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Chapter 657: Bandit Suppression Mission, Killing Intent Boils (Seeking Monthly Tickets at the End of the Month)

"A Class B assassin can apply for an assessment and have the opportunity to join the Netherworld Palace?"

Lu Qing pondered to himself.

Although he wasn't very interested in joining the Netherworld Palace, this promotion mechanism revealed quite a bit of information.

It should be noted that assassinating a powerful being like Gongshu Lian, who possesses the primordial spirit, is only a Class C mission.

It's easy to imagine just how powerful an assassin must be to reach the B-level.

He is probably at least at the level of a senior Nascent Soul Realm expert.

Reaching this level of strength only grants one the qualification for application review; it doesn't guarantee entry into the Netherworld Palace.

From a single leaf, one can know the whole leopard; from this alone, Lu Qing deeply felt the terrifying power of the Netherworld Palace.

No wonder the three major races are so wary of the Netherworld Palace; this mysterious force is simply too terrifying.

Moreover, Lu Qing knew that the Netherworld Palace in the Tianyuan Great World was actually just a branch; the real Netherworld Palace was probably far more powerful than anyone could imagine.

"It seems we can only let Gongshu Lian live for a while longer. Well then, let's take on some D-level missions first and raise our assassination level."

After figuring out the assassination level of the Netherworld Palace, Lu Qing understood that accepting the Class C mission would have to be postponed for the time being.

So he went back to the task wall and continued selecting tasks.

This time, he focused his attention on the D-level missions and began to select them slowly.

However, the bounty for a Rank D mission is much lower than that for a Rank C mission.

Most of them are mid-grade spirit stones ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand, with very few exceeding ten thousand.

After a while, he returned to the woman with the rabbit mask.

"Senior, are you sure you want to accept all these bounty missions at the same time?"

The woman in the rabbit mask was surprised again.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"Senior, are you aware that all the missions of our Netherworld Palace have deadlines for completion?"

If the task cannot be completed within the specified time, task points will be deducted.

Once the score drops below negative ten, the peripheral member status will be revoked.

"So, senior, if you take on so many tasks at once and fail to complete them on time, you'll lose task points, which would be a huge loss."

The woman in the rabbit mask advised.

"It's alright. The tasks I chose aren't too far from where I am, so I shouldn't have any trouble completing them."

Lu Qing didn't seem to care much.

Seeing that Lu Qing remained adamant, the woman in the rabbit mask gave him a deep look and then stopped trying to persuade him.

In her opinion, this senior must have been extremely confident in his abilities.

She had seen many people like this and knew that it was impossible to persuade them. Only after she had truly hit a wall would she realize that the mission of the Netherworld Palace was not so easy to complete.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Qing's mind withdrew from the Netherworld Jade Tablet, and his consciousness returned to his physical body.

However, there was still a hint of amazement in his eyes.

That soul space was simply too mysterious.

It can not only manifest various physical buildings, but also allow so many divine souls to manifest physical forms and communicate.

It's truly unbelievable what level the powerful being who created that divine soul space had reached.

After putting away the Netherworld Jade Token, Lu Qing began to think.

He had just successfully accepted ten Rank D missions in the Divine Soul Space.

Furthermore, these tasks all need to be completed within a month, which is quite a tight schedule.

However, none of these were problems for Lu Qing.

"Xiao Li, let's go."

"Where are we going, Aqing?"

"Of course, we're going to complete the mission."

……

Half a day later, Lu Qing appeared in a deep mountain, looking at a very ordinary and inconspicuous cave entrance at the foot of a mountain.

"This should be it, the entrance to the Black Heart Thief's lair."

Lu Qing activated his supernatural ability and looked towards the cave entrance. Soon, he saw several notes floating out of the cave and smiled.

"Ah Qing, is this the location of your first mission?"

Xiao Li peeked out from Lu Qing's hood, curiously looking ahead.

"Ah."

Lu Qing nodded slightly.

Although he wanted to earn spirit stones in the Netherworld Palace, he naturally didn't accept every mission.

All ten tasks selected this time can be completed without violating one's own principles.

Just like in this cave, there's a group of bandits known as the "Black-Hearted Thieves" who make a living by robbing passing caravans and wandering cultivators.
This area is located at the intersection of several small sects in the vicinity, making it a no-man's-land.

