175: Chapter 175 The Desperate Capturer and the Wrath of [Royalty]

Dark clouds quickly obscured the sky over the Amazon Rainforest, and nature's lightning flickered in the clouds, emitting a rumbling Roar. As the first raindrop fell, the fine rain washed over the bodies of everyone present; the blood from wounds, scattered black powder, tears in the corners of eyes, and so on, were all slowly absorbed by the humus of the rainforest floor along with the rain.

Sheng Lei raised the huge blue-white thunder light sword, the Dream Spirit [thunder giant blade] held tightly in his hands, toward the sky. The natural lightning from the thunderclouds in the sky was drawn into the thunder light sword. As it continuously absorbed the lightning from the sky, the volume of the thunder light sword increased rapidly until it grew to forty meters in size, and only then did Sheng Lei laboriously slash this sword at the Capturer.

During Sheng Lei's charging period, it was not that the Capturer had not thought of interfering or even killing his opponent, but the small Anti-Magic Rings he threw out one after another were all blocked by the thunder shield on Sheng Lei's body. Whenever the energy in the thunder shield was absorbed by the Anti-Magic Rings, the [Stigmata] emitting white light on Sheng Lei's neck would resonate and flicker with the silver cross on the chest of his silver armor, replenishing energy for the thunder shield.

The forty-meter-huge thunder light sword, carrying the destructive power of blue-white thunder after the [Stigmata] enhanced the Talent [Judgment Thunder], bore down directly on the Capturer's face. The arrogant mockery on the Capturer's face froze instantly, and his pupils contracted sharply due to extreme fear. He hurriedly crossed the large and small [Binding Ring]s in his hands in front of him, attempting to absorb the energy of the blue-white thunder light sword form of the [thunder giant blade].

But this time, the [Judgment Thunder] wrapping the [thunder giant blade] under the blessing of the [Stigmata] was no longer what it used to be. The moment the thunder light sword collided with the Binding Rings, the thunder was no longer absorbed by the Binding Rings but emitted a dazzling blue-white light. At the point of contact with the Binding Rings, it even emitted a thunderous Roar like the wrath of heaven. The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to echo it, emitting a loud noise. The Binding Rings, made with anti-magic stones from the [Dream World] as material, strengthened the inherent sturdiness and energy absorption characteristics of the anti-magic stones. Except for the Capturer, who was wearing [Isolation Gloves] developed by the Dream Research Institute, the energy in any object that came into contact with the Binding Rings would be absorbed—according to the R&D report from the Dream Research Institute, this should have been the case. However, Sheng Lei, relying on the Talent [Judgment Thunder] enhanced by the [Stigmata], not only increased the thunder's enhancement multiplier from ten times to twenty times, gaining a "qualitative change" in energy, but also absorbed the lightning energy from the thunderclouds in nature through the ability of the Dream Spirit [thunder giant blade] in its blue-white thunder light sword form, gaining a "quantitative change" in energy. Even in the rainy environment, the "crack" sound of fragmentation was still exceptionally clear in the rainforest, and the seemingly indestructible Binding Rings actually began to show fine cracks.

"Impossible! How can there be energy that the Binding Rings cannot absorb!" The Capturer roared hoarsely. He tried his best to urge the [Dream Power] in his body to inject it into the Dream Spirit [Binding Ring] that had just returned to his feet, activated the Talent [Silence Imprisonment], and kicked the [Binding Ring] toward Sheng Lei. With a muffled "thud," the [Binding Ring] slammed into the thunder shield on Sheng Lei's body. For the sake of his master's victory, the [Binding Ring] kept hitting the thunder shield, and even though his body developed cracks due to the thunder on the shield, he did not give up.

With a loud "boom," the blue-white thunder, like a roaring Dragon, turned everything in the position originally occupied by the Capturer and within a dozen meters behind him into scorched earth as the blue-white thunder light sword slashed down. Even though the Capturer quickly rolled to dodge the range of the thunder light sword slash at the last moment, his arms were still carbonized due to the stalemate with the thunder light sword using the Binding Rings just now. The Searcher looked at the scorched earth half a meter outside the shield, and the emotion of fear flooded him like a sea.

