Chapter 278: Kill them all! (4.5k)
The Crimson Flame Longsword drew a long, flowing shadow. The ice shield that the Priest had just condensed hissed with steam. It blocked for only a moment before being pierced by the crimson longsword. The longsword then plunged directly into the steel solid wall. The surrounding steel was melted into molten iron, dripping continuously, which looked quite terrifying.
“Such powerful Extraordinary Attributes…”
The Mr. Black Priest, his face filled with lingering fear as he watched the scorching sword energy on the ground, his expression gradually turned cold. He slowly raised his head, like everyone else, and cast his gaze towards the sky, shouting in a deep voice, “Which friend is making the move? This is a conflict between my Ancient God Sect and the Dragon Country officials. I hope you will not interfere.”
However, when their gazes landed on the two figures floating in the sky, everyone’s expression turned strange. Two girls who looked like high school students?
But soon everyone reacted. How could someone who could repel a Battle King level expert with a single sword be a high school girl? This was clearly an elder who had mastered the art of rejuvenation.
The Mr. Tall Officer also gazed at the two people in the sky with uncertainty. Unsure of the situation, he quickly waved his hand. From the crowd following behind, two Deputy Officers immediately stepped forward and stood behind him, their eyes warily watching the two girls in the sky.
“Ancient God Sect? Heh heh…”
After the Mr. Black Priest’s voice fell, the girl in the student uniform suddenly flickered, and in a few breaths, she steadily landed in the direction of the Crimson Flame Longsword. With her back to the crowd, she “hissed!” and drew the Crimson Flame Longsword. A gust of wind surged outwards, and her ash-white hair fluttered in the wind.
The skirt waist, which was originally meant for hanging cute trinkets, had a simple black token hanging on it, looking like it was dripping blood. The token also blew in the wind.
Following the young girl, with the surging wind erupting from her, the viscous coldness that shrouded the entire street like dark clouds instantly retreated like a tide. In just an instant, it was completely replaced by a scorching aura.
The domain that had been released just now was suppressed to this extent. The Ancient God Sect Priest’s face instantly turned extremely ugly. From this move, it was evident that the other party’s strength far surpassed his.
The Priest’s aura was suppressed. Many members of the Ancient God Sect noticed this. The four Shadows exchanged glances, and their vigilance grew even stronger.
The prestige of the Ancient God Sect might have a deterrent effect on some weaker individuals, but in the eyes of truly strong individuals, it was just a somewhat crazy super-first-rate organization, and one that didn’t protect its own much.
“Everyone, be quiet!”
Glancing back at the whispering crowd, the Mr. Tall Officer gently pressed his hand down, quietly ordering the team behind him not to move rashly. His gaze cautiously fell on the figure rubbing the Crimson Flame Longsword, and finally settled on the token hanging at her waist, muttering with some hesitation, “This is…”
When the phantom of two raven feathers floated down from the red token, the officer’s gaze was attracted to the golden eye emblem on the token.
A series of strong individuals immediately flashed through his mind. Finally, a group of people in black clothes appeared in his mind. They were mysterious and powerful because he had a friend who worked in that place.
Thinking this, his pupils slowly widened. If he guessed correctly—
This person should be a Night Watcher, and…
Swallowing hard, the Mr. Tall Officer felt an immense shock in his heart. The girl wiping her sword in front of him was not an ordinary Night Watcher!
He knew that his friend didn’t have this token. When that guy showed it to him before, he only had a small notebook!
While the Mr. Tall Officer was lost in thought, the Ancient God Sect Priest’s heart completely sank to the bottom. The scorching aura emanating from the girl in the student uniform made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart. He was seventy percent sure that this girl was definitely not on their side.
And…
His gaze shifted back to the girl in official attire in the sky. She stood there as if nothing had happened, her fingers fiddling with a small white flower, as if connecting the petals one by one, looking quite childlike.
But he could feel that the small white flower also contained a strange aura—it was a domain!
This girl was very likely a King-level expert as well.
The entire street fell into a peculiar silence because of the two girls. Even the Ancient God Sect Priest and the four Shadows dared not make the slightest move, only cautiously watching each other’s every action.
“Who are you, Your Excellency? The Black-clad Bishop of my Ancient God Sect is not far from here. I hope you will give my Ancient God Sect some face.” After a long while, the Mr. Black Priest finally suppressed his shock and cupped his fists slightly towards the uniformed girl with her back to the crowd. His voice was much more humble than before.
