Without a sound or a stir, the matte-black missile drifted down like a raindrop, carried by gravity and the wind.
It landed on the villa.
Within a thousandth of a second, it exploded.
A blinding light tore through the night, stretching all the way to the edge of the villa district. As though something had blocked it, it never spread any farther.
Gu Muhan simply watched in silence, as though admiring a work of art.
"As violent as ever. Everyone living here is wealthy, but the Eternal Church really couldn't care less. If I hadn't gotten word beforehand, today would have been trouble."
"But even I didn't expect them to deploy the Dark Skyship so openly and invade Night Spirit City's villa district. It looks like the Eternal Church has someone among the city's senior officials."
Riiip-
In an instant, the painting he had just made seemed to be torn apart by an invisible force.
The villa in the painting was blown apart along with it, turning into a skyful of paper scraps flecked with sparks.
The painting was destroyed.
Yet the villa before him remained.
At his leisure, Gu Muhan took out another painting and placed it before him. It was identical to the previous one.
"Let's see how many more shots you have."
In the sky.
Inside the Dark Skyship's control room.
Several figures narrowed their eyes, watching the violent explosion on the control console's screen-and the undamaged villa that emerged after the smoke cleared.
With a pipe clenched between his lips, Boss Zhao took a deep drag. "Cough, cough... What's going on?"
"Didn't it explode? Wasn't it destroyed? Why is it back?"
"Powerful spiritual qi fluctuations detected."
"Someone is protecting them from the shadows... They were prepared in advance... Looks like your Hearts Lineage wasn't thorough enough.