Chapter 295: All Are One's Own People

"Yi, you cannot kill me!"

Facing Guo Yi as he approached step by step, Chen Xing remained as calm and composed as ever, without the slightest trace of panic on his face.

Even though Guo Yi had already drawn near, even though his blade was already raised, and even though that intense killing intent seemed to be enveloping him from all directions.

Yet Chen Xing remained as calm as still water, as if the person he was facing was not a supreme expert intent on killing him, but merely an ordinary person on the street.

"My Lord, this subordinate wants to control it too, but I simply cannot control myself!"

While struggling desperately, Guo Yi walked toward Chen Xing, the blade in his hand already held high.

He wanted to make himself stop, but his hands and feet simply would not obey, and even his own thoughts began to gradually succumb.

Could it be that Lord Chen, whom he had always respected, was really going to die by his own hand?

"Lord Chen, you might as well go in peace!" Suddenly, Guo Yi's voice became deep, and his previously struggling face was now filled only with endless smugness.

Clearly, another consciousness had completely taken control of Guo Yi at this moment; he was, from the inside out, essentially a complete stranger.

But just at this moment, it seemed as if some terrifying power suddenly covered the surroundings, and before Guo Yi could even react, a horrific wave of Mental Power had already submerged him.

Afterward, Guo Yi's consciousness returned, and he looked around in some confusion. At this moment, a voice simultaneously entered his ears.

"I think you misunderstood. When Lord Chen said you couldn't kill him, he didn't mean for you to rely on your own efforts to break free from control and stop the assassination; he meant it quite literally."

"Because I am here, you cannot kill him!"

"Shen Yu? Lord Shen!" Following the direction from which the voice came, Guo Yi saw Shen Yu looking right at him, and a flash of joy appeared on his face involuntarily.

With Lord Shen Yu here, even if his own 'cosmic power' were to erupt, it would never be a match for him; Lord Chen was absolutely safe.

Just now, when Lord Chen said he couldn't kill him, he had thought the Lord wanted him to find a way to break free from control and abandon the assassination; it turned out he had overthought it.

Shen Yu had never left, and those who controlled him had long since fallen into Lord Chen's trap. They would never understand just how terrifying Lord Chen truly was.

At this moment, Guo Yi also discovered that his consciousness had completely returned, and he seemed able to easily control his own body at any time.

Taking a deep breath, Guo Yi could not help but be shocked by the terrifying nature of this Lord Shen standing to the side.

This power, which he could not shake off despite his best efforts, was so fragile and weak in front of Lord Shen.

The reason he had been able to retain a sliver of consciousness before was, frankly, because the other party had intentionally left it for him, not because of his own resistance.

In fact, it was more like a form of punishment. He was unwilling to raise a hand against Lord Chen and had tried his best to resist.

And those people had specifically wanted him to watch helplessly, to watch as he killed the Lord Chen he respected most, while he could only wail in impotence.

It was precisely because of this that he had forcibly suppressed his grief, trying his best not to show the slightest hint of weakness.

He was not afraid to show his sorrow and remorse in front of Lord Chen, but he did not want those people to see him in such a helpless state.

"My Lord, when did you realize something was wrong?"

"From the moment Lao Yang desperately tried to send me the message, I realized something was amiss. I have fought the leader of that organization several times; given his intelligence and information-gathering capabilities, it is impossible for him not to know who Shen Yu is."

"Therefore, he must have never thought that Shen Yu would actually move to kill me. But since the other party went to such lengths to lure Lord Shen Yu here, it couldn't just be for him to meet me, could it?"

"With that in mind, I concluded that he intended to frame Lord Shen. And what better way to frame someone than by killing me?"

As he spoke, Chen Xing glanced at Guo Yi and smiled helplessly. "They must have a way to easily kill me, and also make everyone believe that my death was the work of Lord Shen."

"Then the result is obvious: there must be one of their people by my side, and it must be a trusted aide. As long as this person claims to have seen Shen Yu kill me with their own eyes, I expect everyone will believe it."

"Just now, I truly did not lie to you; I have thought of countless people around me, but I never once suspected you!"

Looking at Guo Yi, Chen Xing shook his head with a sigh. "You have been with me for over thirty years; I never expected that their plant would be buried for thirty years."

"For over thirty years, had you shown even the slightest anomaly, I would have detected it."

"I never expected them to be so patient; you, this plant, were buried right by my side, and they were able to hold back from using you all this time."

"To use you only at such a critical moment, striking only to kill—truly formidable."

"This subordinate has failed you, My Lord!" Raising the blade in his hand, Guo Yi closed his eyes.

Although his consciousness had returned, he had, after all, raised his hand against the Lord. At this very moment, remorse filled his heart, and he had already resolved to die.

However, just as he raised the blade, the person beside him had already snatched it away.

"Lord Shen, this subordinate..."

"Yi, seeking death is the choice of a coward!" Seeing that Guo Yi seemed intent on dying, Chen Xing hurriedly tried to stand up, but his frail body caused him to accidentally fall back down.

Seeing this, Guo Yi rushed forward to support him. "My Lord, are you alright!"

"Rest assured, this old frame of mine can still hold up!" Grasping Guo Yi's hand tightly, Chen Xing comforted him, "I know you were also under the control of others; this is not your fault, and you have no need to blame yourself."

"I can see that you were unwilling to act. As long as your own conscience is clear, that is enough!"

"Besides, if you hadn't exposed yourself, how could we have found their location!"

While speaking, Chen Xing nodded slightly toward Shen Yu. "Lord Shen, the rest is up to you!"

"No need, I have already found them!" Suddenly opening his eyes, Shen Yu followed the mental connection on Guo Yi's body and quickly locked onto the other party's location.

"So they are right here in the Capital; these people are quite bold!"

"Found them?" Looking at Shen Yu with some surprise, Chen Xing could not help but show a bit of shock on his face.

"Lord Shen has already found their location?"

"Indeed, thanks to him!" Patting Guo Yi on the shoulder, Shen Yu's gaze looked into the distance, as if it had already pierced through space to see the Dahuzi who was watching them from afar.

At this moment, his Super Perception had already enveloped that place; that Dahuzi could not escape.

"Guo Yi was controlled remotely by their Mental Power, but they didn't know that as long as a mental connection exists between them, I can find their location by following that thread of mental connection!"

"So Lord Shen actually possesses this ability as well; in that case, I have done something redundant!"

Stroking his beard, Chen Xing nodded in relief. The reason he had asked for Shen Yu's help earlier was that he himself possessed a secret technique that could use a person controlled by others as a medium to lock onto the location of the mastermind behind the scenes.

However, this secret technique had many limitations. It required an expert whose cultivation was absolutely overwhelming to lock onto the other party.

It was like a water flow; water flows to lower ground. Mental Power can only lock onto a location on lower ground when it flows from a higher point.

Therefore, the practitioner's strength must be greater than the opponent's.

But after thinking it over, the only one with the absolute strength to overwhelm the opponent was Lord Shen Yu.

Yet he never expected that the other party possessed such a secret technique themselves, making his own meticulously prepared methods completely unnecessary.

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Chen Xing could not help but look up at Shen Yu once more. This Lord Shen Yu was even more mysterious than he had imagined.

To have achieved his current strength in just a few short years could by no means be summarized by a simple word like luck; there must be secrets on him that others did not know.