Chapter 465: The King of Killing Saints

The nine Supremes lurk in the depths of the Taichu Ancient Mine; they are not alone, for they have many family members and even followers.

Over countless years, they have long since carved out a paradise in the depths of the Taichu Ancient Mine, like an Immortal Realm of the highest order, which is why such strange phenomena have evolved.

Throughout the entire Taichu Ancient Mine, apart from the peaceful energy in the deepest reaches, all other areas are densely covered with various dangerous grounds.

They entwine with one another, forming one killing trap after another.

Among them are some killing traps that would cause even a Great Saint to perish if they were to stumble in.

Furthermore, these killing traps are not immutable; they are influenced by time, celestial phenomena, and the like, much like waves in the ocean or shifting sand dunes in a desert, changing at any moment.

Yin Qi sighed, the Life Forbidden Zone truly lives up to its reputation.

He continued forward, walking another hundred miles, and saw some stone pillars one after another.

Some were incomparably thick, and though no one knows how many years have passed, they still stand tall on the earth; occasionally, one can even see some massive foundations, where each stone is several meters long, and the foundations are thick and broad, which is truly astonishing.

In reality, having reached this point, one is already considered to be at the periphery of the Taichu Ancient Mine.

According to the Jiang Family map, moving further ahead, various dangers could appear at any time, some of which are extremely bizarre.

Yin Qi continued forward, and not long after, he suddenly saw red dust filling the sky all around, like a faint mist of blood, enveloping him from afar and approaching at extreme speed.

"Woo-woo!"

The sound of the wind was terrifying, like the wailing of ghosts.

Yin Qi's expression remained unchanged; this kind of minor killing trap could only threaten cultivators below the Dao Palace Realm.

Even if he stood still, it could not harm him in the slightest.

The black wind filled the sky, sweeping over while carrying yellow sand; the scene was spectacular and shocking.

Just as the sky-filling yellow sand swept past, a sharp sword light suddenly burst forth from the sand, silent and soundless, stabbing toward the center of Yin Qi's back.

There was no sound, no momentum, and not even the surrounding wind and sand were stirred.

This sword seemed to strike from the void.

It was sharp and ruthless.

In the blur, one could see a figure hidden in the yellow sand, with a pair of eyes that were indifferent and heartless.

Even as it was about to pierce Yin Qi's back, those eyes showed no emotional change, just like a killing machine.

Suddenly, those indifferent eyes flashed with shock, because Yin Qi had taken a large step forward, just happening to avoid the sword.

Without any pause, the assassin turned and vanished into the void.

"Do you think you can leave?"

Yin Qi had already turned around, looking at the assassin who had vanished into the void; he activated the Taiyu Tower, causing it to vibrate violently, which not only smoothed out the sky-filling yellow sand but also squeezed the assassin out of the void.

This was an old man wearing a black-gold brocade robe, holding a divine sword; his figure was somewhat thin and he looked aged, but in reality, his life force was thick, and his whole body exuded an extremely refined killing intent.

This was actually a Saint King!

"What a grand gesture, to actually hire a Killing Saint King to assassinate me."

"Are you from the Human World, or Hell?"

Yin Qi said coldly.

The Heavenly Court, the Human World, and Hell—the three great assassin dynasties—are renowned.

Among them, the Heavenly Court, due to the framing and betrayal by the Human World and Hell, was jointly wiped out by the various Sacred Lands over a hundred thousand years ago, leaving only some remnants to linger on.

The Human World and Hell were also rampant for a time, but after being jointly suppressed by the various Sacred Lands, they had long since gone into hiding.

Yet, he did not expect that they would emerge today, and upon emerging, it would be a Killing Saint King.

A Killing Saint King is absolutely the strongest among the Human World or Hell.

As for why he was so certain this Killing Saint King came from the Human World or Hell, it was because this person's concealment and assassination methods were too brilliant.

If not for possessing the Po Wang Eye and having already discovered the other party's existence through the Fortune Essence, Yin Qi would not have noticed him at all.

