Chapter 11 Shen Guan

The dagger pierced through the back of the cleric's robe and emerged from the front.

Shadow narrowed his eyes.

From the moment he drew his blade, he had released all of his mental power to capture every millisecond of change in the process. If Zhu Que dodged, if Zhu Que turned around, if Zhu Que resisted…

Every possible change was within his consideration and response range.

However, nothing happened.

The stab was smooth.

The penetration was smooth.

The sound of flames burning was like flowing water, sounding very soft and pleasant. Shadow held the dagger with one hand, while the palm of the other pressed against the tip.

The pierced cleric's robe transformed into flames.

Zhu Que himself… had turned into flames. His skin, his bones, his internal organs, every inch of his body was no longer a “flesh and blood” body, but completely elementalized!

This was the second complete domain he had recently comprehended, [Li Huo Zhi Shen] (Body of Separating Fire)!

Elementalization domain is a top-tier evolution among many domains—

Within the time the domain is in effect.

The domain master is no longer limited by the various restrictions of a “flesh and blood body.” Attacks from normal weapons are basically ineffective. Bullets without inlaid strong logic materials will pass through this fiery body.

The Chasiq-characteristic short dagger with the “tear” attribute did burst out with its “tear” physical property at the moment of piercing Zhu Que's body, but unfortunately… it was ineffective against the domain master who had "elementalized."

Zhu Que's chest, at the heart's location, spread open with a whoosh, leaving a hole!

“Finally… you've shown yourself.”

Zhu Que narrowed his eyes.

He didn't turn around, but twisted his head one hundred and eighty degrees to face Shadow directly… Since his entire body had undergone "elementalization," this kind of twisting the head in place would not cause any damage.

Likewise.

In the midst of the surrounding fire, a hand stretched out from behind this body and grasped Shadow's wrist!

"Chh chh chh—"

Li fire scorched.

The latter's expression changed suddenly, and a dazzling white light radiated from his neck!

A high-quality soul armor withstood the first scorching of the “Li fire.” Shadow didn't hesitate at all. He pulled out the second dagger, which was also an ancient blade that came from Chasiq Town, with the added attribute of “Po Yuan” (Source Breaker)!

This horizontal slash instantly severed Zhu Que's elemental hand!

Po Yuan, that is, destroying the flow of source energy!

Elementalization is certainly powerful, but the essence that supports the establishment of the domain is still extraordinary source energy. Cutting off the flow of source energy is equivalent to cutting off this entire elemental hand!

However, “Po Yuan” alone was not enough to stop Zhu Que's offensive!

This body burning with Li fire instantly extended a second hand—

Shadow seized the moment of drawing his knife to sever the hand and immediately retreated. He directly abandoned the first “tear” blade, letting it remain in Zhu Que's elementalized body!

In an instant, he retreated dozens of meters!

Shadow was very fast. The highest principle followed by assassins is “a miss means a thousand miles away.” After his previous strike, he should have retreated immediately, regardless of whether it was successful or not—

Due to the erroneous guidance of "elementalization," his reaction was a second slower, committing this low-level error.

Then he was hit once by Li fire!

However, he never expected that the second elemental hand that sprang from Zhu Que's chest also surged dozens of meters!

One retreating, one advancing.

This palm slammed heavily on Shadow's chest!

"Chi!

"

Intense firelight surged in Shadow's chest!

The face that the latter had been concealing with mental power was instantly revealed, exposing a pale and painful face. The soul armor hanging in front of his chest was hit by the great success of the Li fire domain and shattered instantly!

Shadow flew backwards for dozens of meters like a kite with a broken string.

With this strike ending, W9 district returned to silence. Zhu Que's second "Burning City" had already progressed more than halfway… The flames within the high walls burned fiercely, and most of the low-level creatures in the city had been burned to ashes.

“Eleventh layer of the Deep Sea, not bad.”

Divine Envoy Zhu Que stood with his hands behind his back, his entire body flowing with red flames, still in the "elementalized" state. His front and back chests were swapped in the surging flames, and the short dagger containing the “tear” characteristic was squeezed out of his chest bit by bit by the flames.

He stretched out his palm, gently caught the short dagger, and played with it aimlessly.

"Guang Ming City really has 'hidden pieces'... and more than one."

Zhu Que looked at the figure he had blasted into the ruins and chuckled softly, "Where's the one who ambushed me last time? Why doesn't he come out? Is he afraid?"

"..."

Shadow wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and slowly stood up, supporting himself on the rubble.

Hidden pieces… there were indeed.

But as far as he knew, the strongest person in this hidden piece ambush was him.

The parade in E0 district was a complete sleight of hand.

The current situation.

Any explanation was meaningless.

"Stop pretending, your acting is too clumsy. I know very well what kind of virtue you Guang Ming City fools are."

“Your assassination was very insidious, but not as cunning as the last one.”

