Chapter 248 The Thirty-Second Person?

"And... a thirty-second person?"

Mu Qingyang's hand, lightly gripping the great spear, suddenly clenched, becoming tense.

Mount Kulong was being watched by hundreds of eyes.

So many mental-type transcendents, and the results of their investigations were consistent... thirty-one targets!

"Is it the result of divination?" Mu Qingyang didn't have time to ask more questions when a deafening roar suddenly echoed across the snowy mountain.

"Boom!"

The extermination officially erupted.

Dozens of crystalline, blazing lights erupted from the enforcement team's control line!

The "Logistics Department," led by Li Qingsui, activated a domain-type barrier seal item that altered the entire outer geographical environment of Mount Kulong. A vast surge of source power rushed out of the array domain, instantly forming a formation, dispelling the darkness in an instant.

The gloom shrouding Mount Kulong was torn apart by the barrier in an instant.

A-grade barrier-type seal item, [Shén Kān] (Altar).

The moment the Li Clan's barrier materialized, an ethereal deity appeared directly above the enforcement team's joint force. Driven by Li Qingsui's mental power, this spiritually condensed deity slowly extended its "palm," casting out thousands of beams of light.

Myriad beams of light fell like a waterfall.

Mount Kulong became as bright as day.

At the same moment, Luo Yu completed the diversion of dozens of mental links, and with the assistance of [Deep Sea], bound the reconnaissance group and the enforcement team together… The Nagano enforcement team formally entered combat status at that moment.

This extermination had been rehearsed many times in the mental network.

In the vast rear of the [Shén Kān]'s luminous domain, several commanders in the command post, using mental links, dispersed their attention, multitasking. In the end, they jointly controlled hundreds of micro-drones, locking onto and aiming at predetermined areas… Dense firepower poured out, and the vegetation covering the surface of Mount Kulong was quickly ignited.

In just ten seconds.

The entire Mount Kulong began to burn solemnly and witheringly in the night.

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"Kill!"

Dozens of enforcement teams began to move simultaneously, their mission objectives having already changed.

A week ago, the Supreme Commander Gu Qilin's order was to "arrest and bring back" if possible.

But now, it had become "kill on sight!"

These criminals all carried fragments of the Sky Sheath, and their bodies were tainted with curses… Once engaged in combat, one had to be fully alert, without the slightest懈怠. These desperate individuals were trying to break through with the intention of dying together.

"Suppress with firepower—"

"Don't give them a chance to rush up!"

In large-scale engagements between transcendents, aside from those extremely high-level individuals who possessed area-of-effect group attack domains, everyone else used "source power weapons" as their primary means of attack. They would not engage in close combat unless absolutely necessary.

Not to mention mental-type transcendents.

Countless mental tides surged forth like tsunamis.

Those figures darting out of the night, those criminals desperately escaping from [Snow Cage]… were exposed by the [Shén Kān], and as the drones from the command post ignited the snowy mountain, they struggled to avoid the firing of strong-logic bullets in the night.

This was a one-sided "cleanup."

"Let's go!"

Gu Shen stood up from his meditative state. He quickly headed toward the mountain, the battle having already broken out, with the reconnaissance group and the enforcement team fully engaged in the extermination.

He did not choose to withdraw.

Instead, he went directly up the mountain!

Since the scene from the Calamity Bracelet would inevitably appear, there was no point in running. He might as well greet "misfortune" in a different way—

"Bai Xiu, Gong Zi, there's a thirty-second target hidden on this mountain…"

Gu Shen asked in the internal mental link channel, "Do you sense anything?"

"A thirty-second person?" Gong Zi looked shocked. "I don't have any sense of danger at all!"

"No," Bai Xiu frowned as well.

Then there was only one possibility.

"The target's mental power is stronger than mine…" Gu Shen lowered his voice and said, "Qingsui, don't leave the [Shén Kān] domain. I need Uncle Gao to come and support me. I suspect a titled transcendent is lurking on Mount Kulong!"

"Received," Li Qingsui's voice was solemn.

"Luo Yu, tell the enforcement team members not to be reckless, maintain fire suppression, and tell those power-attack transcendents to hold their ground and defend the defensive line." Gu Shen quickly transmitted, "Bai Xiu, Gong Zi, come and join me immediately—"

How to find that hidden thirty-second person?

Gu Shen didn't know.

But he knew… as long as he showed himself, arrived at the designated scene in the Calamity divination, then the hidden "source of danger" would naturally emerge, and disaster would certainly descend.

That scene would definitely play out.

Gu Shen couldn't escape.

And neither could the other side!

