Chapter 737 - 329: Angel Is the Execution Threshold

Chapter 737: Chapter 329: Angel Is the Execution Threshold

Ji Sheng withdrew his gaze, satisfied. The young were indeed easier to deal with than the cunning Zheng Family.

If everything goes smoothly, Her Highness the Princess will become the new Dragon Empress. But, the title and the actual power can be vastly different. To solidify her position, relying solely on Ye Shidao is not enough; she must also win over the major families. This can’t be done with words alone but with tangible benefits. This trade route can bring substantial returns, although those are in the future. However, shares can be distributed now. With Estella’s promise, the significance changes entirely, as these people can be tied to the same ship through the allocation of shares.

Like giving a pillow to someone who’s sleepy, Ji Sheng did not doubt the authenticity, as he understood the situation with Hedan well. Both parties had something to gain.

Celestia appeared particularly excited in the carriage. Her own negotiations were exceptionally difficult, with the contact constantly circling around and causing all sorts of trouble, giving her a headache. Yet, she couldn’t just walk away. Once the Princess intervened, the major direction was immediately settled, and the other party even voluntarily conceded benefits, which was an actual gain.

"Ella, it’s truly you needed here. If it were me, I feel like I wouldn’t get anywhere in a month. You have no idea how tricky they are." Celestia said with a smile.

Estella, holding Keli, nodded, "Celestia, I didn’t sleep well last night. I’ll take a nap. Have the carriage go slowly, and consider if there’s anything we’ve overlooked."

"Alright, alright." Celestia also needed to think about tomorrow’s negotiations. With the major direction set, failing on details or losing out would be embarrassing for her.

Estella leaned gently against the carriage, seemingly asleep, while Keli in her arms cautiously observed the surroundings with narrowed eyes.

Round Table Conference, beneath the starry sky.

Gemini and Cancer had arrived, and Estella appeared on a high-backed chair.

"Gemini, you have only one chance to deal with the Enslaved Angel. I can’t always keep him restrained," Christian said seriously to Gemini.

Estella also looked at Li Xin; they had rehearsed their coordination. Her Magic Ring could perfectly align with Li Xin. Though the Magic Ring could bestow blessings on almost all paths of cultivation, such alignment was rare, consistent with the followers of the Earth Mother Goddess. However, she had never seen Li Xin’s sword skill.

"Mr. Cancer, rest assured, the Angel is my kill line, as long as his soul doesn’t transfer," Li Xin said.

The Angel is the kill line?

Christian gave Li Xin a deep look, a proud arc appearing at the corner of his mouth, "Very well, take action in ten seconds!"

With that, he leaned back into the high-backed chair and left the Round Table Conference.

On the upper floor of the Golden Maple House, Ji Sheng drank tea, also preparing to leave. The appearance of concessions had been made, but tomorrow’s negotiations were the main event. A little girl couldn’t possibly understand the complexities of trade.

His gaze suddenly spotted a box on the table. It was a gift personally chosen by Princess Ola. To be honest, there weren’t many things that interested Ji Sheng, but a pearl from Moncalleta, a gift from the most beautiful woman on the Eastern Continent, made him a bit proud. He definitely had to personally see the taste of Her Highness the Princess, adding to future bragging topics.

Ji Sheng opened the box to find only a crystal ball for a spirit medium inside, frowning slightly. Suddenly, a premonition emerged.

Buzz~~~

Accompanied by dim light, the entire Golden Maple House was shrouded in mist. Ji Sheng frowned, extremely sensitive to barriers as a Puppet Master, but his Angel Ring showed no reaction.

What does this mean, is Her Highness the Princess actually making a move against him?

Using something below the level of an Angel?

Although he didn’t know why the other party was acting so inexplicably, thinking of trapping him seemed a bit far-fetched...

?

Ji Sheng realized he was locked inside a strange space, and his connection with his puppets was cut off?!

At this moment, high above the Golden Maple House, above the clouds, a small golden bird was floating, holding a man in the air. Though the golden bird was small, it was steady.

"Chris, let go."

As the bird released Li Xin, he began to fall, a golden halo appearing around him, enhanced by Miss Aries’ Magic Ring of Abundance.

The weather is so nice, the morning sun high, the vast sky ideal for killing.

"Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe,"

The power of abundance granted Li Xin unprecedented enhancements. Coupled with Ma Liu’s spiritual delicacies breakfast, the nine-character incantation—originally a life-risking move—became exceptionally fluid. One hand sign followed another, and the long saber in his hand became sharper, buzzing with power.

Jie, Zhen, Zai, Qian!

In the air, Li Xin fell toward the Golden Maple House like a falling star, making hand signs every few hundred meters. Inside the Golden Maple House, Ji Sheng discovered that his soul couldn’t transfer, and the puppets lost contact. However, the Puppet Angel had a life puppet, which even the barrier couldn’t sever.

However, the original puppet that can break through the barrier can perceive it, but the soul cannot be transferred—he’s trapped, and even an Angel-level Barrier Master can’t achieve this.

