Gate of Immortality

Chapter 178: Sudden Enlightenment

" Damn it, where that bitch had gone?" The burly man shouted. He was annoyed to the point to pull out his hair. " Haha, Old Bastard, come here and get the recording talisman if you dare!" A girl laughed in distance. " There!" the burly man shouted. Since their group was scattered, it was only he and two other guys there. Only the burly man was at the Eighth stage. The girl laughed as she dashed off. " Catch her." the burly man shouted.

They were surprised to see that girl and decided to chase her. But she was faster than them. While they chased her, they could feel something was amiss. And then, suddenly, they saw an attack came at them.  " Dodge!" Someone shouted. They easily dodged that, but unfortunately, the girl already vanished from there.

" Wait! There seems to be a fight over there!" The subordinate of the burly man frowned. " There! It seems they are also suspects!" A dozen of guards came shouting. They wore the same armors as the guards of Wei Cang. " Protect Master Wei! Kill whoever comes in the way!" the guards shouted. They circled a middle-aged man, who was in his thirties. He was Wei Cang, who was wanted by Blood Moon Hall and Traceless Ghost Pavilion.

" No- Wait!" The burly man shouted to stop, but the guards of Wei Cang attacked them before they could explain. " Damn! They will really kill us! Defend yourself!" They were overwhelmed by the guards as they had the in numbers. The people from the Green Snake gang had a hard time defending themselves. " No wonder! He really trapped them here!" the girl chuckled as she hid nearby. 

" Hmph, you bastards! Let's see how you go back alive! That girl snorted as he palm glowed with a green halo, then she slammed them to the ground. The ground cracked as green vines crawled out from it. The vines grabbed the feet of the Green Snak Gang members, making them immobile. " Damn it!" They cursed as they were unable to dodge the attacks from the Guards. After a while, the guards finally killed them all. After all, they were guards trained by the Royal clan.

Actually, Red Viper and Wind Gale were only responsible for diverting the guards while Fluttering Leaf was supposed to kill Wei Cang. But they noticed that Fluttering Leaf didn't give the signal of successful assassination, so they chose to retreat. The guards also let them go as their priority was to protect Wei Cang. 

" Damn it! Where the fuck is Violet Specter!" Night Demon cursed loudly as he pushed back Bronze Bull. He was flustered after Violet Specter didn't come to help him. " Could it be that someone was fighting with him? If that's the case, I must escape!" Night Demon thought inwardly. Unfortunately, Bronze Bull didn't intend to let Night Demon leave.

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" Hahaha, Forget to catch me." Violet Specter sneered as he continued to run. " Damn! Do you think you can outrun me?" Yang Shi laughed coldly as he threw a shot dagger of meta qi. But he was getting anxious inside. " If things go like this, I might really lose him. Only if my Starlight Burst was at Initial completion stage." Yang Shi sighed in frustration, but then, his eyes sparkled. 

" Starlight Burst! It's more like a burst of light, making extremely fast short range movement. But the word " Starlight" is also the same as the light from stars, which comes from extremely far places. Speed of light is unrivaled. Fast, Just like Starlight!" Yang Shi's eyes shone with brightness as he was enlightened. Suddenly, he felt his body became light, like a feather. He grabbed his Crimson Dusk dagger and revolved Spiritual qi to its limit.

*ZAPPP* Yang Shi felt his surrounding became hazy. With a swift sound, he shot off wildly. Leaving behind a trail of misty, white light. " DIEEEE!" Yang Shi roared as his body blinked. Violet Specter's eyes became wide as he saw Yang Shi closing him at a great speed. He couldn't understand how Yang Shi's speed suddenly increased.

" PHANTOM CUT." Yang Shi shouted as his daggers slashed in a crimson arc. Before Violet Specter could dodge, he saw his body decapitated into multiple pieces. Blood Splattered on the ground as his body fell. " Hahaha! I did it-" Yang Shi was rejoicing, but suddenly, his face turned black. " I- I can't stop! Damn!!!!" Yang Shi was unable to control his body and slammed into the nearby wall.