"Ah—!" A shrill, painful scream resounded through the entire rainforest. The Capturer's arms, scorched black and carbonized by the thunder, broke off and fell onto the damp rainforest floor due to the excessive movement when rolling to dodge. The two large and small Binding Rings completely shattered into powder under the impact of the rain. The Capturer tried to stand up, but fell backward due to loss of balance, his eyes full of hatred, unwillingness, and despair, but Sheng Lei's attack did not stop there.

Sheng Lei took steady steps forward and raised the [thunder giant blade] again, which had returned to its normal form. Blue-white thunder condensed and jumped on the wide blade. "Heretics who profane the faith of my God shall be judged by thunder!" Sheng Lei's voice was solemn, sacred, and cold. Without any hesitation, the blue-white thunder resonated with the [Stigmata] on his neck. The [Insulation Shield], a Dream technology construct thrown by the Searcher to the Capturer through the Teleporter's blue magic circle, was sliced open as smoothly as a hot knife cutting through butter under the swing of the [thunder giant blade]. Also sliced open was the Capturer's body. An expression of disbelief froze on the Capturer's face, and streaks of scorched, carbonized marks split him straight into left and right parts. As the heavy rain poured down, falling along with the Capturer was the Dream Spirit [Binding Ring] located on his chest that had been desperately trying to block Sheng Lei's final sword. The [Binding Ring], shattered into several pieces, trembled twice on the Capturer's chest, as if mourning the demise of its Host, and then completely lost its spirituality and dissipated into the air as colorful [Dream Power] light spots.

"Captain!" The Searcher saw the Capturer being killed from within the storm shield and was scared out of his wits, his face as pale as paper. He turned his head to look at the Teleporter beside him and found that although her eyes were still blood-red, her body had begun to tremble uncontrollably due to the excessive intake of paralytic toxins and the consumption of [Dream Power], and she even needed to hold onto his arm just to stand.

"Go! Teleport quickly! It will be too late if we are any later!" The Searcher gritted his teeth and roared, suddenly pulling several shield-type Dream technology constructs from his tactical backpack and throwing them onto the ground as if they were worthless. While urging the Teleporter, he stared fixedly at the Order of Judgment Knights in the distance, afraid that they would take the opportunity to launch an attack.

The Teleporter raised her head with difficulty, her blood-red eyes staring fixedly at Guang Yue, who had just been blown away by the [Sonic Bomb], her eyes full of monstrous hatred, but she was no longer able to continue the attack. She injected all the remaining [Dream Power] into the Dream Spirit [Perspective Telescope], raised her hand with difficulty to hold the [Perspective Telescope] to her eyes, and activated the Talent [Space Teleportation]. A huge blue magic circle quickly expanded under her and the Searcher's feet, covering the entire battle field.

"Want to run? It's not that easy!" Seeing this, Chi Yan suddenly opened the fire wings on his back. The flames on his wings were quickly absorbed by the Dream Spirit [Scorching Sun Bow], condensing into a huge flame arrow, aimed at the blue magic circle covered by more than a dozen various types of shields, ready to be fired. Guang Yue, who had climbed up from the ground, suddenly shouted to stop him: "Don't be impulsive. She deliberately covered the entire battle field with the blue magic circle formed by the teleportation-type Talent. Forcing an attack might trigger space turbulence and hurt everyone."

As soon as the words fell, the blue magic circle erupted with dazzling light, completely enveloping the figures of the Searcher and the Teleporter. Before disappearing, the Searcher looked back at the Capturer's corpse on the ground and gritted his teeth, saying: "Order of Judgment Knights, Dream Divine Cult... This grudge, our Hunter Squad has noted it! You will regret offending Rockefeller!"

As the light dissipated, the figures of the two completely disappeared into the rainforest, leaving only a faint spatial ripple in place, as well as a battlefield in a mess. Chi Yan put away the [Scorching Sun Bow] unwillingly, and the huge flame arrow slowly dissipated: "Letting them run away like this, it's too cheap for them!"

"Don't forget our purpose is to save these four parrot-man Hosts." Guang Yu said softly. She walked to the injured parrot-man Hosts and treated them. "My [Little Angel] used the holy water in the Holy Grail to give me quick treatment during the attack just now. How is it? Everyone didn't get hurt, right?"

Guang Yue shook his head, and the [Gate Fairy] sitting on his shoulder gently flapped the transparent dragonfly wings on its back. "Sister Guang Yu, I'm fine, just a little skin was scraped. Fortunately, there was the protection of the silver armor. It's Brother Dun Shan who took the damage at the closest range."

