083: The Demigod Who Hates Rimuru

Ye Xiaoqian's Sequence had once been the Shadow Walker of the Shadow Sovereign. Although her talent had now led her down another path, that of the Mother of Shadows, and her abilities had shifted from concealment and assassination toward shadow weaving, the path she had set for herself had never changed.

Yutong cultivated both the Mechanic and Hacker Sequence to strengthen her ability to stay alive through machinery. Yuki Onna actually cultivated both the Onmyoji and monster Sequences to use monster abilities to reinforce her physique and gain combat power of her own beyond her summons.

Dual Sequences were, aside from those lunatics pursuing the absolute purity of Sequence 1 or Sequence 2 gods, considered by nearly all superhumans to be the most cost-effective choice.

Although Ye Xiaoqian called herself a sniper, Rimuru and the others knew that was only because she possessed expert-level sniper mastery. Combined with her cooperation with Yutong, the convenience of long-range clairvoyance and head-locking meant she had invested quite a few resources into sniper rifles. Overall, however, her Sequence was merely that of a Shadow Weaver.

So why had Ye Xiaoqian, Yutong's best friend, always chosen to focus on a single Sequence and delayed choosing a second one?

She had not joined the Shadow Church, so she did not worship shadows. Why was that?

The reason was simple. Shadow-related abilities enhanced extreme concealment, and for an assassin, besides ghostlike stealth, what was naturally needed was... the ultimate killing power to kill in a single strike!

When Ye Xiaoqian said she was better at godslaying than him, it was no joke.

Ever since Sequence 8, before she had even met Rimuru, Ye Xiaoqian had discussed with Yutong what represented the strongest proof of an assassin. Yutong's answer had been simple: godslaying. To become the strongest assassin,