From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 473 Spy Servant
After the [Subconscious Invasion] skill ended, Lu Heng slowly opened his eyes, drew the Aurora Blade, and prepared to split the High Banshee's head in two before using Astral Travel to leave the cave.

call!
Tiens instantly broke free from the subconscious control, gasping for breath, and hurriedly seized her last chance to live:

"Spare my life, and I will grant you any request. Whatever you ask, I will never resist."

"Sorry, I've already gotten what I wanted, it's time to go back." Lu Heng refused her request.

"I will be your servant!"

Tiens shouted urgently, pleading for her life: "You can order me to do anything. I am your spy planted among the Bloodline Clan."

It must be said that Lu Heng was indeed interested when he heard her proposal.

However, there is one problem that cannot be solved.

Lu Heng shook his head again: "I don't have the means to remotely control you. I'm sorry, I still have to kill you."

Tiens quickly exclaimed, "I do! I have a way to become your servant! I have..."

Lu Heng kept an eye on the outside movements with his clone and had not yet detected the Blood Devil approaching, so he patiently listened to her continue.

"Could you please put my head back in first? I've bled to death and won't last much longer," Tiens pleaded.

Bloodline races are indeed resilient, but if their heads are moved for too long, they will still die.

The reason she was able to hold on for so long was because the Bloodline race has a very strong blood clotting function. When her head is cut off, the wound will close due to the racial characteristics, making the blood loss very slow.

But no matter how slowly she goes, if it drags on for several tens of minutes, she will still die. She has already reached her limit.

Lu Heng grabbed her hair, lifted her head up, and pressed it back onto her body.

After Tiens' head was put back in, the wound stopped bleeding and scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye. A few minutes later, she was able to move her hands and feet slowly, but she was already seriously injured and her fingers were trembling.

Lu Heng waited a few minutes, then said in an icy voice, "Your time is running out."

Tiens took a couple of breaths and quickly said, "I am willing to give up my heart and become your servant."

Lu Heng became even more interested after hearing about the plan.

Because in my previous life I had indeed heard that for bloodline races, handing over their hearts was a way of swearing allegiance.

However, I don't know the specifics of how it works.

Lu Heng asked curiously, "Won't you die if you hand over your heart?"

Tiens pointed to the corpse of a blood-descent banshee in the corner of the hall and replied, "I can use their hearts."

Lu Heng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Since you can get a heart transplant, taking your heart away won't pose much of a threat to you."

Tiens quickly explained, "By handing over my heart, I will become your servant. Even without any binding force, as long as you show me your heart, I will be killed by other high-ranking bloodlines."

Bloodline races do indeed have a form of swearing allegiance by surrendering their hearts, which, even without actual control, provides indirect control.

After all, Tiens is the High Banshee, one of the three existing factions of the Valendar bloodline.

There is a rivalry between these three factions, and once the other two factions find out that Tiens has given up her heart, there will only be one outcome for her: death.

After understanding these key points, Lu Heng felt that this plan was worth trying.

Killing her now would only kill a high-level bloodline banshee, and would not have a far-reaching impact on the bloodline race.

Keep her; she might come in handy later.

Just as Lu Heng was pondering, a blood crow flew in from outside and scattered into a bloody shadow in the hall.

Lu Heng's gaze sharpened, and the Aurora Blade was already in action.

Tiens shouted immediately, "It's a messenger! It's a bloodline messenger!"

Lu Heng asked coldly, "What information?"

Tiens: "The Abyss Battlefield has appeared in the dungeon. Shadow Demons have been summoned here."

Lu Heng had heard about the Abyss Battlefield appearing in the Demon Territory before, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

Lu Heng was curious about what had happened, so he asked, "What Abyss Battlefield? What is the Shadow Demon's mission?"

"It wasn't in the message I just received," Tiens said, panting. "I need to use the Bloodline Messenger to communicate and ask about the mission details before I can tell you."

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, summoned a star gate from the ground, then placed his sword against her neck and said:

"Give me your heart first."

Tiens' expression was one of struggle, but she had no choice. She used her fingernails to cut open the flesh on her chest, took out her heart, put it into a container, and presented it to Lu Heng with both hands.

Lu Heng took the container, examined it, and said, "You can ask about the mission details now."

