One Sword, Instant Kill—You're the Strongest Sequence

On the outskirts of Cang City.

Deep within the wild mountains and forests lay a hidden cave.

Inside the cave, an old man dressed in Spirit Cult robes sat atop a stone platform with his eyes closed, resting.

From afar, his face was covered in wrinkles. He was extremely old and thin, making his Spirit Cult robes look especially loose on him.

Suddenly, the wrinkles on his face began to slowly shift like twitching tree roots, gradually propping open his withered eyelids and revealing his somewhat cloudy eyes.

The old man sighed and muttered, "Trash like the assistant priest really can't be relied on. I turned him into my zombie and even gave him a blessing, yet he died the very next day. What a waste of resources."

"Fine. It's time for my two most precious biological sons to take action."

The old man shook his head and slowly rose to his feet. Countless bits of gravel fell sparsely from his body. He had no idea how long he had been sitting cross-legged here. After standing, he first stretched his stiff limbs, then slowly walked deeper into the cave.

The depths of the cave were pitch-black, and waves of rotting stench drifted through it from time to time.

Yet to the old man, those foul smells seemed like the most wonderful scents in the world. The deeper he went, the stronger the stench became, and the wider his smile grew, stretching his wrinkles apart one by one like a blooming chrysanthemum.

At the deepest part of the cave,

three coffins lay quietly side by side. Inside rested his two sons and his wife.

The moment he had become a Sequence user, he had personally turned his sons and wife into zombies. That way, they would never disobey his wishes again and would follow his thoughts and arrangements completely.

The old man strode proudly before the three coffins as though he were admiring his trophies, then clapped his hands.

Two of the coffins suddenly let out a series of thud, thud, thud sounds, like heavy old wooden doors being pushed open.

Before long, the lids of the two coffins opened, releasing an even thicker stench of decay. Two young men crawled out from within. Their eyes were hollow, and the moment they saw their father, they knelt on the ground and said in low voices, "Greetings, Master."

"How many times have I told you? You don't need to call me Master when you see me. Just call me Dad."

Though the old man sounded reluctant, his hands slowly stroked over the bodies of his two sons.

Other than his wife, these two sons were his finest creations. Aside from their hollow eyes and deathly pale skin, they were almost indistinguishable from ordinary people. They were countless times more complete than that half-finished assistant priest.

"Yes... Dad."

When the two sons said the word "Dad," they visibly paused. A flash of "hatred" passed through their hollow eyes, but they still forced the word out. They had no room to resist.

Hearing the word "Dad" clearly made the old man happier. The wrinkles on his face fully relaxed, and he beamed. Chuckling, he said, "A Xing, A Tian, you are both good sons. Dad has run into a little trouble now. Shouldn't you help Dad solve it?"

"Yes... Dad."

The two sons clenched their teeth, but they still could not resist their father's command and answered.

"Good. My obedient sons indeed."

The old man patted his two sons on the heads and continued, "Over the next few days, find a way to kill Su Yu. If anyone tries to stop you, kill them all too."

"...Yes."

The old man seemed to notice that his two sons were somewhat resistant to the order. Smiling carelessly, he said, "I know you harbor some resentment toward your father... but at the end of the day, I am still your Dad. If you won't help me, who will you help?"

"Besides, if you fail to complete this mission, I'll send your mother instead. You wouldn't want your mother to encounter danger, would you?"

Upon hearing this, the last remnants of resistance in the two sons vanished. They completely became their father's killing machines, answering in voices tinged with coldness and resolve, "Yes. We guarantee the mission will be completed."

Near Cang City First People's Hospital, in a public restroom.

Su Xing stood before the mirror and tidied himself up a little so that he would not look as though he had just gone through a fight. Only then did he take out his phone and send his younger brother a message.

"Ran into a little trouble just now. It's already been dealt with."

At the hospital, Su Yu had been holding his phone the entire time without receiving a reply from Su Xing. When he saw the message, the furrow between his brows finally relaxed. He typed back, "What trouble?"

