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

Thunder Valley is located southwest of the Blood Mist Ancient Battlefield.

Before even getting close, Shen Ye could feel the thunderous aura in the air.

It's not the domineering purple lightning like Qin Wuji's.

Rather, it is a more ancient and heavier thunder.

Like divine punishment.

Like a calamity.

Each bolt of lightning leaves a grayish-white crystal on the ground.

A system notification appears.

[Residual traces of tribulation lightning detected.]

[The embryo of the Primordial Calamity Beast is showing signs of fluctuation.]

Shen Ye felt a slight warmth between his brows.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the gray-gold beast egg stirred slightly.

It is yearning.

Shen Ye looked up at the entrance of the valley.

There stands a broken stele there.

Those who enter the valley will almost certainly die.

Three people were standing next to the monument.

A white-haired boy, holding a black knife in his arms.

A girl in red, with blood threads wrapped around her fingertips.

A tall young man wearing an iron mask had a Ghost-faced Mastiff at the early stage of the fourth tier lying behind him.

All three of them possessed the same aura.

cold.

Clean.

The cleanliness achieved through murder.

Unlike the murky and bloody evil cultivators of the Blood-Clad Tower.

They are professional killers.

The system panels appeared one by one.

[King's List Assassin: White Blade]

[Realm Level: Early Stage of Fourth Rank]

[Talent: S-rank swordsmanship talent, Breath Slash]

[Risk Assessment: High]

[The Assassin of the Crown Prince's List: Red Thread]

[Realm Level: Peak of the Third Tier]

[Talent: S-rank Soul Control Talent, Fate Line Puppet]

[Risk Assessment: High]

[King's List Assassin: Iron Mastiff]

[Realm Level: Early Stage of Fourth Rank]

[Contracted Beast: Ghost-Faced Mastiff, Early Stage of Tier 4]

[Risk Assessment: High]

Shen Ye stopped in his tracks.

Bai Ren raised his eyes.

"Shen Ye?"

"Um."

Hongxian said with a smile:

"He looks a little better than in the portrait, it's a pity he's dying."

Iron Mastiff didn't say anything, but patted Ghost-Faced Mastiff's head.

The Ghost-Faced Mastiff stood up, its fourth-tier ferocious aura pressing down on Shen Ye.

Shen Ye asked, "Was it Xue Wumian who invited you?"

Bai Ren said, "Killing people for money."

Shen Ye nodded.

"Then there's nothing more to say."

Night Feather flew into the sky.

The candlestick sank into the shadow at the mouth of the valley.

Long Yuan walked to Shen Ye's side, grinning to reveal his fangs.

Drawing the sword with a bare blade.

The moment he drew his sword, a thin tear appeared in Shen Ye's combat uniform on his chest.

A breath strike from afar.

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed slightly.

That knife technique is very fast.

It's not even about severing the physical body, but about severing the flow of energy.

At the same time, Hong Xian raised his hand.

Dozens of blood threads silently wrapped around Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, and Long Yuan.

"Your beast taming skills are very strong."

"Can I borrow it?"

Before she could finish speaking, Night Feather Netherfire descended.

The bloodline was burned off.

Hongxian's expression changed slightly.

"Soul-Slaying Fire?"

The masked mastiff had already pounced.

The iron mastiff followed behind it, the man and the beast pressing down on it head-on.

Long Yuan roared with a loud laugh, activating his Fighting Dragon Ape form, and charged towards the Ghost-Faced Mastiff.

boom!

Peak Tier 3 vs. Early Tier 4.

Surprisingly, Long Yuan wasn't knocked away.

The ground beneath its feet cracked open, and its arms held firmly against the demon-faced mastiff's claws.

The iron mastiff's eyes flickered.

"Good beast taming."

The blade fell again.

This time, the blade flashed straight at Shen Ye's neck.

Shen Ye's Myriad Beasts Divine Runes lit up, and the Candle Nine form was activated.

