Chapter 3219 - Ch: 121-130 (good)(cont.)

Chapter 121: Failed Plan

"Rest assured, we will definitely rescue Jiang Yuan!"

There was even a hint of respect in Jiang Heng's tone.

After all, if not for Jiang Yuan, he would probably still be suffering from the Demon God Curse, living a life worse than death!

But now, he had finally recovered to his peak strength.

His gratitude was no less than that of the Ji Beichen.

"Correct!"

Ji Beichen replied in a deep voice.

"Wait, I have a request. For this rescue of Young Friend Jiang, I would like to join you on this mission!"

Just as they were about to set off, Zhuang Beiwang took the initiative to step forward, speaking with a solemn expression.

"President Zhuang?"

Jiang Heng was clearly stunned.

When they had invited Zhuang Beiwang over earlier, he had been somewhat reluctant, and they had paid a heavy price to convince him.

But he hadn't expected the other party to actually want to go and save him now?

However, when Jiang Heng saw that Zhuang Beiwang had become younger, he understood instantly!

For the current Zhuang Beiwang, he lacked nothing in terms of strength, wealth, women, or status.

Yet, even with several hundred years of lifespan, there would eventually come a day when it reached its end.

"After careful consideration, I feel it would be safer to accompany you."

"After all, what I predicted earlier was only Young Friend Jiang's current location!"

"The Demon God Hall acts deviously. If they notice anything unusual and take Young Friend Jiang away beforehand, we will likely lose the trail."

"If I go with you, relying on my Myriad Spirit Saint Masterability, I can track Young Friend Jiang's aura in real-time. Even if they move, I can track them to their new location immediately, ensuring the rescue is foolproof!"

President Zhuang said hurriedly.

These words were reasonable, but they actually hid Zhuang Beiwang's intention to return the favor.

One must know that when he was invited to come earlier, he had only intended to help track Jiang Yuan's whereabouts and had no plans to accompany them further.

But after witnessing the power controlled by the Flame God with his own eyes, his thoughts had completely changed, and naturally, he wanted to befriend the Flame God.

In Zhuang Beiwang's view, the Flame God's level and strength might not be stronger than his, but the special power he controlled was unimaginably powerful.

Not to mention that the greatest threat facing the Class Holders of Dongque City was never the ferocious beasts in the Wilderness Area, but the Abyssal Demon Race from the Rift Abyss Valley.

There, demon armies frequently launched major offensives, and Class Holders inevitably came into contact with things like dark demonic qi during battle, and they had to be even more wary of the various evil methods of the Demon God Hall.

Perhaps one day, the Dark Bone Demon Emperor would even make a comeback.

And the holy purification ability possessed by the Flame God happened to be able to resolve this greatest hidden danger.

As long as one was on good terms with the Flame God, one would not have to worry about life-threatening danger even if one were struck by a Demon God Curse in the future.

Not to mention having the heaven-defying power of "Law of Life - Body Sculpting and Soul Forging".

In this world, who could guarantee that they would never suffer bodily injury or soul damage?

Who could escape the fate of lifespan exhaustion and power decline?

With the Flame God, these problems could all be perfectly solved.

At this moment, in Zhuang Beiwang's eyes, the Flame God's value had already surpassed simple combat power.

Even if the Flame God's combat power was not top-tier, this healing ability alone was more valuable than some Eighth-Turn Class Holders, or even Ninth-Turn Class Holders.

Being able to accompany such an existence and further strengthen their relationship was an excellent opportunity for him personally and for the entire Professionals Guild.

"Since that is the case, I will have to trouble you to accompany us, President Zhuang."

Jiang Yuan was so perceptive that he instantly saw through Zhuang Beiwang's thoughts and nodded inwardly.

Zhuang Beiwang's Myriad Spirit Saint Master ability could indeed compensate for their shortcomings in tracking, and having an additional high-level combatant would increase their chances of a successful rescue.

Of course, for him, the main goal was not the rescue, nor was it to eliminate the Demon God Hall's stronghold.

It was to obtain those two top-tier Skill Scrolls.

Soul Suppression Technique and Light-Breaking Technique!

"I will do my utmost!"

A flash of joy crossed Zhuang Beiwang's eyes.

As the words fell, the five figures of the Flame God, Jiang Heng, Xiang Nan, Zhuang Beiwang, and the Ji Beichenflashed simultaneously, turning into several brilliant streams of light that tore through the sky, moving at extreme speed towards the northern part of Dongque City.

All five were experts, and flying through the air was a basic ability for them.

Although the Flame God was not a true high-level expert, with his Gale Technique, his speed was even faster than the others.

Even if he hadn't needed to wait for them, he could have used Void Blink to head directly to Luoxia Town.

...

At this moment, inside the Demon God Hall stronghold hidden deep underground in the western part of Luoxia Town, there was chaos.

Several demon cultivators dressed in black robes surrounded the "Jiang Yuan" on the stone platform, looking at the body that had steady breathing but absolutely no soul fluctuations, their faces full of confusion and anxiety.

"What is going on here?"

"Why can't we feel the existence of his soul!"

A burly black-robed person spoke first, his voice filled with suppressed rage.

"I told you all to go easy! Now that you've killed him, how are we supposed to threaten the Flame God! Our plan is completely ruined!"

Another tall and thin black-robed person turned to glare at the companion responsible for the action, rebuking him angrily.

Everyone's expressions were extremely ugly, and all eyes were focused on the black-robed person holding the magic-patterned spike.

The latter waved his hands hurriedly, defending himself in an urgent tone: "Impossible! I only planted the Demon God Mark seed; my force and energy control were perfect! It's impossible that I killed him!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward to carefully examine the "Jiang Yuan" body again, and his expression suddenly changed, exclaiming in shock.

"This guy's soul has disappeared, I don't know how! And... I just checked carefully, he is not a true body of flesh and blood at all, he must be some kind of energy clone!"

"A clone?"

The black-robed people present were all shocked.

"It's likely that the Flame God left some special means for this kid beforehand, allowing him to trigger a secret technique and escape this place when his life was in danger!"

The tall and thin black-robed person said through gritted teeth.

"We went to so much trouble, even exposing so many secret agents lurking in Dongque City, and you're telling me that what we caught was just an energy clone?"

A black-robed person kicked the stone table next to him, and it shattered instantly.

"And we were planning to write a letter to threaten the Flame God! When he sees the letter, won't he laugh us to death!"

Rage spread within the stronghold, and several black-robed people turned their gazes in unison towards Qin Nishang and Lin Mo, who were standing in the corner.

"Why are you looking at us?"

"We also acted according to the plan; there were no mistakes in the steps of luring Jiang Yuan out of the academy and into the private room!"

"At least when we caught him, he was definitely a real person! Who knew that your subsequent operations would cause the person to vanish!"

Qin Nishang frowned, stepped forward, and retorted coldly, "I'm not taking the blame for this."

"Exactly! It was clearly your operational mistake, why blame us?"

Lin Mo also chimed in, his expression equally unfriendly.

Both sides stuck to their own arguments, arguing endlessly, but they couldn't reach any conclusion.

"Enough, stop arguing! The facts are before us; it seems this plan has completely failed!"

Finally, a black-robed person who appeared to be the leader of the stronghold raised his hand to stop the argument, his face so gloomy it could drip water.

His words made everyone instantly quiet down, and expressions of dejection appeared on their faces.

Chapter 122: Ice Seal Law! Sealing the entire Luoxia Town!

"What should we do now?"

"This commotion is huge, we've definitely alerted the enemy!"

"I received news from Dongque City that the entire city is conducting a massive search, and even some of our most deeply hidden sleeper agents have been discovered!"

"It won't be so easy to control Jiang Yuan or threaten the Flame God in the future!"

Someone asked in a low voice, their tone filled with panic.

"We'll worry about the future later!" the leader in the black robe said in a deep voice.

"For now, let's keep a low profile and try to evade the pursuit of Dongque City and the Federation."

"The risk of this hideout being exposed is extremely high; I'm afraid it will be discovered sooner or later, so we have no choice but to abandon it."

"I think we should pack up our things and leave here immediately!"

This proposal was immediately agreed upon by everyone; after all, no one wanted to stay in a place that could be surrounded and wiped out at any moment.

But just as they were turning to pack their things, a deafening, thunderous roar suddenly came from above!

The entire basement trembled violently, stones from the ceiling fell continuously, and terrifying energy fluctuations surged in like a tide.

Even the spatial restriction formation in the underground space made a crisp cracking sound under the impact of this power and completely shattered!

Several black-robed figures could not dodge in time and were instantly crushed to death on the spot by falling rocks.

"No way..."

A black-robed figure's face turned pale, his voice trembling, "How... how did they come so quickly?!"

Seeing this, the others' expressions turned ashen, but the next moment, they scattered in all directions like birds and beasts.

For the members of the Demon God Hall, no matter how covertly they acted, it was impossible not to be discovered forever.

After all, the official power of Dongque City was there; if they were pushed to the brink, they would launch a comprehensive search, and finding their location was only a matter of time.

But they never expected that the Flame God and the others would arrive so quickly, so fast that they didn't even have time to pack their things and evacuate.

...

After Jiang Yuan and his group set off.

