Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 497 - 467 Angel Envoy Attack 1

Chapter 497: 467 Angel Envoy Attack 1

Liu Shuying seemed to have carefully sensed my mana fluctuations, and a few seconds later, his expression became very surprised.

"Even I couldn’t detect any flaws at all... It’s like someone else’s mana fluctuations," he said. "In that case, as long as no other Void Envoys come out to expose you, your fake identity as a Void Envoy won’t be discovered.

"Not only that, unless it’s Xuanming and Xu Gou who expose you, you might even be able to reverse accuse them of being the fake Void Envoy and muddy the waters for a while.

"However... it seems you’ve used the Power of Divine Seal Fragments?"

He could actually see this point, and I didn’t make any attempt to cover it up, calmly admitting, "That’s right."

Neither possessing nor using the power of the Divine Seal Fragments is exclusive to Void Envoys. Ying Lingyun before me, and later Divine Light and Fa Zheng, all researched how to apply the Power of Divine Seal Fragments and demonstrated it in front of me.

Besides, although being exposed as a true Void Envoy might cause some trouble, I don’t particularly mind. If I were a weaker character, I might worry about being accused of being an enemy of Luo Mountain and facing an unjust trial after my identity is exposed, but my position has more room for maneuver. Even if I were to reveal the existence of both the Void Realm and the Master of Divine Seal, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Despite Xuanming discrediting the Master of Divine Seal through deceit, which triggered hostility from the Lushan Great Impermanences, his position made such moves effective. For me, things are much more convenient. In fact, the mere existence of the Master of Divine Seal is suspicious enough to draw significant attention from the Lushan Great Impermanences.

To be safe, I also altered my appearance, body size, and clothing a bit to look more like someone else.

Even though I knew there were no Divine Seal Fragments at the target location, I still said, "The work of raiding the branch base can only be handled by me alone, so you stay outside for now; on the other hand, if Divine Seal Fragments are found inside, they are mine."

"Alright, then I’ll standby outside," Liu Shuying nodded, "but since it involves Divine Seal Fragments, one can’t predict what might happen afterward. If anything unexpected occurs, I’ll intervene based on the situation."

"Fine."

Having said that, I turned and walked toward the direction of the branch base.

After about three or four hundred meters, I arrived at the building complex that looked like a prison. A massive, dark iron gate blocked the front, with two demon hunters dressed as guards stationed at the main entrance. They noticed my approach through the night and quickly hoisted their cold firearms, fixed with shoulder straps, issuing a stern warning: "Who goes there? This is a prison, no unauthorized people allowed near!"

It seems this branch base is indeed disguised as a prison facility. As for the firearms on these two demon hunters, they’re probably just for show. Not that they’re fake guns, or empty of bullets, but they likely don’t need such "mortal weapons." However, for any unauthorized people who might approach, the deterrence provided by firearms is far greater than that of the Evil Sword and its ilk.

I thought about killing these two guards first. I was about to raise my hand when I hesitated.

Because I suddenly remembered, though my appearance had been changed to look like someone else, using flames to destroy this branch base would inevitably arouse suspicion. Among those reaching the Great Impermanence Domain with Flame Ability, there are only Xuanming and myself. Even if the Taoyuan Village Master couldn’t imagine the enemy fully disguising their mana fluctuations, the flame would be an immediate clue to suspect me. This would render much of the disguise meaningless.

I need to think of another method...

"Can’t you understand human speech!" One of the guards’ voices now carried a murderous intent.

The other guard opened his gun’s safety, seemingly having lost all patience to shoot this "foolish mortal" right here.

As it turns out, this level of demon hunters apparently cannot sense my mana fluctuations.

Facing these two, I uttered just one word.

"Die."

As soon as the word fell, the two collapsed to the ground as if their bones had been extracted, eternally losing their breath and heartbeat. This was the Power of Word Spirit from the Great Impermanence, a decree of death. Unless one crossed the first threshold to become a Half-god and Half-human of Great Success Rank, anyone, be it mortal or demon hunter, whether one or thousands, could be indiscriminately given a death sentence in an instant.

