Chapter 858: 736: Negotiation? NO, Assassination? YES (Long Chapter) (Part 2)

Chapter 858: Chapter 736: Negotiation? NO, Assassination? YES (Long Chapter) (Part 2)

Such a defiant Racial Talent naturally cannot be completely flawless.

The Unity Realm that follows the spiritual path has little difference between avatar and the main body. If the main body is slain, only more Origin than the avatar is lost, but the avatar can still transform into the main body.

As for the Heart Demon Clan.

Even though the main body is slain, it won’t perish, but the soul carved out from the avatar no longer possesses the ability of ‘soul infection’ that comes with the Racial Talent.

A Heart Demon Clan member whose main body is slain is equivalent to being reduced to an ordinary race.

This secret is known by very few races and factions within the Endless World. If not for a few years ago, when an ordinary Transcendent of the Heart Demon Clan mixed into Green Shadow City, got caught, and stubbornly refused to self-destruct without an avatar, it would’ve been difficult for Tang Yu to pry this secret from the Heart Demon Clan’s mouth.

“No problem, there are fifty-three avatars anyway, we can smash them one by one.”

…

The divination results came out, but Tang Yu didn’t act immediately — after all, he had waited for months.

First, he instructed Grey Blade to investigate the identities of the Heart Demon Clan avatars based on clues divined by Xing Ling and Xing Yue.

This investigation took two months.

“Based on our investigative analysis, of the fifty-three avatars, only thirty-one have replaced others’ identities. The remaining twenty-two avatars, ten are located in large faction capital cities, likely plotting, while the other twelve are hiding in some secluded places.”

After hearing Grey Blade’s investigation, Luo Zhe spoke in a serious tone, “The twelve avatars hiding in remote locations should be the easiest to deal with. The ten that are plotting, it’s not too difficult for us to confront and eliminate them. The problem lies in those avatars that have already replaced others’ identities…”

In the investigation results, the targets whose souls have been infected and replaced by the Heart Demon Clan, at the minimum, are at Unity Realm Peak, with quite a few at Divine Domain Realm.

Much like that Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan, who holds significant power within the Seven Lustrous Federation.

The key is,

if the Tao Sect informs local forces that someone among their high-level staff or an elder has been possessed, it’s entirely unrealistic.

Top-level forces will certainly choose to trust their own members over the Tao Sect.

Tang Yu himself would do the same.

If someone told him there was a traitor among his followers, he would definitely bash the opponent’s head.

“The most challenging part is that we have no means to verify if some strong individual’s soul has been infected. It could be done via microscopic soul analysis, but that’s not feasible. Who would be willing to let their soul be examined by someone else?”

Eileen also finds it challenging.

It’s not just a matter of one or two forces.

But thirty-one large, top-tier factions’ high-level individuals.

Informing local forces would only be seen as the Tao Sect trying to sow discord, and at that point, the Tao Sect might truly be besieged.

“But the Heart Demon Clan must be eradicated.”

The Heart Demon Clan’s goal is to create chaos in the Mountain and Sea World, and Luo Zhe and the others believe that before causing mutual destruction among the major factions, the Heart Demon Clan’s master would certainly try every means to first destroy the Tao Sect.

Tang Yu wants to eliminate the Heart Demon Clan master.

The Heart Demon Clan also wants to get rid of the ‘Human Race Heavenly Pride from the High-dimensional United Front.’

The Heart Demon Clan master, having the identities of more than half of the top-tier faction leaders in the Mountain and Sea World, has this capability.

Perhaps, he’s already scheming at this very moment.

“Ah, so troublesome. Can’t we just directly smash the Heart Demon Clan?”

Nancy’s eyes were rolling.

Tang Yu pondered for a moment, his eyes brightening, “Perhaps, we truly can directly smash the Heart Demon Clan’s head.”

The thirty-one different identities played by the Heart Demon Clan have all been made into cards.

The card’s lower section contains detailed information of each identity.

Tang Yu’s gaze swept across them one by one.

“To prevent the Heart Demon Clan from noticing, our actions must be swift. Assessing our current Combat Power, we can divide into five groups, two of which will target the Divine Domain Realm Heart Demon Clan avatars, while the other three will target Unity Realm avatars.

Furthermore, it would be best to start with the challenging targets, for example…

He saw one of the identities, one of the Twelve Elders of the Heavenly Alliance Commerce.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

…

Kong of the Heavenly Alliance Commerce’s Twelve Elders is one of the highest-held identities mastered by the Heart Demon Clan.

