Chapter 1584: Chapter 935: Cloak_3
It should be known that among all the people present, in terms of spiritual power strength, Nalan Shuo was undeniably the strongest. Yet, even he had not yet reached the Upper Ghost Level, while the Fisherman was at least one and a half levels ahead of him.
As for the others, there was an even larger gap. This guy, apart from the Magic Sect’s Vajra, was the strongest opponent Yang Xiao ever fought to the death.
And now, this guy has already digested the medicinal power of the elixir he consumed, his spiritual power skyrocketing. According to Yang Xiao’s speculation, when he initially entered the Secret Realm, he was only slightly stronger than Nalan Shuo.
But after all, he entered early, and with the training in the Secret Realm Core Area, he gradually advanced to the Upper Ghost Level. At this moment, he was already stronger than the Shadow Spider Curse Blade in the Japanese Apostle team.
After consuming the elixir, he then advanced to the Peak of Ghost Level and truly crossed that threshold.
With his overwhelming spiritual power and a set of powerful magic artifacts, this guy indeed had the capital to wipe them out completely.
Who could have thought that the end of this Secret Realm journey wouldn’t be annihilating that team of Kah Party ninjas, but there’s still such a strong opponent waiting for them?
"Don’t stay here any longer, quickly go, while you still can." Jiang Qingluan urged the chamber of commerce man beside her urgently.
"Go?" The chamber of commerce man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head violently, "No, we’ve signed the Death Contract. If something were to happen to you, we would die outside too, and our families would suffer as well."
"What use is there in staying like this? It’ll only drag us down. Go quickly! Once we deal with this guy, I’ll come find you!" Jiang Qingluan’s tone had no room for negotiation.
At this, the chamber of commerce man’s eyes reddened as well, reaching out and shouting, "Is there any elixir left? Anything will do, give it all to me. I’ll fight him!"
"No, there’s nothing left." Naturally, Jiang Qingluan still had a few on hand, but with the man’s current state, taking them would just mean death.
The two from the chamber of commerce were good, they had been dedicated and diligent all along. She couldn’t just stand by and watch them die in front of her.
As she said, they were nothing but a burden now, not only would they be of no help in a fight, but others would also have to be distracted to take care of them.
"Number 5, take care. We won’t go far, we’ll wait nearby for you." Sand Woman, being straightforward, stepped forward and grabbed her companion, the two of them supporting each other as they limped away behind them.
Faced with people escaping, the Fisherman showed no intention of pursuit, slowly turning his body, his gaze fixed intently on Jiang Qingluan.
"So it is, after all..." Jiang Qingluan subconsciously tightened her grip on the whip in her hand, realizing that this guy truly intended to kill only her.
However, this was also a good thing. She no longer needed to worry about Yang Xiao and the others. Debts of gratitude eventually must be repaid, Yang Xiao and Nalan Shuo fighting this long was already enough.
"Be careful, his target is you!" At the same time, Yang Xiao, wielding the Human Bone Staff, also noticed something amiss, the opponent using spiritual power to lock tightly onto Jiang Qingluan.
Nalan Shuo also realized the issue at hand; if it were just a chance encounter turning into a melee, there wouldn’t be such deep-seated hatred, nor would it escalate to a bloody battle so quickly.
Moreover, this person was able to kill the Japanese Apostle Half Ghost, also proving he was not originally aligned with that group, nor was he a Japanese Apostle, but a domestic Apostle.
And he came here for one thing, he was coming for Jiang Qingluan. His choice to follow the Japanese Apostle team was also for this target.
This guy was a Death Warrior; he entered the Secret Realm never intending to leave. Otherwise, with this person’s ability, if he wanted to leave, no one could stop him.
The elixir he consumed had extremely domineering effects, and the backlash following it was also extremely frightening. From the spiritual power waves emanating from his body, he likely wouldn’t survive.
Win or lose, he would not survive the day.
He had only one target, to kill Jiang Qingluan.
Thinking of this, Nalan Shuo could roughly guess this guy’s origins — he was not an outsider, but from the Yi Sect itself, to be precise, a killer hired at great expense by another faction within the Yi Sect wanting Jiang Qingluan dead.
Jiang Qingluan held a special status as the young priest of the Yi Sect, which meant she had the qualifications to inherit the position of Sect Hierarch in the future, and there were several young priests like her within the sect.
From the intelligence obtained by Nalan Shuo and his recent observations within the Yi Sect, this Jiang Qingluan was definitely a strong contender for the future Sect Hierarch position.
In order to get rid of her, as an obstacle to the position of Sect Hierarch, hiring an assassin to kill her was nothing unusual.
But what Nalan Shuo did not expect was that for this goal, another faction within the Yi Sect was willing to cooperate with the arch-nemesis, the Japanese Apostles.
One should know, the grudges between the Yi Sect and the Ghost Sect had persisted for many years, both sides hostile like water and fire. If they were eventually found out, the faction that hired the killer would face absolute disaster.
Now it was clear why Jiang Qingluan’s team was ambushed, not due to a simple leak of information, but due to a traitor within, someone selling information to the Kah Party ninjas.
With this analysis, the current situation was very clear: either everyone would unite to kill this guy, or they would abandon Jiang Qingluan.
As long as they did not actively attack this guy or stop him from targeting Jiang Qingluan, he would not actively attack them.
This was evident from the previous battle; after all, the first move this guy made was directed at Jiang Qingluan.
