King of Assassins-Chapter 850 - 618: Night Demon Mutation

Cao Ye's expression at the moment of death was still filled with a bit of pride, a bit of ruthlessness.

The Water Heaven Sword was too strong. As the sword intent emerged, Cao Ye's divine soul was annihilated instantly. Before dying, he was completely unaware of the crisis and felt no agony of death.

After a millennium of reincarnation, the divine soul has undergone nirvana and purification time and time again, leaving behind just the Water Heaven Sword, Horizontal Training Golden Body, and Aurora Sword.

Among them, both the Water Heaven Sword and the Horizontal Training Golden Body are ultimate skills Gao Xuan understood by himself, perfectly compatible with his divine soul.

Especially the Water Heaven Sword, though deduced from the foundation of the Alliance Source Power System, it has been refined and honed over and over, absorbing the strengths of all schools.

The modern cultivation system is extremely precise and advanced. In comparison, the Water Heaven Sword does seem somewhat coarse and simplistic. However, the level of the Water Heaven Sword is exceedingly high. Even if it is merely a framework, it is a framework dancing in the heavens.

Simply put, Cao Ye's power was like the precise exoskeleton armor of the interstellar era, with every part of his body infused with powerful technology, condensing the light of wisdom of the entire era.

Gao Xuan's Water Heaven Sword, however, was like an old era's nuclear bomb. The core energy reaction is quite crude, but the power of its millions of tons of equivalent is absolutely beyond what the exoskeleton armor can withstand.

In the face of absolute power, any technique loses its significance.

Cao Ye's divine soul was directly crushed to death by the Heaven and Water Sword Intent. He didn't even know how he died.

With Cao Ye's divine soul annihilated, the holy armor, lacking the support of divine soul power, soon disassembled itself, transforming into a small piece of chest armor.

Gao Xuan certainly couldn't leave this corpse, as being seen by other examiners would be a big trouble.

He activated the Ice Seal, instantly freezing Cao Ye's corpse into an ice sculpture. With a gesture of palm force, the ice sculpture shattered into countless points of ice crystals, dancing in the air.

Earlier, when Cao Ye activated the Demon-Sundering Claw Blade, it transformed an area of over ten square kilometers into ruins. The stirred dust and debris still floated in the sky.

Countless ice crystals quickly merged into the dust and smoke, disappearing from sight. With the surrounding temperature, these ice crystals would soon melt into vapor.

In the independent space of Night Demon City, supported by Evil God law, whoever comes here would find nothing.

As Cao Ye's body dispersed into ice, it left a few powerful weapons behind.

The Golden Light Sword, holy armor, a mechanical rune prosthetic arm, and two pistols, along with a sword.

Both the Golden Light Sword and holy armor were good things. The mechanical rune prosthetic arm was of an even higher grade, posing quite a threat to him, forcing him to use the Heaven and Water Sword Intent.

Unfortunately, all three pieces of equipment bore obvious marks, which would only bring trouble if Gao Xuan held onto them.

Leaving aside the holy armor and Golden Light Sword, the mechanical rune arm, which Cao Ye called the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade, was truly a good item.

Gao Xuan was also quite tempted, but the thing brought too much trouble, and using it was even more troublesome.

Cutting off one's arm to replace it with this thing was ultimately uncomfortable.

Though the magical artifact prosthetic was strong, it was ultimately not flesh and blood, lacking harmony with the divine soul. Furthermore, such a prosthetic ultimately had limits.

Though the human body was fragile, it held infinite potential.

Just a magical artifact of such kind, with its complex precision, was indeed a killing weapon at this power level. Waste ought not be allowed.

Gao Xuan packed and took away the holy armor, Golden Light Sword, and Demon-Sundering Spear Blade.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to deal with Yu Ning's corpse. The corpse bore the sword marks he left behind, which those experienced could easily deduce the source from.

Gao Xuan had not ventured far; before dying, Cao Ye had continuously activated the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade, causing enormous damage to the surrounding area.

Such commotion would inevitably be sensed by trial warriors of Night Demon City, no matter where they were located.

Furthermore, the Night Demons spawned within Night Demon City would also be attracted by the great changes.

Gao Xuan also wanted to observe the situation, and he found a collapsed building three kilometers from the claw mark.

This building was half-collapsed, with another half inclined upright, surprisingly maintaining balance barely.

Gao Xuan found a room facing the direction of the claw mark. The room was originally uninhabited, with the floor covered in rubble and dust, various broken furniture scattered about.

Several deep cracks in the wall faced rightly towards the direction of the claw mark.

As soon as Gao Xuan entered the room, several silhouettes gleaming with silver light had already flown over the claw mark.

Despite being over four thousand meters away, Gao Xuan could clearly see the number of eyebrows on the face of the opposite party. His divine soul was pure, making his external perception extremely sharp. Although others were of high cultivation, they couldn't sense his presence.

Gao Xuan recognized two among them at a glance, Huang Yingyue and Yuan Ping. These two women were the chief examiner and deputy examiner of this trial.

The two women seemed to be two to three hundred years old, both being Silver Eighth-Level Paladins. Their qualifications were very old, and their status was very high.

In appearance, these two looked merely middle-aged. Huang Yingyue's facial features were rigid, making her appear less like a woman. Yuan Ping, on the other hand, had a gentle and beautiful appearance, bearing a likeness to Yuan Youyuan.

Before the trial, the Holy Hall Master Huang Tingdao had introduced the identities of these two.

The other few individuals, looking at the holy armor's patterns on them, were obviously Silver Senior Warriors, certainly examiners.