In just the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the five of them crossed the distance between Dongque City and Minghua City.

At this moment, high above Luoxia Town, five tall figures stood, the terrifying aura radiating from their bodies causing the very heavens and earth to change color!

The leader, enveloped in crimson-gold flames, was none other than the Flame God; the scorching power of the flames caused the surrounding air to distort and steam.

To his left, Dragon Language Emperor Jiang Heng stood atop the head of a massive golden dragon, its scales shimmering and dragon might awe-inspiring; every breath it took drove the fluctuations of spiritual energy in the heavens and earth.

Beside him was the Shadowy Blade Emperor, whose figure was as elusive as a ghost; he held a sharp precious sword, and faint black-gray sword qi lingered around him, his aura concealed yet extremely lethal.

On the other side, Mad Blood War Emperor Xiang Nanwas covered in blood-red light, his violent blood qi surging straight into the clouds like wolf smoke, his battle intent almost piercing the sky.

The last person was the Myriad Spirit Saint Master Zhuang Beiwang, who was suffused with tiny starlight spots, clutching a starlight scepter, his eyes sharp as stars.

The group's gazes fell upon the town below.

Luoxia Town looked peaceful at the moment, with the townspeople going about their business as usual.

But if one sensed carefully, one could detect a faint trace of abyssal demon energy permeating the air; it seemed this Demon God Hall hideout was indeed hidden here.

Of course, only those whose strength reached their level could clearly perceive it.

If it were a Class Holder below the high rank, it would be difficult to detect.

"To prevent the people from the Demon God Hall from escaping, why don't I set up an Ice Seal Domain first?" Zhuang Beiwang raised his hand and waved the starlight staff in his hand.

"Let me do it!" Jiang Yuan immediately spoke up.

Although Zhuang Beiwang could set up formations, sealing the entire town would require some preparation time.

"Ten Thousand Years of Ice Seal: Law Imprisonment!" Jiang Yuan said coldly, his voice resounding through the heavens and earth, imbued with the Ice Sealing Law Power.

As his words fell, he slowly raised his hand, and the pale blue law halo around his body suddenly surged; the terrifying origin power of the Ice Sealing Law poured out, instantly covering the sky above the entire Luoxia Town.

Countless pale blue ice crystals condensed out of thin air, weaving at an extremely fast speed into a huge icy canopy, completely enveloping the entire Luoxia Town and forming an Ice Seal Domain that stretched for ten thousand miles.

This Ten Thousand Years of Ice Seal: Law Imprisonmentfully mobilized the origin of the Ice Sealing Law and the Ice Sealing Law Power.

Unless the enemy's strength was very high, or they controlled the same level of law power, there was no way they could break through the Ice Seal Domain!

Within the domain, the temperature plummeted to the extreme, the air was frozen into ice crystal particles, and even the air between heaven and earth was completely imprisoned; any living being would have their movement, even the circulation of blood within their bodies, severely suppressed.

More importantly, this Ice Seal Domain could not only seal space but also create an absolute imprisonment effect!

Whether they wanted to dig a hole from the ground to escape or try to break through and flee from the air, they would be instantly frozen into ice sculptures, unable to escape the shackles of the Ice Sealing Law, even their souls.

With the Ice Seal Technique boosted by one million times, let alone sealing a small Luoxia Town, even sealing a large city with a population of several million was a piece of cake for him.

The Flame God went all out to release this Ice Seal Domain right from the start, directly cutting off all retreat routes for the people of the Demon God Hall, ensuring they could not escape even with wings.

"Flame God, although Luoxia Town is a hideout for the Demon God Hall, there are still many ordinary people in the town!" Jiang Heng's eyes revealed a hint of shock.

He didn't expect the Flame God to seal the entire Luoxia Town with just a wave of his hand, without needing the long incantations and casting actions like other mages.

This kind of instantaneous release of high-level Skills and powerful strength was something even he, as a Dragon Language Emperor, could not achieve.

At this moment, looking around, it was a world of ice and snow, with the scope of Luoxia Town as the boundary of the domain, completely sealing the inside from the outside; the inside and outside were two completely different worlds.

Even though Jiang Heng had already recovered to the strength of a Ninth Rank Emperor, he still felt a piercing chill constantly attacking him.

He felt not only the cold, but his body's strength was also significantly suppressed.

He had indeed previously thought that the Flame God was strong, but no matter how strong, he was only a Seventh Rank Saint, and it was impossible for him to be a match for a dignified Dragon Language Emperor.

But now, if he were to fight Jiang Yuan within this Ice Seal Domain, Jiang Heng could not guarantee that he would definitely win against the Flame God.

What's more, the level of power the Flame God controlled was not only high but also varied.

As far as he knew, the Flame God's power included not only the Flame Dragon that could release destructive flames, but also life-healing abilities that could erase the Demon God Curse, a Spirit Ruins Azure Phoenix from the Spirit Ruin Realm, and the power to control the undead.

Not to mention, the Ice Seal Domain released at this moment contained the Ice Sealing Law Power, which was simply terrifying.

As a mage, learning so many types of Skills at the same time could be said to be very eclectic.

But although the Flame God learned a wide variety of things, he had cultivated every single ability to the extreme, and that was what was truly terrifying!

Chapter 123: Let's Start with a Heaven Burning MeteorCarpet Bombing

Not only Jiang Heng, but the others also felt the suffocating oppressive force of the Ice Seal Domain and could not help but marvel at the power of the laws controlled by Flame God.

At their level, they had actually all gradually come into contact with the power of laws!

However, being able to come into contact with the power of laws did not mean one could control the power of laws.

Even many high-level experts might not be able to control a single law of power in their entire lives.

Compared to that, for Flame God, a mere 'Saint Mage', to control so many laws of power was simply inconceivable.

"Rest assured, I will not harm innocent civilians!" Jiang Yuan said calmly.

Although the Demon God Hall was hiding in Luoxia Town, not everyone in the entire town belonged to the Demon God Hall.

Furthermore, Luoxia Town belonged to the jurisdiction of Minghua City, and Minghua City was a satellite city of Dongque City.

Strictly speaking, Luoxia Town belonged to the territory of Dongque City.

Here, Jiang Yuan's 'Guardian of the Eastern Gate' achievement title could be put to use.

If they were fighting against the Demon God Hall, once a battle started, it would be inevitable to accidentally injure ordinary people.

This situation was unavoidable; even if the Federation officials came, they would not be able to blame them.

But if ordinary people were killed in a non-combat situation,

if something like that got out, it would ultimately have a certain impact on one's reputation.

He certainly did not want to bear the bad reputation of killing the innocent indiscriminately.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan's control over the Ice Seal Domainwas extremely high; as long as it was not his subjective control, it would not harm ordinary people.

Otherwise, once Jiang Yuan's Ice Seal Domain was unleashed, sweeping out an extreme cold storm, the entire population of Luoxia Town would likely have frozen to death.

Unlike now, where he was only using the Ice Seal Domainto seal off Luoxia Town, preventing people from entering or leaving, which only caused the temperature inside the town to drop without freezing anyone.

Luoxia Town looked calm at the moment, but the civilians inside had long been frightened by the auras of the five powerful experts above and the sudden chill, causing them to hide in their homes and bolt their doors and windows.

Some military and guild members stationed here hurriedly sent messages to Minghua City.

Some even tried to ride flying mounts up to negotiate with them.

But those flying mounts simply collapsed to the ground, not daring to move at all.

"Let me dig out their specific location!"

Zhuang Beiwang did not delay at all, raising his hand to wave the Star Scepter in his hand and whispering a few short spells.

The star core at the top of the scepter suddenly lit up, and a thin but pure starlight swept towards Luoxia Townbelow. It was the precise detection technique of the Myriad Spirit Saint Master, used to further determine the specific location of the Demon God Hall's stronghold.

"Sorry for the trouble, President Zhuang!" Jiang Yuan said in a flat tone.

Although Luoxia Town was not as big as a Base City, there were quite a few people in the town, about several tens of thousands.

Most of these people had Federation status and it was impossible for all of them to be members of the Demon God Hall.

If Luoxia Town was entirely made up of Demon God Hallpersonnel, the Federation would have sent people to wipe them out long ago!

"Found it, it's underground at the abandoned mine in the west of the town!"

A sharp glint flashed in Zhuang Beiwang's eyes.

Humanity's reclamation in the Wilderness Area was not about establishing towns randomly; they were basically centered around certain resource points.

The most common ones were mines with abundant resources, where villages and towns were established nearby.

"There is a spatial restriction array laid out underground, masking the aura fluctuations, but it cannot escape the detection of the starlight."

Zhuang Beiwang added.

"These bastards from the Demon God Hall sure know how to hide!"

"But that's fine too. Hiding in a place far away from residential areas actually makes it convenient for us to take action!"

Ji Beichen chimed in from the side.

"Break the array directly, no need to cover it up!"

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and the crimson-gold flames became even more intense.

"Let's start with a Heaven Burning Meteor carpet bombing!"

Jiang Yuan looked down at the abandoned mine.

At this moment, as his gaze swept over the mine, the people living there all carried some demonic aura, dark energy, or some kind of demonic markings on them.

Without a doubt, this was the hiding place of the Demon God Hall members.

