King of Assassins - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Disguise

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Yun Qingshang and Gao Xuan were from the same batch of students, and they were really close to each other, so she had a good understanding of what Gao Xuan’s capabilities were.

Out of the forty-nine students who’d graduated, Gao Xuan’s battle capabilities ranked in the bottom ten.

So, in a battle to the death with Gao Xuan, she was confident that she could finish Gao Xuan off within ten moves.

Just now, Gao Xuan had moved his sword twelve times and taken seven steps within 0.2 seconds.

Even though Yun Qingshang was equipped with the Crimson Heart, she hadn’t been able to see Gao Xuan’s intricate movements clearly.

She’d also been unable to get a good look at the sword in his hands. All she remembered was the incredibly sharp and cold blood-colored glow that had come from it.

It was no wonder that Gao Xuan had managed to kill Xu Hui. Faced with such quick swordplay, there was no way he could’ve survived.

When did Gao Xuan become so terrifying?

As an assassin who’d passed Hell’s Training, Yun Qingshang knew just how terrifying the new Gao Xuan was. He could even be described as horrifying.

Gao Xuan charismatically twirled the God Slaying Sword in the air twice and then lowered his head slightly. His long fringe dropped down and obscured his sunglasses. He had the look of a melancholic swordsman. “So how did I look? Was I handsome?”

Without waiting for Yun Qingshang to respond, Gao Xuan continued, “You have to say what you really think. You can’t praise me just because I’m your friend. Be objective and fair. Judge me based on what I did just now.”

“Handsome.” Yun Qingshang thought for a moment before adding, “But I’d think you more handsome if you’d just shut your mouth.”

“Actually, my heart is cold and calm, and my mind is full of wisdom. However, my mouth doesn’t listen to my brain or say what’s on my heart. It’s extremely frustrating…”

Gao Xuan was really frustrated. The Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada was to blame for this.

His problem was he couldn’t explain it clearly.

But Yun Qingshang believed Gao Xuan’s explanation.

Gao Xuan had been an extremely talkative person ever since he was six years old. The entire base knew that he was a chatterbox.

Perhaps it was because he was such a chatterbox that people subconsciously overlooked him.

What threat could a chatterbox pose to them? Everyone subconsciously thought that way.

Yun Qingshang had thought the same until Gao Xuan had saved her life.

From then on, Yun Qingshang had realized just how powerful Gao Xuan really was.

Gao Xuan’s sinister thoughts, craftiness, and mercilessness were hidden behind his child-like, chatty exterior.

A seeming six-year-old child with the capability of scheming to harm someone was really terrifying.

Therefore, Yun Qingshang calmly accepted everything that had taken place before her just now when Gao Xuan had displayed his incredible sword technique.

“Vulture is about to die…”

“What do we do next?” Yun Qingshang asked Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan had told her to keep calm and not do anything reckless. In the end, he’d killed the entire group of guards, leaving Yun Qingshang somewhat speechless.

Vulture tightly clutched his throat with his undamaged left hand. However, he couldn’t stop the blood that was spewing from it.

However, his life force was still strong. He was still conscious despite all the blood he’d lost.

But the pain of suffocation had made his face turn a purple-black, and his small eyes were bulging. It looked like he wouldn’t last much longer.

The rest of the guards had already died.

Gao Xuan tapped on Vulture’s head with the base of his scabbard and said, “Study his appearance and copy him using the Crimson Heart. That shouldn’t be a problem for you, right?”

Yun Qingshang’s brow furrowed a little. Honestly, it wouldn’t be easy.

The Crimson Heart allowed her to shapeshift at will. However, just what form she’d end up in depended on her abilities.

Fortunately, Yun Qingshang had once learned the art of disguise and had gotten pretty good at it. She could quickly capture a person’s facial features and physique and imitate them.

It’d be even easier for her to disguise herself now that she had the Crimson Heart, which allowed her to transform freely.

Yun Qingshang looked at Vulture’s face as she continually adjusted her appearance with the Crimson Heart.

Vulture, who was on the brink of death, looked on helplessly as Yun Qingshang’s face slowly transformed to look like his, and his eyes filled with shock.

