Chapter 3067: Denying It Until His Dying Breath

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ge Yun Zhong was a name that was not particularly famous in the entire Blood Skull Gang. However, among the Blood Skull Gang’s Six Combos Celestial Kings, he was rather famous.

Among all the Blood Skull Gang’s Six Combos Celestial Kings, only three of them had comprehended six profundities from a law. As such, Ge Yun Zhong was considered one of the top Six Combos Celestial Kings in the Blood Skull Gang’s branch he belonged.

“Ge Yun Zhong is dead!”

News of Ge Yun Zhong’s demise spread in the Blood Skull Gang’s branch and stirred up quite a commotion.

“Ge Yun Zhong died? If I’m not mistaken his mission took him to the grade-six mansion, the Profound Nether Mansion, right? Did he die there?”

“I heard he went to finish a job that a One Basic Celestial King failed to complete. The target is a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial. Even then, not only did the One Basic Celestial King fail his mission, but he perished as well.”

“Well, I’m not too surprised that a One Basic Celestial King failed to kill a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial. However, even someone as powerful as Ge Yun Zhong has died? It seems like that peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial must be protected by someone who’s, at least, a Seven Stars Celestial King.”

“That’s right… Ge Yun Zhong was a Six Combos Celestial King who had comprehended six profundities from the law of wind. With his strength, it’s unlikely that any Six Combos Celestial King would be a match for him in the Profound Nether Mansion’s territories. The person who killed him must be a Seven Stars Celestial King or someone stronger.”

The Blood Skull Gang’s branch that Ge Yun Zhong belonged to was shaken by the news of his demise.

The high-ranking official of the branch, naturally, did not waste any time and sent a message to the headquarter of the Blood Skull Gang to inform them of what happened. He was slightly displeased for losing one of his stronger assassins. The mission sounded simple, but it was clearly more difficult than they imagined.

Soon after, the high-ranking official received a reply from the headquarter. “Did the Six Combos Celestial King assassin from your branch manage to reveal who killed him before he died?”

“No… He was probably killed from a sneak attack or they took him by surprise so he didn’t have time to send a message back.” The high-ranking official revealed his speculation.

“We’ve received your report. We will update you on this matter. For now, you’re relieved from this job.” This was the end of the message from the Blood Skull Gang’s headquarter.

The branch’s high-ranking official sighed in relief. “We finally got rid of that job… It’s a pity that Ge Yun Zhong became a sacrifice. I wouldn’t have accepted the job if I knew that target is so difficult to deal with… Ge Yun Zhong was definitely our branch’s trump card among the Six Combos Celestial Kings here. What a pity!” He was rather displeased that he had lost a capable subordinate.

…

In a huge city on a vast land, unclaimed by any forces, in the Southern Heaven Territory.

Inside a grand mansion in the city, a young man dressed in fine robes was seated in a pavilion in the front yard. He was silently sipping on a cup of tea when he received a message.

After listening to the message, the young man’s expression changed drastically. “What?! A Six Combos Celestial King who had comprehended six profundities from the law of wind had failed to complete the mission and perished in the Profound Nether Mansion?”

The young man dressed in the fine robes was none other than Chen Li, the illegitimate son, and the only son, of one of the Vice Leaders of the Blood Skull Gang. Due to his status as the only son, his father favored him greatly and doted on him. Thus, his status in the Blood Skull Gang was rather high.

At this moment, Chen Li had just received a message from one of the heads in the Blood Skull Gang’s headquarter. This person was also his father’s right-hand man.

“Young Master Li, who was it that made the request to kill this peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial? In order to kill him, we have lost a One Basic Celestial King and a Six Combos Celestial King. Moreover, this Six Combos Celestial King who had died is no ordinary Six Combos Celestial King… He had comprehended six profundities from the law of wind. He was a great asset to our Blood Skull Gang. His death had brought a lot of attention to this job… I’m afraid word of it will spread soon,” the man said, “At that time, I’m afraid there will be a lot of people from the two vice leaders’ factions who are at odds with master who would seize the opportunity to pin the blame on you. After all, you’re the guarantor for this mission!”

Upon hearing these words, Chen Li scoffed and replied to the message, “So what if I am the guarantor? Guarantors are only responsible for making sure the clients give the due payment and making sure the clients don’t sell us out. As for whether we accept the job or not, it all depends on the intelligence department, right? As it has always been, we only determined whether to accept a job or not after going through the intel gathered by those in the intelligence department. When has a guarantor ever had to be responsible for such a thing?”

