Assassinations Complete

After leaving Hu Liena's dormitory, Gu Chen did not return to the cave from before. Instead, he headed straight out of Spirit Academy.

With no obstacles along the way, Gu Chen arrived at a deserted corner of Spirit City's commercial district.

Perhaps because of the Night Cloak, few people noticed him despite his unusually strange attire.

Click! Click!

As he turned into the alley, his slender fingers beneath the black robe deftly spun a pistol-shaped object.

Deep within the alley, Xie Yue stood alone. A white mask covered his face as he waited for his younger sister, Hu Liena.

"Why hasn't Nana come yet? This is strange." Xie Yue spoke bluntly, but suddenly, a dangerous aura rushed toward him.

Xie Yue immediately became alert and released his Moon Blade Spirit, looking toward the alley entrance.

A man in black robes stood there, his face hidden beneath a black cloak. The man raised his right hand, revealing a dark muzzle beneath his robe.

"You..." Xie Yue had barely begun to speak when flashes of fire burst repeatedly from the dark opening.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The silencer perfectly concealed the sound of bullets leaving the chamber. Twenty bullets spun through the air at high speed, carrying scorching heat as they pierced Xie Yue's heart.

"Urgh." Xie Yue struggled to raise a hand and clutch his heart, his eyes wide with disbelief. This weapon was completely beyond anything he knew!

Thud!

As his life force drained away, Xie Yue collapsed weakly to the ground. Yet his desire to survive still drove him to crawl away from the black-robed man.

Click! Click! Click!

Bullets were pressed into the magazine one by one, like a countdown to Xie Yue's death. After twenty clicks, the magazine was inserted into the Scorpion Pistol.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Another barrage of twenty bullets left twenty neat, bloody holes in Xie Yue's forehead.

Xie Yue had no strength left. He could not even move a single finger. Completely devoid of life, his raised head fell back down, leaving only deathly silence.

"Phew~"

Gu Chen blew away the smoke rising from the heated Scorpion Pistol. After filling another magazine, he stored the gun in the System Backpack and left without looking back.

Now, only Yan remained.

Gu Chen arrived at the small forest behind Spirit Academy. Though it was called a small forest, it was actually one of Spirit Academy's mimetic cultivation grounds.

The spirit beasts within this small forest included Nether Wolves, Vampire Bats, Ghost Vines, and more.

The moment Gu Chen entered the small forest, he spotted Yan in the distance.

However, he did not approach. Instead, he swept the forest with his spiritual power.

Within the range of his perception, there were quite a few spirit beasts.

Forty-nine hundred-year Nether Wolves, one hundred and twenty-three Vampire Bats, and nineteen Ghost Vines.

Gu Chen silently released Dragon Might, suppressing every spirit beast within his perception before communicating with them one by one.

His status as the co-lord of spirit beasts made these creatures submit to him completely.

"The show begins."

A hundred meters away, Gu Chen sat astride the back of a nine-hundred-year Nether Wolf leader, an eerie smile on his face.

It was the dead of night.

"Why hasn't Nana come yet? She wouldn't have lied to me, would she? No, that's impossible. Nana isn't that kind of person." Yan had always been hot-tempered. As he paced back and forth, he grew increasingly impatient.

Roar!

"A spirit beast?" Hearing the beast's roar, Yan became alert and released his Flame Lord Spirit. Yet he was not too worried. After all, dealing with a few hundred-year spirit beasts would be effortless with his strength.

However, eerie green lights lit up throughout the pitch-black forest around him. There were at least eighty of them!

"Damn it, Nether Wolves. At least forty of them! How did this happen?!" Yan's face turned livid. "Could Nana be trying to harm me? Or because of Gu Chen and the others, she no longer trusts me and wants to kill me to silence me?"

Howl! Howl! Howl!

The Nether Wolf pack surged forward, pouncing on Yan.

Bang!

The First Spirit Ability of the Flame Lord Spirit was unleashed. Yan's fist blazed with flames as it smashed fiercely into a Nether Wolf's jaw, crushing it out of shape.

The Nether Wolf was sent flying, crashing into an ancient tree nearby. It whimpered, taking in more breath than it let out. It clearly would not survive.

Yan's only chance now was to carve a bloody path through the Nether Wolf pack. As long as he escaped this forest, he could seek help from Spirit Academy's teachers.

But the shrieking sounds swooping down from above shattered Yan's dreams. Hundreds of blood-red eyes appeared in the sky as over a hundred Vampire Bats dove toward him. Their sharp claws tore fiercely at Yan, while their mouthparts stabbed ruthlessly into him.

At the same time, several vines lashed around Yan's feet, wrapping tightly around him as barbs emerged. The Ghost Vines tripped Yan to the ground.

At this point, Yan had completely lost all hope of escape.

More than forty Nether Wolves, over a hundred Vampire Bats, and a Ghost Vine swarmed forward, tearing Yan apart and devouring him.

His screams rang out without end. Several breaths later, the small forest fell silent once more.

"Ding!"

"Mission complete. The reward has been distributed to the System Backpack. Please check it!"

"System, what exactly does an unlimited supply mean?" Gu Chen asked.

"Ding!"

"The System Backpack will always contain five sets of Paper Cranes and steel wire. Whenever the host takes some of them out, the system will automatically replenish the missing portion."

Gu Chen nodded and looked at the Nether Wolf leader and Vampire Bat leader before him.

"Well done." Gu Chen patted the Nether Wolf leader's head and stroked the tiny head of the Vampire Bat leader.

"Howl~"

"Squeak~"

The two beasts hurriedly indicated that it was nothing, then knelt on the ground and looked at Gu Chen with reverence.

"I'll be leaving now. If there's a chance, we'll meet again." Gu Chen smiled and turned to leave the forest.

After returning to the dormitory, Gu Chen first washed the bloodstains from his body, then collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

His snoring made Luo Chen, who had not yet fallen asleep, frown deeply.

The next day.

A little after six in the morning, Gu Chen rose early. After washing up briefly, he put on Spirit Academy's uniform and headed for the Pope's Palace.

"Gu Chen requests an audience with the Pope," Gu Chen said to the guard at the gates of the Pope's Palace.

The guard had seen Gu Chen many times over the past two days, so he said nothing more and went inside to report.

"Gu Chen, His Holiness the Pope has summoned you." As the guard spoke, he pushed open the gates of the Pope's Palace for Gu Chen.

At this moment, Qian Xunji was the only person inside the Pope's Palace. Of course, at least several Title Douluo were protecting him in secret.

"What is it? Did you find one day wasn't enough and come to ask for more time? The Pope is not so easily deceived!" Qian Xunji said with a faint, mocking smile when he saw Gu Chen.

Gu Chen did not care and replied calmly, "Your Holiness, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan are dead!"

"What?!" Qian Xunji was greatly shocked.

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