The several silhouettes were completely unaware that Gao Xuan was secretly observing them.

After surveying the surroundings, Huang Yingyue said to Yuan Ping, "A strong residual gold elemental source power, it should be Cao Ye."

Yuan Ping nodded, "It's definitely Cao Ye."

She paused before adding, "I heard that Cao Ye installed a Demon-Sundering Spear Blade, only such a sixth-grade spiritual artifact would have such power."

"Sixth-grade Demon-Sundering Spear Blade, the Cao Family has outdone themselves."

Huang Yingyue sighed, sixth-grade spiritual artifacts were tremendously expensive, and not simply obtainable with money.

According to individual circumstances, a tailored customization was often required. Although the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade was a Holy Hall standard spiritual artifact, exchanging for it required a considerable amount of points, with various fees being remarkably high.

Even Huang Yingyue couldn't afford such a luxurious magical artifact. However, Cao Ye was a prominent figure among the younger generation of the Cao Family, decisive in character and efficient in action, earning the heavy trust of the Cao Family.

With the financial resources of the Cao Family, it's more than sufficient to fully train Cao Ye.

Huang Yingyue asked again, "But where is Cao Ye?"

Everyone remained silent. The power of the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade was too strong, and the sharp and severe gold elemental source power here overshadowed all other auras.

On the other hand, too many people had died here. Among them were incarnations of the Evil God, some powerful evil ghosts, and numerous souls with strong and chaotic auras.

Trying to reconstruct the situation amidst such chaotic auras was quite challenging.

Cao Ye disappeared after using the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade, which was not a good sign.

If Cao Ye died here, that would be a major event.

Not to mention how the Holy Hall would react, even the Cao Family would not let it rest. At this point, saying more would mean more mistakes, and no one wanted to be the one to step forward.

Huang Yingyue also frowned deeply; if Cao Ye was indeed dead, it would be a big problem.

She thought for a moment and said, "Let's search immediately. We must find him, dead or alive."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

As an examiner, if something happened to Cao Ye in Night Demon City, everyone had a duty to find him.

If there was an anomaly in Night Demon City, strong people would need to be summoned to clean it up.

If someone assassinated Cao Ye, the issue would be even bigger.

In the past few decades, the Cao Family's rapid rise had led to quite a bit of friction with the other four great noble families.

To be an examiner, one must at least be a seasoned Silver Warrior, who of course understands the stakes. No one wanted to rashly get involved.

Even the Head Examiner Huang Yingyue felt a bit troubled; if the situation wasn't clarified, the Cao Family might think she killed Cao Ye!

Thirty examiners, supervised in pairs. She and Yuan Ping acted alone.

If something happened to Cao Ye, it would be hard for her to explain. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

At this point, other examiners also began to gather, including many Trial Warriors.

After all, the commotion here was too big. Standing in the air, Huang Yingyue and others shone brilliantly, extremely conspicuous.

Moreover, the Evil God fragments floating in the air shone brightly, further attracting many Trial Warriors.

At the same time, swarms of evil ghosts, like dark clouds in the sky, were rapidly converging on this location.

Huang Yingyue initially felt that the evil ghosts of Night Demon City were nothing, but now she realized something was wrong.

The number of surging evil ghosts was overwhelming; sinister faces formed from black mist stacked together, blocking the sky.

Oddly, the blood-red moonlight, as sharp as a knife, was unhindered by the evil ghosts. The red moonlight poured down on everyone without obstruction.

In the whistling evening wind, countless evil ghosts were already howling and screaming.

Hearing this made Huang Yingyue feel a bit uneasy.

The force of the evil ghosts was truly frightening.

A swarm of evil ghosts swept in like a fierce wind, coincidentally devouring an Evil God fragment floating in the air.

Then, the ghosts, previously as intangible as smoke, gained some substance, turning from gas to liquid. Though still twisted and indefinable, their pressure increased by a hundredfold.

Huang Yingyue immediately sensed something was amiss and urgently said, "Quick, collect all the Evil God fragments."

As examiners, they typically wouldn't act. The many Evil God fragments floating in the air were left for the Trial Warriors to deal with.

Unexpectedly, the evil ghosts devoured the Evil God fragments and underwent a sudden transformation.

There were dozens of Evil God fragments floating in the air, and if all were devoured by the evil ghosts, things would get troublesome.

The other examiners reacted quickly and began collecting the floating Evil God fragments.

Despite their efforts, seven Evil God fragments were swallowed by the evil ghosts.

These seven groups of evil ghosts, after gaining power, charged straight at Huang Yingyue and others.

The examiners, suffused with Holy Light, appeared as the most appetizing meals to the evil ghosts.

Despite their unwillingness to fight, Huang Yingyue and the other examiners had no choice but to draw their swords.

Facing the evil ghosts, everyone wisely chose their swords; no one used flying swords. Using flying swords against these ethereal spiritual entities had little advantage and consumed much power.

Many examiners, possessing Foundation Establishment Level cultivation, naturally formed the Holy Light Demon Slaying Array when gathered together.

This array only required the Paladins' auras to harmonize, gaining more power with each additional Warrior.

With the examiners forming an array, the Holy Light burst forth, tearing through the layers of dark clouds.

Trial Warriors arriving also engaged in battle with the evil ghosts.

The two sides fought intensely, while Gao Xuan, taking advantage of the chaotic source power auras, began dissecting the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade.

If he didn't show up in a situation like this, it would surely arouse suspicion.

The urgent task is to quickly decipher the runes of the Demon-Sundering Spear Blade, if not to claim the artifact, then to understand its structure and extract its rune array...