The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 319 - 219: A Wonderful Beginning Like Never Before

Chapter 319: Chapter 219: A Wonderful Beginning Like Never Before

"Hahaha, we did it!"

Several kilometers away, a bald old man laughed excitedly and bent down to pick up a black box on the ground.

In the middle of the black box was a white character that read "offerings," clearly a bone ash box.

"Never had such a wonderful start!"

The bald old man held up the bone ash box, dancing around and shouting incoherently, "Cheer for me! Drink, drink, cheer for me!"

"Is this really the ultimate serial killer who once terrified everyone? Turning into this pitiful state?" A slim woman in tight jeans sneered, showing no hint of respect.

"What did you say, beautiful?" The bald old man leered at her shamelessly, his eyes roaming over her figure, "Such a big butt, must be fun to smack!"

The woman in jeans glared at him coldly, about to lift her hand to teach him a lesson, but a man in sunglasses beside her interjected helplessly, "This guy’s brain got busted before. Don’t take it to heart."

"Ms. Wang, don’t argue with the lunatic. We’ve finished the job, let’s get out of here," a chubby man mediated.

The woman in jeans snorted, saying nothing more.

The man in sunglasses sighed softly.

The ultimate serial killer.

Once the most feared assassin in the transcendent world, having completed 103 assassination missions without a single failure, a gold medal assassin of the Assassin Hall who could flawlessly execute tasks regardless of tight security.

He assassinated the highest-ranking targets, including the leader of a financial dynasty in the America Continent, killing him amidst heavy security provided by numerous extraordinary persons. The assassination caused subsequent chaos leading to thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands losing their jobs, and incalculable social upheaval.

But those achievements alone weren’t enough for the title of ultimate serial killer. His true claim to fame came from a rainy night massacre of seven churches in a city, with no survivors from bishop to trainee believers.

Since then, he was hailed as the first assassin in the transcendent world, the ultimate serial killer who came and went like a shadow.

However, during his 104th assassination mission, he encountered a formidable foe: the Radiant Knight from the Sanctuary.

In less than ten moves, he was beaten to the brink of death, fleeing in panic using a life-saving relic, and from then on, vanished from public view.

Many thought he was dead, but in reality, he wasn’t, though the truth wasn’t much different. He survived, but his brain was damaged, turning him into a complete psychopath, prone to bouts of madness.

If not for his superb assassin skills being somewhat useful, he would have been discarded long ago.

The once top-tier assassin now reduced to a despised and reviled bald old man, such is the fickleness of fate.

The man in sunglasses sighed inwardly, then rudely snatched the bone ash box from the bald old man’s hands, "The plan went extraordinarily smoothly this time, catching three high-level extraordinary persons. Once the news is out, the Control Bureau will definitely be furious."

"Who would’ve thought we’d score first," the woman in jeans laughed, "We’ll surely get a promotion and raise when we get out."

"What about those people?" The chubby man worried, fearing they might escape.

"In less than three hours, they will all turn to ash. The only way to free them is to open the box from the outside. If they could escape from inside... hmm, those high-level guys wouldn’t be trapped in the first place."

The man in sunglasses explained, "This bone ash box comes from an extremely dangerous supernatural setting, it’s a mechanism-type abnormal item, you get it now?"

Everyone knew that mechanism-type items were the hardest to deal with.

Without the corresponding mechanism, even high-level extraordinary persons couldn’t破解 it.

As they spoke, a stream of fresh blood seeped from the seams of the bone ash box, the rich crimson instantly soaking the man in sunglasses’ hand.

The man in sunglasses reassured everyone, "Don’t worry, this is the cost of using the bone ash box. Each use must be fed with a life. If not fed within the stipulated time, a terrifying fierce ghost will emerge and hunt the user. That ghost is undying, only disappearing after killing its target."

"Yongan City is nearby, finding a scapegoat is easy. There’s no time to lose, let’s move."

"I have an uneasy feeling," the woman in jeans frowned, "those people discovered Zhang Shan, and the original abnormal item we planned to use was rendered useless by some kind of transcendent power. If you hadn’t timely produced the bone ash box, the plan would have failed...

I think the Control Bureau noticed the trap before we acted.

Maybe... someone already escaped."

"Ms. Wang, relax, even if someone escaped, so what? If mid-level ones encounter us, they’re dead meat," the chubby man said confidently.

"Dead meat!" The bald old man echoed.

"Enough, let’s not think too much and go find a scapegoat," the man in sunglasses urged.

Blood streamed more profusely from the bone ash box, the scarlet liquid pooling on the ground, reflecting a terrifying figure that grew more substantial by the minute.