Chapter 736 - 278: Turmoil_4

Chapter 736: Chapter 278: Turmoil_4

A hand suddenly reached out from the ground and grabbed his ankle.

"Do not... go forward... forbidden area..."

It was a guard who still had consciousness, barely hanging on.

Feng glanced down at her for a moment.

He did not deliver the final blow to the opponent, nor did he ignore her and leave directly. Instead, as if he had discovered something, he turned around and squatted down.

"Speaking of which, I might owe you all some gratitude."

He said this, then reached out to touch the guard’s arm.

As his fingers opened and closed, an extremely concealed black magic power suddenly emerged from the guard’s arm and entered Feng’s hand.

The guard’s eyes instantly widened.

Undoubtedly, when the attack on this palace began, everyone left here was confused.

Where was the breach? How did they find this deeply hidden palace? Was there a traitor who betrayed the Royal Court?

And these doubts were all answered at this moment with Feng’s action. Clearly, the opponent had placed an extremely concealed mark of magic power on the guard, deceiving everyone, lurking like a venomous bee until this most opportune moment to launch a fatal strike.

So, I was the "traitor"...

The guard thought, half dazed and half bitter.

Just when did it happen?

Undoubtedly, Feng found this palace due to the effect of the magic mark, but the guard’s memory lacked any recollection of interacting with people from Black Ash Dawn, or even Claw Mark. Even while accompanying the Queen on patrols, she searched through her memories of contacts with every civilian, yet found no figure resembling the man before her.

When exactly did I fall into this trap?

While the guard was lost in self-doubt, Feng proceeded with further action.

As he raised his hand, the black magic power began to surge from the bodies of many unconscious guards around him. These magic marks gradually gathered together and ultimately returned to Feng’s hand.

The guard noticed the sources of these magic powers.

She recognized each source; they were her well-known partners and teammates, loyal to the Royal Court and the Queen like herself, certainly incapable of betrayal.

And quickly, she noticed.

In her memory did exist an incident, involving only her and those teammates.

A near week ago, there was a cheating incident during the "Smart Technique" examination.

A group of examinees, through unknown channels, purchased a technique called "Smart Technique," which was actually a negative technique of "Chaos Technique." The seller claimed this technique could make examinees smarter, achieving better results in written exams, but in reality, it was Chaos Technique, whose true purpose was to disrupt other examinees in the exam room. A genuinely harmful and useless tactic.

The incident was rather noisy at the time, eventually leading to a retake. Additionally, fearing the involvement of Black Ash Dawn or Claw Mark’s schemes in this matter, the Royal Court dispatched guards to inspect.

Yes, they were the ones who participated in the inspection.

Since most magical girls in the White Card examination were minors, even children, inevitably immature in mind and easily fooled by such low-level trickery. Therefore, the guards stuck to strict procedures during inspections but were not overly alert. Thinking back, if they did fall for a trap, it highly likely occurred while interacting with those deceived examinees.

And if all of this is really the true purpose, then maybe the so-called Smart Technique wasn’t merely some simple Chaos Technique...

"Yeah, some kids really have great talent, managing to learn a Compound Technique mixing Chaos Technique and Marking Technique in just a few days."

Feng spoke slowly, seemingly understanding the guard’s thoughts, "From our adult perspective, aren’t kids sometimes so confused it’s almost cute? If they’d just prepared for exams earlier, there’d be no need for such dubious methods."

"You... vile creature." The guard snarled through clenched teeth, realizing everything.

Feng remained indifferent.

After retrieving the black magic power used as marks, he lost interest in the guards who posed no threat anymore, and strode towards the nearby Small Realm Gate.

This time, no one was destined to stop him.

At least, that’s what Feng thought.

The Queen and two other Scepters were in the audience at the examination venue, Emerald was probably held by the White Wolf in the Jade Book Gallery, Golden Green Cat’s Eye was being constrained by a terror attack in the Material Realm, as for Cornflower... Feng wouldn’t forget who had thwarted his plans years ago.

Since all the Gemstone Scepters were preoccupied with other affairs, now was the perfect opportunity.

But just when Feng thought of this, about to push open the Small Realm Gate, he suddenly sensed two rather unusual magical power fluctuations.

Almost simultaneously, he shifted several meters away.

Then, at his original location, space twisted.

——"Almost made it late, as expected, Her Majesty’s foresight was indeed farther."