Chapter 1 The Silence of the Old House is Broken!

The blazing fire ignited the dim hut! The soul that Gu Shen had captured was first absorbed by the page, then spat back out!

Immediately afterward, this soul actually rushed toward Gu Shen. His face was twisted, his eyes were fanatical, resembling those white-robed extremists in the W4 district mansion. Their expressions were almost identical, with no difference!

"Boom—"

Gu Shen waved his hand, instantly blasting that wisp of soul, which didn't know its own death and dared to attack him, into dust!

The old house returned to silence.

At this moment, Gu Shen thoroughly understood the cause and effect of being seen through in the mansion.

No matter how powerful those low-level transcendents were, they couldn't possibly see through his concealment!

It was this page that saw through him!

He narrowed his eyes, staring at this page of tattered paper. What surprised Gu Shen the most was... such a thin piece of paper could actually control the souls in his Pure Land?

Within the Pure Land, Gu Shen was the supreme being.

These serving death warriors were all absolutely loyal souls under his command!

He never expected that the souls in the Pure Land... would have their beliefs modified?

"Interesting."

No wonder those fanatics were able to launch attacks.

It wasn't their attack.

It was this page's attack on him.

"This is probably the real purpose of Guang Ming Cheng heading south..."

Gu Shen sneered, "This page can absorb the 'flame of the soul,' transforming the target into a fanatical devotee... The transformed transcendents are probably even more loyal than the Holy Judges!"

If Guang Ming Cheng transformed all the transcendents in Sang Zhou Grotto...

Then they would possess an objectively large fanatical army!

"Is it because they discerned what the previous Underworld King was doing?"

Gu Shen frowned, "The Pure Land has an undead army, so Guang Ming Cheng also needs to have countermeasures?"

"No... I might be overthinking it."

He murmured, "This kind of thing should have been discovered by chance recently."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken it out now!

Moreover... this page must have some side effects, otherwise Guang Ming Cheng would have already started the "transformation" operation.

"Could it be that some pre-ceremony is required..."

Gu Shen racked his brains, then suddenly thought of a possibility: "Does the target need to have a fixed 'belief'?"

The wisp of soul he had just erased believed in him.

And those extremists in the mansion believed in the doctrines of the Storm.

This page can transform the beliefs of transcendents—

But the premise is, there must be belief!

In other words, if the target has an object of fanatical worship in their heart, then this page can replace the so-called "object." This is a replacement effect, not cultivation.

"So... Guang Ming Cheng hates 'neutralists'..."

Gu Shen murmured, "'Neutralists' are committed to letting the people of Sang Zhou Grotto live for themselves. What they promote is 'atheism'."

He rubbed his chin with two fingers, circling around this page of tattered paper.

"This level of 'sealed item' is at least 'S-rank'..."

"Capable of making Guang Ming Cheng's Child of Blessing and Great Knight come south specifically..."

"This grade..."

"Shouldn't it be easily damaged, right?"

Going around in circles, Gu Shen pretended to speak casually.

Suddenly reaching out—

The iron blade roared, condensing in his palm!

This was the Pure Land!

His world!

The Iron Throne erupted with a high-pitched roar, the iron blade storm almost overturning the entire hut—

One slash!

The silver brilliance had just bloomed when it was absorbed by this page of tattered paper. This slash came down, without the feeling of hitting an extremely solid wall. The iron blade scattered like chains, and this slash penetrated to the end, the tip of the blade touching the ground.

"Rustle..."

In the dark chamber, the tattered paper floated like seaweed, emitting bursts of crisp sounds.

Not damaged.

At the last moment, it fluctuated the surrounding space, allowing Gu Shen's slash to avoid a "direct hit."

"Heh..."

Gu Shen smiled, he sheathed his blade and also retracted the Iron Throne.

"What's wrong, scared?"

He said calmly, "Afraid that I'll tear you apart, so you dodged at the last moment... If it were in the outside world, you probably wouldn't 'run,' right?"

The old house remained deathly silent.

If outsiders saw this scene, they would definitely find it strange.

Gu Shen was talking to a page of paper.

It was just a page of paper, how could it answer questions?

However... after being schemed against by the "devil" of the Ruler of Truth, Gu Shen was wary of this kind of unknown, extremely high-level sealed item.

He didn't know if there was a second being similar to the "devil" in this page.

"..."

The tattered paper, of course, didn't reply.

Gu Shen wasn't in a hurry. His previous soft words were all for show. Having been tricked by the ruler once, he now had a lot of experience.

He turned around and left the house.

But before leaving, Gu Shen left a wisp of flame in the house—

"Pa!"

At the moment of closing the door, it was a finger snap. The blazing fire burned inside the old house. Gu Shen didn't look back, he directly returned to the real world.

