5: Shadow life, the messenger of violent justice!
Moreover, and most importantly, it will be possible to fuse with a Shadow Person to disguise the attributes of the Violent Justice messenger, thereby concealing the Shadow System.
A perfect plan!
【The Shadow Person has fused with the Profession Card · Violent Justice Messenger, and is currently transforming into a Violent Justice Messenger (Shadow-Type Life)】
【Violent Justice Messenger (Shadow-Type Life) possesses a professional System, can advance, Cultivate skills, etc.】
Tang Gao's eyes widened: “Holy crap!”
Isn't this equivalent to transforming a Shadow Person into a Cultivator?
This Profession Card is very powerful!
The Shadow Person has transformed into a Shadow-Type Life… Is this really a Profession Card, and not a Life Creation Card?
Tang Gao hurriedly summoned the Violent Justice Messenger · Shadow-Type Life.
A black berserker with blood-red eyes, clad in terrifying black full body armor, wielding a battle saber and shield, and radiating Justice Evil Qi, stepped out from the shadows in the center of the bedroom, and knelt devoutly before Tang Gao.
This was a figure radiating a sense of reliable power, with a rugged helmet, sharp spikes on the shoulder pads, and extremely thick and robust armor; all the components combined unexpectedly to exude a style akin to a formal Cultivator guardian, but the bloody ramming horn design in the details made him appear very violent.
Tang Gao's mouth hung open, shocked by the extent of the Shadow Person's transformation.
He hurriedly checked the Violent Justice Messenger's attributes; he was already of the Zhanqi System, and he used Justice Qi, which was a superior attribute within the Qi System.
Very strong, very violent; if he was unleashed, he could fight ten!
Tang Gao, having acquired such a great general, was so happy that his mouth stretched to his ears, and he hurriedly opened the System: “I must arrange a three-star mission!”
The mission list popped up, and he found that the three-star mission bar was empty, with only a countdown of 23 hours, 54 minutes, and 47 seconds.
Tang Gao's mouth twitched slightly, not expecting a cooldown period; he could only scroll down to the four-star missions.
【Four-star Mission: Kill a Second-Tier Hidden Fox】
Hidden Fox, a mid-to-high-ranking fox in the fox clan, possesses extremely strong concealment abilities; one cannot detect it unless they are one or two tiers higher. Even if detected, one might not be able to catch it.
Even if caught, one might not be able to defeat it.
The difficulty was ridiculously high.
Goodbye, excuse me, I apologize, let's change it.
Tang Gao looked at the five-star missions.
【Five-star Mission: Challenge the local guardian team and leave alive】
Tang Gao decisively blocked all missions above three stars; these were not things a person could accomplish, even with unlimited attempts, they were simply impossible.
Killing a First-Tier Middle Stage Battle Qi explosive Cultivator had tormented him for so long.
To challenge the city's guardian team and leave alive… Are you kidding me?
【One-star Dungeon: Beat up ordinary criminals】
【Two-star Dungeon: Kill evil monsters, and deal with pollution according to the guidance】
Tang Gao sighed and could only click on the one-star and two-star dungeons, adding them to the automatic AFK queue: “Even mosquito legs are meat…”
After completing the three-star mission, looking at the one-star and two-star missions felt tasteless, yet too good to discard.
But they were meat after all, so he couldn't just let them go.
Once these two missions were completed, he would let the Violent Justice Messenger train himself.
No big deal, just another wave tomorrow night.
The Violent Justice Messenger's strength had significantly improved, making it very easy to solve one-star and two-star missions.
Tang Gao was even too lazy to project his consciousness, merely observing and empowering; he felt the difficulty plummet, and it was only a matter of time before the Violent Justice Messenger achieved a perfect rating by acting automatically.
“Forget it, forget it, one shouldn't be so greedy. Get some rest early, I have class tomorrow.”
Tang Gao tidied up, went straight to bed, used observation and empowerment to gather information, and then used consciousness projection to quickly get a perfect rating.
