160: Victor's serial deployment!

Just arrived at the palace!

Qin Yun saw 14 Rank 9 Dwarf species powerhouses standing in the air ahead!

They had all undergone transformation into Dark Beasts.

Some were demon foxes with six tails, some were evil beasts covered in curses, and others were savage beasts with separated heads and bodies—truly bizarre!

After becoming Dark Believers, their strength had increased to varying degrees, with the weakest being comparable to an Epic-Rank Genius.

Among them, three had undergone potential changes, much like Cang Jingman, becoming Advanced Dark Believers, and their life-bound Beast pets had also turned into Legendary-Rank Dark Beast pets.

Tojo Meiji, who had transformed into a Dark Great Tengu!

Doihara Kenji, who had transformed into the Shuten-dōji Ghost King!

Itagaki Seishiro, who had transformed into a Dark Demon Spirit!

Combined with the set of Legendary equipment bestowed upon them by Liu Xiaoran, their strength already surpassed most Rank 9 Legendary big shots in the Blue Star World!

"Qin Yun, do you really think you can attack our Sakura Country all by yourself? How truly arrogant. The strength of our Sakura Country has already surpassed the entire world; we are invincible!"

Doihara Kenji shouted arrogantly, but he did not make a move. Their goal was to block Qin Yun, as they all knew that Qin Yun could not be killed or captured.

They still had some self-awareness.

"Cloud Brother, are we going to fight them here? I estimate it will be very difficult to kill them, and it will waste quite a bit of time."

Bili Si spoke: "The Dark Envoy is likely fusing with the statue inside the Dark Shrine. The Fusion time is about 3 days. Cloud Brother, I suggest we find the Dark Shrine first and stop the Dark Envoy from fusing. That way, we can greatly weaken the opponent's strength; otherwise, they will be hard to deal with!"

Qin Yun, who had originally intended to start a battle directly, decided after hearing Bili Si's words to prioritize finding the Dark Envoy!

【Infinite Devour】!

After recalling Bili Si and Little Deer to his Beast space, Qin Yun immediately released his life-bound Beast Skill, devouring half the health of the 14 Dark Beasts in front of him in one bite.

"Qin Yun has made a move, heal up quickly!"

Tojo Meiji and the other Dark Dwarf species thought Qin Yun wanted to fight them to the death here and hurriedly made all preparations, not giving Qin Yun any chance to use healing prohibition.

But the next second, Qin Yun canceled his transformation and committed suicide to resurrect and leave.

"Baka! Qin Yun isn't going to fight us; he ran away!"

Itagaki Seishiro jumped up and down.

"Return to East Shocking City immediately; Qin Yun must have gone there!"

After Tojo Meiji finished speaking, they immediately returned to reinforce East Shocking City.

Upon learning of the situation here, as a higher-level Dark Divine Servant, Viktor also guessed Qin Yun's intentions to some extent.

"Is he trying to stop the Divine Envoy from fusing?"

The Alien Beast Gods also knew clearly about the information Qin Yun had gathered from several NPCs, among which was a Shrine Guardian NPC who definitely knew about the Shrine's information.

Swoosh!

Viktor immediately sacrificed Dark treasures to contact the Divine King of the Otherworld Beasts, Osi.

"Lord Osi, please grant your subordinate a Shrine prop first to prevent Qin Yun from disrupting the Divine Envoy's control of the Shrine!"

Viktor reported the situation here devoutly.

"Granted!"

In order to capture Qin Yun this time and obtain the resurrection items on him, the God King Osi did not hesitate to consume some costs, sacrificing a Tier 12 Upper-Rank Alien Beast God subordinate to bring a Shrine prop down to the Blue Star World.

Viktor immediately used the Divine Power of the God King Osi to disguise this shrine as a Dark Shrine and placed it within the Yasukuni Shrine of the Sakura Country. At the same time, he used a Divine-Grade spatial isolation prop to prevent Qin Yun from infiltrating via resurrection effects.

Like this, they only needed to concentrate high-end troops to guard this place, and they could naturally trick Qin Yun. The Divine Envoy could also successfully control the Dark Shrine and carry out the final sacrifice plan!

