From the end of the world

Chapter 442 The Shadow of the Traitor

After the battle just now, the Slag Straight Sword didn't consume much power. After all, it was only used once to launch a serious attack. I was very satisfied with its power. It defeated the Taoyuan Township Lord's incarnation with just one strike. Although there was also the factor that the Taoyuan Township Lord's incarnation was defenseless.

The power of fire is known for its destructive power. Under conditions of equal strength, if the enemy is not killed after being caught off guard and hit with my full strength, it only means that my skills are not good enough.

In a normal fight, it is impossible to end the battle in one or two strikes. However, even so, the life of the Slag Straight Sword is more than enough to support a battle. This is also thanks to the large amount of "Slag" I extracted from him when fighting Mingzhu before. Thanks to his infinite resurrection mechanism, the amount of "Slag" I got from him is far more than what I got from this battle.

Of course, I still have to be on guard against the enemy who may drag me into a war of attrition after realizing that the Slag Straight Sword has a lifespan. After all, the Slag Straight Sword is just a weapon, a force that bursts out on the spot. If I really want to become stronger, I still have to work hard to improve my basic strength.

Since the slag could be obtained from the incarnation of Taoyuan Township Lord, it meant that part of Taoyuan Township Lord's soul was probably integrated into that incarnation. It was just unknown whether Taoyuan Township Lord's body was damaged after losing that part of his soul.

My expectation for this incident is not to kill the Taoyuan Township Lord, nor to get more "slag". I hope that I can get more information from this incident caused by Ma Zao, especially enlightenment on how I should act in the future.

Back to the present, because of the corpse, Zhu Shi was worried that Xiao Qiao would be scared, so he went to comfort her and explained my situation to her in general.

Xiao Qiao calmed down surprisingly quickly, then looked at me, then looked at her good friend Zhu Shi, and muttered, "Is this true? I still feel dizzy... My friend is the fiancée of a god, and my senior from the same school is that god... Did I accidentally enter the world of some female-oriented light novel?
"Should I have a tablet dedicated to my senior at home and place a photo of my friend next to it..."

Zhu Shi couldn't help but say, "If you do that, it will be hard for me to come to your house as a guest again in the future."

"I was just kidding." said Xiao Qiao.

After the communication here was almost over, we went to wake up the fallen believer of Life Turbidity, who was at the level of Wuchang.

After he woke up, he was still a little confused. At first he thought he was dead. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw my face and then showed a dumbfounded expression, as if a devout Catholic had somehow fallen into hell after death and saw Satan.

After Zhu Shi's brief explanation, Wu Chang gradually came to his senses and his attitude became normal, as if nothing had happened just now.

Although this Wuchang belongs to the supernormal camp and is also a believer of Mingzhu, in the Luoshan system, I am also one of his immediate superiors. Under my order, he had to report to me in detail his activities over the past half month.

Just as I expected, the reason he disappeared in the past half month was because he was busy investigating the "preachers" that appeared in Xianshui City and several surrounding cities. Normally, even if he was actively working, there was no need to make himself unreachable, but such high-level impermanence often had a lot of freedom of movement, and they often had to face unpredictable and strange events, so it was normal for them to disappear for a month or two.

This means that they don't have many strict rules when working, and they don't answer the contacts from other impermanences as they please. Moreover, according to Zhu Shi's supplement, the impermanences in the supernatural camp are much freer than those in the worldly camp, and there is no saying that they must complete a certain number of tasks every year. Of course, as demon hunters, they don't want to solve the incidents, and the incidents will come to them.

This accomplished Impermanence in front of him actually took the initiative to track down and attack the "preacher" of Taoyuan Township. I don't know if it's because he is more dedicated than other extraordinary Impermanence, or because he is simply unhappy about the invasion of his territory by people from external organizations.

"…Although that is partly the case, it is more because demon hunters like us, who are hostile to each other, cannot really live in peace in the same area. Sooner or later, we will be attracted to each other by some mysterious force, and then a conflict will occur…"

Perhaps he knew that he couldn't lie in front of me, so this level of Wuchang was quite honest and told me his true motives, "Unless I plan to reach a tacit agreement with the other party in private not to interfere with each other and watch the other party develop its power... But in that case, I would be a traitor to Luo Shan.

"If I am not given enough benefits, I will not be able to do that."

