Light Fortress-Chapter 1542 - 234: Assassination (First Update)

On the surface of the Ice Sea, a massive chunk of ice floated.

On the broken ice, there was a vast Fire Domain, with blazing flames enveloping an ice surface of about thirty to forty meters. Despite the extremely high temperature, it did not melt the solid ice floating on the sea surface one bit.

A figure was seated cross-legged on the ice.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Gu Shen leisurely twirled the swordfish’s jaw sword. This sharp long sword was broken by him, reversed, and pierced through the body of the swordfish, used as a skewer for grilling.

The fragrance of the swordfish wafted amidst the scorching fire.

The fire of life used to grill fish... if others were to see this, they might certainly scold Gu Shen for such waste.

Sunlight sparkled on the Ice Sea.

Gu Shen took a deep breath, then began to gorge himself. Trapped beneath the Ice Sea for five years, he had neither seen a ray of sunshine nor tasted a morsel of food.

Never mind that he was still mundane, even a Divine Throne couldn’t possibly sever entirely from this world.

The swordfish’s skin was grilled to a golden hue, sizzling and oozing with oil, while the fish meat was tender and juicy.

At this moment, Gu Shen truly felt that he was "alive" again.

At the same time, it wasn’t just Gu Shen who was dining; a small flame was also feeding. The blazing fire, trapped under the Ice Sea for five years, finally had the chance to replenish itself. It had been waiting until Gu Shen took the first bite before it began to devour, ravenously consuming the part of the swordfish’s essence that was about to return to void.

"Easy there, little guy, take your time... no one’s fighting over it with you."

Gu Shen reached out to stroke the blazing fire, unable to hold back a smile.

The flames pulsated rhythmically.

This small flame already had a budding spiritual wisdom, and it conveyed a mental wave.

"Look at yourself."

Gu Shen was taken aback, only then realizing that his urge to eat the swordfish was more voracious than the fire consuming the essence.

He looked down at the emaciated face reflected on the ice surface, and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Disheveled long hair, sunken cheeks, pallid skin.

This was the consequence of maintaining life signs at the bare minimum for a long time.

His body at this moment appeared ragged and ruined, like a "hungry ghost" on the brink of death.

The deficit of five years couldn’t simply be replenished by just one meal...

Fortunately, after the Breakthrough, the fire of life circled around, starting to nourish from the inside out.

"These superficial losses don’t damage the foundation, recovery won’t take long."

Gu Shen placed his hands on his knees, looked up at the sky, and muttered, "After eating and drinking to satisfaction, the next step is to head to the [Ice Sea Ruins]."

Chu Ling had already informed Gu Shen about the [Ice Sea Ruins] and provided clear coordinates.

Now, the Five Continents were fully mobilized, with a Storm Church saint leading the charge, likely already having entered the ruins by now.

The intelligence regarding "time distortion" and "authority erasure"... Gu Shen was aware, while Chu Ling was a bit worried, considering Gu Shen was the holder of the "Netherworld King’s Spark". According to the intelligence, the seal of "time distortion" might interfere with the authority power exhibited by the spark, but Gu Shen was not concerned.

His current "authority power" was so weak it could be ignored!

Originally, there was only a wisp, half of which he gave to Mu Wanqiu, part to Shen Li, and what remained for himself was even less than some [Angel Envoys] carried with them.

"But speaking of which, where am I now?"

Gu Shen stood up from the ice, feeling somewhat troubled.

Even though he knew the coordinates of the destination.

But where was he?

This place was shrouded in fog, with ice fragments floating everywhere.

"Never mind, let’s move around and find the direction first... hopefully, I’m not too far away."

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The snow wind was fierce, howling in the face.

A black cloak fluttered in the heavy snow.

Gu Xiaoman walked alone on this snowfield, and her purpose for coming to the [Ice Sea Ruins] differed from those Law Enforcers. She was not there to gather intelligence on the Ice Sea Ruins, nor was she interested in the secrets that might be contained in the ancient civilization.

She purely came for the deceased person, heading south to the sea.

Upon hearing the words "Ice Sea", a vague intuition provided guidance, and she always acted on her instincts.

She wanted to go to the Tundra, so she went.

She wanted to come to the Ice Sea, so she came.

"Is this the legendary S-level?"

On the snowfield, a voice that was as pleasant as silver bells, laced with laughter, resounded.

Gu Xiaoman halted her steps.

A hundred meters away in front of her, the wind and snow howled past, and as if someone suddenly splashed ink on the plain, it scattered, revealing countless scattered ink flowers, and then a slender and graceful figure suddenly appeared amidst the splashed ink.

Among the geniuses participating in the Source Tower Divine Envoy’s trials.

There was a young woman from the Yinghai District of East Continent who amazed everyone with her skills, overshadowing her rivals, directly passing through the tenth layer of the Double God Illusion Realm. This performance gained her great approval from the Xuan Turtle, and she was regarded as the Transcendent with the highest potential to become a "candidate".

Dong Lai Yue.

This was a relatively obscure and peculiar name even in the East Continent area.

Her signature attire was almost floor-length hair, with a circle of black forehead ties secured on her forehead.