“Hmph, it’s a piece of cake!”
…
A self-surrender call shattered the peace of Liang City. Liang City’s guardian teams were dispatched urgently, striking at light speed, driving battle chariots empowered by Cultivators, and arrived at Tiesha Village in less than 20 minutes.
This village, due to the rapid development of Liang City in recent years, had entered a semi-abandoned state, with only elderly people and some children remaining. Half of the rural courtyards were vacant, and the signs of life were much fewer than in the past.
The arrival of the guardians broke the tranquility here, attracting the attention of the entire village.
After the guardians dismounted, they quickly surrounded the farmhouse where the cell phone signal originated. Mortal snipers set up their rifles, and assault Cultivators formed a formation, directly smashing through the courtyard gate and rushing in, shouting:
“Zhao Cheng! You are surrounded! Give up… He’s dead?”
The guardians rushed in and saw the body lying on the ground, and a head rolled under the grape arbor.
On the face of the head, fear, despair, pain, madness… and a desire as if actively seeking death, were frozen in place.
“Hiss… What the hell is going on?”
The bizarre scene sent shivers down the spines of the guardians present.
In the still slightly warm pool of blood, the screen of the phone, which had been on a call, remained lit.
A pair of rough hands, wearing gloves, reached into the blood, picked up the lit phone screen, and hung up the call.
The blood-stained phone screen reflected a rugged, square-shaped face. His eyes were filled with solemnity and seriousness.
“Zhao Cheng has been caught, but things have become complicated.”
“General Liu, what’s wrong?”
General Liu glanced at the wound on the headless body, narrowed his eyes slightly, and did not immediately define the nature of the incident.
Zhao Cheng’s case was extremely heinous. In the past six months, Liang City’s official investigation organization had faced increasing pressure, even sending high-tier Cultivators to assist in stabilizing the situation, yet they still failed to catch this slippery criminal, and it was almost becoming a cold case.
General Liu, a Sixth-Tier Cultivator and the highest-ranking person in charge of this case, happened to hear the phone report and thus also came to Tiesha Village.
General Liu clicked to play a video on the phone’s desktop.
Zhao Cheng knelt on the ground, his expression filled with despair, fear, pain, and a craving for death… He confessed his sins, having been trapped in an illusion and killed hundreds of times, until the other party spoke of calling the police. After the call was made, he was instantly beheaded by an electric saw.
The video ended there.
The voice was clearly modified, and the only evidence was the snow-white electric saw.
“…This is deliberate torture to death.”
Being trapped in a high-tier illusion and tortured to death hundreds of times—this was arguably the cruelest punishment in the world.
General Liu pondered slightly: “What are the family backgrounds of the victims?”
“Ordinary families, no special background, all are Mortals. General Liu, do you think this is someone hired by the victims’ families?”
There was a possibility, and it wasn’t low.
General Liu stood still and looked around, his eyes fixed on the area under the grape arbor, where he seemed to still perceive faint residual Shadow Qi fluctuations.
It was very subtle; if he hadn’t come here himself, probably no one would have noticed this slightest Shadow fluctuation.
“Establish the highest-level investigation team to investigate Shadow System Cultivators who have appeared in Liang City in recent years.”
“Understood, General Liu. But… General Liu, why?”
The case had reached this point, what was the purpose of establishing the highest-level investigation team?
General Liu’s expression was solemn: “Because there were no illusion fluctuations here.”
There were faint residual Shadow fluctuations, but no illusion fluctuations whatsoever.
Zhao Cheng was not trapped in a high-tier illusion.
Instead, he was tormented to death in a far more terrifying, more concealed, and more powerful… even a Spell that he himself couldn't perceive.
Stronger than Sixth-Tier, higher, and undetectable… General Liu couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Heh… This Zhao Cheng is quite lucky.”
Just how lucky must Zhao Cheng be to provoke such a powerful being and be killed by such a powerful Spell.