CHAPTER 572: CHAPTER 29: THE RUSE AND THE MASTER OF ACTING

Summoning Holy Artifact?

A legendary treasure that sealed part of the Summoner’s power, the Summoning Holy Artifact?

Even the infamous officials from the Imperial City were taken aback upon hearing the term "Summoning Holy Artifact".

Although the Eastern Continent no longer had Summoners, countless legends about them had been circulating for thousands of years.

The most powerful Summoners in legends were capable of summoning God Demons using the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power, instantly destroying the most prosperous nations on the continent.

Even ordinary Summoners could summon a vast army of Dark Beasts, fighting hundreds with one.

Years ago, for unknown reasons, the summoning families on the continent had fallen.

However, some of the artifacts they left behind still bore the summoning marks.

It is said that these artifacts possessed part of the summoning power of their predecessors, but most of them lost their spiritual power over the long years.

But there are still a few Holy Artifacts that retain their miraculous effects, those are the legendary Summoning Holy Artifacts.

The Dark Beast before us, in the blink of an eye, summoned tens of thousands of giant-winged mosquitoes, making it very likely that it carries a Summoning Holy Artifact.

A Dark Beast capable of maneuvering a Summoning Holy Artifact is not just a match for ten War Beasts, but could even rival a camp full of Blood Prison Battle Beasts.

The officials were as if they had been struck by lightning.

Yue Jinghua watched coldly from the side, secretly laughing in her heart. What Summoning Holy Artifact? What’s around the Flash Mink Leopard’s neck is just an enhanced version of a summoning storage necklace, and she just temporarily harbored a batch of Giant Winged Mosquito Kings inside.

The Giant Winged Mosquito King itself could summon swarms of giant-winged mosquitoes, and with ten of them unleashing their power together, it created the scene before us—a visual impact that was astonishing enough.

It’s a pity that this enhanced version of the summoning storage necklace can only be used once; once it is used, the necklace becomes useless, and the wearer will temporarily lose their Dark Power.

This point exactly distinguishes a real Summoner from those carrying a summoning storage item.

As the first Dark Beast contracted with Yue Jinghua, Flash Mink Leopard and Yue Jinghua have already developed a deep understanding. After a brief night of training, Flash Mink Leopard mastered the trick of using the necklace.

After the Giant Winged Mosquito King summoned a huge number of giant-winged mosquitoes, the War Beasts in the arena were immediately forced to flee in all directions.

Although the giant-winged mosquito was only a middle and low-level Dark Insect of the fourth and fifth ranks, the quantity was truly astonishing.

A War Beast that tried to resist was soon drained of blood and turned into a dry corpse within a short while.

Seeing this, the other War Beasts didn’t dare to resist anymore; they just curled up on the side, emitting terrified screams.

Qing Zizhu’s face was ashen, and the expressions of the officials were one uglier than the other.

They had all heavily invested in the Blood Prison Battle Beasts tonight.

If the War Beasts were annihilated, they would not only lose their capital but also their faces.

Zhan BeiAo clenched his fists, his lips briefly met as if he was talking to himself, yet also seemed to be reminding Qing Zizhu, "Ordinary people or Dark Beasts, if they want to operate the Summoning Holy Artifact, must use a substantial amount of Dark Power, at this moment..."

It was extremely difficult to raise the Blood Prison Battle Beasts, and Zhan BeiAo did not wish to lose these War Beasts unless absolutely necessary.

Indeed, it was like waking someone from a dream, as Qing Zizhu remembered the huge losses at the peripheral betting, and could no longer restrain himself. Waving his hands, several Dark Practitioners who were lying in ambush within the Beast Fighting Arena surged forward.

Among them, surprisingly, there were more than ten archers with crossbows on their shoulders, all aiming their arrows at Little Shanshan, who was momentarily unable to repel the enemies.

Yue Jinghua’s pupils contracted, and without any hesitation, she leapt into the Beast Fighting Arena, shielding the curled-up Little Shanshan on the ground with her body.

Her gaze was like torches, staring straight at Qing Zizhu, disdainfully said, "Young Master Qing, can you not afford to lose?"

Being questioned in front of thousands of people, Qing Zizhu felt utterly humiliated. He gritted his teeth and said, "Yue Jinghua, we agreed to a Beast Fight; your Dark Beast secretly harbored a Summoning Holy Artifact, which is tantamount to cheating. A cheating Dark Beast, of course, needs to be shot down."

Yue Jinghua loudly said, "Young Master Qing, that’s a laughable statement. Earlier, when it was one against ten, why didn’t you say it was cheating? Now that my Dark Beast utilized its own Dark Techniques to summon a swarm of Dark Insects, you claim my Dark Beast possesses some Summoning Holy Artifact? I must ask, who am I?"

The way Yue Jinghua asked was bizarre, and Qing Zizhu, unaware of the trap, heedlessly answered, "You are the young lord of the Blood Cherry Duke Mansion, Yue Jinghua."

"You know I am from the Blood Cherry Duke Mansion, then you should know more so, the Duke Mansion is poor as dirt, let alone a Holy Artifact, nowadays we can’t even produce a single Spiritual Artifact. If you don’t believe it, you can check with the Ministry of Revenue, all the valuable items of the Duke Mansion are displayed there," she said, her words laced with sarcasm, and did not forget to mock the Imperial Ministry of Revenue.

If it were someone else, mentioning their poor family background could have made them speechless, but Yue Jinghua was unapologetic.

It’s known that a Summoning Holy Artifact is called an Ancient Spiritual Treasure in the continent, each worth tens of millions of Dark Pills. Not to mention the bankrupt Duke Mansion, even the imperial palaces of two major nations might not possess one.

With such a statement, it was clear not only Yue Jinghua’s Dark Beast, but even Yue Jinghua herself couldn’t possibly own a Summoning Holy Artifact.

Cheng Ying, sitting in the stands, listened and couldn’t help but find this person straightforwardly charming and burst into laughter.

"You’re clearly making excuses. Where does the Flash Mink Leopard get the talent to summon, let alone to summon a swarm of Dark Insects? These are clearly due to the Holy Artifact necklace on its neck," blamed Qing Zizhu, face red and ears fiery; theoretically, the Duke Mansion couldn’t possibly own a Summoning Holy Artifact either.

In the spectator seats, there was immediately a buzz of discussion, and the actions of Qing Zizhu were quite despised.

"Tsk tsk, everyone says the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce is the official merchant of the Imperial City, yet as the Young Master of Yanyue, you can’t even distinguish between a Dark Beast collar and a Holy Artifact necklace, truly as foolish as they come," Yue Jinghua pulled off the now-useless necklace from the neck of Flash Mink Leopard and threw it at Qing Zizhu’s feet.

Qing Zizhu hurriedly picked it up, and upon inspection, found it indeed to be a regular necklace carved from Star Falling Stone.

His complexion immediately turned the color of liver, and he was at a loss for words.

Just then, a swift arrow suddenly shot out from the crowd, like a shooting star, piercing towards Yue Jinghua’s heart.

Yue Jinghua could have dodged, but considering that any minor injury to herself would only make it harder for the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce and Qing Zizhu to wind things down.

Well then, no pain, no gain; putting on a full play and bearing an arrow to garner sympathy might be beneficial.

Just as Yue Jinghua was about to be struck by the arrow, suddenly, a roar like thunder exploding shook the area.

Yue Jinghua only felt her body being fiercely shielded by someone, a broad and tall shoulder appeared in front of her.

In the Beast Fighting Arena, a male voice thundered, "Who dares to harm her!"