And the place where his clone was being held was right beneath this underground.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand directly and released the Heaven Burning Meteor. The sky was instantly torn open by a blood-red rift, and meteorites burning with Burning Heaven Flames fell from mid-air.

Now, the amplification multiplier of his Fireball Spell had already exceeded one hundred times.

The power was incomparably stronger than before!

The blood-red rift in the sky was like the gaping maw of a giant beast, and the scorching heat wave fell before the meteorites, baking the air in the western area of Luoxia Town until it twisted and churned.

Those meteorites burning with Burning Heaven Flameswere each like a small volcano, with crimson-gold magma flowing on their surfaces, wrapped in shrill whistling sounds as they smashed into the ground.

"Hiss!"

Watching this Heaven Burning Meteor, even Jiang Hengand the others felt their scalps tingle, and they even felt a significant threat.

"Flame God, you should be careful..."

Jiang Heng could not help but speak up.

"Why don't we take action instead? We can find them and kill them one by one to ensure we can successfully rescue Jiang Yuan!"

The power of this fire magic from Flame God was indeed outrageously strong.

But what they were more worried about was that Flame God's apprentice, Jiang Yuan, might get crushed to death by the meteorites!

"No worries!"

Jiang Yuan replied calmly, his gaze fixed downward.

The first to suffer were the crude work sheds and ore piles on the edge of the abandoned mine. The wooden frames of the sheds turned to ashes the moment they touched the flames, and the piled-up ore was smashed apart by the meteorites like scattered sand, sending debris and sparks flying everywhere.

The screams had not even fully spread before they were swallowed by even more violent explosions.

The moment the meteorites landed, the Burning Heaven Flames suddenly exploded, forming a sea of fire with a radius of hundreds of zhang. The flames spread along the mine's pits and tunnels, engulfing discarded pickaxes, piled-up slag, and even the figures hiding in the corners of the mine caves.

The smell of burnt flesh, the crackling sound of ore being roasted, and the rumbling sound of mine tunnels collapsing intertwined to form a symphony of destruction.

The once relatively orderly mine area was instantly blasted with deep craters by the meteorites, with magma churning at the bottom of the pits, and the steaming heat waves scorching everything around to a charred black.

Some Demon God Hall cultists tried to mobilize dark energy to resist, but those condensed dark shields were like snow meeting the scorching sun in front of the Burning Heaven Flames, instantly dissolving into nothingness. The holders were also engulfed by the flames, turning into human torches struggling and roaring in the sea of fire, eventually leaving only a pool of black ash.

Even worse, some were hit directly and their bodies were instantly crushed into pulp by the meteorites, without even a chance to scream.

Even the underground world that the Demon God Hall had painstakingly built, along with the spatial array that prevented communication with the outside world, was destroyed by this Heaven Burning Meteor.

The violent impact was transmitted from the ground to the underground. The light screen of the array flickered violently, its runes breaking inch by inch like shattered glass. The underground tunnels collapsed with a roar, and countless debris and magma poured in through the cracks, completely dispelling the darkness underground, leaving only a sea of fire and ruins.

In this area, they were either people from the Demon God Hall or had close ties with the Demon God Hall.

Even if all these people were killed, not a single one was innocent.

Chapter 124: Demon Blood Asura

The scene of the mine west of Luoxia Town being bombarded by flaming meteors was witnessed by everyone in the entire town.

The Class Holders who lived there year-round or were just passing through all wore expressions of shock, their bodies trembling violently.

They had never felt such terrifying auras, and they could even clearly perceive that death was rapidly approaching.

"My God, what kind of magic is this? It's absolutely terrifying!"

Someone screamed, their voice filled with uncontrollable fear.

"It's at least Seventh Rank; it might even be a forbidden spell!"

A Class Holder wearing leather armor and carrying a long sword on his back turned pale, his tone heavy with disbelief.

"Why would an expert of this caliber come to a small place like our Luoxia Town!"

Some were full of confusion, but most were simply terrified.

"I don't know, but luckily, it seems all those meteors are hitting the direction of the mine!"

Another person suddenly spoke up, their tone revealing a hint of relief at having survived a disaster.

"That's right, if they had hit the town, I'm afraid none of us would have survived!"

Everyone chimed in, the fear on their faces easing slightly, though they were still shaken.

"Quickly report to Minghua City that an unknown expert is attacking Luoxia Town..."

A middle-aged man who appeared to be the leader reacted, hurriedly instructing those around him, his voice slightly hoarse from nervousness.

"Guild Master, I don't know why, but the signal has completely disappeared. Furthermore, the entire town is sealed off; we can't get out at all!"

The people inside the town were all terrified. The once relatively peaceful town had completely descended into chaos and panic due to this earth-shattering bombardment.

At the abandoned mine!

As the Heaven Burning Meteor fell, many people from the Demon God Hall perished.

Even the spatial array underground was completely shattered, and countless flames poured into the underground world.

Immediately, dark shadows crawled out from the underground mine tunnels and fled in all directions. If they had been even a step slower, they would have been roasted alive underground.

When they escaped, they felt an intense cold rapidly wash over them, forcing them to experience the dual torture of ice and fire.

But they couldn't think about much right now, especially when they saw those figures with terrifying auras in the high sky. They were filled with fear, never expecting that death would descend upon them so quickly.

At this moment, they all regretted it; they should never, ever have targeted the Flame God!

Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it now!

"Kill!"

Seeing this, Jiang Heng and the others all took action, pursuing and killing them, not letting a single person escape!

Jiang Yuan took a quick look and then swiftly rushed into the underground of the abandoned mine. Amidst the intricate, ruined tunnels, he finally found his clone in a dilapidated stone chamber.

The Demon God Hall members were fleeing in all directions and had not taken this soulless clone of Jiang Yuan with them.

After all, the clone had completely lost its value.

And the Flame God's act of unleashing the Heaven Burning Meteor to carpet-bomb the area made the Demon God Hall think that the Flame God didn't care about the life or death of the clone at all.

As for why Jiang Yuan came to find the clone immediately, there was naturally a reason.

One was to ensure the clone was okay; after all, this was 'Jiang Yuan'.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand and shot out a bolt of lightning, and the clone completely 'came to life'.

This time, he had the Profound Thunder War Spirit, which possessed autonomous combat capabilities, control the clone.

Who knew if the Demon God seed mark left on the clone would affect him.

Subsequently, Jiang Yuan released a Water Healing Spellimbued with the power of the Law of Life - Body Sculpting and Soul Forging to completely clear all hidden dangers within the clone, and the Demon God seed mark was thoroughly removed.

This was much easier than removing a Demon God Curse!

Another reason was to find Qin Nishang and retrieve those two Skill Scrolls.

Swish!

Jiang Yuan ignored the clone and swiftly rushed out of the underground mine. He scanned the dark shadows fleeing in all directions and finally spotted Qin Nishang.

However, fleeing with Qin Nishang was another figure wearing a black cloak with demonic patterns.

That figure was surrounded by dark demonic qi so thick it couldn't be dispersed, and their aura was as majestic as a mountain. Jiang Yuan carefully sensed it, and his heart immediately understood.

This strength and aura were not weak at all; it was definitely above Sixth-Turn!

"I didn't expect this Demon God Hall stronghold to actually have a big fish!"

Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he pondered to himself.

Don't look at Dongque City, where there are quite a few high-level Class Holders of Seventh Rank and above.

However, no matter where they are, Seventh Rank Class Holders are considered experts.

After all, in the entire Dongque City with a population of up to 60 million, the number of high-level experts is just that small.

It's just that the people the Flame God comes into contact with are of a higher level, which creates the illusion that everyone he sees is a high-level expert.

Even the renowned Divine Wing Battle Team in Dongque City, including Qi Qingyang and the other Class Holders, are only at the Sixth-Turn.

Even in Shanhai City, let alone Seventh Rank high-level experts, there isn't even a single Sixth-Turn!

Swish!

Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate at all. Flames surged around his body, and a Heaven Burning Meteor swiftly descended from the sky, carrying a destructive, scorching aura, and bombarded the figure in the demonic-patterned cloak!

That figure was the highest manager of the Demon God Hall in this location, a rare Seventh Rank Class Holderwho had fused with abyss darkness power, and his class was Demon Blood Asura.

This race uses their own demonic blood as a source of power; by stimulating the demonic blood, they can unleash combat power far exceeding their own in a short time.

At this moment, feeling the terrifying might of the Burning Heaven Flames, he dared not be the least bit negligent. He let out a low demonic roar, his dark demonic qi instantly surged, and at the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of pitch-black demonic blood.

The demonic blood instantly turned into a thick dark demonic shield in the air. With a loud bang, the Burning Heaven Flames slammed heavily onto the shield.

The violent energy shockwave spread in all directions, sending surrounding rubble flying everywhere.

The dark demonic shield cracked inch by inch and finally shattered with a crash. The Demon Blood Asura was violently blasted away by the shockwave, crashing into the stone chamber wall, and spat out a mouthful of black blood, clearly having sustained significant injuries.

However, this Demon Blood Asura did not retaliate in a rage; instead, a trace of extreme fear flashed in his eyes.