“Hey, clasp your throat more tightly. Your blood’s spraying all over the place…”

Gao Xuan squatted down beside Vulture and asked passionately, “Are you about to suffocate? Look at your ugly face, so purple and red. Your yellow eyeballs are about to burst out of their sockets.”

“Is it uncomfortable? I wanted to let you live a few minutes more, but you sought your own death. I had no choice but to kill you!”

Vulture couldn’t speak, but he heard Gao Xuan clearly. The pain of suffocation made him wish he were dead, and Gao Xuan’s words made him furious.

“The worst kind of suffering a human can experience is suffocation. This is a rare opportunity. You only get the chance to experience this once. Don’t waste it.”

Gao Xuan rattled on until Vulture couldn’t take it anymore.

A minute later, Vulture’s legs twitched as his last breath left his body

Gao Xuan sighed regrettably. “You took care of me all these years. I never had the chance to repay you for that. You died so peacefully. How can I stand that?”

He continuously prodded Vulture’s head with his scabbard. “Look at your ugly expression. Do you really feel so indignant? Also, you’re so ugly. You’re an eyesore even in death, do you know that…”

“Stop moving him around.”

Yun Qingshang was almost done copying the head, and Gao Xuan prodding Vulture’s head was making her a little dizzy.

“I’m giving you a good look at it from all angles.”

Gao Xuan pointed at Vulture’s pudgy neck and said, “Look at this line of warts here. You didn’t copy that. Also this shoulder. He’s left-handed, so his left shoulder is thicker…”

Gao Xuan nitpicked Yun Qingshang the entire while, while Yun Qingshang humbly accepted his input.

The two of them studied Vulture’s corpse for a good dozen minutes before Yun Qingshang finally looked exactly like Vulture.

But Yun Qingshang still wasn’t satisfied. She was still missing some of the finer details.

Gao Xuan said nonchalantly, “Zhou Lang only comes to the base once every several years. He doesn’t know Vulture that well, so he won’t notice the little things. All you have to do is fool the monitoring system and facial recognition systems.”

Gao Xuan talked while he stripped all the weapons off Vulture’s body and helped Yun Qingshang put them on one by one.

Yun Qingshang was a little worried. “I’ve never been to the Core Administrative Area. I’m afraid it’ll be hard to get in.”

“Don’t worry. For confidentiality reasons, the base uses low-level optical computers. The level of artificial intelligence here is very low. Administrative rights here are given through chips and passcodes.”

Gao Xuan pointed at the watch on Yun Qingshang’s wrist. “There’s an authorization chip inside, automatic recognition. You won’t have problems getting in.”

Because he’d been reborn, Gao Xuan knew the ins and outs of the base.

Gao Xuan said, “Let me clean up here first. Then we’ll go and meet Zhou Lang.”

He whipped out the God Slaying Sword and waved it through the air. Vulture’s corpse, as well as the corpses of the rest of the guards, turned into a ball of blood-colored light before being absorbed into the God Slaying Sword.

In just a few seconds, all that was left on the crass concrete floor was a pile of guns. The corpses and blood had all vanished.

The God Slaying Sword had regained a little of its power after absorbing Xu Hui’s flesh and blood, which made it easier for the sword to absorb the flesh and blood of the guards.

The God Slaying Sword had no use for items like clothes. However, to clean up the scene, Gao Xuan got the sword to absorb even the guards’ material belongings.

Even though this cost him more energy, it’d enable him to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Yun Qingshang was dazed. From the beginning, she’d felt that Gao Xuan’s sword was extremely evil, but its being able to convert flesh and blood into light was just a little too strange.

As an assassin who’d been trained for a long time, Yun Qingshang had a decent understanding of subjects like physics and chemistry.

Even though the Crimson Heart was extremely strange, she could roughly understand how the item operated. The God Slaying Sword completely flipped her understanding of science on its head.

Gao Xuan placed the sword back into its scabbard. He could clearly feel the excitement from the Demonic Murmurs.

The God Slaying Sword had gotten a little stronger again after absorbing Vulture and the rest of the guards.

If Xu Hui was considered one unit, then Vulture and the rest of the five guards made up about half a unit.

