[You squint your eyes, observing carefully...]

[The vicinity of the palace is filled with quiet darkness, void of human presence; all that can be seen is a burly figure leaning against the main entrance of the palace.]

[You have found the ’Extreme Evil Samurai’!]

[Are you going to stealthily infiltrate the palace, or slay the samurai first?]

The samurai’s power is exceptionally strong, as can be inferred from the capabilities of the elderly head of the Ogiwara family.

Dealing with the elderly family head Lin Xun already caused massive commotion, getting rid of the samurai in his prime years, who’s also labeled with ’Extreme Evil’, would be an impossible mission.

If they aroused too much attention, it would attract a large number of samurai, and perhaps even the head general himself...

"I hope the Ninja Master’s escape technique is powerful enough. We must avoid being discovered."

[You go all out to use your escape technique, taking each step with extreme care, not daring to make a sound.]

[You approach the palace at a very slow pace, tiptoeing past the ’Samurai’, shifting your footsteps towards the side of the palace...]

[...]

[You finally reach the side window of the palace, and start fiddling with the lock...]

[With a click, the lock opens. But as there are no other samurai patrolling the area and it’s eerily silent, even such a slight noise seems jarringly loud here!]

[Your heart jolts, knowing that you’re in trouble!]

[Quickly you exert force on your toes, the energy known as ’Qi’ surges inside your body, and you jump high into the air.]

[Your body soars straight up, landing on the overhanging edge of the palace rooftop.]

[Squatting, you hide your body in the shadow of a beast-shaped architectural ornament on the eaves...]

[The ’Extreme Evil Samurai’ obviously hears the strange sound, he takes out his sword from his waist and slowly approaches the side of the palace.]

[Footsteps are getting closer, you quietly peek out...]

[You see the samurai looking around under the eaves. He scans the area for a while but sees no one, he yawns, sheaths his sword, and returns to his post at the entrance to the palace...]

[You breathe a sigh of relief and use your ’Qi’ to float down lightly.]

[You carefully and cautiously open the window. No sound is made throughout the process, and you make your quiet entry...]

[You managed to enter the palace while remaining invisible.]

[The palace imprisoning ’Young Emperor’ harbors an overwhelming darkness, void of any light, filled with a disgusting stench of decay.]

[This stench is repulsive, much like the odor that comes from a pile of rotting mice infested with maggots in a gutter.]

[You forcibly suppress your nausea, quickly adapt to the darkness, and make out the objects within the palace.]

[Deep within the palace, a distorted shadow thrives, with ’Malice’ branches and leaves growing out from a body of flesh and blood, absorbing any nutrients it can get, rooting itself onto the ground.]

[The twisted shadow no longer resembles a human being, with robust and luxuriant roots and rhizomes replacing the lower limbs of a human, lush and vigorous branches and leaves forming the body of the monster.]

[Sensing your presence, the twisted shadow starts moving its layers of leaves, revealing a childlike skull. It grins at you, laughing soundlessly.]

[The corners of its laughing mouth have stretched almost to its ears, creating a chillingly eerie smile.]

[You have found the ’Extreme Evil Sakura fall Emperor’!]

"Damn it!"

Lin Xun couldn’t help but swear.

At this moment, numerous thoughts flash through his mind. He knows he’s too late; the young emperor had already fallen to extreme evil.

Perhaps the head general has already found out about the surviving deities through the young emperor.

Maybe even the last of the deities got tainted by the Evil God!