Chapter 62: Infiltration

Inside the alchemical airship, one of the servants steering the vessel respectfully said, “Master, we have arrived at Xueshi Castle.”

Xiang Pangyun, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, opened them. Feng Mo and the other three beside him began to rise.

“Big Brother, we’re heading down now,” Feng Mo smiled.

“Mm,” Xiang Pangyun nodded slightly.

Feng Mo and the other three quickly exited the cabin and arrived on the deck. Among them, the white-haired mage held a purple staff and began casting spells.

Beams of light flew from the staff, landing on Feng Mo and the other two.

One after another, enhancement spells were cast.

The auras of Feng Mo and the others were instantly completely sealed, forming invisible barriers around them. Even the light around them twisted. Previously, Dongbo Xueying and others had once infiltrated Lu Clan’s castle, but were discovered as soon as they arrived. Compared to these assassins, they were clearly not as skilled. This was their livelihood!

“We go,” Feng Mo said.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The four simultaneously leaped off the airship, plummeting downward.

Magical forces surrounded them as they fell, slowing their descent. After a while, they silently landed hundreds of meters below, on an open area beside the castle’s main tower. The assassins understood well that the main tower was usually heavily guarded, possibly even protected by magical arrays. Landing directly there would easily expose them.

An open area, however, could be easily assessed for any magical arrays on the surface.

“Old Three stays here. The three of us will infiltrate,” Feng Mo instructed. “Be careful. If you encounter any warning arrays, you two must retreat immediately. I’ll handle the mission.”

“Don’t worry, Second Brother,” the male and female Silver Moon Knights both nodded. They were too experienced.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The three began swiftly approaching the main tower. Magical forces surrounded their bodies, making it extremely difficult for ordinary people to see them clearly, even if standing right beside them in the darkness. During the day, they would only appear as blurry shadows.

…

Inside the study.

Dongbo Xueying was reading a book, though his mind was unsettled, flipping through the pages casually.

“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying suddenly furrowed his brows.

A master of the unity of heaven and humanity.

Even in normal times, his spiritual power naturally resonated with the external world, and any slight disturbance within a certain range would be detected! If he intentionally merged his spiritual power into the Heaven and Earth, he could sense everything within several miles, even possibly detecting the airship above! However, generally, no one would constantly maintain complete unity with Heaven and Earth.

Because achieving complete unity with Heaven and Earthrequired concentrated spiritual power.

“Someone has actually come. The noble’s retaliation came quickly,” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes turned cold. Since his childhood, when his parents were taken away, no outsiders had dared to invade Xueshi Castle for many years! The mysterious noble’s son had just died, and now someone was invading. Dongbo Xueying didn’t believe this had nothing to do with the noble’s family.

Creak!

Dongbo Xueying opened the door and walked out.

…

Feng Mo silently stepped onto the corridor of the castle’s main tower.

Suddenly—

Boom!

A terrifying force enveloped the area around the castle for hundreds of meters. Whether it was the Silver Moon mage waiting on the open ground, the other two knights, or Feng Mo himself—they were all completely suppressed by this Heaven and Earthforce! This overwhelming suppression left them all with expressions of terror.

Once suppressed, the Silver Moon mage couldn’t channel the Heaven and Earthforce, rendering him unable to cast even a single powerful spell, leaving him utterly defenseless!

“Damn it, Dongbo Xueying is only twenty-two! A Master of the unity of heaven and humanity?” The two male and female Silver Moon Knights were so frightened their legs trembled. Their strength was already far inferior to a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity, and now they were suppressed by Heaven and Earthforce. If Dongbo Xueying decided to target them, they might perish in an instant.

Their hearts raced, their legs weakened.

“Run! Run!”

“Hopefully, he targets Feng Mo instead of us. Feng Mo is strong enough to resist, and Big Brother will arrive soon. Once Big Brother comes, we’ll be safe.” The two Silver Moon Knights quickly retreated.

All three were in panic.

Although Feng Mo wasn’t afraid, he was shocked.

“Unity of heaven and humanity? How many years has it been since a twenty-two-year-old Master of the unity of heaven and humanity appeared in Anyang Province? Such a monstrous occurrence is actually real!” Feng Mo, suppressed by Heaven and Earthforce, was completely stunned. Reaching the rank of Master of the unity of heaven and humanity at twenty-two was considered monstrous, not only in Anyang Province, but even across the entire Longshan Empire.

