He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

After the phantom stopped moving, it gradually solidified into a solid body. It was a figure dressed in a black robe with a ghost mask on his face. With a blue face and fangs, he was an extremely terrifying figure, but at this moment he seemed to have become the savior of this city.

The black-robed figure hovered in the sky for a moment. After confirming that all targets were completely dead, it leaped into the void, leaving no trace of killing intent.

The people who had scattered in fear collapsed to the ground upon seeing these ancient creatures die in an instant, many weeping uncontrollably, and then overflowing with gratitude for the man in black.

The great formation sealing the city was also lifted, and the news finally spread. The three great grotto heavens of this country were shocked, and the leaders of the three Dao Palace secret realms all came here and saw these strange alien corpses.

"Ancient beings, truly ancient beings! If it weren't for those people's intervention, this would have been another catastrophe for humanity!"

This massacre resulted in the deaths of over two thousand people, which is considered relatively good compared to other massacres. It is said that...

In some places, cities with hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered, and the souls of all the people were used by an ancient being to forge a demonic blade. Even the cultivators who went to the rescue were killed.

"I don't know which force this is. These ancient beings are all experts from the Sendai Secret Realm, yet they were all killed with a single blow."

"According to the survivors, the person was wearing a black robe and a mask with blue faces and fangs. Could he be someone from that organization that has emerged in the last year?"

The leaders of the three great grotto-heavens all shuddered. Thinking of the rumors about that force, they couldn't help but tremble.

In the past year, the image of that blue-faced, fanged mask has become synonymous with death in the eyes of the people of the Northern Region. Wherever the blue-faced, fanged mask appears, someone is bound to die.

Whether it's powerful figures at the level of Grand Elders in major human sects or these ferocious and bloodthirsty ancient beings, there are numerous examples of them being assassinated.

Such assassinations are truly impossible to guard against. Not only are they impossible to detect in advance, but even if someone is sitting in a secret room with layers of array patterns around them, they cannot stop these people from assassinating them. They simply ignore the array patterns and come and go as they please.

There is a rumor that this is the resurrection of the Heavenly Court, the first ancient assassin dynasty!

Many people believe this rumor because it is so similar. The terrifying and extreme killing techniques and the unpredictable footwork give the feeling that even innate array patterns cannot trap it, and supreme Taoist magic cannot block it.

Most people in the Eastern Wilderness still remember the battle ten years ago, when the major holy lands and aristocratic families of the Eastern Wilderness mobilized a large number of powerful individuals and destroyed Hell and dozens of small worlds in the human realm.

It is said that some forces even mobilized their deepest resources, breaking through the two most ancient minor realms in one fell swoop and burying everything in hell and the human world.

After that, people never heard of the Assassin Dynasty again, but they never expected that in this year when ancient beings began to emerge, the Heavenly Court, which claimed to be the number one Assassin Dynasty in ancient times, would be resurrected.

Although it was a guess without any evidence, it did cause a great deal of panic.

However, as time went by, people discovered that this force not only did not cause turmoil in the world, but even suppressed it.

It can be said that wherever ancient creatures wreak havoc, there will be the appearance of blue-faced, fanged masks.

Even for those powerful human beings who were killed, people would find things left behind by the people of that faction at the place of their death. These things contained various evidence of that person colluding with ancient beings and betraying humanity for personal gain.

Moreover, the evidence was irrefutable, consisting entirely of images engraved on photographic stones, leaving no room for rebuttal.

It can be said that each appearance of this force not only did not bring chaos to the Northern Region, but also made many people admire them.

Although most of the ancient races born this year were small groups, these small groups were only in comparison to the ancient royal families.

In fact, these groups contain either peak-level powerhouses or kings who have severed the Dao, and most sects simply dare not provoke them.

Within this faction, any ancient being who dares to cause trouble will be slaughtered without exception, regardless of who is behind them, even if they belong to a clan with a Great Completion King.

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This approach drew ridicule from some, but also admiration from others, because it was something they couldn't do.

Aside from those ancient holy lands and aristocratic families, who would dare to slaughter ancient beings like this? Not to mention, some of the ancient beings they killed were even servants of an ancient royal family, which aroused the wrath of that ancient royal family.

However, the ancient royal family ultimately made a lot of noise but did little, and did not actually mobilize any force.

It is said that this is because they are wary of the existence of the god lord in the Northern Region, and dare not send out too many forces, fearing that the god lord will kill all the ancient beings they send out.

Half a year ago, an ancient clan, relying on the fact that there was a Great Completion King in their clan, actually slaughtered a sect that had a powerful human being, causing the deaths of 50,000 people in the entire sect.

The ancient race then took its place and occupied that sacred land of cultivation.

