Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 620: Chapter 0620: Kill (Extra Update Request for Monthly Tickets)

“Damn it!”

In the wilderness, Zhou Quan was running at an incredible speed.

He thought he had planned everything perfectly, but he hadn’t expected a ‘ghost’ to be hidden in the ancestral hall.

“No, it shouldn’t be a ‘ghost’, otherwise, I’d be dead. But it’s stronger than the ordinary ‘demon’ and has a strength similar to that of the ‘Demon’…”

Feeling the trend of his blood almost freezing, Zhou Quan’s face was sallow, each breath carrying a large amount of coldness.

“Drink!”

He had no choice but to warm up his blood to get some color back into his face, so he wouldn’t freeze to death!

“Though that strange Soul possesses a Magic Artifact, I have one as well. If it weren’t for the arrival of another enemy, I could have defeated it…”

Zhou Quan felt very regretful.

Just then, he twitched his ear as he heard some noise.

Looking in the direction of Xiaozhai Village, he saw a figure rushing toward him at an incredible speed.

“He’s faster than me? Has he practiced lightness skill?”

Zhou Quan felt that he was under a cloud of bad luck, if it weren’t for his injuries, he could have easily escaped.

But now, he is bound to be caught!

As a Spirit Refining Martial Artist, once he made this judgment, Zhou Quan no longer fled but turned around, reached into his sleeves, and pulled out a black knucklebone, ready to fight!

Whoosh!

He shook his black knucklebone, the joints on it kept growing, turning into a black short spear.

“What a pity… this Magic Artifact is very effective against souls, but its power against humans is mediocre… If it wasn’t for that strange Soul possessing another Magic Artifact to block me, I could have killed it.”

Zhou Quan felt regretful again and was somewhat distracted.

“Something’s not right… my emotions have been affected, the aftermath of the previous fight is more terrible than I expected…”

His pupils contracted, and he immediately saw the figure of the pursuer.

Unexpectedly, the pursuer was very young, probably only fifteen or sixteen years old, and still a teenager.

“Such a young Spirit Refining Martial Artist? A true genius… Perhaps he’ll ‘enter the path’ in the future! This person cannot be left alive!”

In an instant, Zhou Quan made up his mind.

“It’s really you!”

Xu Changqing snorted coldly, “Die!”

At this moment, to say anything else was superfluous. The knife in his hand was the best language!

“How dare you kill an official? Do you want to start a rebellion?”

Zhou Quan roared fiercely.

Indeed, he was an official, and this authority was not false.

Other martial artists might hesitate, which, in a fight, is the most dangerous thing.

But Xu Changqing was different!

He had already made up his mind to kill Zhou Quan, and at this moment, he did not hesitate at all, but instead increased his strength.

Clank!

The longsword met with the short spear, a small notch was cut into the blade, but Zhou Quan’s arm shook, and he swiftly retreated.

“As I suspected, he’s injured, and it’s severe.”

Xu Changqing was overjoyed, “I can kill him!”

He aggressively rushed forward, thrusting his sword, “Evil Dog Pounces!”

Clank!

Zhou Quan’s short spear turned into a shield, scraping bright sparks against the blade, and he took another step back, “Damn… Where did he find the swordsmanship and lightness skill?”

The ordinary ‘Evil Dog Three Styles’ was not worth mentioning in Zhou Quan’s eyes, but Xu Changqing’s technique after Su Lu’s improvement was a bit more intricate than his, which widened the gap.

“Magic Artifact!”

Zhou Quan felt the breath of Death, “Today, the only way I can defeat him is with the Magic Artifact. Victory or defeat… all hangs in the balance! Quick!”

He bit his own tongue, allowing his blood to spurt on the shield.

Woo Woo!

An illusory ghost head surfaced from the dark shield, roaring at Xu Changqing.

“Huh?”

Xu Changqing’s ears were buzzing, feeling as if he had returned to the underworld, in front of that ruin.

His body seemed to freeze and he was unable to move.

This was the Knucklebone Magic Artifact’s other ability-Fascinating God!

Even a Spirit Refining Martial Artist could be shaken, and the effect could last several breaths.

In a high-level confrontation, this could be fatal!

“Wake up!!”

But Xu Changqing was different!

In his mind, a voice suddenly echoed.

His eyes immediately regained clarity, and he saw Zhou Quan rushing up. His body instinctively made a counterattack.

Thud!

A piece of the blade pierced through Zhou Quan’s chest, emerging from his back, stained with blood.

And the spearhead of the short spear had just reached Xu Changqing’s face, just shy of puncturing his eye socket.

“Im…possible!”

Zhou Quan let out a startled cry, slowly falling down.

“Huff Huff…”

Xu Changqing also almost fell headlong to the ground, cold sweat covering his forehead, “Is this the power of a Magic Artifact? If it weren’t for you, Grandpa, waking me up, if it weren’t for my martial arts reaching the Spirit Refining level, and my body instinctively reacting… I’m afraid the one dead would definitely be me!”

“But in this world, there are no ifs. The result is, he died, and you lived.”

Su Lu responded with a light chuckle.

“The original Magic Artifact of Xiaozhai Village. Ha… Truly, avarice leads to death.”

Xu Changqing picked up the black knucklebone and, at the moment of holding it, noticed a slight prickly sensation. The bone patterns on it seem to still be flickering.

“Hmm, this Magic Artifact suits you pretty well.”

Su Lu appraised it and very cheerfully replied, “It can transform into an iron chain, longsword, short spear, shield, etc., and it has extra lethal power against souls. It also has an active Skill – Fascinating God! You’ve already experienced its power just now. As for drawbacks… if you often interact with people and it’s not ‘Sealed’, then every three days it needs to absorb a bowl of blood. Otherwise, it will directly pierce your palm to drink – during a fight!”

“Does it have to be human blood?” Xu Changqing raised an eyebrow.

“No, the blood of chickens, ducks, cows, sheep and other animals will suffice. It’s not picky.” Su Lu answered with a faint smile.

“Then it’s indeed very useful.”

Xu Changqing stowed away the Magic Artifact, then searched Zhou Quan’s body and found some scattered silver and a waistplate, etc.

“I’ll take the silver. It’s better not to be greedy for other things… Grandpa, what about this corpse?” Xu Changqing asked.

“Just dump it in the wild. By nightfall, it will be dismembered by demons… By tomorrow, there won’t be a trace left. As for other methods, you can’t do it now, and there’s no need to think about it.”

The other methods referred to the possible existence of ‘divinators’ in this world, and some tracing techniques.

However, Zhou Quan was only an inspector of rank nine, probably not worth the attention of such high-level practitioners.

Moreover, he was doing bad things this time and was guilty, so maybe he had set up some cover precautions himself.

Even after death, it would probably be classified as ‘missing’ for a long time!

The effort invested by the officialdom in investigating a missing case and a death case is completely different.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Okay.”

Xu Changqing did as he was instructed, took care of the aftermath, and gradually strode back to the village.

The fear brought by the Demonized Creatures gradually faded, and the village chief even prepared to lead the villagers to restart the harvest.

“This is life.”

Xu Changqing sighed with emotion, thinking he had grown a lot.