Tiens hurriedly went to the corpse of a blood-descended banshee, dug out a heart, stuffed it into her chest cavity, and then collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Two consecutive severe blows nearly depleted her life force, and coupled with the discomfort from the heart transplant, she had reached her limit.

She gasped for breath for a long time before her breathing became more stable. Then she released a blood shadow, which transformed into a blood crow and flew away.

Lu Heng has already opened the star gate. If the blood crows she released are meant to send a message to other bloodline demons, they can simply pass through the star gate and leave.

Before long, another blood crow flew back, turning into a bloody shadow and disappearing.

"The mission summoned by the Shadow Demon is to investigate the infiltrators of the Earth Flame Pillar and to rescue high-ranking bloodlines in danger," said Tiens, panting.

"There is another challenge: kill the infiltrators."

Lu Heng was stunned for a moment after hearing the details of the mission.

This mission sounds like it's aimed at me.

Who else could have intruded into the Pillar of Earthly Flames besides myself?
The environment in the Bloodline Clan's underground cave is extremely harsh for humans. If it weren't for having something to do, Lu Heng wouldn't want to stay there for even a moment longer.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, no anti-magic race would ever venture into this place.

From this perspective, the objective of this Abyss Battlefield that has been triggered is to investigate oneself, while the challenge is to kill oneself.

Tiens struggled to sit up and said, "I don't have much time left. The other bloodlines can't know that I'm handing over my heart. I need to get rid of the corpses here immediately."

The summoned Shadow Demon has a main quest: to rescue a high-ranking bloodline in danger. The target of this rescue is clearly Tiins.

In other words, the Shadow Demons will investigate threatened high-ranking bloodlines in Earthflame City.

Tiens is the High Banshee, so she's definitely a key target. The Shadow Demons and Bloodline guards should be arriving soon.

Lu Heng wasn't sure if Tiens could keep this a secret. Even if she couldn't, and was killed by other high-ranking bloodlines, it wouldn't matter; at most, he would lose a spy servant.

"Find out the hidden bloodline progenitor among humanity and give me a definite answer when I contact you next time." Lu Heng left these words behind and passed through the star gate to leave the underground cave.

……

Tiens quickly got up, summoned a three-headed hellhound, and had it devour all the bloodline corpses in the hall, licking the floor clean as well.

Immediately afterwards, she found a gold-rimmed necklace, put it around her neck, and covered the wound on her neck.

After all this was done, a captain of the Bloodline Guards asked from outside the door, "High Mother, have any intruders appeared here?"

Tiens waved her hand gently, and the hall doors slowly opened.

Bloodline Guards appeared outside the door with a squad of Shadow Demons, peering into the hall.

Tiens reclined on the throne, her legs crossed, striking a pose of "peerless elegance".

This made the bloodline guards outside the door stare in disbelief.

Tiens's beauty is irresistible even to humans, let alone those of the Bloodline race.

To the Bloodline race, Tiens is someone who can steal their souls with her "beauty".

Even the shadow demons nearby felt this terrifying allure, but since they were not blood demons, the allure they felt was already diminished.

Tiens was pleased with the guards' reaction and said in a haughty, indifferent voice, "I already know about the conscription. I'm fine here."

The captain of the Bloodline Guard made a great effort to shift his attention away from Tiins, looked around, and asked, "Where are your personal guards? Why haven't I seen Captain Karuk?"

Tiens smiled alluringly and asked, "Would you be willing to be my new captain of the personal guard?"

Upon hearing this, the guard captain was completely captivated, suppressing his overwhelming joy: "Can...I do it?"

Tiens tossed out a captain's badge and said, "Finish your tasks and then come back to report."

The guard captain quickly caught the insignia, trembling with excitement.

The other bloodline guards beside him looked at the insignia in his hand with envy, jealousy, and greed in their eyes.

If they weren't of insufficient rank, they might have killed this captain and replaced him.

As for where the High Banshee's original captain of guard went? No bloodline demon would care anymore.

……

Two days later.

Lu Heng returned to Earth, bringing back important intelligence.

“There is another bloodline progenitor on Earth, but we don’t know who he is. I hope the intelligence department will re-verify the Berg family’s records and find this hidden bloodline progenitor.”

