System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

6: Night KillerThat malice, like a cold viper, flickered and vanished in the shadows outside the courtyard wall. If not for Ye Chen’s Divine Soul far surpassing ordinary people, he would have almost been unable to detect it.

He did not act immediately, but instead restrained his own Aura to the extreme, standing still like a boulder in the shadows behind the window, his gaze piercing through the night, locking onto the direction from which that malice came.

The ”Basic Qi Guiding Art” brought not only an increase in spiritual power, but also a high degree of control over his own essence, energy, and spirit.

The opponent was very cautious, appearing to be observing and confirming.

Time passed bit by bit, the night grew deeper, and even the chirping of insects had ceased. Both inside and outside the courtyard, it was deathly silent.

Finally, a black shadow that had almost merged with the night, like a ghost, silently vaulted over the courtyard wall, landing without making the slightest sound. He wore tight-fitting night clothes, his face covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of cold, ruthless eyes, and in his hand, he held a short blade flickering with a ghostly blue, cold light.

Body Tempering Seventh Level! Moreover, his Aura was condensed, and his movements revealed a professional ruthlessness, far from comparable to the likes of Ye Fu.

An assassin!

Ye Chen’s heart jolted. Who sent him? Ye Xiong? Or... Ye Chenfeng from the main family, wanting to cut weeds and eliminate the roots before leaving?

The man in black obviously had some understanding of the courtyard layout; with a few leaps, he accurately crept to the outside of the window of the main house where Ye Chen was. He held his breath and listened intently for a moment; there was no sound inside the room.

A cold light flashed in his eyes. Like a viper emerging from its hole, the short blade silently pried open the window latch. His figure shrank and he slid into the room, his movements as fluid as if he had rehearsed them countless times.

The room was not lit, pitch black. But he could vaguely see, on the bed, the quilt slightly raised, as if someone were sleeping soundly.

The man in black hesitated no longer. Force applied to his feet, his figure erupted, and the poisoned short blade in his hand, carrying a hint of a fishy stench, stabbed straight at the heart of the ”figure” beneath the quilt!

”Swish!”

The short blade easily pierced through the quilt, but the feeling of impact was empty!

Not good! A trap!

The man in black reacted extremely quickly. With the strike missing, he did not hesitate to pull back and retreat.

But just at the moment when his old strength was exhausted and his new strength had yet to form, a cold voice, as if from the Nine Nether Hell, rang out behind him:

”I have been waiting for you for a long time.”

At the same time, a sharp, unparalleled wind from a finger was already pointing toward his back heart acupoint! Before the finger wind even arrived, the sharp Sword Intent it contained had already made his back feel cold, his hair standing on end!

The man in black was terrified, completely not expecting that the target not only had precautions in place, but that his strength far exceeded what the intelligence stated! He forcefully twisted his body, backhanding the short blade to block behind him.

”Ding!”

A crisp sound of metal clashing exploded in the darkness!

Ye Chen’s sword finger accurately tapped the side of the short blade. A sharp, domineering force transmitted through the blade, shaking the man in black’s arm until it went numb, the short blade almost slipping from his hand!

”Quenching Body Realm Sixth Level?! How is this possible!” The man in black exclaimed, his voice cracking. The intelligence clearly stated that this Ye Chen’s martial veins were completely shattered, that he was a cripple, and at most had just recovered a tiny bit of cultivation!

Ye Chen simply did not give him time to think. With one finger blocked, he took advantage of the momentum to change Moves, turning his finger into a palm, and struck towards the opponent’s ribs. This palm strike looked plain and unremarkable, but it contained the pure spiritual power refined by the ”Basic Qi Guiding Art”, the palm wind whistling!

The man in black hurriedly waved his palm to meet it.

”Bang!”

The two palms collided, spiritual power clashing! The man in black felt a force like a landslide and tsunami surging over, far exceeding an ordinary Quenching Body Realm Sixth Level! He let out a muffled groan, his figure uncontrollably retreating ”stomp, stomp, stomp” several steps, knocking over the tables and chairs behind him, his blood and energy churning.

As for Ye Chen, his figure only swayed slightly before he steadied his footing. The difference was immediately clear!

”You... who exactly are you?!” The man in black steadied himself, his eyes filled with shock and uncertainty. The combat experience and quality of spiritual power of the youth before him were both too terrifying.

Ye Chen did not speak, his eyes icy. His footsteps moved, his figure following like a shadow, closing in on the man in black once again. Combining his fingers like a sword, every Move never left the opponent’s vital points! Throat, heart, temples...

The finger wind was sharp, carrying a hissing sound of breaking through the air, weaving a web of death in the small room.