In addition, this group of unscrupulous thieves is said to possess a rare treasure that can conceal their whereabouts, and they are extremely careful in every crime they commit.

They come and go like the wind, and if anything seems amiss, they immediately hide in an underground cave.

The terrain in this area is extremely complex, and the underground caves are like a maze, making it difficult to find one's way.

Thanks to their familiarity with the terrain, even top-tier Golden Core cultivators would find it difficult to capture this group of unscrupulous thieves.

As for the Nascent Soul level experts, the surrounding sects and forces are all small forces, and none of them have Nascent Soul level experts in charge.

So even after so much time has passed, these unscrupulous thieves are still living very comfortably, and no one has come to eliminate them.

In the past, assassins from the Netherworld Palace had also taken on the mission of eliminating this group of ruthless thieves.

But these unscrupulous thieves were very alert. Whenever they sensed something was wrong, they would hide in underground caves, leaving the assassins helpless.

In addition, the reward for this mission is not much.

Over time, fewer and fewer assassins were willing to take on this mission.

"Are you good at stealth?"

Lu Qing thought for a moment, then began to explain to Xiao Li.

As Xiao Li listened, her eyes gradually brightened, and she nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, A Qing, I will definitely find them all!"

After saying that, Xiao Li's figure merged into the space and disappeared.

Lu Qing smiled and walked into the cave.

He let Xiao Li go in first, naturally wanting it to find out the whereabouts of that group of ruthless thieves.

He wasn't worried about Xiao Li's safety.

According to the information provided by the Netherworld Palace, the strongest leader of this group of ruthless thieves is only at the sixth level of the Golden Core realm.

Even if the information from the Netherworld Palace was somewhat delayed, the Black Heart Thief leader's breakthrough in cultivation level was at most only at the late Golden Core stage.

Xiao Li's current spatial abilities are so powerful that even a powerful being at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm cannot detect them.

These unscrupulous thieves would never have noticed its presence.

Just as Lu Qing had expected, not long after he entered the cave, he felt a weight on his shoulder, and Xiao Li's figure appeared.

With a hint of excitement in his eyes, he said, "Aqing, I've found their location."

"Okay, then you lead the way."

Next, guided by Xiao Li, Lu Qing headed to the location of the group of ruthless thieves.

As they continued, they saw the terrain descending and the incredibly complex network of caves. Lu Qing finally understood why the previous assassins from the Netherworld Palace had all failed.

The earth element power deep underground is extremely concentrated, which strongly suppresses the spiritual perception abilities of cultivators.

It is not easy to locate the group of ruthless thieves using the power of one's soul.

Moreover, their current location is already quite deep underground.

If too much noise is made, it could cause the earth's veins to become disordered and the cave to collapse.

At that time, even cultivators at the late Golden Core stage might not be able to escape.

Of course, these difficulties were no problem for Lu Qing at all.

He lightly touched the ground with his feet, and a yellow light flashed around him. Then, an invisible wave spread outwards from him.

The next moment, he could sense the movements within a radius of dozens of miles.

"The Earth Spirit Orb is truly blessed under these circumstances."

Lu Qing sighed.

It then accelerated and headed in a certain direction ahead.

Using the power of the earth's magnetic veins, he had already discovered the trail of that group of ruthless thieves.

His own aura was naturally impossible for the other party to detect.

After more than ten breaths, Lu Qing suddenly stopped.

"Quite vigilant."

He sensed the faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation ahead and smiled.

It was a small, early warning formation, and it was set up quite cleverly.

He almost perfectly integrated the fluctuations of his own formation into the surrounding earth vein energy. Even a cultivator in the late Golden Core stage would probably find it difficult to detect without careful observation.

Even if you discover it, it won't be easy to get past it without triggering the formation.

Only by directly merging into another layer of space, like Xiao Li, could she avoid being detected by the formation and pass by easily.

However, this was naturally no challenge for Lu Qing.

Although the formation was cleverly arranged, it was immediately obvious to a master of formations like him.

After just a few glances, he understood the principle behind its operation. After a moment's thought, he casually cast a few runes onto the formation and then stepped forward.

As he stepped over it, the formation did not react in the slightest.

It was still running, but it didn't issue any warnings.

Lu Qing continued forward. This group of ruthless bandits was indeed very vigilant, having set up numerous early warning formations in the caves surrounding their lair.

