One Sword Instakill, and You Call Yourself the Strongest Sequence

Without the power of their Sequence, Sequence users' bodies were like paper. One sword strike was enough to kill them completely!

The pitch-black night brought an icy wind, and a faint smell of blood drifted everywhere with the breeze.

Su Xing, standing to one side, loosened his right hand. The black sword quietly turned into specks of black light, which scattered in the wind before finally vanishing.

Su Yu stood there blankly, still unable to process what had just happened.

A third-tier Sequence user had died so easily, so effortlessly, as if someone had kicked a stray dog to death by the roadside. Most importantly... the one who had acted was actually his own brother!

"Th-this, this..."

Seeing Su Xing's familiar face, countless words jammed in Su Yu's throat, yet he could not utter a single complete sentence. All he could manage were a few broken fragments.

As a second-tier Sequence user,

he could naturally understand just how terrifying Su Xing's strike had been. It could be said that he had only ever seen such strength in Liu Ming.

Which meant...

Su Xing was one of those legendary martial artists who were nearly invincible within the same rank.

His brother was actually the mysterious powerhouse who had been hiding in the shadows all along!

At that moment, he seemed to hear a buzzing hum ring through his mind.

He suddenly remembered

how, during this time, he had resolved so many times to protect his brother. So many times, he had hidden information from him, believing that he was protecting Su Xing... yet Su Xing himself was a hidden master.

The thought gave Su Yu an indescribable feeling, as though ants were crawling over his heart and liver, leaving him unbearably restless.

He hesitated for a long while before Bai Lan's repeated "Please respond" reminder sounded through his earpiece. Only then did he switch it on, clear his throat, and say,

"This is Su Yu. This is Su Yu."

"There is currently no danger. The Decapitation Operation target is dead. The attacker..."

At this point, he glanced at Su Xing standing before him, then lowered his head and continued,

"The attacker was the mysterious expert. He did not show himself; he merely slashed out several white lines and killed the Decapitation Operation target!"

"The mysterious expert again... Liu Ming and Wang Yu are already heading your way. Su Yu, stay where you are."

"Received."

After saying that, Su Yu turned off his earpiece, took a deep breath, and slowly let it out.

Su Xing looked at his younger brother in surprise. He had not expected Su Yu to immediately choose to conceal his identity without even discussing it with him. He walked over, patted Su Yu on the shoulder, and smiled.

"Xiao Yu, why didn't you tell them?"

"Big Bro... didn't you become the mysterious expert because you didn't want the organization to know you existed?"

"Aren't you afraid... that I might be some kind of hidden bad guy? After all, someone who hides his strength every day must have his own reasons, right?"

Upon hearing Su Xing's words, Su Yu suddenly wore an amused expression. He looked at Su Xing and said,

"Big Bro, would a bad guy stand here and expose his identity just to save his little brother?"

Now that he knew Su Xing's true identity,

Su Yu suddenly felt as though a knot in his heart had come undone.

He did not feel angry, ashamed, or anything else. Even if he had, those emotions quickly faded. He was only happy that his brother possessed such strength.

Because he understood very clearly what kind of world this was. It was far too difficult for ordinary people to live out their lives happily. Only by possessing the strength to protect themselves could they possibly survive in this increasingly turbulent world.

Before long, he would be heading to the capital with Liu Ming, Li Yu, and the others. Now that his brother had such strength, he could finally put his mind completely at ease. Perhaps... when the time came, Big Bro would be the one worrying about him.

"Big Bro, you should go first. My teammates will be here soon."

Su Yu ended his wild thoughts and hurriedly said this once he came to his senses.

Seeing Su Yu like this, Su Xing also felt relieved. He had originally wondered whether his younger brother would develop negative feelings because he had concealed his strength, or even come to resent him... but it seemed he had been overthinking it entirely.

So he said softly,

"When the time is right, I'll tell you everything about me. I'm leaving first."

After hearing Su Xing's words, Su Yu merely nodded. Then he waved at Su Xing as he gradually merged into the darkness, before turning around to wait for Liu Ming and the others.

