King of Creation
Chapter 576 - 569: Shadowless Stab (Third Update)

Chapter 576: Chapter 569: Shadowless Stab (Third Update)

Boom!

At this critical moment, the move Black Dragon Tyrant of Heaven, second style - Black Dragon Tail Swing that Ye Zhen unleashed was old, and even though he noticed the shadow’s movement next to the practice stone in the nick of time, his hands still couldn’t help but smash onto the practice stone.

The moment the loud noise erupted, the shadow instantly solidified into a streak of black light, piercing towards Ye Zhen’s chest with an unrivaled swiftness. It was at this moment that Ye Zhen horrifyingly discovered the shadow next to the practice stone had actually condensed into an extremely thin human figure.

The timing of this assassination attempt was too perfect, the distance was ridiculously short. For a martial artist in the Vein Forging Realm, a distance of less than two meters is virtually nonexistent.

Ye Zhen couldn’t even manage any sort of reaction before the black radiance was upon him, his only response was to see a dagger flickering within the black light.

Thud!

The black radiance pierced into Ye Zhen’s abdomen like lightning, and a pair of ice-cold, emotionless eyes also appeared in his line of sight at the same time.

Feeling the black radiance pierce into his abdomen, a cruel light flashed through the eyes of the figure before Ye Zhen in an instant.

The assassin cruelly stirred the black radiance that had entered Ye Zhen’s abdomen around a few times.

Had he not stirred, it would have been fine, but upon stirring, a look of utter shock suddenly appeared in the assassin’s emotionless eyes.

Because in the moment of stirring, the assassin discovered with horror that the dagger he had thrust into Ye Zhen’s abdomen felt as light as if it had pierced air.

Under normal circumstances, such a move would be fatal, but the Acquired Spiritual Body of a martial artist was not easily penetrated, offering significant resistance.

But now, feeling as light as air, there was only one possibility—it hadn’t penetrated at all!

Yet, he had clearly seen the Sword Gang penetrate deeply, with half of the dagger disappearing!

The assassin’s reaction was exceptional. Upon realizing something was amiss, his figure trembled and he sought to vanish from the spot.

A jade-colored finger appeared out of nowhere on the assassin’s forehead, the moment fear flashed in the assassin’s eyes, the force transmitted through, and the jade-colored finger, along with bits of red and white, flew out from the back of the assassin’s head.

The assassin’s body stiffened and immediately slumped to the ground, while at the same time, a rather slender figure appeared beside the practice stone.

In the small courtyard’s side room, Bai Cao was staring wide-eyed, overwhelmed with terror at the dreadful scene unfolding before her, hands tightly covering her mouth to prevent any sound from escaping.

Ye Zhen, still somewhat shaken, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and waved his hand at Bai Cao, signaling her to go inside before he turned his attention to the scene before him.

However, when Ye Zhen saw the dagger in the assassin’s hand, he too was greatly startled. His first reaction was to look with amazement at his own abdomen.

Somehow, only half of the assassin’s dagger remained, and from the remaining half, it was evident that the quality of the dagger was far from ordinary.

"High Grade Treasure!"

Ye Zhen fueled it with Spiritual Power, causing the black Sword Gang on the broken dagger to surge, directly transforming his Spiritual Power into black light, further proving the grade of the dagger.

But this extremely potent High Grade Treasure was mysteriously reduced to only half.

"Could it be the Mirage Dragon Pearl?"

The reason Ye Zhen had such a question was that he had escaped the certain death situation earlier thanks to the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

One had to admit, the assassin’s hiding spot and the timing of the attack were impeccable, and at the moment of the attack, since Ye Zhen was preoccupied with training, his Protective Spirit Armor had not been activated. Furthermore, the faint aura the assassin exuded in that instant definitely exceeded the Second Stage of the Vein Forging Realm.

