Light Fortress
Chapter 538 - 126 Question_2

Chapter 538: Chapter 126 Question_2

Accessing Deep Sea authority, a phantom email was sent.

As far as Gu Shen knew... there seemed to only be one person who could do all this.

"Thud, thud."

The sound of knocking came from the door once again.

It was the hotel manager who had previously sent away the service staff. No matter how one looked at him, he was just an ordinary person, not a Transcendent... except that at the moment, his gaze was incredibly calm. If one looked carefully, they could see a hint of red deep within his pupils.

The hotel manager began to speak with a smile, still in the respectful tone he had used before, "Mr. Xiao Gu, are you satisfied with the way things were handled just now?"

Gu Shen smiled.

This matter... was more interesting than he had imagined.

The manager closed the door.

He made no other superfluous movements, just leaned against the door and spoke softly, "Don’t worry, I only sent one email. If you’re willing to cooperate, the New Moon Church... won’t know what happened."

"Your nose is really quite sharp," Gu Shen said lightly. "I haven’t even been in Xiyin City for twenty-four hours, and you’ve already sniffed me out."

"That’s not surprising."

Xiao smiled, not taking offense, but rather accepting the compliment with composure.

"After all... this is my ’home,’" he said.

Indeed.

His stronghold was not in Da Du, but in the Southern Continent... After the last chapel case, Xiao shifted his base. During the year Gu Shen spent in meditation, was also the year Xiao quietly expanded his power.

He likely cultivated countless "shells" over the past year.

A crafty rabbit has three burrows... one couldn’t tell anymore where Xiao’s true body was hidden.

"Your home is rather plentiful," Gu Shen remarked leisurely. "I’m not clear about the others... but this one doesn’t seem to be your real home, does it? Otherwise, it wouldn’t be such an ordinary shell coming to meet me."

"Don’t say that, I’ll feel hurt... If I had a choice, who would want to live in a place like this?" Xiao said, his face showing no sign of distress. He looked to the sky and squinted, "The spiritual power of that old fellow in the Southern Continent is far more terrifying than the Heavenly Eye in Da Du District. A single misstep and getting caught would lead to a fate worse than death."

Thinking back to when his spiritual power was caught by Reverse Flow, with numerous ports being extinguished simultaneously.

Such pain, Xiao did not want to experience a second time.

And if it were discovered by Storm God’s Throne, he would suffer even greater torment.

Gu Shen knew Xiao well.

This guy detected his "movements" right away and only sent out a single email, obviously not wishing for the "situation" to get serious... yet Gu Shen and he were already in an irreconcilable state.

Chi Huo wanted to consume Blood Fire.

Similarly, Blood Fire also wanted to devour Chi Huo.

Xiao hoped for his death, but not at the hands of the New Moon Church... His choice not to act personally despite having the initiative was simple, the powerful shell linked to "Blood Fire" did not live in Xiyin City.

If he acted.

He wasn’t sure he could kill him.

"To negotiate with such a shell... you’re not giving me enough credit," Gu Shen said as a thread of Chi Huo flickered at his fingertips. "There’s nothing for us to discuss. I’ll gladly accept this thread of your fire."

"Oh dear, oh dear..."

Xiao hastily raised both hands in a gesture of surrender, sighed deeply, and said with a smile, "Aren’t you a bit too cautious? Even for such a useless shell to meet you, you’re ready to strike? Aren’t you afraid of killing me and provoking the New Moon Church’s pursuit?"

"I can leave the Southern Continent," Gu Shen said calmly. "Can you?"

Xiao had invested a vast amount of time and effort to cultivate a mature power in Da Du District, but his true body hid in the far-off Southern Continent... At first, it might be seen as caution, but in hindsight, it was clear he had better options.

There was only one reason he didn’t leave the Southern Continent.

He couldn’t leave the Southern Continent.

"If you choose to send an email to the New Moon Church... I can immediately leave Xiyin City and return to East Continent, and then you can prepare to face the wrath of Storm God’s Throne. I have a hundred ways to make him aware of your actions and take an interest in your identity," Gu Shen said slowly. "You seem to be quite a remarkable earthworm, capable of splitting into hundreds of bodies, with hundreds of lives at your disposal, but to Storm... killing your hundreds of miserable lives is but a thought."

Xiao’s smile gradually vanished.

His expression grew darker by the moment.

"Alright..."

The man with his hands raised slowly revealed a string of compounds on his waist.

Trinitrotoluene... familiar explosives.

He spoke lightly, "Nobility is the epitaph of the noble, and baseness is the passport of the base. I tried to have a noble and amicable exchange with you, but it seems to be of little effect. Now I can only use the methods I am most adept at... My heart is connected to a pacemaker, and if you kill me, the explosives will detonate instantly."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"I know you don’t care about my life..."

Xiao smiled, "Over the past year, your spiritual power has increased tremendously, which is admirable. I guess if these explosives were detonated, you could suppress them instantly, preventing any casualties at the scene."

Xiao guessed correctly.

Gu Shen’s other hand was already quietly resting on the Truth Ruler, ready to contain any explosion.

"However... who’s to say the explosives linked to the pacemaker can only be carried on the body?" Xiao spoke calmly. "If you kill me, this hotel will explode instantly. It’s just uncertain how many people you can save in an instant with your current abilities. Would you like to try?"