Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 437
byA tall building.
Rooftop.
Jian Ji was squatting on the railing, playing a handheld game console.
While playing, she suddenly raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
A sword flew out from behind her.
After a few breaths.
The long sword, impaling a dead man, flew back and landed behind her.
Although the man was dead, his body still twitched occasionally.
Jian Ji didn’t even look, muttering in a low voice:
“This level is quite hard… Should I look for a guide?”
A whistling sound came from the void.
Another long sword flew out.
A few breaths later.
The long sword, impaling a dead man, slowly flew back.
“Ah—I lost! It’s all your fault, you always distract me.”
Jian Ji pouted, put away her game console, stood up, and looked towards a certain part of the city.
On one street.
A certain restaurant.
Shen Ye’s father, Shen Shi’an, and mother, Zhao Xiaoshang, were having dinner.
“Shen Ye’s grandfather’s side sent over a sum of money.”
Zhao Xiaoshang said.
“I know, but I don’t want to accept it.” Shen Shi’an looked a bit troubled.
On the street opposite the restaurant.
A professional pulled out a pistol from his怀, but before he could do anything—
Swish!
The long sword pierced his head with lightning speed, carrying his body into the sky, and slowly landed on the rooftop of the building opposite.
Jian Ji folded her arms, a slight look of confusion on her face:
“Strange…”
“Why are so many people trying to kill them?”
“Kunlun!”
Kunlun’s voice came from the phone: “I’m here.”
“Who wants to kill Shen Ye’s parents?” Jian Ji asked.
“Someone called the ‘White Horse Society’ posted a mission on the dark web to capture or kill Shen Shi’an and Zhao Xiaoshang, with extremely generous rewards.” Kunlun said.
“Connect me to Xu Xingke.”
“Okay, connected.”
Xu Xingke’s voice came through the receiver: “What’s up?”
“Someone on the dark web has a bounty on Shen Ye’s parents.” Jian Ji said simply.
“World alert level elevated. From now on, no one is allowed to accept any missions on the dark web.” Xu Xingke said.
“Did you say that?” Jian Ji asked.
“Yes, I said it—have Kunlun publish it.” Xu Xingke said.
“But I remember you had a long line out on the dark web, planning to catch a big fish.” Jian Ji said.
“We can’t worry about that now. The ‘White Horse Society’ is very troublesome; we need to clear up the impact immediately.”
Xu Xingke said.
“Who exactly is the ‘White Horse Society’?” Jian Ji asked.
“It’s the true enemy of the universe—I have a premonition it will cause us great trouble.” Xu Xingke said.
Kunlun’s voice chimed in at the right moment: “Xu Xingke’s words have been posted on the dark web.”
“Time to work, leave a message if you need anything.”
Xu Xingke hung up the communication.
Jian Ji stood there for a moment, thinking, then sighed:
“Fine, today, let’s all drink some blood. Don’t say it’s too lonely following me.”
Clang—
Behind her, hundreds of long swords unfurled like a peacock’s tail in the void.
They looked so sharp, clean, and murderous.
On the other side.
The sea.
Xu Xingke landed on a deserted island.
He lit a cigarette, stretched a bit, took out his phone, placed it on a rock nearby, and said:
“Kunlun, you can start now.”
Kunlun’s voice immediately sounded from the phone: “Your statement was posted on the dark web ten minutes ago, and it was broadcast universally for a price, so everyone on the dark web could see it.”
“After that—”
“A total of 1625 missions were abandoned.”
“361 missions were accepted.”
“And 127 missions were just completed.”
“We don’t care about the ones just completed,” Xu Xingke said. “If those who accepted missions abandon them now, we don’t care either.”
“The rest—”
“Read their names to me one by one.”
Kunlun’s voice sounded again:
“To avoid duplicate names and errors, I will prefix each name.”
“The first one—”
“Assassin, ‘Nine-Claws’ Zhao Xiao.”
Xu Xingke nodded and read:
“Assassin, ‘Nine-Claws’ Zhao Xiao.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
A bald man in a black leather jacket suddenly appeared.
He had no time to do anything, only seeing a steadily enlarging fist.
Thump.
A muffled sound.
Xu Xingke swung his fist, like crushing a watermelon—
Blood mist bloomed.
The corpse flew far out to sea, stirring up waves, then slowly sank to the bottom.
The sea breeze howled.
The waves surged.
“Next.”
Xu Xingke, biting on his cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said indifferently.
Kunlun’s voice sounded again:
“Next is the professional killer ‘Fire Scorpion’ Jin, who lives in Changzhou City…”
“‘Fire Scorpion’ Jin.” Xu Xingke read.
The void flickered.
A person instantly appeared before Xu Xingke.
Snap.
A crisp, clean sound.
This professional killer’s head was directly blown off, his corpse flew hundreds of meters, and a wave bloomed on the sea surface.
The wave quickly disappeared.
The sea remained the sea.
In the time that followed—
Kunlun spoke, Xu Xingke listened, and then Xu Xingke activated the attribute “Serious Person,” directly pulling the assassin in front of him and killing them with a single punch.
