Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 298 The King of Yue's Famous Sword, Five Heavenly Crystals

The sword energy is everywhere.

Accompanying the sword energy was a beam of dark light.

Kunsha remained motionless, while the two men beside him charged out.

"What level do you think you are to fight with the instructor?"

Iron Warrior roared like an angry lion and charged directly at the attacker.

Tuotuo remained silent, but his long whip was already lashing out, sweeping towards another man in black.

Almost at the same time, the other three men in black also made their moves.

One of them drew his black and white swords and faced off against Tuotuo.

Finally, the two attacked Kunsha simultaneously, each wielding a sword of the same design but different colors, yet both exuding the same sharpness and killing intent.

Kunsha waved his hand, and the chill dissipated, turning into blocks of solid ice, smooth as mirrors, reflecting shadows, each one of whom was clad in armor.

In an instant, he seemed to multiply into dozens of forms, existing within each piece of ice mirror, yet not existing in any reality.

The two men in black, whose target was Kunsha, missed their target and their gazes swept across the ice mirrors, seemingly trying to find Kunsha's true location.

"Yan Ri, Xuan Jian, Zhuan Hun, Mie Po... It is said that there are nine top-tier assassins in the Luo Wang organization, each wielding a famous sword of the King of Yue. It seems that the legend is true. But why are only four of you here?"

"The four of us are enough!"

The man in black, wielding the Sun-Covering Sword, let out a low shout and sent Tie Zhan flying. He then swung his sword, sending streaks of sword energy sweeping towards the Ice Mirror.

Dozens of ice mirrors were shattered, but each broken ice mirror transformed into a smaller shadow, causing Kunsha's figure to instantly multiply several times, becoming as many as dozens.

"The power of the Yue King's famous sword is indeed extraordinary..." Kunsha exclaimed.

But it sounded rather sarcastic, as if the man in black was able to display such power only because of the sword in his hand, and not because of his own abilities.

These words seemed to strike a chord with the other person.

Just as he was about to make another move, Tie Zhan roared and charged out, engaging him in a fierce battle.

“Heh…” Kunsha sneered.

When Zhou Ming and his friends were discussing swordsmanship, they said that some weapons in this world far surpass ordinary divine weapons and possess their own unique 'intention'.

Some people are able to subdue this "intention" and make it work for them, while others can only submit to this divine weapon's intent and become slaves to the weapon.

In the past, King Goujian of Yue forged a divine sword that could cut through iron like mud, and he cherished it dearly. However, the following year, he was defeated by the State of Wu on the battlefield, and the sword fell into the hands of the King of Wu.

Later, King Goujian of Yue endured hardship and humiliation, defeated the State of Wu, and regained the divine sword. However, he regarded it as an ominous sign, renamed it "Luan Shen" (meaning "Disorder God"), and then hid it away from use.

They then sought out the master swordsmith Ou Yezi, who forged eight divine swords.

As expected of a renowned master, each of the eight divine swords he forged possesses a unique sword intent.

These eight divine swords are the Eight Swords of the King of Yue.

Including the previously mentioned Chaos God, there are a total of nine divine swords.

Subduing sword intent is not an easy thing, but submitting to it is very simple.

Moreover, once they submit, they can use this sword intent to greatly increase their strength.

An ordinary Grandmaster of the First Flower level, once subdued by the sword intent of the King of Yue's famous sword, can directly reach the level of a Grandmaster of the Second Flower level with a little effort.

This is much simpler than training a second-level master.

As an assassin organization, Luo Wang basically uses its assassins as expendable resources. Whatever martial art can quickly provide strength, they make these assassins practice that martial art.

As for future potential, it was not even within their consideration.

This makes it easy for the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) to cultivate assassins at the Innate level or even the One Flower Grandmaster level, but it is extremely difficult to elevate an assassin to the next level.

Because the potential of these assassins was destroyed long ago.

These divine swords, imbued with sword intent, perfectly compensated for this deficiency of the Luo Wang assassins.

Therefore, many years ago, they had already taken control of the nine famous swords of the King of Yue. Each of these swords could directly create an assassin with the combat power of a second-level Grandmaster.

Moreover, as long as the famous sword is not lost, it doesn't matter if the assassin dies.

Therefore, within the net of intrigue, a renowned sword is more important than the assassin wielding it.

Assassins, who were already required to relinquish their own names, naturally chose the names of these famous swords as their own titles after submitting to them.

But not every assassin will easily submit.

Especially because of the fall of the six kingdoms, Luo Wang took the opportunity to recruit many homeless experts, resulting in many of the Luo Wang assassins of this generation joining halfway through their careers rather than undergoing Luo Wang training from childhood.

