Chapter 66: The Assassin Shura

  The sky had already darkened, but Gallo was wide awake, for the book in her hand was just too good. This borrowed "Material Existence" was truly amazing, with its comprehensive records of numerous items and detailed explanations of their properties, which left her extremely satisfied.

  "Tianliu Shi, water attribute, is a rare gemstone, generally excavated as an accessory product of blue sapphire mine. Due to its rich water element and special blue light, it exists as a high-end product. However, due to its rarity, it is usually collected by nobles or high-level magicians."

  "Nine-colored Snake Core, as one of the highest-grade magic cores, is second only to super-high-grade magic cores such as Dragon Crystal. However, its production location is limited to only one place, which is the Nine-headed Magic Snake in the Endless Swamp. The Nine-headed Magic Snake has immense power and is extremely difficult to kill due to its special survival method. To a certain extent, the Nine-colored Snake Core is even more difficult to find than Dragon Crystal. However, the Nine-colored Snake Core possesses special nine-attribute effect abilities, making it a super-high-grade material that can hold a large amount of magical elements. It can even be used as a rare neutralizing agent and has always been in high demand."

  Jia Luo didn't realize until his eyes felt sour that the sky had already completely darkened, and he had been reading for over five hours. The moon was already halfway up in the sky. He put down the book, picked up the notes he had copied on one side, took a close look, and then put them away.

  "Hmm, it seems that the quality of some materials might be even better than those on Earth. Temporarily estimating, I'll need these materials: Tianliu Stone, Flame Jade, Bright Treasure Diamond, Wind and Rock Crystal, and ideally, a Nine-Colored Snake Core as a neutralizer. Additionally, I'll need a fluid substance to serve as a connecting medium... Let me see, water, fire, light, wind, and other elemental bodies... Ugh, it's going to be expensive! I feel like I'm deeply in debt.

  Putting down the book, Galo let out a sigh "Forget it, it's better if I collect them myself. Besides... Hmm, it's so late, are there still guests?" Galo suddenly sensed a faint aura, an extremely weak aura that would have gone unnoticed if it weren't for the quiet of the night."

  "...killing intent." Gallo stood up "Looks like it's coming for me."

  My name is Shura, I am a person without past or future. I was born with loneliness and lost all my relatives at birth, so I had to survive alone. I don't even know why I exist. To stay alive, I have endured all kinds of hardships and suffered all sorts of injuries. Countless times, I saw myself standing in front of the gates of hell, but only one thought remained: I want to know why I am suffering like this.

  After surviving for fifteen years, I gained a glimmer of hope and was taken in by someone who taught me martial arts. However, my master passed away after only three years, but had already made me understand many things. Later, I joined an adventure party, and life seemed to be stabilizing.

  But it was all just a fantasy, in one special mission, we were ambushed, my companion and I were seriously injured, later we were surrounded by the enemy, who wanted to kill us all, I watched as my companions died one by one, I was angry, I was sad, at that moment, I suddenly understood something, when I came to, what I saw was countless corpses.

  After that, I finally understood why. As a half-human, half-demon hybrid, my bloodline had been dormant for over a dozen generations before being passed down, resulting in its power being extremely unstable. It would only appear when my emotions were in extreme turmoil, and once it did, I would lose all rationality, with only thoughts of slaughter and bloodshed remaining in my mind. Upon realizing this, I became consumed by fear, so from that point on, I began to abandon my humanity, abandon my companions, and survive alone, thus becoming an assassin.

  Today I received another task, a noble lady, asking me to kill a girl. This kind of assassination mission is not my first time, it can be said that I should have been numb already.

  Garo walked out of the room, just as he reached the door, suddenly a rope fell down and quickly hung itself around his neck. Immediately afterwards, Garo only felt a surge of great force, his body involuntarily lifted into mid-air, after struggling with his hands and feet for a few moments, he became completely still.

  Shura fell down, close to Galo's corpse. "Hmm, no pulse anymore. Sometimes humans are really fragile, sorry miss." He turned around and disappeared into the vast night.

  Not much time had passed when Gallo's corpse suddenly moved, his hands lifted and violently broke the rope, falling to the ground.

  "It seems the target is me, after all. That assassin's skills are quite good. Well, let's go take a look." To avoid waking Shana, Garo used this one trick of holding his breath, but for him, not being able to breathe for a moment was no problem at all.

  A mark had already been placed on the opponent, and Gallo easily followed, only to see that the opponent seemed to be wandering aimlessly throughout the city, looking extremely cautious. However, for Gallo, who had already set up a spiritual marker on the opponent, there was no need to worry about losing direction.

  After about half an hour, the killer seemed to feel safe and started moving in a straight line. The target was actually outside the city.

  Xuē lā luò zài le yuǎn chù yī gè xiǎo shù lín lǐ miàn, gāng gāng sōng kǒu qì, hū rán gǎn jué bù duì jìn, jí máng zhuǎn shēn, dàn mǎ shàng, shuāng yǎn jīng yà de zhēng dà le, zài tā de yǎn qián, jū rán shì gāng gāng nèi gè zì jǐ yīng gāi yǐ jīng sǐ le de mù biāo!