Shadow Escape.

The blade flashed and sliced ​​through the air.

But in the next instant, Bai Ren turned around ahead of time and slashed at the location where Shen Ye had appeared.

He saw through the Shadow Cloak's landing point.

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The myriad beasts sword patterns coalesced into a black and gold short sword.

clang!

Swords clashed.

Shen Ye's wrist suddenly sank.

The blade's power wasn't particularly strong, but its intent was extremely sharp.

He specifically targets the weak points.

Just as Shen Ye blocked the white blade, the red line had already circled around to the side.

The blood trickling from her fingertips pierced the bones on the ground.

A dozen or so corpses from the ancient battlefield rose up, formed a puppet formation, and pounced on Shen Ye.

Night Feather let out a clear cry.

The Soul Burial of the Underworld Phoenix.

Dark flames covered the puppet array.

The remnant soul was burned, and the remains were scattered.

Zhu Jiu emerged from the shadows beneath Hong Xian's feet, and the Nine Netherworld Shadows locked onto her ankles.

But Hongxian laughed.

"Got you?"

Her ankle suddenly split open, revealing not flesh and blood, but a mass of blood-threaded puppets.

The real body is ten meters away.

A very thin line of blood had already wrapped around Zhu Jiu's neck.

"receive."

The blood vessels tightened suddenly.

Sparks burst forth from the nine scales of the candle.

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

"Night Feather".

The ghost fire landed precisely on the line.

The bloodline broke.

Red Line groaned, blood seeping from his fingertips.

At this moment, the glint of blades flashed once more.

Iron Hound and Ghost-Faced Hound also suppressed Long Yuan and approached Shen Ye's flank.

The three worked together very well.

Bai Ren cut Shen Ye.

The red thread controls the beast.

The iron mastiff is pressing down from the front.

Bloodface did indeed spend a lot of money to kill him.

Shen Ye took half a step back.

It's not about escaping.

It's an adjustment.

A system notification appears.

[A powerful enemy has been detected surrounding and attacking us.]

[It is recommended to prioritize eliminating targets controlled by the soul.]

Shen Ye thought so too.

The red line is the most troublesome.

He raised his hand, and Ye Yu and Zhu Jiu disappeared at the same time.

Bai Ren's eyes flickered.

"not good."

The shadows deepened abruptly beneath the red line.

Zhu Jiu did not attack her directly.

Instead, it unleashed the Nine Netherworld Candle Dragon Breath, spraying it at all the surrounding Bloodline Puppets.

Ye Yu swooped down from the sky, and the Nether Phoenix Soul Burial locked onto the red thread soul.

Hongxian's expression finally changed.

She wanted to switch places.

But Shen Ye had already arrived.

Myriad Beasts Divine Pattern, Night Feather Form.

Explosive speed.

A white blade slashed down, attempting to save the person.

Shen Ye neither dodged nor avoided the knife, taking the blow head-on to the shoulder.

Blood splattered.

His black and gold short sword also pierced an inch in front of Hongxian's brow.

Red Line Scream:

"I admit it..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ye ignited a ghostly fire in his left hand and pressed it against her forehead.

"I don't accept it."

boom!

The ghost fire poured in.

The red thread of the soul was burned through, and the body went limp.

[Defeat the assassin Hongxian from the King's List.]

[Points +3000.]

[Gained Evolution Points: 2500.]

[Extract Talent Fragment: Soul Control Thread Fragment 1.]

The remaining two assassins' expressions changed.

Iron Mastiff whispered:

"The intelligence was wrong."

Bai Ren looked at the wound on Shen Ye's shoulder.

"He's injured."

Iron Hound said, "But Red Line is dead."

The white blade gripped the black knife tightly.

"continue."

Shen Ye raised his hand, and his battle body began to heal and stop the bleeding.

He looked at the two of them, his eyes cold and devoid of warmth.

"Three of them can't kill me."

"Two? That won't do either."