A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 39: Solo theft has a low success rate, but I have many worms.

When Genji saw that Ryoma Ken was able to block the attack, a hint of surprise flashed in his golden eyes.

In order to extract information about the sealed words of power and to find out who the mole was, Genjiro had already held back, but he did not expect that Ken Ryoma would react so quickly and be able to block it directly.

I thought I could easily sever Ryoma Ken's arm with a single stroke...

His mind raced, a few fleeting thoughts flashing through his mind, but his body, honed by years of swordsmanship training, moved on its own without conscious thought.

In an instant, the move changed, the reverse robe making a diagonal cut to the left.

This time, Ryoma Ken gripped the sword with both hands and blocked the attack again, using the strength of his arms to prevent himself from taking another step back.

Although the parasitic talisman, which was used in advance, could not unleash its extraordinary abilities, its reaction speed and agility remained.

With the help of the corrupted hybrid body of Ryoma Ken, he was able to barely exchange a few blows with Genjiro.

Seeing that he had failed to defeat these lowly henchmen of the Fierce Demons with two consecutive strikes, Genji became intrigued and unleashed a flurry of sword flashes from four directions toward Ryoma Ken.

Ancient swordsmanship, Heart-shaped Blade Style, Four Chapters and Eight Phases!
It has four different sword techniques, some real and some fake, some true and some false, making it quite difficult for Longma Jian to block, and he was forced to retreat with each strike.

On one hand, in direct combat, he is no match for Genjiro in terms of strength and speed; on the other hand, there is a difference in weaponry.

Genjiro's Spider Cutter is an alchemical weapon, sharp and sturdy, capable of cutting through iron like mud, while Ryoma Ken's is just an ordinary katana.

In just a few clashes, several gaps have been cut into it, and faint cracks have appeared. If it were to be chopped a few more times, it might just shatter into pieces.

In this situation, Ryoma Ken couldn't help but start cursing. What on earth was the main body doing? Wasn't it ready yet?
"Young Master! Something's wrong! Words of Power!" The first to notice the anomaly was Yabuki Sakura, who had been secretly using Words of Power.

Her Word of Power, Yin Flow, allows her to manipulate the airflow around her, creating high-speed miniature wind tunnels.

This allows the throwing knives, daggers, and other concealed weapons to be accelerated to their limits, so that any unarmored part of the enemy's body can be pierced through by Yabuki Sakura at top speed.

As soon as the battle began, Sakura Yabuki secretly manipulated the airflow, preparing two throwing knives that hovered on either side, ready to provide support or prevent any unexpected events.

But after a few rounds of fighting between her young master and Ryoma Ken, Yabuki Sakura was horrified to discover that her Word of Power was gone!
The manipulated airflow immediately fell silent, and the two throwing knives clattered to the ground.

Crow and Yaksha, two trusted retainers, also noticed a problem: their physical abilities had inexplicably declined.

The other members of the Executive Bureau were in the same boat. After hearing Sakura Yabuki's words, they all tried, but none of them could use their incantations.

Enraged, Genjiro unleashed his full power as a royal-level hybrid, delivering a simple yet powerful downward strike that severed Ryoma Kenjiro's katana.

With a single slash, he lunged forward, crashing into Longma Jian, breaking his ribs and sending him flying several meters before crashing to the ground in a sorry state.

At the same time, the broken blade, which was spinning in mid-air, fell precisely to the side, with half of the blade piercing Ryoma Ken's abdomen.

He precisely avoided all vital points, merely restricting Ryoma Ken's movements.

Genjiro's golden eyes were truly as bright as the sun. He strode forward and stepped on Ryoma Ken's palm. With a slight force, a faint cracking sound was heard.

His voice was cold and gloomy, his words difficult to decipher: "Tell me, how exactly did you seal away the power of words!"

Genji felt a chill in his heart. He had just secretly tried to activate the Word of Power: Royal Authority, but he couldn't use it at all!

Ryoma Ken was still smiling, as if his injuries didn't exist.

It is said that the ten fingers are connected to the heart, and even though his finger bones were cracked from being stepped on, he still had a smiling face.

This seemingly painless behavior caused Genji to frown, even though he was in the upper hand. Had this guy gone mad?
Among the fierce ghosts, a very small number have bloodlines that have gone out of control and led to madness; they truly have no sense of pain.

Little did they know, it was merely the Time Worm, which was parasitizing the depths of Ryoma Ken's soul, that had deliberately severed his sense of pain.

