Being a Saint since the age of myth

"If that's the case, he really is a good target!" Terrestrial Darkness Star stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

"But his strength has already reached Silver level. He's no weakling, so be very careful when you go after him!" the man beside him warned again.

"You don't need to worry about that! I don't need to fight him directly at all. I can kill him with ease!" Terrestrial Darkness Star waved a hand and tiptoed over to the window of the little stone house.

He could release poison gas. All he needed to do was open the window a crack and carefully let the gas in, and that would take care of everything.

However, as Terrestrial Darkness Star carefully opened the window, he triggered the simple alarm Wuxin had set up inside the house.

A thin string attached to the window knocked an earthenware jar off the edge of the table.

Crack!

The jar shattered instantly, and the piercing noise immediately woke Wuxin from his sleep.

"Who's there-"

Already on guard, he sprang out of bed and shouted a warning.

His alarm had been triggered in the middle of the night, and Saints had been repeatedly assassinated lately. He could be fairly certain that the enemy had come.

"Shit!"

The instant they heard the jar break, both men outside jumped in fright and fled, no longer sparing a thought for dealing with Wuxin.

They knew very well that this was Sanctuary, the Saints' territory. Secretly assassinating a few of them at night was one thing, but if they were exposed and surrounded, they would have no chance of escaping alive.

Not only they, but even the nearby Saints were alerted.

El Cid and the others conducting the investigation, in particular, had been lying in wait in the shadows. At the noise, they immediately rushed out and spotted Terrestrial Darkness Star.

He was hurrying toward the sea, clearly preparing to slip into the water and hide.

"No wonder. No wonder we couldn't find any trace of him during the day. He was hiding in the sea!" El Cid realized.

Humans were land-dwelling creatures, and everyone was more accustomed to staying on land. Habitual thinking had thus influenced them, limiting their search to the land.

Had their opponent been a Mariner, they might have searched the shore, but their enemy was a Specter. They had never considered that he might be hiding in the sea.

By then, Wuxin had also chased out of the house and immediately locked onto the fleeing Terrestrial Darkness Star.

The distinctive aura of death about him was far too obvious, especially to a Saint like Wuxin, who also wielded the power of death. It was like candlelight in the dark, hard to miss even if he wanted to.

Compared with a Gold Saint, however, he was still far too slow.

Before Terrestrial Darkness Star could reach the shore, a streak of golden light crossed the night sky. It descended with a terrifying sharpness that seemed capable of slicing the sky apart, intercepting him first.

"Capricorn El Cid!!!"

Wuxin immediately recognized that streak of golden light.

Throughout Sanctuary, only that man possessed such a terrifying Cosmo, one that seemed capable of cutting through anything.

"Evil must be executed!"

A cold snort came from ahead, followed by another beam of golden light shooting into the sky.

Wuxin felt as though he had seen a golden sword cleave the heavens, its indomitable will piercing the river of stars.

By the time he reached the shore, Terrestrial Darkness Star lay on the ground in two halves. An expression of extreme horror still lingered on his face, as though he had seen something terrifying before he died.

Not far from the corpse, Capricorn El Cid stood silently. A sea breeze blew from behind him, yet it failed to stir his cape in the slightest, as though an invisible sword aura had split it in two.

"Were you the one who sounded the warning?" He glanced at Wuxin and asked flatly.

"Yes, Lord El Cid!" Wuxin did not deny it.

"Well done!"

El Cid nodded and said without a trace of emotion, "I will ask His Holiness the Pope to reward your service!"

"There's no need, my lord! Eradicating evil is our duty!" Wuxin hurriedly replied.

"Good. Very good!"

El Cid nodded again, appreciating the young man before him all the more.

Chapter 37: Sparring with Cancer (part one)

"Oh, right!"

As though remembering something, Wuxin looked at the corpse on the ground. "My lord, did you only catch this one Specter?"

"When I woke up earlier, I vaguely sensed that there should have been two people!"

"Two?"

Startled, El Cid immediately ordered his subordinates to continue searching.

Unfortunately, they were a step too late in the end and found nothing.

El Cid asked Wuxin again, "Are you certain that two people attacked you?"

He could hardly be blamed for having doubts. He had arrived at the scene almost immediately, yet even he had only discovered Terrestrial Darkness Star, not a second person.

"Well... I really can't be completely certain!"

