Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 162 Hidden Killing
In the living room.

Lin Qing released the realm of the false god and confirmed that there was no telepathic spying. He then used his telepathic power to check again carefully to make sure that there were no surveillance facilities. Only then did he put his mind into the Gate of Eternity in his mind.

A ray of light flew out from between his eyebrows and transformed into a naked black flame clone.

"The sacred text is 'hidden from the world', how wonderful it is."

Lin Qing felt very strange at this moment.

Neither his telekinesis nor his eyes could detect the Black Flame clone, so he had to rely on the Pseudo-God realm in space to sense that there was a certain existence occupying the space within his realm.

However, his consciousness in the Black Flame clone allowed him to see his original body.

The hiding ability of this holy word "Hidden World" is really strong.

Lin Qing tried to aim the detector he carried with him at the Black Flame clone, but the detector was like detecting the air and found nothing.

"Not bad." Lin Qing nodded slightly with satisfaction.

Then, the Black Flame clone entered the training room next door and closed the door, so no one knew there was someone else in the room.

Even if someone came to check, the black flame clone would completely disappear as long as it burned itself out in an instant.

For the Black Flame Clan, it is difficult to stay alive, but it is very easy to burn to ashes.

“Blood Edge…”

Lin Qing stretched out his hand and took out the diamond-shaped transparent crystal that Chairman Yan gave him from the subspace storage device.

The inheritance token of the holy word 'Blood Edge'.

"The intelligence about the Sky Islands that Chairman Yan provided through Jiayi happened to contain no holy text suitable for the commander of the army. Does he happen to have a copy himself?"

Lin Qing was used to being wary of and speculating about others, so it was natural that he couldn't be without doubts in his mind at this moment.

However, the order level did not change, which meant that the other party had no ill will towards him.

"Is he doing this to make me more grateful? Take care of his son?" Lin Qing thought thoughtfully.

After a while, he shook his head slightly, and his mental power penetrated into the diamond-shaped transparent crystal in his hand. Immediately, a stream of light merged into his mental power.

A complex message and illusory power immediately merged into his memory.

It was the inheritance of the holy word 'Blood Edge'.

Then, silently, the diamond-shaped transparent crystal was shattered.

In the training room, the Black Flame clone immediately began to burn itself as he pondered the newly learned sacred texts.

With his thorough understanding of the essence of primordial energy, it wouldn’t take him much time to figure out how to use primordial energy to form holy words.

The night passed.

At dawn, Lin Qing already understood how to engrave this set of holy words, and at the same time, this advanceable item also appeared on the Anti-Entropy panel.

"order."

He did not hesitate: "Advance payment, the fifth level holy word 'Blood Edge'."

Memories came flooding back, energy flowing endlessly.

'Blood Edge' is a holy word of the Order system, but it also has some characteristics similar to the Life system.

But this is normal.

The universe is increasing in entropy and will eventually move towards chaos and disorder, but life is an anti-entropy existence that feeds on negative entropy and resists this disorder by absorbing energy and matter, thereby maintaining its own ordered state.

The two factions of Order and Life are naturally similar factions.

"It's done."

After a moment, Lin Qing opened his eyes and felt the changes after the holy words "Blood Edge" were engraved on himself.

At this time, his blood contained a special power, which was formed by the fusion of his life, energy, and mental power. This power could be used to breed weapons that themselves contained energy, making the weapons like life, with energy running more orderly, thus achieving a huge improvement.

This set of sacred texts is just right for a military commander.

"The more blood you consume when nurturing a divine weapon, the greater the improvement? A divine weapon nurtured by consuming all of your body's blood can increase its power by almost a level..."

Lin Qing smiled slightly.

Not to mention that he was not afraid of death at all. The recovery brought by the holy text "Source of Life" alone was enough to allow him to recover quickly even if all the blood in his body was exhausted.

Under normal circumstances, it would probably take a portion of blood to nurture each time, and then recover before doing it again.

And he wouldn't have to worry so much.

