Chapter 241


    Oswald announced, “It is proven that the external disciple, Jonathan Lawson, hadmitted thievery


    by stealing the raw stone in Master Gideon''s possessions. As such, he will be served the death penalty,


    and it will take effect immediately. Enforcers, escort the criminal to the execution site and deliver him to


    the execution team for his execution!”


    With that said, Oswald signed the papers.


    Twow enforcers donning ck robes walked up to Jonathan and started transferring him


    immediately.


    At that moment, Jonathan was downright calm. He did not kick up a fuss nor fall onto the ground


    strengthless. Instead, his steely gaze scanned the surrounding before he burst intoughter. “So this is


    Divine Realm and The Inquisition? Hahaha! So that''s who you truly are! Divine Emperor, you''re nothing


    but a hoax! If the rest of your men are exactly the same as these fools, I suppose the faith you


    absorbed is nothing but lowly!”


    Hearing that, the expression of Oswald and the others twisted immediately. They did not expect


    Jonathan to be brave enough to question Divine Emperor.


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    In the meantime, Lah and Yuna could only watch helplessly, for they were too powerless to do


    anything.


    They were far too weak before the entire Divine Realm.


    Though Yuna had feelings for Jonathan, her feelings for him were not strong enough to have her


    sacrifice herself to save Jonathan.


    “There will be no more miracles.” Gabriel watched indifferently. “You can finally die now, right?”


    Suddenly, a mighty voice rang out from the outside. “Stop!”


    When Jonathan heard the voice, he trembled in shock and failed to suppress the joy overwhelming


    him.


    The owner of the voice was none other than Lance Cadman.


    Frost was the first one to step out. “Who are you? Show yourself, coward!”


    Donning white robes, Lance, Emperor of Chanaea, emerged majestically.


    As gentle as ever, Lance''s expression remained unchanged. He calmly walked into The Inquisition


    before stopping at the hall''s center, much to Oswald, Richard, Gideon, and the elders'' surprise. The


    expressions of some of the inner disciples personally taught by Divine Emperor changed drastically


    too.


    As for people like Frost, they had no idea what was going on as they had no idea who Lance was.


    However, they could tell that the newly arrived man was not to be messed around with, judging by the


    situation.


    Lance turned toward Frost and asked calmly, “Who were you calling a coward? Was it me?”


    The simple question had Frost drenched in his own sweat out of panic. Words eluded him at that


    moment.


    “Hahaha! If I''m a coward, then what are you? You are at a loss for words before my presence!”


    On the other side, Gideon took a deep breath, rose to his feet, and said, “Lance, you''re a senior, one


    who is greatly powerful and ambitious, so it doesn''t look good to bully a junior.”


    Lance turned toward Gideon and replied coldly, “Who do you think you are? You have no right to


    lecture me about virtue when you, as one of Divine Realm''s masters, grew greedy and robbed an


    external disciple of his raw stone. You even bribed Oswald and the others into setting Jonathan up!


    You''re not qualified to be a master!”


    The crowd flew into an uproar instantly.


    “How dare you!” bellowed Gideon solemnly.


    Lanceughed out loud. “Gideon Carnell, I suppose you''ve lost yourself after leading years of luxurious


    life! How dare you condemn me when all I did was merely criticize you? So what if even I pped


    you?”


    Smack!


    A crisp, loud sound split the air.


    A clear palm print was seen on Gideon''s face while Jonathan cheered inwardly.


    Lance then looked toward Gideon indifferently and said, “Are you going to say anything now?”


    Gideon''s eyes shed with a wave of extreme anger in that split second. After all these years of being


    at the top of the hierarchy, humiliation like that was the first for him.


    Yet, he was afraid of Lance, for Lance was the legendary Emperor of Chanaea.


    Back in the pinnacle of his days when he dominated thends alongside Demon Emperor and Asura


    Emperor, Gideon was nothing more than just a pawn.


    Seeing how fear had Gideon too immobilized to retaliate, Lance turned toward Oswald and the other


    elders condescendingly.


    “Oswald, don''t you know you''re supposed to show me respect?” Lance said.


    On the other hand, Nero stood up and chimed in, “Lance, it seems like you''re still as grumpy and


    impatient as ever after all these years.”


    Lance smiled in response. “Sit down, Nero. You''ve shamed Divine Emperor for what you''ve done today.


    I''ll deal with youter after I''m done with Oswald.


    Then, he called out,


    “Get down here at once, Oswald!”


    Oswald slowly shifted his gaze to Lance and replied, “Lance, you''re not an elder to me. You''re at most


    only a senior to all of us. Besides, I''m the chief officer of The Inquisition. You''ve crossed the line when


    you kicked up a fuss like that. However, I''ll let you off this time because you''re a senior. Now, leave.”


    Lance shook his head at Oswald''s words and replied, “So, it seems like you''re all too full of yourselves.


    This is outrageous! I''ll only say this one more time. Get down here!”


