I manage female characters in all the heavens.

She quickly picked up the crowbar and smashed it down on Chen Tianjiao's head with extreme ferocity; a hit would surely kill him instantly.

But just as he was about to be hit, Chen Tianjiao suddenly moved, his movements incredibly swift, as if he had accelerated, and he turned around and grabbed the crowbar!

"This is the power of the Chen family. Xiaoqian, I'm sorry, your grandfather had no choice." Chen Tianjiao whispered, pressing the pistol against Su Xiaoqian's forehead.

In that life-or-death moment, Su Xiaoqian's eyes suddenly became blank, as if a genetic lock had been unlocked, and a strange power surged out from the depths of her bloodline, instantly filling her limbs and bones.

The world before her eyes suddenly slowed down, and everything in her vision became clear. Chen Tianjiao's finger pulling the trigger was obvious. She simply tilted her head slightly and easily dodged the muzzle just before the shot was fired.

boom!

With his shot missing its mark, Chen Tianjiao's expression changed slightly. He did a backflip to dodge the crowbar that was tearing through the air and stood three meters away to face Su Xiaoqian.

"To awaken the power of bloodline at this time, is it the result of being stimulated by the power of ascension?" Chen Weiwu asked with slight doubt.

But Su Xiaoqian remained blankly looking at him, showing no intention of speaking. She simply took a step forward, leaving a trail of afterimages as she arrived in front of Chen Tianjiao, and swung the crowbar down again!

Her movements weren't professional, but they were incredibly fast, just like Chen Tianjiao's movements before, which felt like they were on double speed.

Chen Tianjiao smiled slightly: "Alright, let's have a thrilling duel before achieving success. That kind of success will be more fulfilling and valuable."

"This is a duel that belongs to my Chen clan."

"Xiaoqian, show us everything you have to do."

Chapter 98: I'm determined to fly this way, not even Jesus can stop me!

Nearly 200 meters away from the Weiwu Building, in an alley, Song Yi blocked the elderly man who was struggling and crawling on the ground trying to get away.

The old man looked to be over sixty years old, with gray hair, but his body was strong and robust, and he was powerful enough to easily kill a young man with one punch under normal circumstances.

But by this time, he had become weak and feeble, even struggling to crawl.

"Old man, the air is so fresh and invigorating."

A teasing voice came from beside him. The level six assassin "Midnight Zero" turned around and saw Song Yi in a sharp suit.

After so many days of clashing with the Mighty Group, the various assassins already knew who their real opponent was.

This Song Yi not only single-handedly created the 99-layered Heavenly Barrier of the Mighty Building, but he also personally wiped out more than twenty challenging teams. His strength is speculated to be at the peak of level six, and he is already well known to everyone.

Moreover, Song Yi's reputation had already spread in the assassin world long before. The dog of the big boss of Samsara was not someone that anyone dared to kill, and everyone still remembered that.

The Mighty Group is truly awesome. They dared to kill the dog of the Reincarnation Boss before, and now they dare to sacrifice thousands of assassins from all over the world to hold an ascension ceremony. I don't even dare to think about what they will do next!

Midnight Zero naturally recognized Song Yi, and seeing him come over in person, a sense of despair welled up in his heart.

"I never expected, I never expected that your Mighty Group would be so despicable. On the surface, you invited everyone to come and participate in the trials, but in secret you were planning an ascension ceremony to use us as sacrifices!"

"I thought the so-called Ascension Conference was just a name, but I didn't expect it to be real. However, it's not about us challengers ascending, but about helping the higher-ups of your Mighty Group ascend."

"Hahahaha, how ironic! The world's second-ranked assassin, Wuchang, would actually cooperate with you. How utterly depraved! Hahahaha!"

At midnight, he returned to zero and laughed bitterly, his laughter filled with sorrow.

Song Yi grabbed his collar and lifted him up, his eyes full of curiosity: "The ascension ceremony? Tell me about it in detail."

Midnight Zero's laughter faltered, replaced by disbelief: "You...you didn't know about the ascension ceremony? You're not an accomplice?"

Song Yi was very honest: "Maybe. If this so-called ascension ceremony is useful to me, I might as well go along with it."

"But now, it's clear they have no intention of sharing with me, so I can only rely on you, father-in-law, to get some information."