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Flames ignited between Gu Shen's eyebrows.

He crashed into Mount Kulong, spreading out his mental power, and began sprinting from the foot of the mountain. The suppressed criminals on this mountain, at this moment, seemed like moths finding a "candle."

They desperately wanted to share the curse…

It was just that the Nagano enforcers' opening offensive was too fierce, but since there was a daredevil who entered alone.

They, these sinners burdened with cursed bodies, had nothing to hesitate about!

"Brother Gu!"

Mu Qingyang dragged his spear as he walked. He roared in a low voice and suddenly accelerated, saying, "I'll clear the way for you!"

[Li Yang] Da Bu was unfurled!

With a whoosh, the red-tasseled spear shook out like a long snake, knocking two third-tier opponents who pounced on him away. After the spear was thrust, Mu Qingyang's aura suddenly surged, making him seem like a war god… It was just that the criminals on Mount Kulong were not only powerful but also filled with murderous intent.

Some natural-type transcendents had already begun using their abilities.

A fourth-tier domain, hidden in the shadows, came down on him!

"Boom!"

A square, towering water mountain materialized without warning, smashing down on Mu Qingyang. Although [Qing Huo] (Azure Fire) was a powerful close-combat type, it also had a natural enemy in elemental opposition: water and fire have been incompatible since ancient times.

Although the great spear was fierce, it couldn't exert its strength in water!

Mu Qingyang thrust upward with his spear, the red-stained tip piercing into the water. Azure Fire instantly spread, and the two conflicting forces collided and blasted against each other. The next moment, an extremely shocking scene appeared—

The great spear, from bottom to top, exerted force and suddenly burst open the water domain!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh…"

Overwhelming source power water was blasted apart by the tyrannical power of Azure Fire, but this was not the end. This fourth-tier water domain took the opportunity to spread out, turning into a prison. Countless water droplets scattered but remained connected, and finally, after landing, they resembled eaves icicles, fitting seamlessly with the snowy mountain surface!

"?!"

The hairs on Mu Qingyang's back stood on end. He instinctively sensed a crisis.

"Swoosh!"

The next moment, a slender black shadow suddenly flashed past. This was a speed that the naked eye could not capture at all. Even with mental power to sense it, one could only see a faint shadow flash by!

The sound of flesh and clothing exploding, "Puff," entered Mu Qingyang's ears.

He looked palely at the cloud of blood that suddenly exploded on his shoulder.

Something had shot past.

Too fast—

Like a strong-logic bullet… No, even faster than a strong-logic bullet!

Before Mu Qingyang could react, the second slender black shadow, traveling at extreme speed, pierced through the water domain and shot directly at him. However, this time, the speed of the "slender black shadow" slowed down slightly.

Because it had pierced through the head of a "criminal" blocking the path.

A moment's pause.

Mu Qingyang yanked his spear back, his feet firmly planted on the ground, enduring the sharp pain coming from his shoulder. He shook his spear, and the red-stained spear tip instantly swung back.

"Clang!"

This time, the spear tip exploded with a brilliant, crisp sound.

Mu Qingyang grunted, unable to believe the scene before his eyes… [Hong Ran] (Red Dye), which had accompanied him for many years, had its tip dented by a single strike.

As for [Qing Huo], it was completely extinguished!

The culprit behind all of this, that slender shadow… was actually just an ice pick, which suddenly burst apart at the moment of impact, turning into a cloud of crystal-clear mist.

This was not a seal item.

It was just an ordinary piece of ice given characteristics by a "transcendent ability!"

"What kind of power is this?"

Mu Qingyang looked pale. He couldn't understand how an ordinary ice pick could have such great power with just that one strike!

Did this ice pick contain the power of the law of some transcendent domain?

He didn't have time to think.

The third sharp ice pick, like a sniper's bullet locked onto his head, burst out of the chamber.

And this time, it was too late for Mu Qingyang to shake his spear to meet it.

"Rumble rumble—"

Within the narrow range restricted by this water domain prison, countless flames suddenly exploded. The blazing fire released by Gu Shen directly burned and blasted open the water domain… He grabbed Mu Qingyang's collar at the critical moment, pulling him away from the trajectory of the ice pick's shot.

However, strangely… the ice pick seemed to be locked onto Mu Qingyang.

Gu Shen grabbed the [Hong Ran] spear with one hand, and used [Iron Throne] to drive the nameless iron sheet, covering the wooden spear with a layer of iron scales, and then met the attack head-on. The second crisp explosive sound echoed in the dried-up water domain.

This time, [Hong Ran], wrapped in iron scales, had the advantage!

