Instant Kill Domain Lord

Leaving the military camp, Zhang Dong did not rely on a spacecraft for travel. Instead, he directly manipulated the vast power of heaven and earth to propel himself, while completely particleizing his body, transforming into billions of imperceptible particles that merged into the surrounding environment.

To the naked eye, any trace of him was nearly impossible to detect.

With his formidable strength as a First-Class True Intent transcendent, his control over the power of heaven and earth was terrifying. Though the gravitational pull of Dragon Rock Battlefield was immense, his speed was by no means slow.

Whoosh!

In the vague perception of others, they might at most feel a sudden gust of wind sweep past.

Normally, traversing Dragon Rock Battlefield required a spacecraft; accelerating the physical body to near-light speed was almost impossible.

As for teleportation, that was something only a Domain King could achieve. Zhang Dong could manage it if he grasped the True Intent of Space, but space was not a lower-order concept under the Pole.

After flying ceaselessly in this manner for four full days, Zhang Dong finally arrived at the vast region of the Seventh Battlefield.

This area was occupied by tens of millions of cities and towns of various sizes, along with over four hundred heavily guarded military garrisons.

The first two targets of his mission were the city lords of two separate cities.

Only one Shadow, a Domain Lord of the second rank, was located within a military garrison. Under normal circumstances, to complete the assassination, he would have to wait until the target came out on business.

Alternatively, with the strength of a Domain Lord of the ninth rank, or even a Realm Lord, one could forcibly break in and escape before the military could react.

As dusk approached, Zhang Dong silently hovered before a towering city.

He remained in his particle state, like an intangible wind, drifting brazenly past the eyes of the gate guards without a single person detecting anything amiss.

Seeing particles with the naked eye was already extremely difficult. The billions of particles Zhang Dong had dispersed into were highly scattered. If these Cosmic-level soldiers had known in advance and focused their attention, they could naturally spot him.

But for now, they had no idea that a harbinger of death had arrived.

At the city center, within the City Lord's Mansion.

City Lord Tian Xiong was leisurely holding a jade cup, savoring the fine wine within.

As a Domain Lord, he had long since earned the right to leave Dragon Rock Battlefield, but he was reluctant to give up everything here.

In the outside world, humans from the Cosmic Secret Realm had to serve in the military first.

After struggling for most of his life to reach this position, Tian Xiong intended to enjoy himself for a few years at least, until he had no choice but to leave and serve on the frontier battlefield.

"Tsk, truly fine wine... Pity, with my military merits, I can't exchange for much." He sighed in genuine admiration, draining the last drop of nectar before setting down the cup.

Tian Xiong set aside his scattered thoughts, crossed his legs on the floor of the quiet chamber, and prepared to begin his daily cultivation.

To have survived this long on Dragon Rock Battlefield, he was by no means a man of mere indulgence.

Chi!

A beam of light, condensed to its utmost, tore through space. Where it passed, the air was blasted apart. The light pierced through Tian Xiong's abdomen with pinpoint precision.

Under normal circumstances, such an attack would not be fatal to a Domain Lord. But before the expression on Tian Xiong's face could even change, before he could react, he was already dead.

Zhang Dong's figure materialized like a ghost in the quiet chamber. With a wave of his hand, he collected Tian Xiong's body.

"An assassination in particle form, combined with Pole techniques—even an ordinary first-rank Realm Lord could be killed by me in an instant." Zhang Dong thought to himself, then dispersed back into intangible particles and silently left the City Lord's Mansion.

The guards and servants within the mansion remained completely unaware.

They assumed the City Lord was in seclusion cultivating and dared not disturb him. It would likely be a long time before they realized the City Lord was dead.

Three days later, Zhang Dong replicated the method and successfully killed the target in the second city. Again, he infiltrated as particles, struck with a single blow, collected the body, and fled—clean, efficient, and leaving no trace.

By the time he arrived at the third mission location, half a month had passed since his first kill, and his trail had yet to be exposed.

The commotion, aura, and form of the assassinations were all completely concealed, with no disturbance whatsoever.

The particle state was simply too overpowered. In the primal universe, even an ordinary Immortal Spirit in cultivation would find it difficult to detect.

"The military garrison—unfortunately, it can't stop me either."

Zhang Dong's cold gaze swept over the endless rows of tents before him. His body silently particleized, merging into the breeze, and with a whoosh, he drifted inside.

At the garrison entrance, the Cosmic-level soldiers on guard sensed nothing. Only one soldier muttered in confusion, "Was that gust of wind just now moving a bit too fast?"

"You're getting dizzy from standing too long?" a comrade beside him sneered. "When has the wind here ever been normal?"

"Shut up! Stay alert and stand guard properly!" the squad leader barked in a low voice.

The soldiers quickly fell silent, none of them giving this minor incident a second thought.

Inside the garrison, Zhang Dong, now in the form of wind, moved at high speed. With a single thought, he could scan a region of a hundred thousand li, instantly locking onto the location of his target, Shadow.

Shadow was the key officer in charge of material reserves in this garrison, and his bounty in military merits was correspondingly higher.

At that moment, he was seated behind a long table in an ornately decorated hall, speaking in low tones with a Domain Lord clad in blue robes.

Sensing this scene, Zhang Dong felt something was off.

The strength of that Domain Lord in blue robes was unclear, but as long as he wasn't a Realm Lord, even an ordinary ninth-rank Domain Lord would be no problem for Zhang Dong to kill. However, if news got out, the outside world would know.

A Cosmic-level like Zhang Dong capable of killing—even instantly killing—a ninth-rank Domain Lord—what kind of concept was that?

Even some first-rank Realm Lords with weaker law comprehension wouldn't dare claim they could kill with a single instant strike.

"Consider yourself lucky. You get to live a little longer." Zhang Dong suppressed his killing intent, maintained his particle state, and locked his awareness firmly onto the palace where Shadow resided.

He waited. The moment that Blue-Clad Domain Lord left alone would be the time to strike.

Time passed minute by minute. Zhang Dong took this opportunity to begin comprehending his own Pole True Intent.

If he wanted to boost his strength now, the most convenient path was to comprehend True Intent or awaken a Secret Art.

Within the system of Rule Mysteries, the gap in combat power between those who had awakened a Secret Art and those who had not was nothing short of heaven-defying.

Typically, out of ten thousand Transcendents who had comprehended Second-Class True Intent, only one monstrous talent might emerge who could create a Secret Art on their own.

Zhang Dong grasped First-Class True Intent. Creating a Secret Art was not difficult for him. With the destructive power of his Pole True Intent, once he forged one, he could probably slay many gods.

Roughly half a day later, there was finally movement in the hall. The Blue-Clad Domain Lord slowly rose, appearing ready to take his leave.

But Shadow followed along with him. Zhang Dong had initially assumed it was just seeing a guest off, but to his surprise, Shadow also boarded the flying vessel.

"Not good. If Shadow leaves with him, things will get troublesome."

Zhang Dong rapidly assessed the current situation.

If he played it safe and conservative, he could wait until Shadow returned before making his move. But he had no idea how long the other party would be gone.

Military missions or duty reassignments could easily drag on for a considerable amount of time.