“Young Master Li, you’re right. However, you know those men are always looking to find the slightest fault to cause trouble for master. With your relation to master, you’re not just an ordinary guarantor. You should also know that if it weren’t for your relationship with master, you wouldn’t have been able to become a guarantor at all. With this, there’s no doubt they’re going to make a mountain out of a molehill. It’s likely that this matter will affect master’s chance to take over the position of the Leader of the Blood Skull Gang. You have to understand the, two vice leaders also have their eyes on that position,” the head from the headquarters explained.

“Fine, I’ll talk to father about this.” Chen Li concluded the message. He was feeling vexed as well. How could this happen? His eyes flashed with anger as he muttered, “It’s all that Simplicity Celestial Sect’s Zheng Hong Yi’s fault! Why didn’t he choose someone else to kill? Why did he pick Duan Ling Tian and drag me down like this!”

It was true that guarantors were not at fault if cases like that happened. However, it was different for Chen Li. He was not qualified to be a guarantor at all. The only reason he could even be a guarantor was only due to him being the son of one of the Vice Leaders of the Blood Skull Gang. This was a good reason for his father’s competitors to use against his father.

“Zheng Hong Yi!” Chen Li grew even angrier when he thought about the culprit behind this mess. He wasted no time in sending a message to Zheng Hong Yi and rebuking him.

Nevertheless, to Chen Li’s annoyance, according to the Blood Skull Gang’s rules, once a job had been accepted, they had to see it to the end. It did not matter even if they had to sacrifice a Ten Directions Celestial King to finish the job, let alone a Six Combos Celestial King.

There was no doubt the next assassin that the Blood Skull Gang sent would no longer be a mere Six Combos Celestial King. Naturally, they would no longer recklessly rush to complete the mission. Further investigations had to be conducted before they acted again. After all, their previous intel on Duan Ling Tian was obviously not sufficient.

‘Hmm?’ After a long time had passed, Chen Li’s expression turned unsightly when he did not receive a reply from Zheng Hong Yi. Killing intent flashed in his eyes immediately.

Naturally, Chen Li was unaware that Zheng Hong Yi could not reply to his message at this time. At this moment, Zheng Hong Yi was facing a life-or-death situation. One wrong move, and it would be over for Zheng Hong Yi.

…

In the Simplicity Celestial Sect’s estate that was located in one of the Profound Nether Mansion’s territories.

A figure could be seen kneeling in the front yard of Sun Liang Peng’s residence. Despite his submissive posture of kneeling, the person’s head was held high defiantly. This person was none other than Zheng Hong Yi.

Zheng Hong Yi glared at Duan Ling Tian and angrily said, “Duan Ling Tian, how can you accuse me of such a thing? Is it because my attitude toward you wasn’t good when you first arrived in the sect?”

The two people standing in front of Zheng Hong Yi were Duan Ling Tian and Sun Liang Peng, the Sect Leader of the Simplicity Celestial Sect.

After burying Liu Guang Lin, Duan Ling Tian had informed Sun Liang Peng of Zheng Hong Yi’s involvement in this matter. Before Liu Guang Lin’s death, Liu Guang Lin had told him about the person who had knocked him out and brought him out of the Simplicity Celestial Sect’s estate.

Although Sun Liang Peng knew it had to be someone from the Simplicity Celestial Sect who had lured Duan Ling Tian away from the sect’s estate, he did not expect the culprit to be his third direct disciple, Zheng Hong Yi.

Upon their return to the sect’s estate, Sun Liang Peng brought Duan Ling Tian to his residence before summoning Zheng Hong Yi over.

However, Zheng Hong Yi denied the accusations. He glared at Duan Ling Tian defiantly as though he had been wrongly accused as he said with self-righteous indignation, “Duan Ling Tian, I, Zheng Hong Yi, might be jealous of you for becoming a true disciple. However, that doesn’t mean I have thoughts of killing you. Moreover, you said I employed assassins from the Blood Skull Gang to kill you… Everyone knows that to employ the Blood Skull Gang’s service, one needs a guarantor. With my status and strength, how could I be capable of hiring an assassin from the Blood Skull Gang? Where do you think I could even find a guarantor?”