When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 297 This round is over

"who are you?"

Ekaterina watched the departing figure, her expression remaining calm despite her severe injuries. "Shimura Danzo, that's not your real name, is it?"

Being able to break free from the restrictions she had set up without her even noticing is an ability that a five-star martial artist should possess.

How could such a talented person emerge from that dilapidated land of Japan?
"I am actually just a nobody who was seriously injured and had to use a trick to escape. My name is not worth mentioning."

"Shimura Danzo" bowed politely and said, "However, since you are asking, in consideration of your help in leaving the Yingzhou Secret Realm, it is not impossible for me to reveal my real name."

He said seriously, "My name is Tokiomi Tohsaka."

As soon as he finished speaking, a radiant light descended from the sky. "Shimura Danzo"... no, it should be "Tohsaka Tokiomi" now. He was enveloped in the radiance, his figure froze, and his scattered energy was solidified.

A nun landed silently behind Tokiomi Tohsaka.

But he showed no sign of panic, and said with a gentle smile, "Thank you for helping me get out of trouble, but I have also given you useful information, so we are even."

As the words ended, the stagnant energy suddenly began to dissipate on its own, and Tokiomi Tohsaka's figure disappeared along with the dissipation of the energy.

In the end, his traces were completely erased, and the nun's holy light could not retain even a trace of them.

"Your Highness."

Seeing this, the nun bowed her head and said, "Please forgive me."

"Another formidable opponent has emerged..."

Ekaterina frowned slightly, waved her hand to indicate that there was no need for formalities, and asked, "Can you determine his strength attribute?"

“His traces have been completely erased, and only a strange aura can be detected,” the nun said, bowing her head. “He is similar to the black-robed man when the Yingzhou Secret Realm opened.”

"It was him?" Ekaterina pondered for a moment. "According to the intelligence we obtained earlier, the first team from Dongxia Yujing Martial Arts University to enter the secret realm was annihilated by him. However, Yun Shu and the others also severely injured him, which matches what he said..."

The injured man in black robes needs to find a place to heal his wounds, or simply leave the Yingzhou Secret Realm.

However, under the influence of the primordial energy within the rift in the secret realm, he will reveal himself. Moreover, the three parties—Dongxia, Ursus, and Yingguo—are all watching the secret realm, waiting for this person to appear.

So, he pretended to be a Japanese, leaked information to the Ursus team, provoked a major battle between the two sides, and caused casualties on the Ursus side.

The wounded will definitely be sent out of the secret realm, and this prisoner will be sent out along with them to extract more information.

When he left the secret realm with Ursus's team and got away from the rift, he was able to leave quietly using a secret technique that even an eight-star warrior would find difficult to detect.

The energy erosion from the rift would expose his presence, so he decided not to hide. Instead, he would use the Ursus team as cover and leave the secret realm openly as a prisoner.

Ekaterina slowly pieced together the cause and effect.

But all of this is just speculation; whether it's the truth is still uncertain.

At least, as far as Ekaterina knew, there was another person who was also skilled at using illusion magic to become invisible.

She turned around and looked at the crack, and saw Bai Ze emerge from it.

Bai Ze was seriously injured and could only use his true energy to mimic the damage to his blood vessels, so he also had to leave the secret realm to recover from his injuries.

If it were the man who had defeated her, Ekaterina felt he could absolutely do the same thing—deceive the senses of an eight-star warrior.

However, Bai Ze could not possibly be the same person as the man in black robes.

The Eastern Xia will definitely investigate the attack on Yun Shu thoroughly. If Bai Ze is a suspect, they would never have driven Yun Shu to such a desperate situation.

So, are the two cooperating?

Ekaterina had many guesses in her mind, but unfortunately, she couldn't confirm any of them. "Bai Ze..."

She murmured the name, saying, "Sister Natalia."

"Yes," the nun replied.

“Eastern Xia Federation, Bai Ze, I need all his information, and I want the Shadow Court to keep a close eye on him,” Ekaterina ordered. “If he doesn’t die prematurely, he will definitely have a place in the core of Eastern Xia’s future power, and it’s not impossible that he might even become an enemy of the gods.”

"After all, he's the man who beat me."

Upon hearing the last sentence, the nun's body trembled violently.

Catherine, the greatest masterpiece of the Ursus Orthodox Church and the embodiment of Ursus's future hope, was defeated by Bai Ze?
When the nun saw Catherine's injuries, she thought she might have encountered a powerful enemy, but she never imagined that these were injuries from a defeat.

Moreover, he was defeated by a five-star martial artist.

Before this, the nun thought that he had been injured during his fight with Rhine—because Rhine had also returned severely wounded.

“Don’t touch him,” Ekaterina said, suppressing the nun’s rising murderous intent. “He has the ability to ignore the barrier of faith, which may be useful in the future. Besides, we shouldn’t break ties with Dongxia.”

"Yes." The nun's murderous intent completely vanished with this sentence.

She glanced at Bai Ze one last time, then gently raised her hand. A soft radiance lifted Catherine, and they slowly rose back into the warship.

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At the same time, Bai Ze also quietly withdrew his attention from the Ursus warship.

Just now, he remotely controlled his true energy avatar and left behind those thought-provoking words.

Because he used the "words become law" technique, even an eight-star martial artist didn't notice his trickery.

The black-robed assassin who attacked Yun Shu has left the Yingzhou Secret Realm. This round is over.

After cleaning up the last traces, Bai Ze was able to easily escape from the Yingzhou Secret Realm.

He won against Rhine and Catherine on behalf of East Xia, reaching new heights in prestige.

The most valuable experimental records of the Calamity God Project in the Yingzhou Secret Realm, as well as the "Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique," have already been taken by Bai Ze. The most essential part of the primordial energy absorbed by Qingyu Mountain over the past decades has also fallen into Bai Ze's hands.

After that, we can conduct some research on the "meridians" of Qingyu Mountain, but that will be something to do after everything has been settled.

Now, Bai Ze needs to recover from his injuries because, in the eyes of others, he does not have the ability to recover quickly.

As for the subsequent struggle for Yingzhou Secret Realm, that's up to others.

On the Japanese side, a six-star has died, Rhine has also left the stage, and the strongest, Ekaterina, has also withdrawn. Bai Ze has done all he could, so he should just enjoy himself now.

With that thought in mind, Bai Ze returned to the destroyer.

Then--

He saw Luo Shui practicing his skills on the deck of the warship.

Bai Ze: "You are not Luo Shui. Luo Shui would never practice at this time. Whoever you are, get off Luo Shui."

It's possible that Luo Shui is practicing martial arts, but there's absolutely no way that Luo Shui, that lesbian, would abandon Mu Yaoguang and come here to practice martial arts.

Ah Shui is too weak and not qualified to enter the Yingzhou Secret Realm, but Bai Ze doesn't think Ah Shui will feel sad about it.

Being able to stay outside with Mu Yaoguang, Luo Shui was overjoyed; how could she possibly be sad?

(End of this chapter)