Rise to God with Life Skill Professions-Chapter 496 - 485: Resolution, Return to the Bureau

Chapter 496: Chapter 485: Resolution, Return to the Bureau

The palace was enveloped in deathly silence, wreckage everywhere, with the scent of blood suffusing the entire place.

At this moment, the elder’s body exuded strands of Blood Moon Void Essence, making him appear terrifying beyond measure.

On the other side, the shadow behind Qin An, though small, stood like a stabilizing anchor amidst the blood moon light.

The shadow raised its hand and swung a blade.

The Secret Technique of Uniting Three Blades was fully displayed.

The terrifying blade skill carried a ruthless and merciless blade form, along with Nine-Colored Void Essence, violently slashing towards the Blood Moon Void Essence condensed by the elder.

"Boom!"

Elder Chen felt a sharp pain in his fingertips, accompanied by a thunderous sound, and a strong sense of vibration coming from the Blood Moon Void Essence.

On the other side, Qin An’s shadow dissipated quickly, swept away by the Blood Moon Void Essence.

The elder spit out a mouthful of blood, yet he wasn’t panicked; instead, he showed a hint of a crazed smile: "Well, well, well, indeed a formidable character, and this treasure is quite powerful, but unfortunately, the treasure is broken!"

The more the elder spoke, the more intense the madness in his eyes became.

The previous attack nearly left him severely injured.

Fortunately, the Hidden Moon Pavilion’s Secret Technique was sufficiently strong; the scarlet Void Essence intercepted Qin An’s attack, sweeping across and completely shattering the shadow Qin An had conjured.

He steadied himself successfully, and now was the perfect moment to kill Qin An.

The elder mocked unscrupulously: "I roam the Heavenly Cloud Path; among the lesser powers of the Heavenly Cloud Path, they all feared me greatly. I never expected to be forced into such a situation by a young punk like you who just arrived, but it doesn’t matter, you’re about to die."

"I bet you can’t perform that shadow trick again, can you?"

He wanted to see a trace of panic from Qin An and Long Tianxing’s eyes.

But the elder soon realized he was mistaken.

Not only did he not see panic in their faces, but he also detected a hint of ridicule in Long Tianxing’s eyes.

"Why do you wear such an expression?" The elder’s anger rose.

Long Tianxing calmly said, "Because that shadow can’t be killed."

He had seen Qin An use the Replication Stone in Xunyang Prefecture, thus understanding the terror of such a treasure.

Meet strength with strength; the more powerful one’s abilities are, the stronger the abilities that the Replication Stone can replicate.

The key is that only when the Replication Stone’s time runs out will the shadow dissipate; otherwise, it will remain longer.

"Can’t be killed?" The elder’s face was full of fear, looking at the empty space not far from Qin An.

Then, like he was struck by lightning, he stood motionless in place.

Only to see the empty space before Qin An, where the shadow swiftly gathered once more, lifting the Black Blade and rushing towards the elder again.

This time, the shadow wielded the Black Blade, creating trails of afterimages, each slash incorporating the Secret Technique of Uniting Three Blades, as if it consumed no energy.

A full dozen slashes, each one condensed with terrifying Void Essence, coalesced the power of uniting the three blades, carrying an unparalleled momentum, sweeping towards the elder.

The elder’s heart surged with a sense of life and death crisis.

He roared, desperately driving the Void Essence within him, staining the Blood Moon even redder.

The power of the Blood Moon enveloped his body, forming a terrifyingly thick barrier, intending to block Qin An’s attack.

But the next moment, when the terrifying might of the three slashes struck the barrier on the elder’s body, a violent booming sound was immediately heard.

At the moment the booming resounded, the elder suddenly let out a miserable scream.

Blood marks emerged on his body, and blood flowed like it cost nothing, spilling from his mouth.

The elder, who had originally been floating in mid-air, plummeted to the ground with a crash.

His once-green robe was tattered and blood-stained all over.

The elder scrambled to get up, but intense pain coursed through his body.

He could only shakily sit up.

But before the elder could react, he heard footsteps that shook him to his core.

The elder jerked his head up and saw Qin An approaching step by step with a long blade in hand.

"No, don’t kill me." Fear flickered in the elder’s eyes: "I am an elder of the Hidden Moon Pavilion. The Hidden Moon Pavilion is well-known on the Heavenly Cloud Path and has extensive connections. If you kill me and the Pavilion Master finds out, you’ll surely be implicated."

At this moment, he was utterly exhausted, hoping to bring up the Hidden Moon Pavilion to make Qin An consider the subsequent dangers.

But before he could finish his sentence, he heard a mocking voice.

Qin An said coldly, "Just like you said before, if you kill us, no one will know your dirty deeds, and now as long as I kill you, how will Hidden Moon Pavilion know about these matters?"

The elder suddenly raised his head and said, "Hidden Moon Pavilion has special Secret Techniques; they can know who killed the disciples within the sect. If you harm me, the Pavilion Master will surely know, and then you won’t be able to escape."

"Would he dare to move against me?" Qin An suddenly asked, leaving the elder stunned: "Your Hidden Moon Pavilion has been colluding with demons in the black market, and this matter has been confirmed."

"After returning, whether it’s him causing me trouble or the Evil Extermination Bureau targeting him, is still undetermined."

"His priority is to distance himself from any ties with you, so how could he harm me?"

"Even if I stand before him, he doesn’t dare to do anything to me."

Upon hearing this, the elder’s heart sank as if into an abyss, filled with waves of despair.

Suddenly, he crawled next to Qin An, continuously kowtowing.

"Spare me, spare me!"