"Let's give it a try." Lin Qing started trying immediately.

The Black Flame clone returned to the training room and continued to practice.

The Black Flame clone is not a military commander, so naturally he cannot practice the Rotating Star Divine Skill, but he can familiarize himself with the nine powers in advance.

The Star Spinning Skill required nine types of sixth-level power essences, which meant that he had to condense nine pseudo-godhoods.

Before that, he had to be familiar enough with these nine powers to the point where he could blend them easily, so that he could form a pseudo-godhood in his mind.

After all, this is the power of the sixth level. Even if he has the holy word 'Life Affinity', even if he concentrates on becoming familiar with one of them, it will take at least a year and a half to hope to achieve this. The time required for all nine is even longer.

This is just familiarity, and can only be regarded as a threshold.

But understanding the essence is even more difficult.

If there were no pseudo-godhood, many primitive creatures with average comprehension would spend tens of thousands of years of their lives on it and would find it difficult to recognize one essence, let alone nine.

Otherwise, higher primitive creatures would not be so rare.

"I must complete it within two years... I must pass the trial of the original priesthood before the next opening of the Sky Islands..."

Lin Qing wasn't sure, but he could only try his best.

If you can get familiar with it as quickly as possible, and then use the pseudo-godhood and advance payment, there is at least hope.

"Well... it's best to transform into a higher primitive creature first, a sixth-level life form, so that you can easily become familiar with the power of the sixth level..."

……

Five days later.

Deep inside the fortress where the Star Patrol Council is located, in a high-tech conference hall.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, as the light changed, seven figures appeared in front of the conference table, with figures surrounding them behind them.

Above the conference table, a water-blue planet was projected. More than 70% of the planet's surface was covered by water. There were also deserts, forests, mountains, ice fields, etc. It was slowly rotating as if on its own axis, and it exuded an astonishing sense of oppression just by rotating.

"Seven Speakers and twenty-two members are already here."

A cold voice without any emotion came from the rotating planet above the conference table, and at the same time, a crack slowly appeared, looking like an eyeball.

"Planet Patroller."

The seven figures sitting behind the conference table and the twenty-two figures spoke respectfully at the same time.

Although the planet patroller is only an intelligent life form, it has a unique status and holds the final decision-making power. It is also the only controller of this space fortress.

If this sixth-order space fortress explodes, even the Speaker will have to flee, and anyone below the Speaker will surely die.

"This online meeting was initiated by Speaker Yan Que."

The voice of the planet patroller sounded: "Chairman Yan Que submitted an application to allow the newly joined quasi-planet patroller 'Lin Qing' to use the sixth-level energy pool in advance. If the normal queue is used, it will take about one year and three months. If you have any ideas, you can express them freely."

After a short silence, an old Zhixing man with an ice-blue vertical eye between his eyebrows sneered and said:

"Advance use? Since he is a rare clergyman, he has been specially invited to join the parliament. Why does he want to jump the queue? Can't he wait for more than a year?"

"Chancellor Kolo."

Chairman Yan looked at him expressionlessly, "This newcomer, Lin Qing, is a genius. It has been less than two and a half years since he started practicing. This one year or so is very important to him. There is no need to delay."

"Genius?" Speaker Kolo said coldly, "If he has practiced for more than two years to become a Star Patroller, it's understandable, but he is just a primitive, right? At most, he is at the second level of the Star Abyss. Why should he make an exception and cut in line?"

Chairman Yan said indifferently: "In the cultivation environment of Earth Civilization, if it were you, would you be able to reach his level?"

Speaker Kolo sneered, "Who can tell clearly about matters concerning cultivation?"

"This person cuts in line, and that person also cuts in line, what are the rules like?" A female speaker of the Zhixing people with a black vertical eye between her eyebrows also said in a cold voice.

"There are only eight sixth-level energy pools in total, and there are many prospective star patrollers waiting in line. But do some talents have to be privileged?"

"Didn't Speaker Pross also enjoy this kind of treatment?"

