Chapter 30: Who Did It?

The Vine Serpent Legion hung high in the sky, an invisible power shrouding the Blood Python Society’s headquarters ruins. One by one, the surviving members of the Blood Python Society were seized and moved out. In an instant, deep within the vast headquarters spanning billions of kilometers, millions of members were transported away.

“After such a battle, only one or two tenths of these Blood Python Society members survived,” Jiang Chengrong surveyed the scene below, shaking his head slightly.

“Those who lived were almost all hiding deep underground,” the vice-general beside him said. The Blood Python Society’s headquarters did indeed have a large number of underground structures. The Origin Continent’s earth was thick and stable enough to allow one or two tenths of the members to survive this terrifying battle.

“Hmm?”

General Jiang Chengrong and the vice-general beside him both noticed the latest bounty mission sent by the Inferno Wind Hall’s Dark Pavilion. The Dark Pavilion only proactively sent notifications to clients when there were changes to the bounty missions.

The bounty mission displayed: The mission to assassinate the Blood Python Society Leader, Mu Yang, had been completed!

“The Blood Python Society Leader is dead?” the vice-general exclaimed in surprise. No Eternal True God corpse could be seen in the ruins; they genuinely did not know the casualties.

“If the Inferno Wind Hall confirms the death, then he is truly dead,” Jiang Chengrong nodded. Since the Inferno Wind Hall’s Dark Pavilion issued assassination missions, they naturally had absolute certainty about the target’s life or death.

The vice-general solemnly said, “Our entire Vine Serpent Legion couldn’t do anything to the Blood Python Society Leader. But he has now been killed…”

“The expert who took action is stronger than our entire legion!” Jiang Chengrong sighed. “I wonder who it was who made the move.”

*Whoosh!*

A group of figures came piercing through the void from afar. Leading them was the supreme commander of the ten great legions of Huyang City, “Demon Owl Li.” Demon Owl Li’s face was somewhat aged; his eyes, burning with purple flames, swept across the battlefield.

“You oversee the Vine Serpent Legion; I will go greet Commander Demon Owl,” General Jiang Chengrong instructed.

“Yes,” the vice-general immediately responded.

The ten great legions of Huyang City each had a full complement of two Eternal True Gods, over twenty thousand Void True Gods, and over twenty million elite True Gods. This was a double configuration! They had to ensure at all times that one Eternal True God, over ten thousand Void True Gods, and over ten million elite True Gods were inside the legion’s mechanical flow secret treasure.

This allowed them to rotate shifts, so even if an Eternal True God had an accident, it wouldn’t affect the legion’s actions.

*Whoosh.*

General Jiang Chengrong flew out of the massive Vine Serpent Legion, personally welcoming Commander Demon Owl Li.

“Commander Demon Owl,” General Jiang Chengrong flew to his side.

“The Inferno Wind Hall has confirmed that the Blood Python Society Leader is dead,” Demon Owl Li said, looking at the vast ruins of the Blood Python Society’s headquarters ahead. “In Huyang City, the number who can kill the Blood Python Society Leader can be counted on one’s fingers!”

“Indeed, there was no escape, and he was killed outright,” Jiang Chengrong also nodded, then said, “Their fight was always within the Blood Python Society headquarters. I immediately moved all the surviving Blood Python Society members aside, so they did not damage the battlefield.”

Demon Owl Li nodded slightly.

*Buzz…*

With a thought, endless black mist spread out, completely enveloping the Blood Python Society’s ruins, carefully examining the traces of battle. Based on the residual marks in the ruins, it was possible to deduce some of the circumstances of the fight.

“The matter here, and the power of heaven and earth, were completely shattered and refined into the power of chaos not long ago,” Demon Owl Li observed carefully, saying, “This is not the Blood Python Society Leader’s method.”

Jiang Chengrong nodded. “It seems that the one who took action should possess a mechanical flow treasure capable of controlling the power of chaos.”

“Merely relying on a mechanical flow treasure cannot kill the Blood Python Society Leader,” Demon Owl Li shook his head lightly. “You control a legion’s mechanical secret treasure; can you kill the Blood Python Society Leader?”

General Jiang Chengrong smiled. “The one who took action is far stronger than I am.”

“Very strong, and not one of the few I am familiar with,” Demon Owl Li frowned. “A stranger has come to Huyang City!”

The subordinates following behind them dared not utter a sound during their conversation.

Beside Demon Owl Li was his favorite junior apprentice, “Gao Wushui.”

Gao Wushui listened, also secretly amazed.

In his heart…his master was the mainstay of the entire Huyang City! General Jiang Chengrong was also an extremely powerful Eternal True God. And now, this mysterious expert was clearly someone even his master was quite wary of.

