Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1404 - Chapter 1404 Chapter 432 This Treasure is Fated to be Mine

Chapter 1404: Chapter 432: This Treasure is Fated to be Mine Chapter 1404: Chapter 432: This Treasure is Fated to be Mine In the Void, three figures dashed away swiftly.

Leonard Churchill could outpace most, if pursued by top-tier masters only.

Moreover, not everyone could so fearlessly sprint through the treacherous and fragmented Void.

But he hadn’t planned on revealing himself so soon.

Along the way, he neither hurried nor slowed, occasionally letting up to give the impression he could be caught.

Soon, a slew of elite pursuers was on their heels.

Because Leonard was certain that the news of their ambush had leaked from the Orlan Royal Family’s side. And that King Arthur had yet to confirm Leonard and his companions’ connection to the Rebel Dragon Army. Most importantly, the Holy Church’s people weren’t fools; such plans to use others to do one’s dirty work wouldn’t involve detailed intelligence, for fear of arousing suspicion.

Leonard estimated that the Holy Church had likely only received vague information that “persons of unknown identity had infiltrated” the Alternate Dimension.

Such situations weren’t unusual in the wilds, and standard countermeasures would suffice.

Indeed, as he’d surmised, judging by the strength of the pursuers, the Holy Church didn’t regard the three Sixth Tier individuals as much of a threat.

Otherwise, top-tier fighters would have taken action at the first sighting.

…

After a while, Leonard and his two companions reached a floating expanse of ruins, darting into the dense wreckage.

To the pursuers, it seemed as if they were running heedlessly, now cornered and hiding.

But Leonard knew they had long been marked by Mysterious Type techniques, rendering escape impossible.

Choosing this locale was solely because it was ideal for thinning out their enemies.

Most crucially, a response from Rebel Dragon Army Leader Griffith came through their communicator: “I’ve arrived. I need to prepare the Techniques. Try to draw them out.”

This was a vast fragment of a city’s ruins, strewn with numerous white stone buildings.

The enemy was likely still rallying their forces for encirclement and hadn’t immediately entered the ruins.

The trio strolled leisurely through the Relics.

By chance, as they walked, they spotted a beautifully dilapidated grand clock tower by the roadside.

Leonard glanced at the half-remaining clock tower and felt an instant familiarity.

Tracy Garcia exclaimed, “Hey, isn’t that the clock tower full of pigeons by the inn we stayed at before?”

“Yes.”

Leonard nodded in agreement, he had been about to say the same.

This clock tower was the same as the one in the Behemoth Imperial City on Yilin Avenue within the Alternate Dimension.

Upon hearing she hadn’t misidentified it, Camilla exclaimed wistfully, “Such a beautiful clock tower it was… ”

Camilla’s crystal-clear eyes also flashed with an unusual light.

In truth, all three felt the same way, with images from before surfacing unbidden in their minds.

The clock tower was an ancient relic, bearing witness to history, having stood in the Taren Empire’s Imperial City over three thousand years ago.

Back then, it had seen the comings and goings of many, witnessed the pinnacle of this world’s splendor.

Now, it awaited quietly in the ruins, enduring millennia of desolation.

It told a silent tale of the empire’s once-glorious past.

The trio were probably the first humans in three thousand years to recognize it upon arrival.

They had seen it at its most magnificent and now beheld its decline.

This touch, like a journey through time, imparted a sense of being worlds apart.

Yet that feeling diluted in a moment.

That contact with the flow of time vanished just as quickly.

Returning to his senses, Leonard then noticed Enlightenment also indicating: “You have touched upon the mystery of the Time Rule in your contemplation, affinity with the Law +1.”

Time Rule?

Leonard’s deep pupils shimmered with contemplation.

He always felt that within the Alternate Dimension, these High-level Laws seemed easier to comprehend.

Previously, when he observed the world, he saw its colorful facade;

Now, when he looked, he could faintly make out some of the underlying threads that propelled the world.

Leonard noted this subtle change, musing, “Is it because I’m touching the threshold of Divine Power, or is it an improvement in ‘I Am the World’… Or are both essentially the same thing?”

But before he could ponder further, Camilla tensed up, alerting, “The enemy has encircled us. Over a hundred people, with at least two Seventh Ranks.”

“Yes.”

Leonard nodded.

Their expressions did not change at all.

This was merely an appetizer.

In the space within the Orc Camp earlier, their situation had been far worse than now.

Moreover, after one fight, all three had come to understand each other’s strengths; they could handle this situation without much difficulty.

Leonard’s thoughts raced, and he reminded, “Camilla, Tracy, be careful.”

From the start, when they managed to break through the Spatial Barrier and escape, he knew they had drawn the attention of the Holy Church’s top-tier masters.

The reason those individuals hadn’t acted immediately was twofold: one, they were uncertain what methods were used to break the barrier; two, they believed the clean-up squads were adequate for the task.

However, once Leonard and the others began to eliminate their pursuers, those top-tier fighters would certainly–

The methods of a Top-Rank Card Master were enigmatic and unpredictable, and even with Griffith nearby, the risk for the trio serving as bait was immense.

Both nodded.

Suddenly, the ruins where they were hiding were encased by a Spatial Barrier, manifesting instantly with hexagram arrays all around.

In an instant, space turned “solid,” impenetrable by Leonard’s current ability to Void Walk.

“Spirit Summoning Art – Prison of Boundaries!”

The moment the space was sealed, curse scripts condensed into thick black bars that surged from the ground, rapidly forming a huge iron cage that enveloped and trapped the three within.