Chapter 480: 480

Chen Ming soon saw Duan Shou coming back with Daoist Radiant and notice his lower half bled like crazy, Yep, half-alive indeed .

A weak voice came from Daoist Radiant, “Why do strangers like us need to cross swords?”

Chen Ming replied, “I’m a righteous and honest to god youngster that goes out subduing monsters and vanquishing evil . How can I not kill you?”

Chen Ming was in no mood to waste words on the dead, especially when bad guys usually die at this time . He pulled his saber and stabbed through Daoist Radiant’s forehead and started stirring .

He wiped the blood on the body and muttered, “Since he’s dead, we need to leave evidence, one that proved Nr . 6 was out of the loop . This way it won’t break Crownless Assembly’s rule . “

After all, if killing him would end up with Heavenly Court’s generals going after Nr . 6, it would be the same as violating Faceless’ rule .

Chen Ming pondered then wrote with the blade on the ground .

With that done, he and Duan Shou swaggered off .

Chen Ming also got the notice, “Ding! Advancement mission complete, cultivation released . “

The pair returned to Yan Mountain after an eternity and a half, not in the least bit interested in the aftermath . Just as he got back, the decennial Inevitable meeting required his attendance .

He sat on his throne in the main hall and wore the mask .

As Faceless appeared, they were all there except for Nr . 6 . They watched him with a long look . Chen Ming and Nr . 6’s squabble went on for two decades .

Nr . 6’s delay had to have something to do with Nr . 5 .

And by the looks of it, it was a heavy blow too .

Even Inevitable showed up, but Nr . 6 was still missing . Inevitable, with his mask of rage, turned his abyss-like eyes to Chen Ming .

Chen Ming wanted to say, Don’t look at me, when Nr . 6’s seat was occupied at that moment .

He slapped the table in rage and anxiety, “Nr . 5, I accept your declaration of war!”

In Chen Ming’s mind, What did I do? When did I write it?

The others made their own guesses . Nr . 5 had to have hit the other so hard, it caused him this delay to the point he barely made it .

Inevitable ignored his outburst . He saw his fair share of wars and hostility among them .

Chen Ming said, “When did I declare war?”

Nr . 6 glowered, “It’s what you did with Daoist Radiant!”

Chen Ming now got it, “Oh, oh, now that you mention it, didn’t I leave a message?”

Nr . 6’s rage was mounting, “You call that a message?”

“Exactly . I left a message stating you were totally innocent!”

“So you wrote: it wasn’t the Faceless in the neighboring constellation that did it?”

Chen Ming thought for a bit, “Yeah, I wrote it since you had nothing to do with it!”

Nr . 1 smiled, “Reverse psychology . . . “

Nr . 3 added, “No, no, no, this just goes to show how honest Nr . 5 is . . . “

Even Inevitable smiled, “En, it doesn’t count as using Heavenly Court to do it . “

He killed Daoist Radiant and even left a message: It wasn’t the Faceless in the neighboring constellation that did it .

Could he be any more clearer?

With these two matters combined, the first suspect that popped in anyone’s mind was Nr . 6 . Heavenly Court considered it a challenge to their power .

Killing and leaving such an obvious and arrogant message was the same as saying Nr . 6 did it without a doubt then challenged with: Uh, I did it, so what are you gonna do about it?

Nr . 6 was raging, “Just you wait . The next Inevitable meeting you won’t be there to see it . “

“Ding! You triggered an S- storyline mission: Overt Showdown . Please kill Nr . 6 and obtain his mask . Reward: 1 billion spiritual knowledge, 0 . 1 million fame, and unknown . “

Chen Ming was peaked on the spot . He left that line but, Didn’t see that one coming .

It’s just a scuffle . Plus I need to go over at the barbarians’ place and I won’t be back anytime soon . Killing Nr . 6 to spread my might should fit right in my schedule .

Nr . 6 and I are too close, neighbors actually . One that always schemes to kill me .

The tumor had to be removed .

The meeting had nothing substantial to offer and soon came the time for trading, but Chen Ming declined to participate . He was mulling over how to get rid of his neighbor .

Hmm, it’s a bit hard .

Each Faceless had the power to hang a general of the four Domains at a whim . The hardest part was finding them .

Chen Ming could inspect their status, even if they were Faceless, but as this was war, Nr . 6 wasn’t as easy to handle as Daoist Radiant . He wouldn’t bump into him on the street, that’s for sure . Plus he wore a mask all this time and had no clue as how he looked .

Chen Ming was thinking and so was his neighbor .

Nr . 9 said his the same line as always, “I only want to kill all of you . “

With Inevitable’s meeting drawing to a close, Chen Ming opened his eyes and sighed, “Such troubled times . I only had the best intentions, so he won’t die of old age . Who’d have thought he’d take it the wrong way . Now I need to figure out how to deal with him . “

Crossing swords wasn’t hard, but finding Nr . 6 was, as well as how to slaughter him .

His first order of business was to get a feel of his true strength . War had begun .

It was an S- mission . It wasn’t S, however it exceeded the A rank . The rating alone spoke of its difficulty . Nr . 6 was going to be a headache .

“Increase my cultivation to Emergence stage . “

“Ding! 3 billion spiritual knowledge required, continue?”

“I have no time to fuss with a hussy . Do it!”

Chen Ming’s body began to change as the scriptures in his Dao Furnace floated and radiated with light, touching the furnace .

The Dao Furnace expanded and began to connect with the meridians around it .

Chen Ming felt his power growing, his spiritual power rising . It had been a long time since he last looked over his status and it was time to see just how much did this step improved him .