"Chairman Pros's position is even rarer. Not only is he a Phantom Magician, who only has two vacancies on Earth, but he has also passed the third level of the Star Abyss. What about this Earthling?"

The speakers all spoke up, but except for Speaker Yan, the others obviously disagreed.

"Then let's vote."

The eye-like planet above slowly rotated, and a voice without any fluctuations came: "If less than half of the votes agree, the chairmen will propose a test."

"agree."

"disagree."

"disagree."

"disagree."

Soon, all seven speakers voted, and except for Speaker Yan, who was also from Earth, the other six speakers naturally would not agree.

As for the proposals for tests, the six speakers tried their best to propose tests with high difficulty. Even if the planetary patrollers would not agree, they could gradually test the bottom line of what the planetary patrollers would accept.

After a while.

"...Please vote on the above three options, Speaker and members."

After the Planet Patrol projected three test plans, the Speakers and members of the House began to vote immediately.

The three options given by the planetary patrollers also represent tests of three different levels of difficulty. All three have the possibility of being passed, but the difficulty is naturally different.

finally--

"Plan No. 23 has votes."

The Planet Patroller slowly turned and looked at Speaker Yan: "Speaker Yan, please inform Lin Qing, the Quasi-Planner, that as long as he passes the test of Plan No. 1, he will be allowed to jump the queue and use the energy pool."

"This test..." Speaker Yan frowned tightly.

"What? Speaker Yan?"

Speaker Kolo said indifferently: "This is the plan given by the planetary patrol. Do you have any questions?"

Another female speaker of the Zhixing people also glanced at Speaker Yan and said calmly: "Since he wants to cut in line, he should be stronger than those who are currently using the energy pool and those in front of him. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Speaker Yan snorted coldly, and the holographic projection disappeared.

……

……

"Plan No. 1?"

In the living room, Lin Qing stood in front of Chairman Yan and asked in confusion: "Is the test of Plan No. 1 very difficult?"

"Very high." Speaker Yan frowned. "I originally thought that if you had engraved the holy word Blood Edge, your apparent strength would have given you a chance to pass the third level of Xingyuan. Your chances of passing the test would be very high, but now... I'm afraid there's no hope."

"No hope?"

Lin Qing asked: "What exactly is the test?"

He has already entered the Xingyuan rankings under the name 02.

Speaker Yan, Irenado and others must know that his code name on the Dusk Front is 02, and they naturally understand that he already has the ability to pass the third level of Xingyuan.

Before he engraved the holy word Blood Edge, with his ability to command troops, even if his domain was strong enough, he would not be able to pass the third level if his attack power was not enough. However, he passed it. Of course, these people understood that he still had hidden strength.

"The test of Plan No. 1 will be in the 'Challenge Platform', a subsidiary space of the Second Cosmic Network."

Speaker Yan said: "The test requires you to defeat everyone who is currently using the energy pool and everyone in front of you on the challenge stage."

"Everyone?" Lin Weiqing raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Could there be any advanced primitive creatures among these people?" he asked immediately.

In theory, higher primitive creatures are already life forms of the sixth energy level, and it would be easy for them to sense the power of the same energy level. Even without an energy pool, they can quickly become familiar with it.

The key to practicing magical skills is to understand the essence, which requires comprehension, and an energy pool cannot help.

But it's not completely impossible.

"It is because of a high-level primitive creature that I say you have no hope."

Chairman Yan shook his head and said, "Although that person is only a regular priest, he is a high-level primitive creature after all, and he also has the corresponding holy words 'Poisonous Heart', 'Extinction', and 'Heart Mirror'."

"That person really can't pass the fourth level of Xingyuan, but he can hold on for a while, and can even kill one or two demons on the fourth level. In the third level of Xingyuan, he is also a very strong existence. Your apparent strength should be far inferior to his, right?" He looked a little helpless.

Lin Weiwei frowned slightly.

