Intense magical fluctuations shook the entire area.
The long street was destroyed.
Blood splattered everywhere.
As soon as the Six Paths Great Mountain sword flew out, the orange cat had already spread his paws and followed it like a shadow.
A second later, the divine sword unleashed its power!
With a flash of sword phantom, Elder Du's head was sent flying.
That wasn't the end — — -
The orange cat's eyes were filled with intense killing intent as he leapt up high, wielding a long scepter with both paws, then stabbed it into the headless corpse.
— — the Devil King Warden Rod!
None of these Wraith realm humans were able to react in time, without knowing what had happened, they had already been killed.
And before this Elder Du died, even though he had lost all consciousness, he still unwillingly called out 'Fiend'.
— — he guessed it!
Right now, the Wraith realm still doesn't know what happened to Elder Du, but the Wraith realm is quite proficient in summoning and resurrecting souls, so they might have a way to investigate what happened tonight.
I definitely can't let this Elder Du's soul return to the Wraith realm, otherwise, there would be no end to the consequences!
The orange cat held the Devil King Warden Rod down and activated [Soul Dispersion].
One breath's worth of time later.
The scepter was stabbed into the headless corpse, trembling slightly as if it was being chewed, then quickly returned to normal.
— — -that's good!
Even if the Wraith realm humans went to heaven or hell, they wouldn't be able to find Elder Du and interrogate him about what happened tonight.
The orange cat sighed in relief. Suddenly, his ears twitched.
A shrill alarm resounded.
The guards of Void City were rushing over from every direction.
The orange cat put his sword and scepter away, silently used [Ground Shrink] to hide in the darkness at the corner of the street.
It leaped onto a wall and squatted on it, waiting quietly.
One second later.
A second later.
— — over a dozen fully-armored guards suddenly appeared from the void of space, surrounding the scene of the assassination.
"Where's the killer?"
"He ran away"
"That was too fast, the battle only lasted for about four … no, three seconds" one of the guards replied.
The guards looked at the corpse on the ground and fell silent.
From the moment they sensed the battle until the street was destroyed by the spell, they had rushed here almost immediately.
But there was only a corpse on the ground. The battle was already over.
A caster descended from the sky and landed in front of the guards.
"Sir"
The guards saluted.
The Spell Caster nodded and looked at the corpses on the ground. A strange expression gradually appeared on his face.
He slowly said: "These Wraith realm bastards had just offered the City Lord a powerful defensive Causality Law technique, saying that it was to strengthen Void City's defenses"
"I was also present during the demonstration. Their defensive techniques are indeed very strong, so the City Lord is very happy."
"Who knew … Just as we left the house …"
The Law of Causality was the strongest law in the Occult.
— — to possess such a powerful defensive Causality technique.
But in just three seconds, they were all dead.
Everyone listened while looking at the corpse on the ground.
The night wind blew.
Suddenly, everyone felt cold.
In the distance.
The orange cat crouched on the wall for a while, then turned to leave.
Under the cover of the night, it sped towards the Hitman Guild.
Halfway there, the orange cat suddenly stopped.
No …
If the Wraith realm investigated further, they might find out from the City Lord's manor that Crow and I had a conflict with Elder Du.
Then, Crow and I are both suspects.
After returning to the Guild, Crow didn't go out.
I told Qin that I'm going to visit a friend, then came out to assassinate Elder Du.
Visit a friend …
The orange cat pondered for a bit, then changed direction and continued forward.
If that's the case, I'll go look for Buttercup, she can provide me with an alibi.
The orange cat quickly made his way through the alleyways and reached another wall, looking at a small brick house surrounded by flowers on the other side.
This was Buttercup's residence.
At this point, the long night had passed and morning had arrived.
The sky was a bit brighter.
Candlelight could be seen from inside the house, the door was unlatched, and the faint sound of soft music could be heard.
Occasionally, he could even hear people talking in low voices.
In the garden outside the small brick house, two gardeners were trimming the flowers.
They would occasionally listen to the voices inside the house, but were mostly focused on their work.
Seeing this, the orange cat felt a bit hesitant.
The house was set up with an anti-prying technique, so inner sight couldn't enter.
But this time, the celebrity was Buttercup, who was entertaining a friend.
