Eternal Thief

“I’m the representative of Heaven’s Justice, and whoever comes in the way of justice will be judged by me, for I am Heaven’s Advocate!” Ace was flabbergasted when he heard this arrogant declaration, and his mind raced, ‘So, there is someone else who draws the attention of the overseer? But what’s with this intense name ‘Heaven’s Advocate’ and being the representative of Heaven’s Justice? And why is this person here?’

Although Ace found this situation quite strange, he was still relieved that he wasn’t the one who drawn the Ascension Solider in this place.

“Oh? You have some good humor, fellow practitioner. How about you come out and have a chat with this old man about Heaven’s Justice?” The old man’s voice rang again with a hint of ridicule.

“Very well, I was also hoping to inquire about someone; maybe you can help me with this matter.” The young man nonchalantly replied as if he was completely unbothered by the old man’s hidden hostility.

‘What an arrogant guy… but he might have the power to back his words.’ Ace couldn’t help but slightly admire the other guy. Nonetheless, he knew he wasn’t out of the woods, especially if these guys investigated the tunnel behind the rubble. .𝐜o𝚖

If they found the path opened by Cyrus, he would be exposed, so he quickly has to leave, using this mysterious Heaven’s Advocate as a smokescreen.

‘Just where did the little brat go, and why is he taking so much time?’ Ace started to feel restless. He had a very bad feeling about this turn of events, and he quickly wanted to leave.

“Where are you?” Ace used his telepathy connection with Cyrus to ask quickly.

“I found the way out!” Cyrus suddenly replied, “I’m coming back!”

Ace’s eyes lit up as he felt slightly relieved and sensed Cyrus’s position with his connection with him.

A few moments later, Ace saw the western wall of the cavern suddenly start to turn crimson before it melted down, revealing a burning path of molten rocks. Cyrus’s small figure appeared as he chirped happily and landed on Ace’s shoulder.

“Let’s go big bro!” Cyrus said without delay. “You don’t need to tell me twice. And I want you to keep an eye out for anyone closing in on us and make sure you won’t be discovered!” Ace quickly moved while issuing a grave command to Cyrus.

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On the other side of the spirit stone mines,

Five humans in different styles of robes stood a few meters away from the mine entrance, their facial expressions varying. Other miners stood quite away from them, watching this scene with shock and a gobsmacked look as if they were watching a dream.

Although they didn’t know who these five humans were, the suffocating air around them and the old man’s earlier words allowed them to guess their revered identities.

But this only made them even more shocked, and they wondered if they were here because of the sudden tremor or this mysterious person who had somehow infiltrated the spirit stone mines, hence the Sect Alliance City, which was unbreachable in their hearts.

At this moment, vague yet steady steps are heard from the mouth of the tunnel. Thereupon, a tall, handsome figure emerges from the shadows, radiating an aura of unwavering conviction. His white robes shimmer and a righteous fire burns in his. Matching his confident steps was a dainty woman in a white gown with a white mask covering her face.

Behind them were walking the bewildered yet horrified Kai with fumbling steps, and behind him was ashen face Lonnie with absolute agitation written all over his horrendous face.

The five humans who were known by the five overseers of the Sect Alliance City and representatives of Five Grand Sects showed various expressions when they saw the extremely handsome young man and the masked woman beside him.

Furthermore, what shocked them even more was they felt faint apprehension from both of them and a mysterious feeling of reverence from the young man in white as if they were in the presence of a grand existence.

The old man with a dwarf and skinny frame, short gray hair, and sharp eyes in the middle of these five overseers narrowed his eyes as he asked with vigilance, “Who are you, fellow practitioner? And what are you doing in our five sects spirit stones mines? It’s impolite to trespass on someone else’s territory.” He emphasized his background coldly.

This old man was Perry. He belonged to the Grand Myriad Law Sect and was the strongest of the five overseers—a 3-Star Ascension Solider!

Perry and the others were drawn here by the tremors and the powerful undulation from the activation of the ascension altar, and they thought someone had attacked their spirit stone mines.

However, since their formation didn’t react at all, they thought that this infiltrator was either too powerful or there was another way inside the city they didn’t know of.

The chances of the former were quite low since this region was tightly guarded by the five sects. If anyone wanted to come here, they had to go through one of the five sects, so they were sure that it was the latter case.

In their initial dialogs with this infiltrator, they even thought that it was some lunatic who got lucky. But now, after seeing him in person, they no longer have those thoughts, and they take this extremely seriously.

Furthermore, none of them could measure the depth of this young man’s cultivation, so this only made him even more vigilant, and they didn’t want to attack before making sure they could take him down. Moreover, they had already secretly sent singles for help to their sects, so as long as they could buy enough time, powerful reinforcement would be here.

The young man, or Heaven’s Advocate, said at this moment, “It’s indeed disrespectful to trespass into someone else’s territory, but from my view, these lands are the gift of Heaven. The air with breath is bestowed on us by Heaven, and even our insignificant lives belong to Heaven.

“Yet, Heaven doesn’t ask us for anything; it didn’t drive us away, so why do we, the children of Heaven, have such thoughts? In my view, as long as we are under heaven, nowhere is someone else’s territory but a shelter bestowed upon us by heaven.” His righteous voice cuts through the air and into everyone’s heart, especially those miners.

However, those five overseers found it quite ridiculous. They were completely baffled by those words and looked at Heaven’s Advocate as if he were an idiot. At this moment, a woman in somewhat revealing robes and a sexy figure suddenly burst into bell-like laughter as if she were extremely delirious. Her name was Winifred, and she belonged to the Grand Charm Sect.

“Little brother, I liked your theatrics very much. How about you accompany this big sis for a chat? I really want to hear more about your unique views, and I might even reward you if you make me laugh.” Winifred seductively winked at the Heaven’s Advocate.

If there had been someone else, they would’ve been burning all over in heat because of her seductive actions, but the Heaven’s Advocate’s expression remained completely indifferent.

He sighed in pity, “Ignorant and disgusting, now it all makes sense why Heaven is filled with despair and gloom. It’s all because of cultivators like you! You guys took lives for granted; you kill indiscriminately, without mercy, without the faintest remorse; you kill for greed, kill for vanity, and some of you even killed your own kin for power and treasures.”

He then gestures to the stunned miners, “Look at them! These are not your slaves but your fellow creations under Heaven! Do they not deserve a life free from your tyranny? Do their cries for justice go unheard by your self-serving ears?

“No wonder this air is filled with suffocating injustice. There is no justice in this world because no one with the power to uphold it bothers to step forward!”

His expression became rigid, and his voice became deadly cold: “But worry not, for the scales of Heaven have finally tipped. Justice delayed is not justice denied.

“I, the Advocate of Heaven, are here to bring the judgment of heaven upon people like you who exploit others and these lands with avarice, blind to the suffering you cause.

“I shall judge you in the place of Heaven, for Heaven is not blind and had sent me to be its eyes and advocate. Heaven’s judgment is swift and merciless!”

Just as Heaven’s Advocate’s words trailed off, the scales mark on his glabella suddenly glowed brightly, and a mysterious yet territory pressure started to spread like wildfire.

The five overseers’ expressions warped when they felt they couldn’t move under this pressure, which they even found familiar.

Perry’s eyes widened with horror as he suddenly remembered why he was feeling this pressure so familiar and why it triggered the biggest trauma of his life. He cried in alarm, and hearing him, the others shuddered in fear.

“How can you use Heavenly Tribulation aura!?”