Death Sword, Pure White Heaven, Flame of Finality

"Mercenary Tao, on His Excellency’s behalf, I will give you one final chance."

"Submit, or… die."

Mahakala’s body grew larger, and his voice and temperament changed in tandem. He had previously been the image of a sensible youth, but now he carried the pressure of one of the higher-ups.

Upon hearing this, Bai Cangshu had yet to react, but the other two were already displeased.

Su Qingqiu sensed the intensely distorted force field around Mercenary Tao’s body, as well as the aura that made him seem as though he were about to blend into heaven and earth at a glance. He knew Mercenary Tao had pushed his combat specialization to level 9.

He had become a grandmaster who possessed formidable combat strength even without any other special abilities.

What was more, Mercenary Tao was unquestionably a Scarlet Great Sin Reincarnator. He would not be lacking in attribute points. With just those two factors alone, Mercenary Tao was already a terrifying master of physical combat.

Once someone like that developed antisocial or even anti-human tendencies, the damage they could cause was impossible to estimate.

Even without the Cognitive Interference incident involving Ability Users, a top-tier Martial Artist could carry out any horrifying act he wished in the real world.

Things like cameras had no good way of restraining a killing master like this. He had too many methods to kill you with means you would mistake for those of an ordinary person.

"Mahakala, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

Su Qingqiu grabbed Mercenary Tao’s arm with one hand. The ability of Fourth Order Virtue: Pure White Heaven met intense resistance, while the Scarlet Great Sin tried to gnaw its way toward him like a snake.

"Yeah, what kind of bullshit are you spouting at a time like this, Young Monk…"

As the woman standing behind Bai Cangshu spoke, she leaned forward, her soft yet icy body pressing against his back.

Her head rested against Bai Cangshu’s shoulder as well. As she spoke, Bai Cangshu could even feel her warm breath brushing against his neck.

"We’ve already made our move. If you and your Excellency still intend to take this guy in, how are we supposed to settle it when this Fierce Beast comes after Su Qingqiu and me in the future…"

"You’ll have to pay more. Mm… a lot more."

Su Qingqiu had initially been ready to nod, but the more he listened, the more something felt wrong. He turned around and saw that the mysterious A Single Thought of Silk was constantly studying Mercenary Tao’s face, undisguised greed in her eyes.

Bai Cangshu turned his head and saw that beneath the woman’s dark purple hair was a pale face, a high nose bridge, and eyes that seemed to be admiring a beloved work of art.

But Bai Cangshu merely glanced at her face before focusing on the faint aura drifting across the surface of her body.

This seemingly intimate contact with him was actually another display of her strength.

At that moment, his entire body was wrapped in Three Parts Return to Origin Force. Even ordinary firearm bullets could not pierce it, yet this woman’s breath could reach his ears. That meant she possessed a special ability capable of ignoring force field defenses like Three Parts Return to Origin Force.

The corners of his mouth curled upward, and his smile slowly bloomed.

Mahakala, who had been prepared to accept A Single Thought of Silk’s price and first stabilize this temporary alliance, also saw the increasingly obvious smile on Mercenary Tao’s lips.

The three who had believed they held the situation in their grasp all froze. Su Qingqiu’s anger, Mahakala’s arrogance, and A Single Thought of Silk’s lust all vanished at once.

A faint sense of danger, like a snake hidden in the darkness, began silently slithering around them.

Mahakala hesitated no longer. Since they had chosen to fight three against one, they naturally had to take him down for real. His last shred of desire for this rare talent was completely cast aside.

White light blazed from Su Qingqiu’s right hand. In an instant, it was as if radiance had descended upon the world, illuminating everyone with no possibility of escape.

A Single Thought of Silk seemed to have expected it. She threw her head back, and a twisted force burst through the air—it was precisely the force field around Mercenary Tao’s body erupting on its own.

She stepped back like a phantom, moving with incredible speed. Her dark purple hair rose and obscured Bai Cangshu’s face, while the katana held across Bai Cangshu’s neck slashed straight through.

