Chapter 423 Knife Domain

Seeing that Yang Ling had claimed that Mutumbu was a pirate and seeing that Yang Ling was able to command a large group of soldiers almost immediately appear within the bar, Mutumbu realized that what happened was not as simple as it seemed. It was entirely possible that he had carelessly fallen into a trap. Looking at the close guards like the Corpse Wizard King, who had immense Magical Energy, and the Dark Dragon King by Yang Ling's side, and looking at the terrifying Pear Blossom Crossbows in the soldiers' hands, Mubuntu swallowed hard and wondered when exactly they had revealed their secret.

Could it be that there was a spy within the Church?

This operation was top-secret. Apart from the top-level people from the Justice Court like the Cardinal Bishop and the Pope, not many other people knew about their operation plans. There was only a small likelihood of the plans being leaked from within. After a lot of thought, Mutumbu could not figure out what the problem was.

"Your Lordship, since you doubt that my token of order is real, then conversely, how can you be so sure that we are pirates?" Looking through the window to see the huge crowd surrounding and blocking all access to the bar, Mutumbu paused, then said loudly on purpose, "There are so many similar-looking people on the Tailun Continent. You can't prove anything with a blurred piece of portrait!"

Seeing the men surrounding them, Mutumbu realized that it was almost impossible for he and his men to fight their way out. If he had guessed correctly, the insane people from the Judgement Court were still on their way and absolutely would not make it in time to help. He could only gamble on Yang Ling's reluctance to not act rashly due to his consideration for the Magical Beast Realm. He purposely rebutted loudly so that the people outside the bar could hear as well.

"Hmph, the missionaries of the Church are all emissaries of God. How can it be creeps like you?" Looking at the nervous Mutumbu, Yang Ling smiled coldly. "But, since it's come to this and you haven't given up yet, I'll let you die with no complaints!"

As Yang Ling spoke, he exchanged a glance with the Corpse Wizard King. The latter understood his intention and strode away. Very quickly, he led a group of Barbarians who escorted a few bare-chested pirates in. A savage looking great white shark was tattooed on their chests. It was exactly the mark of the 'Great White Shark' pirates.

While on patrol, apart from capturing the Pirate Captain Swift, Ashnamov also caught a few of his close guards by his side. At first, he had intended to throw them into the city moat to feed the Black Mamba Giant Python. He did not expect that they would prove to be useful now.

"Captain, Brunson Island has already been destroyed by the soldier of His Lordship. We already have no way out. Surrender to His Lordship, and we will be able to live!" After Yang Ling made them puppets using a Wizard Spell, a few of the pirates obeyed his every command, and pointed out that Mutumbu was their Captain Swift on the spot.

"Heavens, it actually turned out to be the legendary Captain Swift of the Great White Sharks. Thankfully he had been discovered in time by His Lordship, or else Jaboli might have already been looted of everything by now!"

"That's right, these are the pirates, the Great White Sharks. Even if a few decades have passed, I will never forget the predatory-looking great white shark tattooed on their chests!"

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At first the people were doubtful when they heard that there were a bunch of pirates who had snuck into Jaboli disguised as missionaries of the Church; however, now with both witnesses and material evidence present, they no longer had any doubts. After getting over the shock, the people started to talk among themselves, getting more and more agitated. Those who had been plundered or harmed by the Great White Shark Pirates were even more furious, and they could not wait to force their way in and personally tear Captain Swift of the Great White Sharks into pieces.

"You…"

Mutumbu looked at the few pirates who were kneeling in front of him; they were asking him to surrender and turn over a new leaf. He then looked at the smiling Yang Ling nearby and heard the angered shouts and anguished cries of the people outside the bar. Mutumbu was shocked and furious. He did not expect Yang Ling to see through them the moment they came into the city, much less that he would set such a devious trap.

As a noble that had experienced all sorts of scheming among various parties and as a Guardian Spellcaster that at a young age had been promoted to a Bishop, Mutumbu could smell the stench of a devious scheme. He had at first planned to reveal Yang Ling's scheme in public, but he did not expect to invite a rain of densely packed arrows when he had not even opened his mouth.

After reaching his aim of letting people believe that the pirates were going onto shore disguised as missionaries of the Church, Yang Ling cut out the nonsense and immediately ordered his men into action. If he executed the real Pirate King Swift in secret and killed all of Mutumbu and his party, there would be no one to corroborate their stories, as dead men tell no tales. Even if the Pope of the Church was incensed after finding out about the news, he could only suffer in silence, like the dumb eating bitter medicine.

Who asked Mutumbu and his party to hide their identities on purpose? Who asked them to disguise themselves as troops to sneak into Jaboli?! Who asked this Mutumbu fellow to look like a thief? How did Mutumbu just happen to look similar to the Great White Shark Swift?!

"Shoot freely and kill!"

Under Argus's command, the soldiers released round after round of crossbow arrows smeared with poison. They embedded so many arrows into Mutumbu and his party, who had nowhere to hide, that they looked like porcupines. With the continuous improvements made by Master Aaron and the Gnome Elder, the structure of the Pear Blossom Crossbow had become more intricate. After using high-quality Crystal Essence of high-level Magical Beasts as a power source, it had become even more powerful. After being completely surrounded, the Church knights and Spellcasters disguised as troops were definitely not their match. While a few of the troops stopped the first round of arrows by casting the Holy Shield, they had not yet taken a breath when they were killed by the Corpse Wizard King, the Dark Dragon King, and the gang.

