Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

The characters on the black stele have cracked.

But the gray-white pen didn't come off.

It hung in front of the monument, and with a turn of the pen, it forcefully repaired the cracked characters.

[Remote evidence is not considered evidence.]

The witness is not a practitioner.

[Goalkeeping ineffective.]

boom!

In the direction of Old Jiangcheng, the second anchor shook violently.

The two characters "Shen Ye" on the threshold of Building 13 seem to be gently pressed down by an invisible hand.

Lu Chenzhou's sword light was blocked in mid-air by the black monument.

From the depths of the stele path came the cold voice of the eighth seat.

"The gatekeeper shall not enter the path leading to the monument."

"On what grounds can you testify?"

Qin Wuji's face darkened.

"Isn't it cheating?"

Zhou Xuan's voice came from outside the formation, filled with suppressed anger.

"It's not cheating."

"It's a rule for inserting text."

"It forcibly added a rule to the original rules of the stele path."

Shen Ye looked at the system panel.

[Typographical rule insertion detected.]

[Original rule: Those who join the sect must leave proof.]

[Rules for inclusion: Witnesses must be practitioners.]

[Note: The insertion rules are incomplete and may be removed.]

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

"So you can fill in the blanks too."

Before the black monument, the gray-white pen paused slightly.

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The register of four certificates was opened.

The old night gatekeeper's certificate lit up from the last page.

That was the evidence left behind by Lu Chenzhou when he last executed a member of the imperial family.

It wasn't written by Shen Ye.

It wasn't Shen Ye who identified him.

It was left behind by Lu Chenzhou himself.

Shen Ye gripped the black and gold short sword.

"I will not testify for him."

"I will only cut off the extra words you wrote."

The words fell.

A flash of sword light appeared.

The target is not the black monument.

Instead, it's the last three lines of gray characters on the monument.

Distant evidence is not considered evidence.

The witness has not entered the path.

The goalkeeper's defense was ineffective.

The gray-white pen suddenly reversed direction, its tip spewing out a large cloud of ink mist.

Countless nameless hands emerged from the inky mist, trying to grab Shen Ye's sword.

Night Feathers flapped their wings.

The black sun and ghostly flames fell.

A corner of the ink mist was burned through.

Zhu Jiu emerged from the shadows, and Jiu You hooked its back and bit the shadow of the brush.

Long Yuan took a step forward and smashed the nameless palm with both fists.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye on Jie Chen's forehead lit up, and gray-white lightning nailed the rules written on the monument.

Gui Xu leaned on Shen Ye's shoulder, staring at the pen.

"Fake character".

Shen Ye asked, "Can you bite it?"

Guixu opened its mouth.

"It tastes awful."

The next moment, it still bit down.

Click.

The corner of the rule that was written was swallowed up by it.

The black monument trembled.

The three lines of gray text finally revealed a flaw.

Shen Ye slashed down with his sword.

The first line is broken.

The second line is broken.

The third line is broken.

The gray-white pen tip broke off by half an inch.

At the same time.

Old Jiangcheng.

Downstairs at Building 13.

Lu Chenzhou stood before the threshold, the Old Night King Blade stuck into the ground.

He didn't take a single step.

The two characters "Shen Ye" on the threshold lit up faintly.

Lu Chenzhou raised his hand and placed his palm on the hilt of the knife.

"I am not a follower of the Tao."

"Because I'm the goalkeeper."

"The door is here."

"His name remains."

"I am here."

The sound of a blade ringing out rang out.

A streak of black and gold light followed the second anchor, piercing through thousands of miles, and landed in the nameless stele forest.

This time, the Black Stele couldn't stop it.

The blade flashed and struck the center of the monument.

The four characters "【守门未至】" are split in two.

A cold snort came from deep within the path leading to the monument.

The eighth pen fell again, intending to write Lu Chenzhou's real name.

But Lu Chenzhou's knife was faster.

He personally carved four characters beside the threshold.

[Lu Chenzhou, gatekeeper.]

next moment.

These four characters were reflected on the stele.

They weren't dragged in.

It was his own testimony.

The black monument exploded with a deafening roar.

A wisp of deep black-gold flame flew out from the broken stone tablet and landed on the last page of the register of names.

A system notification sounded.

[Old Night Gatekeeper Certificate Completed.]

[Promotion from Four Certificates to Five Certificates]

[The anchor's stability has been improved.]

[Second Anchor: The threshold of the old river city, steadfast.]

[Completeness of the Eighth Seat's True Name Fragment: 14% → 19%]

[Resolution of the first stele path in the Unnamed Stele Forest: 46% → 58%]

Qin Wuji looked at the fragments of the black stele and exhaled.

"Old Lu's strike was hard enough."

Li Xuance nodded.

"The best proof is that those who guard the gate do not enter the path."

Meng Qianqiu smiled.

"The decision to cede the eighth seat was not unjust."

Chu Jinglan looked into the depths of the stele forest.

"It's not over yet."

Of course, it's not over yet.

After the first row of witness monuments was completely shattered, the fragments did not dissipate.

They sank into the ground, transforming into a deeper path of monuments.

On both sides of the monument path, the second row of stone tablets slowly rises.

This time, no personal names were written on the monument.

Instead, it writes the name of the object.

[A broken corner of the pedestal.]

[The burial name is Zhongxian. 】

[Return to Sleep Gate Skin.]

[Fragment of a register of names.]

[The death sentence was handed down.]

Zhou Xuan's voice suddenly changed.

"The second row is a monument of evidence."

"It will bury the evidence in your hands."

Shen Ye looked at the last stele.

The death certificate was broken.

That was the key to him sealing the vacant ninth seat.

Once this evidence is buried by the eighth seat, the portico contenders will immediately re-target him.

really.

A system warning sounded.

[Warning: The evidence of the death of the deceased is being secured by the evidence monument.]

If the evidence is buried, the seal on the empty space will become invalid.

The Skinner, Soul-Cutting Craftsman, and Crown-Swallower will regain their host coordinates.

Deep within the Stele Forest, the voice of the Eighth Seat resounded once more.

"The witness testimony is reliable."

"Where is the physical evidence?"

On the last stone tablet in the second row, a gray-white brushstroke fell.

It did not write "fake".

It also did not write "none".

It slowly added two words after the "Death Certificate".

[Not dead.]