After escaping from the underground, he discovered that above the mine, there were several terrifying auras countless times stronger than his own. That pressure was like the sky collapsing, making his hair stand on end.

He had no desire to tangle with Jiang Yuan; he only wanted to escape this place of trouble as quickly as possible, so he immediately turned and continued to flee.

Watching the figure of this Seventh Rank Demon God expert fleeing, Jiang Yuan did not immediately pursue.

The entire Luoxia Town was sealed off by the Ice Seal Domain; the opponent simply couldn't escape.

Jiang Yuan moved, turning into a green shadow, and instantly appeared beside Qin Nishang, who was frozen in place with fear.

"Hand over the Skill Scroll!"

Before Qin Nishang could react, Jiang Yuan grabbed her, reached out to choke her neck, and shouted in a cold tone.

Qin Nishang had already been scared out of her wits by the battle and bombardment just now, and now, being firmly grasped by Jiang Yuan, she felt her whole body go limp.

Chapter 125: Obtaining the Top-tier Skill Scroll

"I can give you the items, but you must let me go!"

Her beautiful face was drained of all color from fear, and her lips trembled slightly as she pleaded with a sobbing tone.

"Fine!"

Jiang Yuan's voice remained completely calm; the simple two-word response carried an unquestionable authority.

"You... you must swear an oath!"

A flash of wild joy first flickered in Qin Nishang's eyes, but it was instantly replaced by doubt.

She truly could not believe that the ruthless powerhouse before her would actually let her go, and her tone carried a hint of urgency and unease.

"Take it out. This is your only chance to survive!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't be bothered to entangle with her further. His tone grew colder, and his hand, gripping her neck, tightened slightly, exerting an irresistible pressure.

When killing a Class Holder, a portion of the items in their spatial storage will drop.

However, another portion will vanish along with the Class Holder's death as their spatial bag dissipates.

Therefore, killing to plunder treasures carries a certain degree of uncertainty.

"H-here... take it!"

Qin Nishang's body stiffened as she instantly realized the reality of the situation.

She had no room for any bargaining.

In her panic, she pulled two scrolls emitting a faint spiritual light from her bosom and handed them to Jiang Yuan with trembling hands.

In Qin Nishang's view, although these two Skill Scrolls were top-tier, they were ultimately only First Rank.

Compared to her own life, these items were simply not worth mentioning.

Even if it only bought a slim chance of survival, it was worth it for her.

Jiang Yuan reached out and took the scrolls. The moment his fingertips touched them, his gaze swept over them, confirming they were exactly what he wanted, and the corner of his mouth curled into a subtle smile.

This trip was certainly not in vain!

"You may go!"

Jiang Yuan released his grip on Qin Nishang's neck, his tone returning to indifference.

"Ah?"

Qin Nishang was stunned, seemingly unable to process this sudden turn of events.

After a moment of daze, wild joy instantly swept over her, and without even waiting to say another word, she turned and sprinted into the distance.

She never expected that this terrifyingly powerful expert would actually keep his promise!

However, before Qin Nishang could run very far, a loud noise suddenly came from the rock layer above her head, and a scorching red light pierced through the rock and fell down!

It was a small flame meteorite!

The meteorite struck her precisely. Accompanied by a short, sharp scream, Qin Nishang's figure was instantly swallowed by flames, eventually turning into a puddle of mangled flesh, leaving not even a corpse behind.

"Want to leave? You have to have the chance!"

Jiang Yuan's gaze instantly turned toward the direction the Demon Blood Asura had fled, a cold arc forming at the corner of his mouth as he sneered.

Jiang Yuan's mind stirred, and he exerted his full control over the flame meteorites still falling from the sky.

The meteorites, originally plummeting toward the mine, abruptly changed direction. Each crimson-gold meteorite had molten lava flowing over its surface, trailing dark red fire tails dozens of zhang long, resembling a swarm of fire dragons.

They carved scorching arcs in mid-air, densely pursuing the fleeing figure of the Demon Blood Asura.

Wherever the meteorites passed, the air hissed from the intense heat, and the rubble and vegetation along the way were instantly ignited, forming a winding belt of fire that illuminated the world in a deep crimson.

"As expected of a Seventh Rank dark Class Holder, with the added blessing of the Abyssal Demon Race bloodline, his strength is indeed a notch above ordinary human Seventh Rank Class Holders."

Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking to himself.

Most of what he had slain before were Abyssal monsters or pure Abyssal Demon Race, and this was his first time facing a human Seventh Rank powerhouse who had undergone Class Advancement into a dark Demon Race profession.

He wanted to see exactly what difference there was between such dark Class Holders who betrayed humanity to join the Abyssal Demon Race and orthodox human powerhouses.

The flame meteorites in the sky pursued relentlessly like a prairie fire, each one slamming toward the Demon Blood Asura with world-destroying power.

The Demon Blood Asura was already injured, and now being pursued by the swarm of meteorites, he roared with a ferocious expression. His hands quickly formed seals, the dark demonic qi around his body surged wildly, and he simultaneously spat out a large mouthful of pitch-black demon blood.

The demon blood condensed into layers upon layers of dark demon shields in the air, but before they could fully form, the first meteorite crashed down.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the outermost demon shield shattered instantly. The shockwave sent the Demon Blood Asurastumbling, and black blood spilled from his mouth again.

He dared not stop for even a second. He stomped his feet hard against the ground, using the recoil to retreat rapidly while continuously spitting out demon blood to condense demon shields, attempting to block the meteorites' pursuit.

But the meteorites controlled by Jiang Yuan were numerous and immensely powerful.

The demon shields were smashed through as soon as they condensed, shattering instantly.

A meteorite grazed his shoulder and smashed into the ground; the exploding flames ignited his cloak, and the scorching high temperature charred his skin black. Enduring the excruciating pain, he backhanded the flames to extinguish them, his eyes filled with despair and madness.

The subsequent meteorites arrived one after another like a rainstorm. His demon blood sprayed less and less, his dark demonic qi became increasingly thin, and the defenses he condensed grew weaker and weaker.

Finally, a meteorite the size of a millstone broke through his last defense and slammed heavily onto his left shoulder.

Crack.

A piercing sound of bone cracking rang out. His left shoulder was instantly smashed into a bloody mess, and half of his body was numbed by the shock.

He stumbled and fell to the ground. Just as he tried to struggle to his feet, several meteorites crashed around him. The violent explosions sent his body flying, with the sounds of shattering bones, screams, and explosions interweaving together.

In the end, the Demon Blood Asura's demon blood was completely exhausted, the dark demonic qi around his body was so weak it was almost invisible, and he could no longer condense any defense.

Accompanied by a series of deafening explosions, his figure was completely swallowed by the sky-filling flame meteorites. His body was forcefully blasted into countless fragments by the high temperature and impact; the splashing flesh and blood were burned to ash by the raging flames before they could even hit the ground, leaving only a pungent, scorched smell in the air.

Looking at the airspace swallowed by flames, Jiang Yuan's eyes were indifferent, and he thought disdainfully.

Even a Seventh Rank Class Holder who has defected to the Abyssal Demon Race and undergone Class Advancement into a dark Demon Race profession is nothing more than this.

Before him, they are still vulnerable.

Refusing to be a proper human and choosing to be a lackey for the Abyssal Demon Race, ending up like this is purely deserved!

The battle ended quickly.

After all, they had five high-level powerhouses acting simultaneously.

Three of them were authentic Ninth Rank Emperor-level powerhouses.

The strongest of the dark path Class Holders within the Demon God Hall stronghold was merely that Seventh Rank Demon Blood Asura.

The rest were all below the Seventh Rank, so naturally, they could not be opponents.

"I didn't expect that such a small Luoxia Town would actually hide so many people from the dark path!"

Jiang Heng looked at the corpses of the dark path Class Holders covering the ground, but he couldn't feel happy at all.

This time, when they raided the Demon God Hallstronghold, they originally thought it would just be a group of small fries.

They never expected that there would be so many people in this stronghold; the Demon God Hall personnel they killed numbered around five hundred.

The strongest among them was unexpectedly a Seventh Rank Demon Blood Asura.

For these big shots, the Seventh Rank was indeed not worth looking at.

But if placed in Luoxia Town, or even Minghua City, they would absolutely be unstoppable.

Dongque City is near the Rift Abyss Valley, so it's not surprising that there are hidden Demon God Hallpersonnel colluding with the Abyssal Demon Race in the shadows.

But what is shocking is that such a large stronghold was not discovered by the authorities?

If this group of dark path Class Holders were to cause chaos one day, I'm afraid the entire Minghua City would fall, affecting millions of common people!

Chapter 126: Returning to Shanhai City

"It seems it's time to conduct a thorough investigation and carry out a massive purge!"

"Otherwise, the entire Dongque City will soon be riddled with holes by the Demon God Hall!"

"I fear that one day, when the Abyssal Demon Race army appears in the Rift Abyss Valley again, the rear will have already fallen before the front line is even breached!"

Zhuang Beiwang's voice was low.

As the guild master of the professionals guild of Dongque City, he was duty-bound in this matter.

Dealing with the Abyssal Demon Race and striking against the Demon God Hall was precisely within his scope of duty.