“We must find out his identity as soon as possible,” Demon Owl Li said.

“As long as that mysterious expert goes to collect the bounty, the Inferno Wind Hall will definitely know his identity,” General Jiang Chengrong said. “But the Inferno Wind Hall will not betray its clients.”

Demon Owl Li nodded. “As long as he isn’t standing on the side of the Shi Kingdom, it’s good news for us.”

The Shi Kingdom frequently invaded the surrounding areas; as a border city, Huyang City naturally faced great pressure.

…

Inside Dream Flower House.

Shang Tianyan and Sang Shuiyun sat facing each other in a grand hall, drinking and chatting leisurely. They were both frequent patrons of Dream Flower House.

“Hmm?” They both received the latest bounty mission sent by the Inferno Wind Hall’s Dark Pavilion.

“The Blood Python Society Leader is dead?” Shang Tianyan exclaimed in surprise. “He’s one of the overlords of Huyang City! I have to hide when I see him. Who could kill him?”

The winged man, Sang Shuiyun, exuded an aura of decadence. Even with this news, he remained indifferent, saying casually, “Since he established a dark force and has been constantly fighting and killing, isn’t it only natural that he would eventually be killed by another powerful expert?”

“That’s right, he finally ran into a formidable opponent after killing so many,” Shang Tianyan nodded, with excitement in his eyes. “But I’m still very curious about who did it.”

“Why think so much? In time, we’ll naturally find out,” the winged man, Sang Shuiyun, gazed leisurely at the wine in his cup.

…

“Who could kill the Blood Python Society Leader, Mu Yang?” A thin, small old man who was cooking suddenly paused, then his lips curved into a slight smile. “Huyang City is becoming more and more interesting.”

…

“In the bounty missions, the Blood Python Society Leader’s bounty is ranked fifth, and mine is ranked fourth, with an even higher bounty. Will he target me?” The Puppet Shadow Tower Master, Chun Yuyi, who was also a leader of a dark force, felt a tightening in his heart after learning the news.

…

At this moment, every Inferno Wind Hall’s Dark Pavilion client in Huyang City received the latest bounty mission. The news of the Blood Python Society Leader’s death naturally caused a stir throughout Huyang City.

The death of Diao Rongyan? The impact was relatively small, after all, Diao Rongyan was relatively weak.

But the death of the Blood Python Society Leader was a big deal! After all, each of those few in Huyang City who could kill him could cause Huyang City to tremble with a single move.

“Was it one of those few? Or a newly arrived expert?” Various forces were eager to know.

…President Zan Yun sat at the top floor of Cloud Heaven Tower, holding a transmission token.

“The one who killed me was Luo He! He relied on an extremely powerful mechanical flow secret treasure to kill me! His mechanical flow secret treasure far surpasses my secret treasure, ‘Blood River of Life.’ My ‘Blood River of Life’ is worth 1.5 million universe sand; his mechanical flow secret treasure is worth at least 5 million universe sand!” The Blood Python Society Leader sent a message and a picture to President Zan Yun before his death.

The picture was of Luo Feng’s terrifying scene with his six pairs of golden wings spread, with the flow of chaos surrounding him.

“It’s Luo He?” President Zan Yun was somewhat surprised. “Are the six pairs of wings on his body an ordinary secret treasure, or a mechanical flow secret treasure?”

Many mechanical flow secret treasures could be integrated into the body and were indistinguishable on the surface.

Furthermore, throughout the Origin Continent’s long history, countless Eternal-level mechanical flow secret treasures had been born. In Huyang City alone, the Huyang Army had ten great legion-type secret treasures, and the Huyang Guard also had some weaker legion secret treasures. There were also many single-body mechanical flow secret treasures.

“To be able to kill the Blood Python Society Leader, his strength is approaching Demon Owl Li and Blood Cloud,” President Zan Yun confirmed this point.

…

The current controller of the Demon Owl Clan, Demon Owl Meng, also received a message and a picture from the Blood Python Society Leader before his death.

“The one who killed me was Luo He! He relied on an extremely powerful mechanical flow secret treasure to kill me! His mechanical flow secret treasure far surpasses my secret treasure, ‘Blood River of Life.’ My ‘Blood River of Life’ is worth 1.5 million universe sand; his mechanical flow secret treasure is worth at least 5 million universe sand!” The message was exactly the same.

Demon Owl Meng looked at the message and the picture of Luo Feng’s Wings of Slaughter unfolded.

“!.”

“Two mechanical flow secret treasures, which adds up to 6.5 million universe sand. Not to mention the other treasures he carries on his person,” Demon Owl Meng sighed. “He’s deliberately trying to use me as a knife. I can’t resist the temptation.”