Regardless of what quality of sealed item that page was.

Burn it first!

Burn it for three days and three nights!

If the quality was high enough to withstand the scorching of the blazing fire, then it would be considered "its" good fortune!

If it couldn't withstand it... then it couldn't withstand it.

...

...

W9 District, which was originally silent.

Suddenly, a large patch of red appeared above the sky—

This was the second assassination location chosen by Zhu Que!

As the crimson sea of fire descended, a shadow had already quietly left the city.

Of course, Guang Ming Cheng would not allow the scene of a divine envoy slaughtering freely to occur.

However, as a hidden fourth-level from the West Continent, the shadow's task upon leaving the city was not to stop Zhu Que's second city burning!

But...

To prevent him from having the ability to burn a third city!

The lives of the Sang Zhou Grotto transcendents could be important or unimportant. In the grand scheme, these people were all chess pieces, all of which could be abandoned... But abandoning chess pieces always required some return.

"Boom..."

At the moment when the Li Fire descended upon W9 District, Zhu Que contracted his domain.

He was very careful.

He knew what kind of people Guang Ming Cheng were... After the negotiations with Su Ye ended, Guang Ming Cheng would definitely take corresponding control measures.

This kind of assassination could not continue indefinitely.

His biggest "advantage" was the first city burning. Only that time could he launch an attack without any warning.

But now, the moment he had been waiting for had arrived.

He was waiting for Guang Ming Cheng's "hidden piece" to make a move!

As the Li Fire burned the entire W9 District, the divine envoy Zhu Que released fifty percent of the domain's fire. This was already enough to completely devastate W9 District, but the burning speed was also reduced a lot... This place was larger than the previous district, and quite a few transcendents had reacted, but their struggles were meaningless. The Li Fire was gradually contracting inwards in a large circle.

Fifty percent of the Li Fire, burning all beings.

The other fifty percent enveloped himself.

Zhu Que deliberately revealed a flaw, he was waiting for the "hidden piece" to make a move.

This game was just like the previous mental conference between him and Su Ye. Both sides knew what the other was going to do.

Some things did not need to be said.

Everyone knew!

"Tear!"

A wisp of cold light tore through the void.

Zhu Que deliberately revealed a flaw, and that wisp of cold light took the opportunity to pierce in from this flaw!

The outermost perimeter of the Li Fire domain was broken open with a narrow opening—

A silver flying knife broke the sound barrier.

"Here it comes!"

The divine envoy Zhu Que, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes. He didn't move his feet, but instantly clenched his fist. The remaining fifty percent of the Li Fire roared out, and a flame giant condensed out of thin air above the flying knife, reaching out to capture it upon its formation.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The flying knife was clenched in the palm!

This was a pretty good quality strong attack type sealed item, probably around B-grade. At this moment, being grabbed by the Li Fire giant, it was still struggling, wanting to continue breaking through, but unfortunately, it had fallen into control, its speed greatly reduced. Immediately afterward, the flame giant exerted force, and the knife light directly shattered!

Zhu Que turned his head, his gaze directly locking onto the point in the void where the knife was released!

He revealed a flaw to wait for Guang Ming Cheng's hidden powerhouse to make a move. As long as they made a move, they would expose their tracks. Next, this fight... the other party couldn't avoid it even if they wanted to!

"Swoosh—"

Zhu Que's figure suddenly moved. His speed was unimaginably fast. After the previous battle in North Ridge, he had gained some insight, and his realm had improved slightly. The application of the Li Fire domain had truly reached perfection!

In just a moment.

He arrived at the starting point of the flying knife's release, but this place was a dilapidated city wall, with earth and stone piled on both sides, forming a simple shielding place, on which were also carved some scribbled, obscure ancient texts!

"Ancient texts?"

Zhu Que's pupils contracted slightly.

The flying knife just now... was driven and fired through an ancient text array. This also meant that the real person who made the move was still hidden elsewhere!

His mental power had long enveloped W9 District.

He could sense any changes here.

The only possibility was... that the person who made the move was not in the district. The flying knife was released just to lure him into this place.

The view here was wide open, and if attacking from high to low...

Zhu Que raised his head.

West Grotto was backed by mountains, and a wisp of radiance flashed in the distance.

The next moment, he saw the brilliant light, piercing through the clouds, blooming with a line of dazzling incandescent light.

That wisp of incandescent light was a cyan-silver bullet, activated by a special sniper rifle, vibrating with the sound of wind and thunder, directly piercing out a line several miles long in the sky. At the moment Zhu Que saw "it", "it" had already arrived.

Zhu Que's expression was gloomy, and he subconsciously wanted to retreat.