*BAM* The wall trembled as Yang Shi plastered on it like a gecko. As he was wearing a metal mask, he felt its edges cut his cheeks. " Damn!" He sighed as he stood on. Yang Shi turned back and saw the corpse of Violet Specter. He went there with a cold face, took out the storage pouch and a token from his robe. On the token, there was a face of a demon engraved, which had three horns. That was a token of assassins from Traceless Ghost Pavilion. It was the same as the Blood Moon Hall token.

" I am keeping this. This the trophy of killing Violet Specter." yang Shi chuckled. Then he jumped off a roof and started to survey the area. " Aha! It seems Wei Cang really escaped from them." Yang Shi chuckled. " But from me..." Yang Shi laughed evilly as he silently closed their distance. 

" Hahhh! Mr. Wei, It seems we are safe. Our reinforcement would come soon." The guard said to Wei Cang. " damn it! How the hell they knew I was coming to the outer city? Those bastards! Just wait till I report it to father. He knew all of them, who wants to send assassins for me." Wei Cang coldly said. His cultivation was only in the Fifth stage, so he never dared to go without his guards.

" Hmm, It seems your guard's senses are a bit dull, Mr. Wei. They just said you are safe out of mid-air." A voice chuckled. The guard's and Wei Cang's hair stood on its end as they looked around. " Well, I guess, I should give you a swift death." The voice ended, and an arrow fired at them from nowhere.

" Protect Mr. Wei!" the guards shouted as they pushed Wei Cang. The arrow hit the thigh of a soldier, but it was only a shallow wound.

As they were looking for the attacker, Wei Cang cried in agony. " ARRRGH!" he fell down to his knees as there was a dagger in his chest. It completely went through his chest as one could see the dagger tip on his back. 

" NOO!''

The guards shouted as they help Wei Cang. The dagger buzzed as it miraculously flew back to the hand of a young man. 

His black robe was fluttering, which looked like a shadow blended in darkness. On his bright, Bronze demon mask, one can easily see bloodstains.

" Y-You bastard!!" the guards roared in anger. They couldn't believe that Wei Cang died while they were protecting him. 

" Get that bastard! Else, Lord Wei will skin us alive." A guard said with a trembling voice. The guards came back to sense as they glared at Yang Shi. 

They didn't waste any time as they charged at Yang Shi. But Yang Shi only laughed as his figure became distorted. 

" Remember! My name is- Evil Shadow!" 

Yang Shi's voice boomed as he vanished from the guard's eyesight. They could only see a faint, white trail of light.

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" Damn! To think I will lose today!" Night Demon sighed in his heart. He was escaping from Bronze Bull. He sacrificed two of his subordinates to buy time. " Bronze Bull and Fluttering Leaf! Just wait!" He roared. Night Demon never thought that his plan would fail in such a miserable way.

As he was running, a white light came in front of him. It was like a crescent moon coming at him. Before Night Demon could understand anything, he saw his body got separated from hs waist.

" Wh-Wha..." Before he could say anything, his vision blacked out.

" Huh?!!!" Bronze Bull suddenly stopped after he saw what happened. Sweat trickled from his head as he saw someone standing in front of Night Demon's corpse. 

That person slowly sheathed his long sword as he gazed at Bronze Bull. Bronze Bull could only see the face of a bronze demon mask as that figure vanished.

" Heh, a head-on Moonlight Slash might only injure Night Demon, but a sneak attack can kill him." That figure was no other than Yang Shi. He gazed to the distance. " I hope that girl finished her business." He muttered as he used his Starlight Burst.

Just after he left, the entire north block burst with uproar. Due to such big commotions, City guards finally arrived. What's more, everyone got shocked after hearing about the death of Wei Cang!

" Evil Shadow!" 

They remembered the name of this unknown, new assassin.