Furthermore, the fact that so many Demon God Hallmembers were hiding in Luoxia Town was not only a dereliction of duty by the officials of Dongque City and Minghua City, but he, as the guild master of the professionals guild, also bore responsibility for the lack of investigation!

"We truly need to carry out a proper reorganization!"

"After we return, I will have Jiang Yao summon the high-level officials of Dongque City and the surrounding satellite cities to discuss this thoroughly!"

"We must root out all Demon God Hall personnel hiding within the territory of Dongque City!"

Jiang Heng said with a cold, piercing gaze.

The Jiang Yao he mentioned was his grandson, the current city lord of Dongque City.

After speaking, Jiang Heng looked to the other side, his gaze softening slightly. "Flame God, is your disciple Jiang Yuan alright?"

"He's fine!"

At this moment, Jiang Yuan had scoured the entire battlefield, killing all members of the Demon God Hall, including the Demon Blood Asura.

It wasn't that he was bloodthirsty, but rather that the Demon God Hall stood in opposition to the Federation and all of humanity; they were enemies from a hostile faction, and none of them were innocent.

Moreover, if he didn't silence them, it would inevitably expose the secret of his clone.

Because of this, Jiang Yuan naturally wouldn't leave a single survivor.

While he was speaking, a figure emerged from underground—it was undoubtedly 'Jiang Yuan'—and he raised his hand to greet Jiang Heng and the others.

"That's good to hear!"

Jiang Heng and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Jiang Yuan wasn't dead, even if he sustained severe injuries, Flame God could save him.

Even if Jiang Yuan had been struck by a Demon God Seed mark, a soul mark that was countless times weaker than the Demon God Curse, they believed Flame God could easily erase it.

"I am the city lord of Minghua City!"

"May I ask which sacred personage has come to my Minghua City?"

"And for what reason are you blockading Luoxia Town?"

Just then, outside Luoxia Town, a group of Class Holders riding flying mounts appeared!

The leader was none other than the city lord of Minghua City.

A Sixth-Turn Class Holder.

Although Minghua City was only a satellite city, because it was under the jurisdiction of Dongque City and was not too far from it, the city lord's rank was slightly higher than that of Shanhai City.

"I am Jiang Heng, and I have come to destroy the Demon God Hall stronghold!"

"You have arrived just in time to handle the aftermath!"

"Furthermore, place the entire Luoxia Town under military lockdown and conduct a strict screening of everyone in the town; not a single fish that slipped through the net must be allowed to escape!"

Jiang Heng's voice was like a booming bell, majestic and imposing.

Falling into the ears of the arriving Minghua City lord and the others, it sounded like a thunderclap.

Even the flying mounts they were riding trembled violently, almost falling from the high altitude, and it took quite a bit of flapping for them to barely steady themselves.

"So it is Senior Jiang!"

"Senior, please rest assured. We will immediately conduct a thorough investigation of all of Luoxia Town and will not let a single remnant of the Demon God Hall escape!"

Cold sweat streamed down the forehead of the Minghua City lord.

The incident at the Dongque City dungeon a few days ago had caused quite a stir.

Aside from the rising name of Flame God, there was also the reappearance of the three great figures from hundreds of years ago, including Jiang Heng.

Regarding this former city lord of Dongque City, the Minghua City lord naturally could not afford to be the slightest bit negligent!

Although both were city lords, one was former and one was current.

Yet their statuses were worlds apart.

Even, Jiang Heng only needed one slap to kill him.

With a single word, he could have him, the city lord of Minghua City, dismissed.

"Flame God, what do you think of handling this matter this way?"

Jiang Heng looked at the figure shrouded in crimson-gold radiance.

Standing beside him was indeed Jiang Yuan.

"That will do!"

Jiang Yuan said indifferently.

In any case, the Demon God Hall stronghold had been destroyed, and everyone from the Demon God Hall was dead.

And he had already obtained the Skill Scroll he had been longing for!

As for how to handle the aftermath, that was an internal matter for Dongque City.

Jiang Yuan didn't care about that, and he couldn't be bothered to intervene.

"Since this matter is concluded!"

"I am going to take my disciple back to Shanhai City!"

Jiang Yuan added.

"Ah, this!"

"Are you dissatisfied with our handling plan!?"

"Or have we slighted you in any way?"

"You can speak your mind, and whatever requests you have, we will certainly satisfy them!"

"If you are worried about Jiang Yuan's personal safety, we can send people to protect him twenty-four hours a day. I, Jiang Heng, guarantee that what happened today will never happen again!"

Jiang Heng had originally been happy, but upon hearing Flame God's subsequent words, his entire expression became exceptionally grave.

Not only him, but even Zhuang Beiwang and the others felt inexplicably nervous.

"No, it is because the date for the Federal Unified Examination has arrived, not for any other reason!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head.

"Actually, it's the same if you register for the examination in Dongque City!"

"We can transfer Jiang Yuan's student status to Dongque City!"

"Furthermore, once Jiang Yuan joins Dong Que Academy, we will definitely cultivate him with all our might!"

Xiang Nan spoke up.

Truth be told, he really wanted to keep Jiang Yuan at Dong Que Academy.

In that way, Flame God would certainly stay as well. At that point, Flame God wouldn't just be a nominal honorary professor, but would become a hallmark of Dong Que Academy.

It was just a pity that Dong Que Academy was not what it used to be.

It couldn't even compare to the top-tier Five Great Academies.

Xiang Nan was also very clear that neither Jiang Yuan nor Flame God would choose Dong Que Academy as their first option.

"Many thanks for your kindness, Dean Xiang!"

Jiang Yuan refused once again.

His goal was the five top-tier academies; that was where the most outstanding geniuses and powerhouses of the entire Federation gathered.

And among the five top-tier academies, his first choice was naturally the Nanjiang Academy.

There were many reasons for choosing the Nanjiang Academy.

One was that for the past ten-plus years, Jiang Yuan had aimed to enter the Nanjiang Academy; it was something of an obsession in his heart.

Secondly, he had long ago agreed with Lin Muxue to attend the Nanjiang Academy together, and Lin Muxue had now even become a student of a mentor at the Nanjiang Academy.

If Jiang Yuan chose another Class Holder university, he would undoubtedly be separated from Lin Muxue.

Thirdly, the Nanjiang Academy possessed the inheritance of a mutated version of the Holy Spirit Mage; although the probability of obtaining the inheritance was relatively low, he had to try.

Even if he couldn't obtain the Holy Spirit Mage inheritance, given the Nanjiang Academy's foundation, Jiang Yuanwould still be able to obtain other, more powerful classes for Class Advancement!

"Everyone, we shall meet again in the future. Goodbye!"

'Flame God' cupped his hands in a salute to the others, then took 'Jiang Yuan' and transformed into a gust of wind, rapidly speeding away.

In just an instant, they completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

Watching their disappearing figures, Jiang Heng and the others felt a complex mix of emotions, feeling very reluctant to let them go.

However, they had no reason to force Jiang Yuan and Flame God to stay.

Furthermore, before leaving, Flame God had helped them resolve the Demon God Curse within their bodies; he was their savior, and even more so, a great benefactor to Dongque City!

Chapter 127: Shattering Delusion and Extinguishing Illusions! Pure Domain Exorcism

At this moment, Jiang Yuan was riding on the back of the Spirit Ruins Azure Phoenix, flying toward Shanhai City.

Halfway there, he took out two top-grade First Transfer Skills he had obtained from Qin Nishang.

Light-Breaking Technique and Soul Suppression Technique.

Both of these Skills could remove crowd-control negative effects.

However, their focus was different.

Light-Breaking Technique targeted body-based control.

While Soul Suppression Technique mainly resolved control effects related to the mind and soul.

"Let's learn Soul Suppression Technique first!"

Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment.

Compared to physical crowd-control removal, Jiang Yuanlacked means to deal with mental and spiritual aspects more.

After all, if it were physical control, Jiang Yuan could use his elementalization abilities to resist it.

Among the special effect abilities Jiang Yuan currently controlled, quite a few could perform elementalization, such as Flame God Possession, or Phase of Wind: Void Instant Step, and so on.

There was even an invincible defensive Skill like Thunder Shield Technique!

There were actually not many things that could pose a threat to Jiang Yuan's body.

But if it were targeted at his mind and soul, Jiang Yuanwould find it very difficult to deal with.

So after careful consideration, he decided to learn Soul Suppression Technique first.

As for Light-Breaking Technique, he would learn it after completing his Third-Rank Class Advancement.

With his current strength, Class Advancement was actually not difficult.

The hard part was finding a class that was extremely compatible with himself.

For example, that mutated version of the Holy Spirit Mage!

"After learning these two crowd-control removal Skills!"

"My survival methods should be enough, right!"

"Later on, I'll need to learn a few attack Skills of other elements!"

"Relying solely on Fireball Spell makes my attack methods too monotonous!"

Jiang Yuan pondered.

Although other Skills also had some attack capabilities once their amplification multipliers were stacked.

For example, Gale Technique's Hurricane Domain, and the Spirit Ruins Azure Phoenix.

Thunder Shield Technique's damage reflection!

However, their power was far inferior to the damage of Fireball Spell.

[Ding, you have learned the Skill: Soul Suppression Technique (First Transfer)]

[Ding, use Soul Suppression Technique once, Skill power increases by onefold; current amplification multiplier: 1x]

...

