246: Chapter 245 Instant Kill!!

Three days later.

Outside Dragon Abyss Palace, Eastern Sea region.

An inconspicuous fishing boat was slowly sailing away from the outer perimeter of Dragon Abyss Palace.

At the bow, a dark-faced, hunched old fisherman sat, slowly mending a fishing net. His face was weathered, his hands rough as tree bark, and his eyes cloudy; he looked like an ordinary old fisherman.

But upon closer inspection, one would find a sharp, piercing glint occasionally flashing deep within those cloudy eyes.

The old fisherman was none other than Jiang Hanzhou.

He had used a Disguise Art to change his face and physique, and had taken a self-made "Breath-Concealing Pill" to suppress all blood and qi fluctuations within his body to their lowest level. At this moment, he appeared to be an ordinary old man who hadn't even entered the Qi Nurturing Realm.

The fishing boat slowly sailed out of the hundred-mile range of Dragon Abyss Palace.

The sea surface was calm, with only a few seabirds circling in the sky.

Jiang Hanzhou did not lower his guard.

Although most of his Divine Sense was suppressed by the Breath-Concealing Pill, the lake of divine soul refined after reaching Major Achievement in the Spirit Concentration Art still flowed slowly deep within his Sea of Consciousness. He transformed a sliver of Divine Soul power into invisible tentacles, spreading out in all directions to detect any movement within a three-mile radius.

Within three miles, no abnormalities.

Within five miles, no abnormalities.

Within ten miles, his brow twitched slightly.

To the southeast, about eight miles away, three auras were slowly approaching.

Those three auras were extremely weak, so weak that ordinary Divine Sense detection wouldn't notice them at all, but before his highly refined Divine Soul perception, they were like torches in the night, with nowhere to hide.

All three auras were at the Late Stage of the Primal Form Realm.

They did not hide their killing intent.

Jiang Hanzhou withdrew his perception and continued to slowly mend the fishing net.

Eight miles.

Five miles.

Three miles.

One mile.

Those three auras drew closer and closer, until finally...

"Boom—!"

A blade light suddenly slashed out from beneath the sea, aimed straight for the fishing boat!

The blade light was blood-red, containing a thick blood fiend qi; as it slashed out, even the seawater was dyed dark red!

But Jiang Hanzhou was well-prepared.

The moment the blade light slashed out, his figure had already disappeared from the bow.

"Huh?!"

The assassin who struck was suddenly startled; his blade hit empty air, splitting the entire fishing boat in half, with broken wood splashing in all directions!

Just as he was about to search for his target, an invisible force suddenly surged from all directions at once!

It was the seawater.

The seawater within a hundred-foot radius seemed to come alive at this moment!

They were no longer dead objects to be slaughtered, but were controlled by some powerful will, transforming into countless water-blue chains that coiled toward the three figures!

Tidal True Intent, Thousand Silk Bind!

This move was identical to the one Su Waner had used against him during the Inner Sect Minor Competition. But now, performed by Jiang Hanzhou, its power was more than ten times greater.

Those water-blue chains coiled with lightning speed; the three assassins didn't even have time to react before being tightly bound!

"Not good—!"

The leading assassin's face changed drastically as he desperately circulated the blood fiend qi within his body, trying to break free from the chains' restraint.

But as soon as he moved, he discovered in horror that the chains not only bound his body but also entangled his blood and qi, his True Intent, and every bit of power flowing within him!

Tidal True Intent, 30% Peak.

His control over the Water Element had already reached the Realm of "controlling water like one's own arm." Engaging Jiang Hanzhou at sea was like making an enemy of the entire ocean.

"Don't panic! Break free together!"

The three assassins shouted simultaneously, pushing the power within their bodies to the limit!

blood fiend qi surged wildly, clashing frantically with those water-blue chains! The chains vibrated violently, and fine cracks appeared on their surface.

But at that moment, an invisible blade light shot out from between Jiang Hanzhou's brows!

Divine Intent Heavenly Saber.

This time, he didn't strike at their Sea of Consciousness; he wanted to leave them alive.

The blade light struck the blood fiend qi surging wildly within the three of them.

The moment it hit, the three of them groaned simultaneously as the violent power within them was severed as if by an invisible blade, instantly dissipating!

The water-blue chains took the opportunity to tighten, binding the three of them firmly so they couldn't move.

Jiang Hanzhou stepped out from the darkness, slowly walking upon the sea surface.

His face was still that of the dark-faced old fisherman, but those cloudy eyes now shone with a cold and stern light.

"Who sent you?" His voice was raspy, yet carried an unquestionable power.

The leading assassin gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Jiang Hanzhou was in no hurry. He simply raised his right hand and gave a gentle squeeze.

The water-blue chains suddenly tightened!

Crack—!

The assassin's right arm was forcibly twisted off by the chains!

Blood gushed out, staining the sea red. The assassin let out a shrill scream, his face turning deathly pale in an instant.

"I'll talk! I'll talk!" another assassin shouted in terror. "It's Blood Shark Island! Bloodfang Old Monster put a bounty of a hundred thousand Spirit Stones on your life! We're just Loose Cultivators who took the bounty to try our luck—"

"Only the three of you?"

"No... more than that..." the assassin said tremblingly. "Blood Shark Island has set up informants at Star Continent Anchorage; at least six groups have taken the bounty! We're just the closest group... the others are all waiting over at Star Continent Anchorage..."

Jiang Hanzhou's brow twitched slightly.

"Star Continent Anchorage? Not the outskirts of Dragon Abyss Palace?"

"No... no..." The assassin shook his head. "Within a hundred miles of Dragon Abyss Palace, there are lingering effects of the Great Array of the Heavens and Stars, so Cultivators above the Dragon Fetus Realm don't dare to approach. Bloodfang Old Monster said... said you would definitely go to Star Continent Anchorage... because your subordinates are there... and... and the clues about the Ten Thousand Gu Sect you've been investigating..."

Jiang Hanzhou's pupils constricted slightly.

His subordinate, Jiang Tao.

The Prodigal Society.

And the clue to the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, that Black-Robed Person.

Bloodfang Old Monster was no fool. He knew Jiang Hanzhou wouldn't hide in Dragon Abyss Palace forever, and he knew Jiang Hanzhou would definitely go to Star Continent Anchorage. Because there, he had things he couldn't let go of.

"What else?" Jiang Hanzhou said coldly.

The assassin gritted his teeth and whispered, "Bloodfang Old Monster also said... said he has already allied with an Elder of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect to set a trap at Star Continent Anchorage. As soon as you step into Star Continent Anchorage, he'll... he'll make sure you never return."

Jiang Hanzhou silent for a moment.

Then, he raised his hand and gave a light wave.

Three invisible blade lights simultaneously struck the Sea of Consciousness of the three men, not to kill them, but to erase their memories of this battle.

The eyes of the three men instantly glazed over, and their bodies slumped onto the sea surface.

Jiang Hanzhou did not kill them.

It wasn't out of soft-heartedness, but because it was unnecessary. Three Loose Cultivators with erased memories were of no value to Blood Shark Island.

Keeping them alive would instead make Bloodfang Old Monster suspicious for a few more days—why did they fail?

Did they leak any information?

Where exactly did Jiang Hanzhou go?

These suspicions would delay Blood Shark Island's reaction time.

And he needed that time.