Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 779: Chapter 601 Dark Moon

“Dark Moon?” Luo Cheng and the other person were both surprised. Then they responded, speaking in a serious tone, “Old Bai, are you talking about Gerard, the Dark Moon Knight among the seven-colored Moon Knights of the Holy Temple?”

“That’s right.”

Bai Chengyun pointed to a major battlefield near You Man Forest on the map. “According to the latest intelligence, Gerard from the Holy Temple has secretly arrived here, attempting to break through the western front as a sharp blade.”

Luo Cheng was shocked. “What? No one on our front line has detected this!”

Lin Zixu also took a deep breath and asked Bai Chengyun, “Bai Imperial Envoy, this is a significant matter. Whose intelligence is this?”

Bai Chengyun replied, “It was from our Sky Patrol Department White Tiger Envoy, Zhuang An Yin.”

“So it was Yue Lord Zhuang…” Lin Zixu and Luo Cheng nodded. “It should be reliable then.”

Zhuang An Yin was one of the Yue Lords sent by the Great Flame Sect to the front line, known for his excellent skills in reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, and high mobility.

Over the past six months, he had collected a great deal of important intelligence for the Southern Army, earning numerous merits.

Lin Zixu pondered. “However, to defeat a Holy Temple Moon Knight, we would at least need a Yue Lord to be involved, right? Could it be Yue Lord Zhuang, or…?”

Bai Chengyun responded, “It’s Shen Tu Yuan.”

Hearing this name, not only Luo Cheng but even Lin Zixu, the Huo Luo General, showed a hint of seriousness in their eyes.

In the Sky Patrol Department, among the Radiant Moon Level, there were eight Yue Lords in total under the Four Imperial Masters.

Each Imperial Master had an Upper Moon Lord and a Lower Waning Moon Monarch.

As for Zhuang An Yin, he was the Lower Waning Moon Monarch of the White Tiger Imperial Master, while the Upper Moon Lord… was Shen Tu Yuan!

Unlike Zhuang An Yin, who was proficient in reconnaissance, stealth, and combat with comprehensive abilities, Shen Tu Yuan only knew how to fight and possessed a strong killing aura!

Luo Cheng nodded. “He is indeed a very suitable candidate.”

Lin Zixu added, “Since it involves an assault on the Moon Knight, we will also apply for a Firehawk Guard Major to join the operation!”

In the past half year, there had been two instances of Moon Knights taking action against Qiguang.

One, the Extreme White Moon, killed two Full Moon Level Majors of Black Snow Country and escaped from the siege of a Burning Sun General.

The other, the Crimson Moon, single-handedly wiped out a Huo Luo Country regiment of three thousand soldiers, including six Radiant Moon Levels!

With such hatred and humiliation in mind, Huo Luo Country would naturally be eager to participate in the assault against the Moon Knight.

Moreover, the Great Flame Sect would also send a powerful Yue Lord to join the operation!

After explaining the plan, the three discussed some details thoroughly.

Finally, Lin Zixu asked, “Bai Imperial Envoy, have you confirmed all the personnel from your side?”

“Almost, all are elite envoys within the White Tiger Imperial Master.”

Luo Cheng thought for a moment and said, “Old Bai, if possible, it would be best to bring an Array Master.

After all, this is an ambush. If many enemies arrive, the array could help restrain the others.”

Bai Chengyun smiled. “Bringing an Array Master from the Miracle Workshop would require at least two people to protect him. Wouldn’t that be counterproductive?”

Luo Cheng wondered, “Old Bai, doesn’t the Sky Patrol Department have highly skilled individuals who are both strong enough to protect themselves and proficient in array formation?

We don’t need a Grandmaster Level array; just a powerful Fifth Level array that can trap the enemy should suffice!”

“Such a suitable…?” Bai Chengyun paused, suddenly remembering something. “Oh? There seems to be one, though not from the White Tiger Imperial Master.”

Bai Chengyun recalled the major contributor to the capture of the Spiritual Land in the recently opened Eastern Front Line No. 5. The envoy seemed to be able to set up Fifth Level Barriers.

The Vermilion Bird Imperial Envoy… his name seemed to be Su Yuan? Once a Star Lord…

Yan Court.

It had been over a month since returning from the Divine Thought Path.

