Chapter 1 Tie Wu's Mission

Tie Wu's mission to Dadu this time actually had another important purpose... The divine seat he served was very curious about Gu Changzhi, who was slumbering in Nagano City, and wanted to find out.

It wasn't just the Wine God Seat.

Everyone in the Federal Parliament was curious.

Was Gu Changzhi asleep, or was he dead?

For more than a decade, the discussion about this issue had never stopped. There had been a time when very intense proposals had emerged. Many people believed that Gu Changzhi had already died and that it would be better to take out the man's Fire Seed and choose a new master. However, judging from the fact that Nagano City was still stable and peaceful, it was not difficult to conclude the ending of the initial debate—

No one was willing to take the risk.

No one had the guts to desecrate and insult a "god."

Even those who hoped he would die were more willing to believe... that this once invincible man was just asleep.

But if he was just asleep, why hadn't there been any news for so many years? Not even a single Apostle had appeared in Nagano City... Could it be that there were no transcendents in East Continent that Gu Changzhi could see?

"How long are you going to keep playing?"

Tie Wu's mind echoed with Qin Ye's hoarse and angry voice.

The iron piece transmitted a brand new observation screen.

The black annihilation radiance in the underground pipe had been digested by 90%. Qin Ye, lying in the sewer, revealed most of his face. The mental power of the Sumeru domain was no longer focused entirely on himself, but was once again spreading throughout this area.

But after speaking, Qin Ye fell silent.

Because he also saw the scene in Lion Alley at this moment...

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The emblem suspended above Song Ci's forehead emitted thousands of strands of soft light.

This power was not unfamiliar to the two Apostles.

The seven Fire Seeds corresponded to the original power of the seven divine seats... and the Apostle chosen by the divine seat could briefly borrow this power when using the token.

Divine power was a completely different force from normal transcendent source matter.

It was filled with holiness, grandeur, and irresistibility.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, the radiance falling from the emblem at this moment... was divine power.

"An Apostle from East Continent has appeared..."

Tie Wu gritted his posterior teeth and said with a gloomy expression, "Gu Changzhi may not be dead. Should we continue the mission?"

"...Continue."

Qin Ye was still calm.

The last black spot covering his cheek was being quickly cleared away.

"Remember the divination result of the Source Tower? There are no signs of life in Qingzhong... This is likely a trick left by Gu Changzhi, just an Apostle emblem!"

"Before we see 'Gu Changzhi' in person, no one can be sure of his death!"

The tomb keeper of Qingzhong possessed the transcendent art of precognition.

Someone in the Source Tower also had a similar ability.

These two were both "seers" renowned throughout the five continents, and their divination results had never been wrong, with a 100% accuracy rate. But at this moment, they were standing on opposite sides... One of them was destined to be wrong.

"Continue the mission—"

"I'll give you a ride, kill Lu Nanzhi, and then we'll evacuate East Continent."

Qin Ye stretched out a hand and wiped it fiercely across his face.

The last wisp of black spot annihilation radiance was devoured—

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"...Almost there!"

The wings of the Truth Ruler, coupled with the propulsion of Lanqie, were extremely fast.

The three had already seen the edge of the black domain.

In fact, once they left the underground area, it wouldn't be difficult to escape the range of this domain... And at the end of the distant field of vision, they could vaguely see a layer of ice waves surging, and there was only one transcendent in Dadu District who could control such an ice sea!

Frost River, Gu Zhi!

Although he wasn't a teacher... he was still a titled superpower, and seeing a titled powerhouse in this kind of battle was really a reassuring thing.

Mr. Gu Zhi also noticed Gu Shen's blazing fire.

He raised his hand from a distance.

Just as the breath in Gu Shen's heart was about to relax.

At the end of his vision, a layer of pitch-black boundary suddenly appeared. If Sumeru was originally just an inverted bowl, then after Qin Ye broke free from the black spots, dozens of layers of barriers instantly appeared inside Sumeru.

"Dong dong dong dong dong dong!"

