King of Assassins

Li Feihong thought about it and still found it impossible. Even a Tenth-level Powerhouse might not be able to pull this off.

At the same time, in the Headquarter Tower of Celestial Net Company, Huo Tiejun and Yuan Ling’Er were watching the footage.

The drone’s live video was transmitted back via wireless signal and then converted into images again. This technology was already quite mature.

It was just that the wireless signal here was too bad, so the images sent back by the drones came in fits and starts.

Moreover, the drones couldn’t enter the inside of the slanted building. They could only observe the situation through collapsed windows and the huge cracks all over the walls.

The cameras weren’t clear enough, and they could barely make out human figures darting around inside. The muzzle flashes, though, were very obvious.

"What’s going on?"

Yuan Ling’Er was a bit confused as she watched. "Thousands of people killing one man— even a Tenth-level Powerhouse couldn’t hold out, right?"

Huo Tiejun shot Yuan Ling’Er a look. "What kind of misunderstanding do you have about Tenth-level Powerhouses? With their Power, they can easily wipe out a fully armed, full-strength battle regiment."

"Even so, there’s no way they can take a regiment head-on."

Yuan Ling’Er didn’t know much about Tenth-level Powerhouses, but she at least understood roughly where their ceiling was.

Even with extreme physical enhancement, it’s hard to withstand heavy firepower. What makes a Tenth-level Powerhouse truly fearsome is their super mobility and stealth. As for raw destructive capacity, they still can’t compare to high-yield weaponry.

"Trust me, any Tenth-level Powerhouse could easily break out and counter-kill in this situation."

Huo Tiejun said dismissively, "If that guy who’s supposed to change fate dies this easily, then he’s trash. Can’t even hold onto his own fate, and he wants to change anything? Give me a break."

Yuan Ling’Er fell silent for a moment, then said, "I just think this kind of test is too crude. Changing our fate doesn’t necessarily depend on direct Power."

Huo Tiejun said coldly, "The gap in Power is too vast. Without sufficient Power, any scheme is just daydreaming, completely meaningless."

"By your logic, even if he has Tenth Level Power, so what?"

Yuan Ling’Er retorted, "There are plenty of Tenth-level Powerhouses. Even if you gathered them all together, how much difference could they really make?"

"Yeah..."

Huo Tiejun sighed in frustration. Even if he had the very top-tier combat strength, so what?

He couldn’t be bothered to keep watching the chaotic footage on the screens. He closed his eyes and fell silent.

Yuan Ling’Er was just as dejected. Though she had the ability of foresight, the information she foresaw was too vague. It was very hard for her to use it to do anything concrete.

Even with Huo Tiejun’s support, she still hadn’t managed to accomplish anything big.

Compared to the terrifying existence looming over their heads, all their resistance was like ants trying to shake a mountain, utterly meaningless.

The two of them sat facing each other in wordless silence. After about half an hour like this, Yuan Ling’Er suddenly felt something was off. She looked up, and the footage was already without sound.

The drones’ audio pickups weren’t great, but they could at least capture gunshots.

Yet now, inside the slanted building, there weren’t even gunshots?

Yuan Ling’Er stared at the screens, but could no longer see any human figures. The slanted building was eerily quiet, as if everyone inside had died.

Huo Tiejun noticed the anomaly as well. "What, it’s over?"

Yuan Ling’Er said uncertainly, "Seems like it’s over?"

Huo Tiejun checked the time. From the start of the battle until now, barely thirty-one minutes had passed. And it was over already?

Bear in mind that at least one to two thousand people went in, and they were all elite fighters from various gangs. You could say that most of the experts in Wei’an City had converged there.

These gang members didn’t have the ability to coordinate as a unit, but the one thing they were best at, from mixing in gangs, was this sort of small-scale chaotic brawl.

A big group with a clear target— even if they tripped each other up a bit, it wouldn’t go so far as mutual slaughter.

And now this whole group had been taken care of?

Even Huo Tiejun found it hard to believe. Even for a Tenth-level Powerhouse, finishing off this many enemies so quickly would be extremely difficult.

Plus, they were a motley mob; once the casualties mounted, the rest should quickly break down and scatter in panic. Yet from the looks of it, not a single person had run out. That made it even stranger.

Huo Tiejun now felt a strong surge of curiosity. He really wanted to rush over to the scene right away for a look.

This Gao Xuan was actually a bit uncanny!

Just then, Gao Xuan’s figure appeared on the screens.

Several drones were filming Gao Xuan from different angles. At this distance, the image quality was excellent; Huo Tiejun could even distinguish each of Gao Xuan’s individual eyebrow hairs.

Gao Xuan’s expression was calm. There was neither dust nor bloodstains on him. Though he carried a sheathed Longsword in his hand, there was no killing intent about him.

He looked like an old man taking his sword out for some exercise— relaxed and at ease.

At this distance, his deep blue eyes looked quite compelling.

Huo Tiejun nodded slightly. "Those eyes are gorgeous. Just with these eyes, he could be a mega-celebrity."

The times were bad, but there were still all kinds of entertainment stars. And stars often had a huge influence.

The poor, whose lives were miserable, survived by clinging to cheap entertainment.

On camera, Gao Xuan looked up at the drone, pointed at the lens with his finger, and silently mouthed: "Don’t run. I’m coming."

Huo Tiejun sneered. "This guy is pretty arrogant!"

He said to Yuan Ling’Er, "It’s even better that he’s coming of his own accord. Once we catch him, you can study him properly, see what’s so special about him."

If it were anywhere else, Huo Tiejun wouldn’t dare talk like this. But inside Celestial Net Mansion, security was extremely tight, with all kinds of high-tech systems in place.

Especially some of the larger systems— their destructive Power was enormous. As long as it’s a human, there’s no way he could withstand it.

Huo Tiejun thought for a moment, then activated the drone’s microphone. "I’ll be waiting for you."

Gao Xuan smiled. The other side was quite confident too. From the voice, the guy shouldn’t be that old.

He knew Celestial Net Mansion wouldn’t be easy to infiltrate, but he himself was no longer the same.

Having discovered the Power to control fate, Gao Xuan had decided to use some special methods.

He’d taken the initiative to reveal himself and draw in the gangs to hunt him down. These filthy, turbid lives— their underlying souls had already been polluted by Demons.

After slaughtering them all, Gao Xuan used the Celestial Dragon Eye, Divine Thunder Emperor’s Power to cleanse their Divine Souls and extract pure Divine Soul Power.

This approach was essentially like snatching food from the Demons. If he kept it up for too long, it would definitely wake the Demons.

The souls of several thousand people were negligible to the Demons. In the short term, they couldn’t possibly notice anything wrong.

Even without the Eternal Celestial Dragon Claw, Demons would absorb human Spiritual Power anyway. Given Gao Xuan’s Divine Techniques, converting Divine Soul Power was child’s play.

He had simply disdained borrowing external Power before, and had never needed to. Now, things were different; of course he’d use some extreme means, saving himself two or three months of time.

Gao Xuan refined this Divine Soul Power and forcefully elevated this body to the top tier of this world. At the same time, he strengthened the Bai Feng Sword in his hand.

The Bai Feng Sword was forged from top-grade alloy, with very solid craftsmanship. But fundamentally, it had still been just an ordinary Sword Artifact.

Through Divine Soul sacrificial refinement, Gao Xuan inscribed several sigils onto the Bai Feng Sword, letting the sword shed its old skin and transform into an Extraordinary Divine Sword.

Now he wanted to see just what kind of capabilities the people behind the scenes had, to dare provoke him.