Capítulo 1556: Chapter 1556: Ferocity (First Update Celebrating the Star Domain Patron)
The snow falling from the sky disrupted Feng Jun’s plan. He originally intended to act in the dead of night but had to move ahead of schedule.
He first observed the museum closely and found that breaking in by force was not difficult. Then, he went to the inn diagonally opposite and found David—who was holding a beautiful young woman and chatting with a man with a Mediterranean hairstyle.
The three of them were standing by the windowsill, watching the heavy snowfall.
Feng Jun had already known during the day that David’s cultivation level was around the fifth level of mundane transformation. According to Sofia, the Holy Adjudicators are equipped with protective items bestowed by the Church, not to be underestimated.
Feng Jun did not underestimate David. In the last fight with Keane, he felt the eerie difference from Huaxia cultivators—the power in terms of the soul was quite terrifying.
To avoid complications, he decided to knock the person out before entering the museum.
As for killing him, he hadn’t considered it—there was no need to be so extreme, leaving it to Sofia to handle in the future would be better.
After locating David, he launched a sudden Divine Sense Attack—almost at the Qi Refining Peak level.
However, as soon as his attack was sent out, his expression changed, “Crap, underestimated him.”
“Ah~” David cried out miserably, and the cross on his chest suddenly lit up with a yellow beam, faintly covering his upper body—this was the protective item given to him by the Church, which had become unusable earlier due to the loss of sacred aura.
This time, after obtaining the Jinwu Sunflower, he specifically injected some sacred aura to achieve such great power.
The lighting up of the cross finally made David understand what he encountered. He endured the pain and shouted, “Enemy…”
He felt his voice was loud, but unfortunately, it was barely louder than a mosquito’s hum.
Even more unfortunate, before he could finish shouting, Feng Jun’s second strike had already been launched—a full-force Divine Sense attack.
Feng Jun’s full-force Divine Sense attack was something even Initial Golden Core Stage cultivators couldn’t escape; only a flash of yellow light was seen, and the cross exploded into powder, while David’s head also burst like a watermelon, red, white… splattered everywhere.
The two people beside David were directly dumbstruck, and just as they were about to scream when they came to their senses, two more Divine Sense Attacks came, and they swayed and fell softly to the floor.
David’s earlier miserable cry did leave the room, but unfortunately, due to the heavy snow falling from the sky, he wasn’t the only one shouting. A black aunt was also calling out in an earth-shattering voice, “Oh~ ah~ ow~”
For a moment, no one realized that a tragedy had already occurred in a luxurious suite.
Amid the swirling snow, Feng Jun stealthily came to the museum entrance, jumped directly into the courtyard, smashed through the French window, and rushed into the museum.
Soon after, alarms blared, and four security guards rushed out, someone loudly shouting, “Warning, warning, you are surrounded, drop your weapon and come out, or we will shoot!”
“Block escape routes! Block escape routes!” someone else shouted, “The police will arrive within two minutes.”
These were all security techniques, but there was no need to worry about being heard—shouting like this was meant to put pressure on the opponent.
Soon, four more security guards came running out, holding walkie-talkies and calling, “Report position, report position… prepare to spray tear gas!”
This private museum was not small. Normally, there were four security guards at night, but as Jinwu Sunflower had been brought in, the security specifications were doubled—after all, the church was paying for it.
Feng Jun had already revealed himself inside, wearing a gas mask on his head, a heavy hammer strapped on his back, holding a two-handed sword in hand, and with a rifle hanging on his chest, fully armed.
To be honest, the security of this private museum was quite something. Once the protective measures were activated, not only were there automatic retractable iron gates and electric grids, but also nozzles that could spray tear gas and anesthetic gas, along with strong lights that could cause temporary blindness.
However, these things were ineffective against Feng Jun. No matter how thick the alloy doors were, they couldn’t withstand his hammer—if not for the need to disguise his identity, those alloy doors couldn’t even withstand a single punch from him.
As for the others, they were utterly insignificant. Irritating gases and anesthetic gases were entirely ineffective against Feng Jun, and the electric grid was just something to shrug off, far inferior to Thunder cultivation. As for the strong lights—Feng Jun could advance and retreat as if the wind, even with his eyes closed, relying solely on his divine sense.
Could tempered glass withstand a two-thousand-pound blow? That’s completely meaningless, come on.
Before entering the museum, Feng Jun had already selected some items. Among them were two sets of porcelain from Huaxia, three bronze wares, and a Buddha head.
The Jinwu Sunflower was stored in a vault, but even this couldn’t stop him. After two hits revealed its strong resilience, he used his two-handed sword to cut a hole, reached in, and forcibly tore the door open.
He had already thought it through if necessary, he would use Weimian’s Force to solve this solid room, but fortunately, the issue hadn’t gotten to that severe level.