Pfft!

The air made a sound like paper being cut. A silver line appeared, and in the next moment, as A Single Thought of Silk’s tall figure fully pulled away and she raised her long sword with both hands, the momentum of the strike was completely unleashed.

The silver line stretched through the air in an instant.

Mai, standing behind Bai Cangshu, trembled, and Teleportation activated immediately.

Pfft!

Mai, who had appeared two hundred meters away, suddenly felt a searing pain in his scalp. He wailed in agony, blood pouring across his face.

Boom!

A slash mark several thousand meters long cleaved directly through several city blocks. As buildings collapsed with a thunderous roar, the pink figure stretched to several meters, moving so quickly that his form had already distorted.

At the very instant A Single Thought of Silk cut out that terrifying blade strike in the reverse direction from the most awkward posture possible, Mercenary Tao moved almost completely in sync with her, like a maggot clinging to bone.

After the two took large steps to shift their centers of gravity backward and twisted their bodies, the proportions, range, and rhythm of their movements were identical without the slightest difference.

That made the terrifying slash seem to pass through their waltz.

As A Single Thought of Silk’s dark purple hair danced, her eyes shifted, and she had already noticed Mercenary Tao’s strange movements.

Sharingan? Duplication Eye?

Bai Cangshu threw a punch. A Single Thought of Silk’s body danced like a flood dragon. Her ability to sense invisible force was extremely strong, and the moment the fist force spread out, her body spun sharply.

The sword’s momentum erupted in an instant. This strike was likely hundreds of times stronger than that woman’s twin-blade attack from before.

Destructive sword intent exploded, while Bai Cangshu’s eyes widened. In an instant, countless afterimages seemed to appear around him as he flickered in different directions.

Yet upon closer inspection, he had not moved from where he stood at all.

Pfft pfft pfft pfft…

Amid the crisscrossing terrifying sword qi, Mahakala raised his hand. Whether horizontal or vertical, his dark golden body rang with sharp metallic clanks as it blocked the sword qi.

Su Qingqiu remained where he was, one hand raised high as the white light grew ever more dazzling.

You have been affected by the Virtue: Pure White Heaven ability. All attributes reduced by 35%.

You have entered Pure White Heaven. Speed reduced by 35%.

A flood of notifications began appearing. Bai Cangshu’s body paused, and in that instant, a streak of sword light swept across his waist.

You have been affected by the Death Sword ability. Instant death judgment in progress.

Judgment passed.

You have been exempted from this effect.

You have been affected by Imperial Arm: One-Hit Kill Murasame. Judgment in progress.

Judgment passed.

You have been exempted from this effect.

In that instant, all of them revealed looks of surprise.

Bai Cangshu was astonished that this Virtue-type Reincarnator possessed such a powerful ability.

A Single Thought of Silk, meanwhile, hesitated as she watched her ability produce no effect at all. Was it good luck, or…

Her Title Ability, Death Sword, allowed her to deliberately turn a single attack into a terrifying strike that ignored all external defenses and carried an instant-death effect.

Moreover, this ability could be activated after she had already swung her sword.

That allowed a great swordmaster like her to ensure that her strongest strike landed on the opponent amid the sweeping sword qi.

She had once used this move to effortlessly kill a high-level Defense-Specialized Title-level Reincarnator.

But Mercenary Tao seemed entirely unsurprised by her ability.

Su Qingqiu also frowned. Mercenary Tao still possessed such speed and combat power within his Pure White Heaven.

This bastard… is becoming impossible to suppress…

"Mahakala, move!"

As Su Qingqiu spoke, Mahakala had already raised his right hand. In the next moment, a pitch-black sun appeared in the sky, and the black clouds were completely vaporized by it in an instant.

The world lost its light. Beneath the dim sunlight, Bai Cangshu saw white smoke beginning to rise from the Three Parts Return to Origin Force surrounding his body, as though it were being scorched…