Chapter 144 Cooperation

Finished?

The few North Continent enforcers on the snowy ground were somewhat dumbfounded.

They hadn't reacted yet...

Had this intense duel suddenly come to an end?

Mu Wanqiu seemed thoughtful as she retracted her domain. The [Judge] floating above her head slowly disappeared.

On the other side, Bai Xiu's [Thunder Realm Walker] also dissipated. The third longsword was taken down by the little sleeve, its tip pointed at himself, and the hilt sent forward.

"I have been defeated."

Mu Wanqiu took the longsword and sheathed it. She looked at the white-clad young man before her and said slowly, "Please forgive my impudence... I have long heard of Changye Bai Xiu and wanted to spar. I hope you are not angry about my sudden attack."

"..."

Bai Xiu smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing, as long as the lady is happy."

Tsk.

Gu Shen walked over with a smile. "An exchange of blows leads to friendship, Little Xiu. Let me introduce you. This is Mu Wanqiu, an S-rank from the North Continent Investigation Corps."

"I've heard of you."

Little Xiu bowed politely.

Even though Bai Xiu spent most of his time in seclusion, he knew the name of this North Continent S-rank.

After all... there were only a few "S-ranks" in the Five Continents.

The few enforcers who were stunned on the snowfield finally woke up and hurried over.

As the enforcers arrived and the team was reorganized, Mu Wanqiu said to Gu Shen, "It's quite a coincidence to meet you here today. The North Continent is conducting a 'Southern Extermination,' and we are responsible for the vanguard exploration. We sensed something unusual nearby... so we came over."

"It is quite a coincidence," Gu Shen said with a smile. "The East Continent is pursuing a high-risk fugitive..."

"High-risk fugitive?"

Mu Wanqiu looked at the corpses scattered across the snowfield.

She frowned.

With corpses strewn all over the place, it was impossible to identify the "corpse master's" identity...

"Sixth on the Snow Cage list, the possessor of the [Intercision] ability, Yuan Zhong," Gu Shen said solemnly. "He has now been executed."

"Yuan Zhong?!"

The enforcers behind Mu Wanqiu were surprised when they heard the name. Those who could rank in the top seventy on that list were all fourth-order powerhouses.

Not to mention the top ten.

The Southern Extermination mission clearly stated that any team that discovered a high-risk transcendent ranked in the top ten should not attempt to deal with them alone...

"I know this person. His ability is similar to Captain Lu's, both are spatial." Mu Wanqiu crouched down, paused for two seconds, and asked, "This person, was he taken care of by the two of you?"

The battle on the snowfield seemed quite "intense," but if one looked closely, they would realize.

This was actually a crushing defeat.

Because neither Gu Shen nor Bai Xiu showed much fluctuation in their auras.

The so-called "intense" was actually Yuan Zhong's beating, which was very intense.

Gu Shen smiled and said, "Bai Xiu took care of it alone."

The North Continent enforcers gasped when they heard this... This white-clad young man, single-handedly, easily "crushed" the super criminal ranked sixth on the Snow Cage list?

So young, and already possessing the strength of the eleventh level of the Deep Sea?!

Mu Wanqiu fell silent again. She re-examined Bai Xiu. Beneath that white robe was indeed an unfathomable ocean.

This Bai family's Bai Xiu... His cultivation speed was too fast, wasn't it?

At this moment, a gentle voice entered her mind.

"Miss Mu, you don't have to be surprised. This is nothing, because I didn't pursue the 'Transcendent Third Realm,' but went straight to the fourth order." Bai Xiu helpfully transmitted his voice in a timely manner, explaining, "For figures like you and me, once we enter the fourth order, is it difficult to kill Yuan Zhong?"

Mu Wanqiu rubbed her brow.

She realized then that there was always someone better, and a sky beyond the sky. These years, the North Continent had been overly confident, with many transcendents from the military believing that they were invincible at the same level, having experienced countless battles.

But if they went out to see.

There were still many monstrous figures in this world.

If Gu Shen was a monster, then Bai Xiu... must also be a monster-level transcendent.

These two were simply the future "Twin Walls of the East Continent"!

Mu Wanqiu knew very well in her heart that although she had received an "S-rank" rating in the North Continent, compared to these two... she was still somewhat lacking, and could not be considered in the same league for the time being.

Neither had she achieved the Transcendent Third Realm, nor had she broken through to the fourth order.

"Don't worry, stabilize your Dao heart and cultivate slowly."

Just as Bai Xiu finished transmitting his voice, Gu Shen's voice rang in Mu Wanqiu's mind again. He said with a firm tone, "Just follow your heart, trust me, your good fortune is yet to come."

Mu Wanqiu was slightly stunned.

Her somewhat anxious heart suddenly became peaceful after hearing Gu Shen's voice—

Gu Shen was a person with magic.

His words could really stabilize her chaotic Dao heart.

Taking a deep breath.

Mu Wanqiu's eyes became clear again.

"You came at the right time. After killing Yuan Zhong, we discovered this." Gu Shen took out the iron box and said seriously, "Now, many of the criminals who have escaped from [Snow Cage] are using this type of old-fashioned communicator to contact each other."

He did not hide what had just happened.

He told everything in detail.

The expressions of the North Continent enforcers became grave.

They also knew that the [Deep Sea] Heavenly Eye had been shattered... This joint arrest, Changye had opened up the "surveillance permissions" of the Tundra Region, but with the fall and destruction of the Heavenly Eye.