Of course, while it couldn't feel physical pain, it still felt aggrieved. The clone couldn't help but curse the original: 'Cloners have no rights!'

Not only will they have to come out and get beaten, but they'll also be used as bait to attract attention and facilitate your theft, and they'll have to take responsibility for the consequences.

When the distance is too close, the clones can communicate with each other by soul, as well as with the original body.

Hidden in an empty house in a nearby residential building, Xu Lie secretly peered out the window, marveling at the enormous gains he had made this time.

The Fire Thief had consumed a full third of the potion, demonstrating that Genji was indeed of royal blood and held a high rank, far surpassing the lower-ranking Karami. Mysticism emphasizes rank, and Genji's current rank should be higher than that of a Sequence 6 Fire Thief, resulting in a lower success rate of stealing the Word of Power, perhaps around 20%.

But Xu Lie had too many men.

For this operation, Xu Lie called back many clones in advance, instructing them to retreat into Time Worms and carry them with him. He carried more than twenty Time Worms, which was the limit he could currently carry.

20% multiplied by twenty is, to some extent, a guarantee of success.

Unless one is truly extremely unlucky, to the point of being incredibly unlucky, it is impossible to steal more than twenty times without succeeding even once.

Unfortunately, Xu Lie's original body sequence is still relatively low, so he can't create too many Time Worm clones, otherwise he won't be able to control them.

If there were more Time Bugs, then we could use a strategy of splitting ourselves into clones and then splitting ourselves into clones.

This allows them to exploit a bug, permanently possess these Words of Power, and permanently seal away the Words of Power of Genji and others.

Unfortunately, there weren't enough Time Insects, so they stole from each other, each only lasting ten minutes, with a maximum of just over two hundred minutes, which is less than five hours.

In response to Ryoma Ken's clone's complaints, Xu Lie's true body replied via soul communication: 'Didn't I promise you that after this, I'd give you an easier job?'

Thanks to the fact that these hybrids only know about dragons and have no understanding of the mysterious system, even if Genji kills Ryoma Ken, his clone Time Worm can still survive.

If we sneak back then, it will be as if we have suffered no loss.

Anyway, Ryoma Ken, a scumbag whose bloodline has gone out of control, is not within the recruitment scope of the Old Church, so he's dead.

Genjiro had no idea that Ryoma Ken, who was standing beneath him, was daydreaming. With a powerful step, he crushed the bones in Ryoma Ken's entire hand, but Ryoma Ken's expression didn't change at all; he was still there smiling.

He's incredibly annoying.

This truly ignited Genji's anger: "Crow!"

"Here!" The crow hurried forward, no longer daring to grin.

Genjiro left Ryoma Ken to the crow: "Interrogate him properly, let him know the methods of our family! The rest of you, come with me."

After saying that, he led everyone straight to the Nightclub.

Yuan Zhisheng also knew very well that professional matters should be handled by professionals. For example, in interrogation, Crow knew better than him how to torture people and how to get someone to talk.

"Give it to..." Crow was about to agree when he caught a glimpse of Ryoma Ken struggling to grasp the broken blade piercing his abdomen with his other hand.

Genjiro and the crow remained unmoved. Ryoma Ken was already so badly injured, yet he still wanted to resist?

Funny?
The crow could tell at a glance that Ryoma Ken's ribs were broken into bone spurs that were about to pierce the skin in front of his heart. How could he still make a move?

However, to their surprise, Ryoma Ken maintained his smile, gripped the broken blade tightly with his bare hands, and ignored the sharp blade that cut his palm.

He bravely pulled it out and committed suicide!

Such a swift and terrifying scene left Genji and the crow with no time to react; all they could see was Ryoma Ken's eerie smile that remained even in death.

Are you kidding me? The main body already promised it that it would be given an easier job after this, and you still want to torture the interrogator?

In a hurry to leave work, the clone had no choice but to resort to this trick, but then he laughed as he committed suicide, which was very inconsistent with the behavior of a madman whose bloodline had gone out of control.

Even the depraved hybrids among the Ghost Clan, no matter how insane, still maintain the most basic survival instincts of a living being and would never do such a thing.

That's why Genjiro let Ryoma Ken run wild and didn't restrain him immediately, because a half-breed madman wouldn't think of committing suicide.

Unfortunately, Ryoma Ken remained rational from beginning to end.

At this moment, both Yuan Zhisheng and the crow felt a chill run down their spines.

Maintaining a smile while your hand and finger bones are shattered might not seem like much to a madman, but for a human being who retains their sanity, it's somewhat perverse.

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