One must know that he is now at the 'Saint King' level, with combat power comparable to a Great Saint; for even him to find it difficult to detect the other party's existence, it could only be an assassin dynasty like the Human World or Hell.

The Killing Saint King did not speak and was exceptionally decisive.

Upon discovering he could not escape, his life force began to burn, his momentum climbed step by step, and he actually unleashed a forbidden Secret Technique.

The reason assassins are formidable, even capable of assassinating those of higher levels, is not because of how strong they are, but because of surprise; therefore, after the initial assassination failed, he chose to turn and flee immediately.

This is the principle of an assassin: if one strike fails, flee immediately.

It is just a pity that the escape failed.

Since he could not escape, he could only fight to the death; he unleashed a forbidden Secret Technique from the start, his momentum climbing step by step.

"Kill!"

The Killing Saint King shouted sharply, brandishing the divine sword in his hand and slashing toward Yin Qi.

This divine sword was a Great Saint Weapon, exuding an extremely terrifying aura.

With one sword strike, heaven and earth were cleaved apart.

"The ignorant are fearless!"

Yin Qi snorted coldly; he spread his five fingers wide and struck a palm through the air at the attacking Killing Saint King.

"Daopomie Shou!"

Daopomie Shou is a unique skill created by Yin Qi based on the resonance theory of Shattering Vacuum.

With one palm strike, heaven and earth resonated with it.

Boom!

The Killing Saint King groaned, flying backward directly, blood spraying wildly.

Yin Qi stepped forward, catching up to the Killing Saint King in the blink of an eye; seeing that the Killing Saint King was still stabbing at him with the sword, he slapped the blade with his palm, knocking the Great Saint sword away, and then slapped the opponent's chest with another palm.

At the same time, countless Hongmeng Insects also frantically flooded into the opponent's body.

The Heavenly Secret has been disrupted, and he cannot perform a Calculation; to know the mastermind behind the scenes, he must obtain the memories of the Killing Saint King.

As for extracting a confession, it was completely unnecessary.

The Killing Saint King suddenly widened his eyes, as if he had sensed something inconceivable; a look of determination and madness finally flashed in his indifferent eyes, and he actually wanted to self-destruct.

It was just a pity that under the "Boundless Heaven-Swallowing Art," he did not even have the qualifications to self-destruct.

Very quickly, the luster in the Killing Saint King's eyes vanished, and then his body turned into powder, leaving behind only a set of clothes, two crystals, and countless items that had burst forth from his Bitter Sea.

Among these items were not only a large number of books and Jade Slips, but also various treasures.

Compared to the Falling Heaven King, they were actually not inferior.

Waving his hand to collect all the items into his Space Ring, leaving only the Memory Crystal, Yin Qi pressed it against his own brow, and very quickly refined the Memory Crystal.

"Great Saint Kunzhou, Great Saint Ganlun, Falling Feather Clan... Ji Family, Wang Family, Yin Yang Sect, Ruthless Lineage, Jiuxiao Sacred Land..."

A murderous glint flashed in Yin Qi's eyes.

Just as he had expected, this Killing Saint King was named Luo Tian and came from the Human World; he was the strongest assassin of the Human World, and he had accepted commissions from various parties to set a trap to lure him away from the Heavenly Palace in order to assassinate him.

As for the commissioning factions, there were over a dozen from the Ancient Race, and as many as over thirty from the Human Race.

Even the Ji Family was among them.

That the Ancient Race would hire an assassin to kill him, Yin Qi could understand; after all, whether it was Great Saint Kunzhou, Great Saint Ganlun, or the Falling Feather Clan and others, they either had a grudge against him or were naturally hostile toward him.

That there were people in the Human Race who wanted him dead, he could also understand, just as the Old Prefecture Master had said.

It was just that he had not expected the number of Human Race factions wanting to kill him to be as high as thirty-six, and they were either Sacred Lands or Desolate Ancient Families, which was something he had not anticipated.

It was precisely because there were so many commissioning parties and the bounty was so high that the Human World had dispatched the foundation of their divine dynasty to kill him.