Translator: CinderTL
Soon, the void shimmered, and a hazy figure materialized.
"Alliance Leader," the blurry figure said respectfully.
"Shadow hunter, I have a mission for you. You must..." Alliance Leader Qi Tian swiftly outlined his instructions.
"Do I need to maintain constant surveillance?" the blurry figure asked.
"No," Alliance Leader Qi Tian replied, shaking his head. "Intervene only in moments of crisis to ensure his survival."
Overprotective measures would hinder his growth.
"Understood, Alliance Leader," the blurry figure responded. With a flicker, it dissolved into nothingness.
Blue Star, Donghai Province.
In a secret, hidden space, members of the Hidden God Organization, clad in black robes, had gathered once again.
"Greetings, Leader."
"Hail, Leader." The entire chamber echoed with respectful voices.
"Report your intelligence as usual. Begin," the purple-robed leader, a burly figure seated on a towering throne, commanded, his aura radiating formidable power.
"Yes, Leader."
"Leader, the chaos plan for the Western Ten Provinces is progressing steadily. Our operatives have infiltrated county-level cities..." An elder reported on his team's progress.
"Hmph, accelerate the progress. We must finalize everything before the end of the year," the purple-robed leader said coldly.
All the Hidden God Organization's plans revolved around the impending Shadow Calamity.
By year's end, the Shadow Clan would launch a major offensive.
Soon, the elders finished reporting on their respective tasks.
"Leader," a black-robed elder said, "we have new information on Chen Zilu and Jiang Ye, the two individuals you instructed us to monitor. According to our hidden agent, Jiang Ye has cleared the ninety-ninth level of the Hundred Cosmic Refinements at the Chen Clan, far surpassing the Transcendent Aptitude of his peers."
The black-robed elder quickly explained the situation.
"Hundred Cosmic Refinements?"
"Cleared the ninety-ninth level?!" A sharp glint flashed in the purple-robed leader's eyes. "Are you certain?"
"Confirmed!" the black-robed elder nodded.
"Excellent. Place him at the top of our priority list," the purple-robed leader said, his gaze icy.
He fully understood the significance of this achievement.
Clearing the ninety-ninth level of the Hundred Cosmic Refinements demonstrated a potential far exceeding ordinary Transcendent Aptitude!
"This Jiang Ye..."
"Once he matures, he will undoubtedly become a major obstacle to our embrace of civilization," the purple-robed leader mused, his eyes gleaming. "If we cannot recruit him, we must eliminate him preemptively."
"However, we must first ascertain his true combat capabilities."
If Jiang Ye had already reached the seventh breakthrough or higher, the purple-robed leader would hesitate.
To deal with such a peerless prodigy, we'd need at least an eighth or even ninth breakthrough to guarantee success.
The cost would be far too great.
"What's Jiang Ye's current strength? Do we have any intelligence on that?" the purple-robed leader asked.
"None," the black-robed elder replied, shaking his head. "Our hidden agent is restricted and can only provide this much."
The Hidden God Organization communicates with its hidden agent through a secret technique that allows only limited data transmission.
Therefore, intelligence reports must be concise, focusing solely on critical information. Clearly, the hidden agent considered information about the hundred cosmic refinements more crucial than details about Jiang Ye's strength.
"Regarding Jiang Ye's strength," the black-robed elder continued, "our last report was six months ago. At that time, his cultivation had reached the peak of the third breakthrough."
"Peak third breakthrough?"
"Even for a genius like him, he couldn't have surpassed the fourth breakthrough in just six months," the purple-robed leader said. "However, we can't apply conventional logic to such a prodigy."
"Let's assume he's reached the late stage of the fourth breakthrough," the purple-robed leader conceded.
Reaching the late stage of the fourth breakthrough would already be an extraordinary feat.
As for the peak of the fourth breakthrough? That's a major threshold, impossible to cross in such a short time.
With these thoughts in mind, the purple-robed leader turned his gaze to the assembled experts below.
"Should we send a fifth breakthrough expert?"
"No, that won't do. A peerless genius like him would have numerous life-saving measures, and we can't rule out the possibility of a high-realm expert secretly protecting him," the purple-robed leader mused.
Any attempt must succeed.
