Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 114: Soul Reaping Chain

Sharky felt a headache. How could he let them assassinate the crown prince when everyone was looking? If that happened, it would be more strange if the emperor didn’t execute him!

That was why he could only kill the other assassins. He didn’t want to kill the Devil Sect assassins, since they were Crystal’s henchmen.

But from his perspective, there was no way he could just watch without doing anything! This was the problem with being on opposing sides, there will always be situations where he couldn’t satisfy both sides.

During this time, new Justice Envoys and guards rushed over. The Devil Sect gradually entered a disadvantaged position.

Sharky sent a voice transmission to the leader of Devil Sect, to warn her, "Although, I don’t know who you are. But I know, you are Crystal’s master, so please leave from there, and or it’ll be too late if you don’t leave now!"

The long-haired woman looked at Sharky with surprise, knowing that she had tried to kill him, he still warned her.

So he was the guy, whose Crystal is continuously talking about. Her cold and clear voice sounded from the other side. "The noble treat others with respect and self-restraint, those with humility will be blessed by heavenly law."

The assassins who heard this were all stunned. Then, they began to attack the palace even more viciously.

"Everyone, be on guard! Protect the crown prince, Crown Princess and Princess!" Another guard immediately fought with everything he had.

Sharky was puzzled. He just warned her that the Devil Sect was clearly at a great disadvantage. Why did they still launch this mad assault? Could it be that the Devil Sect really didn’t care about the lives of their subordinates?

He asked the long-haired woman again, "Why are you still risking your life, when I already warned you. If you have no way to escape, I can help by covering you!"

Long-haired woman felt her heart soften when she heard his words of concern. She now started liking the choice of her discipline.

Her expression also eased considerably. "You’ve misunderstood. This is a secret signal of retreat that we set up ahead of time. Everyone is looking for a chance to withdraw."

Sharky finally realized what was happening. If they straight up said that they were pulling out, then the guards would immediately have a huge boost of morale. They might instead fail to escape under the guards’ pursuit.

By putting on this bluff of fighting to the death, the guards would instead become confused and wouldn’t adopt any extreme plans. Their first priority would be to ensure the safety of the most important people, allowing them to escape first.

Sure enough, those black clad assassins looked for chances to escape one after another. They clearly already went through strict training.

Zhuxie Chixin was furious when he saw this. "You all wish to leave? All of you can just stay behind!"

He waved his hand towards the side. A giant flame hand descended from the skies and smashed down on them. The giant flame hand’s pressure wasn’t something those below could resist at all. They were instantly crushed to ashes.

But those black clad assassins didn’t panic at all. They continued to withdraw in an orderly manner.

The long-haired woman’s voice sounded again. "Your opponent is me!"

A vicious streak of light shot over from the eastern palace’s walls. Sharky’s eyes were sharp, immediately recognizing it to be the flying sword that almost took his life.

The sword was flowing with radiance. It was a bit shorter than a normal sword. It seemed even smaller in front of that massive, blazing palm.

But it was precisely this small sword that stabbed straight through that massive flame palm. There was a huge hole created in that palm, and then that hole grew larger and larger. It was almost as if it was being destroyed by a type of natural law. The flame palm completely vanished.

Zhuxie Chixin: "???"

Sharky now felt so much better. He was almost done in by this sword and thought that it was because he sucked. He didn’t expect Zhuxie Chixin to experience the same thing!

Zhuxie Chixin looked at that long haired woman with a frown. "Are you really only a master?"

The long-haired woman said indifferently, "Won’t you find out if you continue fighting? Rambling on and on doesn’t seem like the style of the terror-inducing Justice Envoy chief commander."

Zhuxie Chixin’s eyes narrowed. Killing intent surged within him. His sleeves swung out, and then a pitch-black chain wrapped around the other party.

Sharky was alarmed. "Soul Reaping Chains!"

He saw Huang Huihong’s subordinates use these Soul Reaping Chains. Back then, they were able to multiply their strength by working together. Furthermore, the Soul Reaping Chains were able to cut off a part of a cultivator’s ki flow. It was quite an incredible weapon.

Now, it looked like the reason the Soul Reaping Chains became the standard weapon for most of the Justice Envoy seemed to be related to Zhuxie Chixin. He created suitable weapons for lower level cultivators using his own weapon. He was a powerful master rank cultivator after all!

He quickly noticed that the Soul Reaping Chains in Zhuxie Chixin’s hands were a bit different from the ones he saw before. There was a pitch-black sickle at the end, with only the blade revealing a white color. It seemed like the weapon of the god of death!

These were the true Soul Reaping Chains!

Zhuxie Chixin’s complexion was extremely grim. It had already been many years since he used his true weapon. However, this long-haired woman was too strange, so he didn’t dare show the slightest bit of carelessness. He wouldn’t be able to shoulder the guilt if these assassins were allowed to escape.

The long-haired woman didn’t wish to face these chains head on. She backed up several zhang of distance with a tap of her feet.

With a flick of Zhuxie Chixin’s wrist, the Soul Reaping Chains extended several zhang, perfectly wrapping around this long-haired woman’s waist.

He grinned. This woman was too careless! She didn’t predict that his Soul Reaping Chains could lengthen! Hmph, once you are wrapped up by the Soul Reaping Chains, your ki will be restrained. You won’t be able to struggle further then!

At the same time, that cold and sinister giant sickle hacked towards her waist. The long-haired woman’s slender waist and the massive sickle blade formed a stark contrast.