In an instant, Qin Ye's mental power locked on, and dozens of layers of black domains overlapped and enveloped.

The ice tide in the distance was instantly isolated and lost all aura... Through the previous probing, Gu Shen had already figured out the approximate capabilities of Sumeru. As long as he was still within the domain and locked by Qin Ye, it would be extremely difficult to break through even a meter of space.

The distance in the real world had lost its meaning.

At least... his movement no longer had meaning. All progress would be pulled back to the origin... No, even a reverse regression.

The black domain under his feet continued to shatter.

A color of despair appeared in Lu Nanjin's eyes. The entire Sumeru was like collapsing quicksand, and they were inevitably sucked backward.

And in the distant sky, a subtle trembling sound faintly echoed.

A ray of black light shot past.

Lu Nanjin instantly drew her saber and flicked away the iron sword that had shot from nowhere. Her expression was gloomy as she looked at the center of the quicksand in the distant layers of black domain, her wrist and tiger's mouth aching from the shock.

Without any pause, a second ray of black light shot out!

This time, she saw it clearly!

This black light... was an iron sword!

Gu Shen only felt a huge force erupt, and he bent over in a limbo posture to perfectly dodge this sword, but one of the "Six Blessings Hand Beads" on his wrist shattered with a snap—

Obviously, simply dodging was useless.

The killing range of this iron sword did not seem to be the slender and narrow ray that the naked eye saw!

But a very long path of penetration!

Gu Shen's expression was a little unsightly... There was still one hand bead left. Was it enough?

He slowly looked forward.

After giving up the useless running to resist Sumeru, the old building ridge collapsed like quicksand. Countless vibrations rang out in the world before him, and hundreds, thousands of black lights bloomed "slowly" in front of him.

"..."

Gu Shen stood silently in the center of Sumeru. The world in the distant sky was covered in iron rain. It was a desperate scene, with not a trace of vitality to be seen.

Lu Nanjin did not retreat a step and put her sister down.

She drew out both sabers with both hands, took a deep breath, and took a step forward.

She stood in front of Gu Shen and Lu Nanzhi.

The Madam's expression was pale. She stepped forward, trying to block in front of her sister, but was stopped by a saber sheath.

In this final moment.

Lu Nanjin closed her eyes. Countless "slow" black lights instantly arrived. The old building was shattered to pieces, and countless sharp cold lights seemed to pierce through the entire world.

The grand black radiance swallowed the three of them.

This was an unwatchable death.

A strong wind rushed at his face, but only Gu Shen did not close his eyes. Blazing fire filled the entire world, and he had never seen so clearly.

He saw a sprout of vine emerging from the bottom of his feet, but the vine only popped its head out before stopping its growth, and then quickly retracted back.

He saw a tall, blurry white shadow appearing beside him.

He saw the ice tide surging in from afar.

He saw all of these shattering—

A handsome man in a round-shouldered cloak appeared in front of Lu Nanjin, with a long saber drawn in his hand. It was a simple and unadorned wooden saber that seemed to have no killing power, but at the moment it was drawn, it opened up an absolutely flawless screen.

There was wind.

Thousands of swords shattered.

Thousands of crackling explosions detonated in an instant. What should have been a loud noise that shattered the sky was instead a silence behind the wooden saber screen, with only the sound of flowing wind and the peaceful sound of turning the saber.

Turning the saber was for sheathing.

A full ten seconds passed.

Lu Nanjin and the Madam slowly opened their eyes... because the whole world was so suddenly silent that they were not sure whether they were dead or alive.

It was not until they saw the cloaked man standing in front of them and the broken iron filings all over the ground that they realized what had just happened... A faint sandalwood fragrance flowed in the air, mixed with the strong smell of iron rust.

Lu Nanjin's expression was blank, and the flow of the surrounding wind was inexplicably familiar.

"What... what kind of ability is this?" she said in a hoarse voice.

Gu Nanfeng gathered his cloak and smiled softly: "Lanqie."

"However... it is Lanqie, cultivated to the extreme."