Chapter 744: Night Heading Towards Daytime (3.5k)
“What?!”
Su Jiu’s voice startled everyone present. Even the Grand Commander couldn’t help but summon a Black Rhinoceros Spear and scan the surroundings with his mental power, but after several attempts, he found no additional gains.
With this commotion, the atmosphere undoubtedly became tense. The Commanders surrounding Su Jiu and the other had also stopped, seeming to await further orders from the Grand Commander.
Time ticked by, and nothing happened, only the humid smell of the southern tide continuously filled everyone’s nostrils.
As they remained in a stalemate, Ren glanced sideways and asked, “Did you discover something?”
He knew that his Little Junior Sister would not speak without reason; if she spoke, it meant someone had arrived.
“Yes, it’s a very faint aura, but it’s completely hidden now.”
Su Jiu replied softly, withdrawing her gaze. If not for Weir’s enhancement of her mental power, she would not have noticed this.
At this moment, the Grand Commander, having recovered, glared unpleasantly at Su Jiu. He looked at the young girl, who was only an Intermediate Battle King, and said indifferently,
“Are you playing tricks here? Are you trying to cover for those White Crows?”
“Grand Commander Li, don’t you think this matter is too strange? The Red-clad White Crows have always been active internationally, killing only strong individuals and politicians. There has never been a precedent of them attacking ordinary people.”
Facing this baseless accusation, Ren’s expression remained calm. After hearing Su Jiu’s analysis, he also harbored doubts about this serial killer case.
Of course, it was also because of the filter of his youth.
“Heh, perhaps he has killed many people, even my daughter, who was a city gate guard, was tragically killed on the day he defected. It was precisely because he broke through the city gates that he became a Red-clad so quickly.”
Upon hearing this, a murderous intent surged onto the Grand Commander’s face. He coldly swept his gaze over Su Jiu and the other, then walked towards one of the letters dropped on the ground, picked up a document bag, opened it, and took out a document different from the one Su Jiu held earlier.
Holding it in his hand, he scanned it briefly, his eyelids slightly drooping. “Heh, this is a list of kills against sea-dwelling monsters. As expected, the Red Tide incident is somewhat related to the White Crows. It’s possible the entire Red Tide was caused by the White Crows.”
“It is indeed related.”
After the Grand Commander finished speaking, Su Jiu looked up at Bai Linlin in the corner, suddenly smiled, and added,
“But didn’t the Grand Commander notice? We never met the one wearing the White Dove mask from beginning to end. Doesn’t this look like a deliberate attempt to lure us here and feed us false information?”
Hearing this, Grand Commander Li remained silent, his eyes slightly lowered as if lost in thought. The reason he brought so many people here was because of his daughter’s death and the appearance of the White Crows…
Being in a high position, he was no ordinary person and naturally understood the implications.
But, even if he understood, so what?
That night, the city gates were breached, and the guards were all severely injured. His daughter, as a deputy officer, was completely killed by a white blade under the narration of a still-conscious old soldier, leaving no trace of her remains.
As for the pub, the direct contact point, although warned by his superiors, was also ordered to increase loyalty audits, but there was no substantive punishment.
Thinking thus, he looked up at Su Jiu and the other, gestured for the Commanders to continue surrounding them, and said in a cold tone, “Even so, I want to search you. You detestable crows only know how to unconditionally shield your own people.”
“Yes!”
Upon receiving the order, those people advanced, forming a complete encirclement. Each of them emitted an aura, and the rotating pressure caused Ren’s trench coat and Su Jiu’s hood to flap noisily.
“We cannot casually show you what we have. I am also a Touring Envoy. At this rank, everyone has secrets.”
Su Jiu frowned and said, and then the two of them stood sideways, holding their weapons, their bodies half-bent, their weapons emitting a faint glow.
Grand Commander Li’s eyebrows shot up. His gaze went straight to Su Jiu’s face, and he asked coldly, “Are you going to fight us Dragon Hunters?”
“Bang!”