Zhuxie Chixin licked his lips, a mad look flashing past his eyes. He couldn’t be bothered to keep her alive for interrogation anymore. Killing a top level expert like this would be extremely beneficial towards his cultivation. He could already picture the wonderful scene of this woman being cleaved in two by his sickle, how her blood would splatter all over her long-hair. At that point, he would fully consolidate his cultivation at the grandmaster rank.

Sharky was alarmed. Even though he was almost killed by her flying sword, he still found it hard to watch this long-haired beauty be killed like this. He hoped that she could escape alive. After all, she is Crystal’s master.

While Sharky was planning how to save her, there was suddenly a change that happened on the battlefield. Zhuxie Chixin’s expression changed, because he realized that something wasn’t right.

The long-haired woman was cut in half by the spinning sickle. However, the scene of blood eruption didn’t happen. Instead, the woman’s figure gradually disappeared, and what was wrapped by the chains was a snapped pillar.

"Substitution technique?" Zhuxie Chixin was shocked. He quickly evaded to the side.

A long haired beauty appeared behind him at the same time. A sword thrusted at him.

Fortunately, Zhuxie Chixin evaded fast enough. But even so, there was a long, bloody wound hacked open across his ribs.

His eyes narrowed. He didn’t give his wound a single look and instead stared at that long-haired woman. "You aren’t a master, but a grandmaster! Who exactly are you!"

Sharky was worried that Crystal’s master would be cut in half, but she had somehow managed to flip the entire situation around. Despite that, Zhuxie Chixin’s wound didn’t look too serious, and he was clearly still able to carry on.

What Zhuxie Chixin had said concerned him the most, though. Grandmaster rank!

This woman is a grandmaster?

Couldn’t he now boast that he had survived an attack from a grandmaster?

The long-haired woman didn’t reply, but casually waved her hand.

Zhuxie Chixin quickly gave out orders. "Guo Zhi, have some of your men escort the crown prince to safety. Zhao Yuan, leads some of the troops and goes after the assassins."

"Golden Token Eleven, disperse the members of the Justice Envoy who are present to the various palace gates and inform the garrison generals about the situation. We cannot let a single assassin escape. All those who go against my orders are to be killed. There will be no exceptions!"

The Imperial Guard within the imperial palace were split into four main troops: The left troop, the right troop, the guerilla warfare troop, and the brave riders.

Guo Zhi was the Right Guard General. Zhao Yuan was the Guerilla Warfare General, and was part of the royal family, although his bloodline was only distantly related to the current emperor’s bloodline.

So much had happened within the imperial palace so far this day, and the entire Imperial Guard was in chaos. No one knew if the Right Guard General and Brave Rider General were by the empress’ side, or somewhere else. Either way, they hadn’t shown up here.

Guo Zhi and Zhao Yuan had only just arrived with their men.

These four great generals were all eighth rank experts. As long as Zhuxie Chixin could stall this long-haired woman, who had the highest cultivation, they would be more than enough to deal with the remaining assassins.

"Understood!" answered both generals. Even though Zhuxie Chixin wasn’t of a higher military rank than them, he was the emperor’s most trusted aide, which granted him the authority to command them.

The two of them also looked at Sharky in surprise. Weren’t there only ten golden-token Justice envoys? When did they promote another one?

Sharky was secretly grumbling. I didn’t want to do anything! Why the hell are you pushing shit onto me?

However, he knows he can’t ignore it, so he quickly, with voice transmission, orders Catherine and Fengmei to escape from there.

He quickly took his leave. Just before he left, he gave the long-haired woman who was hovering in the air one last look. Her clothes were fluttering about, her figure as dazzling as the moon, and as fleeting as the clouds.

He sighed. She was really so beautiful, and the lust inside him started to awaken towards her.

Despite being in the air, she didn’t seem to be at that great an altitude. He suddenly remembered that there was a formation covering the capital that restricted cultivators from flying.

He pushed these thoughts aside and ordered all the bronze-token envoys under his charge to disperse to the respective palace gates and inform the guards of the news.

The envoys were stunned. "My lord, don’t you need anyone at your side?"

Sharky waved his hand. "The leader of the scoundrels is being held up by Lord Zhuxie, and none of the remaining assassins are a match for me. You all need to stay together so that you can watch each other’s backs." He was just finding an excuse to search for some covers to save the Crystal’s master.

"Thank you, Lord Eleven, for your concern!"

After the Justice envoys thanked him, they dispersed quickly towards the palace gates to which they had been assigned.

Their grateful expressions almost made Sharky burst out laughing. It felt truly amazing to scam others and still be thanked for it.

But before Sharky went anywhere, he heard a voice.

*Boom!*

Someone said while recognising the pressure, it was hard for them to remain standing, even with their cultivation. They turned towards the eastern palace with a look of shock. "Even His Majesty has gotten involved. Who is worthy of his personal interference?"

In the eastern palace, Zhuxie Chixin tried his best to stop the assassins that had been ushered out, but was unfortunately stopped by the long-haired woman.

With a cold expression, he sent his Soul-reaping Chains flying about the battlefield, hacking and slashing unpredictably. It truly seemed like a sickle from hell.

Unfortunately, all of his attacks were easily blocked by the small, exquisite sword.

His opponent did not wield the sword in her hand. Instead, it seemed to possess a sentience of its own. It flew around the long-haired woman freely, blocking his sickle perfectly each time.