#2753 - Demon Suppression Temple

"Take me to the Demon Suppression Temple."

The guard had just left the library with Fang Heng when he heard this and was shocked. His left foot tripped over his right, and he almost stumbled. "Mr. Fang Heng, what, what did you just say?"

Fang Heng glanced at the guard, who was a step behind him, and thought, did you have to react so strongly?

"I heard there's a Demon Suppression Temple here at the Misty Divine Pillar. I need to go take a look."

The guard pondered his words, carefully explaining, "Mr. Fang Heng, you may not know, the Demon Suppression Temple is personally guarded by the Divine Punishment Knights. Ever since the Great Sage Crookes went missing in Hell, the Divine Punishment Knights have been following the Great Sage's final orders to guard the Demon Suppression Temple, and they don't listen to anyone's orders."

Fang Heng was a little surprised, "Anyone? Including the God King?"

"The God King has been in seclusion for a long time..."

"So?"

"So the Divine Punishment Knights won't allow us to enter the Demon Suppression Temple. Someone once tried to break in, and it ended very badly."

"It's okay, just take me over there and let me have a look."

The guard saw that Fang Heng wouldn't listen to his advice and secretly felt bitter.

The Divine Punishment Knights were extremely strong and didn't listen to anyone.

There had been similar incidents before, where a high priest tried to regain control of the Demon Suppression Temple, but was kicked out by the Divine Punishment Knights.

It didn't end well.

The high priest complained to the Great Sage.

However, the Divine Punishment Knights were once a team personally trained by the Great Sage Crookes.

Crookes died in the battle with Hell.

The remaining Great Sages in the Divine Realm, out of consideration for old friendship, were unwilling to be too harsh on the Divine Punishment Knights, and the matter was dropped.

A moment later, the guard brought Fang Heng to the outer square of the Demon Suppression Temple.

The square was very large.

Fang Heng raised his head, looking up at the tall building built on the back mountain.

The tower-shaped building was relatively high, about nine stories tall overall.

On the outer facade of the top floor was a stone giant disc.

Around the outside of the temple, more than a dozen Divine Punishment Knights guarded, their eyes focused on Fang Heng and the guard who had entered the square.

"Stop! This is the Demon Suppression Temple, no one is allowed to approach without permission!"

Fang Heng stopped some distance in front of the Divine Punishment Knights, "I accepted the Great Sage's inheritance mission and want to enter the Demon Suppression Temple to complete the trial mission."

The Divine Punishment Knights were surprised when they heard this, and stared at Fang Heng.

The Great Sage's successor?

Since the Great Sage Crookes disappeared, the inheritance of the Divine Punishment Knights had almost been cut off. The number of knights had been decreasing until now, when the entire team was only a little over fifty people.

This was the first time they had heard of someone being the Great Sage's successor and coming to take the trial.

The Holy Court guard who had led Fang Heng here was also hearing this for the first time, and turned to look at Fang Heng in astonishment.

Really?

The Great Sage's trial taker?

He had this identity too?

"Great Sage's successor? Are you sure?"

Fang Heng turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw a burly Divine Realm Knight walking out of the side hall of the tower from behind.

The man had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, with white hair at his temples. His black eyes were extremely sharp, staring at Fang Heng as if to see through him.

Hines, the leader of the Divine Punishment Knights, stopped in front of Fang Heng and said in a deep voice, "You say you are the Great Sage's successor, what proof do you have?"

"I have no proof. I'm here to accept the Great Sage's assessment and purify the demons in the Demon Suppression Temple." Fang Heng shook his head, "I don't know how to prove myself."

"Trial... interesting."

Hines chuckled, a hint of nostalgia appearing on his face, and continued, "It's been so many years, I'm afraid few people know that this Demon Suppression Temple was once the selection place for the Divine Punishment Knights."

"I can let you in to take the trial, but you also need to accept the trial of the Divine Punishment Knights. Completely eliminate a Tier 3 demon to prove your ability. If you fail, or if I find out you lied to me, no matter who is behind you, I swear in the name of the Holy Light, no one can save you."

The accompanying guard was immediately frightened by Captain Hines's words.

Hines was extremely experienced, and was a contemporary of the Great Sages of the Divine Realm. What he said was definitely not a bluff.

【Prompt: Player triggered mission - Test of the Divine Punishment Knights】.

Mission name: Test of the Divine Punishment Knights.

Mission difficulty: SS.

Mission description: Hines, the leader of the Divine Punishment Knights, does not trust you and has proposed a trial requirement.

Fang Heng was still observing the game prompt, but the accompanying guard was afraid.

The demons sealed in the Demon Suppression Temple are not ordinary demons!

With the Holy Court's temper, ordinary demons would not be sealed up at all, they would just be killed.

There is probably only one reason for being sealed up.

That is, they cannot be killed!

There are thousands of races in the world, with all kinds of strange special abilities, and even the Holy Court cannot kill all demons.

The guard couldn't help but lean over and whispered in Fang Heng's ear, "Mr. Fang Heng, how about we..."

"No need to worry, you stay here and wait, I can go in alone." Fang Heng interrupted the guard and nodded to Hines, "I accept this assessment."

After saying that, Fang Heng strode forward, walking straight through the Divine Punishment Knights who were lined up on both sides.

Hines looked at Fang Heng's back, a touch of appreciation in his eyes, nodded and continued, "The Demon Suppression Temple is a tower structure. The seven floors above ground correspond to the special magic array seal of the Demon Suppression Temple, and the seven floors underground imprison demons that the Divine Realm has been unable to completely eliminate for tens of thousands of years."

"We will periodically solve some demons, but in recent years the number of demons is still increasing."

Hines reminded, "After entering the temple, you will see a large number of teleportation arrays, corresponding to Tier 1 demons at the other end. If you can kill a Tier 1 demon, the corresponding Tier 2 demon teleportation magic array will be opened."

"Thanks for the reminder."

Fang Heng said, stepping into the Demon Suppression Temple without looking back.

The guard who had accompanied Fang Heng all the way swallowed carefully, watching Fang Heng disappear completely into the temple, and couldn't help swallowing, becoming nervous with him.

A group of Divine Punishment Knights also watched Fang Heng's back gradually disappear, their thoughts a little confused for a while, and they didn't know what kind of mood they were in.

So much time had passed, and they had all grown from young people to seniors.

From waiting for the Great Sage to return at the beginning, to slowly losing hope.

Now, suddenly someone claiming to be the Great Sage's successor came to apply to enter the trial...

The first feeling of the Divine Punishment Knights was unwillingness to believe it.

But...

What if it was true?