[Ding, use Soul Suppression Technique once, Skill power increases by onefold; current amplification multiplier: 10x]

[Ding, Soul Suppression Technique amplification multiplier reached 10x, obtained special effect: Concentrated Spirit and Soul Stabilization]

[Ding, use Soul Suppression Technique once, Skill power increases by onefold; current amplification multiplier: 100x]

[Ding, Soul Suppression Technique amplification multiplier reached 100x, obtained special effect: Shattering Delusion and Extinguishing Illusions]

[Ding, use Soul Suppression Technique once, Skill power increases by onefold; current amplification multiplier: 1000x]

[Ding, Soul Suppression Technique amplification multiplier reached 1000x, obtained special effect: Pure Domain Exorcism]

Although the original cooldown of Soul Suppression Technique was twenty seconds.

However, after layers of cooldown reduction, the Skillcooldown was now less than 2 seconds.

Along the way, Jiang Yuan stacked the Soul Suppression Technique amplification multiplier to over one thousand layers.

The 10x special effect of Soul Suppression Technique was called Concentrated Spirit and Soul Stabilization.

It could condense one's own mental power into a thin and tough "Soul Membrane," equivalent to a mental shield, which could resist the enemy's frontal mental impact, as well as resist external low-level mental interference and control, such as the initial confusion of illusions, the whispering harassment of vengeful spirits, the mental seduction of succubi, and so on.

Like Qin Nishang's mental seduction, it could not cause any effect at all.

The 100x special effect, Shattering Delusion and Extinguishing Illusions, used mental power as a medium to stimulate one's own or others' soul origin, awakening consciousnesses that were deeply hypnotized, imprisoned by illusions, or mentally bound; it could break relatively powerful mental control Skills; if the removal was successful, there was a certain chance to choose mental backlash against the caster.

As for the probability of backlash, it was related to Jiang Yuan's own mental strength and the enemy's mental strength.

The 1000x special effect, Pure Domain Exorcism, could set up a formation domain with mental defense; the formation had a "Soul Domain Purification" effect, which could purify the negative mental aura of oneself and allies within the range, dispelling vengeful spirits, inner demons, curse marks, control runes, parasitic souls, and so on.

"With Soul Suppression Technique, I'm no longer afraid of those monsters and demons!"

Jiang Yuan showed an excited smile.

Soul Suppression Technique was equivalent to making up for the biggest shortcoming Jiang Yuan currently had.

Now, he was not only an all-around master, but also had no particularly obvious weaknesses.

Moreover, the strength of the Soul Suppression Technique's power and effects, besides the Skill's own function and the system's bonuses, was also related to the user's mental power.

Jiang Yuan was a Mage himself, and his mental power was already very high.

Therefore, he could maximize the effect of Soul Suppression Technique.

You know, although Jiang Yuan was only Second-Ranknow, his mental attribute had already reached 5260 points.

Adding the 100% rank bonus, it exceeded ten thousand!

"I had previously only absorbed one volume of three hundred Second-Rank Attribute Pages!"

"A First Transfer Class Holder can absorb at most three hundred First Transfer Attribute Pages!"

"And a Second-Rank Class Holder can absorb six hundred Second-Rank Attribute Pages!"

After Jiang Yuan entered Shanhai City, he went straight to the Heavenly Book Pavilion.

Although his mental power already exceeded some Third-Rank Class Holders.

But it had not yet reached a limit value.

Before long, Jiang Yuan purchased three hundred Second-Rank Attribute Pages at the price of three thousand gold coins each.

It was only nine hundred thousand gold coins!

For other students, this was undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

But to Jiang Yuan, it was not even one ten-thousandth of his total net worth.

In this way, Jiang Yuan's base mental attribute had already reached 5560 points.

It could be considered that he had already reached the limit for Second-Rank!

Unless Jiang Yuan could absorb some rankless and unrestricted Attribute Pages, he would be able to continue improving.

But rankless and unrestricted Attribute Pages were too rare, something to be encountered but not sought!

Finally, Jiang Yuan spent another two million-plus gold coins to purchase more than a dozen Second-Rank Skill Scrolls of various element types.

Second-Rank Skills were naturally a grade stronger than First Transfer ones in power.

But similarly, their cooldown times were much longer than First Transfer Skills.

For example, among the Skills Jiang Yuan purchased, there was a 'Multiple Fireball Spell' that could serve as an advanced Skill for Fireball Spell!

This Skill was considered to have a relatively lower cooldown, but it still required a full three minutes.

Three minutes, which was one hundred and eighty seconds.

Even if Jiang Yuan had ninety percent cooldown reduction, it would still take 18 seconds.

Releasing one Second-Rank Skill was enough for Jiang Yuan to release Fireball Spell 180 times!

And the effect of Multiple Fireball Spell was even similar to the 10x special effect of Fireball Spell, 'Nine-Star Chain'.

Moreover, as it also belonged to fire-element attack Skills, even if he spent time and energy stacking the multiplier, the special effect abilities gained might be the same as Fireball Spell.

Not to mention anything else, just a 100,000x Flame God Possession allowed him to control the power of flame elementalization and freely release mid-to-low-level flame Skills.

Therefore, overlapping abilities were not worth spending too much time and energy on.

In terms of cost-effectiveness, First Transfer Skills were more worthwhile!

With this time, Jiang Yuan could have stacked Fireball Spell to ten million times, or even hundreds of millions of times!

Regarding this, Jiang Yuan did not intend to learn these Second-Rank Skills for the time being.

He just kept them as reserves.

He could choose not to learn them, but he couldn't be without them.

Anyway, Jiang Yuan was not short of money now, so he would collect some just in case.

Chapter 128: The Missing Zhao Biao

"The first stage of the Unified Examination is about to begin!"

"I wonder if Zhao Biao succeeded in his Class Advancement!"

Jiang Yuan opened his smart bracelet, intending to invite Zhao Biao out for a meal.

After all, he had left Shanhai City for Dongque City and hadn't seen Zhao Biao for quite a few days.

But when Jiang Yuan sent the message, he couldn't help but pause in surprise.

He immediately checked his chat history with Zhao Biao.

Since their awakening, although they didn't meet every day, their conversations had basically never ceased.

Most of the time, it was Zhao Biao sending messages to Jiang Yuan to update him on his status.

Jiang Yuan would only reply with a sentence or two when he had the time.

But now, he realized that Zhao Biao hadn't sent him a message for several days!

"Where did this kid run off to?"

"He didn't get into trouble, did he?"

A sense of foreboding rose in Jiang Yuan's heart.

He tried to make a voice call to Zhao Biao, but the other party didn't pick up.

The best-case scenario was that Zhao Biao was out of the service area.

If it were the worst-case scenario...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan opened his friend list.

After teaming up with Luo Hang and the others last time, they had all added each other as friends.

Jiang Yuan immediately contacted Luo Hang, Jiao Yuefeng, and the others.

But to his disappointment, Luo Hang and the others also gave no reply, and their recent social media feeds hadn't been updated either.

He also contacted a few students from his class, but they knew nothing about Zhao Biao's whereabouts.

They only knew that they hadn't seen Zhao Biao for quite a few days.

For a Class Holder, it was normal to go to the Wilderness Area to grind levels and kill monsters, so being unreachable for a while wasn't unusual.

But Zhao Biao and his group were, after all, just student Class Holders who had awakened less than a month ago; they clearly didn't have the strength to stay in the Wilderness Area for many days!

"I need to find someone!"

Jiang Yuan stopped contacting others and instead headed to the nearby Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Please provide their personal information!"

"The more accurate the information, the higher the probability of finding them, the faster the time, and the lower the fee will be!"

"If the information is unclear, the costs and time will increase significantly!"

Inside a similarly minimalist room, a man wearing a spiral mask and dressed in black cloth clothes received Jiang Yuan.

"I am looking for someone named 'Zhao Biao', a third-year student at Shanhai No. 1 High School, whose class is a Priest..."

Jiang Yuan provided Zhao Biao's detailed information. "Check his recent whereabouts, as well as his current location and whether he is alive or dead!"

"Wait a moment!"

The Man in Black operated a handheld computer. "To know his recent movement trajectory, it will cost 3,000 gold coins!"

"Money is not a problem!"

Jiang Yuan said quickly.

"Thirteen days ago, he purchased a Skill Scroll at the Heavenly Book Pavilion and went to the Frost Moon Ridge in the north of Shanhai City for his Class Advancementquest..."

"The last time he appeared in public was six days ago, also leaving from the north gate of Shanhai City!"

"Since then, there has been no record of him returning to the city!"

The Man in Black said to Jiang Yuan.

"What about his teammates?"

Jiang Yuan asked again.

"There are no records of Zhao Biao or his teammates entering the city at the gates!"

The Man in Black said, "This information costs 500 gold coins!"

"Is he alive or dead now, and where is he?"

Jiang Yuan continued to ask.

"We can immediately contact our intelligence network to gather relevant information!"

"We can even send people outside the city to track him!"

"In terms of time, it will take at least three days, and you must pay a deposit of at least 10,000 gold coins!"

"The specific cost depends on..."

The Man in Black said slowly.