Wuxin gave a wry smile and continued, "They were extremely alert. The moment they triggered the alarm I'd set up and realized they'd woken me, they chose to flee."

"And at the time, I'd only just woken up, so my mind was inevitably a little hazy. I only vaguely sensed two Cosmo signatures outside."

"If you insist on asking whether I'm certain, my lord, then I can only say that I'm not!"

He spread his hands somewhat helplessly.

Understanding Wuxin's difficulty, El Cid did not press him. He waved a hand and said, "Thank you for your help. Go back and get some rest!"

"We will continue investigating this matter!"

"However, since you suspect that another enemy is lurking here, keep taking precautions. Don't let your guard down!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Wuxin then took his leave and returned to his little house.

Unfortunately, after all the commotion Terrestrial Darkness Star had caused, he could not fall asleep again for a while. He could only lie on his stone bed and stare blankly at the pitch-black ceiling.

Only after an unknown stretch of time did Wuxin drift groggily off to sleep.

At daybreak the next morning, Cancer Manigoldo came to see him.

"I heard a Specter tried to assassinate you last night. You weren't hurt, were you?" he asked Wuxin with concern.

In fact, he had wanted to come check on him the night before, but considering that the middle of the night was not an appropriate time, he had forced himself to wait until morning.

"I'm fine!"

Wuxin spread his arms to show him and smiled. "Those two woke me before they could actually make a move, then fled in a blind panic."

"That's good!"

Manigoldo breathed a sigh of relief, then changed the subject. "How are your preparations going? The contest for the Cloth is about to begin!"

"There shouldn't be any major problems!" Wuxin looked confident.

Over the past few days, he had not only been training, but had also asked around about the other Saint Candidates.

Sanctuary currently had thirty-six Saint Candidates. Thirty were at Bronze level, and only six were at Silver level.

That meant his opponents were only those six.

And those six Silver-level candidates had barely reached Silver level in strength, all at around a hundred thousand times the speed of sound.

Against competitors like these, he had a strong chance of winning in the end.

"Don't get careless!"

Looking serious for once, Manigoldo said, "Until the very end, no one knows what trump cards those opponents of yours might be hiding."

"You never know. One careless mistake could let someone turn the tables on you!"

"Yes, I'll remember that, senior brother!" Wuxin nodded.

Manigoldo stretched and said casually, "I'm not doing anything anyway, so why don't I spar with you today?"

As he spoke, he turned his head, revealing a slightly mischievous smile.

"Would... would that really be all right?" Wuxin froze for a moment, then asked again to confirm.

As a Gold Saint, Manigoldo naturally had an immense wealth of combat experience. Fighting a sparring partner like him would greatly benefit Wuxin's growth.

Especially since the two of them belonged to the same lineage, fighting Manigoldo would help Wuxin deepen his application of their techniques.

"Of course! Let's go!"

Manigoldo beckoned with a finger and strode nonchalantly toward the training grounds.

Before long, the two arrived at Sanctuary's training grounds.

This place was far from Sanctuary's central area, right on its outskirts, so there was no fear of damaging Sanctuary. Everyone could cut loose.

Piles of broken rocks lay all around, and the ground was so riddled with pits that there was hardly a flat spot to stand on.

Wuxin and Manigoldo were not the only ones there. Even more hardworking Apprentice Saints had already arrived at the training grounds and started practicing early. Explosions rumbled from time to time all around them.

It was rare to see Manigoldo here, and quite a few Apprentice Saints immediately came over to greet him.

Manigoldo naturally accepted every greeting with pride, without the slightest modesty.

Some Apprentice Saints even plucked up the courage to ask Manigoldo for guidance on training and how to awaken the Sixth Sense.

Although they all knew the general method, everyone's insights differed somewhat. It never hurt to hear more from others.

Manigoldo held nothing back. He immediately sat down on a large boulder and began explaining things to everyone.

After speaking to them for nearly an hour straight, he finally grew a little impatient and sent them away.

"Phew-"

"I finally got rid of them!" Manigoldo let out a long breath.

"What, you don't like explaining cultivation problems to everyone?" Wuxin teased with a smile.

"I'm not that guy Hasgard!"

Manigoldo waved a hand, grabbed a water flask, and took a long swig before continuing, "Once in a while is fine, but if it were like this every day, I really couldn't take it!"