Now that he has engraved the holy word "Blood Edge", the power of the divine weapon controlled by the weapon master has become extremely strong. With his domain, even without the pseudo-divine body, he can pass the third level of Xingyuan. But even if they pass the third level, the difference in strength is also very large, just like the Black Flame clone, whose explosive power is much stronger than his.

Holy texts, professional abilities, one's own foundation, etc. will all lead to different strengths.

His apparent strength was just enough to pass the third level of Xingyuan, not much higher than the bottom line, and he was far from the bottom line strength to pass the fourth level.

However, the other party was a high-level primitive creature, a sixth-level life form, fundamentally much stronger than him, and also had holy words.

A difference of one energy level can lead to a huge gap.

If he used his pseudo-god body, he could probably fight.

But how could he use it in front of so many people?

What is the difference between this and directly admitting that he is a power awakener?
"Who is that person?" Lin Qing asked.

Chairman Yan said: "Yan Tianquan, a senior member of the Yan family among the top three families, is also considered the third person in the Yan family. Xingyuan ranks 197th."

"Everyone else is fine. As long as you have the strength to pass the third level of Xingyuan, you can basically handle it."

He shook his head. "As for this Yan Tianquan, he once inherited a basic divine skill in the Sky Islands. He has not tried the trial of the original priesthood for so many years. He wants to wait until he masters the divine skill before trying. Maybe he can be upgraded to a rare original priesthood."

Lin Qing asked in confusion: "Can a regular priesthood become a rare priesthood?"

"of course can."

Chairman Yan said: "There is no direct connection between the basic-level priesthood and the original-level priesthood. It is just that it is easier to take on the original-level priesthood after having the basic-level priesthood."

"In theory, as long as one is strong enough, one can directly take up a star-level priesthood even if he or she does not have any priesthood at all."

He said: "As long as the requirements for the priesthood are met, it is okay even if you jump to another series of priesthood."

"I thought the basic-level priesthood was a prerequisite..." Lin Weiqing shook his head slightly.

"It's just easier." Speaker Yan glanced at him and said, "There really is no other way this time. How about you wait a little longer?"

"Okay." Lin Qing nodded. "I didn't expect that among my opponents, there are actually high-level primitive creatures?"

He also understood that although this test seemed unfair, it was actually relatively fair.

Because he wants to cut in line, which is unfair to others, he naturally has to pay a sufficient price or show enough value.

"There's no way to tell." Speaker Yan shook his head. "Anyway, just bear with it."

"I understand." Lin Qing nodded and said, "At worst, I can wait until I become a high-level primitive creature."

……

That night.

As the night falls, the urban area once again turns into a city that never sleeps, with dazzling and brilliant lights illuminating the night sky.

In the fortress of the Star Patrol Council, in one of the suites where the prospective Star Patrolers live.

"... Don't worry, grandma. Tianquan understands everything."

In the living room, a bald middle-aged man with triangular eyes, eyebrows so light that they are almost invisible, and a slightly cold temperament was looking respectfully at the holographic projection opposite him.

The holographic projection was of a young and beautiful woman with dazzling white skin, dressed in pure white, with long black hair. She looked gentle, harmless and pure like a young girl.

"Yan Tianquan, I know you are greedy and can be easily tempted."

The girl in white said softly, "But remember, this is an order from the Zhixing Group. If Lin Qing comes to you, no matter how much he offers, don't agree. Unless he agrees to be loyal to the Zhixing Group, there is no other possibility. Do you understand?"

"Yes." Yan Tianquan said respectfully.

"In addition, you have occupied that energy pool for too long, which has caused dissatisfaction among some people in Zhixing Group."

The girl in white said calmly, "Give up the path of divine skills. Although you have good comprehension, it is still unclear whether you can master divine skills in this life. What's more, the inheritance you got is just an ordinary divine skill, which is not much better than the holy text. The path of recognizing the essence is too difficult. Do you plan to spend your whole life on this?"

Yan Tianquan frowned slightly.

"Participate in the original priesthood trial as soon as possible."