  Garo smiled at the other person "Want to have a chat with me?" Before he could finish speaking, Shura's hand turned over and a soft sword suddenly appeared in his hand, stabbing towards Garo.

  His hand lightly lifted, the yellow earth element condensed on his hand, turning into a hard shield. Shula's sword was blocked without causing any harm, but immediately, Shula's wrist twisted, and the soft sword quickly twisted and turned like a snake, stabbing towards Galo's entire body.

  Garo was taken aback, such a fast speed, such accurate eyesight, and such soft arms, just these few points can clearly understand that this young man is a first-rate swordsman.

  His feet moved quickly, and suddenly Gao was interested in the young man in front of him. Three figures appeared before the young man, treading on the clouds and stepping on the blue sky.

  Shura was visibly shocked, never expecting that this time the target to be killed would be so difficult to deal with. His body charged forward, and he suddenly jumped up, a layer of faint blackness appearing on the soft sword in his hand. This was the dark attribute Dou Qi brought by his demonic bloodline, which was different from Kain's corrosive dark Dou Qi. The effect of Shura's dark Dou Qi was different.

  Three sword shadows quickly stabbed at Gallo's three figures, if they couldn't be distinguished, then just take them all down, although the idea was correct, unfortunately, he still failed.

  Karo's figure appeared behind Shura, General Road! Thousands of horses and soldiers at my command! Countless footprints flew by, and Shura didn't even have time to react before being kicked flying.

  Due to a strange mentality, Garo only used the power of the first layer of the Washing Bone Scripture, but was hit dozens of times in an instant. Shura still couldn't avoid getting lightly injured, but it seemed like he hadn't been hurt at all. He jumped up, quickly wiping away the blood from his mouth with his hand, and stared tightly at Garo with both eyes.

  "Stop it, you're not my match, don't worry, I haven't had the intention to kill you yet." Galo spoke up, but Shura didn't care at all and charged again. Galo clearly saw the determination in his opponent's eyes.

  "Interesting guy, okay, since that's the case, I'll let you have both hands, and make you concede with a crushing defeat." With a light turn of his hand, both hands were clasped behind his back.

  Xu La's blow was not light, and in his eyes, apart from determination, there was also a deep anger. The soft sword stabbed out, transforming into two flowing lights in the air, one left and one right, stabbing towards Gallo. The intention was to seal off all escape routes for the opponent. But would such a move be effective against Gallo?

  Garo's right foot lifted quickly, moved left and right, and with a light "ding ding" sound, the opponent's sword was immediately knocked away. The middle gate was greatly exposed, and afterwards, Shura only felt a cold wind, Garo's foot stopped at his chest, and his body probably had only a thin gap.

  He knew the other party had held back, but Shura's innate arrogance absolutely did not allow him to be ignored by the other party in this way. With a loud shout, a thick and dark Dou Qi burst out, forcibly shaking open Gallo's feet. Then he retreated several steps, suddenly grasping his sword with both hands. It seemed that he was going all-out now.

  The black aura converged, all gathering on Shura's sword. Suddenly, he leapt up and the black air on his soft sword transformed into several black snakes that bit at Garo. This was the first special point of his dark aura: mimicry.

  Caros wasn't worried at all, with her left foot as the axis, she made a quick slash, and around her, a small tornado appeared, directly sweeping away several black snakes, then, Shula's sword was already thrust in front of herself.

  Xiu La's face was flushed with excitement, this sword should be no problem now, the black snake just now had consumed a lot of his power, and all the remaining power was fully concentrated on this sword, believing that he could definitely defeat his opponent.

  However, Shura miscalculated again. After Garo's tornado disappeared, he remained calm and composed in the face of this sword strike. With a burst of power from his left foot, he unleashed a massive force that not only shook the ground but also sent Garo flying backward. Shura's sword stabbed into thin air once more, and his body was pummeled by shattered rocks, sending waves of pain through him. His already exhausted body rendered his hand powerless, causing his soft sword to fall to the ground with a clang.

  "What a pity, you failed." Gallo returned to his front, Shula barely lifted her head, and her eyes still filled with unyielding determination.

  Garo's mouth curled up "Interesting, your spirit will is really strong, I appreciate you, ask you a question, are you willing to follow me forever?" For some reason, Garo was extremely enthusiastic about the young man in front of him.

  He struggled to get up, but immediately fell back down again. For the first time, Shura opened his mouth and said, "Don't be ridiculous! How could I possibly agree?"

  "You're a human-demon hybrid, aren't you?" A light sentence, but in Shura's ears it was like a thunderclap, causing his whole body to tremble. "No need to deny it, I can clearly feel the special energy contained in your blood." Garo felt that at this moment he was like a demon tempting humans. "As long as you agree, I can give you even greater power, as well as superior swordsmanship and ways to control the energy of your blood."

  Xu La's eyes suddenly narrowed, these few conditions were really too tempting for him, almost irresistible.

  "I'm telling you, if you keep going like this, in a few more years, the energy inside you will control you, and by then, you'll become a mindless monster. Is that what you really want?" Gallo's words were like a needle, piercing deeply into Shura's heart.

  "No companions, no friends, eternal loneliness, is this the life you want?" Gallo shook his head and said "The future of humanity is in your own hands, if you understand, come find me." Turning around, Gallo's figure disappeared into the endless night.