After hearing the last sentence, Zhu Shi was speechless and said, "Your position is really firm enough."

The Impermanence seemed not to notice the sarcasm and said with deep conviction: "Of course. The amount of money I have to pay to betray Luo Shan and the gods is very high. Such a small profit will never shake my loyalty to Luo Shan." In short, if I allow him to continue to move around freely and develop his power in this area, it will become more difficult for me to deal with him. Instead of doing that, it is better to defeat him as soon as possible.

"But who knows..."

Zhu Shi continued: "Who knew that he would actually prepare Zhuang Cheng's power in advance to deal with you, a believer in Mingzhu?"

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "No, the question is before this... Why did he know that I am a believer in Ming Zhu? Zhu Shi, have you heard that I am a believer in Ming Zhu before?"

"This is the first time I've heard of it." said Zhu Shi.

So, when Zhu Shi first mentioned Wu Chang to me, he didn't mention that he was a follower of Ming Zhuo. If Zhu Shi knew this information from the beginning, he would definitely tell me more or less. After all, there is a deep grudge between Ming Zhuo and me.

In other words, "the level of impermanence in charge of Xianshui City and several surrounding cities is actually a follower of Mingzhu" was a secret intelligence that even Zhu Shi, the impermanence of Xianshui City, did not know before. This is not an ordinary thing. You should know that during the period when I was hostile to Mingzhu, the Zhu family also ran around to collect intelligence, but they could not even successfully discover that the person in charge of their own city was actually a person of Mingzhu, which shows how high the level of confidentiality was.

So why was his status as a follower of Mingzhu kept secret? Was there any special reason?
After detailed questioning, he seemed to be aware that he could not lie or remain silent in front of me, so he could only confess honestly: In fact, there is no reason for this, it is just the style passed down by the believers of Mingzhu.

Looking back, we can see that no matter whether it was Lu Youxun or Shenqiang, when they first appeared in front of us, no one knew that they were Mingzhu's subordinates. Mingzhu's character seems to lack the element of being upright. He just likes to stay in the shadows behind the scenes, using his omnipresent eyes and invisible hands to create a dark and terrifying atmosphere, and achieve many of the results he wants to achieve.

He also has some needs that really need invisible means to satisfy, for example, he used to have his men kidnap a large number of people with strong spirituality and kill them in an attempt to open a bridge to the afterlife. This kind of thing is certainly not allowed by Fa Zheng, and the two Great Impermanence once had a conflict because of this. Later, Ming Zhuo moved this activity to the dark. Fa Zheng always pays attention to doing things with a legitimate reason. Without the condition of grasping solid evidence, it is difficult to take action against Ming Zhuo again.

"I know that this place is a destined place for the god Zhuang Cheng, and I know that as a believer of the god Mingzhu, I will be strongly restrained by Zhuang Cheng's power... But I didn't expect that my background would be grasped by outsiders in advance." said the Wuchang.

"Isn't it because you used the power of life turbidity somewhere before and someone caught you with clues?" Zhu Shi asked.

"In the past, all the enemies who saw me use the power of life turbidity were killed by me, and I also cleaned up the battlefield carefully afterwards. I don't think this problem was caused by my negligence." The impermanence said seriously, "It must be that someone in our group betrayed us."

There is a traitor among Mingzhuo's subordinates... Could this be a clue for my next move?
After the conversation, the Impermanence called the agents to settle the ordinary people. As for the body of the "Preacher" on the ground, I cut off the head and took it away.

It was already night outside. Zhu Shi first took Xiao Qiao to the other party's home, saying that he wanted to meet the other party's parents and explain the situation clearly, so that they would agree to Xiao Qiao's transfer to Luoshan College. Things seemed to be going smoothly. As time went into the middle of the night, Zhu Shi called me after the discussion. I went to Zhu Shi's villa and saw her again in the living room on the first floor.

"This matter should be over, right? After all, you even fought against the incarnation of the Taoyuan Township Lord in this incident. It is indeed not an ordinary incident..."

Having said that, Zhu Shi still looked worried, and it was obvious that he felt that things might not be completely over yet.

I felt the same way, and pulled the Preacher's head out of the flames.

"Whether there is any follow-up to this incident, we'll have to ask this guy's head later," I said.

(End of this chapter)