"What... is that pattern?"
"The stars in the sky have formed such a vivid pattern? Is that an ox? A farmer's ox? And a centaur? Oh, is that a giant crab?"
"What's going on? Why did the sky suddenly turn dark? These stars... Can anyone tell me what's going on? Why have I never seen these strange star patterns before?"
"The gods have appeared! This is a miracle!!"
"Waaaaah, great gods, have you finally begun to extend your favor to your own people?"
"These star patterns have never appeared before... This... this mysterious power, like the endless void of the heavens, ancient, timeless, profound, and profound. Could this power truly be a divine miracle bestowed by the gods?"
In Chambord City, whether ordinary people or highly skilled martial artists, everyone was utterly shocked and bewildered at this moment, completely unaware of what had happened. This extraordinary phenomenon was something they had never witnessed before in their lives, and it was far too bizarre.
Only the original inhabitants of Chambord City seemed less panicked.
They had personally witnessed a similar scene when Lord Frank Lampard advanced to the Moon Class powerhouse, and it was remarkably similar... Only this time, they wondered which expert in the city had achieved the advancement?
Every Chambord citizen was trembling with excitement, yet they scoffed at the outsiders who approached to inquire about the situation. They had long been educated and instilled with the Chambord King's principles of 'national security and secrecy,' and under normal circumstances, they would never reveal the secrets of their kingdom.
Sure enough, the next moment...
The strange phenomenon that had appeared before reappeared in the skies above Chambord City.
As if some divine being were issuing commands, employing methods to seize the very essence of heaven and earth, the once brilliant and vast constellations in the sky suddenly began to dim, one by one.
In the end, only a few hundred of the most brilliant stars remained, forming a complete constellation pattern, twinkling and shining brightly.
This constellation map descended from the dark night sky with countless faint starlight rays, disappearing into the direction of the Twelve Golden Holy Peaks behind Chambord City. Immediately afterwards, streams of golden starlight power shot up from the direction of the golden sacred peaks behind the mountain, echoing the constellation pattern in the sky.
This scene was simply a magnificent miracle.
In just over ten seconds, the stars in the sky formed six different constellation patterns, and the six beams of starlight, like a golden waterfall falling from the heavens, disappeared into the six towering Sword Peak behind Chambord City.
Then, the sky began to brighten again.
A few dozen seconds later, the sky returned to its previous clear, boundless blue. The beauty of the sky slowly unfolded before everyone's eyes, as if the strange celestial phenomenon had been nothing more than an illusion.
In Chambord City, everyone was talking about it.
The delegations from various empires, the experts both overt and covert, and the mercenaries from the two major mercenary groups were all caught in a dilemma and confusion, speculating about what force had caused the strange changes in the world just now.
As martial artists, they are most sensitive to power and can naturally sense that just now, when the world was dark and stars filled the sky, a power attribute that had never appeared on the Azeroth Continent before, a power as profound, sharp, ancient, and weathered as the stars, descended from the sky and appeared in this mortal world so abruptly.
The strange phenomenon that appeared in the back mountain of Chambord City was witnessed by many people.
But now no one dares to enter this death zone.
For more than ten days, various forces have sent many experts into the back mountain to investigate, including many outstanding Moon Class experts from various forces. However, none of them have ever come out. After the silent deaths of nameless Moon Class experts, no one is willing to take the risk anymore.
Although some speculated that King Chambord secretly orchestrated the massacre of these Moon Class experts, there was nothing they could do. After all, this was Chambord City's territory, and trespassing into a restricted area was not justifiable in the open.
The back mountain of Chambord City has become an extremely dangerous place that everyone talks about with fear.
Immediately, intelligence systems from all sides sprang into action, beginning to investigate the cause of the previous celestial phenomena.
This sudden change has caused great unease among many who were secretly making their own plans, and they feel compelled to find out the reason.
On the surface, Chambord Cheng appeared cheerful and prosperous, but underground, in places where no one could see, he was stirring up a series of bloody storms.
Chambord City, in a relatively secluded courtyard.
Four mercenaries from the [ Wind-Racing Horse ] mercenary group stood on either side of the main gate of the courtyard. They were fierce and ruthless, with menacing eyes, guarding the gate.
There were quite a few people in the courtyard.
A burly man with a red headscarf wrapped around his head and a conspicuous, hideous cross-shaped scar on his face sat in the middle of a huge stone table in the courtyard, talking to several companions beside him.
These burly men, who often walked the line between life and death, exuded an undisguised murderous aura and menacing presence. However, some of them still had red and swollen handprints on their faces, looking somewhat disheveled. These were the marks they had made themselves this morning in the hotel in the food court, when they were intimidated by Owen.
"That woman from the [ Fire Blood ] Mercenary Group, I don't know what she was thinking, insisting on meeting at a place like that, otherwise she wouldn't have been noticed by the people of Chambord City," a mercenary said indignantly. "But that mage woman's figure is absolutely amazing, I bet you could squeeze water out of it, tsk tsk tsk, that little body, so fragrant, so soft and fluffy, hehe, if I could ride her just once, I'd be willing to die for it."
Upon hearing this, the other mercenaries burst into unrestrained laughter.
Only the burly man with the cross-shaped scar had a furrowed brow, looking preoccupied.
Scarface's eyes darted around, his gaze eventually settling on the four wooden pillars in the courtyard that shimmered with a faint light. He didn't participate in the discussion about the hot and spicy topic. Ever since the restaurant came, they had been obediently staying in the courtyard and never going out, as instructed by their superiors. But for some reason, they always had a feeling of being watched.
"We can't stay here any longer. I have a very bad feeling. We must leave immediately. Tell the brothers to find a place to lie low, as we always do. We'll proceed according to plan once [ Dragon-Hunting Operation ] begins tomorrow..." The burly man with the cross-shaped scar slammed his hand on the stone table, suddenly stood up, and said nervously.
The mercenaries, who were engaged in a lively discussion, paused, and one of them asked in surprise, "Captain, everything has been normal so far. Are you overthinking it?"
"I hope I'm overthinking it," the burly man with the cross-shaped scar frowned. "But..."
At this point, he suddenly stopped talking, his pupils contracted, his expression changed drastically, and he gripped his weapon tightly with a sharp look. The people around the stone table were very suspicious. Following their captain's gaze, they were all startled and jumped up, gripping their weapons tightly with grim expressions.
But it turned out that, without anyone noticing, someone was standing silently in the direction of the main gate of the courtyard.
Second update.
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