Watching the foreigner with peeling paint on his face rushing towards them from a hundred meters away, Yun Wangshu, Ba, Changsheng, and Little Bald Guy all showed expressions of delight.

"This comes without any effort," Yun Wangshu mused.

He narrowed his eyes, looking at the Birdman Seeker behind Roy, thankful they hadn't ignored the online rumors about the Fairy Palace Assassin.

Although the Tactical Bureau tried hard to suppress the information, the incident where the Fairy Palace Assassin appeared at Heavenly Lotus Academy to protect the Ranpelrouge Sisters still couldn't be contained from spreading.

Of course, it might not have been students or Tactical Cultivators risking expulsion or losing their jobs who insisted on gossiping online; instead, the assassins themselves might have deliberately spread the news. After all, the assassins had already failed their mission and didn't care about leaking information. Compared to them, the appearance of a Fairy Palace Assassin was the real sensation, attracting countless eyes. By releasing this news, the assassins might also have an easier time fishing in troubled waters. Moreover, the Ranpelrouge Sisters hadn't left Lianjiang so far because of the assassination attempt—probably out of fear of plane crashes and boat assassinations. Perhaps the assassins still harbored a faint hope of completing their mission.

However, the Mysterious Country's internet censorship was very timely. While officials had no control over the information spread by assassins on foreign websites, any content about the attack at Heavenly Lotus Academy on domestic platforms and media was deleted, and the posters banned by the 24-hour monitoring cyber surveillance department. Days passed without stirring even a ripple.

Foreign websites only sparked discussions since the assassins didn't take photos or videos during their actions, and Heavenly Lotus Academy and the Tactical Bureau had controlled all the surveillance footage from the banquet hall immediately. Thus, with no pictures and no evidence, apart from foreign intelligence agencies that could verify this information, most ordinary people were skeptical.

But for certain 'people' who always kept an eye on Ren Naiser and the Fairy Palace, even the slightest hint of information was enough to spur them into action. Not to mention, Yun Wangshu's Ren Family Fortune-Telling Technique, which he obtained from Spiritual Exchange, had been refined over a thousand years, becoming his own Innate Talent. What he was best at was grasping at straws and discerning signs of what was to come from a single leaf!

So, upon receiving news of the Fairy Palace Assassin, Yun Wangshu immediately verified its accuracy and then rushed back to Lianjiang overnight. After planning for several days, he tried to contact the Ranpelrouge Sisters, hoping to use this as a breakthrough to reach the Fairy Palace. Of course, since the Fairy Palace was so protective of the Ranpelrouge Sisters, Yun Wangshu and his group had no intention of harming them. After all, they were looking to join the Fairy Palace, not provoke it.

However, even if Yun Wangshu could divine through his Divination technique that the Ranpelrouge Sisters had a profound destiny with the Fairy Palace, he still wasn't very confident. Those from the Fairy Palace were elusive, acting as they pleased, but seemed to be bound by some constraints, as if there was an invisible mastery at work, and there were almost no examples of them Manifesting Saintliness In Front of People for personal reasons.

Yet, they had managed to encounter the Seeker so easily, face to face!

"Ba, you deserve the most credit for this," Yun Wangshu said.

The white-haired Great Han laughed honestly and uttered one word in a deep, resonant voice, "Then..."

"You can choose any smartphone on the market."

With Yun Wangshu's promise, the white-haired Great Han smiled and looked down at his right hand. Only Changsheng, who was beside him, could see that in his palm, as large as a clay pot, he was holding a 4.7-inch smartphone. Moreover, the white-haired Great Han's huge thumb was tapping the screen at an incredibly agile speed, typing out a line—"Any recommendations for a phone with a large screen and long battery life? It should be able to run Wilderness Action, Honor of Kings, and Elder Scrolls: Blades..."

Little Bald Guy, standing next to him, enviously grabbed the white-haired Great Han's trousers and asked, "Can you give me your old phone to play with?"

Ba shook his head. "Spare."

"Stingy," Little Bald Guy grunted.

Changsheng bit hard on a date, not expecting that in their mission to find someone from the Fairy Palace, the usually silent Ba would be the first to achieve success. Just now, while they were sunbathing on the roof and absorbing the essence of the sun, Ba, who had been looking down at his phone the whole time, suddenly discovered from Weibo that a Transcendent had committed murder at the Firefly Comic Exhibition being held at the convention center.

Yun Wangshu immediately carried out a Divination. This trip, most auspicious!

So, they immediately took a taxi and happened to arrive right at the end of the Seeker's beating of Roy!

However, almost none of them paid any attention to Roy. Instead, they stared intently at the Seeker!

Yet, while they didn't care about Roy, Roy certainly cared about them!