And since it was still early in the morning, Buttercup had hired a gardener to trim the flowers.
Wouldn't it be too rash for me to meet her like this?
The orange cat's gaze moved around, then noticed that there was a small door at the bottom of the house.
The small door was completely open, with a line of text written above it:
[Special for pet cats]
Next to the door, the dog was still sleeping.
It was sleeping soundly.
The orange cat was a bit doubtful.
— – strange, this door wasn't here the last time I came.
He thought for a bit and slowly understood.
In Void City, only Buttercup knew that I could turn into a cat.
Buttercup had made this door and left it wide open, meaning that she knew I was coming.
… how is that possible?
The orange cat wagged his tail and jumped down from the wall.
— — night was about to end, the effects of [Ghostly Shadow of Night] would also disappear, so he needed to make a decision quickly.
The orange cat walked straight through the street, arrived in front of the small brick house, and silently listened.
The sound of talking and music inside the house became clearer.
After listening for a while, the orange cat was able to hear his own voice.
What's going on?
The orange cat was even more confused.
He decided to climb the stairs and arrived in front of the door.
The small door was open.
The dog was still sleeping.
The orange cat slowly went through the small door.
Inside the house, an orange candle was silently burning.
Buttercup was sitting on the sofa, reading a book.
An ancient phonograph was placed on the windowsill, continuously playing music and the sound of people talking to each other.
One was Gu Qing Shan's voice.
The other was Buttercup's voice.
The orange cat looked at the phonograph, then at Buttercup.
She seemed to be a bit tired, sitting cross-legged on the sofa and flipping through the pages of her book out of boredom.
"Meow"
The orange cat tentatively called out.
Buttercup's expression changed.
She stretched her back and asked: "You're finally here, where are you?"
The orange cat turned back into Gu Qing Shan.
"You seemed to know that I was coming" Gu Qing Shan said.
"That's right, I have a friend who's the advisor of the City Lord's manor. She's an expert in astrology, and I just received a message from her saying that you might need an alibi" Buttercup replied.
Gu Qing Shan froze.
Buttercup closed her book, then pointed at the chair in front of her: "Sit"
Gu Qing Shan sat down and asked: "How did your friend know that I was coming?"
"You went to look for her to perform astrology?" Buttercup asked in return.
"That's right, I wanted to change my codename, so I went to perform a divination under my friend's suggestion" Gu Qing Shan admitted.
He simply recounted everything that had happened that night.
Buttercup silently listened to him and smiled: "It's fortunate that she sent me a message, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to see me"
"You weren't home?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I was in special training, I only hurried back after hearing about you" Buttercup replied.
"That friend of yours, could she have seen what I was about to do?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.
"She's an expert in divining the connection between people. In fact, the first thing she divined was that the connection between you and herself was me, in other words, both of you know me"
"Because you're my friend, she did everything she could to help you calculate once"
Saying so, Buttercup took out a blank Card and lightly flicked it with her finger.
Immediately, a female voice resounded from the Card:
"Die, your Hitman friend is performing astrology here, his body is exuding a thick Law of Death, most likely going to battle tonight"
"I saw the people of the Wraith realm, they've all turned into corpses — –"
"After a while, the Law of Death on the Hitman's body will subside, at which point he will go to find you, most likely to prove that he wasn't at the scene of the assassination"
"I'm only informing you, you can decide for yourself what to do"
The voice disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan fell silent.
My actions this time were almost perfect.
But someone was able to tell that I was the one who did it through a fragment of the future.
— — no matter how much you plan, they only need a glance to know what you're going to do in the future.
This kind of ability was too unreasonable.
Buttercup chuckled and said: "Don't worry, she's my friend, so she won't expose you — — - the ones you killed were people of the Wraith realm, she couldn't be happier"
"She has a conflict with the Wraith realm?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Hm, an irreconcilable conflict" Buttercup replied.
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit relieved.
However — — -
An Astrologer is able to see fragments of the future.
Back in the 900 million World Layers, I've never heard of an Astrologer being able to do this.
If that's the case …
I have too many secrets on me, so I'll have to stay away from people of this profession.
Seeing the cautious expression on Gu Qing Shan's face, Buttercup shook her head: "Don't think too much about it. In truth, among all Astrologers, she's the only one who can see fragments of the future, this is her unique talent"
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