"Heh! Qin Yun, this time, we are fully prepared. Even if you have resurrection items and many BUG methods, you will not be able to escape this calamity!"

Viktor held a Dark Divine Staff, his expression gloomy and his face filled with evil laughter.

He was not just a Tier 12 God of Dark Faith, but also one of the strategist gods among the Alien Beast Gods, capable of coming up with countermeasures immediately from small details and intelligence.

Otherwise, God King Osi would not have arranged for him to assist Liu Xiaoran!

To make Qin Yun completely fall for it, Viktor even grandly set up a fake Dark Shrine at the palace in East Shocking City, just disguised with illusion props, and arranged more guards to watch over it, including the Rank 8 Divine-Grade Dark Believer Ahto!

He knew that Qin Yun would likely come to the palace first. Upon seeing the fake Dark Shrine, he would definitely continue searching, and when he discovered the "Shrine" at the Yasukuni Shrine, he would definitely fall for the trap and attack with all his might!

He was confident that with Qin Yun's knowledge and experience, he couldn't crack this chain deployment, and even many ancient NPCs would fall for it!

A real strategy is one that is difficult to break even when you are part of it—that is a good strategy!

Not long after, Qin Yun successfully arrived at the great city of East Shocking!

There was no scene of purgatory here, but everyone who could stay here was a Dark Believer.

This place had become a paradise for Dark Believers!

Opening the map, Qin Yun continued to use resurrection effects to go to the palace to investigate!

As soon as he arrived at the palace, Qin Yun discovered a Dark Shrine in the main hall, heavily guarded, with several Rank 8 Divine-Grade Dark Believers, and the Sakura Country Emperor was also there!

"Bili Si, is this a Dark Shrine?"

Qin Yun fused with Golden Niu, gaining the passive effect of the Golden Toad Divine Eye, but could not discern the truth or falsehood of this Dark Shrine.

"No! This is not a Dark Shrine. Although it looks very similar, I can sense that this is not a real Dark Shrine. It is likely disguised by some Dark Divine-Grade item, not a real Shrine!"

Although Bili Si could not discern the essence of the Dark Shrine in front, as a Shrine Guardian, she had a special hidden ability to sense the truth of a Shrine.

Hearing that it was fake, Qin Yun narrowed his eyes. It seemed that the Dark Envoy was quite cautious!

Therefore, Qin Yun quietly retreated without alerting any Dark Believers.

After searching again, Qin Yun found another Dark Shrine at the Holy Land of East Shocking City, the Yasukuni Shrine!

Although there were not as many guards defending it as the fake Dark Shrine at the palace, every one of them was an expert, with the lowest Rank being Rank 8!

There were even more Rank 8 Divine-Grade Dark Believers!

The 14 strongest Rank 9 powerhouses of Sakura Country, including Tojo Meiji, had all returned here to guard!

"Bili Si, is this Dark Shrine real or fake?"

"Cloud Brother, I'm not sure. My Shrine perception has failed; this Dark Shrine has an effect that blocks perception."

"The only thing I can be sure of is that this shrine is not an illusion; it is real, but I cannot determine if it is the real one!"

Hearing this, Qin Yun observed from a distance.

East Shocking City is the capital of Sakura Country! It is heavily guarded! Logically speaking, if the Dark Envoy wanted to build a Dark Shrine, he would build it here.

Qin Yun had already searched the entire East Shocking City inside and out and only found two Dark Shrines. The one in the palace was fake; this one couldn't be fake too!

From the Alien Beast Gods he had come into contact with before, he knew they were all arrogant gods who viewed all living beings as ants!

They had no reason to be so cautious and create two fake Dark Shrines in a row!

However, Qin Yun still asked cautiously: "Bili Si, what percentage of certainty do you have that this shrine is real?"

"Based on the situation of the Shrine guards and the fluctuations emitted by the Shrine, the possibility that this Dark Shrine is real is no less than 70%!"

Bili Si estimated conservatively.

"70%?" Qin Yun pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly narrowing. With a 70% chance, he could start!

"Golden Niu, Bili Si, Little Deer, prepare for battle!"

PS: Thanks to the readers who have been reading along, thanks for the gifts everyone sent, I will continue to work hard to make the subsequent plot more fulfilling.