All of us are one

Chapter 109 Return to Crescent Moon City

The man in red stared silently at the letter for a moment before asking softly, "Have you read the letter?"

"No," the woman in black replied respectfully.

"Take a look." The man in red handed over the letter.

"This..." The woman in black took a look and immediately looked astonished. "All the experts from the Great River Branch who were on a mission have died?"

"More than 90% of the top experts in the Divine Martial Kingdom are under the surveillance of Blood Rain. I thought that with all the experts from the Great River Branch coming out this time, even if we couldn't complete the mission, we could still get away unscathed."

The man in red sighed softly, "I underestimated the Sword of Broken Water. I didn't expect him to be able to find three top experts who weren't under surveillance."

The woman in black stood respectfully without answering, acting as a dutiful listener.

"Have someone check later to see if any of the top experts stationed at the Four Kingdoms Alliance have disappeared during this period," the man in red instructed. "Now that the experts at the Great River branch have been almost completely wiped out, you will go to the Great River branch to oversee it. Return when the time is right."

Finally, the man in red waved his hand and said, "Go."

"Yes," the woman in black replied, and respectfully withdrew from the hall.

Inside the brightly lit hall, a man in red sat cross-legged on a futon, his eyes lowered in deep thought.

"The stimulus plan failed. I was lucky enough to break through to the True Essence Realm, but my lifespan is not as long as that of Duan Shuijian, who is at the Yuan Dan Realm." The man in red thought to himself, "If he breaks through to the Yuan Dan Realm in a hundred years, and it really attracts the sect's powerful figures to come and guide him, I, who am old and frail, will not be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility and will certainly not be valued by the sect."

"I cannot show myself, otherwise I will become a stepping stone for the Broken Water Sword, just like the Thousand Machines Sect Master."

The man in red knew the difference between the True Essence Realm and the Core Formation Realm, and that the Broken Water Sword was no ordinary Core Formation Realm expert; such a prodigy's strength probably surpassed that of Old Monster Liang.

"There's still one chance!"

He narrowed his eyes slightly. "Old Monster Liang is going to Beiliu City to meet with friends, and the three major families are shamelessly sending Duanshuijian's son to sea. I think Old Monster Liang won't live much longer."

The man in red could guess that Old Monster Liang's purpose in visiting his friend in Beiliu City was simply to buy some time for the three major families, delaying the crisis of their extermination.

"With Old Monster Liang dead, the Divine Martial Kingdom is in turmoil!" the man in red sneered. "I refuse to believe you won't come back!"

With this in mind, he pondered how to orchestrate a plan to throw the Divine Martial Kingdom into complete chaos.

……

Inside the cabins of the ship.

Jiang Yanming was somewhat surprised when he received the message from Leng Tong: "Uncle Chen and Uncle Li have killed top experts?"

"If he were truly a top expert who had honed his Qi, physique, and skills to the pinnacle of Qi Condensation, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly," Uncle Zhou pondered. "I estimate that top expert had only honed his Qi and physique to the pinnacle of Qi Condensation, but his skills were inferior to Brother Chen and Brother Li."

"The difference in skill..." Jiang Yanming suddenly realized.

The so-called skills refer to martial arts moves, techniques, and even special uses of internal energy. If the skill gap between people of the same level is too obvious, then the person with higher skills has a much greater chance of winning.

"Those assassins who came towards the ship were either driven away or killed by Brother Deng. The remaining assassins were either seriously injured or too weak to cause any trouble after losing the ship," Uncle Zhou said softly. "You can continue to rest after Brother Li and the others return."

"Mm." Jiang Yanming nodded.

Blood Rain sent many experts this time. If he only had two or three top experts to escort him, he probably wouldn't have been able to keep all the assassins at bay.

"Losing a top expert and several experts at the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm should be enough to make Xue Yu feel the pain for a while," Jiang Yanming thought to himself.

Jiang Yanming had no good feelings towards Xue Yu. Even though he was Xue Yu's retired top-tier assassin, if he were given the chance to take revenge on Xue Yu in the future, he would make Xue Yu suffer heavy losses and never dare to mess with him again!

After a while, the sound of many people's footsteps could be heard outside.

"Open the door, we're back," Li Kun's voice came from inside.

Before Jiang Yanming could react, Uncle Zhou got up and opened the door, where Li Kun, Chen Moqun, and Deng Huizong were standing.

"Is everything resolved?" Uncle Zhou asked.

"It's all taken care of." Chen Moqun nodded. "Those assassins must be from Blood Rain."

"How strong is that top expert?" Uncle Zhou asked.

"He can't be considered a true top expert. Although his Qi and physique have reached the pinnacle of Qi Condensation, his skills are lacking. He's only good at bullying ordinary Qi Condensation Realm 4th stage cultivators," Deng Huizong replied with a smile.

"Perhaps he's gotten used to being an assassin, and his skills in direct combat are lacking," Chen Moqun said softly. "This deficiency is a fatal weakness."

Li Kun remained silent upon hearing this, knowing that Chen Moqun, a seasoned assassin, was right in his assessment.

"The assassins have been dealt with, and everyone can get some rest now," Uncle Zhou said. "Brother Li, Brother Chen, and Brother Deng, you used up your energy fighting the enemy, so I'll be on night duty tonight and tomorrow night."

"it is good."

"no problem."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Zhou."

Chen Moqun, Li Kun, and Deng Huizong answered in succession, not refusing Uncle Zhou's arrangement, and then the four of them left the room together.

……

The next day, after breakfast.

Jiang Yanming was about to return to his room to cultivate when Uncle Zhou called him back.

"Ah Ming, the ship will leave the territory of Shenwu Kingdom before noon," Uncle Zhou reminded him. "Be careful to control your internal energy, don't lose control."

"Understood." Jiang Yanming nodded.

Due to the different laws of heaven and earth, martial artists are suppressed in the Divine Martial Kingdom. After leaving the Divine Martial Kingdom, the strength of martial artists will increase. Top experts can fly through the air, and supreme experts can even destroy cities and countries.

I waited in my room for about an hour.

Jiang Yanming suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of ease in his body, and his internal energy surged out involuntarily, reaching a distance of two or three meters from his body.

"This feeling..."

He closed his eyes and carefully sensed it. The protective aura was like his eyes, allowing him to perceive everything within its range and form a three-dimensional image in his mind, just like spiritual power infused with divine sense that could explore the surrounding environment.

"Not only is the physical energy active, but the dark energy is also extremely active."

As a dark energy user, Jiang Yanming naturally sensed the omnipresent dark energy in the universe. At this moment, the dark energy was very active, allowing him to capture electronic signals in the air without needing a network receiver.

"Now I should be able to control the aircraft using dark energy," Jiang Yanming murmured.

If he weren't currently on a ship with many top experts present, he would have loved to take out the "Light and Shadow" flying device from his storage ring and try to manipulate it with dark energy.

"I am a second-stage Qi Condensation Realm martial artist, skilled in close combat, and also capable of long-range battles, manipulating the flying device 'Light and Shadow' in combat. I can also act as an electronic hacker to counter cyborgs..."

Jiang Yanming thought to himself, "If nothing unexpected happens, a level 5 cyborg is no match for me, and I can even put up a fight against a level 6 cyborg."

It wasn't that he was arrogant, but rather that the advantages and disadvantages of cyborgs were obvious, and they were too easily restrained by electronic hackers!

If he can find out the modules implanted in the cyborg through hacking, the battle will be much easier, and he won't even need to waste computing power hacking into the other side's system.

……

November 10, 348 AD, morning.

Jiang Yanming's ship arrived in Crescent City, and five months later he returned to the Four Nations Alliance.