Upon receiving this intelligence, Qi Jinghui immediately reported it to his superiors. The intelligence team then worked overtime overnight to review all the information on the Bloodline Invasion incident and search for possible clues.

the next day.

After resting for a day, Lu Heng communicated with Qi Jinghui and then went to the Southern Theater Command headquarters to listen to the analysis results from the intelligence team.

The theater's intelligence departments and staff are working overtime to search for clues.

When Lu Heng entered the conference room, all the intelligence analysts and theater staff were busy with their heads down.

Qi Jinghui stood up to greet him: "Please sit down first. Our work is not finished yet. There is too much data and information about the Bloodline Invasion incident. It is impossible to sort it out in just a few days."

Lu Heng nodded and asked, "Have you found any useful clues?"

Qi Jinghui took a list of suspicious leads that had been compiled so far and handed it to Lu Heng, saying, "All the suspicious leads that have been discovered so far are here. A lot of the information needs to be confirmed by sending people to get an accurate conclusion."

Lu Heng took the documents and looked at them, then casually asked, "Have all the surviving members of the Berg family been investigated?"

Qi Jinghui nodded and replied, "It's not that we haven't investigated, but rather that the surviving members of the Berg family have always been under our surveillance, and we have never let our guard down."

"The number of members of the Berg family who are still alive is actually not large. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter, and most of them are swallowed up by other capitalist families."

Lu Heng then asked, "Does Will Berg still have any direct blood relatives? Or illegitimate children or the like? The fact that he chose to commit suicide to keep the secret shows that the secret he wanted to hide was more important than his life."

Qi Jinghui shook his head and replied, "There is no information indicating that Will Berg has any illegitimate children. His blood relatives within three generations are all under surveillance, and there have been no unusual actions since the end of the bloodline invasion incident."

He paused, then added, "Moreover, our staff has analyzed Will Berg, and given his personality, even if he were his own son, it wouldn't be worth him committing suicide."

Lu Heng was even more puzzled: "Then what other reason could have driven him to commit suicide?"

According to common sense, the most likely reason that would lead Will Berg to commit suicide is that there was another bloodline ancestor among his direct blood relatives.

This is highly likely. If Will Berg wants to solidify the Berg family's status as the progenitor of bloodlines, he will likely develop more progenitors within the family.

Qi Jinghui shook his head and replied, "The reason has not yet been found, but all members of the Berg family who have been converted into blood descendants have been brought under control."

"Most of the Berg family members who are still active outside are from collateral branches and have not undergone bloodline conversion."

"There is no evidence that Will Berg had an illegitimate child, so there must be other reasons that forced Will Berg to commit suicide."

While pondering, Lu Heng flipped through the documents and saw one of them. He asked, "There's a piece of information here that mentions there were signs of people entering and leaving the Red Spider Lily Manor after Will Berg's death?"

Qi Jinghui nodded and replied, "Yes, when you went to chase Will Berg, someone entered the Red Spider Lily Manor. We found traces of activity in the manor's study, as if someone was looking for something."

Lu Heng frowned and pressed further, "Do you have a photo of the study?"

"Yes, there is." Qi Jinghui gestured to an aide to pull out a file folder containing photos and handed it to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng opened the file bag and poured out the photos inside to examine them.

The photos capture the study at Red Spider Lily Manor from multiple angles, leaving no corner untouched.

In some of these places, numbered signs were used to indicate where people had moved the items.

Lu Heng glanced at the photos and immediately knew that the bookshelves and desk in the study had been ransacked.

Moreover, the person who rummaged through the bookshelves and desks seemed to be in a hurry. Although they tried to restore the places they had rummaged through to their original state, the restoration was not very good, and some books were scattered out.

Looking at the photos of the bookshelf and desk, Lu Heng asked in confusion, "What are you looking for? Are you going to search the study?"

Qi Jinghui replied with some uncertainty, "We suspect they are looking for something like an agreement or a list of bloodlines."

This guess is indeed quite reasonable.

Will Berg is the progenitor of human bloodlines and likely possesses a list of human bloodlines.

After Will Berg's death, it's quite reasonable for the other bloodlines to infiltrate the Red Spider Lily Manor to steal the list, fearing they would be caught.

(End of this chapter)