He had thought this blade technique merely had some drawbacks, but he never expected it to be a dead end.
No wonder he felt this blade technique was too sinister when he Cultivated it before.
Looking at the triangular rune, Hu Qi's heart stirred.
“scarlet, modify and perfect Ghost Killing Blade!”
However, the scarlet panel remained still.
Seeing this, Hu Qi pondered for a moment and understood the reason.
The current modification value could only be used for enhancement, but it was insufficient for Perfection.
Understanding this, he temporarily gave up the idea of continuing to modify it.
Subsequently, he turned his gaze to Snake Form Stake and Cloud Iron Body.
As things stood, only these two skills could be modified.
Snake Form Stake was the foundation of a Martial Artist, its importance self-evident.
Only by enhancing it could one's Qi and blood strengthen accordingly, and the physique would be comprehensively reinforced.
If a Martial Artist were compared to a car, then the Stake cultivation would be the Martial Artist's performance and engine.
However, he did not choose to enhance it immediately.
The scene of meeting the Sect Leader earlier was still vivid in his mind; if the other party came to find him again during this period, his Cultivation speed would surely be exposed.
To be safe, it was better to wait for some time; by then, even if discovered, it would not be too conspicuous.
With this thought, he turned his gaze to Cloud Iron Body.
Facing the Black Blood Species that was about to transform earlier, he was fortunate to have this Cloud Iron Body.
If not for the powerful defense it provided, he might have died long ago.
“scarlet, modify, enhance Cloud Iron Body to Perfection.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the text for Cloud Iron Body blurred slightly. The familiar cool Qi current continuously strengthened and permeated his physique and skin.
After this sensation disappeared, the text on the panel had already changed to:
— — — —
【Cloud Iron Body (Perfection) Trait: Impenetrable】
… …
Modification Value: 3 (34%)
The Cloud Iron Body consumed one more modification value compared to the last time.
Hu Qi opened his palm; even without actively running the Cloud Iron Body, he could feel his body muscles and skin becoming tougher.
With a thought, his Qi and blood circulated, but the skin on his arm did not turn brass-colored as before; the color remained the same, only with two faint white marks.
This was the phenomenon of Cloud Iron Body having returned to its original simplicity.
… …
Thunder rumbled, and rain poured down.
Water curtains hung from the eaves of shops along both sides of the street, creating small puddles on the ground.
The city's neon lights reflected in the puddles, broken and then reassembled.
Due to the sudden heavy rain, there were few pedestrians on the road; occasionally, a few could be seen, all hurrying along.
A figure wearing a mask and holding an umbrella turned from the street corner and finally stopped in front of a milk tea shop named 【Chafan Busi】.
After entering the shop, the person looked up at the dazzling array of milk tea types, then looked at the staff who were preparing milk tea.
“Boss, have there been any new products recently?”
The figure had already put away her umbrella; she was a plump young woman in her thirties.
Although she wore a mask, from her eyebrows, one could vaguely tell that a beauty must be beneath it.
As she spoke, she pulled out a blue badge from her pocket.
There were two staff members in the shop, one male and one female, currently shaking the shaker cups in their hands, seemingly preparing milk tea.
Upon hearing this, the man stopped what he was doing, walked forward, took the badge, and glanced at it.
A smile immediately appeared on his face.
“Of course there are.”
… …
After a while, the woman, carrying three cups of milk tea, walked out of the milk tea shop again, holding her umbrella.
Watching her retreating figure, the female employee stopped her work.
She looked at the gloomy sky outside, a hint of worry flashing across her face.
“Manager, will there be any problems with us posting such a mission? You know, those are people from the Snake Heart Gate, and this is their territory, so will it be…?”
“What could happen? The wrongdoer is responsible for their actions; we, Ice Arsenal, are just a platform for posting missions. No matter the situation, it has nothing to do with us.
Even if they want to cause us trouble, they’ll have to think twice.”
The man chuckled, his face full of nonchalance as he said this.
Although the Snake Heart Gate was strong.
But as the largest underground assassin organization, Ice Arsenal's operational capabilities spread across the entire Federation and even Earth Star. Their background was not weaker than the other party's, and even surpassed it by a lot.
… …
After the woman came out, she drove straight into a gray minivan parked at the intersection.
At this moment, there were already two people inside the car. The driver was a middle-aged man with a baseball cap and a full beard.
And in the back seat sat a thin young man playing on his phone.
The young man had a baby face; although he was nearing thirty, he looked like a high school student in his teens.
At first glance, the three looked like a family of three.
“Xiaoya, how was it?” the bearded man in front asked.
“Everything went smoothly.” Xiaoya nodded and handed the other two cups of milk tea to the two men.
After receiving the milk tea, the bearded man did not drink it but used his hand to pry open the bottom of the milk tea cup.
The milk tea cup was made of paper, and with a pry and a tear, a hole was directly opened.
However, there was no spillage of milk tea.
Beneath it was a vacuum interlayer, and inside, a rolled-up piece of paper lay quietly.
The bearded man picked up the paper, and after seeing the writing on it, his expression changed slightly.
“What’s wrong?”
The woman noticed this and couldn't help but ask. The young man who had been playing games on the side also looked over.
“See for yourselves.”
After the two finished reading, their expressions instantly became uncertain.
“To actually dare to put a bounty on a Snake Heart Gate Disciple, are they crazy?!”
At this moment, the thin young man who had not spoken until now spoke for the first time, his voice full of shock.
The Snake Heart Gate—it was fine if ordinary people didn't know about it, but as assassins who risked their lives for bounties, they naturally had heard of it.
After he spoke, the three fell silent.
For a moment, only the sound of raindrops hitting the car roof could be heard.
At this moment, the bearded man spoke again.
The hesitation on his face completely disappeared, and his expression was as if he had made some kind of decision.
“Look at the target's information.”
As his voice fell, seeing the astonished looks from the other two, the man smiled and pointed to the bounty at the end of the message.
“What's there to be afraid of? Killing is killing, no matter who it is. If we're afraid of death in this line of work, we might as well go back to farming. At worst, after we finish this job, we'll escape from here and go live in other small countries.”
Upon hearing this, the two looked at the eight-figure bounty, and the hesitation in their eyes dissipated.
That much money, even if split among the three, was a considerable sum.
Compared to the previous missions of tens or hundreds of thousands, this was undoubtedly a huge sum.
As the saying goes, 'Man dies for wealth, and birds die for food.'
The few of them were already desperate individuals, so after only a brief moment of hesitation, they gritted their teeth.
“Let's do it!”