Chapter 295: Mission Completed
Tang Yin merely scoffed at Duan Long’s actions. There weren’t nearly enough Wind Principles contained in the Wind Wall to resist the power of his attack.
Tang Yin’s overwhelming punch containing the full power of his body and the Life and Death Seal instantly shattered the Wind Wall. Without any pause, his right fist travelled to Duan Long’s abdomen and struck with the force of a dozen mountains.
BANG
The impact was so powerful that it caused shockwaves to ripple through the sky, and even space was shaking violently.
Duan Long shot across the sky like a shooting star. Only after he had been thrown through the sky for a couple of kilometres did his momentum come to a halt. He slowly plummeted from the sky towards the mountain below.
His abdomen had been torn open, a huge hole was visible where his stomach used to be. His organs dangled out and he bled profusely. Duan Long continued to cough up consecutive mouthfuls of blood.
’Looks like I’ve lost.’ Duan Long thought to himself dejectedly.
"I hope you can keep your promise and leave my Duan Family out of this." Duan Long seemed to be talking to himself. But suddenly, Tang Yin appeared a hundred metres away from his descending body.
"I will." Tang Yin responded briefly.
Duan Long closed his eyes, only to open them for the last time. They were brimming with madness and frenzy. He raised his arms up towards the heavens.
"Tornado Destruction!" Duan Long shouted with all his might. The abundant Wind Principles in the Great Breeze Region gathered to instantly create several tornados.
Each tornado rampaged on the several empty mountains below. They gathered a large number of trees, stones, dirt, debris, and even weak Demonic Beasts.
The colossal tornados converged around Tang Yin from all sides, bringing along with them everything they had picked up along the way.
Tang Yin remained calm. He took a strange stance, focused his Soul Energy and Abyss Qi to gather at his throat, and got ready to unleash one of his strongest techniques. A roaring dragon’s head manifested around Tang Yin’s head like a helmet. Devastating Void Roar!
In that moment, the numerous tornados descended upon him with the large amounts of nature they had brought along with them.
ROAR
With a fierce cry, Tang Yin unleashed the Devastating Void Roar, directing the full force of the technique towards the heavens.
The dragon’s head tore through the air, its jaws opening wide to consume the tornados in a blast of pure destructive energy. The tornados were instantly ripped apart, their whirling masses dissipating into nothingness as the Devastating Void Roar’s power consumed them.
The stones, trees, dirt and debris were turned to dust, they simply stopped existing. The same thing happened to the unfortunate Demonic Beasts that were dragged along by the tornados.
As the last of the tornados dissipated, Tang Yin took a neutral stance again. His body was still buzzing with the residual energy of the attack. He had used one of his strongest techniques, its power palpable.
Duan Long had already died. He was already on the brink of death, and unleashing his most powerful attack in that condition instantly killed him. His withered corpse, with a large hole in its chest, descended from the sky.
Tang Yin made sure Duan Long was dead with his divine sense and the Heaven Piercing Gaze before wrapping his divine sense around the withered corpse and delivering it to himself.
Tang Yin took Duan Long’s storage ring. As a Principe Manipulation Realm cultivator and the Patriarch of a Rank 6 Family, he was quite rich. He transferred everything to his own storage ring.
After doing that, Tang Yin devoured Duan Long’s soul, Soul Sea and Martial Spirit, and refined them into pure nourishment and strength for his own soul with the Soul Refinement Technique.
Although the increment in strength was large, it was not enough to bring his soul to the Late-stage of the Principle Manipulation Realm.
Tang Yin only needed Duan Long’s head as proof, his soul was not needed.
He stored away Duan Long’s corpse in his storage ring and turned his attention to the Duan Family.
He disappeared from where he was and appeared before the valley where the Duan Family was located in. With a smirk on his face, he entered the hole in the Tier 4 Typhoon Cyclone Formation.
A minute later, Tang Yin left the Duan Family.
"Bastard, get back here!"
