Chapter 260 - The Great Purge of Cangdu

Chapter 260: Chapter 18: The Great Purge of CangduAt this moment, a second-tier noble stood up and asked the Azure King, "Is it because of the Great Azure Formation?"

The Azure King smiled faintly, "Indeed, as long as the Great Azure Formation is in place, no one can kill me in this city."

"Then Your Majesty, what if the Great Azure Formation is shut down by the Disaster Church?" the second-tier noble continued to inquire.

"Impossible, apart from me, no one has the authority to mobilize the Great Azure Formation," the Azure King expressed with great confidence.

"That might not be the case, the Disaster Church could have found a method to shut down the Formation from the outside world; otherwise, how would they dare to attack the Imperial City so rashly?"

"You’re right, but whether or not the Disaster Church has found a way to break the Formation, that’s something you’ll have to tell us," the Azure King’s gaze toward the other party sharpened, "Isn’t that right, Archbishop in the black robe?"

"Heh!" The second-tier noble let out a light chuckle, then removed a human skin mask to reveal his true face: "Azure King, you are indeed a wise ruler; I am very curious as to how you discovered me?"

"The Archbishop is extremely hidden, how could I possibly uncover anything conclusive? It was just a bluff, but you admitted it of your own accord."

Archbishop: ...Alright, I was careless.

"Your Majesty the Azure King, since I have revealed myself, are you going to surrender or prepare for your nation’s destruction?" The Archbishop spoke shockingly, worthy of being the person in charge of the Disaster Church in Ambra.

"Joke, how could I, the sovereign of a country, surrender to you trash insects," the Azure King sneered coldly: "Now I’m curious, Archbishop, are you going to take your own life, or shall I grant you death?"

"Azure King, aren’t you thinking a bit too highly of yourself?" the Archbishop said gravely: "The fact that I dare to come here signifies that the Great Azure Formation has already stopped working. Without the Formation’s protection, you’re nothing but a paper tiger."

"Is that so?" the Azure King raised his hand: "Formation, rise!"

However, there was no response.

The Azure King was slightly surprised: "It really won’t start?"

"Of course." The Archbishop said triumphantly, taking out a badge emitting bright light from the Space Ring: "This is a twelfth-level Magic artifact specially forged for me at headquarters. Its effect is very simple, it can hinder all Formations beneath the divine level for half an hour."

"Oh!" The Azure King nodded: "Just half an hour, not bad, not bad."

Saying so, he then questioned in puzzlement: "But the Great Azure Formation is a god-level Formation, don’t you know?"

"Heh!" The Archbishop scoffed coldly: "I suppose that is something only your Azure Nation believes, right?"

"Is that so?" The Azure King laughed without saying a word.

But the Archbishop lost his patience: "Li Kangna has already been lured away by my Church’s Right Envoy, and the rest of Azure Nation’s offerings are all stationed at the front lines and cannot return to defend in time. Azure King! Today you will undoubtedly die!"

The Azure King mocked: "You would have to try to know."

"Die! Black God Thunder!" The Archbishop clasped his hands together, and a black thunderbolt fell from the sky, piercing through the arena’s rocky ceiling, heading straight for the Azure King.

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

As the Archbishop made his move, the nobles and courtiers in the arena finally showed some reaction; almost half of the courtiers suddenly launched surprise attacks on their colleagues. It was clear that these people were long under the control of the Disaster Church.

The sudden betrayal filled the arena with bloodshed, the Azure King watched calmly, ignoring the thunderbolt about to hit him overhead: "Are you sure you shut down the Great Azure Formation?"

The Archbishop was stunned; could it be?!

At that moment, an inexplicable oppressive force emanated from the Azure King as the starting point, with pale blue ripples undulating outward. Under the pressure of the ripples, the Black God Thunder drastically shrank until it disappeared without harming a single hair on the Azure King.

"No! Impossible!" The Archbishop was full of shock; why would the Array Patterns of the Great Azure Formation emanate from the Azure King’s body?

The Azure King sneered, "Archbishop, do you feel a bit outwitted? The Formation heavily guarded in the Imperial City isn’t actually the Great Azure Formation at all. You’ve worked hard, planting spies to control it, haven’t you? Just a pity you don’t even know where the Great Azure Formation is, that’s truly pitiable!"

"No! This can’t be!" The Archbishop was still in a state of collapse. To deal with the Great Azure Formation, he spent decades, from investigation to infiltration, the extent of his efforts probably understood only by himself.

"Would you like to see the real Formation?" The Azure King opened his shirt, and countless intricate divine patterns were now flashing on his body.

As it turns out, the Great Azure Formation was detachable and engraved onto every Azure King. As long as the Azure King survived, the Formation would never be lost. And the Azure King, carrying the Formation, was nearly impossible to kill, which is the secret behind the Azure royal family never being overthrown.

The true god-level Formation—the Great Azure Formation—located at the Hanguguan Pass in the north, even a fragment of divine Formation Array Patterns embedded in the city’s protective Formation already possessed impressive defensive capabilities. Now the Formation shining around the Azure King was a complete Formation; its power was self-evident.

As the Formation unfolded, the Archbishop’s Third Transition Peak level rapidly decreased under the Azure King’s manipulation until it was compressed to the level of the Second Transition.

"Break for me!" The Archbishop resisted angrily, the twelfth-level Magic artifact in his palm suddenly burst into dazzling light, trying to invade and disrupt the Formation.

Alas, in just a moment, the Magic artifact exploded with a bang under high-speed operation, also blowing off the Archbishop’s three fingers.

"Ah~!" The Archbishop was not willing to accept this; after a long-planned strategy, he was on the verge of destroying the Azure Nation, but in the end, he was merely a buffoon in the Azure King’s eyes: "Azure King, the Disaster Church will not let you off; sooner or later, one day, my Disaster Church’s forces will trample upon your kingdom."