"Hmph, let's die together!" Looking at his guards falling one by one and at Yang Ling's cold eyes, Mutumbu realized that that it would be useless even if he knelt on the floor to beg for mercy. Gritting his teeth, he cast the Core Explosion Spell, preparing to perish together with Yang Ling. Unexpectedly, just as he spat out the first few notes of the spell, he felt a chill on his neck. A wave of sharp pain came over him and fresh blood spewed out.

After turning invisible, the Shadow Wizard Winnink had become a killer that caught people while they were unaware. The Enchanted Shadow Cape could not only turn on invisible, it could also greatly increase one's speed. After practicing the Shadow Wizard Mantra, his attack ability had improved. If caught unaware, not to mention Mutumbu had just leveled up into the Domain, even the Corpse Wizard King could be ambushed if he got careless!

After cleanly disposing of Mutumbu and the gang, Yang Ling ordered the Corpse Wizard King to cart their corpses to the fiercely burning pile of firewood, burning them to ashes in one shot. After seeing the great white shark tattoos on the few pirates' chests, the people had no more doubt. Very quickly, the news of the pirates disguised as missionaries of the Church and going onto shore spread from one to ten, from ten to hundreds, and quickly spread outwards, causing a sensation on the continent.

In the beginning, there were some people who were still doubtful. Acting upon Yang Ling's request, the female Captain Margaret led pirates to go onto shore to plunder a few times, disguised as missionaries from the Church. After that, the people would rather be safe than sorry, so they stayed far away from the Church's missionaries. There were multiple incidents of misunderstandings and clashes. With the Dark Association adding fuel to fire, the plan of the Church to spread the word of God along the coast of the Southern areas had encountered unprecedented blows and difficulties. In the short span of three days, a few Bishops had died unexplainable deaths.

After having successfully achieved his aim, Yang Ling had ruthlessly gotten rid of a foul stench. However, in the faraway Holy City of Saratoga, the Pope Barrett sat high up in his position and was so incensed that he was gritting his teeth. Originally, he had planned to promote Mutumbu to the position of Red-robed Archbishop within this period of time. He did not expect him to die in Yang Ling's hands. Further, he did not expect Yang Ling to make use of the excuse of killing pirates to openly kill his men in public!

At first he was preparing to find out more about Yang Ling's family background before making his move, but now in his rage, he decided to immediately take action. According to the intelligence collected in secret, there was a powerful Divine-level Expert by Yang Ling's side. As long as he sent the Experts within the Templar's Inner Circle, no matter how powerful the other party was, Yang Ling would not be able to escape death.

After understanding the Pope's intentions, a black-robed Spellcaster, who looked like an advisor, gave his opinion in a small voice. "Sir Pope, according to intelligence, Yang Ling can very possibly be from a powerful Summoner's family from an Alternate Dimension. His power cannot be estimated! Why don't we wait until we can find out more information before taking action?"

Over this period of time, he had collected large amounts of information on Yang Ling and had read through countless ancient records. Unfortunately, he was still unable to determine Yang Ling's identity.

The biggest possibility was that Yang Ling had travelled here through a tear in space and time and was a powerful Summoner from an Alternate Dimension. Another possibility was that he might be the descendant left behind on the Continent of one of the Upper Deities, who had fallen in the Battleground of the Deities and Demons. No matter which of the possibilities, it all pointed to the fact that there was a powerful family behind Yang Ling. They could not act rashly before the matter was clearly investigated!

"Hmph, so what if he came from a powerful family in the Demonic Plane? If we cannot deal with him, naturally there would be emissaries from the City Amongst the Clouds that would step up and deal with him!" the Pope coldly snorted. He said after pausing for a while, "Wilbur, make a trip to the Templar Church and invite Master Fabris to go to the Magical Beast Realm to capture Yang Ling!"

"Sir Pope, I heard that Master Fabris has been practicing cultivation behind closed doors for a full five years. If it's not for anything important, I'm afraid that… It will be a bit difficult to invite him to personally take action!" The man in the black robes, Wilbur, furrowed his brows tightly. He was caught between a rock and a hard place. He did not want to offend the Pope, yet he did not want to get into trouble when he arrived at the Templar Church. After all, no one knew the temper of those old fellows within the Templar's Inner Circle better than he did.

"Wilbur, Master Fabris has already successfully mastered the Knife Domain and left the Church!" Seeing that Wilbur was in a difficult position, the Pope, who was wearing the Crown of Intelligence, paused and then gently said, "He's going to be leaving for the City Amongst the Clouds soon, now that he has mastered the Knife Domain. Take this opportunity before he leaves to ask him to do one last thing for the Church!"

Knife Domain?

After hearing what the Pope said, Wilbur's body jolted in shock. He did not expect that the old fellow Fabris had finally achieved the breakthrough. An ordinary Divine-level Expert was already no match for him a few thousand years ago. How much more so, now that he had mastered the legendary Knife Domain known for its precise attacks?