    “And what are you nning to do if I don''t?” Oswald jumped up from his seat angrily.


    At the same time, Gideon stood up and quickly moved behind Lance. “Respected elders, Lance has


    crossed the line! He haspletely disregarded Divine Emperor''s honor and disrespected all of us! We


    must take him down and sentence him for his crimes!”


    Hearing that, Nero and the other elders sprang to their feet.


    Richard, too, rose to his feet, but his words came out displeasingly to the others. “Ladies and


    gentlemen, I''m in Lance''s debt, for he had guided me in my training back then. If you insist on arresting


    him, I will do everything I can to stop you.”


    The expression of Gideon and the others twisted at his statement while Lanceughed happily.


    “Richard, it seems like I was not wrong about you. I, however, do not need your help today. I may be


    just a clone, but these fools are far too weak to be a threat to me!”


    Jonathan and the others were stunned at his words.


    What''s happening? A clone? So this is not Emperor of Chanaea himself? Da*n! Mr. Cadman''s clone


    alone is almost invincible. I wonder what would happen if he were here today!


    Oswald, however, couldn''t be bothered and acted right away.


    With a flip of his palm, he revealed the Shadow Punch totem in his palm.


    Made from unique materials, the totem also had the blood energy of an ancient being imprinted on it.


    With the totem in possession, one could swiftly merge the maic force.


    As soon as he made his move, Oswald unleashed Umbral Trespass, his strongest move on Lance.


    With his palm glowing, Oswald disrupted the maic field before mming his palm onto Lance.


    In that split second, the de-like sphere spun quickly and flew straight toward Lance with tremendous


    momentum that could easily shatter steel.


    When Oswald moved, so did Nero. He cast the Finger of Death in an instant.


    His weapon was a jade ruler. With his finger extended out, he unleashed a powerful beam.


    Equipping the Banner of Congration, Gideon too,unched an attack.


    With mana channeled into the banner, Gideon swung his banner and mmed it toward Lance.


    The elders in the hall had also acted in unison, unleashing their wrath upon Lance.


    At that moment, all Jonathan and the other disciples could do was watch in awe and horror.


    After all, such a battle was on par with a battle between the ancient ones. It was far beyond what they


    could fathom.


    Standing in the line of fire, Lance was trapped in a dangerous situation.


    Located right in the center, any wrong move would mean death.


    At that moment, Lance''s form suddenly dispersed.


    “Hmph! Do you think you could win against me? How naive!” Lance''s voice echoed across the hall.


    At the same time, his body turned into a ck mist.


    After all, he was not here today. The Lance standing right before them was just a clone.


    It was somewhat like the soul.


    The ck mist suddenly surged into the air while all the weapons followed after the ck mist.


    In a blink of an eye, the ck mist turned into a vast universe of stars.


    The stars started moving in one direction, slowly circled in the air, and formed a whirlpool.


    It was Soul Vortex, a killer move Lance created, a move capable of disintegrating souls.


    Like a ck hole in The Void, Soul Vortex hung high in the air.


    In fact, that was a move that Lance had created based on the ck holes in The Void after carefully


    observing them.


    Within seconds, all the weapons and attacks were pulled into the vortex.


    They disintegrated and became one with the vortex secondster.


    As that happened, Jonathan, who stood some distance away from the vortex, could tell that there was


    a mysterious power that was trying to pull his soul out of his body.


    How terrifying!


    Oswald and the others could only watch in horror.


    After disintegrating the weapons and attacks, the vortex vanished, and Lance took form again. With a


    cold gaze, he scanned the hall and said, “You think of me as nothing more than just a senior. You think


    you could win against me by teaming up, but you have no idea. You only knew that every increase in


    your strength is significant when you achieve what I have achieved! That is why I said you''re too


    arrogant! With that attitude and mindset, you''ll never glimpse the true quintessence of power!”


    Facing his words, Oswald and the others turned pale, and they were at a loss for words.


    Lance added, “I would have struck all of you down right here, but I can''t because of Divine Emperor.


    You''re here to manage the Divine Realm on his behalf, so I''d be provoking him if I killed all of you.


    Hence, consider yourselves lucky.”


    When he spoke, he spoke in a manner as if he was standing on equal ground with Divine Emperor.


    There was simply no fear and respect in his words.


    “Gideon, surrender the raw stone,” Lance demanded.


    Words eluded Gideon when Lance''s pressure was on his shoulders. He stuttered for a moment before


    he took out the raw stone.


    As soon as he took the stone out, Lance took it from him and said, “This raw stone is something from


    the Holy Chest. Gideon, you''ll never have a glimpse of the truth with your capabilities. My advice is for


    you to stop trying to get your hands on it.” Lance paused for a moment and added, “Richard!”


    Snapping out of it, Richard walked up to him. “Yes, Lance.”


    “I knew you were a man of justice back then, and I was right. After themotion I caused today, there


    will be no more ce for Jonathan in Gideon''s faction, so I want to ce Jonathan under your


    command. What say you?”