Serial Player
Chapter 959 - 613: Suspicion

Chapter 959: Chapter 613: Suspicion

With the decryption of intelligence, the events of the past were gradually deduced.

In Li Changhe’s history, Li Kun and others were unable to break through the deduction of the Book of Heaven. They would discover the whereabouts of the Japanese Transcendents only one day from now.

By that time, the ships carrying the Divine Corpse might have already reached the mouth of the sea.

Then, disciples from various sects, seeking to hone their skills, pursued the Japanese Transcendents on the sea. Perhaps they indeed successfully rounded up these presumptuous individuals, but they also disturbed the Divine Corpse, or rather, the Three Corpses God.

This Three Corpses God, which occupied the body of a Celestial, instantly afflicted a great number of disciples. Even among the Thirteen Heroes, some were affected, their own Three Corpses went out of control, leading to Demonic Possession.

Especially as the location was on the river or sea, there was no quick escape. A moment’s delay meant total defeat.

This wave of conflict resulted in heavy losses for the association.

In the time that followed, the survivors likely discovered that the Three Corpses God on the River Dragon Vein was extremely difficult to deal with, so they used various means to grapple with it. At the same time, their companions kept dwindling due to the Three Corpses God’s schemes.

After all, from the sounds captured by the listening devices, the Three Corpses God possessed means to control others’ Three Corpses. For example, subtly taking control of a disciple and having him act no differently from before.

Infiltrating the team, sabotaging in secret, stirring up others’ Three Corpses, or directly attacking teammates. Thus, achieving the purpose of disintegrating the team from within.

At present, only the Daoist method of ’Opening the Heavenly Eye’ seemed able to perceive the Extraordinary Cause and Effect appearing on others.

Even Earth Level Extraordinary individuals could only sense the change in others’ causality and were unable to directly observe it.

But if the Daoist sect suffered too greatly, or even... all had been affected,

there might be no means left within the team to discern the truth.

In an environment where it was unknown whether those around them were friend or foe, non-combat reductions in the team’s numbers were bound to occur.

After these two clashes, the association’s team had figured out the abilities of the Three Corpses God and began a lengthy contest.

Until at last, they succeeded in killing or sealing the Three Corpses God. After all, twenty-one years later inside Yanyun, not a trace of the Three Corpses God was to be found.

"It seems that back then, the association did manage to eliminate the Three Corpses God. Otherwise, with such a wide coverage of the disaster fog, no signs of the Three Corpses God emerged," lamented the Pond Master: "With mere mortal flesh, they did away with a Divine Existence. In the era before the Evolution Game appeared, that act was truly heroic."

This was indeed heroic, whether it was sealing or killing.

They blocked the Three Corpses God with their lives at the cost of the Thirteen Heroes and a large number of disciples perishing, nearly causing the association’s downfall afterward and allowing the Tianyan Association to recover and thrive.

"If the Three Corpses God was sealed and revived in the disaster fog... Back then, with so many human players’ eyes ablaze searching for the Terror Devil, they probably would’ve crushed it outright. And now it’s a bit troublesome since our powers have been sealed," Qiu Wentian asked, "Archer, what are your thoughts?"

"Let’s think positively first, the good news is that the intelligence we’ve brought forward at least helped us avoid many dangers," Li Changhe told Li Kun, "Your decision to send a large number of disciples back, Senior, has made the situation clearer. It has at least prevented an overly complicated environment. After all, with so many people before, if even a few were to be possessed by the Three Corpses, it would bring unimaginable problems."

The Pond Master chimed in, "Exactly, this is our advantage in intelligence. In fact, we’ve already gained the upper hand. Now that we know the enemy is the Three Corpses God and can harness the power of the Dragon Vein, having fewer numbers makes it easier for us to discern. At the same time, we’ve kept the Three Corpses God away from the Dragon Vein, and that’s our advantage. The previous losses suffered by the association were due to an unforeseen encounter with a Three Corpses God as mighty as a Celestial. But if we make preparations now, we won’t be overly passive. We must act quickly to deal with them, aiming to kill or seal it within five days!"

"Five days?" Li Kun frowned, "Looking at the history from your era, we struggled with the Three Corpses God for over a year. Why such a rush?"

"We only have a total of seven days to spend in this era," explained Li Changhe, "It’s already the second night now. We have five more days. Within these five days, whether we’re able to kill or seal the Three Corpses God or not, we’ll be forcibly transferred. So, while the four of us with fighting strength are still here, we must resolve the issue with the Three Corpses God as quickly as possible."

Now that they knew their enemy was the Three Corpses God.

The task of Li Changhe and the others had become: to reseal/kill the Three Corpses God.

Yet, the duration of the task had not been extended at all.

"Only five days..." Li Kun furrowed his brows.

The four of them were not weak. Although they had not reached the Earth Level, their attributes were not inferior to that level, even exceeding it. Each one was a top-notch expert, particularly the Heretic Transcendent Li Changhe, whose Black Mud Divinity was a true Celestial tactic.

Originally, having these four masters to assist would have greatly reduced the pressure on Li Kun. But now, they were extremely short on time.

"First, we need to ensure that none of us has been taken over by the Three Corpses. I certainly don’t want to get stabbed in the back," Li Changhe pointed towards the outside of the house, "We four have our own methods to be sure, but as for the Association’s Transcendents, we will need to rely on you to screen them."

Soon, Pan Ke, Wine Immortal, Master Kongchan, and Jiang Shenchui also arrived at the old temple gathering point.

Since the convoy had not reached the planned destination, they set up many formations and traps in the woods, with the convoy at the center, planning to first delay the steps of the Three Corpses God.

Actually, the three Earth Level Transcendents did not trust Li Changhe’s group. After all, the four had an unclear origin and peculiar strength.

But out of respect for the authority and character of the Association leader Li Kun,

they reluctantly chose to trust and dismissed their own disciples to join in what was called a life-and-death catastrophe.

"So, just where did these four come from?" The three Earth Level Transcendents discussed covertly, even suspecting the Tianyan Association, yet they couldn’t make sense of it.

The Ghost Hand and the mute girl felt the same way.

They also held a suspicious attitude towards the Li Changhe group.

However, Ghost Hand and the mute girl had seen Li Changhe go for revenge, so they could somewhat see that Li Changhe at least had no malice towards the Association. And there was this vague... strange feeling.

"That’s why I suspect, Brother Li Ba... it’s very possible that he’s the grandson of Li Kun," Ghost Hand declared confidently, "Look, he has the surname Li! And he’s whispering in rooms!"

"Get lost! Our master has long since moved past the emotional stage, and he has no offspring!" one of the second-generation disciples retorted, "Besides, there are plenty of people with the surname Li! Start by explaining when you learned sign language!"

"I’m naturally intelligent, isn’t sign language something you learn as soon as you study it?" Ghost Hand huffed. He completely avoided mentioning that he had learned sign language when he was younger.

"And what did you learn sign language for, eh?" the second-generation disciple pressed, "Don’t you have some inappropriate thoughts about our junior sister!"

Ghost Hand spread his hands, "What are you joking about..."

The second-generation disciples relaxed internally; they had been worried that Ghost Hand, the rake, had set his sights on their junior sister. Hearing Ghost Hand’s denial, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Their precious junior sister was gentle and amiable; she couldn’t be tricked away by the likes of Ghost Hand.

However, the next second, they heard Ghost Hand cheekily shout, "Isn’t it obvious? Big uncle!"

The second-generation disciples blew up in collective rage.

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