novelnext Chapter 384 - 174: Accepting the Pursuit Mission! The Imperial Court of Justice! Interrogating the Emperor’s Chosen! Awkward
Chapter 384 - 174: Accepting the Pursuit Mission! The Imperial Court of Justice! Interrogating the Emperor’s Chosen! Awkward
Evil God’s Follower!
This term, something that had only ever existed in textbooks and legends—a word that represented betrayal and taboo—had just appeared, living and breathing, right in their midst!
And it was a former "classmate" they had spent day and night with!
After a brief, dead silence, a fierce and utterly uncontrollable uproar erupted, more intense than any before!
"What?! Shi Dang?! *That* Shi Dang?! Am I seeing things?! The top-100 contestant from the Fifth Level Division of the Newcomer’s Cup, Shi Dang?!"
"Hiss—! How could it be him?! I went on a mission to clear out some greentails with him once! He seemed so normal back then! He fought ferociously and coordinated perfectly with the rest of us! How could he..."
"A follower of Khorne! My god! In the entire history of Canaan Starry Sky Martial Arts University, it’s been thousands of years since a student fell and became an Evil God’s Follower, right?!"
"Look at his life analysis! A Stone Man half-breed... bullied and discriminated against since he was a child? And he went to a military high school! What the hell kind of ideological work were they doing there?! How could they let a student’s mind become so twisted!"
"When someone craves the glory of battle too much, they become easy prey for the Blood God’s gaze..."
The forums were in an uproar.
Shock, confusion, regret, anger...
All sorts of complex emotions swirled in the hearts of every Canaan Student.
Meanwhile, in Shi Potian’s dorm room.
Qin Feng just stared quietly at the blood-red wanted notice.
Then, without the slightest hesitation, he pressed down hard on the bright red button labeled "Accept Mission."
BZZZT—
"Mission accepted."
A cold, mechanical voice sounded.
This meant that Qin Feng had officially become one of the Hunters.
However, Qin Feng didn’t even have time to examine the more detailed intel on Shi Dang that had just been released by the Imperial Court of Justice.
BOOM—!!!
A deep, muffled boom, like a battering ram striking a fortress gate, suddenly rang out from the dorm room’s main door without any warning!
The sturdy door, forged from high-strength alloy and capable of withstanding a direct hit from a small Spiritual Energy Cannon, was being forced open from the outside with an extremely brutish and absolute power!
Accompanied by the grating screech of metal, the entire door was slowly pushed open!
Three towering figures, exuding an air of majesty and oppression like gods or demons, stepped heavily through the open doorway and slowly entered.
Their arrival seemed to suddenly dim the light in the entire dorm room.
A cold, murderous, and unquestionable presence—the Iron Blood aura of the Empire’s highest enforcement agency—instantly filled the space like a freezing current, causing everyone present to feel an instinctive, soul-deep shudder!
They were members of the Imperial Court of Justice!
They were clad in three sets of heavy power armor, the likes of which Qin Feng had never seen, with a ferocious, standardized design.
—The "Judgement I" model!
The design of this power armor was suffused with the cold cruelty and authority of a religious inquisition.
It stood well over four meters tall.
The entire suit was forged from an unknown alloy that gleamed with a dark golden luster.
Its sheer mass far surpassed any power armor Qin Feng had ever seen.
Engraved on their pauldrons was a conspicuous, sacred insignia representing the Imperial Court of Justice—a sharp sword piercing a skull, encircled by a two-headed eagle symbolizing absolute power.
And branded in the center of their breastplates was an even older and more majestic trinity insignia: a blade, a sword, and a shield.
The blade represented judgment.
The sword represented verdict.
The shield represented protection.
They just stood there silently, like three ancient deities emerged from Hell, their silence radiating a suffocating pressure.
Qin Feng could clearly feel that each of them emanated a life force that burned like a great sun.
Constant Star-level Powerhouses!
The leader of the Judicial Court members slowly scanned the room, his gaze concealed behind a dark gold helmet, before it landed with unerring accuracy on Qin Feng.
"Qin Feng?"
His voice emanated from the power armor.
It was a tone of absolute indifference and calm, devoid of any discernible attitude or emotional fluctuation.
It was as if he weren’t facing a living Martial Artist, but merely a case file that needed to be processed.
"Yes."
Qin Feng nodded slightly, his reply calm.
"You’ll be coming with us."
The Judicial Court member spoke in a matter-of-fact tone that brooked no refusal.
There was no surprise in Qin Feng’s eyes.
He knew this was a necessary procedure.
He had just seen in the campus-wide announcement that the Imperial Court of Justice would be conducting a top-level investigation into all of Shi Dang’s social connections.
And as someone who came from the same home planet as Shi Dang and had interacted with him several times, he was naturally a target on that investigation list.
He didn’t resist, nor did he ask any questions.
Qin Feng trusted the Empire.
He shot a reassuring glance toward Shi Potian and Tie Mu, who were still undergoing treatment.
Then, under the "escort" of the three steel giants, he strode out the door.