"Ming said a fourth-rank Spirit Cult Sequence user showed up outside the hospital. You didn't run into him, did you?"

"Uh... that was the trouble I ran into. I already killed him."

Seeing the reply pop up on his phone, Su Yu froze. He could not stop himself from blurting out, "Holy shit," before continuing to type.

"???"

"No, bro..."

Su Yu suddenly fell silent. They had clearly been born from the same mother, so why was his older brother capable of being so outstanding?

Staring at the ceiling, he suddenly began seriously considering the question, Am I really a genius? He was only at the peak of the second rank, while his brother could already kill someone at the fourth rank. Wasn't that gap far too huge?

After thinking for a long while, he finally let out a breath. As he silently repeated to himself, No matter how outstanding my brother is, he's still my brother, he typed, "Forget it, bro. Hurry back first. We'll talk about everything when we get back to the Sword Hall. Shen Ruyun hasn't recovered from her injuries yet, so she won't be returning to the Sword Hall with us for now."

"Alright."

Su Xing put away his phone and looked at himself in the mirror with a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the white light surrounding his reflection had completely faded away. That meant all the injuries on his body had healed. It was indeed time to go pick up his younger brother and take him home.

Su Xing washed his hands, pulled out a few tissues, and walked out of the public restroom as though he had merely finished using it.

Before long, Su Xing returned to the street where he had encountered the Corpse Assistant Priest. The street was completely empty now and had clearly been sealed off. Several people stood in the alley not far away, likely members of the special organization.

Su Xing stood there and observed for a while.

Just as he was considering how to take a detour to reach the hospital, he suddenly heard a woman call his name before running toward him.

"Xing, are you here to take Su Yu home?"

The moment he heard someone call him simply "Xing," Su Xing knew that only Bai Lan would address him that way.

Bai Lan often messaged him on Feixin these days. After chatting so much, typing "Brother Su" became somewhat troublesome, and it gradually turned into simply "Xing."

Su Xing did not say much about it. It was only a form of address, after all.

"Teacher Bai, why are you here?"

Su Xing asked in confusion.

Naturally, he knew Bai Lan had been in the hospital all along. Since something had happened near the hospital, she would naturally come out to investigate. But as an excellent "actor," he still had to go through the proper motions.

Bai Lan brushed aside the strands of hair covering her eyes and said naturally, "Su Yu was discharged today. As his teacher, of course I came to check on him."

"I see. Teacher Bai, you're really thoughtful."

"It's nothing, Xing. It seems a murder just took place here, so the entire street has been sealed off... These days, danger is everywhere. You should be more careful whenever you go out in the future."

Bai Lan looked at Su Xing and reminded him.

An ordinary person like Su Xing would surely die if he encountered such danger.

Although she craved Su Xing's body, as a member of the special organization, she could not constantly keep watch over someone outside the organization. She could only remind him this way and make him more cautious.

"Mm, I'll definitely be careful."

"Teacher Bai, this street's been sealed off. Do you know how to detour to the hospital?"

"Just follow me, then. I've often walked here from school these past few days, so I've already figured out all the roads around here."

Bai Lan gave a faint smile, turned around, and headed down another road.

Su Xing followed after her.

The alley.

Liu Ming, Liu Chang, and several other organization members were all there.

Liu Ming squatted on the ground with a grave expression. What had happened here was simply too damn inhuman.

There were huge craters everywhere, along with walls that had been dissolved. Most importantly... the guy on the ground had been beaten until he was completely unrecognizable. Every time Liu Ming glanced at him, even with all his experience, he could not help taking a deep breath and saying, "What the hell... how deep must that grudge have been?"

[Terrifying Murder Case Erupts at Cang City First People's Hospital!]

[The murderer has been apprehended by the police. Residents, please do not worry excessively.]

After the investigation was complete, Liu Ming leaned against a wall beside the street. Holding his phone in his right hand, he scrolled through the comments below and muttered, "There were just too many witnesses this time. Even the organization can't completely cover it up. We can only conceal part of it and report it as a homicide case. Bro... how much longer do you think we can keep the spiritual energy revival hidden?"