Everlasting Chapter 617 Raiding An Assassin Outpos (1/2)
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After just three days, Chen Feng received an invitation from Wen Shaoxiu and the others, stating that they had already found the outposts of Killer Palace.
“So fast?” Chen Feng was surprised.
“Although these a.s.sa.s.sin organizations are more secretive and ghost-like in behaviour, it is still very easy to find their lesser outposts. Naturally, finding their lair would be unrealistic,” Wen Shaoxiu said smilingly.
“This time, we found a total of three outposts. Each of them is defended by half-step Human Immortals. They are just right for us. Heh! They act as they please here in our Heavenly Sword Faction. Let this be a lesson to them,” Liu Quan said with a smile of his own.
In addition to Chen Feng, there was a total of eight cultivators. The other seven cultivators were all half-step Human Immortals: Wen Shaoxiu, Jian Luobo, Jian Zhiqiu, Liu Quan, Situ Nan, Li s.h.i.+long and Ma Tianfang. That was particularly true for Wen Shaoxiu, who was already very close to reaching the Human Immortal stage. He was someone that Heavenly Sword Faction was spending a great deal of efforts to nurture.
“Truth be told, this is quite shameful. The first of Killer Palace's outpost that we found is only 1,000 kilometres away from our Heavenly Sword Mountain Range. Additionally, according to the information I received, it is a newly established one,” Wen Shaoxiu said, looking at Chen Feng.
“In other words, they are here for me. Heh! Unexpectedly, they would regard me so highly. To think that they would display such a show of force in order to kill me,” Chen Feng said, chuckling.
“Killer Palace, a.s.sa.s.sin Palace, Shadow Palace and Void Palace. These are the four topmost a.s.sa.s.sin organizations in the world of cultivation. They all have their own ways of conduct. Once they are given an a.s.sa.s.sination target, they must succeed. If the first a.s.sa.s.sination attempt fails, there will be a second attempt. If the second attempt fails, there will be a third, a fourth, a fifth, all the way until the target finally dies to them. Additionally, these a.s.sa.s.sin organizations are all crazy. Even if their employer retracts the a.s.sa.s.sination order, the a.s.sa.s.sins will not stop,” Wen Shaoxiu said.
“There is such a thing?” Chen Feng was shocked. It would appear that these a.s.sa.s.sin organizations were truly mad.
“In other words, even if Nine Firmaments Palace reconciles with you and decides against hiring the a.s.sa.s.sins, Killer Palace would still not let you go. They will continuously dispatch a.s.sa.s.sins after you until they succeed in killing you. Those are the rules of Killer Palace,” Li s.h.i.+long, who was standing beside Chen Feng, interjected.
“Doesn't that mean I'm screwed? In the future, I will always have to face the a.s.sa.s.sination attempts from Killer Palace until the day Killer Palace is destroyed. Are there no exceptions?” Chen Feng's eyes bulged out.
“There are exceptions. However, those are very rare. For example, if an Earthen Immortal comes out to protect you or if you bring out a treasure that is good enough to move these a.s.sa.s.sin organizations. Then, they might revoke the a.s.sa.s.sination order,” Wen Shaoxiu said.
“A treasure that is good enough to move them? A Dao artefact or an Immortal artefact?” Chen Feng gave a bitter smile.
“Many of the a.s.sa.s.sins from Killer Palace have already died under my hands. In the future, even more will die to me. Looks like there will be no possibility of reconciliation between us. Very well. Their constant attempts to a.s.sa.s.sinate me will simply be the acts of honing my cultivation base!” Chen Feng chuckled as he no longer concerned himself with it.
“Well said! A good show of courage. Truth be told, there are also compet.i.tion between the a.s.sa.s.sin organizations. Brother Chen will be able to make use of it. The compet.i.tion between them is so fierce that we can just leak the location of their outposts that we found. It is possible that other forces and even the other three a.s.sa.s.sin organizations would send their men after Killer Palace's outposts. There will be no need for us to do anything,” Wen Shaoxiu said.
They chatted as they set forth and it did not take them long to reach the place.
Observing the small valley resting before them, Chen Feng said dubiously, “Is it here?”
This was a most ordinary valley. There were even ordinary humans residing there. Some of the locals there carried medicinal baskets filled with the medicinal herbs plucked from the mountains. Glancing around, Chen Feng could see tigers preying on wild rabbits, pheasants and other smaller animals on the mountain.
The spiritual energy there was so lacking that Chen Feng could not find any cultivators there. All of them were ordinary humans.
“The information is correct. They are inside this valley. We need to exercise caution. Every one of these a.s.sa.s.sins possesses a high level of vigilance, so we must not alarm them. If we are to attack, we have to kill them all. Not a single one must be allowed to escape,” Wen Shaoxiu said.
“Ha ha, don't worry. I have prepared a great array for this. It can seal up an entire area, covering a 50-kilometre radius. We'll be able to capture all those criminals in one fell swoop,” Li s.h.i.+long said, waving his hand. A finger-sized, eight-banner command flag appeared on his palm.
The eight banners looked similar. However, each of the banners was s.h.i.+ning with a different and wondrous light. The powers within them were arranged in an orderly manner. Just one glance was enough to tell that it was a carefully-refined magic treasure.
“Sacred artefact, Great Domain Magic Array!” Chen Feng was surprised.
“Brother Chen truly knows his stuff. This is indeed the Great Domain Magic Array. Additionally, it is also a grade 5 Sacred artefact. Ha ha! I had specifically gone to borrow this from someone else for the sake of this expedition,” Li s.h.i.+long said proudly.
“Good! With this magic array, even a Human Immortal would be trapped inside,” Chen Feng said smilingly.
“I'll go set up the magic array. You fellows get ready,” said Li s.h.i.+long, his body disappearing from sight.
Chen Feng spread out his soul power and was able to quickly sense a change coming over the surrounding s.p.a.ce. Waves of invisible power were sealing up the place. However, the power contained a fleeting quality, making it very hard to notice. If it were not for the fact that Chen Feng's Soulflame had transformed into the Lifebound Flame, he would not have been capable of noticing that.
As expected of a Sacred artefact. Now, let me check out what is going on inside this valley.
Chen Feng utilized his eye technique to investigate the valley.
“Magic Eyes of Darkness. Brother Chen is truly extraordinary. I will investigate as well.” Wen Shaoxiu cast a shocked look at Chen Feng before tapping his glabella with his fingertip. Next, a slit appeared on his glabella and light escaped the slit to pierce through s.p.a.ce, moving ahead to investigate the area up ahead.
“Eye of Heaven!” Chen Feng was taken aback.
After reaching a certain point in cultivation, a cultivator could open up his or her third eye. That was the Eye of Heaven, capable of exploring the Nine Heavens, the Nine h.e.l.ls, the Six Paths and the Eight Wilderness. It was even capable of breaking falsehoods. Some cultivators could even utilize the Eye of Heaven to cultivate out various types of magic arts. In some cases, these magic arts could match up to even some of the Heaven-defying eye techniques.
However, Chen Feng also knew that only Human Immortals could open up the Eye of Heaven. Immortal dao laws and immortal dao will were required to spur the opening of the Eye of Heaven. In Wen Shaoxiu's case, he was only a half-step Human Immortal. And yet, he had managed to open his Eye of Heaven. Additionally, he appeared fairly proficient in using it. Seeing that shocked Chen Feng.
“There should be no Human Immortal here.” Chen Feng swiftly inspected very part of the valley in detail. He even went so far as to investigate the situation outside the valley.