with your identity as the Holy Son. This increased the success rate substantially, and also gave us more time to complete our mission.

Otherwise, the original plan was too time-pressing, and any slight mishap could have led to total annihilation for us.

Honestly, if we had not contacted the High Priest several times to confirm your identity, we would not dare to believe that you were one of ours. How did you gain the recognition of the Four-Winged Angel?"

"I'm not sure myself," Qin Feng shook his head. "Maybe it's because I merged with the Demon Core of the Silver Winged Pegasus, or perhaps the Four-Winged Angel itself wanted to get out and about. After all, although the Divine Realm of Light might be desirable to priests, for angels who live there all year round, it might be too restrictive. Maybe it wanted to come to the Lower Realm for a change."

"Perhaps," the middle-aged man was also somewhat puzzled. "Could it be that the energy in the Silver Winged Pegasus' Demon Core is more likely to draw the attention of angels?

In the future, we could let the High Priest send a few young Druids who have merged with Silver Winged Pegasus to participate in the Church's selection ceremony for the Holy Son a few more times."

"Exactly, we should try with more people and arrange as many as possible to enter the Holy Mountain and infiltrate every department to gather more intelligence." Qin Feng immediately agreed.

The fiercer the conflict between Druidism and the Light Church, the better for him. If he could provoke a war between the two Divine Systems, that would be even more exciting.

As they were speaking, the Dark Magic of the Great Corrosion Skill had already severely weakened the Light Shield.

The middle-aged man was quick to act, swinging the Demon-Breaking Divine Artifact, Moon God's Kiss, and with a pop, he inserted the crescent-shaped artifact into the Light Shield.

Even so, the Light Shield did not collapse. The middle-aged man mustered all his strength, grabbed the Moon God's Kiss, and slashed hard, cracking the shield with a few light noises, revealing the Divine Artifact, Jade Heart, inside.

The moment the shield disappeared, the Jade Heart, which had been sealed and suppressed by the Light Power for hundreds of years, suddenly burst with a radiant green glow, filling the entire Underground Palace with a tremendous vitality.

Although it was only for a moment, and the Jade Heart quickly retracted its glow, appearing like an ordinary twig-made object, Qin Feng still sensed the rich Wood Attribute essence emanating from it.

Qin Feng was certain that the Jade Gemstone was definitely a Wood Attribute Divine Item!

His heart throbbed violently twice, his fingers twitched, but in the end, he refrained from making a move to snatch it.

Forget it. Although the Divine Artifact was beneficial and could indeed bring him many advantages, he felt it was better to let the Jade Heart return to Druidism. It would be more beneficial to his own Sect to incite a fierce conflict between them and the Light Church.

There was no need to spoil the grand plan for a small benefit.

The middle-aged man grabbed the Jade Heart, turned around, and pulled Qin Feng out of the third level of the Underground Palace back to the second level. He took off his clothes, then swiftly stripped the red-robed old Bishop of his robes and donned them himself.

While changing his clothes, he said, "Although the magic array on the third level of the underground palace is an independent system and isn't connected to the two levels above, when the Church Court set up the magic array here, they also left some sensor magic.

Now that a protective shield is broken, it will soon be discovered by those in the Pope Palace. They will quickly summon the pope to return, so we must leave the Holy Mountain before the pope gets back, or we are surely doomed.

I'll disguise myself as this old bishop and leave with you. Once we are out, you can say that I am staying behind to tally up items with Pastor Aiji, temporarily deceiving them and buying us some time to escape."

While talking, a burst of special magic power flashed across his body, and in an instant, his appearance changed completely, taking on the appearance of a red-robed old priest.

Qin Feng's eyes showed a hint of surprise; he hadn't expected this man to possess such an ability.

However, this man's transformation technique was somewhat superficial; upon closer examination, it was quite easy to find traces of magic power.

"You go ahead."

After seeing that he had finished changing, Qin Feng said, "I'll stay behind to buy you some time!"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then anxiety spread across his face, "Don't be foolish. Do you have a death wish? Now is not the time for recklessness."

"No, I'm not being reckless, listen to me."

Qin Feng said earnestly, "If we both leave together, it's hard to ensure that those priests won't come down to investigate, and with you accompanying me, it will be difficult to leave separately. After all, I am followed by more than a dozen people, including Holy Knights and Sword Saints. You're not familiar with them, so what if you slip up while talking?

Now, if you leave alone, just say that I sent you to find the pope, to ask the pope to come to the underground palace to unlock the third-level treasure vault for me to witness the Divine Artifacts collected by the Church.

