Chapter 1 When the Red Sea is Lifted, a Ray of Azure Light Pierces the Long Night

When the Red Sea enveloped the area, a ray of azure light pierced the long night.

Mu Qingyang's spear moved like a dragon, charging out of formation.

He regarded Mr. Gu Changzhi as his benchmark, and his style of conduct and cultivation path naturally followed the development of this greatest God of Battle in the history of East Continent... [Azure Fire], judging from the literal meaning, seemed like a natural elemental ability, but in reality, it belonged to the category of an indomitable, strong offensive system.

Before Mu Qingyang reached Fourth Order.

The Azure Fire simply couldn't leave his body, nor could it manipulate elements and launch ranged attacks like other natural-elemental espers. To unleash the killing intent of [Azure Fire], close-range contact was required!

There must be a sacrifice to gain!

Having sacrificed the attack range, the impact and lethality of [Azure Fire] were far beyond comparison with abilities of the same tier.

And after Fourth Order.

Mu Qingyang's domain could expand outwards, and the attack range of Azure Fire would also expand accordingly—

He extended his spear from nearly a hundred meters away!

On the snowy mountaintop stood a white-haired figure. [Deep Sea] sent the information of the attacker. The target he locked onto was the [White-Haired Fiend], ranked thirty-fourth on the high-risk list!

"Boom~~~"

The Azure Fire surged out along with the spear tip. With this one strike, thousands of spear shadows pierced through the void!

The White-Haired Fiend put his hands together and took a deep breath.

Before even coming into contact with Mu Qingyang's spear, he felt the pressure.

Those who could become leaders of the Enforcers were not weaklings. If Mu Qingyang's true combat strength was included in the high-risk criminal list of [Snow Cage], he would at least rank in the top twenty-five!

However, the White-Haired Fiend only felt a slight headache, nothing more.

Because he knew very well that what he needed to do tonight was very simple.

He only needed to hold Mu Qingyang back.

According to previous estimations, the biggest, and only, obstacle to raiding the camp was this man.

The others were not worth mentioning.

Hold Mu Qingyang back, and the remaining matters...

Looking at the camp below the snowy mountain, where faint bonfires burned within the Red Sea's embrace, the corners of the White-Haired Fiend's lips curled up in a playful smile.

Once the Poison Fiend's Red Sea broke through the barrier, what followed would be a massacre!

Faced with such a gap in absolute strength, what could these guys use to resist?

To take a step back.

Even if these Enforcers had some hidden tricks up their sleeves, it would be useless.

Because the true "assailant" standing at the highest point tonight was not himself, not Silver Eyes, and not even the Poison Fiend.

"Kill!!!"

The White-Haired Fiend held his breath and roared, wiping his hands across his cheeks, his snow-white hair coiling around his fingertips.

He did not engage in close combat with Mu Qingyang!

Both being strong-offensive types, his [Snow Hair] was better suited for ranged attacks, and this guy was stronger than him... he wouldn't use his weaknesses to attack the other's strengths!

Thousands of spear shadows pierced through the void.

And countless snow-white hair strands shot out in unison.

The collision of needle tips against wheat awns erupted in hundreds and thousands of brilliant, dazzling sparks in an instant. Mu Qingyang advanced a hundred meters, while the White-Haired Fiend retreated lightly one hundred and twenty.

"Trying to hold me back?"

Mu Qingyang read the White-Haired Fiend's combat intentions, and a wisp of anger ignited in his eyes.

He knew very well what kind of danger his subordinates behind him were facing at this moment!

He had to kill one person quickly!

It had to be fast!

"Swish swish swish!"

Mu Qingyang's spear speed instantly soared. He had no patience to fight the White-Haired Fiend for three hundred rounds, and directly unleashed the spear technique that had severely injured Tang Ran... The shaft of the Red Tassel Spear was suddenly clenched, instantly stirring up a hundred illusory shadows like angry snakes, which then overlapped and merged!

This spear strike was filled with soaring battle intent, bursting forth with an unstoppable momentum!

Unfortunately.

The White-Haired Fiend and Tang Ran were two different types of espers.

Their methods of engagement were also completely different.

From the moment the battle began, the White-Haired Fiend had decided to focus on avoiding battle and stalling!

At the moment Mu Qingyang's spear killing intent soared, he realized that something was wrong, while retreating wildly, he kept waving his hands and sleeves, the frantically growing white hair, like countless strings, was shot out by him.

Countless subtle shattering sounds exploded continuously in the snowy plains' raging wind.

Mu Qingyang's spear strike was like splitting bamboo, advancing with indomitable force.

But the White-Haired Fiend retreated madly and did not stop, his feet rooted on the snowfield, constantly retreating, and at an extremely fast speed, without any intention of engaging in combat.