The man in black was forced into a flustered mess, only able to barely support himself by relying on his Body Tempering Seventh Level cultivation and rich experience. The short blade in his hand danced so densely that not even wind could pass through, but every collision made his arms ache and numb, his heart filled with even greater terror.

This youth’s finger technique was simply not like a finger technique, but more like a drawn sharp sword! Tricky, ruthless, accurate!

”I cannot hold back anymore!” A ruthless look flashed in the man in black’s eyes. He knew that if this continued, he was very likely to capsize in the gutter.

He suddenly took a deep breath, the spiritual power within his body circulating madly along a special route, and the ghostly blue light on the short blade in his hand suddenly surged!

”Viper Sting!”

He let out a low roar, his whole person like a pouncing viper, his speed suddenly increasing by a notch. The short blade turned into an eerie blue line, dodging Ye Chen’s finger wind, and stabbed straight at his lower abdomen! This strike contained all his cultivation and killing intent, and was even his trump card Martial Skill!

Facing this sudden, aggressive strike, Ye Chen’s eyes remained calm. His combat instincts from his previous life allowed him to instantly judge the trajectory and weak point of this Move.

He did not take it head-on, nor did he completely dodge.

Just at the moment when the ghostly blue short blade was about to reach his body, his body swayed to the side at a subtle angle. At the same time, his left hand, which had been ready to strike, lashed out like lightning—not to attack, but to accurately and incomparably hook onto the wrist of the man in black holding the blade!

This hook was timed to perfection, exactly when the man in black’s Move was overextended, and his power was between being released and not yet released!

”What?!” The man in black’s pupils shrank; it was too late to change Moves.

Ye Chen’s fingers were like iron pliers, tightly clamping onto his wrist pulse point! A domineering force instantly penetrated, and the man in black only felt his entire arm go numb, his spiritual power circulation suddenly interrupted!

”Let go!”

Ye Chen shouted coldly, his fingers clamping onto the opponent’s pulse point suddenly exerting force and twisting!

”Crack!”

A teeth-grinding sound of bone cracking rang out!

”Ahh—!” The man in black let out a shrill scream, unable to hold the short blade any longer, which fell to the ground with a ”clang”.

Ye Chen did not forgive him after gaining the upper hand. His left hand, which was clamping the broken wrist, pulled back, and his right knee, like a heavy hammer, fiercely struck towards the opponent’s chest and abdomen!

”Pfft!”

The man in black, as if struck by a heavy blow, his body arched like a shrimp, a mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments spraying out wildly. His whole body flew backward, crashing heavily against the wall, sliding softly to the ground, already on the verge of death.

Ye Chen walked forward slowly, looking down at the man in black who was limp like mud, his eyes as cold as ice.

”Who sent you?” His voice carried not a hint of emotion.

The man in black’s mouth was full of blood, his eyes unfocused, but they carried a trace of madness and mockery: ”Heh... heh... you... provoked someone you shouldn’t have... Instructor Lin... will not let you off...”

His words stopped abruptly, his head tilted to one side, and he completely lost his breath. A wisp of black blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth; clearly, he had bitten through a poison sac in his mouth.

”Instructor Lin?” Ye Chen frowned slightly. This name was very unfamiliar; there was no relevant impression in the original owner’s memories. Was it someone by Ye Chenfeng’s side? Or... from another faction?

He squatted down and carefully searched the man in black’s body. Apart from some scattered silver and that poisoned short blade, he did not find any items that could prove his identity. The opponent acted extremely cleanly and efficiently.

After disposing of the corpse and the traces of the fight, Ye Chen returned to the quiet room. His mood did not relax, but instead became even heavier.

”Instructor Lin... enemies in the dark are more troublesome than those out in the open.” He muttered to himself, his eyes sharp, ”I must increase my strength faster!”

This assassination, although neutralized by him, also sounded an alarm for him. Merely hiding in the courtyard to Cultivate was not absolutely safe.

He looked at the System interface, the mission progress of 【Hidden Dragon in the Abyss】 was clearly visible.

”Cultivation, sword skills... both are indispensable!”

After the life-and-death battle with the Body Tempering Seventh Level assassin just now, he felt his application of spiritual power was more proficient, and his Realm was also completely stabilized. The side effects of the Medicinal Pill seemed to have been smoothed out quite a bit by this battle.

”It is time to break through to the Body Tempering Seventh Level!”

He sat cross-legged, swallowed the last essence nurturing pill, and once again immersed himself in Cultivation.

This time, his goal was clearer, and his belief was firmer.

Only strength is the fundamental way to deal with all crises!

The night faded, and the morning light slightly appeared. A new day, accompanied by hidden murderous intent and a desire to become stronger, arrived quietly.