Everything returned to normal,

as though nothing had happened.

In the southern part of Cang City,

a fat man sat on the ground, surrounded by chicken bones stripped clean of meat. He licked his greasy fingers, frowned slightly, and muttered in a delicate voice,

"What's going on?"

"Why did Brother Water suddenly die..."

Priests like them, who belonged to the same high priest, had special methods that allowed them to sense one another's life and death.

Thus, the instant Brother Water's life was extinguished, he immediately reacted. At the same time, the phone in his pocket began vibrating. Naturally, it was another priest calling him.

Ignoring the grease on his hands, he picked up his phone, swiped to answer, cleared his throat, and said,

"You felt it too?"

"Yes. Water Priest is dead as well. Including Blood Priest, we've lost two priests this time. I just contacted the high priest too. Guess what happened?"

"Hehe, don't tell me the high priest abandoned all of us because he didn't want to reveal his location?"

A somewhat savage smile appeared on the fat man's face, but his tone remained exceptionally gentle. Upon hearing his words, the person on the other end gave a cold laugh.

"You know what those people at the top are like. We all know that working for people like them will lead to this sooner or later."

"What else can we do? We still need to rely on them to obtain the power bestowed by Him. In the end, we're still at their mercy. What's the point of saying any of this?"

The fat man slowly rose to his feet. The wooden boards beneath him creaked under his immense weight, as if they could barely bear the load. Only after several seconds did they gradually settle. Then he walked to the refrigerator, took out another chicken leg, and began gnawing on it as he spoke.

"Tell me. What did you have in mind by calling?"

"What ideas could I have?"

"We need to protect ourselves first!"

"Once the special organization confirms our locations, they'll definitely find ways to pick us off one by one. If we stick together, it's safer than splitting up."

"Tch, I thought you had some brilliant idea. Isn't this just rats huddling together?"

"What about the priests under the other high priests? What did they say?"

"Hehe, the Spirit Cult was never a unified whole. Most of the names leaked this time belonged to our high priest's faction. Those from the other factions can't be bothered with us. In any case, let's gather first."

"Fine."

Atop the cliff.

After receiving news that Su Yu had been attacked, Liu Ming hurried toward Su Yu's location.

His assistant, Wang Yu, came with him.

Watching the two figures gradually appear in his field of vision, Su Yu could not help feeling a vague sense of helplessness. How was he supposed to make his brother's intervention sound believable?

Fortunately,

the mysterious expert's persona had long been deeply ingrained.

Su Yu felt that as long as he gave a simple description, Liu Ming and Wang Yu would probably fill in most of the details themselves.

"Whew... are you all right, Xiao Yu?"

Just as Su Yu was lost in thought, Liu Ming arrived before him, breathing heavily. Clearly, the guy who could liquefy himself had put enormous pressure on Liu Ming by breaking through the encirclement.

"I'm fine, Brother Liu," Su Yu said with a smile.

Seeing that Su Yu was indeed unharmed, the stone in Liu Ming's heart finally dropped. He coughed lightly, took out the small notebook he always carried, and said,

"Since that's the case, tell me what happened just now."

Seeing Liu Ming immediately enter work mode,

Su Yu recounted the version he had already drafted in his mind. Because it matched the mysterious expert's past exploits so well, Liu Ming did not suspect a thing.

He merely glanced at Wang Yu beside him, lightly tapped his notebook with his pen, and muttered,

"What a pity. We still failed to uncover the mysterious expert's true identity this time."

"However, judging by how he saved Xiao Yu, he truly is on our side. This only makes me more certain that what we decided at the last meeting was correct."

What had been decided at the last meeting was naturally to give up searching for the mysterious expert and devote their full efforts to the Decapitation Operation.

The most important reason for implementing this strategy was that Liu Ming had fully recognized the potential the mysterious expert possessed.

The last time, the mysterious expert and Xue Cheng had fought back and forth in an intense battle.

This time, only a few seconds passed between the mysterious expert making his move and leaving, barely enough time for him to swing a single sword.