No matter how strong the momentum of this spear strike was earlier, it had to decline at this moment!

On the snowfield, two figures, one advancing and one retreating, fought for a thousand meters. Mu Qingyang dared not leave the camp too far. After a thousand meters, his momentum weakened, and he immediately picked up his spear and stopped.

And the White-Haired Fiend, who had been avoiding battle and retreating lightly, suddenly greeted him with a smile!

Mu Qingyang thrust out his spear again!

The White-Haired Fiend retreated again—

Such a game of cat and mouse, if it were normal times, the White-Haired Fiend's ending would be very miserable.

If Mu Qingyang was not in a hurry to fight, he could have waited with his spear, slowly looking for flaws. If he caught one, one spear could cripple him!

But now, he couldn't wait!

At this moment, Mu Qingyang finally understood why, when the "Red Sea" was shrouded, the snowfield was vast, but only this conspicuous aura was clearly sensed by him... This was deliberately done by the White-Haired Fiend.

This was a trap, inviting him into the urn.

Moreover, he had to enter.

Because this was the only way to break the situation on the surface.

Figures like Mu Qingyang, strong enough and arrogant enough, would definitely try to break it!

"If this drags on, the Poison Sea will engulf the camp..."

Mu Qingyang's expression was gloomy, but he was not good at mental capture. It was too difficult to accurately find the Poison Fiend in the Red Sea domain of the snuff bottle.

Just as he fell into a dilemma.

Suddenly.

The boundless Red Sea shattered—

A heart-wrenching cry came from above the snowfield.

"Yuan Zhong, save me!!!"

……

……

The Poison Fiend was about to collapse.

He had never seen such a terrifying...

Third Order.

Yes, after a brief exchange, he was absolutely certain that Gu Shen was really only Third Order.

However, this Third Order's ferocity was enough to be ranked among the top ten on the Tundra Prison's list!

Originally, he had dismissed Gu Shen with disdain.

What East Continent prodigy, one in ten thousand S-class?

Just a Third Order!

It was not until they exchanged blows and were completely crushed that he realized... using prodigy to describe the young man in front of him was not accurate enough.

This was simply a future God Throne seed!

What Third Order could do this, seeing through his "Red Sea domain" at a glance, and resisting the ten thousand tons of mental toxins in the snuff bottle without any injury?

Gu Shen made his move the moment the Poison Fiend cried for help.

He never showed mercy to his subordinates.

Under the summoning of the [Iron Throne], countless iron pieces flew into the palm of his hand, which he raised high. A plain and unadorned iron knife instantly condensed, and he slashed down fiercely.

"Buzz."

However, at the same moment, the space in front of Gu Shen seemed to become blurred.

He narrowed his eyes.

It appeared... [Instant Severance]!

At the moment the space blurred, the Poison Fiend's figure also blurred... If nothing unexpected happened, after the space blur ended, [Instant Severance] would take the Poison Fiend and break through the void to leave, directly escaping from danger!

That was how these three had come in the first place!

"Heh, as expected, he still couldn't hold back."

Gu Shen sneered.

The spread of the Red Sea had affected his mental judgment. No matter how he searched, he could only find the three Snow Cage criminals whose realms were at the tenth level of the Deep Sea. As for the real raiders tonight, there was still no trace of them.

Yuan Zhong was hiding extremely well. The mountains were steep and the snow fell silently.

He might be standing in the shadows of the winding snowy mountains.

Or he might be hiding in the night where the snow waves rolled and flew.

But it didn't matter.

Because no matter how well he hid, as long as he made a move, he would definitely expose his true position... At the moment the space blurred, Gu Shen no longer hesitated. He instantly released his "Great Cold Domain," which he had been hiding until now—

Rumble!

Along with the breaking of the ground by a towering tree, the blurred space was instantly frozen by Gu Shen's intent of annihilation!

"Domain? Domain!!!"

The Poison Fiend's expression was horrified. In this world, there was one more thing he couldn't understand.

Frost spread quickly.

His expression was briefly frozen at this moment. Gu Shen's mental strength was indeed stronger than the Poison Fiend's... But after all, he was only at the eighth level of the Deep Sea now. No matter how strong his mental strength was, it was only limited.

The Great Cold Domain could only freeze the Poison Fiend for 0.5 seconds.

"Great Cold" descended!

The power of [Red Nightmare Demon] revived on his body surface, and countless red hairs grew out to resist the freezing, frost, and annihilation!

Unfortunately.

0.5 seconds was enough to determine life and death in a battle between experts!

In front of Yuan Zhong, Gu Shen raised his knife and struck.

One slash!

He cleanly and neatly chopped off the Poison Fiend's head!