Under such a perfect killing situation, not to mention Ye Zhen, a First Stage martial artist of the Soul Sea Realm, even martial artists at the Second, Third, or Fourth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm would not stand a chance if they lacked a special defensive martial technique by their side.

Yet Ye Zhen had escaped, all thanks to the Mirage Dragon Pearl!

It happened so swiftly, at the brink of life and death, Ye Zhen couldn’t do anything. The only thing that saved his life was a slight delay in his movement, allowing the black Sword Gang to blast into the Mirage Dragon Pearl at the Danzhong acupoint.

Ye Zhen had done this twice before, but he never thought that this time it would save him from a nearly flawless assassination.

The black Sword Gang that blasted into Ye Zhen’s Mirage Dragon Pearl immediately transformed into pure energy that struck the Spatial Wall of the Third Stage space within the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

The peril of the black Sword Gang was resolved by the Mirage Dragon Pearl, but to Ye Zhen’s surprise, the Mirage Dragon Pearl had absorbed the half of the dagger, the half of the High Grade Treasure Dagger.

This was the only explanation!

Since the dagger was a short blade and the Sword Gang was also short due to the proximity, it was very possible that part of the dagger had followed the momentum into the space inside Ye Zhen’s Mirage Dragon Pearl and then had been converted into nothingness by the forces within the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space.

After all, when Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense sank into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, he didn’t find a trace of the dagger, not even a fleck of iron.

"The Mirage Dragon Pearl has this kind of ability?"

Ye Zhen was somewhat surprised. At this life or death moment, he discovered for the first time that the Mirage Dragon Pearl had the new ability to absorb weapons, and it was a High Grade Treasure at that.

Only this time, in the face of life or death, Ye Zhen didn’t know what kind of change had occurred after the Mirage Dragon Pearl absorbed a High Grade Treasure.

Unfortunately, Ye Zhen didn’t have another High Grade Treasure at hand, not even a Mid-grade Treasure, except for the Supreme Treasure, the Blood Shadow Spear he had just acquired, and nothing else.

The Blood Shadow Spear was for critical moments to save his life and should not be wasted. The new ability of the Mirage Dragon Pearl discovered today would have to wait for future verification.

Whoosh!

Ye Zhen tore off the special black leather coat that wrapped around the assassin’s body, revealing a face that was somewhat fierce but still retained a trace of comeliness.

"A woman?"

Ye Zhen was somewhat taken aback.

It was only then that Ye Zhen realized this female assassin was completely shrouded in a special black leather coat. Moreover, this black leather coat was somewhat strange, for right in front of Ye Zhen’s eyes, his Divine Sense couldn’t detect the presence of the black leather coat at all.

Ye Zhen proceeded to search further and found a mid-grade storage ring on the assassin’s body. There were very few items inside the storage ring.

Only a few pouches of water, several special tools, a few bottles of pills, and more than a dozen jars of medicine powder, which to Ye Zhen’s shock, turned out to be all poisons—highly lethal ones at that—and there were also many tools for administering poison.

Beyond that, there were no other belongings.

A professional assassin!

A very professional assassin!

That was the conclusion Ye Zhen reached.

Ye Zhen felt somewhat regretful that he had killed this assassin, with cultivation high enough to reach the second and third stage of the Vein Forging Realm, with a single finger.

Assassins conceal themselves only to deliver fatal blows at the perfect moment. Ye Zhen couldn’t even muster his Protective Spirit Armor; conversely, the same applied to the assassins.

They confronted Ye Zhen in the same way, which is why he could easily be killed by a mere flick of Ye Zhen’s finger.

Had Ye Zhen not killed the assassin with one finger earlier but captured her alive instead, he might have been able to try out the Soul Searching Technique he had just learned on her.

Ye Zhen was very curious as to how the assassin could have infiltrated his courtyard without a sound or remained hidden in the shadow of the practice stone without any signs, avoiding detection by Ye Zhen’s Spirit Perception.

What a pity, he had already killed her.

