King of Assassins-Chapter 930 - 651: Not a Pity

Rumble... Rumble...

The ground of Divine King City began to shake violently, with the affected area expanding rapidly. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Even the Holy Hall was swaying and undulating amidst the earthquake.

Shui Yunlan's earth-shattering attack fell mostly on Divine King Island.

The destruction and impact of the sword light on the strata were also released in the form of an earthquake.

The center where the sword light struck first saw Paradise Palace collapse and shatter, and the surrounding massive buildings also crumbled under the tremors.

The energy of the earthquake grew increasingly strong, the ground boiling like bubbling water, constantly surging.

Shui Yunlan realized things were amiss, but causing destruction was easy. A violent strike was all that was needed.

To undo the destruction, however, she lacked the capability.

If the underground sword light energy were fully unleashed, surely everyone in Divine King City would be shaken to death.

In the crisis moment, a holy light shot up from above the Holy Hall, with silvery holy light spreading outward.

Wherever the holy light passed, the violently shaking ground immediately returned to calm.

In the blink of an eye, the silvery holy light covered the entire Divine King Island. The terrifying earthquake completely vanished under the holy light's soothing presence.

Gao Xuan was also a bit surprised at how advanced the energy management of the Sea Emperor Star Sanctuary was. Moreover, it was unexpected that Hai Zhen was willing to intervene and resolve the earthquake.

Shui Yunlan obviously breathed a sigh of relief; truly destroying Divine King City would have killed at least hundreds of millions.

That magnitude would be terrifying. Although from a top noble family, she couldn't kill so many people for personal reasons.

Killing just Jin Hongtao and his followers was already hard to justify.

Fortunately, the Sea Emperor Star Sanctuary played its proper role at the critical moment.

Shui Yunlan glanced at Gao Xuan: "Let's head back."

After this ordeal, Shui Yunlan indeed viewed Gao Xuan more highly.

Not to mention anything else, just being able to lock onto the Evil God Demon Avatar showed Gao Xuan's abilities.

As for the hidden Hai Ting, the Sanctuary hadn't detected anything unusual either, so it couldn't be blamed on Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan had even defeated Jin Hongtao on his own, demonstrating his skills.

Shui Yunlan asked herself: without using the Profound Nether Sword, it would be difficult to defeat Jin Hongtao. His Profound Gold Armor alone posed a significant challenge to penetrate.

Shui Yunlan was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk.

Gao Xuan and Yuan Youyuan followed behind, continuously conversing, mainly because Yuan Youyuan was curious about how Gao Xuan defeated Jin Hongtao.

"It's nothing; I just upgraded the Demon-Sundering Arm Blade to the third grade."

Gao Xuan said, "As long as you can break the Profound Gold Armor, defeating Jin Hongtao is easy."

"Ah, when did you upgrade the Demon-Sundering Arm Blade?"

Yuan Youyuan was shocked; this was a third-grade spiritual artifact. Gao Xuan could refine a third-grade spiritual artifact? Even an Artifact Refining Master might not have that ability.

Gao Xuan explained the situation to Yuan Youyuan in brief, as there was no need to keep it secret from her.

This made Yuan Youyuan extremely envious, but alas, she couldn't afford Crimson Sun Golden Crystal. Moreover, it didn't suit the magical artifacts she possessed. Coveting was futile.

After today's brutal battle, Yuan Youyuan felt a compelling urge to upgrade.

Cultivators like Shui Yunhao from prominent noble families, even with his elder sister's protection, weren't immune to death.

Previously, she relied on Gao Xuan's protection and wasn't very passionate about enhancing her power. Now she realized that her power was the most reliable.

Relying on others inevitably leads to letdowns.

Gao Xuan appreciated her thoughts; the comfort of the past year had greatly dulled Yuan Youyuan's edge. She wasn't even twenty yet and had already lost much of her drive.

For her personally, this wasn't a good thing.

When Gao Xuan and the others returned to the Holy Hall, Hai Zhen was already waiting at the entrance.

Before Hai Zhen could speak, Shui Yunlan took the initiative, asking loudly, "Hai Ting is an Evil God Demon; didn't you know?"

Hai Zhen was shocked and exclaimed, "Your Excellency, is there some misunderstanding here?"

Shui Yunlan sneered, "Hai Ting approached us using a paladin's identity and defiled my colleagues with Evil God's power while we were unprepared. Now, seven of my colleagues are dead, including my brother. What do you have to say?"

Hai Zhen was shocked and bewildered, sighing repeatedly, "How could this be? How could this be?"

"Let me ask again, why didn't you come to support us during the battle against the Evil God?"

The battle site was merely two hundred kilometers from the Holy Hall, reachable instantly for a Golden Core Cultivator.

Yet the battle raged for over ten minutes with no response from the Holy Hall. This was clearly suspicious.

Hai Zhen said helplessly, "Just now, the shadow of the Evil God caused disturbances here, killing three paladins. I had to guard the Holy Hall..."

Shui Yunlan fell silent, major issues like these weren't something Hai Zhen would dare to lie about. Besides, there were various surveillance systems at the Holy Hall, and all battle scenes would have been recorded. Lying served no purpose.

She said coldly, "Regarding Hai Ting, you'll have to give me an explanation..."

Today's battle was too brutal. Shui Yunlan needed to report it immediately to find a reasonable explanation.

For such a massive incident, someone had to take the fall.

Shui Yunlan had no inclination to bicker with Hai Zhen as long as Hai Zhen wasn't the Evil God; everything else could be negotiated.

Returning to her room, Shui Yunlan used the Holy Hall's communication channel to contact her elder Shui Qingguang and describe the battle in detail.

She also copied the battle records from her brain machine for her elder to help analyze.

Shui Qingguang was a super-tier gold powerhouse, but unfortunately, hadn't made it into the Thirty-six Divine Envoys.

Even so, as a super-tier gold powerhouse, Shui Qingguang naturally held an esteemed status with significant power.