Zhu Que pinched the blade of the dagger with two fingers, slowly wiping it across a gleam of cold light. His tone was laced with sarcasm, "Perhaps at this moment, that person is nearby... I guess, is he waiting for a suitable opportunity to strike?"

This was probably really a madman.

Shadow silently clenched the remaining “Po Yuan” blade.

He looked at the paranoid Zhu Que and felt that this guy's head really had problems.

The current situation was very bad.

His carefully prepared assassination was thwarted. Divine Envoy Zhu Que had comprehended the second complete domain, "Elemental Body," which meant... he was likely to become the next title-holder of the Source Tower.

In the Sang Continent Cave, the only ones capable of suppressing Zhu Que should be super-first-class fourth-tiers like Grand Knight Jia Wei who had completed trans-boundary miracles!

Should he continue fighting?

Shadow hesitated. He didn't really care about Zhu Que's Burning City this time, because Guang Ming City had already left enough "sacrifice quotas." The deaths of these transcendents were a completely permissible part of the plan!

Zhu Que's Burning City twice was only a skin wound, not involving bones.

He had figured out the other party's specific realm, which could be considered a gain!

While hesitating, a low voice rang in Shadow's spiritual sea.

"Stall him. I'll be there soon."

Shadow's eyes lit up and he took a deep breath.

The next moment, before he could attack, the elementalized Zhu Que launched an attack again—

"Chi!"

Divine Envoy Zhu Que trembled his fingers, and countless wisps of slender Li fire, wrapped around the “tear” blade, were directly launched, shattering the void!

Clang!

Shadow held the “Po Yuan” with both hands and blocked with a single blade. A cross of silver light burst out in the air. The dagger containing the “tear” trait was actually stronger than the “Po Yuan” in a head-on collision of pure traits!

This strike made Shadow's hands go numb.

He never fought a frontal battle. After catching the thrown old blade that had been blasted away, he took advantage of the momentum to float backward. However, the dagger that had been blasted high into the air flashed with a dazzling luster. The countless strands of Li fire attached to the blade suddenly expanded hundreds of times, condensing into an elemental giant. Divine Envoy Zhu Que, who had been standing a hundred meters away, had disappeared, and arrived at the height where the dagger was flying with these flames!

"Clang clang clang!"

Zhu Que held the “tear” in one hand, falling to the ground, entangling Shadow!

The two fourth-tiers engaged in close-quarters combat!

With two domains comprehended and the "Li Huo Zhi Shen" blessing, Zhu Que was already in an invincible position. He held one hand behind his back, and completely suppressed Shadow with just one hand holding the "tear" short dagger!

The battle was one-sided!

……

……

“It seems that the hidden fourth-tier in Guang Ming City is no match for Zhu Que.”

Gu Shen had returned to the dark woods on the outer ring of the city.

He once again became the unknown “Hades,” peeking at the battle in the city.

“Hidden pieces are just hidden pieces after all.”

Chu Ling said, “The Four Divine Envoys are the strongest peers carefully selected from all over the world by Zhong Zhou. No matter how reckless and crazy Divine Envoy Zhu Que is, he is still a Divine Envoy... Even if he hadn't comprehended 'Li Huo Zhi Shen,' the assassination just now would not have succeeded.”

"Yes."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and murmured, "I didn't expect that his battle with me would directly break through his realm."

Comprehending two domains!

This was very terrifying… This was the biggest prerequisite for breaking through to “title.”

If he and Zhu Que could still fight back and forth in Bei Ling before, then at this moment, if they were to fight again, Gu Shen knew clearly that the odds of winning were only one in ten.

The “Li Huo Zhi Shen” and “Elemental Giant” domains combined, Zhu Que's attack ability was maximized under the blessing of the bit-position, reaching its limit!

Divine Envoy Zhu Que mastered the dual means of flaying the "soul" and "body"!

Among the fourth-tier transcendents, not many could win a one-on-one fight in his Li fire circle!

“It’s really hard to kill him…”

Gu Shen muttered to himself.

"Wait, someone's coming!"

He suddenly looked into the distance. There was no wind in the forest, but the flame burning between his eyebrows trembled for no reason.

In the distance, there was a beam of dazzling light, rushing wildly on the ground, extremely fast, comparable to a meteor—

This was just the scene Gu Shen saw using the “Blazing Fire” induction.

"This terrifying light aura... is Jia Wei?!"

Gu Shen's expression was solemn.

He could only think of one possibility—the one rushing over at full speed at this moment was Grand Knight Jia Wei of Guang Ming City!

He had met Jia Wei once in the Floating Mountain.

It could only be said that… fourth-tier trans-boundary experts and fourth-tiers were not the same species. This kind of perverted super-strong expert was a god-seat, and even a continental force deliberately wanted to leave the “top combat power.” They were specially there to clean up messes for the continent. Any problem that the fourth-tier could not solve, they could solve.

Whether it was Jia Wei or Lu Zhe, they were all monster existences far ahead of other fourth-tiers!

"Tsk..."