However, thinking back, in that situation, even if Ye Zhen wanted to take a prisoner, it wouldn’t have been possible unless he wanted to give up his life.

An assassin skilled in the art of killing, at such close range, would find Ye Zhen an easy target if he hesitated even slightly, likely leaving him without a resting place in death.

After examining the assassin’s body and finding nothing more, Ye Zhen sent out a Talisman Communication.

In less than a hundred breaths, a shining light, like a meteor, fell straight towards the Spirit Academy where Ye Zhen was located.

"Assassin! Ye Zhen, you said that you encountered a terrifying assassin in your Spirit Academy, where is the assassin... how are your injuries?" Tian Guizhang’s gaze swept over the body of the assassin and then quickly turned to Ye Zhen.

Just one glance, and his expression became one of utter astonishment.

"You... you’re not injured?"

"What do you mean? Are you wishing I was injured?" Ye Zhen gave Tian Guizhang a big roll of the eyes.

"No, no, no, that’s not what I mean!" Tian Guizhang quickly waved his hands, pointing towards the body on the ground, "Do you know what those assassins who can hide in shadows are called?"

"Shadowless Stab! Shadowless Stab, ah!"

"Within the True Spirit Domain, dreaded by all, the Shadowless Stab! Eighteen years ago, the famous Establishment King, the Giant Stone King, died at the hands of a Shadowless Stab. And you managed to survive an assassination attempt by one?" Tian Guizhang looked at Ye Zhen as if he were looking at a monster, receiving another huge roll of the eyes from Ye Zhen.

But Ye Zhen was also struck with solemnity. Tian Guizhang wasn’t wrong—if it weren’t for the Lip Dragon Pearl, a treasure like that, he would probably be a corpse by now.

"Third stage of the Vein Forging Realm! The cultivation of this Shadowless Stab, it’s as high as the Third Stage of the Vein Forging Realm!" After a check, Tian Guizhang said.

During the conversation, Tian Guizhang looked at Ye Zhen again with a very bizarre expression, "A Shadowless Stab of the third stage of the Vein Forging Realm is already among the masters of the Shadowless Stabs. Not to mention killing you, even taking me out would be easy if they found the right moment. And you’re fine? Kid, you’re too awesome."

All of a sudden, Tian Guizhang’s gaze fell on the leather coat of the female Shadowless Stab that Ye Zhen had ripped, his face sank, and he instantly let out a scream as if he were a pig being slaughtered.

"Torn apart, heavens, you damned thing, how could you tear this up? Do you know how precious this thing is..."

...

Almost at the same time, hundreds of miles south of Qinglan Martial City, in one of the halls of the Longevity Sect Headquarters, Divine General Pan, one of the Eight Divine Generals, was drinking with the newly appointed Guardian Sect Commander, Duan Yingnian.

"Old Pan, the Shadowless Stab you sent out has been lurking in the Sun and Moon Divine Sect for ten days already, why haven’t they made a move?" Duan Yingnian said.

"What’s the rush? A Shadowless Stab will not act until it’s time, once they act, it’s certain death. Just wait for the good news!" Divine General Pan said.

"Ah!"

Duan Yingnian downed a drink and sighed heavily, "I hate it! All the grievances I have never faced in my life, I have suffered at the hands of that kid Ye Zhen! If it weren’t for that night, going head-to-head with an Establishment King and risking my head, I might have become a human-shaped Spirit Crystal on the Ritual Altar by now!"

"Ah, fighting an Establishment King, Old Pan, think about it, how many have the courage to do that? It’s only by risking my life that I’ve scraped together my current prospects. Now that I think about it, it scares me!"

"Well, isn’t it all in the past now? Don’t worry. Given some time, we should hear from the Shadowless Stab in a few days..."

Crack!

Suddenly, a light sound of jade breaking came from within Divine General Pan’s bosom. The instant he reached into his chest, his face turned pale dramatically! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)