This fueled the ambitions of some assassins.

Even the nine top-tier assassins were no exception.

Six of them had completely submitted to the sword intent of the famous sword, and at the same time, they were completely obedient to the orders of Zhao Gao, the master of the Net.

These six people were the 'Six Sword Slaves'.

The other three, however, still had their own ideas and had not completely submitted to the sword intent.

Yan Ri and Xuan Jian, who are currently engaged in a major battle with Tie Zhan and Tuotuo, are such people.

The two swordsmen who directly attacked Kunsha, Zhuanhun and Miepo, were sword slaves who had completely submitted to the sword intent!

Therefore, Yan Ri was still annoyed by Kun Sha's words, but Zhuan Hun Mie Po and the other two didn't care at all.

They remain determined to find Kunsa's true identity.

But in fact, Kunsa was no longer in that area; instead, he had arrived behind the group.

“Luo…Rakshasa Cult Leader…I am willing to surrender…”

Sword Two broke out in a cold sweat and immediately surrendered, showing no intention of fighting back.

He wasn't oblivious to what was happening around him, so he naturally knew about Yu Luosha's murder.

Although his thoughts were the same as those of other high-ranking members of the Rakshasa Cult, he simply believed that Kunsha was a lucky guy and that if it weren't for the armor he was wearing, he would never have been able to kill Jade Rakshasa.

But the problem is, he's wearing armor right now!
What else to fight?
Jade Rakshasa is dead, how could I possibly defeat her?

Therefore, they decisively chose to surrender.

But Kunsha only glanced at him before emanating a chilling aura that swept over him.

Jian Er's expression changed drastically, and without saying a word, he drew his sword and stabbed at Kun Sha.

But the sword had barely left its sheath when it was already covered in a layer of frost.

Jian Er circulated his true energy throughout his body, trying his best to stop the cold air, but the cold air still firmly and quickly penetrated into his body from the surface, freezing his meridians and solidifying his true energy.

"No...no...I've only just completed my cultivation..."

The final words, under this chilling air, turned into utter despair.

An ice sculpture stands in this cave.

Jian Er, a master of the Second Flower Grandmaster level, was killed by Kunsha so easily!
Behind him, the left and right guards were also turned into ice sculptures by the cold air at almost the same time and froze to death.

In the end, only the young cult leader survived.

The young cult leader shivered from the cold and gritted his teeth, asking, "What do you want to know?"

He was tightly protected behind him by the left and right guards, who were extremely close to him. However, the left and right guards were frozen to death, while he could only feel the chilling cold and was not harmed at all. It was clear that the other party had deliberately controlled him and left him alive.

Such actions naturally have ulterior motives.

"Where are those martial arts manuals of the Demonic Sect hidden?"

Kunsha asked.

Those who surrendered earlier said that the Demonic Sect's profound secret manuals were taken away by the sect leader and others.

However, the young cult leader and the others all bore Zhou Ming's mark, and their actions were all under Zhou Ming's control. Therefore, Zhou Ming knew best whether or not they had taken those secret manuals with them.

The answer is, no.

Not only did they not find it, they didn't even come across any place where the secret manual was hidden.

Even after a search, it was not found.

These powerful secret manuals of the demonic sects must exist in an extremely hidden place.

Without anyone to guide him, Zhou Ming naturally didn't know where he was.

The young cult leader wasn't surprised and said, "If I tell you, will you let me go?"

“Okay,” Kunsha said.

"You agreed so easily? You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

"No need, and it's not worth it. You pose no threat to me whatsoever, so whether you live or die is none of my concern."

The young cult leader was taken aback, then gave a wry smile: "I never imagined I was so insignificant... but..."

His eyes hardened, and he said, "However, since I am still the leader of the Demonic Sect, I will never betray the interests of the Demonic Sect."

"You're quite the man. In that case, I'll grant your request."

Kunsha raised his hand, and the chill instantly became biting.

The young cult leader exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, wait a minute! That's not what I meant. I meant... we have to pay more!"

"You have no right to make demands. Letting you go is the only condition."

"Okay... well..."

Left with no other choice, the young cult leader revealed to Kunsha the location where many of the cult's secret techniques were hidden—a place known only to himself.

That was a top secret his father had told him before he set off for the Central Plains.

That's right, the former cult leader was his father.

It was precisely because of this relationship that the Four Heavenly Kings supported him in becoming the leader of the sect.

This top-secret information was his biggest trump card. It was with these martial arts manuals that he was able to win over the left and right guards, and even Sword Two.