Gu Shen didn't expect that Jia Wei, who was hunting outside, was so fast that he could rush back at light speed at this moment.

Obviously, this was the last trump card left by Guang Ming City!

Zhu Que's Burning City to destroy traces was nothing.

Guang Ming City was sacrificing the small for the big, planning to catch him in the act. Once Jia Wei arrived, he would definitely seek to kill Zhu Que on the spot!

The so-called hidden piece, who didn't hesitate to expose himself this time, was actually just to delay Divine Envoy Zhu Que... The fourth-tier trans-boundary Guang Ming Grand Knight was the real guillotine!

After sensing Jia Wei's aura, Gu Shen couldn't help but take two steps back, hiding himself in the deepest part.

This good show was getting more and more exciting.

……

……

"Sla!"

"Sla!"

Sounds like the tearing of cloth continued to sound, constantly bursting.

Zhu Que continued to draw his knife, constantly bringing out blood mist.

Shadow was badly beaten. Holding “Po Yuan,” he couldn’t resist Zhu Que’s offensive at all. On average, for every ten knives he resisted, he had to reveal a flaw and endure a “tear” attack head-on!

And this overwhelming battle was simply a slow slicing.

Zhu Que was not in a hurry to end the battle at all, because he was still waiting for the second hidden piece in Guang Ming City.

And this was exactly what Shadow wanted to see.

"Kill!"

Under the guidance of Guang Ming's doctrine, Shadow had already sensed the powerful aura that was flying over quickly!

Lord Jia Wei was about to return!

Dozens of wounds all over his body emitted excruciating pain, but faith in Guang Ming supported him, allowing him to forget everything at this stage!

Forward, forward, forward!

Shadow clenched Po Yuan in his backhand, roared, and launched a counterattack. He directly crashed into Zhu Que's knife momentum.

“Huh, you want to die?”

Zhu Que's eyes lit up, and then he keenly captured something was wrong.

An assassin who had fought with him for so long was inherently unreasonable…

Unless this was an indispensable part of the plan to “kill” him.

The reason why he had been leisurely, slowly slicing, was because comprehending two domains had brought Zhu Que great confidence.

He also wanted to know what other means Guang Ming City had to kill him?

The greatest probability was the assassin he met in Bei Ling!

But… at this moment, he suddenly thought of another possibility.

That was the Guang Ming City Grand Knight, Jia Wei.

"Get out!"

Zhu Que blocked and stabbed Shadow in the chest. The latter failed to [Complete Flash]. Because the speed was too fast, Shadow only had time to avoid the vital point, but was still stabbed—

His shoulder was hit by "tear," and flesh and bones were shattered!

Enduring the severe pain, Shadow clenched the dagger in one hand.

He restrained Zhu Que's desire to retreat, to create distance—

At this moment, Zhu Que's eyes widened, because the light aura outside the city arrived in an instant, and a strong sense of danger emerged in his heart!

It really was Jia Wei!

Zhu Que kicked Shadow heavily in the chest. At the moment the latter flew out, he took advantage of the momentum to stab "Po Yuan" into the Li fire arm. Zhu Que's expression was ugly. His "Li Huo Zhi Shen" was under the influence of the trait of the Po Yuan dagger, and vibrated violently—

The next moment.

A roar came from the top of the city.

"Die!"

A knight wearing heavy armor and carrying a silver-white spear came from outside the high wall, as fast as a miniature source energy boat. His forward momentum was indeed like this. Even with the spear, he directly smashed the city wall. From nearly a kilometer away, Jia Wei locked onto the "elementalized" Zhu Que!

This super-first-class fourth-tier trans-boundary expert didn't have any fancy tricks. He came up with a simple and unpretentious thrust!

"Boom!"

The great sun seemed to descend at this moment!

Damn it!

Damn it!

The oppression of the fourth-tier trans-boundary expert was too powerful!

Sweat appeared on Zhu Que's forehead. He couldn't care about his image anymore. While retreating quickly, he pulled out the "Po Yuan" inserted in his arm. Perhaps because of the powerful deterrent force of the divine artifact Ming Guang Armor, or perhaps because of Jia Wei's domain impact, Zhu Que's proud "elementalization" actually began to dissipate on its own under the momentum bombardment of the Grand Knight's spear!

Zhu Que retreated quickly, but Jia Wei advanced faster!

This spear came to his face!

Zhu Que roared, raised his hands, and the fire giant rose from the ground. He used the trick he had used to resist the shooting of the "Qingyin" bullets, with layers of Li fire turning into a barrier!

But for the fourth-tier trans-boundary expert—

All means of the same realm were floating clouds and illusions!

"Boom!"

The Grand Knight's spear seemed to shatter all the light in the city, and the tip of the spear seemed to pierce a dent in the void!

With one spear, he directly shattered the fire giant!

Zhu Que spat out a large mouthful of blood. He couldn't bear it after resisting only one strike. Even "elementalization" was shattered, and his whole person was blasted away like a kite with a broken string!