Hurry, leave now, use this excuse to leave quickly."

"This could be very dangerous for you."

"Compared to the safety of the entire Druid Church, what is my personal safety?"

Qin Feng's face revealed a hint of fanaticism as he declared righteously, "For the great Forest Goddess, for Druidism, I am willing to offer everything, including my life.

The Druid Church hasn't had a Holy Daughter in hundreds of years, without the Forest Goddess's greatest protection, our strength will only weaken. So, this operation must not fail in any way. I can die, you can die, but the Jade Heart must be delivered.

Hurry, don't delay any further.

Remember, I can only delay them for a quarter of an hour at most. Within that time, you must pass the Jade Heart to someone else's hands and ensure as much as possible that this Divine Artifact returns to our Druid Church."

The middle-aged man's eyes were slightly moist, "Your loyalty to the Forest Goddess is something all of us Druids should learn from.

Rest assured, our people are waiting outside to meet us. As soon as I leave the underground palace, I will pass the Space Ring to someone else to take away. Even if they discover me, it won't be possible to take back the Jade Heart."

"That's good."

Qin Feng nodded and said no more.

"Take care, I'm leaving now."

Having said that, the middle-aged man took a deep look at Qin Feng, as if trying to imprint the still somewhat youthful face of the young man deep in his mind.

Then, he turned sharply and walked out.

Qin Feng quietly waited for a moment, making sure the man was far away, and then waved his hand, flicking out two chickpea-sized Holy Flames onto the two corpses on the ground from his fingertips.

Then, with a roar, the Holy Flame turned into a blaze over a meter high, incinerating the two corpses to ashes.

His Holy Flame was of a high level, such that not even a trace of ashes remained from the two corpses after they had been burned by the Holy Flame.

That was the terrifying aspect of the Holy Flame, a fire of such pure Light that did not contain, nor could it tolerate, any impurities. Anything purified by the Holy Flame would be completely eradicated unless it was on a level far superior to the Holy Flame itself.

This was the origin of the doctrine of the Light Church and even the Light God themselves, to purify all the filth and darkness from the world.

Having completed all this, Qin Feng immediately floated into the third layer of the Underground Palace, coming directly before the altar where the glowing white ring was placed.

The Holy Light Domain was the name of this Divine Artifact.

Although this Divine Artifact was not as renowned as the Eternal Holy Grail and didn't appear often in history, all major Church powers had recorded it with great apprehension.

Moreover, every appearance of the artifact had resulted in significant victories.

There were legends of several beings, even Demigods, who had fallen because of this Divine Artifact Ring.

That's right, they died inside this very ring.

Because this ring was a Space Divine Artifact, its internal space formed its own Domain. Aside from the Light Element, it contained no other magical elements.

Furthermore, the power of the Domain would suppress any outsiders, except for the master of the Divine Artifact.

Thus, even if a Demigod was enveloped by the Holy Light Domain, unless they could break free from the Domain immediately, their only fate would be death.

When Qin Feng first saw this Divine Artifact in the Druid Tribe's archives, he was incredibly tempted by the ring.

However, what attracted him was not the artifact's power, but the space within it.

He planned to merge this Holy Light Domain Ring into the Demon Refining Pot to become the third layer of space within the pot, allowing him to subdue even more Demon Beasts.

Of course, only those of the Light Element.

He found the power of the Light Element quite fascinating and unique. In the future, amassing more Light Element Demon Beasts to counter the Demon Clan or other Dark System adversaries would undoubtedly be highly effective.

Qin Feng placed his hand on the Magic Shield, carefully sensed the defense capability of the Magic Barrier, and then took out a Jade Talisman from his Storage Bag.

This was a powerful offensive Jade Talisman given to him by his master.

He did not delay and immediately activated the talisman.

In an instant, a sharp Sword Light burst forth, slashing down with overwhelming force.

"Boom..."

A loud noise caused the entire Underground Palace to tremble several times before it settled down to stillness.

Looking at the Defensive Shield in front, it had been shattered by the Sword Energy.

With just one strike, the solid Protective Shield in front was smashed to pieces, and the Magic Array on the ground was also broken into a large area, exposing the ground underneath.

Qin Feng swept his sleeve, a burst of energy swept out, enveloping the Holy Light Domain Ring into his sleeve.

Then, with a flicker of his form, he arrived at the ground split open by the Sword Energy and used Earth Escape Divine Power to bury himself underground, disappearing from sight.