After a moment of silence, Midnight Zero burst into laughter: "So you were just a pawn after all. The Mighty Group is truly ruthless, even willing to abandon a master like you."

Suddenly, he stopped laughing, frowned, and said, "That's not right. If you weren't an accomplice, how come you were unharmed during the ascension ceremony?"

"Could it be that someone as ruthless and skilled as an assassin as you has a pure heart, with no malevolent spirits or vengeful ghosts haunting you?"

Song Yi's eyes widened: "Why are there malevolent spirits and vengeful ghosts haunting me? Do I look like a heinous, ruthless demon?"

Midnight Zero was stunned: "Aren't you an assassin? You've never killed anyone? Friends who kill frequently know that you'll definitely be tainted by malevolent spirits and other negative influences. Didn't you know that?"

Song Yi cast a disdainful glance at him: "Killing a few hundred people is no different from eating breakfast. How could you possibly be haunted by any evil spirits?"

"Isn't it as natural for an assassin to kill as it is for a person to eat?"

The so-called malevolent spirits and vengeful ghosts are not a real substance or energy clinging to the body, but rather a psychological feeling experienced by the killer after being traumatized by murder.

To put it simply, it's the result of the sum of one's feelings of guilt, fear, excitement, and addiction related to murder. It's a subjective thing, and a person's mind can be altered under the influence of these feelings.

Song Yi never felt there was anything wrong with killing people, so he didn't experience any negative emotions. His mind was not affected by the killings and therefore did not meet the requirements for offerings in the ascension ceremony. So, he was fine.

Midnight Zero was shocked; this is possible?

This world is truly hopeless. Mentally ill people are treated unfairly everywhere, and they can't even be chosen for something as a sacrificial offering. It's simply invincible!

However, soon, Midnight Zero felt a surge of joy again.

"Song Yi, no, Brother Song, since you're not an accomplice of the Weiwu Group, then please take me away from the Weiwu Building as soon as possible!"

"The ceremony hasn't been going on for very long, and my spiritual power hasn't been damaged too much yet. As long as I leave the area of ​​the ascension ceremony, the probability of me recovering is very high!"

"Don't worry, as we walk, I'll explain the ascension ceremony to you. It's a ceremony that has been passed down from ancient times, and it can't be explained in just a few words. We can leave here first and find a restaurant to eat and talk!"

Song Yi looked completely honest: "Leaving is fine, but I won't go to the restaurant. I need to finish listening to your explanation quickly so I can find someone else to compare your story with, in case you lie to me and I come back to kill you."

Midnight Zero: "..."

Thank goodness you told me beforehand, otherwise I would have really lied to you.

The moment Midnight Zero was dragged 300 meters away from the Mighty Building, Midnight Zero exclaimed in surprise, "The weakness hasn't worsened. We're out of the ascension ritual area!"

Then he was horrified: "A normal ascension ceremony is only within a radius of 30 meters, and about a hundred offerings are enough to meet the requirements for one person to attempt ascension."

"The ascension ceremony at the Mighty Building covered an area of ​​300 meters. Within this area, nearly two thousand assassins, along with hidden murderers, all became sacrifices. Is this an attempt to ascend the entire group?"

With the Weiwu Building as the center, the area within a radius of 300 meters is not a small area.

As one of Lianchang's landmark buildings, the Weiwu Building is surrounded by a very prosperous area. Within a 300-meter radius, there are dozens of buildings of various forty or fifty stories high, with a permanent population of over 100,000. There are probably quite a few non-assassins who meet the requirements for sacrifices inside.

He looked at Song Yi, who had essentially saved his life, and said sincerely:

"The ascension ceremony is not a ceremony that can be achieved by simply gathering some jumping gods. It requires extremely strict material and energy conditions to drive it, and a corresponding energy matrix must be established."

"A 300-meter-wide ascension energy matrix, built in such a bustling area, could not have been constructed quietly without the involvement of local officials. If you want to stop this ascension, you are going against the Lianchang government."

"You are still young and have a bright future. There's no need to take this risk for people who aren't really related to you."

With his back to midnight, Song Yi looked at the imposing building shrouded in dark clouds a few hundred meters away and sighed:

“There are some things that someone has to do, and that person can be me, and it seems that it can only be me at the moment.”