The ice pick was shattered!

However… there was really nothing to be happy about, because it was really just an ice pick.

Gu Shen recognized it at a glance. This was the "object" he had seen in the disaster scene, causing heavy casualties and putting him in a desperate situation. In the Calamity Bracelet, he could only see the scene. At that time, he guessed that this belonged to someone's seal item, or some special object with great power.

But now it seemed that this thing was just something picked up casually… On Mount Kulong, on the tundra, there were too many such ice picks, countless, inexhaustible.

This behavior was like a child throwing stones.

And the one who shot this time was a bit scary.

Just by sending a strand of domain law power on the stone, it made Mu Qingyang a little difficult to resist.

"I don't need you to clear the way, stay away from me!"

Everything happened in a flash. Although Gu Shen knew that Mu Qingyang was not in the disaster scene, he couldn't be sure… that Mu Qingyang wouldn't be affected by him. So, after breaking the third ice pick, he kicked this desperate saburo's butt hard, kicking him out with his spear.

This sentence sounded like a reprimand.

But Mu Qingyang knew that Gu Shen had no malice.

He rolled out rather embarrassedly and managed to steady himself on the snowy mountain. Without Gu Shen just now, that extremely strange third shot might have seriously injured him!

Most importantly… after getting away from Gu Shen, the ominous feeling that had enveloped his heart suddenly disappeared.

Previously, he was being targeted.

It wasn't that the shooter was interested in him… it was just that he wanted to clear the way for Gu Shen, so if they wanted to kill Gu Shen, they had to kill him first, that was all.

"Go find Bai Xiu and Gong Zi!"

Gu Shen didn't have time to look in Mu Qingyang's direction. The strong sense of crisis, after he kicked Mu Qingyang away, shifted to him. He knew he was being targeted.

Gu Shen was expressionless. After drying up the water domain, he instantly crashed into a dense forest on Mount Kulong.

His mental power controlled the entire [Snow Cage].

Every movement here was under his control—

The kill just now almost cost Mu Qingyang his life. The reason was simple. It was a fatal coincidence. The fourth-tier transcendent who smashed out the "water domain" to attack, and the truly dangerous shooter, shot at the same time.

"Snow Cage List Forty-Seven, [Drowned Cage] Wang Xiu."

In just an instant, Gu Shen arrived in front of the water domain attacker almost at teleportation speed. At the moment he uttered the other party's name, the latter's face was illuminated by the blazing fire. One could clearly see the expression of confusion, bewilderment, and fear on his face.

"Chī…"

Gu Shen didn't hesitate at all, and placed a hand on Wang Xiu's cheek. The blazing fire instantly penetrated into the latter's mental sea, and the boiling flames shone with sparks in the snowy night.

He turned around.

The shooter hidden in the long night shot the fourth "arrow."

It was still a simple and unadorned ice pick.

In Mu Qingyang's eyes, it was a shadow so fast that it was impossible to capture its trace… However, in Gu Shen's eyes, although the speed of this "arrow" was fast, it was not impossible to avoid.

Golden flames burned quietly in his pupils.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down—

Facing the rapidly shooting ice pick.

Gu Shen took a deep breath. In the face of extreme danger, his spirit was more focused than ever before.

He first tried to use body techniques such as [Wan Shan] (Complete Evasion) to dodge.

But as his body vibrated at high speed, the speed of the ice pick did not weaken at all, and it steadily locked onto every "vibration amplitude" of his.

Body technique evasion was ineffective.

When the two were only ten meters apart, Gu Shen raised his hand and threw [Drowned Cage] Wang Xiu, who was being grasped in his palm. The latter, who was in a state of mental confusion, suddenly woke up in danger. He mentally summoned a water domain out of thin air at an extremely short distance, but the next moment his head exploded like a watermelon.

The ice pick pierced through the water domain and also pierced Wang Xiu's head.

Obstacle blocking was ineffective.

Gu Shen continued to retreat, and he sacrificed his "Great Cold," wanting to freeze this ice pick in the air.

This time.

It still failed.

"Ci la—"

Gu Shen grunted, his shoulder was pierced by the ice pick and nailed to the tree. The divination scene of the Calamity Bracelet was reproduced at this moment!

This series of probes was not ineffective.

He already knew… what was the power of the law attached to the ice pick.

It was [Certain Hit].

As long as you aim at the target and shoot, you will definitely hit it.

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(Dear readers, due to the approaching New Year, I am busy with trivial matters. I want to stabilize the quality and save some manuscripts before planning to add more updates. These days, there is only one update. I hope you all understand.)