Roy's eyes darted around. After sweeping a glance over the four of them, he rapidly calculated in his mind:

Taking a hostage should be useless against a shameless Seeker; he would surely kill both the hostage and me. Therefore, I must throw one of the hostages at him. The Seeker may not care about his own reputation, but he should care about the reputation of the Fairy Palace. He won't just watch an ordinary person die at my hands. To save them, he will inevitably be delayed, giving me an opportunity. So, which one should I choose?

Because time was of the essence, Roy didn't have much time to think and made his choice based on his first impression. The albino Great Han, two meters tall, seemed to be the strongest of the four, and Roy subconsciously ignored this most difficult option. As for the little brat, he was also off the list. After all, Roy, even as an Emissary of Justice working in the shadows for the Federation, was not bloodthirsty without cause and did not want to harm the weak if it wasn't necessary.

That left the scholarly man with glasses and a handsome, fierce-looking young man with white, slicked-back hair.

Only a child would have to choose!

Roy's gaze turned fierce. Suddenly, traces of water appeared under his feet as he slid across them, leaping over a distance of a hundred meters! As the ace of the Federal Undertakers, Roy naturally had mastered Movement Spells. Although his speed wasn't comparable to that nearly teleporting man in Red Clothing, it was fast enough to prevent the average person from reacting!

In order to grab a hostage, Roy couldn't give them a chance to escape, so he used the Movement Spell "Water Splashing Leap," and in an instant, he was in front of the four! The four seemed to be frightened by Roy's imposing figure, stopping in unison and staring blankly as he closed in.

"Sorry, little brothers," Roy said.

His hands exploded with force, covered with invisible gloves. Like a venomous dragon emerging from its cave, he snapped at the shoulders of the two men.

Strength Magic: Ogre Gloves! It temporarily and greatly enhanced the strength in his hands, making it no problem to pick up an adult with one hand!

Then, as Roy's hands pressed down onto their shoulders, both men simultaneously reached out and grabbed Roy's wrists.

Roy sneered inwardly. What use is grabbing my wrists? I'm going to pick up both of you and throw you at the Seeker anyway! I've already thought it through; tossing one person isn't secure enough. If I throw two, let's see if the Seeker can save them both! If the Seeker is fast enough to save both, it will still cost him a considerable amount of time. But if the Seeker can only manage to save one person, then he'll have to perform First Aid on the other one, who will be half-dead from the fall! Roy was quite confident about this. After all, during his fight with Sanqianli, the Seeker had always been careful to protect the onlookers, and he constantly earned thanks and worship in the name of the Fairy Palace. So, even if the Seeker knows this is an open conspiracy, he still has to jump in!

He exerted his strength. Lift!

...

He tried again. Lift!

Hmm?

Roy stared blankly at the two people in front of him. He had definitely exerted force just now, so why couldn't he lift these two guys? And how could these two be so heavy that they were completely impossible to lift? Could grossly overweight men nowadays really disguise themselves like this?

At this moment, the white-haired Great Han took a step back, dragging Little Bald Guy with him. He was even taking pictures of Roy with his cellphone—a phone that didn't even flash in the broad daylight.

The Scholar smiled and winked at Roy as if to say, "Go for it."

The youth, with an aloof expression, spat out a date pit that fell into Roy's collar and rolled down inside his clothing.

Could the Ogre Gloves have failed to work? Or even backfired? Well, it's very likely, since spells are still in the experimental phase and aren't as reliable as my awakened spells.

Therefore, with a slight shift in Roy's thoughts, his hands suddenly turned black as if he had put on a pair of black gloves.

Black Gloves! They can absorb all kinetic energy of the target, squashing or rolling them into any shape, all within a single thought!

The Scholar and the youth seemed to sense something, and their expressions changed slightly. The next second, they burst out with intense Spiritual Pressure, their palms gripping Roy's wrists tightly, completely dissipating his "Black Gloves"!

Roy was shocked and instinctively wanted to pull away immediately, but at that moment, his body became completely stiff, daring not to move a muscle. He felt as though every inch of his skin, every hair on his body, was being targeted by extremely sharp blades. The moment he turned, the moment he moved, would be like rushing into a mountain of swords and a forest of needles, to be sliced into a thousand pieces!

"Little brother, what do you think you're doing?" Changsheng gently pushed away Roy's hand on his shoulder. "You're the first one to dare lay a hand on me."

However, the next second, a chilling killing intent burst forth from between his bared white teeth, "From ancient times to now, only one person has ever been allowed to touch me!"