Well, so this was the high-risk criminal ranked nineteenth. Cutting off this head didn't take much more effort than Tang Ran... Gu Shen looked at the head frozen at his feet, thinking truthfully in his heart.

But all of this was not over.

He stretched out his palm, and a blazing fire burned in his palm, touching the blurred space that was "frozen."

Gu Shen smiled sarcastically, silently saying in his heart.

"Sending you a... good thing."

The moment the Pure Land Domain was retracted, the freeze was released, and the blurred space instantly went away. A wisp of blazing fire was attached to the extraordinary origin of [Instant Severance] and sent to a very distant place.

……

……

A very distant place.

On the other side of the snowy night.

Yuan Zhong, who had been staying on the mountain peak and had not moved an inch, suddenly frowned.

The distant space blurred and returned to normal continuously.

A series of fluctuations rose and fell like this, finally reaching his presence. [Instant Severance] came to an end, and finally sent a very weak, very weak ray of light to his presence.

On the dark and cold snowy mountain, a ray of light slowly lit up.

Yuan Zhong's expression became very ugly.

This was not what his own [Instant Severance] should have returned.

This time, what [Instant Severance] should have brought back was the Poison Fiend, who had lost the battle...

"The Poison Fiend is dead just like that?"

Yuan Zhong felt a little strange.

That young man seemed to have used some strange power to briefly freeze his [Instant Severance]!

"Chī..."

This small flame did not burn for too long either, and disappeared after a few seconds.

The reason why such a wisp of spirit could be attached to the [Instant Severance] fluctuations and return with it was because it was light enough.

But at the moment the flame lit up.

Yuan Zhong knew... his location had been exposed.

Tonight.

He sent three of his subordinates to go and raid, while he himself was still staying in place... It was not because he would not take action.

On the contrary, tonight's raid was prepared for him!

[Instant Severance] was an ability with spatial characteristics. The extremely special effect allowed Yuan Zhong to strike across a very long distance without having to trek... His "purpose" had always been this extraordinary camp with more than twenty people stationed in it.

He wanted to use [Instant Severance] to wipe the entire camp off the map.

This would take a long time.

And it also required... a very quiet environment.

But this fire that burned without warning broke the silence and also made Yuan Zhong feel a trace of danger in his heart.

The Poison Fiend died too quickly!

That Third Order named Gu Shen was definitely not simple...

Yuan Zhong narrowed his eyes. He began to hesitate whether to maintain the original plan.

After the flame sent away by [Instant Severance] burned and then went out.

Gu Shen already had a rough location in his heart.

"So far away, doesn't the ruthless person ranked sixth dare to personally come out to attack?"

He frowned, feeling a little puzzled, but this should be good news... Because after figuring out Yuan Zhong's location, the next worries would be much smaller. If Yuan Zhong was nearby, a Deep Sea Eleventh Layer close to the title would only bring him more pressure than now!

With the Poison Fiend dead, it was time to send the remaining two on their way!

He wondered if Mu Qingyang had held on.

……

……

On the other side.

"What, the Poison Sea was directly shattered?!"

Mu Qingyang was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

The Poison Fiend was dead? Could this be Gu Shen's doing?

In any case, with the Poison Sea domain broken, the pressure on his shoulders suddenly eased.

He looked back at the White-Haired Fiend. The White-Haired Fiend, who had been smiling all over his face, now looked shocked, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Chi!"

Good opportunity!

Mu Qingyang seized the opportunity, lightly kicked the spear shaft, and instantly thrust out his spear again. This sudden change made the White-Haired Fiend lose his mind for a moment and was heavily pierced through the shoulder.

The White-Haired Fiend's expression suddenly became ferocious and then turned crazy!

When it came to fighting desperately, he would not lose to anyone... Which of the people imprisoned in [Snow Cage] was not a desperate person?

He grabbed the spear shaft, activated his ability, and thousands of hairs quickly shot out along the spear shaft, wrapping around Mu Qingyang's arm.

Azure Fire burned wildly.

The white hair retreated steadily and grew steadily. Under the White-Haired Fiend's desperate urging, these waterfall-like white hairs actually stubbornly resisted the flames and clung to Mu Qingyang's shoulder. The latter grunted and was forced into this wrestling match.

This duel actually had no suspense!

No matter how fast the white hair grew, it could not withstand the fire... The White-Haired Fiend was burning his life, and Mu Qingyang, who had seen through the other party's intentions, now looked much calmer.

Now, it was not him who should be anxious!

Although the pressure on his shoulders had suddenly eased.

But Mu Qingyang still had some doubts in his heart... Why had the strongest person, "Yuan Zhong," who was suspected to be at the Deep Sea Eleventh Layer in the intelligence, not taken action so far?