"Thief, how dare you rob the Duan Family!? The ancestor won’t let you off!"
"Brothers, enough talk! Chase him!"
The incessant screams of the Duan Family Elders echoed behind him. However, he was too quick for them and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Tang Yin had not touched the members of the Duan Family. He had no interest in them. He had returned to the Duan Family to take all their wealth and resources.
Under normal circumstances, he would not be able to do this. But since the Tempest Temple would take the fall for Duan Long’s death, he might as well rob the Duan Family and turn the Tempest Temple into scapegoats for his actions.
The Tempest Temple would not be able to say anything either, as doing so would pit them against the Neutral Cultivation Alliance, a Rank 8 Organization.
Tang Yin had to admit that the wealth obtained from the Duan Family was abundant. But he would not use it for himself. Instead, he would trade them for contribution points and cash in his contribution points for entry to a Holy Land.
He had come up with an ingenious plan to develop the Abyss Firmament. Just thinking about the plan gave him goosebumps, it was that good.
Withholding his excitement, Tang Yin left the Great Breeze Region. This time, he made sure to be even more careful and stealthy than last time. He encountered a couple of Rank 7 Demonic Beasts, but he simply slipped past them with ease.
Within a few days, he returned to the Neutral Cultivation Alliance Branch.
Upon arriving back at the pagoda, he headed straight for the seventh floor.
"Oh, Brother Asura. Your back already?" Liu Hao was quite surprised by Tang Yin’s abrupt return. Assassinating an Early-stage Principle Manipulation Realm cultivator wasn’t that easy and quick, was it?
"The mission is complete." Tang Yin took out Duan Long’s withered corpse from his storage ring and handed it to Liu Hao.
Liu Hao brought out a few Artifacts from his storage ring to make sure Duan Long’s corpse was authentic and real, not some fake prop. This was the protocol of the Neutral Cultivation Alliance. They would do this with all missions.
"Congratulations on completing the mission." Liu Hao stored Duan Long’s corpse in his storage ring. He would need to give it to the mission commissioner as proof of Duan Long’s death.
Tang Yin gave his Personal Identification Token to Liu Hao, who swiftly added 15,000 contribution points to its tally. He then gave it back to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin checked the token and nodded. ’Contribution Points: 264,000’
"Brother Liu, can you exchange these items and resources with contribution points?" Tang Yin had already transferred all of the items and resources he had obtained from the Duan Family into a separate storage ring. He gave it to Liu Hao.
Once Liu Hao took a look at the storage ring, his expression changed. After a moment, he said, "It’s fine to do it sometimes. But doing it all the time will get you caught. I’ve seen it happen a few times." He already knew where these items and resources came from, it was not difficult to know considering the mission Tang Yin had taken.
"The cultivators that were caught did not have a good life after that. They were constantly chased by Rank 7 Organizations and in some cases even Rank 8 Organizations. Most of them are dead, with the survivors always in constant hiding." Liu Hao’s advice came from his experience and good heart. He did not tell Tang Yin not to do it, he simply laid out the consequences before him. Whatever Tang Yin decided to do with this information was his choice.
Tang Yin wrapped his fist in his palm and said, "Thank you Brother Liu for the information. I will be more considerate in the future." He was genuinely thankful even though he did not trust Liu Hao.
He also knew that this information was not fake. Anyone who could reach the Principle Step was not an idiot unless they were nurtured flowers.
Liu Hao nodded, he then calculated the worth of all the items and resources in the storage ring. After a few minutes, he said with a shocked voice, "Everything in the storage ring is worth 282,400 contribution points."
Tang Yin was sort of disappointed. A Rank 6 Organization’s wealth was only worth 282,400 contribution points. That was not worth the risk of being constantly chased by Rank 7 and Rank 8 Organizations.
"Brother Asura, are you sure you want to exchange everything in here for contribution points?" Liu Hao wanted to confirm one more time.
"Yes, please do the exchange." Tang Yin confirmed.
