Route 448, Part 1

Look familiar!!?

"Sir, you're joking. This is the first time we've met. How could we look familiar?" Ostandin stiffened and quickly smiled.

He felt a chill run down his spine; he couldn't imagine it at all.

The mighty Di Jiang, the number one assassin of the Great Ling, ranked third on the Crimson List, and the Number One Under Heaven killer, is actually living in seclusion in this wretched place! And it seems he's even having an affair with that Zhang Ying! What kind of connection is this?

Shouldn't those lunatics from the Extreme Realm be opposed to the Great Dao Sect?! How did they end up together?! It's just that... it's just that Ostandin wasn't prepared enough, otherwise... otherwise, he would never have run to this place!

The previous leader of the East Proximity Teaching died at the hands of this madman! He was nearby at the time and witnessed his teacher being killed in five consecutive moves by this man while in his Infinite Final Style state, dying on the spot.

"Although I have a bad memory and have forgotten many things, my intuition is very accurate," Di Jiang said in a deep voice. His eyes kept darting around on the other person.

"You stay here, you can leave when I remember."

"Sir, why insist? I have important matters to attend to. It was just a misunderstanding." Ostandin's expression stiffened, and he felt his Final Form stance becoming slightly unsteady. "Since it was a misunderstanding, then you should stay. I will help you clear up the misunderstanding. As the saying goes, one should be forgiving when one can. What grudge or resentment in this world cannot be resolved?" Di Jiang said solemnly.

He seems perfectly normal now.

"..." Ostandin slowly backed away. If it weren't for the fact that this man had killed his entire teacher's family, he would definitely believe that. "Sir..."

"If you take another step back, I'll kill you!" Di Jiang's expression suddenly changed.

"..." Ostandin dared not move.

Seeing Zhang Rongfang's smiling face not far away, he felt a nameless anger rising in his heart, but he really didn't dare to move at all.

Because he knew.

Although both are Great Grandmaster, this one is different. Great Grandmaster of the Extreme Realm and also possesses a top-tier Demon Weapon.

If things really got serious, it might not even take ten moves to kill him.

'It's alright, I'm not afraid of him, I just don't want to Divine Descent casually!' Ostandin comforted himself.

After all, each time Divine Descent, more and more of one's humanity is lost. "You've been Worship God?" Di Jiang suddenly noticed Ostandin's hand.

"Yes"

What happened to your hand?

"Sir, you don't know either?" Ostandin was taken aback and glanced at Zhang Rongfang beside him.

"This was done by Zhang Ying! I don't know what method he used, but he made it impossible for my hand to recover."

He thought Di Jiang should know, but now it seems he didn't. This means that the two of them aren't as close as he imagined!

As he was pondering this, Di Jiang approached and grabbed his hand, squeezing it gently.

"This feeling really can't be restored." His eyes slowly began to brighten.

Then he suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Rongfang.

"How did you do that?!"

"I don't know either. However, I've noticed before that my blood seems to be poisonous," Zhang Rongfang naturally dared not tell the truth.

If he were to reveal that he had absorbed the other person's blood, he would likely be instantly branded as Outer Dao.

At that point, even Di Jiang might turn around and leave.

"Poison?" Di Jiang seemed to be thinking. He slowly walked up to Zhang Rongfang, circled around him, and carefully observed him.

Whoosh! Ostandin was not far away, seized the opportunity and turned to run.

He didn't want to stay here for even a second longer.

In this godforsaken place, if you manage to meet Di Jiang, you're almost guaranteed to run into the rest of the crazy people from the Reverse Time Society!

He knew that Di Jiang had been a top expert of the Reverse Time Society for many years.

If you see a cockroach in the corner of the room, it means there's already a nest of cockroaches in the room!

The same goes for the members of the Reverse Time Society Rebel Alliance! Therefore, Ostandin's expression was solemn, and he didn't even deactivate the Final Form.

For Great Grandmaster, the Final Form can be activated at any time without incurring much cost.

However, because the Final Form are mostly oddly shaped, Great Grandmaster usually don't keep them running indefinitely.

But at this moment, he dared not release the Final Form.

Di Jiang is the king of assassins! The number one assassin of the Great Ling!

If he was targeted, Ostandin's expression suddenly changed, and he moved to the left.

With a whoosh, he dodged a white dagger that pierced through from behind.

"Please wait a moment, sir! I just..."

In an instant, streaks of light, like white ribbons, flew out from behind him.

They were long, curved, soft, and gleaming, then surrounded him from all sides, transforming into a ball of light.

Di Jiang's figure appeared vaguely in front of him, holding a short sword and slightly raising his head through the sphere of light.

" At the Facing Solution, the Bubble Illusion Extinction."

".!!?" A warning screamed in Ostandin's mind.

His expression changed drastically, and air burst forth from all the pores of his body.

He unleashed his full power of the Four Qi Four Gods Skill.

'Secret Assassination! The Four Gods Empty Kill!!'

Strands of air shot out from behind him, converging into a tremendous propulsive force.

Ostandin stretched out his palms, one above the other, forming a shape resembling a dragon's mouth, which transformed into a white dragon shadow and roared as it bit down on Di Jiang directly in front of him.

In an instant, the dragon shadows and blades clashed.