He kept this trump card extremely well hidden. Even when he used it to recruit others, he would memorize it silently before revealing it to them.

Therefore, even after so many years, that top-secret location is still known only to him.

Now, however, he has no choice but to tell outsiders about this in order to save his own life.

"I'll verify it. If it's fake... hehe, you'd better pray you can run fast."

"No...don't dare..."

The young cult leader was helpless.

Even if he, a martial artist whose innate abilities are unknown, ran away two days in advance, the other party could easily capture him and bring him back.

"Okay, let's go."

"Thank you..."

The young cult leader hurriedly turned and left.

They ran right into Huo Tianqing, who was leading the Rakshasa army into the cave.

The armor terrified the young cult leader, who thought that Kunsha was breaking his promise and was going to have someone else kill him.

Fortunately, Kunsha's voice came through in time: "Let him go."

"Yes."

The crowd parted to make way for the young cult leader to leave.

Huo Tianqing turned around, walked to Kunsha's side, and asked, "That's the leader of the Demonic Sect, are you just going to let him go like that?"

Kunsha said, "I will naturally keep my promise since I have already made it."

Huo Tianqing was taken aback: "You really surprise me. As the leader of the Rakshasa Sect, you would actually let your nemesis go?"

Kunsha continued, "The Demonic Cult is deeply rooted in the Western Regions. Besides its headquarters, it has many followers and supporters in other areas as well. If we release this incompetent leader, these people will likely gather around him soon, and then we can eliminate them all."

Huo Tianqing was taken aback again: "This time... I'm not surprised at all."

Kunsha said, "Huo Tianqing, I always feel that you have a deep misunderstanding about me..."

"You've misunderstood, Master. There's no misunderstanding."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Ah That's good."

Kunsha nodded and said, "Tie Zhan and Tuotuo have been fighting for so long and still haven't defeated the enemy. Why don't you go up and help them out?"

"Yes!"

Huo Tianqing leaped into the air and joined the battle.

But the moment he entered, the surrounding ice mirrors suddenly turned into mist and disappeared. Zhuanhun and Miepo were immediately freed and rushed out, just in time to run into Huo Tianqing.

Huo Tianqing: "..."

Blanch!
The swords Soul Transference and Soul Destroyer are, as their names suggest, a pair of swords that can work together.

The killers who used them were a pair of twin sisters.

The two worked closely together, their swords flashing, and easily suppressed Huo Tianqing.

Fortunately, the greatest strength of the Tianjing Armor is its defense, and it can still easily block the sharpness of these two divine weapons.

However, the energy consumption is extremely high.

Tie Zhan and Tuotuo also suffered from enormous energy consumption.

Neither Yan Ri nor Xuan Jian are easy to deal with.

None of them submitted to the sword intent of the sword in their hands, but they possessed the same strength and level as the other sword slaves, which was enough to prove that they were not weak.

In prolonged battles, the fact that the armor consumes a great deal of energy becomes fully apparent.

Yan Ri said coldly, "Judging from your strength, you are only at the Innate Realm. You can only fight me a few times with this armor. Do you really think you can defeat me?"

"Once your armor's energy is depleted, I'll give you a quick death!"

Tie Zhan was a man obsessed with battle, and upon hearing this, he became even angrier. He immediately put the issue of energy consumption out of his mind and wanted to fight Yan Ri to his heart's content.

Tuotuo, who was not far away, remained calm. He flicked his whip to pull Tie Zhan back and said, "Even if you're going to go crazy, let's insert the Heavenly Crystal first!"

Tie Zhan calmed down a bit after being pulled by her, and immediately took out a yellowish-brown celestial crystal from behind his back and inserted it into the beast-head energy box at his waist.

The beast's head instantly opened its eyes, emitting an earthy yellow light, and let out a low growl.

【Earth Kunlun】

Tuotuo and Huo Tianqing each took out a Heavenly Crystal and inserted it into the energy box at the same time.

[Mysterious Chaos]

【Rose Clouds】

The three voices intertwined and echoed in the cave, causing the four assassins from the Luo Wang organization to change their expressions.

Yan Ri couldn't contain his shock: "You actually...you actually have three more Heavenly Crystals, plus Bai Yunyan and Bi Xuebing...ten Heavenly Crystals, you actually have five in your hands!"

Moreover, according to the information Zhao Gao gave him, when the energy box and the Heavenly Crystal are used together, the armor can not only obtain seemingly endless power, but also master the power of heaven and earth, and exert combat power that can crush a Three-Flower Grandmaster!
In other words, the four of them would have to face... four Grandmasters of the Three Flowers Realm?!

(End of this chapter)