“But this Luo He is too mysterious. I have no idea of his background,” Demon Owl Meng shook his head lightly. “This message is not suitable to tell my father.”

His father was Demon Owl Li.

“My father is the pillar of the Demon Owl Clan. I cannot let him take a great risk,” Demon Owl Meng had already decided to act as if he had not seen this message.

…

Before his death, the Blood Python Society Leader sent this message to five forces in Huyang City through the causal transmission token. These five forces had one thing in common: they all had great backgrounds! They could all bring in some terrifying experts from other places.

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Outside Huyang City.

In the endless wilderness, a pitch-black poisonous insect burrowed out from deep underground. After the pitch-black poisonous insect burrowed out, it naturally transformed into a figure, precisely the skinny Vice President Mu Lin.

“I refined the poisonous insect body in the first place because its ability to protect life is strong enough,” Vice President Mu Lin looked at Huyang City in the distance. “My natal poisonous insect has always been hidden outside the city.”

“That Luo He is indeed terrifying. According to the bounty mission sent by the Inferno Wind Hall, the President is also dead,” Vice President Mu Lin shook his head lightly.

His natal poisonous insect carried an ordinary transmission token. It could only receive Dark Pavilion information when it was near Huyang City. Ordinary transmission tokens were not as magical as “causal transmission tokens”; their transmission range was limited, but they also could not be locked by cause and effect.

Vice President Mu Lin was much more cautious than his clan member, “President Mu Yang.”

“It’s time to leave. Get far away from Huyang City. Otherwise, if that Luo He finds me, the large number of poisonous insects that I painstakingly refined will again be reduced to ashes,” Vice President Mu Lin was indeed afraid of Luo Feng. “The three large cities of Nine Ginger Chaos Province…I’ll go to Xu Yin City!”

Vice President Mu Lin made a decision and immediately set out towards Xu Yin City.

…

Inside Huyang City, in the City Lord’s Mansion.

Three divine power incarnations stood side by side, looking at the entire city’s monitoring system.

It was by relying on the entire city’s monitoring system that the City Lord’s Mansion could always understand the movements of all the dark forces. By combining it with the location tracking of “identity tokens,” they could determine which True Gods the dark forces had killed.

Ordinary True Gods all had identity tokens and had to pay residence fees regularly; otherwise, they would be expelled from the city.

“If the one who took action used a small universe domain to isolate the investigation, we would not be able to detect his tracks,” a white-haired figure said.

“Let’s take a look first; maybe we can find something,” the Three-Eyed Huyang City Lord observed the scenes recorded by the monitoring system.

Commander Demon Owl Li was also beside him, watching silently.

Huyang City was jointly built by a large number of mechanical flow experts. All the scenes recorded by the monitoring system would be saved for at least one epoch. So, they could view some scenes from the past.

“Look!” The white-haired figure, the Huyang City Lord, and Commander Demon Owl Li were all energized.

The entire city’s monitoring system clearly showed—

After Luo Feng separated from Mo Luosa and Mo Yuqingyan, he walked alone to the front gate of the Blood Python Society headquarters. Only then did the darkness suddenly appear out of thin air, completely enveloping the Blood Python Society headquarters.

“It’s him,” the Huyang City Lord said excitedly. “It’s Luo He!”

“He did not conceal and isolate the investigation but walked publicly to the front of the Blood Python Society headquarters just like that,” Commander Demon Owl Li nodded. “He did it deliberately.”

Any Eternal True God could use a small universe domain to isolate the surveillance, preventing the entire city’s monitoring system from discovering it.

“In the entire Huyang City, only our City Lord’s Mansion has been monitoring the entire city. So, he’s just not hiding it from us,” the white-haired figure said. “This Luo He is friendly to our City Lord’s Mansion.”

Commander Demon Owl Li and the Huyang City Lord nodded in agreement after hearing this.

The space-time of the Origin Continent was stable. Want to rewind space-time to view past events? No one in Huyang City could do it.

So, only the City Lord’s Mansion, which monitored the entire city at all times, could rewind to the scene of Luo Feng arriving at the Blood Python Society headquarters.

…

After Luo Feng left the Blood Python Society headquarters, he flew all the way and now remotely saw the Inferno Wind Hall in the distance.

“The City Lord’s Mansion is monitoring the entire city, so they should be able to find the scene of me arriving at the Blood Python Society headquarters, right?” Luo Feng thought. Between the City Lord’s Mansion and the latent forces of the Shi Kingdom, he would naturally favor the City Lord’s Mansion.

As he thought, Luo Feng had already flown to the Inferno Wind Hall. “It’s time to collect the bounty.”