Previously,

the Heavenly Alliance Commerce agreed to assist the Seven Lustrous Federation’s raid, and he was stirring things up behind the scenes.

The price of redeeming the Treasure Pavilion Master couldn’t be negotiated because he was secretly causing trouble.

After all,

Only by killing the upper echelons and making other powerful individuals in the commerce hostile to Tao Sect can he better implement the next step of his plan.

Heavenly Alliance Commerce does not have its own nation, but it has a magnificent city—Heavenly Alliance City—as the headquarters of the commerce.

The nature of Heavenly Alliance City is similar to that of White City, both are neutral cities, with a multitude of races coming and going, and the headquarters of pillar industries like ‘Treasure Pavilion’ are set in Heavenly Alliance City.

The history of this city does not match White City or Seven Lustrous City, but the prosperity of its commerce far surpasses that of other neutral cities like White City.

Tang Yu, dressed in a black robe with his hood pulled high to cover his face, walked within Heavenly Alliance City.

He wore a World Ring on his hand, which contained Nancy and Xing Ling inside.

“Is the Heart Demon Clan elder ‘Ku’ still inside this city?” Tang Yu asked through the contract in his mind.

“Yes, in the most magnificent building in the city center. I took the tool made by that Heart Demon Clan avatar, and as long as we get close to other avatars, the tool will react.”

“Alright, let the assassination begin.”

Tang Yu took a step, and his form disappeared from where he stood.

The Stepping Void and Unity individuals coming and going on the streets were completely unaware.

Tang Yu’s form was illusory as he walked in the spatial layers, with just a few steps arriving around the city’s central most magnificent building.

Near it, Unity Realm auras were everywhere, and there were even a few Divine Domain Realm presences.

Tang Yu dared not release his spiritual power scan, after all, he was preparing for an assassination.

Taking a walk around the magnificent building, he stepped inside right before a Stepping Void guard.

Hidden in the layer of illusory space, his presence was even more concealed than being invisible.

The magnificent building’s area was vast, comparable to a small town, with its elevation reaching a thousand meters, and ground depths unknown.

Tang Yu walked through the wide corridors, leisurely wandering; sometimes like a phantasm, he directly passed through Alien Race individuals coming and going.

Suddenly,

“There’s a reaction, to the southwest,” Xing Ling exclaimed with delight.

Tang Yu shifted direction, entering a spacious hall.

At each corner of the hall were pillars connecting the ceiling, with thick flooring engraved with sun, moon, and star patterns. Ahead was a path, like a bridge built over a cliff, leading directly to the opposite door.

Tang Yu stepped forward, suddenly as if he collided with a wall.

Blocked at the entrance to the path.

“It’s an array that isolates space; no virtualization or Space Shifting can pass through this barrier layer until the array is broken, but the real body can pass through…”

Glancing around, there were four Unity Realm guards within the hall.

He was in a virtualization state, making him undetectable to the Unity Realm, but upon exiting virtualization…

Tap——

Tang Yu’s feet landed on the hard floor, threads of aura seeped out.

The complexions of the four Unity Realm guards in the hall changed drastically; some began to open their mouths, some raised their arms, and some began to circulate Source Power within…

In an instant, space froze.

The four Unity Realm guards were like bugs encased in amber.

Only terror remained in their pupils.

Tang Yu slowly clenched his hand into a fist.

The frozen Unity Realm bodies twisted, then twisted further, until they completely dissolved into nothingness moments later.

The disturbance was small but alerted the strong individuals behind the door across.

As Tang Yu reached the door, he saw two middle or upper-level Unity Realm individuals in a bit of panic, while further back sat a Divine Domain Realm strong individual, remaining composed.

He spoke, “An assassin? Ha, you’ve already been exposed.”

This Divine Domain Realm, standing five meters tall with crimson skin, met Tang Yu’s gaze, confirming he wasn’t mistaken.

“No, my assassination was very successful.”

Everything around instantly turned gray, as the “Heaven and Earth Lock” had already sealed the Divine Domain Realm’s chance to escape.

The two Unity Realm individuals were instantly slain.

Elder ‘Ku’s complexion subtly changed, but seeing there was only the assassin alone, he believed there was still a chance of survival.

Suddenly,

Nancy burst out of the World Ring, wielding the Holy Artifact “Godslayer,” and slashed down with her sword.

Boom!!!