Chapter 766: Chapter 414: Playing the Zither to Liven Things Up (Part 2)

The already dilapidated buildings once again suffered immense devastation.

But at that moment, a sharp sword glow emerged from the palm seal, instantly pressing against the Red Ghost’s brow.

In that brief moment, the crunching sound came from the mask, and in the blink of an eye, the entire mask shattered completely, revealing a face with bulging blood vessels.

The tip of the sword did not fully penetrate the Red Ghost’s brow, but the immense force sent him flying, his whole body nearly transformed into a ray of starlight, crashing heavily against the mountain wall, and then flying into the distance.

At the same time, endless Sword Qi rose from beneath, instantly slicing the palm seal issued by the Red Ghost into fragments.

The white-clothed swordsman stood with hands behind his back, head tilted back with eyes closed, and his face was full of depth and mystery.

Even with eyes closed, who knows what he can see?

Chu Qing squinted slightly:

"Impressive!"

The Red Ghost’s martial arts are not weak; the palm strike earlier might not have shown true skill, but extraordinarily powerful nonetheless.

And this swordsman is even more impressive...he pierced through the palm seal without warning.

Unfortunately, although his Sword Qi had sent Red Ghost flying, Red Ghost’s body seemed protected by some divine skill, preventing brain penetration and death.

Instead, it sent the opponent flying.

Once this person leaves, the palm force becomes ownerless, which the swordsman easily dismantles.

The entire process flowed smoothly, clearly not a spur-of-the-moment action, but calculated by the young man from the moment Red Ghost struck.

Even Chu Qing couldn’t help but exclaim, impressive.

And just then, Red Ghost had returned.

This sword strike didn’t kill him but instead brought out his ferocity. Therefore, as he returned, he ignored the path and directly charged from outside the mountain.

He looked as if he was a meteorite from outer space, flames burning around him as he smashed the mountain wall and aimed at the swordsman.

Killer agents from Mirror of Sin looked at each other, wanting to help but found it difficult to intervene.

Finally, their gaze fell on Chu Qing and the others hovering in mid-air... but they quickly averted their eyes after a quick glance.

The message always runs faster than people because of carrier pigeons, signal eagles, and many other methods of conveying news. After the battle at Immortal Cloud Mountain, Chu Qing and his men had not yet reached Southern Domain Headquarters when the news already reached them.

They all know, Chu Qing can hover in the air and possess a highly sophisticated protective divine skill.

When released, it resembles an eggshell.

Golden, or white wrapped around a dragon...in general, it’s quite impressive.

A glance now at those airborne, and they matched instantly.

So what heavenly rule did Mirror of Sin violate?

First came an unknown harbinger of death, who entered and killed without speaking, leaving rivers of blood wherever he passed.

Before dealing with this one, the Martial Arts Alliance Leader had also arrived.

Was the heavens about to doom Mirror of Sin?

Chu Qing’s gaze fell below, and Sword Intent roiled, fists thundering, flames crossed and intertwined.

Two figures amidst the exchange emitted loud booming sounds, indicating a fierce battle.

These two will likely fight a while longer; Chu Qing waved his sleeve, and with a crunching sound, the Ancient Chapter Zither flew out from Gentle’s iron box strapped on his back.

Chu Qing held the zither with one hand and said with a smile:

"Everyone, merely watching this fight is rather dull, isn’t it?

"How about I play a tune for everyone for entertainment?"

Without giving Mirror of Sin’s people a chance to refuse, Chu Qing plucked and released his fingers on the zither strings, causing the sound to resonate, instantly tearing the nearby Mirror of Sin assassins into pieces.

Blood sprayed onto the heads and faces of nearby people, seemingly in disbelief.

Instantly infuriated, but unable to reach Chu Qing, as he’s airborne—attempting to advance carelessly might cause them to fall below, where two great experts battled, their fist winds and Sword Qi like a meat grinder—falling there means instant death.

Unwilling to risk it, they decided to use hidden weapons to try and knock Chu Qing down.

But Chu Qing didn’t even glance their way, as if genuinely focused on playing the zither.

Sonic waves from the zither broke incoming hidden weapons or returned them, or killed Mirror of Sin assassins...

Sometimes the prolonged sound took good care of nearby buildings, causing constant sounds of shattering and screams.

Someone realized danger and attempted to flee.

But before taking eight steps, the whole person split apart suddenly, the head went one way, limbs each took part of the body, becoming untraceable.

Until death, knowing not that he was struck by Chu Qing’s Eight Sounds Piercing Heart.

This was a one-sided massacre!

Even sitting before them, Chu Qing remained unharmed, let alone airborne, attacking from high ground... like child’s play.

Of course, such consequences weren’t playful.

Throughout this, Chu Qing didn’t look across, but rather the system occasionally sent notifications.

Accidentally killing a killer on the Evil Extermination List, gaining notice of receiving a categorized treasure chest.

When the tune ended, Southern Domain Headquarters couldn’t say there were no people left, but not a single active assassin remained.

Chu Qing glanced at the system, adding the earlier one, acquiring a total of eight categorized treasure chests.

If including, a month later, Jiang Qianliu’s provided one...then it’s nine.

Considering time, within a half-month at most, verification results from Jiang Qianliu would arise.

By then, one out of nine treasure chests would be opened.

Currently, despite no inner power treasure chest, there’s an exotic studies treasure chest.

Opening many treasure chests, exotic studies chest occasionally surprised Chu Qing, having it provides some assurance.

He put away the Ancient Chapter Zither, casually placing it into the iron box strapped on Gentle’s back.

With a spin, he left with three others.

Wu Qianhuan wondered:

"Not watching anymore?"

"Didn’t really watch; and seeing their stance, it’ll take a while.

"Let’s see if there’s anything else to find."

Zuo Huaifeng had previously said Southern Domain Headquarters was relocating, unsure if treasures or secret information had been moved.

It’s time to find out; otherwise, when those two break this mountain, finding anything will be impossible.

In Mirror of Sin, valuables often rest in ordinary buildings.

But Southern Domain Headquarters was chosen in the mountains, not sure if a small building could be built?

In fact, it was impossible.

No ordinary building, only an ordinary pavilion.

Inside, some remaining Mirror of Sin personnel remained, although not assassins, they managed intelligence work.

Seeing Chu Qing storm in, they immediately attacked.

Chu Qing didn’t bother talking, and with a buzz, no visible actions followed, as Wu Qianhuan’s Injury Concealing Sword unsheathed, turning in the air, dropping figures without lives.

Given his current martial arts level, such occurrences were a given.

After crossing over bodies, Chu Qing led three others to search the room, finding a few things, but not numerous.

For example, a roster.

Documenting the assassins of Mirror of Sin, along with their real identities.

But this was of little use to Chu Qing; his target was those on the Evil Extermination List, who rarely appeared on such rosters.

Besides, Chu Qing noticed a familiar table...like the one seen when dismantling the first Mirror of Sin pavilion.

Knowing this table had hidden compartments.

Unwilling to seek out ways of unlocking these, he decided to land a palm strike, breaking the entire table while sparing its contents.

With a crash, everything fell to the ground.

Chu Qing immediately saw a rolled-up map, upon opening found it to be Lingbei Sub-Pavilion distribution map.

With this, Lingbei Mirror of Sin could be wiped clean.

His gaze then shifted to an iron box on the ground.

Reaching out to take it came a cold, stern voice:

"Put it down!!"

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