In the courtyard, Shi Gu stood with his arms crossed, a smile on his face, watching the person and the monkey in the room with interest.
Seeing the other party appear, he was quite surprised. In his opinion, after the previous attack, this kid in front of him should have chosen to hide within the Seven Forms Sect's mountain gate for a long time.
He didn't expect the other party to be so impatient and sneak back into the city so quickly.
Although he had withdrawn the subordinates responsible for staking out this residence, he had left a hidden hand in the courtyard. As long as someone entered this courtyard, he would sense it.
Upon detecting something unusual, he initially thought he had misperceived, but he rushed over immediately anyway, and indeed caught the other party.
While feeling extremely surprised, he was also very curious about what was so attractive about this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey to the other party.
"Shi Gu!"
Seeing the Divine Transformation Realm Martial Artist appear in the courtyard, Lin Sheng suddenly turned his head, a hint of horror on his face.
Noticing the fear in the other party's eyes, Shi Gu narrowed his gaze.
For some reason, this child in front of him always gave him a feeling of being unfathomable.
The last time he had this feeling was many years ago, he couldn't even remember how many.
He didn't expect it to appear on a young Martial Artist who had just entered the Blood Transportation Realm, which made his curiosity grow even stronger.
"Kid, you don't seem afraid..."
Shi Gu spoke slowly, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Although this child in front of him looked quite startled and fearful, Shi Gu could sense that the other party didn't have many emotional fluctuations. In fact, using his Bloodline ability to sense, the other party even seemed somewhat happy after seeing him.
This was a unique ability of his Bloodline talent; he could sense the inner fluctuations of people nearby to a certain extent. The greater the difference in Realm, the deeper the perception.
Even if someone's Realm was higher than his, as long as they didn't surpass him by a major Realm, he could still sense it. This was another reason why he dared to provoke Ouyang Bing back then.
Because he sensed that Ouyang Bing didn't have much killing intent towards him.
"Do you have any other hidden means?"
Shi Gu looked at Lin Sheng, tilting his head slightly.
He thought and thought, a small Martial Artist who had just run from a remote County Town to the Fu City not long ago, there was really nothing that could threaten him.
Even within the Seven Forms Sect, the only one he was wary of was Ouyang Bing.
And even if Ouyang Bing wanted to kill him, it couldn't be done in a short time. In this Wanhua City, as long as he had a chance to react, he could send a signal, and then the experts of the White Dragon Gang would naturally come.
Even Ouyang Bing couldn't threaten him.
Thinking of this, he became even more strange. So what exactly was this kid relying on?
Lin Sheng didn't speak, casually threw away the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey in his hand, and retreated into the room.
Seeing this scene, Shi Gu snorted coldly.
"Since you don't plan to speak, then don't..."
As his voice fell, his figure had already turned into an afterimage.
Although he didn't think the other party could pose any threat to him, he still didn't plan to delay any longer, just in case there was any unexpected situation. He would first cripple this child's limbs.
Bang!
The window on one side opened, and Lin Sheng's figure shot out from the window.
"Running?"
Shi Gu's cold voice rang out, his body turned, and he was already in front of Lin Sheng.
Before he could make any further move, his palm had already gripped his shoulder.
In just an instant, he felt a trace of black mist appear on his palm, and waves of stinging pain came through.
"Poison?"
After a moment of surprise, Shi Gu then sneered. His palm's skin rippled slightly, and the black mist spreading on it disappeared.
"No wonder you raise so many poisonous creatures, it turns out you also Cultivate poison techniques. It's just a pity, it's merely a minor path..."
As his voice fell, he had no intention of holding back. Bone Strength accumulated in his palm, surging towards the other party's body.
However, what made him feel something was wrong was that at this moment, Lin Sheng suddenly turned his head, his face not showing the slightest panic, but rather looking calmly behind him.
"Playing tricks, die!"
The other party's state had made Shi Gu quite impatient. With his perception and Bloodline talent, even Ouyang Bing couldn't approach him without a sound.
So, in his opinion, this was completely the other party's desperate little trick.
Small bumps bulged on his arm, and powerful Bone Strength directly surged out.
He had changed his mind. Not only would he break the other party's limbs, but he would shatter all the bones in his body.
As for the so-called secret, he only needed to keep him alive, and then there would be various methods to extract it.
