Chapter 241 - 174: Interception

Chapter 241: Chapter 174: Interception

Today’s battle had been a narrow victory.

Skinning was undoubtedly a Hidden Weapons Grandmaster. The Martial Arts True Intent imbued in his thrown daggers was at least at the Advanced level.

If Yang Jingtian had been a real person instead of a Clone, his condition would have deteriorated far more severely when the second dagger hit.

The Daliang Secret Realm Cruel Officials. Lu Changfeng committed the name of this mysterious organization from Daliang to memory.

Skinning, Bone Carving, Tendon Pulling, and Corpse Transformation. ’They must be a four-person team,’ Lu Changfeng mused. ’I wonder how many other similar teams the Secret Realm Cruel Officials have.’

However, as for this four-person team, Lu Changfeng had already killed Tendon Pulling, reducing him to ash, while Corpse Transformation had been captured alive and imprisoned in the Ba Snake Space.

’For the time being, they shouldn’t pose much of a threat.’

The abilities of these four were all strange and bizarre.

Corpse Transformation was at the Bone Refining Fifth Layer, but due to his special Demon Fiend Bloodline, he was in some respects even stronger than an ordinary Primordial Spirit Body.

Tendon Pulling was in the Primordial Spirit Body Realm and likely possessed some peculiar Demon Fiend Bloodline as well, but under Clone Yang Jingtian’s terrifying Saber Aura, he died before he had a chance to use it.

Bone Carving, a Primordial Spirit Body, possessed a Demon Fiend Bloodline that specialized in defense. Although Lu Changfeng’s strike against him wasn’t at full power, it was still not something an ordinary Primordial Spirit Body could have blocked. His Defense Power was truly extraordinary.

The team’s leader, Skinning, was the most terrifying of all. Despite only being at the Primordial Spirit Body Realm, the daggers he threw nearly reached the second stage of Advanced Martial Arts True Intent. There was no telling if he had other, stronger trump cards.

Lu Changfeng began to plot. ’I need to find a chance to capture this Skinning alive. I’ll use the interface to see what unique things he has. Good things, of course, must be copied onto myself.’

The carriage ambled forward.

Soon, they reached the border.

Long Xing was at a loss.

Lu Changfeng had already directed Clone Yang Jingtian to lift the carriage with Spiritual Power, finding a weak point under the cover of night to cross the border.

With Daliang clearly intent on attacking them, Lu Changfeng was certainly not foolish enough to go through an official border crossing.

Only after reaching an unpopulated area did Lu Changfeng set the carriage down.

"Keep moving through the night. It’s still not safe here," Lu Changfeng said.

Long Xing nodded. The great Prince gritted his teeth and began driving the carriage through the night.

’We’ve made it through the most dangerous region. I hope nothing else happens from here on out.’

Clone Yang Jingtian closed his eyes and entered a state of light meditation.

...

「Meanwhile.」

Skinning and Bone Carving fled for a long distance before finally stopping.

"Skinning, what do we do? The mission failed, and Tendon Pulling is dead," Bone Carving said, his hoarse voice laced with panic.

Even as a Secret Realm Cruel Official himself, Bone Carving did not want to face the punishments of the Daliang Secret Domain.

"What can we do? Go back and face our punishment."

"Ah, we had a chance to achieve great things. What a shame. This White Tiger of the Saint Demon Sect really is terrifyingly powerful," Skinning said with an air of indifference.

He was a sadist, after all; the Secret Domain’s punishments would only excite him more.

Bone Carving kept his head slightly lowered. Suddenly, his body erupted into motion, and with terrifying speed, he turned and sprinted into the distance.

’That guy’s a sadist, but I’m not!’ thought Bone Carving. ’If I take the Secret Domain’s punishment, even if I don’t die, I’ll be left half-dead!’

’The best-case scenario is I end up a lunatic!’

’He didn’t want to become like those madmen in the Secret Domain. The only option now was to escape!’

Watching Bone Carving’s rapidly retreating figure, Skinning was momentarily stunned before letting out a sigh.

"Why bother? Has it come to this again? Am I the only one left?"

Skinning looked up at the crescent moon in the night sky as long, narrow, pitch-black energy snakes began to emerge from his entire body, writhing wildly in the moonlight.

This was the Visualization of his Advanced Martial Arts True Intent.

FWIP!

A dagger sliced silently through the night sky.

In the next instant, Bone Carving’s head, now far in the distance, abruptly exploded.

The headless corpse collapsed.

"Why bother..." The moonlight enveloped him, and Skinning’s figure grew increasingly hazy before disappearing into the night.