Hao Ren stood in the void, holding a sparkling sword and dressed in a dashing armor. He looked in the direction where Ye Jian and his people has come from and could sense some moment. He said, "Do you really think you can hide from me after all this?"
The void rippled and an old man appeared before Hao Ren. The old man looked at him and said, "If it isn't the famous Wandering Dragon."
Hao Ren did not react much and only asked, "Who might you be, Old Sir?"
The man chuckled and remarked, "I did not expect you to be so polite. To think you would address a Necromancer as Old Sir."
Hao Ren shrugged and said, "I did not know you were the Necromancer, well since I know that now, it changes everything."
The old man nodded and said, "Yes, it does. Would you like to meet my precious?"
Hao Ren nodded and replied, "I would be obliged to."
Three figures appeared in the void behind the old man. The person said, "My name is Daoist Darth. These three behind me are my aces in the hole. Do you recognize them?"
Hao Ren frowned and shook his mind as he said, "Not a clue. If you think I should know them, tell me who are they?"
Daoist Darth smiled and said, "They are all made from the corpses of the three ancestors you killed in the Rising Sun Dynasty. I have long wanted to kill them, but since they fell at your hands, I was fortunate enough to take them apart and use them for my puppets."
Hao Ren frowned and asked, "So you mean to say that these planet shattering realm corpse puppets are in reality just a bunch of random organs that you put together?"
The old man nodded. Hao Ren noticed just now, that the man had a hunched back and a long nose. His eyes were sunk in as he wore a bright red robe. The young man said, "Well, I was beginning to think that they survived my moves last time. However, it has just been a few weeks and you managed to raise them to the planet shattering realms. I don't know if I should commend you or condemn you."
Daoist Darth chuckled, and replied, "Well, you can just die. That would be better."
Hao Ren shook his head and replied, "Cannot do that, but I can help you going over to the other side. Let us not delay it."
That said, Hao Ren raised his sword and decided to make a move. He said Starlight Slash, his attack was a slash but the impact of it was enough to make the soul tremble. The entire sky turned dark and stars began to twinkle.
The attack gracefully travelled through the void and landed on one of the three corpse puppets.
Daoist Darth sneered and replied, "My corpse puppets are invulnerable to light element attacks."
Hao Ren looked at the man and said, "This is why, mine will be the last pair of eyes you'll ever sneer at."
Daoist Darth was confused but then something astonishing happened. The twinkling slash changed its trajectory at the last moment possible, and it landed straight on his chest, leaving behind a ghastly gash. Follow current novels on novel{f}ire.net
Hao Ren looked at him with a smile that was not a smile and said, "So, now do you realize who this attack was meant for, or are you also invulnerable against light elements?"
Daoist Darth looked at his body and was shocked. He did not expect something this to happen. Hao Ren was surely going to attack the Corpse Puppet, then why did he come after him? He asked with a low voice, as the light energy ravaged his insides, "Why attack me and not the puppets?"
Hao Ren smiled and replied, "It is because you are the weak link. The corpse puppets follow your guidance, and since you have a lower realm, they put a lot of strain on you. So, I assessed that you might not have the strength to defend yourself, and took a chance. As for your corpse puppets."
He vanished from his spot and appeared before Corpse Puppet. The young man poked the chest of the puppet and channeled a wisp of his Phoenix Flames and said, "Purification."
The puppet could not even react when it began to burn and turn to ashes. Hao Ren did the same with the other two corpses. He looked at Daoist Darth, who was still holding onto the idea of life and asked, "Can you tell me where your accomplices are?"
Daoist Darth nodded in a daze and revealed all the information. In his last moments, he did not realize but Hao Ren used his soothsaying skills. This skill had greater impact in last moments, when the person was unable to put up any resistance, soothsaying worked like a hypnotic spell.
After Daoist Darth finished revealing all the details, Hao Ren injected a wisp of his flame and burned him to ashes as well.
He looked in the direction where Daoist Darth told him about, and he raised his hand to leave a message for Han Lingshi and Ye Jian. Then he vanished from his position.
Han Lingshi had just finished the meal when her communicator buzzed. She raised her hand and found a message from Hao Ren. She replied him to take care and come back soon. She was not overly worried about him suffering a loss, because he was the strongest in the nation and from the intel she had, they had set up an anti invasion array all around the territory. If anyone stronger than Soul Transformation Realm tired to cross the border, they will know immediately.
Han Lingshi initiated a conference with Xi, and Maya to come up with the policies that will be needed to improve the economy and the lifestyle of the people. At the same time, Han Lingshi understood the fact that extreme peace can cause the people to grow mellow so she wanted to promote cultivation and martial arts.
As she was talking, Maya said, "Well, Ye Yin is back."
Ye Yin was the assassin from the DEHB who turned over to work for Han Lingshi. The latter asked, "Where had she been all this time?"
Maya replied, "She reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and the Young Master arranged for her to travel and learn the skills of assassinations. In the past five years, she has built a corp of two hundred agents. They all cover the expanse of the Crescent Moon Kingdom and they operate in cooperation with Xiao Mei.
Their stronghold is a secret, only Young Master and Lady Mei knows about it. However, they are completely loyal, unless someone is a big threat or they discover a talent, they do not really bother anyone. The group is called the Cloak."
Han Lingshi leaned back in her chair and asked, "They what did you mean by Ye Yin coming back?"
Maya replied, "She came over with fifty of her best operatives and they will be your private squad. Young Master authorized this last night. Ye Yin will report to you after your coronation and you have the access to have her do anything to anyone. She will be your dagger."
Han Lingshi nodded her head and said, "I understand, when will she come over."
Ye Si, who was standing across her table said, "Sister-in-law, she is already here."
Han Lingshi was confused when Yin waved her hand and the door opened. Ye Yin walked inside the room garbed in a black body fitting outfit and a cloak to cover her body, with a hood covering her head.
The figure came inside the room and took off the hood, revealing a black mask covered with an intricate crescent moon printed across it. She did not look strong but Han Lingshi could almost see the faint wisps of red emitting from her body. The figure took off the mask and knelt on the ground, "Young Madam, Ye Yin, pays her respects."
Han Lingshi said, "Stand up, Sister Yin, also why are you paying me respects as if I am dead."
Ye Yin stood up and hurriedly said, "Young Madam, you should not joke about stuff like that, Young Master will go crazy."
Han Lingshi raised her brow, and Yin said, "One time the King of the Warring Nation said, "If Hao Ren is doing this for his wife, then she will die sooner than him. Young Master gave up the plan of slow conquest, overnight he rallied everyone, killed his way through the imperial capital. He tortured that guy for a week before he went crazy and died. The entire city could hear his screams, still gives me jitters."
Ye Yin nodded, and Han Lingshi was surprised, she asked, "Didn't you stop him?"
They smiled bitterly and Ye Si said, "Ye Jian tried to stop, but his legs were broken and he was thrown in the prison. Even Lady Mei did not dared to tell him otherwise. His eyes had turned red, and they were spewing fire."
Han Lingshi was truly shocked to hear this. She looked outside the window and remarked, "I wonder what good deed I commit to get a person like him."
Yin replied, "You probably saved the galaxy in the past life, and that is why you met him."
Hao Ren sat on a boulder, as he drank tea from a ceramic cup, around him the green forest had patches of grey ashes covering the trees and the ground.
*Ding: Host, you have performed magnificently, and you have eliminated the future threats that would have hampered your wife's strides. You are rewarded with...*