Chapter 452: Chapter 170: Slay It in One Strike
Beside him, Amber, who sported a pair of cat ears, had worn a look of keen interest ever since arriving at the river levee.
Shen Bai was familiar with this look; he had seen Amber in this state before when they encountered guile or Deceitful Objects.
Now, with no clues whatsoever, Shen Bai wanted to see what Amber could do.
Hearing this, Amber immediately turned her head and looked at Shen Bai with excitement. "Amber has a way!" she said. "This place became like this because of a Deceitful Object. The Deceitful Object then disappeared and seems to have evolved into a guile."
She proudly tilted her head up, looking as if she were begging for praise.
’I used to just be an ornament clinging to Master’s leg. I was useful, but not very.’
’But ever since my second evolution, my sensory abilities have become much stronger. Now I can finally help Master in return.’
’Now *this* is what you call a useful Deceitful Beast.’
’I can fight off trouble for Master, and I can also just be cute and beg for pets.’
’Other Deceitful Beasts are all just for show.’
’Only I can ascend to the peak alongside Master.’
Shen Bai stroked Amber’s ears, enjoying the fluffy sensation. "Go find it," he said. "Where is that guile hiding?"
Once he found the guile, Shen Bai could take care of it with ease and put an end to the disaster here.
As for the person behind all this, he might find a clue through the guile. After all, his Divination Skill was a unique Divine Power. If he gathered enough clues, he might just be able to take them all down at once.
With a sharp cry of affirmation, Amber nodded and began sniffing the air.
A cold, sinister Qi flowed around Amber’s body before surging forward.
In just a moment, the sinister Qi was pointing to a single spot on the ground.
Amber pointed ahead and said, "It’s underground. Someone thrust a Deceitful Object into the ground, where it vanished. As the Qi of resentment festered, it gave rise to a guile. The Deceitful Object is masking it, making this guile very difficult to detect."
’Underground?’
Shen Bai turned and ordered, "Fang Tong, use brute force to blast open the spot Amber just indicated."
With subordinates present, there was naturally no need for Shen Bai to act himself.
’That’s what subordinates are for.’
Yu County Magistrate no longer tried to stop them.
For one, it was a direct order from Lord Shen, a man of such noble status that Yu County Magistrate couldn’t possibly afford to offend him.
For another, the location Shen Bai indicated wouldn’t cause the levee to collapse or allow the disaster to spread.
Thus, he had even less reason to interfere.
Fang Tong cupped his fist. "As you command."
With that, he drew the long saber from his waist and circulated the Qi in his body.
The Void Realm was a higher level than the Unity Realm.
Although Fang Tong had only just stepped into the Void Realm, his power was already on a completely different level from those in the Unity Realm.
He unleashed a strike with his long saber.
In an instant, a terrifying beam of blade light, seeming to stretch from heaven to earth, slashed down upon the spot Amber had indicated.
The next moment, a rain of blade light carved a terrifyingly deep crater into the ground.
After the blade light dissipated, a sliver of cold, sinister Qi wafted up from the deep crater.
Shen Bai narrowed his eyes as the sinister Qi spread.
"The guile is about to appear! Protect Lord Shen!" Fang Tong shouted, taking a stand before Shen Bai with his long saber raised.
The other dozen or so members of the Bing Division moved to shield Shen Bai.
In all his time traversing the Jianghu, this was the first time Shen Bai had ever been so thoroughly protected from behind. He found the feeling rather novel.
He focused his gaze and saw a bizarrely shaped guile appear in the depths of the crater.
The guile’s entire body was covered in pustules and emitted a nauseating aura. It was generally spherical, a sight that could make one want to vomit.
"It’s a Calamity Guile." A grim expression appeared on Fang Tong’s face.
Shen Bai stroked his chin. "I see."
Shen Bai was, of course, well aware of what a Calamity Guile was.
Nothing in this world is ever smooth sailing; disasters always emerge when least expected.
And amidst such disasters, the victims produce an Qi of resentment.
Calamity Guiles were born from absorbing this Qi of resentment, transforming amidst the terrifying malice into guile that brought even more disaster.
These types of guile were extremely terrifying because they were so difficult to detect.
Furthermore, the harm they caused was widespread.
If a Calamity Guile was not found, the various disasters it caused would gradually spread.
In addition, the new Qi of resentment generated by the ongoing disasters would, in turn, gradually strengthen the Calamity Guile.
"Void Realm?" Shen Bai narrowed his eyes.
The power of the guile before him far surpassed the Unity Realm; it had already reached the Void Realm.
Yu County Magistrate was only a minor official with little power, and his forehead was already drenched in sweat.
He never imagined that a Void Realm guile would appear in Donglai County. Such a creature would be a terrifying blow not just to the county, but even to the State City.
"Lord Shen, you must leave first. We cannot allow anything to happen to you," Fang Tong said, his expression turning serious.
He had just entered the Void Realm, so his power wasn’t yet stable.
With his own power and that of his dozen-plus Unity Realm colleagues, they might just be able to eke out a victory against this Calamity Guile.
But before any of that, they had to guarantee Shen Bai’s safety.
If anything happened to Shen Bai, he feared the entire Nanxing Prefecture would be implicated. After all, Shen Bai’s status was simply too exalted.
Yu County Magistrate also came to his senses. He hastily grabbed Shen Bai’s arm and said, "Lord Shen, let’s take a few steps back! We can just let Lord Fang and his men handle this."
What else could he do?
Anyone here could get hurt, but not Shen Bai.
Even if he was capable of Overcoming Adversity and Attacking Upward, Shen Bai was only in the Meridian Realm—far too distant from the Void Realm.
Shen Bai raised an eyebrow and suddenly drew Cold Moon from his waist.
The movement immediately caught everyone’s attention.
Just as Fang Tong opened his mouth to speak, he saw Shen Bai make his move.
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