From the moment he went in to the moment he dashed out, it was just two minutes, yet the entire museum had been turned upside down. The external alarms were blaring, the interior was filled with thick smoke, coupled with the snow falling from the sky, it seemed like doomsday had arrived.
He blasted out from the rooftop, standing on a flame-spitting machine, soaring into the sky and flying off into the distance, disappearing in an instant — this was his COSPLAY.
A large crowd had gathered, enticed by the sporadic gunshots — though the guards were trying to intimidate, people maintained their distance.
Yet more than one person noticed the thief, “Oh my god, is that a personal flying device?”
The “personal flying device” vanished from sight but soon landed, and then Feng Jun used the “Footprint” function to reappear near the scene, covertly taking Sofia away.
After silently sneaking away for three to four kilometers, Feng Jun retrieved the two infiltrators from the Spirit Beast Bag and tossed them onto a public lawn by the roadside, “Whether they live or die… that depends on their luck.”
Having witnessed Feng Jun’s explosive “heist” methods, Sofia had to admit that her impulse to tag along was indeed a burden, no wonder he left her behind in the end.
But she still asked, “Didn’t you just say you were going to infiltrate? Do you have some misunderstanding about the word ‘infiltrate’?”
Feng Jun shook his head, answering calmly, “Couldn’t infiltrate, I accidentally exerted too much force and took out David.”
“What?” Sofia’s eyes widened, “That Saint Judge?”
“I originally meant to leave it to you, but I lost control,” Feng Jun nodded with some regret, “If I didn’t take him out, we’d be exposed, but if I didn’t act quickly afterwards, it might still lead to exposure… So even if we escaped, it would be regrettable not to achieve the goal.”
“Then…” Sofia hesitated before asking, “Did you achieve the goal?”
“I did,” Feng Jun replied calmly, “Not only did I retrieve the Jinwu Sunflower, but I also got back that Black Cross.”
He only took those two items from the security vault — although he couldn’t understand why the Black Cross warranted such treatment… maybe it was Sofia’s evidence of guilt?
Sofia pondered for a moment before asking, “So where are we going now?”
“Anywhere is fine by me,” Feng Jun replied with a smile, “The key thing is I need to find a way to get you another box… It’s best not to use this Black Cross anymore, it’s too easily discovered.”
The Black Cross would be sealed away, but he brought it out not just to destroy the evidence, mainly he wanted to deduce how this thing effectively obscured the Jinwu Sunflower.
The Jinwu Sunflower emanated a strong incense-attracting aura, which Feng Jun could sense, but as for how intense it really was — it wasn’t that remarkable. He believed the Aura Concealment Array could definitely handle the issue.
However, the Aura Concealment Array required Spirit Stones to operate; he couldn’t possibly leave any abroad. Not a single one.
“Then let’s find a clearing in the wilderness,” Sofia suggested sweetly, “Release your dwelling, since this snow will last for four to five days, we don’t have to worry about being detected by satellites.”
“That’s no problem,” Feng Jun nodded, “You can cultivate while I analyze the Cross.”
While the two of them went into hiding, the church was in an uproar. Not only was the sacred object “Jinwu Sunflower” regained and lost again, but even Saint Judge David from The Sanctuary died on the scene.
The balding man next to David was the half-brother of the private museum owner, and he was rather shocked because he saw “a human head explode like an egg.”
The police got involved in the matter, and after investigating, concluded, “Upon careful analysis, there were no obvious signs of external injury. It seemed more like the head exploded from elevated intracranial pressure… although it sounds unbelievable.”
However, the church declared, “It was the act of an evil blasphemer. David’s protective Cross exploded… Although he wasn’t encouraged to use the sacred object privately to supplement divine energy, we must acknowledge he died on the battlefield protecting the light.”
If he hadn’t died, David’s actions wouldn’t have been merely considered “not worth encouragement.”
The police didn’t agree with the church’s statement. They were intent on taking the body for an autopsy to see if it was a homicide, but the deceased’s family opposed, and the church applied further pressure, thus this mysterious death case was closed.
In reality, the “church” here referred only to the Mai Nation Church. The Church in Europa had a very nuanced attitude toward this case—they couldn’t say “he deserved it,” considering the sacred object was lost again.
Moreover, the Saint Judge was recognized by The Sanctuary, so David’s death could be seen as a slap in the face to the Church.
Soon after, there was new information delivered from within the church in Mai Nation by members inclined towards the Church in Europa that two clergy members, lying in ambush near Sofia’s family home, mysteriously disappeared.
Within less than two hours after going missing, the two men appeared in Mingsutu where the incident occurred — these two locations were over two thousand kilometers apart.
(First update, celebrating the fan leader of the Star Domain Divine Clan, loudly calling for the guaranteed monthly ticket.)