Now, both sides of the enforcers had lost their vision and could only investigate slowly.

"You mean... these criminals who destroyed the Heavenly Eye are all accepting the summons of the former adjudicator 'Han Dang'?"

Mu Wanqiu asked in confusion, "They are gathering?"

The biggest problem for the enforcement team was not killing, but determining the location.

If there was really a large-scale gathering—

That would actually be a good thing.

With the absolute force of the two continents' enforcers, they could completely crush them. As long as they determined the location, this siege would end quickly!

"Yes."

Gu Shen said seriously, "Han Dang has proposed 'amnesty' as a condition, wanting to make a deal with us."

"Interesting."

Mu Wanqiu smiled coldly, "What makes this person think he is qualified to negotiate?"

"Qinan Ridge, northwest corner, Linden Forest."

Gu Shen said in a deep voice, "This is the last clue Han Dang left... He said this was the sincerity he had prepared. We were just about to set off when we met you."

Saying this, Mu Wanqiu, Bai Xiu, and Gu Shen exchanged glances.

……

……

There was indeed a Linden Forest in the northwest corner of Qinan Ridge.

The "sincerity" prepared by Han Dang was not difficult to find.

They didn't even need to use their mental power. As they approached their destination, they smelled a strong stench of blood... Even though it was thirty degrees below zero in the Tundra, the bloody smell still wafted out with the biting cold wind.

"Captain, corpses found..."

"Many corpses found!"

Mu Wanqiu's subordinates spread out, and reports echoed through the Linden Forest.

This Linden Forest should have been covered in snow, a scene of stark white.

But at this moment, it was as crimson as a river, shocking to the eye.

"There are seventeen in total."

Gu Shen released Chihuo, and his efficiency was faster than all the North Continent enforcers combined.

He used his mental power to call up the [Deep Sea] interface.

With the help of Chu Ling, the identities of all seventeen dead people were found... Although a large amount of blood had flowed out, their heads were preserved intact, as if they were deliberately waiting for Gu Shen and the others to come and identify them.

"These seventeen people are all criminals on the [Snow Cage] list..."

Gu Shen said, "They are ranked very low. Compared to the high-risk criminals and super criminals in front, they are not a great threat. They are the 'fish that slipped through the net' that should be re-imprisoned as much as possible during this extermination mission."

But now, they had all been killed.

No need to say who did it.

"Mr. Gu, you just said Han Dang wanted to show sincerity..." A North Continent enforcer felt something was wrong and frowned, "So these people are a gift to the enforcers?"

These criminals were not key figures in the arrest of the two continents.

"It's not that simple."

Mu Wanqiu said calmly, "Look closely, the transcendent aura on these people... has already dissipated."

Her ability was [Judge], and she was unusually sensitive to all dead objects!

These people were originally Snow Cage criminals!

But at this moment, no matter how you looked at these corpses, they were all ordinary people who had lost their "abilities"!

The "transcendent source matter" on their bodies had dissipated completely.

"How could this be?" An enforcer was very surprised.

Gu Shen suddenly understood what Han Dang's so-called sincerity meant. He swept to a corpse and carefully sensed it with Chihuo... The previously meticulous "Chihuo" wandered around the dead body, but found nothing.

It couldn't even eat a fresh, warm bite.

The source matter on this guy had been scattered cleanly... Not even a drop was left.

Bai Xiu floated in the air. He didn't go down, but he also saw the clues.

Little Xiu said softly, "What Han Dang wants to show is not these 'small figures' who are irrelevant to the battle, but the Sky Sheath fragments... The reason they don't have a transcendent aura is because the Sky Sheath has stripped them of their abilities, turning them into ordinary people."

Mu Wanqiu frowned and said, "But... where are those fragments?"

"That's the problem."

Gu Shen on the ground continued to examine the corpses, and his voice reached the sky above the Linden Forest.

"The people are dead, but the Sky Sheath is not here..."

"Their bodies are densely covered with lacerations from the Sword of Stone, but there is not a trace of residue left. Obviously, all these Sky Sheath fragments have been taken away by Han Dang."

Mu Wanqiu's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly felt uneasy.

"During these past few days of pursuit, the North Continent should have noticed as well, right? Most of the escaped criminals from [Snow Cage] have suffered Sky Sheath impact, and their bodies contain a strange power, like a 'curse,' that can dissolve the transcendent source matter in the host's body... turning them into ordinary people."

"Because they were stabbed by the Sky Sheath, these criminals' lives have begun to count down."

"For them, escaping is just the beginning, how to survive is the most important thing."

"Just now, the team I was in also experienced two waves of attacks... Some high-level criminals have already discovered that the power of 'Sky Sheath' can be given to others. The best way to resolve the 'curse' is to share the curse."

"Before, we couldn't wait for those [Snow Cage] criminals to gather and start fighting..."

Gu Shen said, "But if we knew that what we were about to face was a group of crazy, desperate people who wanted to share the 'curse' with the enforcers... can this extermination still be as crushing as expected?"

Including Bai Xiu and Mu Wanqiu, the expressions of the few people in the Linden Forest above became heavy.

"What Han Dang controls... may not just be these criminals."

"He also has the method of extracting 'Sky Sheath' and using Sky Sheath."

In this way, the "deal" he was talking about was not a request.

But more like a threat.