"I want to know everything I want to know?"

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, took out a stack of gold notes worth one million gold coins, and threw them in front of the Man in Black. "This is one million, is it enough?"

"Enough, it's enough!"

The Man in Black was inwardly shocked, his tone becoming much more respectful. "Please wait a moment, I will immediately ask the experts in the pavilion to use special methods to gather the intelligence you need!"

The Man in Black stood up, opened the door behind him, and walked inside.

The Hundred Knowledge Pavilion had informants spread throughout the entire Federation, and even the whole world.

But gathering intelligence often takes time.

Things like finding people fall under real-time intelligence; wanting to know a person's current location immediately is impossible relying solely on an intelligence network.

But there is another method, which is the ability of a Class Holder.

Just like the Myriad Spirit Saint Master Zhuang Beiwang.

He can cast spells to immediately find the location of a Demon God Hall stronghold.

Even if the people of the Demon God Hall are hiding in a secluded, spatially sealed area, they will still be discovered.

"Do I need to learn a tracking or investigation type Skill?"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but think to himself.

In the world of Class Holders, abilities are strange and varied.

Having one more ability can never be wrong.

It's just that Jiang Yuan is currently only at the Second-Rank, and his Skill slots are ultimately limited.

All seven Skill slots are full.

To learn new Skills, he must perform the Third-Rank to unlock new Skill slots.

As for learning Second-Rank Skills, although they can share a Skill slot.

It must be based on a First Transfer Skill to establish a systematic Skill tree.

Taking the First Transfer Fireball Spell as an example, it is a fire-type attack Skill.

To build a Skill tree on this basis, it must be the same fire-type attack Skill.

Just like the Second-Rank 'Multiple Fireball Spell' that Jiang Yuan purchased.

Even a Second-Rank Fire Shield Spell, which is defensive, cannot be learned!

It is even more impossible to learn Second-Rank water-type or other elemental Skills on the First Transfer Fireball Spell's Skill tree!

"Sir, all the information you requested has been found!"

"The source of the information comes from some Class Holders within the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion who possess precognition or investigation abilities!"

"We guarantee it is authentic and valid!"

In less than a few minutes, the Man in Black walked in holding a all-knowing book stamped with the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion's logo.

"Hmm!"

Jiang Yuan took the letter.

The usage method was the same as the all-knowing bookthat recorded the strategy earlier.

After the contents inside were bound to Jiang Yuan, only he could see them, preventing the intelligence from leaking.

When Jiang Yuan opened the all-knowing book, he thought he would see the whereabouts of Zhao Biao and the others immediately.

But he never expected to see a paragraph related to himself.

"Seventeen days ago, Zhou Luochen, the son of Zhou Danming, the head of the Zhou Family in Shanhai City, went missing. The Zhou Family dispatched experts from within the family to investigate, but to no avail, and later commissioned the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion to investigate!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan gave a sudden start, looked up at the Man in Black, and a flash of sharp light crossed his eyes.

As for why Zhou Luochen went missing, he naturally knew the reason.

It was because he had killed him!

He had thought he had done it 'flawlessly' and that absolutely no one else had seen it; the scene had even been devastatingly destroyed by a hurricane storm, and it was impossible for any evidence to remain.

However, with technological means, it was naturally impossible to find anything.

But in this world, there is not only technology, but also Class Holders with extraordinary abilities.

Especially some Class Holders like Zhuang Beiwang.

They can use some unconventional special means to figure out the cause of Zhou Luochen's death.

Chapter 129: The Terrifying Aspect of the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion

"Sir, since you have paid the fee of one million!"

"Our Hundred Knowledge Pavilion will provide you with information worth one million!"

"I wonder, are you satisfied?"

The Man in Black felt the sharp killing intent in Jiang Yuan's eyes and couldn't help but be startled.

But upon remembering that this was the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion,

he no longer felt any fear.

No matter how powerful Jiang Yuan was, he would not dare to cause trouble in the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

"Naturally, I am very satisfied!"

Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth and continued to look at the content below.

The Zhou Family used the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion to investigate the whereabouts of Zhou Luochen, and they would certainly be able to find the murderer.

It was just as Jiang Yuan had expected.

Following a paragraph of text, there was a simple sketch that looked like it had been hand-drawn.

Although the image was simple, it depicted the faces of two young boys.

One was clearly Zhou Luochen, showing an expression of despair and fear while facing death.

The other was the cold and ruthless Jiang Yuan.

With this sketch, even if the Zhou Family were foolish, they would know that the person who killed Zhou Luochen was Jiang Yuan.

"This Hundred Knowledge Pavilion is truly despicable!"

Jiang Yuan sighed inwardly.

After the Zhou Family paid the information fee, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion betrayed Jiang Yuan without hesitation and sold his information to the Zhou Family.

And when Jiang Yuan produced one million gold coins, the other party immediately sold out the 'Zhou Family'!

"Sir, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion is just a place for buying and selling information!"

"As long as it is information, it falls within the scope of the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion's transactions!"

"As for anything else, we don't care at all!"

The Man in Black seemed to have guessed Jiang Yuan's thoughts; his tone was calm, carrying a hint of warning.

Since the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion dared to reveal the information to Jiang Yuan, they naturally were not afraid of him causing trouble.

Because the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion could develop its influence anywhere in the world, and even had information about the Abyssal Demon Race, it was naturally not something that could be easily manipulated.

Not to mention information about Jiang Yuan or the Zhou Family, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion even dared to trade the secrets of some important figures in the Federation.

In reality, although the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion's integrity was lacking, its reputation was absolutely worthy of praise.

Because they could have just told Jiang Yuan the whereabouts of Zhao Biao and the others directly.

They could even have hidden the fact that the Zhou Familyinvestigated and found out that Jiang Yuan was the murderer of Zhou Luochen through the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

But they didn't; instead, they organized the sequence of events.

"Hmph!"

Jiang Yuan just let out a cold snort.

Naturally, he could not cause trouble for the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion right now.

With his current strength, he really couldn't go head-to-head with the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

Even if he had the ability to destroy this branch of the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion in Shanhai City,

what would follow would inevitably be endless pursuit from the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

With the connections and influence of the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion, I'm afraid hiding in Dongque Citywould be useless.

Besides, his most important goal right now was to determine whether Zhao Biao was alive or dead.

I have to say, although the Hundred Knowledge Pavilionwas profit-driven, they were definitely professional when it came to information.

After reading all the content, Jiang Yuan immediately sorted out his thoughts.

The source of everything was that he had killed Zhou Luochen, which provoked the Zhou Family's retaliation.

After the Zhou Family obtained the cause of Zhou Luochen's death and the identity of the murderer from the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion, they did not report it to the authorities.

Presumably, they also knew that in this vendetta, Zhou Luochen was the one in the wrong.

Therefore, the Zhou Family adopted private retaliation methods, intending to deal with Jiang Yuan in secret.

And unfortunately for them, Jiang Yuan had already left for Dongque City.

Unable to find Jiang Yuan's whereabouts, the Zhou Familyset their sights directly on his good brother, Zhao Biao.

Taking advantage of when they were out, they sent experts to forcibly kidnap Zhao Biao, Luo Hang, and the others.

Finally, there was another sketch.

The image clearly showed a dungeon where Zhao Biaoand the other four were being held.

The location was Songshan Village, about thirty kilometers north of Shanhai City.

The Songshan area had a lot of rare timber, and to harvest this timber, a functional village integrating military, living, supply, and trade functions had been built nearby.

"What good brothers, sharing the same fate!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but think.

He too had been targeted by people from the Demon God Hall, who used spatial transfer techniques to imprison him (his clone) in an underground dungeon.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Biao had the same experience as him.

No, wait, calculating it this way, Zhao Biao had already been imprisoned for many days.

But the good news was that in order to lure Jiang Yuan out, the Zhou Family only held Zhao Biao and the others captive and did not kill them directly.

The bad news was that Zhao Biao and the others had suffered quite a bit in the dungeon.

In the sketch, Zhao Biao, Luo Hang, and the others were covered in wounds, tortured until they were barely recognizable!

"A fine Zhou Family indeed!"

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes.

Originally, after Jiang Yuan killed Zhou Luochen, he intended to end it there.

After all, the person targeting him was just Zhou Luochen, not the Zhou Family.

Jiang Yuan couldn't possibly vent his anger on the entire Zhou Family and kill everyone in the Zhou Family because of Zhou Luochen's personal actions!

But the actions of the Zhou Family had already touched Jiang Yuan's reverse scale.

If this Zhou Family was not destroyed, it would be hard to appease the hatred in Jiang Yuan's heart.

Moreover, even if he had wanted to destroy the entire Zhou Family before, his lack of strength was one aspect.

Now with his strength, let alone destroying the Zhou Family, even destroying the entire Shanhai City would be easy.

"I want the crimes and evidence of the crimes committed by the Zhou Family over these years!"

Jiang Yuan looked at the Man in Black.

Even if Jiang Yuan was going to take action, he needed a justifiable reason to occupy the moral high ground.

After all, no matter what, the Zhou Family was one of the four great families of Shanhai City and a force within the Federation's jurisdiction.