When this news reached the ears of the God Lord of Lingzhou, the God Lord was furious. He hurled a divine sword from hundreds of thousands of miles away, which streaked across the sky like a golden meteor, turning tens of thousands of miles of that area into scorched earth.

In the end, that entire ancient race vanished without a trace, leaving nothing behind.

From then on, those ancient races began to restrain their people. Only a few ancient beings dared to risk their lives, but they were often killed by that mysterious organization in the end.

The Village of Heaven has become increasingly lively. It no longer only has about a hundred people remaining from the Heavenly Court, but now there are more than a thousand people coming and going in this small world.

Most people here are dressed in black robes, some wear masks of ghosts and gods, while others have taken off their masks, revealing their true appearance.

Everyone walked silently, like ghosts, blending into the natural world, making it difficult to track their movements.

Those who sit quietly are like stones when they don't speak; it's hard to detect even the slightest fluctuation of life.

Suddenly, a portal opened above the small world, and a figure in black robes entered the small world before landing on the ground.

When he removed his mask, he revealed a handsome young man. He looked very young, but if you were to perceive him closely, you could sense the vast and boundless blood energy within him, which even some powerful beings could not match.

"Sigh, we're still a bit late," the young man sighed.

“You got there as fast as you could, and we caught up quickly too. Ninety percent of the people in that city survived. Isn’t that good enough?” an old man came over and comforted him.

“If I had never witnessed those scenes, I might have been able to comfort myself, but having seen that hell on earth so many times, I only regret that I was still too slow to get there,” the young man said.

The old man shook his head and said, "Think what you want. Let me settle your task first. This time you killed a total of thirteen ancient beings, all of whom were experts from the Sendai Secret Realm, including four half-step Great Powers. That's about 170,000 contribution points."

"Impressive. Although you only recently broke through to the Sendai Secret Realm, even a beginner-level expert might be defeated by you. You truly deserve the title of Holy Body," the old man exclaimed.

Yes, the young man in front of him was Ye Fan. Because he needed to disguise his unique golden blood aura, his clothes were specially made to hide his identity.

After the old man finished settling his task, Ye Fan asked, "How is Pang Bo? Hasn't he returned yet?"

The old man shook his head and said, "His task is a little complicated, so it may take some time."

"After completing this mission, my test will be over, and I can stop being a part-time assassin for the Heavenly Court," Ye Fan said with emotion.

Chapter 272 Zhou Tianyi

Today, most of the people in Tianzhi Village are cultivators from the Zhou family. These people specialize in practicing various secret techniques of the three major assassin dynasties, and each of them is a top-notch assassin.

In a sense, the current Heavenly Court can be considered a department within the Zhou family, except that this department is unknown to outsiders and only obeys Zhou Qing's orders. No other high-ranking member of the Zhou family can give them orders.

For the past year, Zhou Qing has been selecting young people suitable for the path of killing and sending them to Tianzhi Village to practice the secret techniques of the three great assassin dynasties, which has been quite effective.

Many people cultivated slowly when they were in the Zhou family, but suddenly their cultivation exploded after they came to Tianzhi Village, and their cultivation became stronger day by day. This shows that the path they have taken is very suitable for them.

Some people prefer to distance themselves from the world and cultivate themselves alone in secluded mountains and forests, while others prefer to fight constantly and seek enlightenment in life-or-death crises.

Some people prefer straightforward martial arts, using brute force to overcome all obstacles, while others prefer covert assassinations, aiming to kill with a single blow or escape thousands of miles away.

The more than one thousand cultivators in Tianzhi Village were all Zhou family members who favored the path of the Assassin God Dynasty.

As for Ye Fan, he doesn't belong here. He only temporarily took on a few missions, playing the role of a Heavenly Court assassin. Now that the mission objectives have been completed, he will leave Heavenly Village and return to the Zhou family.

The so-called mission objective is the practical assessment Zhou Qing gave him: only after killing a sufficient number of sufficiently powerful opponents can he be considered to have completed the assessment.

He wasn't unique either; Pang Bo, like him, also had to undergo practical testing. However, judging from what the old man had just said, Pang Bo might not be back for a while.

During this time, Ye Fan had nothing to do, so he just wandered around Tianzhi Village.

As Ye Fan walked through the Heavenly Village, he was somewhat shocked to see the elusive black-robed figures appearing and disappearing one after another.

He only learned after arriving here that there was such a small world where people practiced the art of killing and were under the command of a god.

He was deeply moved when he first heard that this power was called the Heavenly Court. These two words hold a supreme position in Earth's mythology and legends, and also in the real cultivation world.

Although he knew this Heavenly Court was not the same as the other Heavenly Court, he still couldn't hide his shock.