Without answering, Su Jiu stomped her foot. As waves of air erupted, white dragon scales rapidly appeared on her face, and deer antlers emerged above her head. Her eyes became as sharp as snake pupils, and at this moment, the Loquat Branch had already transformed into a three-foot green sword.
She softly instructed Ren, “Uncle, leave this Grand Commander to me. Handle those riff-raff and then come help me.”
Elegy Layer One.
Elegy Layer Two!
“Little Sisi, come over here.”
In her heart, she communicated with Bai Nisi, who was blocked outside, through a contract. The information she carried and the mask in Ren’s hand could not be revealed to these people for now, otherwise, it would truly play into the Ancient God Sect’s hands.
“Okay.”
Ren looked at Su Jiu’s emerging Elegy with surprise but didn’t question it. He then stood horizontally with his sword. At worst, he would be demoted after this internal conflict; he didn’t care about such things at all.
Moving his arm, he then swung his sword towards the approaching Commanders. The sword shadows flailed, creating sounds of cutting through the wind. A half-moon sweep forced back the surrounding Commanders, including the War God-level one.
The battle was about to break out. Amidst the flashing blades, one Commander was kicked away by Ren, his face showing the imprint of a large shoe. The scene was chaotic. Someone tried to attack Su Jiu, but Ren cut them off with a sword.
“Interesting.”
On the other hand, feeling Su Jiu’s suddenly surged aura, the Grand Commander was slightly surprised. He then snorted coldly, reversed his grip on the Black Rhinoceros Spear, and infused it with external energy, making it emanate a chilling aura!
“However, you, an Intermediate Battle King, still want to clash with me?”
“Fine Snow!”
Su Jiu remained silent, her figure transforming into an afterimage as she darted away swiftly. She drew her long sword at extreme speed, causing specks of snow to swirl around. Finally, she drew eight sword qi at lightning speed and thrust them towards the Grand Commander.
With her gourd unable to be easily exposed, she understood that she needed to wait for Bai Nisi to arrive before she had a chance to subdue this skilled Dragon Hunter Grand Commander.
“You have that Eastern swordsman feel, and your attack power even reaches the level of a Beginner War God. You must have an unusual identity among the Night Watchers.”
Gazing with interest at the attacking Frost Blossom sword qi, the chilling spear suddenly swept out, and the air let out a loud explosion.
“However, this is my territory. Even a dragon has to cower before me!”
“Flood Dragon · Tail Sweep Style.”
The sword qi, like moths flying into a flame, crashed against the spear, making “ding ding!” sounds. In just a few blinks of an eye, the fierce sword qi was completely scattered by the former.
“You solitary geniuses have never experienced defeat, so let me teach you what it means to—obey the rules.”
Holding the spear with one hand, Li Zhen sneered, then thrust the butt of the spear towards Su Jiu’s long sword. Black spear flames, like frosty starlight, stabbed forward. “Clang clang clang!” The long sword and the spear tip clashed wildly, reflecting fragmented starlight in the maiden’s golden eyes.
“Why hasn’t Little Sisi arrived yet…”
Su Jiu was forced back by the surging energy. Her leather shoes made “dada” sounds on the marble tiles. More critically, the intense impact made her hand numb, and her stamina was rapidly declining.
She understood that as a Dragon Hunter officer, his strength wouldn’t be weak, otherwise, he would have been assigned to government administrative work.
Facing such an Intermediate War God with rich combat experience, only by using the gourd for a group attack would there be a slight chance of winning. However, this was not a life-or-death battle.
“You are very strong, the strongest Intermediate Battle King I have ever seen. Perhaps if you grow stronger, you might even become a Guardian Elder…”
Bending Su Jiu’s long sword by more than twenty degrees, Li Zhen exerted force with his arm, his veins bulging, his eyes becoming as sharp as a hawk’s:
“But covering for the White Crows, this act greatly annoys me!”
As he spoke, the spear’s speed became even more rapid, shooting like a dragon, forcing Su Jiu to retreat step by step. At the same time, he sternly shouted, “He is no longer a Night Watcher, but a Red-clad Bishop of the Ancient God Sect. His hands are stained with countless blood, do you understand!”