In fact, even the Blood Blade Tavern only suspected it. Longshan Pavilion had more intelligence, but since they hadn’t witnessed the battle themselves, they still doubted whether the battle marks in Lu Clan’s castle were caused by other reasons. Thus, they only considered Dongbo Xueying’s possibility of being a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity at about fifty percent! Even if Dongbo Xueying truly possessed the combat strength of a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity, they were more inclined to believe he had obtained powerful alchemical armor.

They simply couldn’t believe that a twenty-two-year-old Master of the unity of heaven and humanity could emerge from such a remote place as Yishui City, achieving the rank purely through his own strength—it was just too difficult.

Unity of heaven and humanity? Extremely difficult!

Awakening ancient bloodlines? Equally difficult!

Even among the royal family of the Longshan Empire, even among the most elite and powerful supernatural beings receiving top-tier cultivation resources, producing a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity at twenty-two was still extremely rare.

“I’ve been cultivating for so many years, yet I haven’t achieved unity with Heaven and Earth! It was only after my body was transformed and I received alchemical treasures from Big Brother that I gained the combat strength of a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity,” Feng Mo was astonished. “But Dongbo Xueying actually achieved unity with Heaven and Earththrough his own power?”

Many others had only reached the rank of Master of the unity of heaven and humanity through external means.

Like Dongbo Xueying’s enemy, ‘Mo Yang Chen Bai,’ and even Feng Mo himself!

However, Feng Mo was ruthless enough to undergo body transformations by alchemical masters, possessed alchemical treasures, and had long honed his skills through life-and-death experiences. His strength was stronger than Mo Yang Chen Bai’s and nearly matched that of a true Master of the unity of heaven and humanity in battle.

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The force of Heaven and Earthpressed down, warping the air. Under the light of the crystal lamps, a black-robed young man appeared on the corridor.

Feng Mo looked at the figure before him.

The air was distorted, making the young man’s face somewhat blurry. However, Feng Mo could tell from his youthfulness and general appearance that it was indeed Dongbo Xueying!

“Who sent you,” the black-robed youth approached him.

“Run.”

Feng Mo had no intention of fighting.

Because against a true Master of the unity of heaven and humanity, he had no ability to kill him! Now, he only needed to stall for a bit of time until Big Brother arrived.

“Hmm?” Seeing the opponent attempt to flee, the black-robed youth faintly snorted coldly.

“If you won’t talk, then die.”

Swish!

A long spear appeared in the black-robed youth’s hand out of nowhere. The spear transformed into a bizarre arc of astonishing curvature. The curvature was so intense that even the spear shaft itself bent, revealing the immense force behind it.

“So fast!” Feng Mo was startled, hastily turning and blocking with both curved blades. He didn’t even have confidence to block properly, purely relying on instinct to use both blades to defend.

Clang!

The terrifying force and rotational power of the spearhead left Feng Mo’s hands somewhat numb, involuntarily staggering backward. This caused Feng Mo to reveal a look of terror.

Indeed.

Although he had only recently achieved unity with Heaven and Earth, during this short period, he had continuously absorbed Heaven and Earthforce to strengthen himself. His combat qi had already risen to the Silver Moon level, and his physical strength and speed had improved by fifty percent across the board! With the suppression of ‘Unity of heaven and humanity’ over his opponent and having mastered the second layer of the Dark Ice Spearplay, ‘Blood Rain,’ his current combat strength even surpassed the power he had displayed during his previous battle with the divine messenger when his bloodline had erupted!

Such strength was enough to kill even that rather extraordinary divine messenger who had used forbidden techniques.

How could Feng Mo possibly withstand it?

“Too strong! How could it be this—” Feng Mo hastily blocked the second strike with his dual blades.

He had managed to block the first strike, though he was pushed backward from the impact.

He barely managed to block the second strike as well, but both arms were completely numb from the shock, and his hands, gripping the curved blades, were visibly deformed.

The third strike…

“Poof!”

Fast as lightning, the spear slipped past Feng Mo’s hastily raised blades, instantly piercing through his throat before swiftly withdrawing—as if merely giving a gentle kiss.

“I… I…” Feng Mo clutched his throat, as if trying to stop the blood pouring out, desperately trying to cling to life.

He truly hadn’t expected that even when facing a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity, he would be killed so quickly!

Dongbo Xueying looked at the masked assassin before him, clutching his neck and slowly collapsing: “Still managed to block two strikes. Seems he had the strength of a Master of the unity of heaven and humanity too.”

“There are still three little ants,” Dongbo Xueying said, his Heaven and Earthforce enveloping the area. The other three assassins’ every move was under his observation, and he could crush them at any moment.