Chapter 509: Doing One's Best
"What in the world is going on with that young man? According to the intelligence within the organization, shouldn't he be a Mind-Seizing Demon? Why would Xu Xuan Ling go mad after seeing him?"
"It would be normal for her to react this way if she encountered the genuine heartbreaker, but this is clearly a fake..."
"Could it be that she's being controlled?"
Aside from Xu Xuan Ling, who was completely consumed by her rage, the other assassins maintained a degree of composure. They continued to ponder the true nature of Bai Mo's existence.
The Hidden Dragon Guards' original orders were to eliminate all marked Mind-Seizing Demons.
For every Mind-Seizing Demon (Transmigrator) slated for elimination, the organization had acquired corresponding intelligence, and Bai Wu Sheng, "portrayed" by Bai Mo, was naturally among them.
"A fake controlled by a Mind-Seizing Demon shouldn't truly cause Xu Xuan Ling to lose control, yet this person was specifically assigned by the higher-ups for her to kill. Even the Old Ancestor personally issued an edict, explicitly naming her for the task."
"Only His will could command Xu Xuan Ling to act."
"The Old Ancestor's plans are infallible; there must be a reason for this. He would never let Xu Xuan Ling die in vain."
"Xuanxiao, Xuanmiao, aren't you two going to join?" the black-clad assassin, whose weapon had been seized by Bai Mo, asked the two girls completely enveloped in biological armor.
"No need. To her now, there are no friends, only enemies." The close-combat type maidens had no intention of joining the battle.
"Have you noticed? We've been fighting for so long, yet this grand hall shows no signs of damage whatsoever?" The two of them posed a chilling question that invited deeper thought.
"This place seems to be a small Grotto-Heaven, a world unto itself."
"Origin Seed Space."
"It does bear some resemblance."
The two sisters conversed, one remark following another, their tacit understanding making it seem as if the words sprang from a single mouth.
Even though this group of Divine-level bloodline ability users diligently compressed their destructive power within an extremely small range, the inadvertent residual shockwaves from their intense battle should still have wreaked devastating havoc on the surrounding environment. Yet, this grand hall remained utterly unscathed from beginning to end.
Earlier, their minds were hyper-focused on defending against Bai Mo, so they hadn't noticed this detail. But now, having relaxed even slightly, they immediately perceived that something was amiss.
"Are you saying he also possesses an Origin Seed and has opened the space within it?"
"That possibility cannot be ruled out."
"A Mind-Seizing Demon possessing an Origin Seed..." The speaker drew a sharp, cold breath.
...
"Pffft!" There was another sound of a longsword piercing flesh.
"Why didn't you dodge!" Xu Xuan Ling, her hand still gripping the sword hilt, retorted, questioning Bai Mo, whose chest had been pierced once again. Her current demeanor was no different from an ordinary person overwhelmed by emotion, her heart equally conflicted and chaotic.
"Do not be overly fixated on outward appearances," Bai Mo said, gently placing his hand on her head.
No sooner had he spoken than the features on his face began to rapidly dissolve. Within seconds, his face became as blank as Xu Xuan Ling's, a desolate expanse.
The two faceless individuals stood in silent confrontation until, finally, Xu Xuan Ling broke the stillness.
"I am Divine-level, of course I can grow facial features through my own will, but so many years have passed, and I and those around me have grown accustomed to it.
Born without a face, I simply don't know what I should look like!" Xu Xuan Ling, sword in her right hand, used her left in a backhand motion, gouging two bloody holes into her own face, precisely where a normal person's eyes would be.
Crimson blood, laced with faint silver strands, slowly trickled down her face.
Her logic grew increasingly muddled, and her actions became even more devoid of reason.
"I can offer you a chance to start anew," Bai Mo proffered, a devil's temptation.
"Mm." She suddenly nodded faintly, as if bewitched.
...
"Xu Xuan Ling has been subdued?" The onlookers watching from the periphery gazed at the central battlefield with confusion; the turn of events seemed to have somewhat exceeded their expectations.
The assassination target had his chest pierced by a sword once more, yet he calmly placed his hand on Xu Xuan Ling's forehead. It didn't look like an assassination, nor did it resemble catching up with an old acquaintance.
"Everyone, with me!" Xuanxiao, clad in her biological exoframework, seeing the situation, decided to abandon the idea of continued observation. She personally issued the command for a full charge, for after all, the mission given by the Old Ancestor was to kill all Mind-Seizing Demons.
"Bloodline Art, Void Concealment!"
"Bloodline Art, Void Concealment!"
From the rear, two Dragon-level assassins, both from the Xuanxuan Family, immediately chanted incantations and formed hand seals upon hearing the command. With the fastest possible speed, they unleashed the Xuanxuan Family's ultimate technique, Void Concealment, targeting Bai Mo directly in the center of the grand hall.
Facing this scene, Bai Mo's expression remained utterly unchanged. He merely pointed his sword at the crowd and let out a soft sigh: "Void."
An attack utterly devoid of any hint of showmanship silently swept over them. In the very next instant, everyone discovered that the entire right half of their clothes — from their hats to their shirts, from their pants to their right shoes — had vanished!
As for Xuanxiao and Xuanmiao, who were clad in mutated biological armor, they were even more stunned by the smooth cuts on their own armor. For a moment, they didn't even think to cover up their exposed right halves, which were bare to the world.
A second later, the vanished right halves of their clothes reappeared in their original positions, but due to inertia, the individuals themselves continued to move forward, so the clothes fell behind them.
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
Two sets of half-armor clattered noisily onto the ground.
Of course, what fell simultaneously, imperceptibly, were actually two strands of hair.
"You two... you did your best."
Bai Mo said, looking at the two individuals whose faces were etched with disbelief after having used their Void Concealment technique.
They had unleashed the same technique, yet the result was that each of them had only managed to virtualize a single strand of his hair for half a second...
...
"The Grand Dao to the Heavens, let it begin with you." He redirected his attention to Xu Xuan Ling, and the left hand resting on her face began to erupt with terrifying radiance!
...
The entire space seemed to tremble, as if an unbearable weight was about to descend, crushing everything into collapse.
In that moment, Xu Xuan Ling became the very center of the entire space.
Yet, it wasn't long before another incomparably mighty force abruptly appeared within the void, re-stabilizing the entire space.
"This sensation... it's the Old Ancestor!" Xuanxiao, now in light attire, exclaimed.
She cast aside the external biological armor that had been split in two, retaining only a few newly grown scales that barely covered her vital areas.
"How many years has it been? He actually descended personally..."
"According to the clan's records, the Old Ancestor has not descended since that taboo figure disappeared three thousand years ago."
"Could it be that the Mind-Seizing Demon opposite us has already reached a level beyond Divine?"
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