Everyone's eyes looked at Dun Shan, only to see him still standing in place, the earth-yellow patterns gradually fading from the silver armor, and the [Mountain Shield] also returned to its original size. He shook his head and made a dull sound: "I'm fine, [Earth Guardian] and [Mountain Shield] shared most of the impact for me."

Sheng Lei put away the [thunder giant blade], the white light of the Stigmata on his neck gradually dimmed and disappeared, and the light shining in the center of the silver cross on the chest of his silver armor also dimmed. He walked to the Capturer's corpse, took a look at the corpse divided into two halves on the ground and the Dream technology constructs all over the ground after the tactical backpack was shattered, his eyes cold: "Heretics purged. The mission is not over yet. Everyone, don't take it lightly, keep vigilant!"

"Yes!" Four quick and loud replies shouted from the mouths of Chi Yan, Dun Shan, Guang Yu, and Guang Yue.

Sheng Lei turned and walked toward the four parrot-man Hosts who were being treated with holy water enhanced by Guang Yu using the Talent [Powerful Healing], slowed his tone, and said gently: "You are safe now. Harvey is waiting for you at the [Dream Divine Cult] church at the foot of the Alps. We will take you there now."

Harvey's fourth brother looked at the silver cross on Sheng Lei's chest, touched the feather left by Harvey on his own chest, and the tears of survival flowed turbulently from his eyes. He led the other three parrot-man Hosts and bowed deeply to the Order of Judgment Knights, his voice hoarse but firm: "Thank you... Thank you [Dream Divine Cult]."

Guang Yue nodded happily, raised his hand to pick up the [Gate Fairy] who was slacking off on his shoulder, placed it in front of his eyes, and said: "Time to work! Let's help together! [Stigmata] activate!" A [Stigmata] emitting white light appeared on the right wrist of Guang Yue's exposed arm. The [Gate Fairy] flew to Guang Yue's back and merged into the silver armor. On Guang Yue's back, a pair of transparent dragonfly wings quickly grew to one meter in size. Guang Yue activated the Talent [Gate of Light] enhanced by the [Stigmata], forming a complex and beautiful Gate of Light in front of him. He pushed open the door with both hands across the air, and the outline of the snow-capped mountains and the building of the church could be vaguely seen behind the door.

"Let's go, step into the [Gate of Light]. As long as the [Dream Divine Cult] is here, no one can hurt you again!" Guang Yue said proudly and stepped toward the light gate first. Dun Shan, Guang Yu, and Chi Yan followed in order. The four parrot-men looked at each other, and with hope for the future, followed the figures of the Knights into the light gate.

As the figure of Sheng Lei, who was guarding against accidents at the last moment, disappeared, the [Gate of Light] slowly closed and dissipated. The smoke in the Amazon Rainforest gradually dispersed, leaving only the corpses of the Capturer and the poachers, as well as the traces burned by thunder and fire, silently recounting this fierce confrontation between the [Hunter Squad] and the [Order of Judgment Knights].

And in the distant Rockefeller Manor in North America, Ryan was sitting on the leather seat in the study, watching the last scene transmitted back on the holographic screen—the moment the Capturer of the [Hunter Squad] was killed by Sheng Lei, and the scene of the Searcher and the Teleporter fleeing in a mess, which made his face instantly turn gloomy like water.

He smashed the scepter-shaped Dream Spirit [Monarch] in his hand heavily on the ground. The golden energy of the Talent [Person of Kingship] surged crazily in the study, books on the bookshelf fell one after another, and the air was filled with oppressive anger. "[Order of Judgment Knights]! [Dream Divine Cult]! Baluga Angela!" Ryan's voice was cold and biting, and his eyes flashed with vicious light. "How dare you steal my Rockefeller's prey! And dare to kill my Rockefeller's people! I will let you know that under [Kingship], all are ants!"

He raised his hand and pressed the communicator on the table, his tone unquestionable: "Notify DPRA, start the 'Global Surveillance' plan. I want to know all the information about the [Dream Divine Cult]!"

A respectful response came from the other side of the communicator. Ryan slowly raised his head and looked at the sky outside the window. The golden [Kingship] energy circulated in his eyes. A bigger storm was quietly brewing.