One Wave Has Yet to Settle Before Another Rises

Without lingering, Lu Su put away the Field Material floating in midair and left with Amina.

Not long after he left, the disheveled and miserable Lyon duo appeared where he had vanished.

Seeing that the field was completely empty, Lyon’s face twitched uncontrollably.

Only after quite a while did the Brown-haired Man forcibly calm himself down.

It was obvious that Lyon had also realized that Lu Su and the Fallen Cult were two separate groups.

After all, the other side had clearly held an absolute advantage in the previous battle, yet they had attacked the Fallen Cult members in the distance.

Moreover, the attack had been far more powerful than when they fought his cards.

After all, he had not been struck by that Spirit Spear condensed from terrifying energy.

More importantly, the other party clearly had the ability to kill him but had chosen not to act. They had obviously shown mercy.

Of course, it was also possible that this had all been an act put on by the Fallen Cult.

But Lyon was more inclined toward the former. Compared to his brothers and sisters, he did not think there was anything about him worth scheming for.

Could they possibly want to control him and make him regent?

After all, Great Britain’s Master Card Master, George VII, was not dead yet.

At that moment, David spoke from the side. "Your Highness, I’m afraid we’ve been tricked."

"Lu Su apparently isn’t with the Fallen Cult."

Although the Blond Man looked utterly miserable after taking Ulquiorra’s attack head-on, with his chest reduced to a chunk of Mashed Meat,

he still endured the pain and said those words.

Yes meant yes, and no meant no. He would not disregard the facts just because he had previously been hostile toward Lu Su.

Hearing this, Lyon nodded and let out a heavy sigh.

Because of his momentary anger, the material he had been certain to obtain had vanished. Now, he could only try to see whether he could trade other materials for the one he urgently needed.

That was assuming he encountered the other party again.

However, when he thought of the Fallen Cult sealing off the secret realm, Lyon knew they would surely run into each other eventually.

Unless Lu Su had another way to leave the secret realm.

Meanwhile, after moving far away from King City, Lu Su brought Amina to a cave in the mountains and hid there.

After having several Ghost Shadow Soldiers soothe Amina to sleep, Lu Su began taking stock of today’s gains.

First was Noble Royal City.

Lu Su sat in a chair taken from the Shadow Kingdom and stared thoughtfully at the newly acquired Field Material in his hand. "Could this be used on Soul Society?"

If he remembered correctly, Soul Society was the residence of the Soul Society nobility in the setting, wasn’t it?

Lu Su had originally planned to find an opportunity to fleece Lyon after obtaining a Field Material. As a prince, the other party should have quite a few valuable things.

That was also one reason why he had not had Ulquiorra follow up with another Thunder Spear against Lyon and the others.

But if Lyon remained stubborn and insisted on thinking he was with the Fallen Cult,

then there was nothing more to say. Lyon could take the initiative and come to Ulquiorra for a Thunder Spear.

No longer thinking about the Lyon duo, Lu Su summoned Soul Society.

Field Materials had always been difficult to come by. Since he had now acquired material capable of upgrading Soul Society, it was naturally best to use it immediately.

But before tossing Noble City into Soul Society, Lu Su still hesitated for a moment.

Because he felt that combining this material with Lily might also produce a Field Card.

Something like the Divine Realm of the Round Table, for example.

But after pondering it for a moment, Lu Su ultimately decided to upgrade Soul Society.

Rather than gamble on Lily producing a Field Card with powerful effects, it was better to steadily upgrade Soul Society. After all, there was still the Soul King dangling ahead as a huge incentive.

As Lu Su tossed in Noble City, Soul Society suddenly erupted with a dazzling light.

The light persisted for several full minutes before gradually fading.

Looking at Soul Society floating before him and radiating a soft glow, Lu Su knew the advancement had succeeded.

After putting it back into his mind, he quickly checked the detailed information on the Jade Grade Soul Society.

No new abilities had been added. Only the effect of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads had been strengthened.

Thirteen Court Guard Squads: All abilities of Shinigami-type Cards on the field would receive a minor → major increase.

Besides that, the ability Soul’s Sanctuary had been unlocked.

Soul’s Sanctuary: When killing non-Soul Body demonic creatures, a wisp of soul would be drawn from their deaths. The collected souls could be used to strengthen Shinigami-type Cards.

However, although Soul Society had successfully advanced to Jade Grade, Lu Su’s strength had not increased much for the time being.

Because he did not have a Jade Grade Thirteenth Division Soul Reaper Card.

But knowing that he had already obtained one material needed to advance Sister Lie, Lu Su did not feel particularly discouraged.

He then took out Adams’s corpse and the two longswords he had carried.

Because he had been in a hurry to flee earlier, Lu Su had not condensed the materials on the spot.