He tilted his head slightly, his tone filled with unwavering determination:

"The Ascension Ceremony has such wondrous uses, yet those bastards from the Mighty Group didn't even include me. This is utterly unacceptable. I must take action, kill them, seize control of the Ascension Ceremony, and claim this heaven-defying opportunity!"

"If they won't help me ascend, I'll fly on my own!"

At midnight, I returned to zero, speechless. So this is what you have to do.

I thought you were going to stop the ascension ceremony to save people, but it turns out you're going to replace the people from the Mighty Group with your own ascension.

Indeed, he shouldn't have had any expectations of a psychopathic killer who genuinely felt that killing was justified.

Song Yi entered the ascension ceremony area again, and soon after, he brought two elderly people to Midnight Zero and left them there.

He gave Midnight Zero a thumbs up: "I checked with them, and their statements are consistent with yours. You two are most likely not lying to me."

"Of course, it's also possible that you've colluded beforehand using some method. But it doesn't matter, I'm going to try this ascension ritual later. If I find it's different from what you said after I've tried it, I can just come back and kill you."

"You should know that even now, I can easily kill you all and make you run for your lives. When I become an Ascended Being, my strength will definitely be even greater. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, it won't matter. I will be reduced to ashes in no time."

"So if there is anything hidden or deceitful, correct it now."

After waiting a while and no one spoke, Song Yi nodded: "Okay, I'll trust you guys. Let's go!"

After saying that, he used his lightness skill to leap into the air, lightly touching the various buildings around him for leverage, and used three-dimensional maneuvering to rush back to the Mighty Building.

This was originally unnecessary; running back on flat ground wouldn't have been slower. But in order to demonstrate his invincible power to the three Midnight Zeroes, he had to put on this act.

Sure enough, showing off works.

Midnight Zero was horrified: "To be able to move at such high speeds without any tools is simply inhuman! Even ascended beings can't do that!"

Another old man standing nearby was also shocked: "With this kind of power, even if he doesn't ascend to immortality, we still won't be able to escape to the ends of the earth!"

The old woman smiled last: "Fortunately, he's definitely going to ascend. Didn't you all tell him that the ascension elixir can't be drunk directly, but needs to be diluted with water for a bath to cleanse it, otherwise it's easy to be melted by the violent energy?"

The two old men chuckled as well.

“How can we honestly tell him this? If he hadn’t seized control of the ascension ceremony, he wouldn’t have had the chance to use the spiritual liquid, and he wouldn’t know that we’ve been hiding this from him. He has no reason to seek revenge on us.”

"If he seizes control and drinks the elixir without knowing the correct way to use it, he will have no chance of survival, and the dead will naturally be unable to take revenge on us."

Midnight Zero sighed, "Alas, they're still young after all, no match for us veterans."

"Hahahaha!" All three of them burst into laughter.

"I see, I've learned something new." Suddenly, Song Yi's voice rang out from behind them.

The three men shuddered and slowly turned their heads.

Just moments before, they had watched Song Yi fly towards the Mighty Building, but now he appeared calmly behind them, having overheard their conversation.

The three men looked miserable. That damned young man had come prepared to trick and ambush the three old men. He had no sportsmanship at all!

Bang bang bang!

Song Yi didn't seem to move, but a gunshot rang out, and almost simultaneously, a bloody hole appeared between the eyebrows of the three men.

His marksmanship was so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye. The three level-six assassins, whose hands and feet were trembling from the ascension ceremony, had no chance to dodge. They didn't even have time to react before their minds wandered off to sleep.

Back near the Weiwu Building, Song Yi frowned.

A large group of elite troops, dressed in black combat uniforms and well-equipped with armored vehicles, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, and other weapons, surrounded the Weiwu Building. There were three or four hundred of them.

Four helicopters hovered in the air, their doors open, revealing the dark muzzles of six-barreled rotary cannons, ready to deal with any invading enemy.

This was a special police force that Lianchang officials had previously promised to provide to Weiwu Group for defense, but which Song Yi had refused.

I thought they were just special police, and even if they had heavy firepower, it would only be a small amount, and their combat effectiveness would be limited.

Looking at it now, it seems that they are equipped with howitzers, heavy machine guns, and armored vehicles, making their firepower more ferocious than that of regular armored corps in most countries in the world.

Are these the world's three superpowers?