However, just as the Bone Strength in his hand was about to unleash, he was surprised to find that the Bone Strength he had accumulated was completely out of his control.
The Bone Strength that had been activated in his palm had now vanished without a trace. Even his entire right arm was numb, as if it had been frozen by profound ice for ten thousand years and no longer belonged to him.
"What's going on!?"
This situation completely exceeded his imagination.
Soon, as if he had thought of something, his figure flashed, and he had already leaped to a corner of the courtyard.
His speed was extremely fast, in just the blink of an eye.
He clutched his right arm tightly, looking with surprise and uncertainty at the tall figure that had appeared in the courtyard.
"Who are you? Who are you!!?"
The moment he saw the additional black-clothed woman, his pupils instinctively contracted. He hadn't expected that there really was someone.
There was actually someone who had reached his back without him noticing at all.
"Is this the favor you asked me to do?"
The black-clothed woman held her arm and gently brushed back her hanging long hair.
The woman looked to be in her 30s, with a tall and slender figure. Although her appearance wasn't particularly striking, she possessed a certain inexplicable Aura. At this moment, she was looking at Lin Sheng with extreme laziness, speaking indifferently.
"Greetings, Senior Qi."
Seeing the black-clothed woman appear, a smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face, and he respectfully cupped his hands in a salute.
That's right, this black-clothed woman was none other than Qi Ning.
Qi Ning pinched her hanging long hair, stretched lazily, and then turned her gaze to Shi Gu.
"Kid, you're really good at causing trouble. You just arrived in Wanhua City and you've already managed to offend a Bones Transformation sixth layer expert, hmm, it seems he's even close to breaking through to the seventh layer. I really don't know what to say about you..."
Shi Gu watched Qi Ning with extreme vigilance, the skin on his back bulging, from which a bone hand extended, grabbing a round jade pendant hanging from his waist.
This was the White Dragon Gang's communication treasure jade. As long as he crushed it, Black Dragon would immediately sense it and even be able to track his location.
From the moment he saw the black-clothed woman, he had quickly reviewed his knowledge and confirmed that there was no such expert in Linjiang Prefecture. At least, there was no information about this black-clothed woman in the White Dragon Gang's intelligence network.
And at this moment, the black-clothed woman was standing there. Although he could see her with his naked eyes, he couldn't sense any Aura from her.
He had never encountered such a situation before, but he knew without thinking that this woman was definitely an extremely powerful expert, possibly even above Ouyang Bing. Especially since the other party could see through his disguise, accurately state his Realm, and even see that he was close to breaking through with just a glance.
"When did such an expert appear in Linjiang Prefecture?"
Thoughts flashed through his mind, but the movement of his hand didn't hesitate for a moment; he immediately intended to crush the jade pendant. Regardless, the current situation made it best to immediately inform Brother.
When the White Dragon Gang's experts arrived, they might not necessarily fear this black-clothed woman.
However, things didn't go as he had expected. The bone hand behind him had just gripped the jade pendant when it detached from his control, just like his numb right hand, as if it no longer belonged to him.
"This..."
This change filled him with great fear.
"Alright, I'm very busy and can't stay here all the time. This time, I'll help you deal with this guy..."
After Qi Ning finished speaking, she had already stepped towards Shi Gu. Her pace was not fast, like she was taking a leisurely stroll, and she was even softly humming a strange little tune.
However, this scene, when it fell into Shi Gu's eyes, caused an inexplicable chill to rise in his heart, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
"Bone Form: Activate!"
He understood that he couldn't continue like this, so he immediately let out a low roar, his muscles bulging, and white bones directly extended from his body. His entire Aura surged, emitting a powerful pressure.
But in the next moment, he leaped up, showing no intention of fighting at all. Instead, he turned and fled without looking back.
Qi Ning's face showed a slight smile, and she raised her hand, gently snapping her fingers.
As the crisp sound fell, Shi Gu, who had just leaped up, fell back down, and layers of fine frost spread out from his body.
"Impossible... I can't die... I can't die!!"
Shi Gu only felt that in the blink of an eye, he had completely lost control of his body. He struggled frantically, letting out roars, but even his voice quickly faded.
He finally realized something, his eyes wide open, bloodshot, staring fixedly at the approaching Qi Ning, his eyes showing deep despair and disbelief.