Simple, tedious.
But highly efficient.
About an hour later.
There were no more missions accepted on the dark web.
At the same time.
Within the Honghuang Ruins.
Shen Ye watched the enormous “Despair Manifestor” from a distance.
The aura emanating from the “Despair Manifestor” was truly terrifying.
—It definitely possesses more than one eye technique!
But it had been afflicted by the eye technique ‘Na He’ bounced back by the Heavenly Mandate Thorn, and was now covered in wounds.
Why not strike while it’s down?
Shen Ye placed his hand on the Spring Rain Blade.
—The current Spring Rain Blade, each successful hit, is guaranteed to cause the enemy to lose 1% of their life force.
In other words—
He would need to strike it 100 times.
Shen Ye took a deep breath, prepared himself, and whispered:
“Good brother, if you’re sick, you need to get treatment. We can’t be the ones holding things back.”
In an instant.
Faint light appeared as small characters:
“You activated three attributes.”
“Due to its injuries, the opponent activated the defensive attribute ‘Rage’ and countered your attribute attack.”
“Rage.”
“Defensive attribute, Primordial level.”
“Description: The wielder of this attribute is immune to all attacks and effects of all Dharmic World attributes.”
“—In the face of true rage, rules are useless.”
“—One of the seven defensive attributes.”
This monster has defensive attributes!
Not good—
A an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in Shen Ye’s heart, and he virtually instantly used the invisibility of the Formless Heavenly Demon Saint King.
Indeed—
The next moment.
The Despair Manifestor abruptly turned around, its two enormous eyes sweeping across the entire field, and even the distant hills and rivers.
It could indeed sense attribute attacks!
That was close.
He was less than a second away from being seen by its eye technique!
Before Shen Ye could even celebrate, he suddenly heard two screams coming from not far behind him.
What?
He turned his head to look.
He saw two professionals floating above the hills several thousand meters away, their bodies emitting sizzling sounds.
—They had been seen by the Despair Manifestor!
Like death by a thousand cuts, their bodies were covered in deep, long, thin wounds, layer upon layer.
Suddenly.
Their voices ceased.
The Despair Manifestor silently watched the two corpses, a satisfied gurgling sound coming from its throat.
It confirmed there were no other situations around, then turned and slowly walked into the distance.
Shen Ye froze in place.
Someone?
How could this be!
The team battle had clearly ended!
Shen Ye paused for a few breaths, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard.
“Bah.”
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
—Since when did he become so complacent and careless?
He could have checked the map earlier.
But he had let his guard down.
Did he truly believe others couldn’t sneak in?
Why didn’t he think things through more!
He was practically courting death!
He closed his eyes and then reopened them.
“Alright… let’s see what’s going on with these two guys first…”
Shen Ye remained invisible and flew to the two corpses, grabbing one in each hand and bringing them back to the abandoned exchange.
“Tell me, who are you two?” Shen Ye asked.
“Gloomy Whisper” activated!
The bodies of the two professionals stirred, and they both said:
“We… are… assassins.”
“How did you get in?” Shen Ye asked.
“The White Horse Society gave us a special item.”
“What was it?”
“It was used up, reportedly called a shard of the Soul of Truth.”
“…” Shen Ye.
He closed his eyes and linked to the Primordial Era with “Information.”
Soon.
A faint light in small characters emerged:
“You have obtained full intelligence on the Primordial Relic;”
“Your Gate ability is that of a High-Tier Guide: Fate Diviner;”
“Your Gate ability has entered the realm of truth, reaching Stage 1 of ‘Truth and Destiny Intertwined’.”
“Truth Suppression activated!”
“Suppression effect:”
“You have insight into the opponent’s Gate ability.”
“The opponent’s Gate ability is:”
“Gate of Friendship.”
“Stage 0.”
“Description: Retrieve various corresponding items from the gate and portray a trusted being to the target.”
Powerful?
You used three exclamation marks, you have to be responsible for what you say.
How exactly is it powerful?
Shen Ye suddenly noticed some faint golden glow appearing in the room.
Looking closely, he saw that two seats behind the trading table were slowly glowing with twinkling light.
In addition.
A faint golden glow also appeared next to the three long rows of document bookshelves.
Above these three faint glows, information appeared:
“Neutral personnel were originally present here.”
“—Your information ability is so powerful that you can detect the locations of various neutral personnel.”
Shen Ye suddenly understood.
“I see… Failun, come out for a moment.”
“What is it?”
He pointed to the other chair behind the trading table, and then to the side of the bookshelf, saying:
“You were just acting as a trader, standing by one chair—actually, there were neutral people in these two other positions too, you try.”
“Alright!”
Big Skeleton plopped down on the other chair.
Suddenly, a magnificent robe appeared on him, a cigar dangled from his mouth, and all ten finger bones were covered in rings.
“Yo, young man, wanna play a few rounds with me?”
Big Skeleton said, and a deck of cards appeared in his hand.
