All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes-Chapter 771 - 112 Dark Hand (Short - , Unfinished)

The unrest in the city was quickly quelled.

An Jing and Bai Luo patrol around Red Tower City, some of them kneel on the spot and their lives are spared, taken into custody by the martial artists of the Bright Mirror Sect.

However, those who sided with the traitors and tried to escape were struck down mid-air by An Jing’s sword.

In Kanming City, when he encountered a battle with the Divine Repository and Martial Meridian attacked, An Jing had to choose between escaping or using the power gifted by his elders to confront the enemy, requiring many stratagems to survive.

In Linjiang City, facing the same Divine Repository and Martial Meridian leading armies to invade, he could already fight them head-on while ensuring no considerable losses despite needing citizens to seek refuge.

But now, in Red Tower City, An Jing’s mere presence made all enemies retreat.

As for the attacking Divine Repository and Martial Meridian? Hah, some died, some fled.

As An Jing’s strength grew, the enemies he needed to use his wits against in the past had turned into stray dogs he could easily kill with a flick of his wrist.

"I don’t quite remember which Heavenly Mechanism Sect master Master Mingguang Dust belonged to... Did he hide himself this deeply?"

Bai Luo, noticing the uniquely styled sword box in An Jing’s hands that didn’t fit the aesthetic of the Huai Xu Realm, couldn’t figure out that ’this thing came from the Otherworld’ and simply attributed it to Master Mingguang Dust’s eccentric taste: "Can’t deny, it is quite stylish. I wonder if I could buy two from Brother An..."

Of course, An Jing could see that Bai Luo was interested in his sword box—who wouldn’t be attracted to such a grand and stylish sniper sword box? After all, he had plenty of sword boxes to share, he could gift a couple to him.

As an elite disciple, Bai Luo was quite familiar with Master Mingguang Dust and reported his duties to him frequently as the city lord in the southwest region.

For Mingguang Dust’s only disciple, Bai Luo naturally felt close: "Brother An, the situation in the city has settled, but there are bound to be some hidden traitors, what’s your plan?"

Red Tower City had been deeply infiltrated by various factions, and An Jing’s swift actions had exposed most of the obvious traitors and spies, their conclusions were either surrender or death.

Currently in Red Tower City, it is impossible to have traitors. But no traitors is unlikely.

On the surface, naturally, everyone appears loyal, but who knows if there aren’t deeply hidden spies remaining.

"Ignore them."

An Jing said. To ensure everyone’s loyalty itself is an impossible task, everyone has their reasons for loyalty and betrayal, especially the Shangxuan Sect, the strongest Heavenly Ancestor in this world. It was too easy for them to incite rebellion, they could achieve it simply by their name.

Since that’s the case, better not to bother.

"Whatever the enemy plans to do, we just do the opposite. As long as the enemy doesn’t succeed, feels disgusted, and wants to curse, that’s our victory."

To the somewhat confused Bai Luo, An Jing explained: "Heavenly Demon wants to kill me and take the Evil Suppressing Sword, so I will kill them."

"The Taiming Sect wants to test my bottom line, so I’d rather wait for my grandmaster to save me than let them succeed."

"The Shangxuan Sect is the same. They plan to strike at my master and sect, making the Sky Tunnel Silver their point of entry—so we’ll go see what they’ve tampered there."

"Brother An, you’re wise!"

Bai Luo agreed, so they headed to the downed airship.

The wrecked airship lay in the commercial district of Red Tower City, which was already vacated, causing no casualties.

An Jing didn’t destroy the airship, just its power system. Damaging only a part would cause a grand explosion, but An Jing obliterated the entire system, making it stay intact.

Even if the Shangxuan Sect tampered with it, ultimately, it’s a resource for Mingguang Dust, and An Jing wouldn’t give it up easily.

Approaching the unique storage Magic Artifact, An Jing asked Subdue Evil: "Generally, for materials like this Great Void, the Shangxuan Sect can’t do much more than set incorrect transmission coordinates, or make the material a portal for them, using it as a coordinate to teleport and assault us, right?"

"Indeed."

Subdue Evil affirmed An Jing’s speculation. Using An Jing’s eyes as a source to activate his Sword Eyes, he observed the storage Magic Artifact and laughed: "Look, the Sky Tunnel Silver seems fine, but its base spiritual patterns already contain a special Great Void formation pattern... It enhances the transmission capacity of the Sky Tunnel Silver and its pinpoint accuracy but makes it ’non-private’, controllable by certain frequency arrays."

"Simply put, it’s already reshaped by the Shangxuan Sect—they can control any artifact or array made from this Sky Tunnel Silver, and even... its mere existence serves as a medium for their techniques."

"Without me, my advice would be to discard such tampered spiritual objects, as they’re tainted and unusable."

"Heh." An Jing chuckled at this, revealing his relaxed true self: "With you, what’s your advice?"

"Heh." Coincidentally, Subdue Evil had the same personality, grinning back: "I might falter in other areas, but when it comes to the Path of Void, they can’t match me—I can layer subtle counter-manipulations over their dark hand, seamlessly reversing any attempts on their side."

"If the Shangxuan Sect tries to use the spiritual artifacts or arrays made from this material to transport, I can make them vanish into the endless void!"

"Good, good indeed!"

An Jing completely trusted Subdue Evil in this regard, while Bai Luo, unaware of this exchange, only saw An Jing smirk in amusement: "This time, we’ll make sure those meddling Zhongzhou people take a heavy loss!"

Turning to Bai Luo, An Jing said: "Brother Bai, please continue to maintain stability in the city and communicate with our sect, telling them I will soon escort the prisoners and traitors from this battle, along with the Sky Tunnel Silver, back to the sect."

"As for now, I need to undo the Shangxuan Sect’s manipulations on this spiritual object, and I need you to protect me!"

Though unsure what methods An Jing had to unravel the Shangxuan Sect’s machinations, Bai Luo fully trusted him and solemnly saluted: "I will protect you with all my might, Brother An!"

"By the way," An Jing suddenly remembered, "Brother Bai, don’t forget to spread the word of this battle—especially highlight the fact that the Shangxuan Sect intervened. Don’t hold back, publicize it, especially to the Great Chen Dynasty!"

"I refuse to believe that as the Heavenly Ancestor, faced with the Shangxuan Sect’s meddling in the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, the Great Chen Dynasty can sit idle!"

Bai Luo took the hint: "I’ll ensure the task is accomplished!"

Thus, a few days passed.

While An Jing was preparing to overhaul the manipulations on the Sky Tunnel Silver, the news of the Jiuli Commanding General fighting five factions in Red Tower City and defeating powerful figures, including the Shangxuan Sect swordsmen, spread throughout the northern region of the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent.

"What’s the Shangxuan Sect up to now!"

Inside the Great Chen Imperial Court, an angry voice slapped the table: "This An Jing is from North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, he’s our Great Chen talent. How dare they meddle from another continent?"

"Tell our envoy to inform the Shangxuan Sect. If they don’t cease and apologize, they’ll face our retaliatory measures!"

Just as An Jing predicted, the Bright Mirror Sect warned, but the Great Chen reacted first.

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