"Please, spare me!"

"Oh yes, I still have something good to give you. I manage a shop for Hidden Moon Pavilion in the black market, and I can privately share some of the profits with you. They’re originally mine. I’ll give them all to you, just spare my life!"

At this moment, the elder didn’t care about anything else, banging his head on the blood-stained ground.

Even as blood splashed, he didn’t find it the least bit dirty.

In the face of life, Elder Cheng chose weakness in an instant.

Long Tianxing came to Qin An’s side and looked at the kneeling Elder Cheng with a hint of disdain in his eyes: "Mr. Qin, sometimes the people of the Tianyun Dao are not even as brave as those of Xunyang Prefecture."

Saying this, Long Tianxing recalled the final battle of Xunyang Prefecture.

In that battle, many members of the Evil Extermination Bureau died on the final battlefield, yet not a single one retreated.

Their indomitable spirit, despite their low cultivation, was still admirable heroes in Long Tianxing’s view.

In contrast, Elder Cheng possessed the small success of the Void Shattering Realm, yet was so greedy for life and afraid of death, even begging for mercy on his knees.

If such a thing fell to Long Tianxing, he swore he would never be as shameless as Elder Cheng.

Qin An said indifferently: "Sometimes the higher the strength, the more you gain, and the more you fear death. Some people, despite their low strength, live more freely than these people."

Long Tianxing carefully pondered Qin An’s words and nodded slightly: "Mr. Qin is right, the higher the strength, the more you gain, the more you fear death."

The two were conversing while Elder Cheng continued to kowtow.

His scalp was already broken, and even though blood flowed, he did not stop, only hoping Qin An would spare his life.

At this moment, a bloody blade light swept by, a head flew high and landed on the ground, splattering a mist of blood.

Elder Cheng’s headless corpse fell to the ground, blood flowing from the neck wound.

Qin An sheathed his blade: "Wait for me a moment."

The demon souls of Unity Realm creatures scattered on the ground.

These demon souls numbered in the hundreds, and when gathered, they formed another demon soul.

For Qin An, although he currently had a stable source of demon souls, even a mosquito is meat.

Sometimes, just one could save a lot of trouble.

Seeing Qin An collecting demon souls on the ground, Long Tianxing remained standing still.

Once Qin An had collected all the demon souls, he spoke.

"Mr. Qin, the matter is resolved. I will immediately return to Dragon Palace and won’t come out for now. After all, even though I’m a distant relative tens of thousands of miles away, I have offended the Seven-Colored Fish Sect, so I must wait until the commotion settles."

Both being sea demons, Long Tianxing was well aware of the Seven-Colored Fish Sect’s nature of avenging grudges.

Therefore, he planned to lie low for a while.

As long as he was within Dragon Palace, no Seven-Colored Fish Sect demon would dare approach.

Even if they did come, Princess Long San would help him deal with it.

Long Tianxing changed the topic and continued: "By the way, Mr. Qin, stay alert these days and try not to go near the sea. Don’t go near any water bodies, as the Seven-Colored Carp Demon’s jurisdiction includes not only the sea but many branch rivers."

Qin An nodded: "I understand, go ahead."

The matter finished, he didn’t want to waste time and planned to quickly level up to level seventeen in the Blacksmith profession and cultivate his fist skill to the initial mastery of the Void Shattering Realm upon returning.

At that point, his Power of Attack would fully match the progress of the Heart Method.

The two spoke no more and followed the long passage to return to the surface.

After returning, they parted ways.

Long Tianxing headed towards Dragon Palace, while Qin An made his way to the Evil Extermination Bureau.

The sea calmed, as if the battle had never happened, except for the occasional trace of evil qi on the surface, highlighting the extraordinariness of this place.

...

In a turbulent sea region, at the bottommost level stood a giant palace.

The palace lay in the dark seabed, yet there were luminous pearls emitting a soft glow, illuminating the entire palace brightly.

Inside the palace, a woman dressed in colorful clothes was tilting her head back, drinking from a cup.

The woman was alluring and shapely, especially her swelling bosom which stirred desire at first sight.

Beneath the woman’s gaze were bizarrely shaped fish demons.

Despite their ugly appearance, each fish demon radiated a chilling evil qi.

The fish demons lay prostrate on the ground, none daring to look up at the woman in colorful clothes.

The woman shook the contents of the cup, drank it all, and coldly said: "This time, returning from the Ancient Battlefield relics is to acquire more resources."

"The sea domain conflict over the Ancient Battlefield relics has intensified, and those upper-level sea forces are focusing on the outside world, intending to exhaust every resource to seize treasures from the relics."

As the woman spoke more, the fish demons became increasingly silent.

Suddenly, the woman threw the cup to the ground with a cold voice.

"Resources in the outside world have almost all been divided; if there’s none at sea, we’ll search on land."

"I heard you have a catfish spirit under you who’s well-connected in the Black Market. Therefore, start with that catfish spirit."

Upon her words, a fish demon stood up.

"Sect Leader, that catfish spirit is under my command. I shall contact him shortly to ensure our Seven-Colored Fish Sect acquires more Black Market resources."

The woman nodded slightly, ready to speak further.

But the face of the fish demon who spoke suddenly changed dramatically.

The fish demon raised his left hand, a drop of vital blood appeared in his palm.

Vital blood emitted a foul odor.

Before he could examine it closely, the vital blood dissipated into nothingness.

Other demons witnessing this scene understood what happened, their evil qi growing stronger.

The fish demon first felt shocked, then showed an angry expression.

"The catfish spirit is dead. Who dares kill a demon under my Seven-Colored Fish Sect?"