Gambling…
“Gambling and drugs are forbidden, brother.”
Shen Ye said righteously.
Big Skeleton shrugged, stood up, and walked to the bookshelf.
His magnificent robe, the cigar in his mouth, and the rings on his hands all disappeared.
Disguise!
Big Skeleton transformed, a white dress suddenly appearing on him, and a pink hairpin on his head.
He swayed his hips, his voice sharp and high-pitched:
“It’s so dangerous outside, I’m so scared, can you take me away from here?”
“You already know it’s dangerous outside, and you still want to leave?” Shen Ye couldn’t help but retort.
“Can’t you cooperate, man?” Big Skeleton retorted back, “I’m reciting lines right now.”
Shen Ye sighed: “Alright, madam, I—”
“I’m not a lady now!” Big Skeleton said.
“Then—” Shen Ye hesitated.
“A female corpse.” Big Skeleton corrected.
“Respected female corpse, I am willing to serve you.”
“Wow, lovely brave sir, you’re so amazing, I’ll rely on you—Brother, why are you throwing up?”
“…My injuries are too severe, it’s nothing, I’ll get used to it in a moment.”
“So, shall we depart?”
Shen Ye walked to the window and looked outside.
The Despair Manifestor was still roaming in the rice paddies.
How to leave?
He turned to look at Big Skeleton.
Big Skeleton remained silent.
It leaned against the bookshelf in an exceptionally seductive pose, one hand holding up its skirt, the other pressing against the cabinet, subtly tracing an arrow.
Following the direction of the arrow, it pointed to a corner of the room.
Shen Ye walked to that corner, placed his hand on the ground, felt around a bit, and then tapped.
The sound was hollow.
Below was empty.
Shen Ye looked around, then suddenly felt a protruding stone.
He pressed it.
Rumble—
The ground cracked open, revealing a long staircase.
Torches on both sides of the staircase blazed.
“Wow, hero, you actually found a secret passage out of here, that’s amazing!”
The Big Skeleton quickly ran to the entrance of the passage, cheering and skipping like a young girl.
“Hero, don’t throw up yet, take this.”
He tied a ribbon around Shen Ye’s hand.
“What is this?” Shen Ye wiped his mouth and asked.
“This is my credential. With it, you can also pass through this secret passage.”
“Farewell.”
With that, he jumped down.
As soon as he jumped down, he strenuously ripped off his skirt and jumped back up.
“How was the acting? Pretty good, right?”
He asked proudly.
“You might be better if you toned it down a bit—by the way, how did you know there was a secret passage here?” Shen Ye asked.
“It’s not that I knew, the woman I was playing knew.”
Big Skeleton coughed lightly and continued to explain:
“Originally, you would have to go through hardships outside, accidentally collect a broken ancient stone tablet, decipher the characters on the tablet, and then go to twenty-one buried spots to collect corresponding stone tablet fragments in order to piece the tablet together and discover this secret passage.”
“What if I didn’t know about this secret passage? What would happen?” Shen Ye asked.
“Then you would escort me out, wandering aimlessly, constantly attracting monster attacks until you die—”
“That mission is called ‘Silencing’.” Big Skeleton said.
“It’s clearly saving you, so why is it a ‘Silencing’ mission?” Shen Ye didn’t understand.
“Because you haven’t gathered enough information, you’re an outsider, and you shouldn’t know the secrets within this matter.”
Big Skeleton pointed to the ribbon wrapped around his arm:
“This is the credential. With it, you can safely enter the secret passage.”
“…Alright.” Shen Ye said.
He walked to the entrance of the secret passage and looked down.
The steps were very long.
Although there were torches on both sides, he still couldn’t see what was at the end of the path.
So—
Go down?
Whoosh.
The protruding stone moved on its own.
Rumble—
The secret passage closed.
In an instant, a layer of dust covered the stone bricks on the ground.
—It looked as if no one had touched it for a long time.
It concealed everything that had just happened!
Shen Ye and Big Skeleton looked at each other.
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know.”
As they were talking, they heard footsteps outside the abandoned exchange.
Immediately after.
The door to the exchange was pushed open.
Xu Xingke walked in.
“Teacher!” Shen Ye quickly shouted.
“Hmm, you’re here too.” Xu Xingke, smoking a cigarette, squinted his eyes and looked around.
“Yes, it’s relatively safe here, by the way—”
Shen Ye was about to ask about Jian Ji, then suddenly closed his mouth.
Lines of small characters wildly materialized and flashed before his eyes:
“You have obtained full intelligence on the Primordial Ruins;”
“Your Gate ability is that of a High-Tier Guide: Fate Diviner;”
“Your Gate ability has entered the realm of truth, reaching Stage 1 of ‘Truth and Destiny Intertwined’.”
“Truth Suppression activated!”
“Suppression effect:”
“You have insight into the opponent’s Gate ability.”
“The opponent’s Gate ability is:”
“Gate of Friendship.”
“Stage 0.”
“Description: Retrieve various corresponding items from the gate and portray a trusted being to the target.”
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