By mentioning that the Black-clad Bishop of their organization was nearby, he undoubtedly wanted these two mysterious girls to be somewhat wary…
“Black-clad Bishop? Heh heh… I’ve met one too.” The uniformed girl chuckled and slowly turned around, revealing a cold, beautiful face with a hint of teasing at the corner of her mouth.
Upon receiving the girl’s reply, the Priest immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Since she had heard of the Black-clad Bishop’s reputation, she must know that the Black-clad Bishop was, at the very least, a peak Intermediate Battle King or above.
“It’s just that I killed her under the river. I wonder if she has reincarnated yet?”
Looking at the Priest’s relieved expression, the uniformed girl’s smile became more intense and devoid of warmth. She brought her fingers together and lightly wiped her longsword, then approached the Priest step by step with lotus steps. With each step, the surrounding aura seemed to be burning.
“May the dawn be with us. Xu Da Niu, Commander of Huacheng Garrison, pays his respects to the Elder! We hope the Elder will act to eliminate evil and avenge my brothers and these civilians!”
Just as the Priest’s eyes widened at this, the Mr. Tall Officer, to everyone’s confusion, suddenly cupped his fists and bowed. The words he spoke caused the surrounding people to tremble slightly.
“Don’t worry, not one of them will escape… Kill them all!”
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu glanced at the other party, chuckled softly, and waved her hand. The charged draw-and-slash attack on her longsword was already ready to be unleashed, and an extremely scorching external qi surged outwards.
“Elder? Could it be…”
Hearing the Mr. Tall Officer’s voice echoing throughout the entire street, the Mr. Black Priest’s face instantly changed drastically. Others might find the word “Elder” a bit unfamiliar, but who was he? The Priest of the Ancient God Sect! Who else in the Dragon Country could make a city garrison commander cup his fists in respect besides an Elder?
A Heavenly Pride level Battle King among the Night Watchers!
“How can an Elder of the Night Watchers appear in such a place?! I hope they didn’t detect that the Sect Leader is about to make a move on the Crimson Flame Dragon Egg!”
A huge long halberd appeared in his hand. The Mr. Black Priest quickly pulled back, his heart churning with waves of fear. They had just started their operation, and the Dragon Country’s top assassin had already arrived. He suspected that there was a spy within the sect.
After all, Night Watchers of this caliber wouldn’t appear casually. They were hidden in various important positions within the Dragon Country. Unless absolutely necessary, they usually let their subordinates act.
“The opponent’s strength is very strong. I’ll hold her back for you. You hurry up and act! Find an opportunity to kidnap those civilians, otherwise, we might all be stuck here!”
With thoughts surging in his mind, the Mr. Black Priest shouted at the four dumbfounded Shadows. A hint of retreat gradually welled up in his heart. He tightly gripped the handle of his long halberd, slashed an ice attack towards Su Jiu, and then held the long halberd with both hands, crouching forward. He was like a helium bomb, emitting frost.
Although he was a Battle King level expert, an Elder among the Night Watchers was not comparable to an Ancient God’s Priest, but rather comparable to a Black-clad Bishop, and not just any Black-clad Bishop, but one at the peak, someone even more powerful than his superior.
“You’re quite bold. To make a move so directly at the Initial Stage Battle King level.”
Su Jiu smiled calmly. Her figure flickered, and the snow-white sword in her hand, carrying a scorching gust of wind and a sharp whistling sound, directly slashed fiercely at the former. Accompanied by the spewing flames, a huge crimson dragon head lunged towards the Mr. Black Priest.
Fortunately, his bloodline attribute was ice, so the Mr. Black Priest instantly established a thick ice energy shield. As the dragon head swallowed him, he merely grunted and spat out a mouthful of blood mist. He used his long halberd to block Su Jiu’s charged sword strike while also using both ends of the long halberd as a staff to support the dragon head.
Seeing this, Su Jiu also smiled calmly. The longsword in her hand rotated, sliding down along the shaft towards the opponent’s hands. The seemingly powerful sword technique appeared exceptionally ghostly. The Priest’s eyes were filled with panic, and he quickly retreated backward, shouting at the still stunned four Shadows, “Hurry up!”
Then, frost condensed on his long halberd again, and he gritted his teeth and charged at the calm Su Jiu. Su Jiu raised her eyebrows and also slashed horizontally.
She could feel that the ice on the opponent’s body was also of extraordinary attributes, which gave him some resistance to fire. It would take at least twenty moves to defeat him.
“Clang clang clang!”
For a time, frost and scorching heat collided. The huge shockwaves struck the steel walls, making “dong dong!” sounds. The figures of the two continuously flickered and collided, emitting sonic booms like fireworks.
“All of you, attack!”