Through reading “Heavenly Destiny God Transformation,” Su Yuan had rapidly advanced his knowledge in the Array Path.

The system did more than just “improve” skills through adding points. It also had the function of “stabilizing.”

Any skill added to the system panel would not grow rusty or fade.

Any knowledge captured by the system’s progress would not be forgotten.

With the Dual-tasking ability gained from the Left and Right Mutual Struggle, Su Yuan’s learning efficiency was astonishing.

Now, Su Yuan closed the “Heavenly Destiny God Transformation.”

“System, check the Array Path progress.”

[Barrier Master]

[Level: Fifth Level (Knowledge: 91%; Experience 52,000/2,000,000)]

[Specialization: Large-scale (Sixth Level), Transformation (Sixth Level), Composite (Fifth Level), Micro (Level Three), Stacking (Level Three) …]

[Mastered Barriers: Five Thunders Heavenly Gang Formation (Fifth Level), Nine Dragon Locking Yang Array (Fifth Level), Spirit-Expelling Barrier (Fourth Level) …]

“Finally, I’ve broken through the 90% mark!” Su Yuan was pleased with the progress.

At this rate, within two months of filling in the gaps, he could elevate the knowledge of the Array Master to 100%.

By that time, Ruan Ruan and Antonios should also be back.

Through sensing, Su Yuan could roughly detect that they seemed to be in the direction of the Western Desert.

When Ruan Ruan returned with enough Star Cores and decomposed them into Star Dust, the 2,000,000 experience points needed to become a Sixth Level Array Master should be attainable.

Now, the remaining problem was acquiring enough Star Sand to create the remaining hundred Star Banners…

At that moment, Su Yuan suddenly sensed something and took out the Sky Patrol Black Card.

“Xiao Imperial Envoy? Heading to the White Tiger Palace Council Hall…”

The message was from Xiao Jian, the previously dispatched Xiao Jian Imperial Envoy who represented the Great Flame Sect to the Dragon Sect to congratulate Qin Xiangyang on ascending the throne.

Su Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. The White Tiger Imperial Master was responsible for intelligence, penalties, and assassinations.

So actions from this department were often quite tricky.

“Let’s go and see.”

Su Yuan pondered briefly, then left Qingming Realm and headed towards the White Tiger Palace.

In a conference hall within the White Tiger Palace.

Su Yuan handed his identity token to the special envoy at the entrance, then walked into the hall.

Upon entering, a rather serious atmosphere greeted him.

Su Yuan looked up to see several people already seated around the long table in the middle of the hall. Besides Xiao Imperial Envoy, there was actually someone he recognized…

Zhang Qianyi smiled and nodded in greeting as Su Yuan entered.

Su Yuan also nodded back.

“Su Yuan, you’ve arrived,” Xiao Jian greeted.

“Two envoys.” Su Yuan saluted Bai Chengyun and the White Tiger Envoy beside him.

Xiao Jian said, “Have a seat first.”

Su Yuan responded and then sat beside him.

Su Yuan carefully scanned the few people in the hall, and his gaze finally landed on the short-haired young man to Bai Chengyun’s left, his expression slightly tightening.

This young man was not tall and had a thin build with ordinary looks. He sat quietly to the side, barely noticeable, as if blending into the crowd unnoticed.

However, Su Yuan’s gaze briefly lingered on him, and he felt an inexplicable sense of being watched!

Moreover, the large full moon emblem on the back of the young man’s uniform revealed his identity. He was the Upper Moon Lord of the Sky Patrol Department White Tiger Imperial Master, Shen Tu Yuan!

Bai Chengyun spoke, “Now that everyone is here, let’s discuss the operation.

This operation involves using the impending birth of the Tiger Vein in the You Man Forest as bait to ambush and kill Gerard, the Dark Moon Knight of the seven-colored Moon Knights from the Holy Temple!”

“Ambush a Moon Knight!”

Su Yuan’s heart tightened. No wonder so many experts were gathered!

Su Yuan had already learned about the feats of the Extreme White Moon and the Crimson Moon among the seven Moon Knights.

And this time, they were actually planning to ambush a Dark Moon Knight who hadn’t yet taken action on the North-South battlefield…

“Of course, although the Dark Moon hasn’t appeared in the current North-South conflict, he has acted several times in the north. We have some information on him.”