Otherwise, the difficulty of succeeding next time would increase a hundredfold, perhaps even a thousandfold.
"What about sending a high-realm expert at the eighth breakthrough or higher?" The purple-robed leader's mind raced with possibilities.
Deploying a high-realm expert would greatly increase the chances of success.
However, most of these high-realm expert were already assigned to critical missions and couldn't easily be spared.
At that moment, the black-robed elder interjected, "Leader, according to our intelligence, Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu have grown extremely close."
"If we move against him, we must consider the possibility of them being together."
"Oh?" The purple-robed leader's eyes lit up. "That's perfect. We can kill two birds with one stone."
Chen Zilu was also a key target of the Hidden God Organization.
The purple-robed leader pondered for a moment.
"Xia Qing," he called out.
"Leader," a slightly petite figure responded from the back of the crowd.
"Xia Qing, Jiang Ye hails from the same city as you," the purple-robed leader said slowly. "I entrust his elimination to you."
"Me?" Xia Qing asked, lifting her head, surprise evident on her fair, oval face.
She had been equally shocked when she first heard Jiang Ye's intelligence report.
Based on Jiang Ye's performance, he was undoubtedly a true prodigyโin some ways even more troublesome than a transcendent!
Yet now, the leader was assigning her to deal with him?
"Don't worry," the purple-robed leader said. "I'll assign a fifth breakthrough expert to accompany you. With your combined strength, you'll have a good chance of defeating him. Of course, if you're unwilling, I'll assign this mission to someone else."
"If you complete the mission, I'll reward you with three opportunities for the holy blood baptism."
The moment these words left his lips, the members of the Hidden God Organization stirred with excitement.
Their eyes lit up with fervent desire.
Holy blood baptism!
This was the organization's highest form of baptism, capable of dramatically enhancing one's strength in an extremely short time.
Its effects were more than ten times greater than those of a standard flesh and blood baptism.
"I accept!" Xia Qing declared without hesitation.
Her eyes burned with longing.
I'm just one step away from the fifth breakthrough, she thought to herself. Jiang Ye? No matter how prodigious he is, there's no way he could advance from the peak of the third breakthrough to the peak of the fourth breakthrough in just six months. Even a transcendent couldn't achieve that.
"If I complete this mission, I'll earn three opportunities for holy blood baptism," Xia Qing thought to herself. "Then I can break through to the fifth breakthrough. At that point, I'll finally gain higher status within the organization."
With this thought, Xia Qing's confidence in the upcoming operation surged.
"Zhuo Feng, you'll accompany Xia Qing," the purple-robed leader added.
Zhuo Feng was a peak fifth breakthrough expert. With him present, the mission's success would be virtually guaranteed.
Soon, the meeting concluded, and the Hidden God Organization members dispersed. Xia Qing and Zhuo Feng swiftly departed to prepare for the operation.
The purple-robed leader remained seated on his lofty throne.
Once everyone had left, he spoke: "Ma Qian."
Whoosh!
A gaunt figure materialized, its frame emaciated.
"Leader," the figure rasped, his voice hoarse. He possessed only one eye, the other socket a hollow void.
"Ma Qian, follow Xia Qing and Zhuo Feng, but remain undetected."
"If Jiang Ye has a high-realm expert protecting him, they'll inevitably reveal themselves once Xia Qing and Zhuo Feng engage," the purple-robed leader continued. "At that point, your task is to contain them."
"Understood," Ma Qian rasped in response.
"Go," the purple-robed leader waved his hand.
Whoosh! Ma Qian's form twisted, dissolving into nothingness.
Ma Qian was one of his most trusted generals, a ninth breakthrough expert renowned for his mastery of disguise.
"With Xia Qing and Zhuo Feng as bait, and Ma Qian's intervention," the purple-robed leader mused, "unless Jiang Ye has a peak ninth breakthrough expert guarding him, he won't escape this calamity."
Peak ninth breakthrough?
Across Blue Star, with the Shadow Calamity raging so frequently, peak ninth breakthrough experts served as the primary force against tier 7 Shadow Calamities. It was inconceivable that they would spend their days guarding a mere junior.
"Let's wait patiently," the purple-robed leader closed his eyes calmly.
(End of the Chapter)
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