He rubbed his hands together. "Time to reveal the prizes."

"Hopefully, I’ll get some useful materials."

Lu Su first condensed Adams’s material.

Jade Grade Flawless King (Red)

Looking at the material in his hand, Lu Su was delighted.

Without a doubt, Adams’s material had gotten things off to a good start. This was clearly a material he could use.

He then turned his gaze to the two longswords beside Adams’s corpse. "Don’t disappoint me."

Yet a moment later, Lu Su looked at the two newly acquired materials in his hand with a complicated expression.

The good news was that both materials could be used.

The bad news was that they could be used by a card other than Lily.

Jade Grade King’s Sword (Red).

Jade Grade Starry Sky Holy Sword (Red).

In Lu Su’s eyes, these two materials seemed tailor-made for advancing Silver Arm.

Now, both Lily and Silver Arm each lacked one material for advancement. If he were still in Great Ming, this would have been easy. Whether through trading with other card makers or exchanging points, Lu Su could gather the materials.

But he was now somewhere inside an unknown secret realm in Great Britain.

"Ah, I’ll just have to see whether I can obtain other materials later."

With that thought, Lu Su entered meditation.

After a fierce battle, more than half of his Spiritual Power had already been depleted.

Several days had passed since the battle at King City.

During those days, no one had found the cave where Lu Su was hiding. More precisely, he had not even noticed anyone searching for his trail.

"Strange. Could it be that this Field Material isn’t their target?"

Lu Su stroked his chin in confusion.

According to his original guess, after he took Noble City, whether it was Lyon or the Fallen Cult, both should have searched for him with all their strength.

Yet the current calm made him doubt his own assumptions.

"So only Lyon came for this Field Material?"

Lu Su muttered to himself.

That made sense. If it were only for a Field Material, there was no need for the Fallen Cult to make such a grand show of sealing off this secret realm.

Then those Fallen Cult members who had tailed them earlier had probably only temporarily decided to follow them and see whether they could gain anything unexpected.

They had merely been unable to resist jumping out to reap the rewards after seeing Lu Su’s group of three deadlocked with the demonic creatures in King City.

What they had not expected was that Lu Su had been holding back the entire time and had not used his full strength at all.

Looking at it that way, Lyon was also purely an unlucky victim. He had only come to obtain a material, yet he had ended up trapped in the secret realm by the Fallen Cult.

"So what are they doing this for?"

Lu Su wondered in confusion.

But he quickly gave up thinking about it. His top priority now was finding a way to break out of the secret realm.

After all, whatever the Fallen Cult was planning had little to do with him. That was something the countries on Europa should be worrying about.

After tidying up slightly, Lu Su prepared to go out and gather information.

When searching for a hiding place earlier, he had deliberately observed the surrounding area.

Several dozen miles east of the cave where he was hiding was a small-to-medium-sized city.

There was no particularly dangerous aura in the city, which was why he had felt safe hiding here.

Today, he planned to casually capture a demonic creature in the city and ask for directions. After all, Lu Su did not even know where the secret realm’s exit was.

Moreover, after staying in the secret realm for so many days, he had discovered that it was enormous, larger than every secret realm he had entered before.

He had no idea why the strongest being in such a huge secret realm was only Jade Grade.

Very quickly, Lu Su had the Ghost Shadow Soldiers skillfully abduct a weak demonic creature from the city.

As the unnamed weak demonic creature trembled beneath the encirclement of the Ghost Shadow Soldiers, a voice entered his ears. "Do you know where the exit is?"

At the same time, a projection of a Space Rift appeared before him.

The weak demonic creature carefully examined the projection, then shook his head and stammered, "N-no, I don’t know."

"My lord, I really don’t know anything!"

Hearing that, Lu Su could not help sighing and muttered inwardly, Looks like this guy is too weak. He probably wasn’t even qualified to take part in the earlier invasion.

With that thought, he prepared to have the Ghost Shadow Soldiers deal with the weak demonic creature.

But at that moment, every hair on Lu Su’s body stood on end, and an incomparably intense sense of danger surged into his heart.

"Let him go. I can answer your question."

At some point, a figure clad in a tattered cloak and holding a rust-covered longsword had appeared in front of the weak demonic creature.

In Lu Su’s perception, the newly arrived figure was also a demonic creature.

And one even stronger than Adams.

Only a step away from Diamond Grade.

More importantly, Lu Su could sense that the rust-covered longsword was also a material.

Though its appearance was far inferior to the Starry Sky Holy Sword, its aura was a level stronger.

"What is going on?"

"Are powerful beings and materials in this secret realm free for the taking?"

Lu Su was somewhat stunned. He had never expected Adams not to be the strongest being in the secret realm.

Yet during their fight, Adams had implied in every possible way that he was the strongest one.

"Tch."