Chapter 2251: Sacrificing the Rook to Save the King Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales Translated by XephiZ Edited by Aelryinth “You can try to explain your plan of salvation to my brother and see if he believes it or not,” Zhao Manyan replied loftily. What kind of bullsh** were their beliefs? Even if people treated their lives as a game, others had no right to kick them out of the game without their permission! The Black Vatican came up with such lies to justify the actions of criminals and rebels. Humans were not animals. They were superior because they knew how to obey laws, control themselves, and had lines they would never cross. Flesh alone did not make them humans! No one could stop a human from being an animal, but they had no right to talk about humanity after they turned into animals. Humans could treat them the same way as they treated animals! It was the exact way Mo Fan was treating the Black Vatican now. There was no point in someone telling him they were still humans after they joined the Black Vatican. They were just a bunch of greedy and savage animals who were beyond redemption. He just needed to kill them all! Wu Ku was a Head Priest who had met all kinds of people. He could easily tell sharing his teachings with Mo Fan was as useless as a pig that cried for mercy in front of a butcher. There was nothing he could do to change Mo Fan’s mind! It was perfectly normal for a butcher to slaughter a pig. That was Mo Fan’s attitude toward the Black Vatican. It was part of his virtues! Wu Ku started backing in the opposite direction. He was most likely a Mage, but he had yet to show them his magic. However, his footprints were oddly light on the mud. They would not have been able to tell he was trying his best to stay on top of some of the puddles if they had not been observing him closely. He was skittering across the puddles like a water strider, and easily covered a large distance with every step. Mo Fan immediately went after Wu Ku after taking care of his men. Wu Ku was picking up speed, like he could skate across a lake with a single step. Mo Fan was switching between his Earth, Shadow, and Space Elements, yet he could barely see Wu Ku’s back. “How fast can he move?!” Zhao Manyan was trying his best to chase Wu Ku too, but it was very easy to lose him in the woods, especially in a heavy rain. — Wu Ku did not turn around, floating around like a phantom. He had not expected his men to be taken out so easily! It seemed that the Black Vatican would need to recruit more reliable talents. They had a lot of smart and cunning people, but none of them stood a chance against a barbarian like Mo Fan, who was determined to kill them all. Speaking of which, Mo Fan had grown a lot stronger in a short period. In the past they had only had to send an Executioner to make Mo Fan a half-cripple, but now, not only did Blue Bat fail to stop him, he had even killed two Executioners in an instant! “Hey, monk, where do you think you are going?” A man in a white suit suddenly showed up in front of him just as Wu Ku was feeling proud of his ability to escape. He was so shocked that he immediately came to a stop. “Who the heck are you?” Wu Ku blurted out anxiously. The area was supposed to be their territory, so why did he keep stumbling into strangers? How did these people know where to find them? It had to be the Herbalist’s fault for being so careless. He had been leaving a lot of uncleaned tracks lately! “Mu Bai from Bo City!” Mu Bai declared coldly. An enormous shadow was looming behind Mu Bai in the rain. Its feelers were like the horns of an ox, while its body was as massive as a dragon. Its half-opened mouth was full of shark’s teeth, and still had a dead body hanging from it. It was the tall guy who had been pretending to be a student. The enormous creature was gnawing at the dead body like it was a sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn that had yet to lose its flavor. However, the creature immediately spat out the dead body when it discovered the fresher prey in front of it. Wu Ku swallowed hard. Mu Bai from Bo City... Mo Fan from Bo City... These two, who were once kids in Bo City, had become such powerful Mages. One was capable of killing the Executioners of the Black Vatican with ease, while the other had a Ruler-level Insect that was killing their spies like they were dogs! “Is it too late for me to start doing good now?” Wu Ku asked with a wince, looking back at Zhao Manyan. “You are the most humorous member of the Black Vatican I’ve ever seen, but being humorous won’t save you from the offenses you have committed. You are responsible for your own deeds. You should have expected it would come down to this after you caused the calamity in Bo City!” Zhao Manyan answered. “A Head Priest. Humph, what a surprising catch!” Mo Fan had a puff of black smoke on his left hand. A deadly hook was visible inside the smoke. At the same time, lightning was crackling wildly on his right hand! 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖 A Head Priest of the Black Vatican... He had to be the highest-ranked person of the Black Vatican they had met so far. Salan was very elusive. It was difficult to catch the right person, but this Head Priest Wu Ku was clearly the real deal. They had come all the way to the Aorus Sacred Institute. It would be worth their time if they managed to take out the Head Priest under Salan, who herself was handling one of the three main factions in the Black Vatican! “Amitabha, I won’t give up so easily,” Wu Ku declared calmly. “Sure, feel free to fight either of my brothers here!” Zhao Manyan proceeded to set up a Barrier to prevent Wu Ku from running away. “I already told you I’m not a fan of killing,” Wu Ku said. “Cut the crap, think of the lives you have taken!” Zhao Manyan yelled back. “I might be responsible for their deaths, but it doesn’t mean I killed them with my own hands. Fellow gentlemen, please spare my life, and we will spare the Aorus Sacred Institute in return,” Wu Ku said. Mo Fan and Mu Bai frowned. They did not understand what the monk was saying. Wu Ku was still standing in a puddle. The raindrops started gathering around him as he waved his sleeves. The raindrops surrounded Wu Ku like pearls and eventually formed a huge beehive made of water. “Feel free to take me down if you are confident that you can break through my Rain Hive in three hours to avenge your friends and families, but I can’t guarantee what’s going to happen to the Aorus Sacred Institute in those three hours,” Wu Ku had stopped running. He sat down on the ground and started murmuring strange verses. “The rain... is getting cloudier...” Mu Bai looked into the distance. A huge cloud of rain was visible in the distance in the direction of the Aorus Sacred Institute. “Look at this crystal ball. As a Head Priest, my job is to supervise my subordinates. Blue Bat has already mixed the Evil Herbalist’s elixirs with the rain. Once the rain turns yellow, all of the Andes Mountains will turn into Hell, let alone the Aorus Sacred Institute. The nearby cities will fall victim to it too!” Wu Ku stated firmly. The crystal ball was displaying some images, much like a surveillance camera. He was using the Chaos Element. “You may take the crystal ball. It will help you find Blue Bat. Spare me, and I’ll spare the Aorus Sacred Institute too,” Wu Ku vowed. “Are you sacrificing the rook to save the king?” Zhao Manyan snarled. “It’s not like I have a choice, do I?” Wu Ku replied easily.