*Whoosh! Ostandin flashed past Di Jiang, his face stiff. "Such a fast blade!"

"It's just that you're too weak." Di Jiang sheathed his sword and turned to look at his opponent. "But speaking of which, it seems like it's been a very, very long time since I've encountered someone who could make me reach the Facing Solution stage."

"It is my honor." Ostandin knelt down with a thud.

A clear line of blood slowly appeared on his neck.

Immediately afterwards, the line of blood spread rapidly, grew longer and more numerous, and then covered the entire body.

Puff!!

Blood splattered everywhere, and in an instant, Ostandin's entire body exploded with blood, his body scattered on the ground like disintegrated building blocks.

His body was cut into fist-sized pieces of flesh and blood, which spilled onto the ground, staining it red.

"!!?" Zhang Rongfang, who arrived just in time from not far away, witnessed this scene.

He instantly recalled his past encounter with Di Jiang, and a chill ran down his spine.

"I think I went a little too far," Di Jiang said, stroking his chin as he watched the scene unfold.

"Senior...he...he's Great Grandmaster!" Zhang Rongfang couldn't help but exclaim.

They still prayed to the gods!

"I know, there have been many killings like this before. There were far more small sects back then than there are now." Di Jiang fell into reminiscence. "It was also much more chaotic back then. Spirit General roamed freely, Gods and Buddhas descended to earth, and there were quite a few Worship God Great Grandmaster."

Later, the Flying Spirit Teaching suppressed everything, killing countless people and countless masters until everyone and every sect obeyed. They massacred cities until even the Gods and Buddhas and Buddhas had no followers left, and then peace was restored.

"What era are you living in?" Zhang Rongfang thought to himself, speechless.

"That was the way it was back then—chaos, with countless masters and ordinary people treated like dirt. Later, the Flying Spirit Teaching gradually grew stronger because it treated the people a little better, eventually becoming the number one sect among the Spirit Person."

Di Jiang recalled, "Then, they led the Spirit Person to sweep across the other forces, absorbing more and more people and forces. After a long period of chaos, the people needed stability. And the Gods and Buddhas of the Flying Spirit Teaching needed the people, so they were at least taking care of the people. Therefore, they became a force that arose in response to the times."

"..." Zhang Rongfang wanted to ask something more, but suddenly his eyes glanced to the side.

Ostandin's flesh chunks miraculously fused together again, and soon wriggled to form a strong human body with blond hair and purple eyes!

He actually came back to life!

"!!?" Zhang Rongfang was about to speak up to remind him.

"Come up once you're recovered." Di Jiang glanced at Ostandin's hand.

The place still hadn't returned to normal. "Sir." Ostandin opened his mouth as if to say something, but after being glanced at by Di Jiang, he immediately shut his mouth and dared not utter another sound.

Only now did Zhang Rongfang truly realize just how vast the gap was between him Di Jiang.

Or rather, it was through Ostandin that he realized how vast the gap was between himself and Great Grandmaster.

The three returned to the mountaintop.

A mountain breeze blows, dissipating the last trace of heat.

"Have a seat," Di Jiang said, gesturing to the ground. "It's rare to run into an old acquaintance. Tell me in detail what happened to your hand?"

He said this to Ostandin.

After being killed once, Ostandin dared not do it again.

The fact that the opponent didn't use the Demon Weapon's ability means that they deliberately spared his life.

If you still don't know what's good for you, then you're just asking for trouble.

He immediately recounted in detail the changes that had just occurred to him.

Because he himself didn't know what happened, it just happened suddenly during the fight.

Therefore, everything depends on Zhang Rongfang's side.

Di Jiang shifted his gaze and landed on Zhang Rongfang.

Even though his heart was always devoted to Jun Er, he could still realize the importance of this matter.

In particular, Ostandin's hands couldn't regenerate after his resurrection! This means that the damage was permanent!

He knew very well what this meant for Reverse Time Society!

"I don't know what's going on either, but my blood does have some kind of poison that can cause a person's whole body to wither!" Zhang Rongfang replied with a wry smile.

"Born that way!?" Di Jiang asked in a deep voice.

"It's innate!" Zhang Rongfang nodded. "It's a special ability that I developed after cultivating the Immortal Path!"

If it were the first time Di Jiang had heard of the Immortal Path, he probably would have just taken it as a joke.

But things are different now.

If this Immortal Path can truly restrain the Worship God, then its significance is immense. "Could you demonstrate it?" Di Jiang thought to himself, looking at Zhang Rongfang.

"Of course. How do I demonstrate?" Zhang Rongfang stood up.

"Try him." Di Jiang pointed to Ostandin, who was standing to the side.

The latter's expression changed slightly, and he managed to force a smile.

"It's no trouble at all. It is my honor, Ostandin, to demonstrate something of such significance to you, sir!"

Zhang Rongfang was speechless. He truly deserved to be called Great Grandmaster. His composure and his thick skin were truly worthy of Great Grandmaster!

He immediately stood up, walked to Ostandin, bit his index finger to make a cut, and then quickly pressed it onto the other man's shoulder.

A faint hiss.

Ostandin's shoulders began to lose their luster, the muscles atrophied, and the color faded, as if a small pit had sunk in there.