The pitch-black warehouse was split in two by a streak of silver light.
That single sword strike instantly melted away its target.
Higashizaki Masazo did not even last a second...
Gu Shen waved his hand, dispersing the poisonous mist along with the Iron Throne and Truth.
"Is that it?"
Chen Li was completely dumbfounded.
This was his first time seeing Gu Shen make a move... After returning to the Five Continents, Gu Shen had become much more somber. The investigation of this case had primarily been taken over by Chen Li and Song Ci.
Chen Li had thought Gu Shen had washed his hands of it all.
He had not expected that to be a complete illusion.
"Higashizaki Masazo is already old. Even if he used the Evil Art to briefly return to his peak, his strength is still quite ordinary."
Gu Shen said calmly, "In terms of actual strength, he is only around the level of the Giant Deer Saint from the Church of Storms... perhaps even weaker than Giant Deer."
Among the ranked Transcendents, titled figures like Higashizaki Masazo, who did not follow the proper path and specialized in crooked methods, were at the very bottom.
"Mm... He really was nothing special. Just utterly disgusting."
Song Ci nodded in agreement.
On the other side, Higashizaki Takamasa was deeply shaken.
Because in his perception, Gu Shen had always only been "a little stronger" than him...
He knew that this evil ghost held the highest status and possessed the greatest strength.
Yet Higashizaki Takamasa had always believed that, in terms of combat power, Song Ci, Madam's foremost enforcer, should have been the strongest.
Now, everything he thought he knew had been completely overturned.
The evil ghost's strength made Higashizaki Takamasa feel fortunate.
He was fortunate that he had not played