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Chapter 1541: Chapter 1542: Punishment Squad Chapter 1541: Chapter 1542: Punishment Squad Song Jian soared into the sky, performing the Sword Flight Art and turned into a startling rainbow, flying toward the direction of the City of Light.

The hundreds of thousands of people in the City of Hope looked up at the same time, watching the brilliant rainbow light that appeared in the sky. Some of them changed their expressions dramatically and used various supernatural abilities to send messages. In no time, several cities surrounding the City of Hope appeared as if facing a formidable enemy, going on alert.

Song Jian didn’t attempt to conceal his whereabouts, the rainbow light piercing through heaven and earth, arrogantly streaking across the sky and leaving a long trail of luminescence.

Countless people looked up and could see the astonishing rainbow, some even thought a treasure had been born, and followed its flight for a distance before being completely left behind by the glow.

Song Jian’s speed was extremely fast, having broken the sound barrier, flying at two or even three times the speed of sound toward the City of Light. Ordinary beings at the Legendary Realm would not be able to break the sound barrier if they relied solely on their physical bodies for flight.

City of Light, City Lord Mansion
Ding ding ding ding~
A piercing alarm suddenly went off.

City Lord Toss’s face changed, and he turned his head in shock. In the open space of the City Lord Mansion’s main hall, a semi-transparent screen had appeared. At this moment, a crimson crosshairs locked onto a rapidly flying figure–Song Jian who was approaching the City of Light.

“How is he so fast?” A look of astonishment appeared on Toss’s face. From the time he received news of Song Jian leaving the City of Hope until the alarm sounded, only half a day had passed. The City of Light was at least a thousand kilometers away from the City of Hope; normally, it would take about a week’s time to arrive.

“It’s Song Jian, Song Jian has come for revenge!” City Lord Toss pointed at Song Jian on the screen, shouting loudly, which caused him to take several steps back in fear.

“What are you afraid of!” The Cyrus Priest glanced at City Lord Toss with a disgusted expression and said, “Dispatch the Punishment Squad, intercept Song Jian in the Blood-red Canyon, and kill him on the spot!”

Another priest stared at the screen without blinking as if measuring Song Jian’s strength. After a moment, he furrowed his brows and said in a low voice, “Torres, the Punishment Squad’s leader is the only mid-tier Legendary Realm powerhouse. The rest only possess Third-tier Peak Combat Power, and might not be able to stop him.”

“What, Kalius, are you sure?” Torres, the priest, looked at the screen with a surprised glance and said, “Although the Punishment Squad only has one mid-tier Legendary Realm powerhouse, there are thirty-six members in the squad altogether. Even you and I would not fare well against their combined efforts. Even if Song Jian’s strength has reached the peak of the Legendary Realm, he wouldn’t possibly survive against the Punishment Squad, would he?”

“Torres, the Domain Power that Song Jian commands is of an extremely high grade, perhaps involving time and space. Relying solely on the Punishment Squad might not be secure enough. I think I should go as well,” Kalius said, shaking his head.

“Fine, Kalius, if you go as well, that would be even more reassuring. Your strength is by no means inferior to any of those gods’ sons and holy daughters in the Church. You have the qualifications to compete for the Red Robed Priest in the next election,” Torres said with a smile.

Kalius shook his head and didn’t speak. With a thought, three pairs of pristine white wings unfolded behind him, all made entirely of Holy Light and possessing an ethereal quality.

Leaping up, Kalius soared high and flew toward the Blood-red Canyon.

“With Priest Kalius taking action, Song Jian is certainly doomed this time!” exclaimed City Lord Toss with an excited expression.

“Even without Priest Kalius, the Punishment Squad could kill Song Jian,” said Torres, the priest, with a touch of dissatisfaction.

Every member of the Punishment Squad had undergone rigorous training within the Church of Light, their strength far exceeding that of other professions at the same level. At the Third-tier Peak of Combat Power, if a warrior in the Legendary Realm didn’t use their Domain Power, it was very likely they couldn’t defeat any member of the Punishment Squad.

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Blood-red Canyon was a crimson chasm stretching over three hundred kilometers, containing a wealth of dan sand, which was precisely the reason for the canyon’s reddish hue.

Inside the canyon, many miner players were using pickaxes to vigorously strike the walls on both sides; they were mining dan sand, a tier-three alchemy material that was quite valuable. A kilogram of dan sand was worth around ten thousand Doomsday Coins.

One only needed to possess an intermediate Mining Skill to extract dan sand. A miner player could mine approximately three to four kilograms of dan sand per day, amounting to an earnings of thirty to forty thousand Doomsday Coins. When converted to Huaxia Currency, it was about three to four hundred thousand Hua Xia Currency.

A miner who had only upgraded Mining Skill to the intermediate level could earn an income equivalent to three to four hundred thousand Hua Xia Currency after a day’s work in this place. Such a high salary prompted players born in the City of Hope to choose the miner profession almost exclusively when training their secondary professions.

However, mining dan sand here required the payment of exorbitant mining fees to the City of Hope, leaving the final income to be only about a hundred thousand Hua Xia Currency. Even so, this attracted a large number of players to come.

Just as everyone was preoccupied with mining dan sand, suddenly, a group of unfamiliar NPC warriors entered Blood-red Canyon. They wore armor that covered their entire bodies, with only their eyes visible. Hanging from their bodies were weapons like lances and knight swords–three or four different kinds; the armor and weapons alone weighed over a hundred kilograms. However, these individuals moved as if the weight barely affected them.

Upon seeing them, the miner players unconsciously cleared the way. These people exuded a strong scent of blood–only the hands of executioners who had killed many would emit such an odor. Most importantly, their eyes were cold and indifferent, as if they were looking at corpses.

“Who are these people, and is there a chance to get a mission from them?” a player discussed in a low voice.

“Are you out of your minds? Do you know who they are?” A player familiar with the squad pointed discreetly at the Punishment Squad’s emblem on their armors and cursed quietly, “That’s the Church of Light’s Punishment Squad. Each one of them has thousands of lives on their hands. Stay away from them, or they might just chop you up right here.”

“Hiss, the Punishment Squad, the killers of the Judgment Hall? Why would they appear here?” someone asked.

“Who knows, but someone’s in trouble, that’s for sure, and not just anybody. Ordinary folks can’t stir up these killers…”

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In the Punishment Squad, a middle-aged man suddenly raised his right fist, signaling everyone to stop, then flipped up the visor on his helmet and looked up at the distant sky.

“The target is approaching. Everyone be prepared. The target has the peak strength of the Legendary Realm. If necessary, use Holy Light Explosion to self-destruct!” the middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

“Yes, Captain!” everyone answered without hesitation.

The Punishment Squad was indifferent to life, not just the lives of others, but even their own could be discarded at any time for the sake of a mission.

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