Gu Xiaoman squinted her eyes.

Evidently, Dong Lai Yue’s words weren’t directed at her.

"...Yes."

The voice that responded to Tonezawa Yue was cold, sharp like a sword, icy and chilling.

Gu Xiaoman slightly turned her head.

Not far behind her, standing on a stark white protruding rock, was a pallid figure almost the color of snow, a tall, thin man with silver hair clad in white; she had seen him once before.

Under Cloud Tiger Sect, Sidal.

The youngest and most powerful swordsman in Rhein City.

Tonezawa Yue crossed her arms, her gaze soft and smiling, like she was looking at her little sister, as she stared at Gu Xiaoman.

"You look quite young, but your spiritual power is strong. You probably have reached the Deep Sea Seventh Layer, maybe even higher. No wonder ’Red Dragon’ chose you..."

She rambled on to herself, even though Sidal far away did not respond, she spoke with relish, and even tried to talk to Gu Xiaoman: "Little sister, how old are you this year?"

"..."

Gu Xiaoman had quietly put on the Hundred Explosion Finger Tiger.

She hadn’t expected anything good to happen at the Ice Sea Ruins. The Red Dragon’s veiled warning earlier had made her guess that during this mission southward, Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle would probably make a move against her. She just didn’t expect... they would act so quickly. As soon as she left the Cloud Ship, she was being watched.

There’s no such thing as coincidence in a place like this.

Seeing Gu Xiaoman not respond, Tonezawa Yue sighed softly. She didn’t ask further, only moved her gaze to the distance and asked with a laugh: "Sidal, I know you really want to fight this little girl. Can I give you this opportunity, and will you let me have her head?"

"Clang!"

Her answer was the resonant sound of a sword being unsheathed!

Sidal directly unsheathed his sword!

He had wanted to draw his sword back in the Cloud Tiger Hall... but because the Divine Envoy stopped him, he had held back until now!

A thin silver line swept straight for a hundred meters.

Gu Xiaoman turned back in a flash, her starting speed was no slower than Sidal’s, but she deliberately waited a second. Only when Sidal got close did she suddenly move forward, stomping heavily on the snow, the gale stirred by the Hundred Explosion Finger Tiger roared like thunder—

"Boom!"

The sword light was directly shattered by the Hundred Explosion Finger Tiger.

The silver-haired swordsman’s pupils slightly contracted, but what shone in his eyes was not surprise, but joy!

This sword did not retreat, but pressed on, finally the sword tip clashing with Gu Xiaoman’s fist—

The two of them flew back simultaneously.

Sidal retreated nearly ten steps, each step absorbing the force, creating ten large pits in the snowfield with each step. Finally, he forcefully stabbed his longsword into the ground, the sword still quivering! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

On the other side, Gu Xiaoman flew back without touching the ground, like a wisp of grass blown by the wind. She did not absorb the force, and several times in passing, she touched the ground with her toes, even increased her force, this retreating figure suddenly accelerated, crashing directly towards the alluring woman standing stained with ink.

Gu Xiaoman threw another punch!

The Finger Tiger roared, shattering the wind and snow within ten meters around.

Unfortunately, this punch did not hit the target.

The ink-stained figure was exceptionally agile, incomparably nimble, like a phantom, retreating ten meters in an instant, no more, no less, just enough to avoid the Finger Tiger’s blow!

Tonezawa Yue crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow as she looked at the little girl in the black cloak before her, smiling as she asked: "You seem pretty gentle in appearance, why are you so vicious in your actions?"

Unlike a sword fanatic like Sidal who loves tough fights, she didn’t like desperate battles and preferred laying traps and ambushing. Precisely because of this, the moment Gu Xiaoman turned to punch, Tonezawa Yue had guessed the moves of this little one.

When surrounded by two people, one must be resolved first.

Feigning an attack in one place while striking in another.

If she hadn’t been prepared just now, being hit by this punch... she’d probably be severely injured directly.

The calm of the snowfield was rent in an instant and restored just as quickly.

Three figures in a line.

Only now, the distance between the three was a bit more spread out than before.

"Flattery."

Gu Xiaoman brushed the snow dust from her cloak, lightly replied to Tonezawa Yue, then discreetly glanced into the deeper wind and snow.

She sensed the approach of not just one Extraordinary Aura.

The appearance of Tonezawa Yue and Sidal meant Xuan Turtle and Cloud Tiger were ready to make a deadly move against her here...

These two Divine Envoys were not good people.

If they wanted to act, it would be clean and neat, leaving her no chance at survival.

So... it wasn’t just Tonezawa Yue and Sidal, there were Law Enforcers in the depths of the snowfield, and more were coming.

"It’s really a headache, they’re coming quite fast."

Tonezawa Yue also looked towards the depths of the snowfield, she sighed lightly: "Sidal, make your move quickly... the more people come later, the more there will be to claim the credit."

"I don’t care about credit..."

The silver-haired swordsman pulled the sword from the snowfield again.

Sidal ran his two fingers over the sword, a remnant Blood Pearl on the sword tip. Seeing this trace of crimson, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"I."

"Just want to kill."

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(PS: There are five updates today, this is the first one!)