Chapter 399: I Want You to Pick Up the Dagger!
As soon as these words were spoken, the two exchanged glances, momentarily frozen in place.
Even Gao Ming, who had faced countless battles and killed many, found himself hesitating.
Since becoming an assassin, he had long since disregarded life and death.
However, he was afraid of this method of dying.
Even if the body was destroyed, the spirit would continue to suffer torment forever, which no one could accept.
“What are you two standing there for? Didn’t you hear me? Could it be you have ulterior motives?”
As soon as these words were uttered, both of them trembled, with Chu Yin collapsing to his knees like a quail in winter.
This scene attracted everyone’s attention, all eyes turned toward him.
The kid’s reaction was quite unusual!
“I recognize him; he was a notorious villain in Central Continent, daring to kill at just three years old. I didn’t expect him to be recruited by the Profound Sky Hall!”
From the crowd, You Jingfeng looked disdainful and pointed out the other’s identity.
“Ha… He was fearless when killing, yet now he’s scared here? Look, he’s about to piss himself!”
People mocked, but Chu Yin truly dared not move an inch, as though losing the ability to respond.
“Since that’s the case, you go up alone then!”
Zhou Tong looked at Gao Ming, half-smiling, putting him in a difficult position.
Clearly a powerful warrior at the Second Layer of Sage, he now resembled a frail old man, moving slowly and cautiously until he finally made his way in front of Zhou Tong.
“Open the map; let me take a look.”
With a wave of Zhou Tong’s hand, a table rose from the ground, and then it was infused with spiritual energy, revealing exquisite patterns.
This scene made the opponent’s pupils contract; such precise control was truly unseen.
Following that, Zhou Tong hastily unfolded the map bit by bit.
The process was very slow, to the point where sweat was visible on the other’s forehead, and even the people around began to grow impatient.
Half unfolded… eighty percent… ninety percent, and then bang!
Everyone instantly became alert!
A dagger shimmering with multicolored light fell onto the table, exuding an astonishing killing intent; even the Sage-level experts could feel the chilling aura.
At that moment, the atmosphere in the place froze.
“Damn it!!”
Gao Ming felt a buzz in his head. According to the script, he should have immediately grabbed the dagger to make a kill or hold Zhou Tong hostage to force him to let them go.
But possibly due to intense nervousness, he didn’t grab the dagger in time, causing it to drop straight onto the map.
This scene was quite comical; a Sage-level warrior, despite their fear, should never make such an error.
Yet for some reason, at that instant, Gao Ming felt a sharp pain in his head, as if struck by someone’s spiritual power, leading to this situation.
“Pat, pat, pat…”
In the blink of an eye, everyone below drew their weapons, ready to unleash a bloody massacre.
Zhou Tong remained indifferent, his expression unchanged, still smiling as he watched the other side.
Gao Ming, on the other hand, was in a daze; he never expected there would be a day when he would become a clumsy assassin.
At that moment, the dagger was only a couple of inches from his hand, and Zhou Tong was no more than two feet away. If he picked up the dagger immediately, it seemed there might still be a chance of success.
But Zhou Tong remained motionless, as if deliberately leaving him this opportunity.
“Do you people from the Profound Sky Hall like inscribing maps on daggers?”
Once these words were spoken, Gao Ming was completely shocked; it seemed the other side was not afraid at all!
The Sacred Forbidden Weapon had just been unsealed, and its strong aura could be sensed even by a blind person, yet Zhou Tong remained unfazed. What kind of confidence was this!
“Pick up the dagger.”
Zhou Tong suddenly said, making Gao Ming momentarily stunned.
“I want you to pick up the dagger!”
“Yes… yes…”
Gao Ming felt his mind explode with a strong wave of spiritual power crashing into him, making his head throb and causing him to hurriedly pick up the dagger.
In the next moment, he directly knelt on both knees, holding the dagger with both hands and presenting it to Zhou Tong.
“Master Zhou, I can only blame my forgetfulness. I forgot there was another treasure to present to you, this very dagger, capable of killing an Intermediate Sage in one strike. Please accept it!”
“Very good, I like this!”
Zhou Tong smiled as he took the dagger, running his finger along the blade with apparent satisfaction.
“However, your method of gift-giving is rather creative; the dagger wedged in the map reminds me of some stories.”
In an instant, the hair on the back of Gao Ming’s neck stood on end, and he stammered, “That’s because… because… I wanted to give you a surprise!”
“A surprise? Hahaha!”
Zhou Tong couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
“Translate for me, what is a surprise!”
“A surprise… is that… it’s what I prepared to give you…”
“Translate, what exactly is a surprise!”
“A surprise…”
“Translate for me, what the hell is a surprise!”
Zhou Tong’s tone became icy, and behind him, an overwhelming wave of spiritual power surged in like an ocean, crashing one after another, nearly toppling Gao Ming!
He knew that if he couldn’t provide a satisfactory answer, he would be the next one to be subjected to the mental torture!
“Right! I just remembered!”
He slapped his forehead and pointed at Chu Yin behind him, as if seeing a lifeline.
“This person is also a gift for you!”
“What?!”
Chu Yin’s expression changed in shock as he suddenly stood up.
“Master Zhou, every word I say next is true. If I speak one falsehood, let me die without a burial place!”
Gao Ming took a deep breath and began to reveal Chu Yin’s secrets.
“You may not know, this kid, although he looks young, has lived for seventy-six years; if he doesn’t kill, he becomes angry, and he even formulated a set of fallacies specifically for the purpose of assassination training.”
“The core principle of this method is that every time a cultivator kills someone, they can absorb the other’s fortune, and the stronger the fortune of the person killed, the longer they can survive in the killing game, becoming a greater person of fortune. He calls this theory the Refining Gu Training Method!”
As these words were spoken, everyone present immediately realized the gravity of the situation.
Well, that was quite a revelation.
If this were true, then Chu Yin had directly drawn Zhou Tong’s wrath.
Even the Ancestral Head, who initiated the Refining Gu plan, was dug up for reckoning, so wouldn’t Chu Yin, being alive, have even greater operational space?
Zhou Tong’s smile gradually froze on his face, causing everyone to hold their breath.
They knew this was undoubtedly a prelude to an impending storm.
“I was just looking for you, and I didn’t expect you to deliver yourself to my doorstep; this really is a surprise.”
In an instant, Chu Yin felt as though the sky had fallen, as if the entire world had turned its back on him.
“You can’t kill me; my god-grandfather is an elder of the Profound Sky Hall, a capable subordinate of Netherworld Master. If you kill me, he will never let you go!”