After the Mr. Black Priest’s words fell, the thin Shadow, with a sinister gaze that swept around subtly, stomped his foot on the steel wall behind him, his figure turning into a black shadow, and he shot towards the civilians protected by the army.
“Hurry up! Cover Big Brother! Don’t kill them after you catch them, use them as shields!”
Hearing the leading Shadow’s fierce shout, the other three Shadows were stunned, then exchanged glances, gritted their teeth fiercely, quickly summoned their beast weapons, and then with a low growl, along with many cult members, they grinned and charged towards the civilians.
“It’s bad…”
Seeing the black shadow that appeared like a ghost, the Mr. Tall Officer’s heart sank. His body suddenly twisted, but he collided head-on with two other Shadows. The two of them, with tacit understanding, attacked with full force from the start, not giving the Mr. Tall Officer any time to react.
The Deputy Officers could only work together to block one Shadow. The leading thin Shadow seemed to enter an ungudden realm. The soldiers who were only at the Advanced Stage Warrior level couldn’t react at all, and could only watch helplessly as they were easily swept away.
“This little girl looks quite tasty. She’s mine,”
The Shadow stared intently at the little girl in the hands of a woman, and sneered as he lunged forward.
Looking at the Shadow charging towards her, the mother’s eyes showed despair. She tightly hugged the girl in her chest.
The soldiers who were considered invincible in their eyes could not last a moment in the hands of the other party, so what hope did they have?
“Dream of Blossoms.” A clear female voice suddenly sounded on the empty street.
However, just as he was about to grab the seven or eight-year-old girl, a faint white shadow appeared like a ghost not far in front of him. In her hand was a flower sword that looked like it was strung together by flowers. With each swing, falling petals scattered. The next moment, two graceful figures separated from the white shadow and surrounded the thin Shadow.
The three graceful figures simultaneously swung towards the thin Shadow with the same movement. The thin Shadow couldn’t react at all and was instantly cut into several pieces, with blood splattering, looking extremely eerie…
An Advanced Stage Battle General died just like that!?
Bai Zhi lightly raised a white energy shield in front to block the splashing blood. She then glanced at the other encroaching black shadows, then smiled calmly, raised her hand, and blew on the rotating flower bud in her hand. The flower bud scattered into countless petals, which fell all around with the wind. The petals flew rapidly past the necks of the cult members, completely ignoring their energy shields…
“Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!” First, a sound of blood spurting was heard. Immediately after, blood spurted from the necks of the cult members. Even the two Shadows fighting with the Mr. Tall Officer suddenly had blood spurt from their necks, and then while clutching their necks, they were cleaved to death by the Mr. Tall Officer with two swords.
Immediately after, the civilians stared dumbfounded at the black-clad cult members whose throats were suddenly cut. The sounds of blood splashing made their hair stand on end. It was too bizarre…
They looked at the rather beautiful flower petals, and a chill suddenly spread from their toes. Normal humans wouldn’t have such skills, right?
The sound of blood spurting echoed one after another on the street. In less than half a minute, these Ancient God Sect members had become stiff corpses.
“Thank you, Miss!”
“Thank you!”
Seeing this scene, everyone thanked Bai Zhi, but their expressions were still fearful, as Bai Zhi’s method of killing was too bizarre.
As people thanked her, the little girl from before darted out from the crowd. Under her mother’s shouts, she came to Bai Zhi, extended her hands, and said crisply:
“Thank you, sister!”
Hearing the voice, Bai Zhi glanced faintly and saw the little girl extending her hand towards her. There was a piece of candy in her hand. She was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.
“You’re welcome.”
Taking the purple soft candy, she patted the latter’s head and shook her head with a wry smile, then walked lightly towards Su Jiu.
“As soon as I couldn’t see you, you ran around wildly!”
“That older sister saved us!”
Just as the mother grabbed the girl and reprimanded her, a figure fell down, and then heavily crashed not far in front of everyone, with traces of unburned flames surging around.
The sudden falling figure startled many people. When they looked, they were shocked to find that the figure on the ground was the Priest who had been fighting Su Jiu on equal footing. At this moment, his head was nowhere to be found, and his body emitted a strange smell of roasted meat.
Their astonished gazes lingered on the “roasted meat” for a moment, then their eyes suddenly lifted, and they saw Su Jiu descend lightly and smile at Bai Zhi, “You did well. I’ll buy you something delicious when we get into the city later.”
“En.”
She replied softly, Bai Zhi glanced at the grape soft candy in her palm, and her lips curved upwards for some reason. She peeled the candy wrapper and gently threw it into her mouth…human things tasted alright.
It was sour and sweet.
