After leaving the military camp, Zhang Dong didn't use a spacecraft to travel. Instead, he controlled the immense power of heaven and earth to propel himself forward, while completely particleizing his body. He became billions of imperceptible particles, blending into the surrounding environment.
He was nearly impossible to spot with the naked eye.
With his formidable strength as a First-Class True Intent Transcendent, his control over the power of heaven and earth was terrifying. The gravity on the Dragon Rock Battlefield was immense, but it did nothing to slow him down.
Whoosh!
To anyone nearby with a vague sense of their surroundings, it would have felt like no more than a gust of wind suddenly sweeping past.
Under normal circumstances, people traveling across the Dragon Rock Battlefield had to use spacecraft. It was nearly impossible to accelerate to sublight speed with one's body alone.
As for teleportation, only King Rank powerhouses could manage that. Zhang Dong could do it if he mastered spatial True Intent, but space wasn't, after all, an inferior aspect of the Extreme Point.
After flying without a pause for four full days, Zhang Dong finally reached the vast region of the Seventh Battlefield.
Millions upon millions of cities, large and small, were scattered across the region, along with more than four hundred heavily guarded military bases.
The first two targets of his mission were the lords of two different cities.
Only Shadow, a Second Stage Domain Lord, was stationed at a military base. Under normal circumstances, Zhang Dong would have to wait for him to leave on an errand before he could assassinate him.
Alternatively, someone at the Domain Lord Ninth Stage—or even Realm Lord—could simply force their way in, then escape before the military could respond.
As evening fell, Zhang Dong quietly hovered before a towering city.
He remained in his particleized state, like an invisible breeze. He drifted openly past the guards at the city gate, yet none of them noticed anything amiss.
Seeing particles with the naked eye was already difficult. The billions of particles that made up Zhang Dong were widely dispersed. Had these Cosmic Level guards been forewarned, they could have noticed him by focusing their attention.
But right now, they had no idea that a harbinger of death had arrived.
At the heart of the city, inside the City Lord's Mansion,
the city lord, Tian Xiong, leisurely held a jade cup and savored the fine wine within.
As a Domain Lord, he had long been eligible to leave the Dragon Rock Battlefield, but he couldn't bear to part with everything he had here.
In the outside world, humans had to serve in the military before they could enter a Cosmic Secret Realm.
It had taken Tian Xiong most of his life to reach his current position. He wanted to enjoy it for at least a few years before he had no choice but to leave and serve on the Outer Domain Battlefield.
"Mm, what a fine wine... Too bad my military merits can't buy me much of it." He praised it sincerely, drank the last drop, then set down his cup.
Tian Xiong put aside his idle thoughts, sat cross-legged on the floor of the quiet chamber, and prepared to begin his daily cultivation.
He hadn't survived this long on the Dragon Rock Battlefield by being a mere pleasure-seeker.
Hiss!
A beam of concentrated light tore through space. The air exploded in its wake, and the beam pierced straight through Tian Xiong's abdomen.
Under normal circumstances, an attack like that wouldn't be fatal to a Domain Lord. But before Tian Xiong's expression could even change, he died without getting the chance to react.
Zhang Dong's figure coalesced in the quiet chamber like a specter, and with a wave of his hand, he collected Tian Xiong's body.
With a particleized sneak attack and Pole techniques, even an ordinary First Stage Realm Lord could be killed instantly. Zhang Dong thought to himself. Then he dispersed into invisible particles once more and quietly left the City Lord's Mansion.
The guards and servants inside the estate hadn't noticed a thing.
They assumed the city lord was in seclusion, and didn't dare disturb him. It would probably be a long time before they realized he was dead.
Three days later, Zhang Dong used the same method to kill his second target in another city. He slipped in while particleized, killed him with a single strike, collected the body, and escaped without leaving a trace.
By the time he reached the third mission site, half a month had passed since his first attack, and his whereabouts still hadn't been exposed.
He had completely concealed the sounds, aura, and movements of each assassination. He hadn't made a sound.
Particleization was simply too overpowered. In the Primordial Universe, even ordinary Immortal Gods would have trouble sensing it while cultivating.
"The military? Unfortunately, even they can't stop me."
Zhang Dong coolly surveyed the rows of tents stretching before him. His body silently particleized, blending into the breeze, and he swept inside with a whoosh.
At the base entrance, the Cosmic Level soldiers on guard noticed nothing. Only one soldier muttered in confusion, "Was that gust of wind just now a little too fast?"
"Are you getting dazed on watch?" his companion scoffed. "When has the wind here ever been normal?"
"Quiet! Stay alert and keep your eyes open!" the squad leader hissed.
The soldiers quickly fell silent, and none of them gave the little incident another thought.
Inside the base, the breeze that was Zhang Dong moved at high speed. With a single thought, he could scan an area extending a hundred thousand li and immediately pinpoint the location of his target, Shadow.
Shadow was an important official responsible for the base's supply reserves, and the bounty on him offered more military merit.
At that moment, he was seated behind a low table in an elegantly furnished hall, speaking quietly with a Domain Lord in blue finery seated opposite him.
Sensing this, Zhang Dong felt that something was wrong.
The Domain Lord in blue was of unknown strength, but as long as he wasn't a Realm Lord, Zhang Dong could handle even an ordinary Domain Lord Ninth Stage. The trouble was that word of the kill would get out.
What did it mean for a Cosmic Level fighter like Zhang Dong to kill—or even instantly kill—a Domain Lord Ninth Stage?
Even some First Stage Realm Lords with weaker Law Comprehension wouldn't dare claim they could kill someone instantly with a single move.
You're lucky. You get to live a little longer. Zhang Dong suppressed his killing intent and maintained his particleized state, keeping his awareness fixed on the palace where Shadow was.
He waited. The moment the blue-clad Domain Lord left alone, he would strike.
As the seconds ticked by, Zhang Dong took the opportunity to begin comprehending his own Pole True Intent.
The easiest way for him to improve his strength now was to comprehend True Intent or master a secret technique.
Under the Rule Profound Mystery System, the difference in strength between those who had mastered a secret technique and those who hadn't was astonishing.
Among ten thousand Transcendents who comprehended Second-Class True Intent, there might be one genius capable of creating a secret technique.
Zhang Dong had mastered First-Class True Intent, so creating a secret technique wouldn't be difficult. Given the destructive power of his Pole True Intent, once he created one, he might even be able to kill many gods.
About half a day later, there was finally some movement in the hall. The blue-clad Domain Lord slowly stood, apparently preparing to take his leave.
But Shadow got up and followed him. Zhang Dong had thought Shadow was merely seeing him off, but to his surprise, Shadow followed him into the spacecraft as well.
This is bad. If Shadow leaves with him, things could get complicated.
Zhang Dong rapidly considered the situation.
If he wanted to play it safe, he could wait for Shadow to return before making his move. But he had no idea how long the man would be gone.
A military mission or a change of position could easily keep him away for quite some time.
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