If Lu Qing hadn't possessed profound knowledge of formations, he certainly wouldn't have been able to sneak in so silently.

As Lu Qing was about to pass the last warning array, he could vaguely hear the commotion of people coming from ahead.

Those unscrupulous thieves seem to be drinking and having fun.

However, upon hearing some screams mixed in, Lu Qing frowned slightly.

He focused his mind and soon "saw" the scene ahead.

Then, after seeing everything clearly, a cold, murderous aura couldn't help but surge in his eyes.

"You all deserve to die!"

With Lu Qing's soul-shaking roar, his aura surged wildly, and a yellow light spread rapidly outward from him, completely enveloping an area of ​​several miles.

The noisy sounds ahead immediately fell silent, and there was no sound at all.

“Aqing…”

Xiao Li was startled and couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

This time, however, Lu Qing unusually did not reply to it, but instead walked forward with a cold face.

After turning several corners in the tunnels, Lu Qing finally arrived at a very spacious cavern.

Inside, a bonfire was burning, and the surrounding area was filled with fine wine and meat, as well as dozens of figures.

Among these figures, some are raising their glasses in celebration, while others are eating meat.

Others, naked, would commit lewd acts with the women beneath them.

On one of the huge jade thrones, there was a burly figure with a woman in each arm, laughing heartily.

However, without exception, all of these figures are now suppressed by Lu Qing using the power of the earth's magnetic veins, and they can no longer move an inch.

Only the look of terror in their eyes and the life force emanating from their bodies indicated that they were still alive and had not died.

Lu Qing ignored the terrified looks of the unscrupulous thieves; his gaze fell on a large cauldron placed over a fire in the center of the cave.

Inside, the broth was boiling and churning, but every now and then, human heads would float to the surface.

Looking around, the gnawed remains were clearly those of humans, some of which were extremely small and clearly the bones of children.

Lu Qing could no longer suppress the killing intent in his heart.

"You bunch of scum!"

With a thought, Lu Qing released some of the restraints from the most imposing figure on the jade throne.

"Senior! Please spare my life..."

The first thing that burly figure did after being freed from his restraints was to beg Lu Qing for mercy.

Although he has recently made a breakthrough and has entered the seventh stage of the Golden Core realm.

However, the mysterious person wearing the ghost mask in front of him could easily suppress him. It was obvious that this was someone he could not resist.

However, before he could finish speaking, a surge of spiritual energy had already landed in his brow acupoint.

Instantly, the burly man froze, his mind sinking into an endless illusion.

Through the interrogation within the illusion, Lu Qing quickly learned everything about the burly man before him.

"They've already eaten so many people?"

After learning what the burly man had done, Lu Qing's face became even more gloomy.

He dispelled the illusion surrounding the burly man, waking him from the endless illusion.

The burly man had just woken up, and the moment he saw Lu Qing's mask, his face immediately showed extreme terror, as if he had seen the most terrifying being.

A foul, fishy stench suddenly wafted out; it was the dignified seventh-stage Golden Core cultivator who, due to the fear in his heart, could not control his body and lost control of his bladder.

"Senior, I was only acting on orders to rob those caravans. Most of the spoils were to be supplied to the sect. Please, senior, have mercy on me and spare my life!"

The burly man wept uncontrollably, begging for mercy frantically.

If he weren't still under the control of the authorities, he would have wanted to immediately lie on the ground, lick Lu Qing's shoes, and beg him to let him go.

No one knows what kind of illusion Lu Qing cast on him in the environment that made him so terrified.

"Was cannibalism also something your sect forced you to do?"

Lu Qing's calm and composed voice suddenly stopped the burly man's plea for mercy.

Just as he was about to defend himself, Lu Qing spoke again.

"You scum, I won't let you die so easily. Next, I'm going to throw all of you into an illusion and subject you to torture that is a hundred times, a thousand times more miserable and painful than what you just experienced. You can feel some of your own sins before you die!"

"no, do not want!"

Upon hearing this, the burly man's face immediately showed an expression of extreme terror, and he shouted frantically.

Before he could shout again, Lu Qing's spiritual energy had already returned to his brow acupoint.

This fluctuation of spiritual energy even enveloped all the other robbers in the cave.

(End of this chapter)