Starting Reward – A Three Thousand Assassin Network - Chapter 33

Chapter 33 – Annihilation of Two More Sects

However, facing Zhen Gang’s peak strength, Master Wu Xin could only evade. But the more he dodged, the more flaws he exposed. Soon, Wu Xin was injured all over by countless sword energies, staining his entire robe red with blood.

“Hum!”

As Zhen Gang’s attack grew stronger, he also completed the hidden build-up. The sword in his hand emitted a faint buzzing sound.

“Not good!” Master Wu Xin immediately sensed danger.

“Hei-yah!”

Zhen Gang roared, a hundred-zhang sword radiance erupted instantly, directly slashing towards Master Wu Xin.

Facing this extraordinary sword, Wu Xin tried to evade, but his own vital energy had been completely locked, and even the surrounding space became extremely viscous.

As a master, faced with the killing blow of a martial artist, what could he use to defend himself? He could only use his body as a shield.

A downward strike, carrying an immense force.

This strike, Wu Xin couldn’t resist, but he couldn’t just sit and wait for death either. He immediately mobilized all his true qi, forming a defensive shield around himself.

Boom!

The enormous sword radiance struck Wu Xin’s defense.

Crack, crack …

The shield shattered as soon as it came into contact with the sword radiance.

Boom!

A loud noise echoed through the night sky.

A huge trench appeared on the ground, stretching for a hundred zhang, a meter wide, its depth unseen.

“Phew~”

Zhen Gang breathed out a long sigh, looking at Wu Xin, who had turned into a puddle of flesh, then turned and left.

“Finally completed the mission! It seems my strength is still not enough!”

In this battle, Zhen Gang realized his shortcomings. In past battles, the Six Sword Slaves always fought together, but this time it was Zhen Gang alone.

“It seems I need to refine my ultimate move!”

The Six Sword Slaves, six individuals as one, each having their own control, but once they are separated, their overall strength will be greatly reduced.

This battle exposed the weakness of the Six Sword Slaves. Zhen Gang was a true expert in the Transcendent Realm, while Master Wu Xin was at the pinnacle of the Celestial Realm.

No matter how powerful the Celestial Realm was, it was always an insurmountable gap compared to the Transcendent Realm.

However, even at the pinnacle of the Celestial Realm, Master Wu Xin suffered a great loss against Zhen Gang. If this battle were against Black and White Xuanjian, Master Wu Xin wouldn’t have lasted three moves against him.

This showed the tremendous increase in combat power brought about by the realm of consciousness. Zhen Gang excelled in coordinated attacks but hadn’t comprehended his own realm of consciousness.

Therefore, the path of consciousness was still a bit distant for Zhen Gang.

After clearing the battlefield, Zhen Gang led the group of Network’s Assassins and departed.

…

In Yan Prefecture [-zhou], at the Pride Sword Villa.

The battle was in full swing at this moment.

Five experts in the Transcendent Realm were besieging Pride Sword, leaving numerous sword wounds on his body, seemingly terrifying but not fatal.

Looking at these five sword slaves, they appeared to be playing, like cats toying with mice.

As for the other Network Assassins, they were rampaging in groups of three to five within the villa.

Soon, they had slaughtered everything in sight.

Pride Sword Villa was unlike other martial sects; it didn’t have many disciples.

The entire villa consisted solely of Pride Sword’s direct descendants.

Now, after more than sixty years since its establishment, Pride Sword’s family, whether direct or collateral, all resided within the villa.

The entire villa housed more than a hundred and twenty people, all elites, but faced with the Network Assassins, they were significantly inferior, especially given the considerable numerical advantage.

No matter how powerful Pride Sword was, facing any one of them would be difficult, let alone five.

He was well aware that these five were just playing around.

If they had attacked with the intent to kill from the start, he would have died in a single move.

“Alright, you’ve played enough! It’s time to end this!”

“We thought Pride Sword Villa would have formidable opponents, but it’s quite disappointing!”

“Though we caused some trouble a few days ago, it wasn’t satisfying.”

“…”

Everyone, one after another, completely disregarded Pride Sword.

Faced with such humiliation, Pride Sword, who had always been obeyed, couldn’t endure it.

“Rampant! Endure what’s endurable, but what’s not, must not be endured! To kill or be killed, a single sword will end it all! Today is the time of suffering for my Pride Sword Villa, but tomorrow will be the day of your destruction! The heavens follow a good cycle; I, along with everyone from Pride Sword Villa, will be waiting for you below!”

After saying that, Pride Sword raised the sword in his hand and immediately slashed his own neck.

Pride Sword was indeed as his name suggested, truly proud.

“Hehe, this old guy is indeed as arrogant as the rumors in the martial world say.”

“But what’s the point of being so proud now? He’s just ended up dead.”

“True, only by staying alive can one truly demonstrate their worth.”

“Let’s go, the mission is completed. From tonight onwards, the entire martial world will live in fear of the Network, and this is just the beginning.”

“Ah hahaha …”

The brazen laughter echoed in the villa!

The Network had been hidden by Ye Chen for too long, and now that the sword was unleashed, it would naturally radiate a dazzling light. As these sword slaves said, this was just the beginning. As an assassin organization, the Network’s appearance inevitably came with slaughter.

Where they passed, not a blade of grass grew.

Where they went, corpses littered the ground.

I flourish in slaughter, just like a flower in the dawn!

Ye Chen unexpectedly transmigrated into this world, having a good family.

He originally wanted to live a quiet life, but it turned out that fate had other plans.

Since fate didn’t align, then it was time to change fate.

Since the Great Xia Imperial Family didn’t want the Ye Family to have it easy, Ye Chen naturally had to take the initiative.

This massacre in the martial world was just the first step in intimidating those behind the scenes. The real confrontation was yet to come.

…

The next day, a piece of news instantly detonated the entire Great Xia martial world, including the imperial family.

Three major top-tier sects were wiped out overnight, and the Sect Master of the Divine Will Sect, Wu Zhen, was killed by an enemy’s direct sword strike, unable to even react before his throat was slashed.

Even in his defensive stance till death, it was evident how strong the person who struck was, definitely a super expert in the Transcendent Realm.

To be able to wipe out three major top-tier sects overnight, and these three sects were in different regions, it could be seen how vast and powerful this force was, not a bit weaker than those transcendent forces.

For a while, everyone in the martial world felt threatened and became much quieter.

Even the martial artists eating and drinking in some inns were not as boisterous as before.

They were afraid that someone lurking beside them might belong to that mysterious force. If they accidentally said something to provoke them, it might invite disaster upon themselves.