Above all spirits

Chapter 478 The Rat in the Dark

Standing in the air, Gu Yun quickly located the position of the death aura.

But he glanced at his own legs with a strange look, then his eyes swept over the direction in which the silver-haired woman had been kicked away.

'What's wrong? ’

Werner was undoubtedly the first to notice the abnormality in Gu Yun's words and actions.

'Regret it?'

'In the instant you kicked me away, I saw that this silver-haired demon was indeed quite good-looking, so I could understand you.'

Gu Yun took a step forward, somewhat speechless.

This step was not like walking in the air, but rather like firmly stepping onto the ground.

Just for a moment.

The position change is complete.

They arrived at the location where the death aura had been locked just moments before.

Although this is nothing to brag about, even most demons of the Demon General rank can do it.

But the difference is.

Throughout the entire process, Gu Yun did not reveal any fluctuations of soul essence or magic power.

Simply in terms of pure speed.

He has an air of superiority and is incredibly handsome.

This eliminated a large number of them; they had to be at least peak-level Demon Generals who had mastered Domain Power.

then.

Gu Yun said while absorbing the death energy.

"No, it's just a little strange."

'What's wrong? ’

“That silver-haired demon… is a bit unreal. My power: Assimilation doesn’t have her data recorded. Whenever I have the chance to come into contact with her, I habitually use my power: Assimilation, unless I’ve already used another power.”

'You mean the power: assimilation has failed?'

Gu Yun nodded with a frown.

'Actually, I know that the power of assimilation will eventually become ineffective. After all, it requires scanning the other party before it can input data. If the other party consciously shuts off all interaction with the outside world, theoretically I cannot scan them.'

'I just didn't expect this day to come so soon, but it's still strange. Logically speaking, unless someone knew about my ability beforehand, even a lord or demon king wouldn't necessarily take such precautions. The essence of Assimilation is to travel and record the other party's "body" at extremely high speed and in extremely small amounts of soul matter, while the entire upper realm's air already contains extremely small amounts of soul matter.'

Therefore, whether it's living beings or barriers, the upper realm can hardly resist soul matter. If soul matter is not utilized and released in the form of power, it is almost harmless or even beneficial, just like how oxygen is essential for the human body, but ozone is toxic—it's a similar principle.

'Not to mention, the other party is still on their way to escape pursuit; how could they possibly shut down all interactive functions?'

Werner somewhat understood Gu Yun's doubts.

"So that's why you said it's unreal? But that's impossible. Could it be because she possesses some special magical treasure that's blocking your power? After all, any one of those Chaos Magical Treasures could make the Demon King tremble."

"That's the only way to think about it. Do you think it might be a Chaos Treasure?"

When the topic of Chaos Treasures came up, Gu Yun was no longer sleepy.

He wasn't interested in female demons, but that didn't mean he wasn't interested in Chaos Treasures.

There's probably no one in the entire Upper Realm who isn't interested in Chaos Treasures, unless they have no idea what Chaos Treasures are at all.

"Well, I was just saying that casually. The entire Three Realms are so vast; you'd be lucky to find even one and a half items."

"Let's see. Just in time, what if it actually comes out? If it does, I'm not staying in the Extreme Emperor Demon Realm anymore. A Chaos Spiritual Treasure is enough to overturn all my plans."

Having recognized the power of the Chaos Treasure, Gu Yun made up his mind without hesitation.

This is an officially recognized cheat code from around the world.

Working a regular job is nothing compared to the thrill of cheating.

Plans have changed!

However, Gu Yun only briefly considered what Werner had said.

A purple flame pattern flashed across Gu Yun's pupils.

He didn't detect any fluctuations in the rules from this silver-haired woman.

Unless it's locked up like mine.

But locking it is quite difficult.

At the very least, one must be able to actively use this magical treasure while simultaneously using the talent of the lower realm spirit race to hide in the spiritual world.

however.

Gu Yun may have wanted to enjoy the show, but he lacked the environment to do so.

Noticing the slight movement of the tree shadows behind him, Gu Yun suddenly shifted his body to the side.

A streak of azure light brushed past his nose, seemingly about to slice through everything, instantly severing a large patch of forest shadows and letting in a slightly blinding ray of light.

The blade's edge shot straight into the sky, and wherever it passed, a chilling aura emanated, and frost covered everything.

Somewhat strange.

Despite the immense power of the blade's aura, Gu Yun couldn't sense any approaching force.

"Is he skilled in assassination?"

Gu Yun squinted, sensing the lingering power of the blade's edge and the countless frosted branches and leaves on both sides.

"Ice element..."

"Ah."

Seemingly recalling unpleasant memories, a sinister glint flashed in the corner of Gu Yun's eye.

He then swung the scythe in a circle with his right hand, and black death energy slowly crept up the blade from his palm.

It feels like Darius has activated his second skill.

The Demon Emperor's Will—'Demon Power'!

Purple flames suddenly flickered in Gu Yun's blood-red pupils.

Although the 'Demon Might' debuff that reduces all attributes requires visual observation to take effect, the intimidating effect on enemies after activating 'Demon Might' does not require such observation. Furthermore, the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Will, after the first transformation of the Bright Realm, can detect and absorb the negative emotions generated by living beings.

By combining these two abilities, Gu Yun can be seen as a form of indirect detection.

Unless it is a being of a higher rank than oneself, this kind of intimidation cannot be suppressed by actively like other spontaneous negative emotions.

Even if the deterrent effect may only last for a moment.

For Gu Yun.

That's enough.

"Found you."

"A rat in the dark."

Gu Yun grinned and sneered. The next moment, his figure disappeared from the spot, and the purple flames in his pupils drew two faint arcs as he moved at high speed.

"when--!"

The black scythe and the azure longsword clashed instantly.

"Oh?"

Gu Yun looked at the woman in black with bulging jaw muscles, who was desperately holding a knife to block his scythe with both hands, with some surprise.

"They actually realized it."

Her face was covered with blue and white scales, and a pair of ice-blue pupils stared at her in terror.

They seemed completely unable to understand how Gu Yun had approached them.

She seems quite confident in her methods of concealment.

Unfortunately, Gu Yun will never reply to her about this.

In Gu Yun's plan.

The battle is about to end.

The struggle between armies is only temporary.

There are demon generals who can rival Gu Yun in terms of physical strength.

But she wasn't one of them.

He was just an assassin who only dared to ambush from the shadows.

As the golden magic power surrounding Gu Yun gradually turned purple.

This also indicates that the stalemate is about to end.

The blue-eyed woman's lips turned white instantly, her arm almost dislocated, her whole body bent and trembling, and she slammed one knee heavily into the ground, creating a crater and causing countless cracks.

The scythe, gleaming with black light, was almost touching her neck. The deathly aura emanating from the blade pressed down on the blue-eyed woman's nerves, making her feel like she was suffocating.

"Hurry up..."

"Take action!"