“Can’t the Grand Commander trust us just once?”
Su Jiu replied in a low voice, her pupils reflecting the spear light. Her arm had already become a blur. The opponent’s speed was too fast, too fierce, like facing a merciless machine; she couldn’t create distance to use [Dream of Blossoms].
With her strength, she would likely be defeated in about three minutes.
“Trusting you is simple—a body search.”
Li Zhen smiled indifferently, but he lessened his force. He knew that the other party must have a background, and if he injured her, it would be quite stressful to negotiate with those old fossils from the last century.
But even if he lessened his force and didn’t use any laws, how could a Dragon Hunter Grand Commander who was invincible among his peers be defeated by a junior?
“…”
Su Jiu stopped speaking. She could only pin her hopes on Ren. If they were searched, it would be a complete disaster, which was worse than rotten mud falling into one’s pants.
The two continued to clash, sonic booms resounding throughout the room. Ren was fighting against multiple opponents, and it was difficult for him to gain an advantage for the time being. At this moment, no one noticed that the documents and files scattered on the ground had disappeared.
Just as Li Zhen knocked Su Jiu’s Dragon Pattern Long Sword away, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and he aimed the butt of his spear at Su Jiu.
“Feng!”
Her expression changed, and she couldn’t care about anything else, shouting softly into the air. However, before her words fell, a black figure blocked in front of her, and a white rune sleeve sword extended from the black robe.
“Step back.”
“Ding!”
The sleeve sword collided with the butt of the spear, and a huge shockwave rippled outwards. As the shockwave rolled, the black-robed figure in front of Su Jiu revealed her thin frame. It was vaguely discernible that she was a woman, giving off a frail impression.
The woman reached towards Su Jiu’s waist and slid the document into her embrace…
“Who are you…”
Li Zhen was forced back several steps by the impact, staring at the woman with an uncertain expression. He was met with a jet-black mask and no obvious identifying features, making him unsure of her identity.
“Alas…”
Turning around, the woman looked at Li Zhen in front of her, as if realizing something. Her eyes drooped, and she sighed lightly, then soared towards the sky, breaking through the roof with ease.
With the woman’s intervention, the fighting on the field stopped. The documents were gone, and continuing to fight would be a mockery.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other, feeling a sort of Henry-style ending.
…
On a cargo ship somewhere, three black figures stood. The middle-aged man at the head wore red, while the two beside him wore black bishop robes, one male and one female, with solemn expressions.
Glancing at the two, Zi Chuan smiled and asked, “Which of you will go to meet the Ferryman?”
After a moment of silence, the male bishop, who appeared younger, stepped forward, grinned, and said, “Lord Bishop, let me go.”
Zi Chuan nodded.
Seeing him nod, the male bishop merged into the darkness and disappeared from the ship.
After he completely left, Zi Chuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He smiled at the woman beside him and asked, “Little Ying, do you think he’s one of the White Crows?”
“I don’t know.”
The female bishop, called Little Ying, shook her head. She lifted her face, which was wounded by a sword qi, looking somewhat ferocious, but also fitting for the identity of a black-clad bishop.
“You’ve followed me for over a decade, yet you’re still so foolish. This way, you won’t be promoted to Ferryman…”
Zi Chuan’s eyes narrowed. After a moment, he slowly opened his eyes, shook his head, and looked out at the dark sea, emitting a strange laugh,
“The Pope has ordered it, this time we must assist that eccentric brat. I wonder if the Dragon Hunters in Fuzhou will put some pressure on him.”
“They will. Everything will go as you wish.”
When mentioning the “Fuzhou Dragon Hunters,” the female bishop with a scar, named Little Ying, couldn’t help but her pupils subtly widened instinctively, but they quickly returned to normal. She also looked out at the dark sea surface where waves were surging.
The sea breeze gently blew through her dry hair, carrying a hint of familiarity, causing the female bishop to instinctively close her eyes, her nose feeling a bit sore.
On the other side of the waves, the starlight withered, and it seemed as if the rising morning sun was questioning—does this night heading towards daytime have an end?