It was probably because the God Slaying Sword had been starved for such a long time that it became extremely excited whenever it got to absorb a little flesh and blood.

The God Slaying Sword was clearly agitated and wanted Gao Xuan to continue killing people.

Unfortunately, the Demonic Murmurs of the God Slaying Sword didn’t affect Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan retracted the God Slaying Sword into his left hand, then put a finger to his lips to signal to Yun Qingshang to keep quiet about this. “This is a demonic sword. Remember to keep it a secret for me.”

Yun Qingshang nodded. “I won’t tell anyone, even if I have to die,” she said seriously.

“You don’t have to be so serious. I won’t be able to keep it a secret for too long.”

He had to use the God Slaying Sword in battle, and there was no guarantee that he’d be able to kill everyone present when he used it. Gao Xuan could only hope to at least keep the sword a secret while it developed.

Gao Xuan didn’t say much more about the issue. He changed the topic and said, “We’ll go look for Zhou Lang now. You’ll say that you have something urgent to report, and Zhou Lang will meet us…”

Gao Xuan went through a few details with Yun Qingshang so that she had a basic understanding of what went on in the base to make sure she didn’t immediately give herself away.

The Core Administrative Area was its own area and had powerful security protocols. There were also a few tunnels that allowed people to flee for their lives.

If Zhou Lang sensed that something was off and fled before they got close, Gao Xuan wasn’t confident that he’d be able to stop Zhou Lang from escaping.

Zhou Lang was merely a minor pawn. It didn’t matter if he escaped or not. However, Zhou Lang would expose his identity, as well as Yun Qingshang’s, if he managed to escape.

Gao Xuan well knew just how terrifying the Blood Deity Association was. Compared to the massive entity that was the Blood Deity Association, the God Slaying Sword, at least in its current state, was nothing.

Only after the God Slaying Sword reached its full potential would he have the right to contest the Blood Deity Association.

Gao Xuan didn’t explain just how powerful the Blood Deity Association was to Yun Qingshang. Knowing would only be a burden to her.

As long as they managed to get into the Core Administrative Area and meet Zhou Yuan, he’d be able to wrap up the animosity he had with the base and find another place to begin life anew, slowly gather his strength, and wait for an opportunity.

With Yun Qingshang in the back disguised as Vulture and Gao Xuan in the front, the two of them entered the elevator.

After Yun Qingshang swiped her smartwatch, the two of them took the elevator to the third floor.

The two of them came before a security gate. The guard that was in charge of the area’s security glanced at Vulture, then opened the safety gate.

There hadn’t been an incident at the base in over a dozen years, so the guards had long since let their guard down.

The Core Administrative Area was unusually clean. It had a modern style with silver glass for walls. Even the lights in the area were hidden and had smart functions.

Compared to this place, the training base that was dozens of floors underground was like a dog’s den.

In front, Gao Xuan silently led the way and brought Yun Qingshang all the way to the door of Zhou Lang’s office.

The door was made up of a smooth alloy. It was visibly thick and heavy, and two armed robots were standing outside it.

The robots were made of a silver alloy and had a shiny covering. They each held a shotgun, Exploding Thunder Model Three, in their arms. The Exploding Thunder Model Three had incredible power in its barrel.

The bullets of this shotgun could release several hundred steel beads that could easily penetrate human flesh. It had terrifying power and a wide range. It was the nemesis of any kind of flashy battle strategy.

Gao Xuan lowered his head and didn’t say anything. He also didn’t dare to give Yun Qingshang any hand signals. He could sense the many security cameras in the area observing him and Yun Qingshang from every direction.

They couldn’t move recklessly at this moment.

Fortunately, Yun Qingshang was very calm. She walked forward and spoke to the armed robot in Vulture’s voice. “Sir Zhou, I have something urgent to report…”

Gao Xuan believed that the Crimson Heart’s strong copying capabilities were enough to fool the voice recognition software.

The armed robots’ communication device was in Zhou Lang’s hand. However, Zhou Lang, who was in the office, remained silent.

Yun Qingshang couldn’t help but feel nervous when she didn’t get an answer. Was it possible that Zhou Lang had noticed something?