Volume 1: National Treasure Chapter 43: The Dark Vatican Headquarters

  War, in the dark world, is nothing more than two possibilities. One is to plunder the other's territory; the second is to rob the other of their wealth and so on, or even to seize the other's people... and so on.

  However, the war between the Dark Church and the Light Church is not so simple. The war between them is a struggle for the initiative to find the steel plates, that is, the priority right. Whichever side wins will send out people to search for the two steel plates carried by Long Xing, of course, all this is based on the information obtained from the magician under torture by Long Xing.

  But as Long Xing speculated, this war was undoubtedly a battle that both sides had to fight with all their might. After all, the ancient China had a history of 5,000 years and was rich in resources, its wealth was boundless. However, it was severely damaged by Japan's invasion and its accumulated wealth over 5,000 years was plundered.

  After the war of invasion, Japan was defeated and surrendered with more than 2 million Japanese deaths, while the direct casualties of Chinese people caused by the war were over 50 million. Of course, Long Xing knew all this, after all, his grades in various subjects were among the top in the class when he was reading books before the age of 17. In fact, this is also one of the main reasons why Long Xing eventually hated Japan.

  After the war, China was impoverished. To know that at that time, Japan did not pay a single penny in compensation after its surrender. According to the information obtained by Long Xing, Japan looted all over China during the war. After the war ended, they didn't even pay a cent, and no one knew where the treasures they plundered went.

  There is only one explanation, that is, they secretly transported the treasure away in the late war. As for where it was transported to, it's not something ordinary people can know. However, based on Long Xing's speculation, the people involved in this secret transportation were also silenced after the matter was completed, which led to the direction of their looted treasure becoming a mystery.

  Of course, since there were doubts, someone would definitely go to verify it. As a result, Su Rui learned from the old diary that the owner of the diary had verified the news after going through thousands of hardships, so Su Rui also risked his life to get the treasure map of the Japanese invasion of China, and the Japanese were afraid of being found trouble by the Chinese in the future, so they concealed the whole thing. The only thing that can be confirmed is probably the two steel plates that he inadvertently obtained.

  As soon as he thought of this, Long Xing roughly understood the whole situation. The Dark Temple and the Bright Temple had been fighting a desperate battle for the wealth that China had accumulated over 5,000 years, and the winning side would have priority in finding the two steel plates that were hidden with Long Xing. In other words, whoever won the war could easily obtain the two steel plates. What drove both sides even crazier was that if one side obtained the other two steel plates, it would mean they had absolute control over everything. They could use the three steel plates to threaten and obtain the last plate, because having only one plate left would defeat their original purpose and render it meaningless.

  Moreover, the most important thing is that the party who obtains the steel plate can absolutely summon more masters to sacrifice for themselves and gain an overwhelming advantage. They can absolutely force the other party to hand over the remaining piece of steel plate.

  Long Xing smiled, a very happy smile. Probably neither side would have thought that the steel plate in their hands had been secretly transported back to the country, and now they were not easy to bully, nor could anyone bully them at will. With a cold laugh, Long Xing flashed his body and left this place.

  The central distance between the Dark Temple and the Bright Temple is not too far, with a maximum of thirty miles apart. However, due to the current influence of the dark struggle, both sides have put the war in a small forest on the outskirts of the city, where there are almost no people to disturb. Generally, forces dare not enter that place because this small forest is almost designated as a forbidden zone. Anyone who enters the forest cannot come out alive, let alone the fact that ordinary people do not dare to venture into it, which has also created its mystery.

  The dragon was perched on a large tree at the edge of this forest, quietly watching the struggle happening in the woods.

  The scene is now divided into two groups of people, and it's not hard to tell them apart just by their clothes. One side is wearing all white, while the other side is wearing all black. From Long Xing's perspective, it seems that neither side has sent out any top-notch fighters.

  The ones fighting on the field are just some low-level werewolves, mages, vampires and some mediocre ability users, their attacks aren't that high, they're just small fries.

  It was at this time that Long Xing discovered that the two parties in conflict were standing on opposite sides, each with one person quietly watching the struggle on the scene, as if all of this had nothing to do with him, coldly watching the casualties on the scene.

  Long Xing took a glance and knew that the current struggle between the two sides was probably governed by unspoken rules. The things they were doing were probably just for show, otherwise it would not be possible for high-ranking individuals from both sides to not participate in the fight. Thinking this, Long Xing flipped over and jumped down from the big tree, heading off in another direction.

  The headquarters of the Dark Vatican, this is a typical European-style ancient castle building. The interior of the castle is now quite lively, with all sorts of people gathered inside, all with serious expressions and their heads bowed, wondering what they are thinking about.

  Long Xing had just arrived here and found a place to hide, then quietly observed the defensive structure of this place. After observing for a while, Long Xing made up his mind and started with the weakest high wall.

  With the physical strength of a dragon, it's easy to break into the wall from inside. He has always been thinking about how to infiltrate the headquarters and find that steel plate in the Dark Temple.

  However, what Long Xing did not expect was that as soon as he entered the ancient castle, he was discovered. The first to hear him was a sharp-eared guy who immediately reported it to the Dark Temple's Defense Envoy upon hearing any unusual movement within the ancient castle.

  The eunuch then led a dozen or so men in a charge, accurately locating Long Xing's hideout and surrounding it.

  Long Xing was thinking of how to get what he wanted by stealing from within, but before he could even think about it, he was surrounded. In his heart, he cursed silently: This place must have someone with a keen sense of smell or be a super expert, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to easily discover his hiding spot.

  The people who surrounded them didn't say a word and directly started fighting. For a time, all the magic, werewolves' sharp claws, and ability users were all directed at Long Xing.

  Facing the attack of over a dozen people, Long Xing apparently didn't take them seriously, killing them one by one. The guards who rushed over quickly fell to the ground, leaving only the captain standing in front of Long Xing, looking at him with some interest, then smiled and slowly began to fade away, disappearing like he had turned transparent.

  As he watched the disappearing figure, Long Xing knew that this person's ability was not simple. He could actually disappear. Just as Long Xing was still thinking to himself, he suddenly found himself being struck and sent flying, with a half-foot long gash on his body, fresh blood flowing out.

  Long Xing's dark passage was terrible, and he couldn't even take care of his own wounds. He thought to himself: This person's attack is not ordinary, it can actually break through my somewhat abnormal defense, obviously not a low-level move. Long Xing only hesitated for a moment before standing up straight, looking around cautiously. This was the first time Long Xing had been truly injured since entering the dark world.

  He turned his head to take a look, and casually pulled out the dagger from his pant leg. Now Long Xing knew that this time he had to bring out his true skills. If he was still thinking of hiding his strength, he would probably die without knowing how. After all, this was the headquarters of the Dark Temple.

  The first watch is at 11 pm and the second watch is at 1 am.