The girl in white glanced at him and said, "You should feel lucky to be born on Earth. You can get the Holy Word here. Even if you have to compete with other clergymen in the Primal Clergy Trial, your advantage in the Holy Word is enough."

She looked at Yan Tianquan and said, "When you become a Primal Clergyman, you will be a new Patroller like me. Then the Zhixing Group will pay more attention to our Yan family."

"Then I'll get ready and give it a try." Yan Tianquan said.

The girl in white nodded slightly and said, "If you can't even compete with other competitors for the inheritance of the holy text, you'd better not live."

Yan Tianquan was silent for a moment, then said, "Grandma, I promised you that I would become a Patroller as soon as possible, but I want to try my magic skills again. I can feel... the essence of the first kind of power. I am almost at the threshold."

"Fifteen years, right?" The girl in white shook her head and said, "From the time you received the inheritance till now, it has taken you fifteen years to reach the threshold of the essence of one of the powers. How long will it take to fully understand it? What about the three?"

She paused, "However, you can only sense the sixth level of power. There is no hope for you to transform into a star in this lifetime. It would be good to study more divine skills. It's up to you."

"Yes." Yan Tianquan nodded.

"Don't forget about Lin Qing."

The girl in white said calmly, "Stubborn people like this will only affect the perception of Zhixing Group towards us Earthlings. They think they are heroes of Earth, but in fact they are stupid and stubborn. We need to solve this problem as soon as possible."

Then the call ended.

Yan Tianquan turned off the communicator and clicked on a holographic projection in the darkness. It was a three-dimensional projection image of the girl in white.

He stared at the girl in white silently for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand, and his palm seemed to sink into the girl's chest, as if grabbing her heart. The madness and desire in his eyes were undisguised.

"One day..."

Yan Tianquan took a deep breath, turned off the holographic projection, and then walked out the door.

He was ready to start practicing his magical skills today.

Even though he hasn't seen any sign of the magical skill yet, it's still a thought after all.

The moment he opened the door—

A dark shadow that Yan Tianquan had never noticed suddenly and silently entered the house.

"Ok?"

Yan Tianquan suddenly heard a slight sound coming from the living room behind him and turned around to look.

Nothing seemed to have changed in the living room;

He felt alert and was about to walk into the living room when he heard the door behind him suddenly close automatically.

"Someone I can't see has entered my private room!"

Yan Tianquan reacted instantly.

Then--

"boom!"

Along with the burst of terrifying aura, a figure shrouded in darkness suddenly appeared in front of him!
"It's the sacred word 'Hidden World'!"

Yan Tianquan reacted immediately.

He didn't know many holy texts, and seclusion was one of them. This holy text could conceal from light, induction, telekinesis and so on. Before it exploded, it almost disappeared completely.

It can be said to be the most suitable holy text for assassination!

"Someone is trying to kill me!"

Yan Tianquan released his mental power and immediately found a figure in the darkness punching at his head!
After all, he was an advanced primitive creature, and he discovered a lot with just a scan of his mental power.

"Want to kill me?"

Yan Tianquan's eyes were extremely cold, but he stood where he was, with no intention of dodging, allowing the other party to punch him on the head.

"Bang!!"

Along with the drastic deformation, Yan Tianquan's head suddenly sank completely!

But at this moment, his body seemed to melt, and his entire body instantly turned into a sticky black fluid. This punch only caused the black fluid he had turned into to deform violently, which in turn neutralized the force of the punch.

At the same time, black aura continued to penetrate into the attacker's body along with the contact of the fist!

Yan Tianquan also sneered through telepathic communication:

"Come on, let's see who dies faster!"

The holy word 'Poisonous Heart' can transform his entire body into a special substance that is potentially highly toxic. Not only can it restrain physical attacks and have a strong ability to protect his life, it can also penetrate and rebound the poison when the enemy attacks!
Even though he had trouble controlling himself after the change, it was enough!