If he destroyed the Zhou Family without a reasonable excuse, he would likely attract the dissatisfaction of the Federation authorities.

"The Zhou Family is a local force in Shanhai City, and they are also a major client of our Hundred Knowledge Pavilion. Leaking information about the Zhou Family would make it very difficult for our Shanhai branch to conduct future business!"

The Man in Black's tone sounded somewhat troubled.

"So?"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sneer.

"... You have to pay more!"

The Man in Black changed his tone and said.

"How much?"

Jiang Yuan asked.

"Thirty million gold coins!"

The Man in Black answered without hesitation.

"Deal!"

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised.

Thirty million gold coins was indeed a significant amount.

However, if compared to the evidence of the Zhou Family's crimes, thirty million was still very worth it!

Because the Zhou Family was, after all, one of the four great families of Shanhai City.

Even if they couldn't compare to the Qi Family or Jiang Family of Dongque City, they were at least all-powerful in Shanhai City and had immense influence.

As for their family assets, if they didn't have a billion, they at least had eight hundred million.

What surprised him even more was that the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion had actually long since collected various criminal records of the Zhou Family.

However, this point was not surprising.

Any family, or even any force, that wants to develop and grow, none of them have a clean record or a clean slate.

Whether it was the Zhou Family where Zhou Luochenbelonged, or the Lin Family behind Lin Muxue, or even the Qi Family and Jiang Family of Dongque City, it was the same.

For the sake of profit, for the family, and for development, they would always provoke some enemies.

Whoever hasn't done a little bad deed can't really claim to be a great family.

Not only great families and large forces, individuals are the same.

Even Jiang Yuan killed Zhou Luochen in private!

But these matters are considered unspoken rules that everyone tacitly accepts.

After all, on the surface, everyone complies with the Federation's laws and treaties.

Generally, no one would specifically go out of their way to expose them.

After Jiang Yuan paid thirty million gold coins, he obtained the complete criminal records and related evidence of the Zhou Family from the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

Among them, including private human trafficking, smuggling contraband, suppressing competitors, assassinating enemies, monopolizing resources... there were hundreds of criminal records, both large and small, which could be said to be monstrously evil.

There was even a family elder who, in his youth, colluded with the Demon God Hall to harm his own comrades for a private vendetta!

Although this matter was done very covertly, unexpectedly, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion had a detailed record of it!

Chapter 130: Three-Star Member Privileges

"This Hundred Knowledge Pavilion is more terrifying than I imagined!"

Jiang Yuan looked at the evidence of the Zhou Family's crimes, feeling both shocked and angry.

The Hundred Knowledge Pavilion was truly as they advertised: omniscient, with no one having any secrets before them.

Did the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion know the secret that Jiang Yuan was the Flame God?

This was undoubtedly what Jiang Yuan worried about the most.

Jiang Yuan even wanted to ask the Man in Black on the spot and purchase intelligence about himself or the Flame God!

But after thinking about it, Jiang Yuan abandoned this idea.

Because normally, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion might have collected intelligence regarding the Flame God.

However, it would all be information existing on the surface or in the open.

In other words, what had happened to the Flame God in the past.

Unless someone was extremely interested in the Flame God's identity and was willing to pay a huge price to have the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion use special 'precognition' methods to obtain the Flame God's true identity.

Otherwise, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion wouldn't bother investigating for no reason.

Just like after Zhao Biao went missing, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion wouldn't specifically collect information on his whereabouts.

Only when Jiang Yuan, as a client, paid to inquire about information would the Hundred Knowledge Pavilioncollect it and record it into their intelligence database.

After all, such abilities of 'precognition' and 'investigation' out of thin air couldn't be used just because one wanted to; every use required paying a huge price.

Like before, when Jiang Heng wanted to trace the location where 'Jiang Yuan (Clone)' was being held by the Demon God Hall, he had to mobilize a Ninth Rank expert like Zhuang Beiwang to do it.

Predicting the Flame God's identity would only cost even more than that!

Moreover, as Jiang Yuan's strength grew, the cost for others to pry into his true identity would only increase.

Furthermore, if one's strength was not greater than Jiang Yuan's, attempting to pry forcibly would not only fail to reveal anything, but the person themselves would suffer a backlash.

"At least, judging by the attitude of Jiang Heng, Xiang Nan, and the others toward me, they shouldn't know my true identity!"

"And as for others, there is even less necessity to understand the Flame God's identity!"

Jiang Yuan thought about it and felt the possibility of his identity being exposed was very low.

At least, ordinary people would not be able to know his identity.

Only some big shot figures in the Federation might be able to!

But even if they found out Jiang Yuan's true identity through special means, so what?

He was a truly legitimate and law-abiding Federation citizen!

He was not someone from a hostile faction like the Demon God Hall!

At most, it would only expose his true strength.

If it came to that, he would just show his hand!

In reality, the impact on Jiang Yuan would not be significant.

On the contrary, after becoming the Flame God, he could also possess a very high status and position within the Federation.

To say nothing of anything else, just the fact that he saved The three people, including Jiang Heng and helped them recover their strength was a huge contribution to Dongque City and the Federation.

So far, no one had come to find him on their own initiative.

This meant that either his identity hadn't been exposed yet.

Or even if it was exposed, the Federation recognized his actions and did not intend to expose him.

After all, who would reject a genius monster who possessed multi-element magic, controlled various laws, could solve the Demon God Curse, had strength comparable to a Seventh Rank or Eighth Rank, and had infinite potential?

As for why Jiang Yuan's strength was so strong?

Who didn't have a few secrets?

It had been over a thousand years since the world changed; nothing that happened in this world was strange.

As long as Jiang Yuan maintained his original intention and stood with the Federation camp, the Federation would not be his enemy, but his strong backing.

Like Ghost Shadow Sword Emperor Ji Beichen, he also initially awakened a common profession, but relying on various fortuitous encounters, he counterattacked step by step from the bottom to become a legendary figure of his generation.

After thinking this through, Jiang Yuan felt much more relaxed.

As the saying goes, soldiers come to block, water comes to cover.

Some things, if they were meant to happen, thinking about them too much was useless.

The only thing Jiang Yuan needed to do was to constantly improve his power and keep getting stronger.

"Sir, given that your consumption in the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion has exceeded 30 million, you have automatically been promoted to a Three-Star member of the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion!"

When Jiang Yuan was preparing to leave, the Man in Blackstopped him and handed him a star-level membership card exclusive to the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion.

"What is the use of this!"

Jiang Yuan stopped and took the membership card to look at it.

"It will unlock Three-Star member privileges, allowing you to purchase some high-star intelligence, receive discounts when purchasing intelligence, read some lower-level intelligence materials for free, use encrypted and expedited intelligence channels, and receive advance payments for intelligence you sell, at higher prices..."

"And, if someone purchases your intelligence information, they will need to pay an additional 30% fee!"

The Man in Black listed them one by one.

"Is the last item useful to me?"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but ask after hearing the various privilege benefits.

Selling his own intelligence, and getting money back?

Should he be happy, or not?

"Whenever someone purchases your intelligence, a portion of this 30% additional fee will be deposited into your private account at the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion, which you can use to offset costs when purchasing intelligence!"

The Man in Black said, implying something.

"Oh, I understand!"

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly.

In fact, the amount of money was not important.

What was important was that through this money provided by the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion, he could know how many people had purchased intelligence related to him.

This point was very important!

For example, assuming Jiang Yuan had already been a Three-Star member, then when the Zhou Family used the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion to investigate the cause of Zhou Luochen's death, Jiang Yuan could have discovered an income deposit, allowing him to know that someone was investigating his intelligence, thereby having a chance to deduce it was the Zhou Family.

This was equivalent to an alternative way of tipping off.

As for the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion, they wouldn't lose out either.

Because if Jiang Yuan discovered that someone was investigating him, but he couldn't know who the other party was.

Then, wouldn't he purchase intelligence about 'the person who bought his intelligence' through the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion?

In this back and forth, the Hundred Knowledge Pavilionwould be profiting from both ends again!

What a clever scheme!

Jiang Yuan stared at the Man in Black for a moment, then turned and left.

"Where are you? I have urgent matters!"

After leaving the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion, Jiang Yuantook out a thousand-mile sound-transmitting conch.

This was the communicator that Anti-Magic Knight Tang Qiyuan had given to the 'Flame God'.

The Zhou Family had been developing in Shanhai City for many years, their influence was deeply rooted, and there might even be figures with official Federation backgrounds behind them.

If he only relied on brute force to exterminate the Zhou Family, it would be easy to do.

But the impact would definitely be very bad!

The good reputation he had worked so hard to establish would be destroyed in an instant.

It might even lead the Federation to stand on the opposite side of him.

Although Jiang Yuan wished he could exterminate the Zhou Family, it was not worth ruining his reputation for it.

After obtaining all the evidence of the Zhou Family's crimes, Jiang Yuan could completely destroy the Zhou Family through 'legitimate and compliant' means.

The Federation's laws would instead become Jiang Yuan's weapon to eliminate the Zhou Family.

The Federation would no longer be the Zhou Family's backing, but Jiang Yuan's backing.

And Jiang Yuan's act of eliminating a scourge for the people would also enhance his fame and influence.