"Now, now, Changsheng, don't get angry. Look how bright the sun is; maybe he just has heatstroke," Yun Wangshu said, patting Changsheng's shoulder with a smile. "Foreigners come to the Mysterious Country and aren't used to the climate. Getting heatstroke and being muddle-headed is quite normal."

"Heatstroke? Then we can only..." Changsheng looked up at the blazing sun and made a grasping motion with his hand.

Roy's skin turned black, and he transformed into a shadowy culprit from a detective cartoon, one whose face isn't revealed while committing a crime. The next second, piercing sounds of metallic clashes erupted all over his body, as if countless sharp needles were attacking him!

"A barrier that can absorb all physical attacks is indeed very useful," Yun Wangshu said lightly. "But essentially, a barrier is also a concentration of Spiritual Energy. When Spiritual Energy is used to wear down Spiritual Energy, the spell's effectiveness will be reduced. That means your barrier is no longer able to absorb 100% of physical attacks. Maybe 70%? 80%? Anyway, for Changsheng, it's only a matter of time."

Roy sighed inwardly. I thought I could escape a tiger's pursuit, only to run into a pack of wolves! If so, sitting and waiting for death is not my style!

Just as Roy resolved to fight with all his might, he realized that the attacks from the invisible blades had suddenly stopped. He looked up and found the Scholar had grabbed the youth's hand, both of them staring intently above and behind Roy.

On the ground, the shadow of wings appeared.

"Seeker, we meet for the first time. My name is Yun Wangshu," the Scholar said, bowing respectfully.

The Seeker's expression seemed unchanged as he nodded haughtily.

At this moment, Ren Suo, who was resting on the first floor, received the Seeker's feed and was momentarily stunned. It's him?

Just a month ago, Ren Suo had met this Scholar at the Life Fate Reading stall in the Pure Wisdom Temple. At that time, Ren Suo knew he was an Awakener. With his help, Ren Suo had found a set of Buddha Beads that could help the Seeker overcome a difficult challenge, thus smoothly passing "High Energy Ahead." Ren Suo had even gone back to look for him later, but he had already disappeared, and Ren Suo had since forgotten about it.

Unexpectedly, he had now appeared here, and what's more, with the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade!

Wait a second, that bald little brat looks kind of like the Earth Spirit of the Coiling Dragon Pillar from Shenhai City!

"It seems like you are pursuing this person," Yun Wangshu said, patting Roy on the shoulder. "If I hand him over to you, would you consider it a favor owed?"

The Seeker raised his eyebrows slightly, not saying 'yes' or 'no,' but instead asked directly, "What do you want?"

"To join the Fairy Palace."

"Impossible," the Seeker immediately shook his head.

"Then give me a Cultivation Technique that leads straight to eternity."

The Seeker laughed, annoyed. "You think you can get such a huge benefit just for this favor!?"

"True," Yun Wangshu nodded, then suddenly looked down at his own palm and PFFT, spat out a mouthful of blood.

He waved his hand backward, and Little Bald Guy came running over, wiggling his backside. Yun Wangshu whispered a few words to Little Bald Guy, who then nodded vigorously, jumped, and vanished into the ground.

Earth Escape!

Ren Suo was now completely certain that Little Bald Guy was an Earth Spirit. He remembered that only Earth Spirits could master such Divine Skills of subterranean movement. But how did Little Bald Guy leave Shenhai City, and can Earth Spirits tunnel underground without any hindrance in other places?

"My time is extremely precious; even descending to this realm is a race against the clock," the Seeker said, turning his head to see people from the Tactical Bureau rushing over. "It doesn't matter if you don't hand him over to me. Give him to the Transcendents here instead."

"Wait a minute, we just did you a favor. Isn't there any benefit at all?" Yun Wangshu asked with a smile.

"Consider it your good deed for the day," the Seeker said expressionlessly. "Or do you need me to reward you with a little red flower?"

Yun Wangshu asked, "Alright, but can you at least tell me how to join the Fairy Palace?"

Not far away, Li Dan, who was leading the Tactical Cultivators to encircle the area, suddenly ordered everyone to slow down. He himself perked up his ears, not wanting to miss a single word from the Seeker.

Then Li Dan heard the Seeker say with great pride, "No. Goodbye."

Kidding me? Ren Suo couldn't be bothered to let the Seeker talk so much; the duration of Rippling Spring Sounds was precious. After two consecutive summons, his 'summonable time' was almost depleted. Since Roy had already been caught, Ren Suo naturally hurried the Seeker off the stage.

"Wait, could you arrange a meeting with Ren Han for me?"

"No."

"Let me just say one sentence to Ren Han then."

"No." The Seeker looked at Yun Wangshu impatiently. "You're no one special to Ren Han. What could a meeting or a single sentence change?"

"I'm his lover," Yun Wangshu said.

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