"You... you are Divine... Divine Form Realm..."
Before his consciousness completely dissipated, thoughts flashed rapidly through his mind.
"How could this be? How is it possible? How could a small Martial Artist with no background who just entered the Blood Transportation Realm have a Divine Form Realm expert behind him??"
He couldn't understand this even as he died.
Divine Form Realm, that was one of the few top individuals in the entire Linjiang Prefecture, and an absolute expert in the entire Great Yan.
How could there suddenly be one, how could it be that he just happened to encounter one.
His grand plan, which he had been plotting for many years, had ended abruptly before it could be implemented.
Suddenly, he thought of a certain organization that had always been hidden in the shadows. Although he had never had any contact with it, he knew that this organization was very powerful.
Thinking of this, he already had the answer in his heart. And that was where his consciousness finally completely dissipated.
At this moment, Shi Gu had completely turned into an ice sculpture.
The fear and horror on his face were still clearly visible.
Qi Ning extended her finger and gently tapped the ice sculpture's glabella.
Instantly, countless fine cracks appeared on the ice sculpture, and then the entire ice sculpture shattered into countless fragments.
To Lin Sheng's surprise, these fragments, after falling to the ground, actually sank directly into the ground.
In just a few breaths, not a trace could be seen, and only a piece of clothing and a few miscellaneous items were left on the ground.
Qi Ning squatted down, rummaged through these things, and then unceremoniously wrapped everything in the clothes and carried it on her back.
"These things will serve as a small reward. Our Dark Star Organization operates in a low-key and secretive manner. Be low-key during this period. If the Imperial Court's lackeys detect anything, it will be very troublesome."
"This Junior understands."
Witnessing the mystical scene just now, Lin Sheng was also a bit stunned at the moment, but he quickly reacted and nodded in agreement.
"Alright, clean this up, I'll leave first."
Qi Ning had no intention of saying more; it seemed she still had things to do. As her voice fell, her figure had already disappeared from Lin Sheng's sight.
Even with his current heightened perception, he didn't sense how the other party had left at all.
"Is this the strength of a God-Form Martial Artist?"
Looking at the empty courtyard, he murmured softly.
The scene he witnessed today was truly shocking.
Shi Gu was undoubtedly an expert.
Moreover, he was deeply hidden. He hadn't expected that he wasn't just Bones Transformation fifth layer as Xie Qingyun had said, but Bones Transformation sixth layer, and even close to entering the seventh layer Realm.
It wasn't hard to imagine that if he hadn't invited Qi Ning to take action this time, there really would have been no way to deal with this Shi Gu.
When he was at the Seven Forms Sect, he thought about it and inviting Qi Ning to act was undoubtedly the best and most efficient way to solve the problem.
So he directly sent a letter to Linjiang Prefecture City.
And it didn't take long to receive a reply, which was why he immediately set off and rushed to Wanhua City without stopping.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he had witnessed a Divine Form Realm Martial Artist take action in person. Before in Yangping Town, the sallow-faced black-robed person he encountered was actually a Puppet Clone created by Qi Ning using a secret technique, similar to the existence of a Phantom Demon Beast Magic Seed, but without the growth potential of a Magic Seed.
In front of Qi Ning, Shi Gu, who could be considered an expert in the same Realm, had no ability to resist at all.
"Indeed, the higher the Realm, the exponential increase in the strength difference between major Realms..."
Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, he quickly cleaned up the courtyard. In fact, there were no traces worth erasing, as the two hadn't made any noise at all.
After finishing, he unceremoniously threw the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey back into the room and caged it in the iron cage.
However, this time he left it some food.
Then, he didn't stay any longer, quickly left Wanhua City, and returned to the Seven Forms Sect.
It wasn't hard to imagine that Shi Gu's death would be a earth-shattering event for the White Dragon Gang.
But what did that have to do with him?
What could a small Martial Artist who had just entered the Blood Transportation Realm do?
As for what actions the White Dragon Gang would take, he didn't care much.
This kind of thing was no longer something he could worry about.
Of course, he also didn't think the White Dragon Gang could make any big moves.
Shi Gu's death would be a huge blow to the White Dragon Gang's strength and would even have a significant impact on the competition for the beast mine.
In short, the White Dragon Gang was bound to face a lot of trouble.