As he walked to the center of the village, he saw a treasure displayed there called the Zhou Tian Yi, with layers of runes constantly moving and changing endlessly, as if simulating the evolution of the starry universe.

This is a secret artifact that Zhou Qing painstakingly crafted; it is a tool for deduction, not for fighting enemies.

This instrument can be used to calculate countless mysteries, including all things in the world and the vicissitudes of human life.

Zhou Tianyi is the name given to it by Zhou Qing, but the people in Tianzhi Village prefer to call it "Tiansuan".

What is meant by "divine calculation"? It means that human calculation is no match for divine calculation.

Legend has it that during one assassination mission, a powerful human who colluded with ancient beings guessed that the Heavenly Court might target him. Therefore, he devised numerous schemes, including setting up various array formations, establishing four separate, deceptive secluded cultivation sites, and even enlisting two ancient beings to secretly hide within, all in preparation for a plot against the Heavenly Court.

Killer.

This person used all his wisdom, and his scheming was so deep that it was chilling. He laid too many traps, and stepping into any one of them would be enough to kill any Heavenly Court assassin.

But in the end, this man tragically discovered that all his scheming was futile. The assassin from the Heavenly Court seemed to know everything. Despite all his calculations, he was still beheaded with a single sword strike. Even the two hidden ancient beings were discovered and eliminated beforehand.

This is one of Zhou Tianyi's abilities. With Zhou Tianyi's help, every assassin is as if divinely aided. No matter how stealthy their methods or how sophisticated their schemes, they cannot escape the eyes of the Heavenly Court assassins.

Moreover, the reason why the Heavenly Court was able to quickly detect the ancient beings causing trouble each time, and quickly pinpoint their location and send assassins to move there through the dimensional gate, was also due to the Zhou Tian Yi.

Beside Zhou Tianyi sat an old man whose eye seemed to connect to a black hole in the universe, containing terrifying Dao principles.

When Ye Fan first arrived at Tianzhi Village, it was this old man who received him. Through this, he became quite familiar with the old man and learned that he was a half-saint who followed the path of killing, named Qi Luo.

"Grandpa Qi Luo, are you still doing the deduction?" Ye Fan stopped not far from Zhou Tianyi and said with a smile.

This is, after all, a treasure of the Heavenly Court. That area is filled with the flashing array patterns of saints and a powerful pressure. Entering rashly will only result in a terrible death.

“The entire Heavenly Court now relies on this treasure for its operation. If I stop the calculations, how could we possibly discover those rebellious ancient beings so quickly?” Qi Luo’s eyes flickered slightly. After seeing that it was Ye Fan, he answered a few words, but his body remained motionless.

To others, what appeared to Zhou Tianyi was merely an endless stream of runes being deduced, but in his eyes, it transformed into an ancient star, the Big Dipper.

He could see the five regions and four seas from his seat, and every now and then a red dot would appear and flash intensely. When he focused his thoughts on the red dot, he could find out its exact location.

"Won't the old man's cultivation be hindered by using the Zhou Tian Yi day and night without rest?" Ye Fan asked curiously.

At this point, Qi Luo revealed a faint smile and said, "Do you think the Zhou Tianyi can only be used to calculate other people's karma?"

Qi Luo flicked his right hand, and a dazzling beam of immortal light flew out and landed on Ye Fan.

"What is this?" Ye Fan asked in shock.

The celestial light lingered on him for a while, then soared into the sky and transformed into another Ye Fan beside him. His body became almost transparent, allowing people to see every change within him.

Then, golden light suddenly appeared between Ye Fan's brows, which was formed from the immortal light, and his entire body began to transform. His cultivation became stronger and stronger, and finally he broke through to the level of a great power.

Ye Fan was somewhat stunned as he looked at the changes taking place within his other self. He felt as if he had seen the path to the future and had a sudden realization that he should proceed in that way.

"This is just one of Zhou Tianyi's many abilities. It can also deduce others, such as this." Qi Luo waved his right hand again, and another beam of immortal light flew out, transforming into another Ye Fan beside him.

Then, Ye Fan moved his hands and his body shifted, transforming into...

It formed a Tai Chi diagram, with the left hand representing Yin and the right hand representing Yang, and the body being a dragon-shaped curve.

"It can even deduce my appearance and spirit?" Ye Fan found it somewhat unbelievable.

Moreover, not long after, a primordial spirit suddenly flew out from between Ye Fan's eyebrows. In an instant, the entire world seemed to fall into a silent space-time, and the wind stopped flowing. Only a small figure merged with the world and transformed into a beam of immortal light that traveled away.

"He deduced a Dao fruit that I had envisioned, one that I hadn't even mastered myself." Ye Fan's expression froze.