At this moment, a large amount of poisonous energy diffused out and instantly penetrated into the body of the figure in the dark.

"Hahaha...you've been poisoned by me, you're dead!"

"Beg for mercy now and I can spare your life, how about that?"

Yan Tianquan had no intention of resisting. Instead, he laughed crazily through telepathic communication.

In the darkness, the Black Flame clone could also feel a large amount of poisonous energy pouring into his body. The toxins that bounced back from the punch just now were too exaggerated.

This directly caused the toxin concentration in his body to reach an extremely alarming level.

Moreover, due to the holy word "extinction", the poison is still constantly eroding his vitality.

It won’t be long before the toxins completely consume your life.

But...so what?
"Boom boom boom boom——!!"

A hint of joy flashed in the black flame clone's eyes, and the black flame in his body burned even more wildly, bringing astonishing explosive power.

He threw out punches madly and continuously, each punch hitting the black fluid transformed by Yan Tianquan, wantonly pouring out the powerful force gained from his self-destruction!

This life-saving ability of turning into fluid requires changing to unload force, and each change of resistance will inevitably consume energy.

He wanted to see how many punches the other party could withstand!

At this moment, fist shadows like a rainstorm completely enveloped Yan Tianquan. There was no fancy tricks at all, only crazy punches with the maximum force!
A violent shock wave spread out, instantly destroying all the weak objects in the room!
“Bang bang bang bang bang——!!”

In just a few seconds, he had thrown thousands or tens of thousands of punches!

Countless toxins also merged into his body, reaching an extremely terrifying level, and were frantically taking away his vitality at a terrifying speed!

“No…don’t!!”

"Are you crazy? Are you going to die? How dare you attack me?"

"Crazy...crazy! Get away from me!!"

"No! Let me go! Don't kill me!!"

"Haha...you're dead too! One life for another? Come on, come on!"

Yan Tianquan's telepathic voice transmission also went from shock to horror, from horror to despair, gradually becoming more and more crazy.

finally--

"Oh!"

The black fluid completely exploded and collapsed, and Yan Tianquan's life was also exhausted and he completely collapsed.

The vitality in the Black Flame clone's body was also declining at a terrifying rate under the influence of the poison. At this last moment, the Black Flame clone scanned the entire room with his telekinesis to confirm that there was no surveillance, and only then did he feel at ease to burn himself out.

In a blink of an eye, the room was empty.

……

"ended."

Lin Qing smiled, "The Black Flame clone, in conjunction with Hidden World, is indeed good at assassination. Even in the fortress of the Patrol Council headquarters... I'm afraid no one would have thought that someone would dare to take action in the headquarters, right?"

After the Black Flame clone was engraved with the holy words "Endless Divine Power", coupled with the power of a newborn demon, under the burning black flame, it was definitely the most outstanding existence in terms of explosive power among those who had passed the third level of the Star Abyss.

Even though his original body had used all its means, relying on its pseudo-divine body and the armor made of divine weapons, it could only act like a tortoise shell to protect itself in front of the Black Flame clone.

After the assassination, the black flame clone can directly self-ignite to destroy the evidence.

"And you happen to be Yan Qingqing's descendant?"

Lin Qing nodded slightly with satisfaction, then closed his eyes and continued to practice with peace of mind: "Now... I don't have to worry about the test."

Although he cannot pass the test, he can deal with the person who created the test.

"The person who wanted to test me is dead. He will definitely suspect me and start investigating me..."

Lin Qing's heart was very calm.

What good will it do if there is no evidence?
He stayed in the room the whole time and did not go out.

The Black Flame clone remained hidden from the world and could not be seen by the surveillance cameras, and he did not leave his room.

The final investigation results would at most only show that there was a mysterious and powerful person helping him in secret, and that he was even bold enough to kill people in the Star Patrol Council headquarters.

Or rather... this was the situation he would prefer to see.

Hasn't the Zhixing Group already begun to suspect... that the contract may have lost its restrictions on one of the three?
(End of this chapter)