Unfortunately, the branch base’s depths harbored one of Great Success Rank. In my perception, seemingly upon noticing the simultaneous disappearance of two demon hunters’ presence at the main gate, the one sitting in the director’s office sprang up like startled and pressed a button on the desk.

What decisiveness, had he sensed an extraordinary threat? Indeed, freaks are quite adept at sensing danger.

The entire branch base was blaring with piercing air raid sirens. All the demon hunters within the base ceased their activities in unison, picked up their weapons, and began moving.

I ought to find an attack method other than using the Power of Word Spirit and also figure out which individuals to keep alive for questioning. Certainly, the entire branch base leaking information to Taoyuan Village is unlikely, possibly only a few traitors are secretly active, or even just one person. Although I told Liu Shuying earlier that a few should be left alive, I hadn’t really decided on who to keep yet.

To start, I’ll leave that Great Success Rank alive since he harbors the seed of the heart from the Taoyuan Village Master, undoubtedly making him one of the traitors, possibly even the sole traitor. With someone at such a high status, the powers in Taoyuan Village likely wouldn’t need to develop other traitors here.

Better safe than sorry, I’ll retain a few more lives based on instinct. Despite relying on observation and intellect, I trusted my intuition as a Great Impermanence and Mazao’s bestowed "luck" more.

As for the attack method, while fists and feet could work if critical, the opportunity is rare, so I want to try other means too.

As I thought, orange-red light began to gather in my hand. Just like when I demonstrated it to Xiaoqiao, now I could not only control flames but light itself with ease. This ability isn’t limited to simple optical invisibility; it can be weaponized too.

The light converged into a point at my fingertip, I aimed my finger ahead, and a thin, orange-red beam shot out.

Some demon hunters were now in front of me, and several were pierced by this thin beam. The beam continued extending forward, traversing hundreds to thousands of kilometers. Because it didn’t align with the Earth’s curvature and my launch angle had a slight upward tilt, the beam quickly exited the atmosphere and entered outer space.

These people might most notice that my attack has a long range but likely fail to grasp just how extensive it truly is. With the twitch of my finger, the beam was like an endless sharp sword cutting through scores of hunters and neatly slicing the building complex behind them.

The lower-level managers and victims hidden within the complex were also exposed. I hadn’t planned to avoid collateral damage during the battle since I could sense those victims deeply desiring death, both physically battered and spiritually shattered with broken personalities beyond repair, they’ve lost all will to live.

But for those lower-level managers turned perpetrators, I didn’t mean to blame them either. It’s not that I have the moral standing to condemn others for wrongdoing; they didn’t choose this lifestyle but were swept into the tide, becoming such people to survive, rendering their personalities evil and depraved, with those uncorrupted likely executed by the Extraordinary Fanatics.

However, neither do I intend to specifically pick them out. I’ll just kill them all, as meticulously distinguishing between good and bad is too troublesome. I know there’s something wrong with this approach; Zhu Shi, if he were here, would probably agonize for half the day, but I’m simply not one to overthink these matters.

The same goes for those extreme Extraordinary Fanatic demon hunters. Directly killing them might suggest "punishing without teaching," but that’s for criticizing superiors who punish subordinates without first educating them. I have no interest in posturing as superior, nor the drive to preach. After all, I’m no saint, at most finding their actions distasteful and unworthy.

As for those victims, after thinking it over, I’ll spare them a bit longer to witness me destroy this place before collecting them all to burn afterward. If anyone claims not to want to die when the time comes, I’ll decide then. This approach should leave Zhu Shi and others with fewer objections if they see it.

Suddenly, a black figure blasted out from the shattered building complex at several times the speed of sound, a blue light condensed into a giant hammer in his hands, smashing toward my face.

The orange-red light formed a wall akin to a Force Field Shield in front of me, intercepting the attack.

My attacker was none other than that Great Success Rank.

He seems unaware of the gap in strength. If it were a legitimate Great Success Rank, they would likely gauge my power, then flee as far as possible. Perhaps he presumed he had a chance against me after judging I wasn’t any existing Great Impermanence based on my attack style.

"Who are you!" he bellowed.

"The third envoy of Void Realm, by the order of the Master of Divine Seal, seizing the Divine Seal Fragments here," I said.

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