But ancient text patterns flashed with transcendent light, his legs were like sinking into a mire, and he was trapped by an invisible binding force as soon as he lifted his foot.

He couldn't escape?!

"Rumble—"

Zhu Que's thoughts flashed like lightning.

The flame giant dissipated in place, and then suddenly rose from the ground in front of Zhu Que. This burly giant raised his arms and crossed them, layers of Li Fire condensing and solidifying on the forearm position.

The cyan-silver bullet struck the void, as if hitting an indestructible barrier!

"Crack!"

Zero point one seconds later, the barrier shattered.

The flame giant roared, its entire body destroyed by the powerful logic of the cyan-silver material. It absorbed the surrounding Li Fire and filled it in, buying Zhu Que invaluable time to dodge—

"Bang!"

Finally, the cyan-silver shattered the void, penetrated the flame giant, and blasted through dozens of buildings.

And the original target, Zhu Que, stood in the ancient text array activated by the flying knife, his expression extremely gloomy.

At the critical moment, he used the Complete Flash to dodge, ultimately grazing his cheek with the cyan-silver bullet.

However, this bullet, which had calculated the right time, place, and people, still caused him harm.

A crack slowly opened on the divine envoy Zhu Que's face, flowing with scarlet blood... He struggled to break free from the previous "mire" and kicked the crude ancient text array to pieces.

The wind howled.

W9 District was silent.

The shadow didn't fire another shot.

He knew very well that if his first bullet didn't kill Zhu Que, then the second one would no longer be meaningful. This kind of setting up a trap assassination could only be used once against high-level transcendents... The second time would only expose his location.

Therefore.

After firing the first shot, the shadow gave up the high ground and quickly advanced towards the city.

He didn't care whether his bullet could kill the target.

What he had to do was seize the opportunity and take this main city assassination to the extreme!

Just as Zhu Que was still shocked and extremely angry... a shadow had quietly sneaked in from the outermost circle of Li Fire dispersal. That shot had just taken down fifty percent of the Li Fire defense that Zhu Que had arranged outside.

And in terms of stealth techniques, he believed that he had no rivals among the fourth level!

A true assassin had to do one thing: kill with one strike!

A faint clue in the grass and snakes, a foreshadowing of a thousand miles.

What he was waiting for was the moment Zhu Que withdrew his defenses and relaxed—

It wasn't just "completely relaxing vigilance" that counted as relaxation. High-level transcendents mastered powerful breathing techniques, and they could maintain mental clarity even in the middle of the night.

For the fourth level, it was difficult to find a moment of "relaxation" out of the entire twenty-four hours.

However.

"Mental breakdown" also counted as a kind of relaxation.

Anger, frustration, loss, joy... these were all excellent opportunities that a top assassin must learn to utilize.

Being deceived, being injured by the cyan-silver bullet.

Given Zhu Que's personality, he would inevitably be furious, and would inevitably focus all his attention on the mountains outside where the gun was fired.

And this was the best time for the second kill.

As for the best position.

It was behind the divine envoy Zhu Que—

After entering the city, the shadow's direction was very clear. He circled around a large circle, his speed was extremely fast, and his sound was extremely small, almost negligible. He just swept and ran wildly on the ground. A few seconds later, he arrived directly behind Zhu Que.

A dagger silently slid out of his sleeve.

The last difficulty was breaking through Zhu Que's "spiritual" perception—

In fact.

This was actually an impossible thing to do.

Transcendents of the Four Divine Envoys level were incredibly sensitive to telepathy, and extremely powerful. They could immediately foresee any danger... The only thing the shadow could do was to conceal his killing intent. Guang Ming Cheng had given him similar special training.

Transcendents with keen intuition could sense the ethereal "killing intent."

Once exposed.

They would be discovered immediately!

And the corresponding strategy was to imagine oneself as a "heartless" person, giving up all thoughts at the moment of making a move, treating oneself as a pure machine.

The shadow was an expert in this area, but even so, he knew.

Once he got too close.

The divine envoy Zhu Que would immediately notice... This was the reason why it was said earlier that it was "impossible" to completely avoid spiritual perception.

Zhu Que could dodge cyan-silver bullets.

To assassinate him.

One had to be faster than a cyan-silver bullet!

Gripping the dagger.

The shadow held his breath.

A breeze blew by, a dead leaf fell, and was ignited in the sea of fire, making the first burning sound.

"Tear—"

The shadow disappeared from the spot and appeared behind Zhu Que.

He held a silver dagger, which was a top-level prop crafted by Chaxike with enchantments. The "tear" trait activated, the silver dagger pierced through the void, pierced through the robe of a ten-star divine official, and pierced out from Zhu Que's chest!