Bai Chengyun said, distributing the intelligence reports.

[Gerard (Holy Temple Dark Moon)]

[Personality: Eccentric and violent]

[Abilities: Dark Element, suspected to involve black holes]

[Notable Events:

1. Collaborated in suppressing the cult organization Praying Sky Sect, single-handedly killing nine Radiant Moon-level Red Bishops.

2. Fought alone against two Radiant Moon-level Knight Captains of the Royal Knights of Rhein Country, killing one and forcing the other to flee.

3. A year ago, teamed up with the Crimson Moon and Gold Moon to encircle and kill a newly advanced Burning Sun heretical figure.]

“Hiss…”

Except for Bai Chengyun and Xiao Jian, the other Radiant Moon elite in the hall took a deep breath.

Because these feats… were truly remarkable!

Single-handedly killing nine Radiant Moon-level figures?

Fighting against two Royal Knight Captains from Rhein Country, killing one and forcing the other to flee?

The Royal Knight Captains of Rhein Country were top-notch super experts among the Full Moon-level!

As for the last event… three Moon Knights encircling and killing a Burning Sun-level?

Although the target seemed to be a newly advanced Burning Sun-level, the gap between Radiant Moon-level and Burning Sun-level…

If the gap between Shining Star and Radiant Moon were a chasm, then the gap between Radiant Moon and Burning Sun would be at least three chasms wide!

An insurmountable gap!

With such achievements, everyone in the hall understood the terrifying strength of Gerard, the Dark Moon Knight.

Bai Chengyun asked Shen Tu Yuan, “Can you manage, or do you need An Yin to return from the front line to assist you?”

Hearing Bai Chengyun’s question, everyone looked at Shen Tu Yuan.

Shen Tu Yuan quietly glanced at the reports on Gerard. Then, in a slightly dry voice, he said, “Hold off the others. One-on-one, he will die!”

Although Shen Tu Yuan’s voice was not loud, it carried an icy killing intent and a strong confidence that inspired trust.

Bai Chengyun, knowing Shen Tu Yuan well, nodded. “Good. In that case, we’ll leave the Dark Moon to you.”

Shen Tu Yuan nodded slightly. “Understood.”

Bai Chengyun looked at Zhang Qianyi and the others. “Everyone else, you will intercept the remaining enemies along with Rhein Country’s experts.”

“Yes, Bai Imperial Envoy.”

Bai Chengyun nodded and finally looked at Su Yuan.

“Additionally, we have invited a Vermilion Bird Envoy and Fifth Level Array Master to assist in the operation.”

All eyes turned to Su Yuan.

Xiao Jian handed an array map to Su Yuan. “Su Yuan, this Fifth Level Array is known as the Water Moon Sky Covering Array. How long would it take for you to learn and set it up after reaching You Man Forest?”

Su Yuan took the array map. This array was not particularly challenging, only requiring a Level Five specialization in “transformation.”

Given that Su Yuan’s transformation specialization was already at Level Six, he estimated it would take no more than three days to learn, with an additional half-day for setup and adjustments.

“This array requires the Sky Filling Stone and Water Moon Essence. Provided I have the materials, I can learn it in three days and set it up in half a day.”

“Great, then the time during the journey will be sufficient!” Bai Chengyun and Xiao Jian’s eyes brightened, immediately handing Su Yuan a ring containing the array materials.

Bai Chengyun said, “Then we must rely on Envoy Su to assist the White Tiger Imperial Master on this mission!”

Su Yuan did not hesitate, accepting the ring and nodding. “No problem.”

Although this was an operation of the White Tiger Imperial Master, it was also a joint operation with Huo Luo Country.

Su Yuan needed to accumulate merits and gather Star Sand for the Star Banners.

The department no longer had Star Sand in stock. But since this mission involved cooperating with experts from Huo Luo Country to ambush the Holy Temple Knight, perhaps he could take the opportunity to request some from them afterward.

Bai Chengyun looked at everyone and said sternly, “Then prepare for half a day, and we’ll depart for You Man Forest.

This mission aims to ambush and kill Gerard, the Dark Moon Knight among the seven-colored Moon Knights of the Holy Temple, and seize the Tiger Vein there!”

“Yes!”

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