Actually, if Ji Sheng had immediately revealed his angelic form and broken out of the building, it might have been a way—simple and crude, but with a bit of chance. However, as a Puppet Master, his first reaction was not to act himself but to transfer his soul.

At this moment, the Angel’s ring still showed no response, and the rooftop was shattered by a terrifying force. Ji Sheng cursed the ancestors of the Porcelain Doll from above, feeling the threat from that power. His body squirmed, revealing a pair of muscle-spotted wings lined with eyeballs, showcasing the true form of the Enslaved Angel.

The gigantic head looked towards the sky, focusing, and Ji Sheng couldn’t help but frown. It’s him!

This guy clearly hasn’t advanced to Angel level, and even from the current sense, it’s not angelic power, yet it makes Ji Sheng, an angel, feel threatened?

From his direct perception, he could not judge the strength of the power, only that the angelic body instinctively felt a strong threat.

The vast Enslaved Angel was burning with a towering spiritual flame, accumulated over nearly a hundred years. Meanwhile, dozens of figures were rushing towards the Golden Maple Building at full speed, including two possessing the power of five-lives Bent Angels, both skilled in protective knightly paths.

Ji Sheng uttered a low growl, pushing his hands towards the sky. A red pillar of light, several meters in diameter, roared upwards, accompanied by a powerful sound of soul tearing.

Faced with the spiritual energy aggregation beam of the Enslaved Angel, Li Xin neither dodged nor avoided, betting everything on desperation, and slashed out with a blade.

– Exterminate Demon!

The golden blade light clashed with the red pillar, exploding instantly into a dazzling rain of spiritual energy. Li Xin then felt something enter his body, as if experiencing a split mind, adding another consciousness, one with a strong suicidal tendency.

Ji Sheng’s lips curled into a cold smirk. Below angels, once within a certain distance, Enslaved Angels can temporarily gain the right to use a body. Only very few paths with resisting ability can withstand it; evidently, the opponent’s assassination stance doesn’t belong to this category.

No matter what secret technique the opponent used to forcibly elevate to angel-level power, it’s impossible to truly possess an angel’s soul intensity...

Bzzz~~~

Ji Sheng’s body suddenly shook, exclaiming in surprise.

The red pillar suddenly split open, and the golden blade light had already reached his face. Ji Sheng’s wings folded in defense in front. Mythic form possesses far superior life force and defense than humans...

Suddenly, Ji Sheng felt his vision expand; glancing sideways, he realized his left and right had parted...

To be precise, the entire Golden Maple Building split into two, and the power of the Nine Words Truth was burning crazily onto the puppet angel’s body and soul. Even a Divine Greed Angel couldn’t resist the burning, let alone the puppet angel, feeling like fire on oil. Ji Sheng experienced intense pain not felt since becoming an angel, sweeping his whole body instantly, screaming a piercing howl toward the sky; half of the body immediately took out magic potion from Yazama Karashi to gulp it down, but his mouth leaked, spilling all that precious liquid.

At this moment, the separated body began squirming sprouts, trying to merge back together.

However, it didn’t last long. That golden flame slaughtered the emerging sprouts entirely. Furious and howling, Ji Sheng attempted to bring the separated body together, but the puppet angel lacked the strong healing ability of the Greed Angel.

Gritting his teeth, Ji Sheng threw open a scroll with a golden wing, and the barrier’s light enveloped him, seemingly wanting to take him away from here. But after the scroll’s magic array ended, Ji Sheng still remained, struggling in place. He never expected the World Angel’s teleportation scroll to be ineffective, trapped by something other than the Barrier Master!

In an instant, his whole body ignited in flames, life extinguished.

Despite wielding the abundant magic ring, Li Xin who slashed out a blade was instantly drained, guided accurately by Mr. Cancer’s soul, assassination isn’t combat, it demands precision—strike once and kill. The Nine Words Truth’s destructiveness had been proven in Hedan.

Seeing Li Xin’s body about to fall into the ruins, at that moment, a small golden shadow swiftly and precisely snatched him away. That tiny paw seemed to possess immense strength, and when those outside reacted, the Golden Maple Building was collapsing, filled the neighborhood with explosions and dust.

Soon, a gust of wind swept across the window of the captain’s room on the second floor of Shadow Owl Night Patrol, placing Li Xin in the chair.

Chris tilted her head, curiously inspecting the person before her, puzzled by how someone so seemingly weak could have slain an angel?

The golden power also made Chris feel an instinctual threat, originating from ancient biological instincts, extremely dangerous.

Chris’s task was to bring Li Xin back and protect him; Estella had Keli on her side. However, Chris suddenly sensed something, glanced at Li Xin, then outside the window, vanished in a flash.

Li Xin leaned against the chair, motionless, his body extremely weakened. He had underestimated the consumption of the Nine Words Truth. Still, this was far better than during Hedan; Miss Aries’s magic ring even had some residuals, slowly recovering his body—a true protector of the Earth Mother Goddess.

Summoning spirit with urgency, his soul reached the Round Table Conference, where no one was present. The soul promptly returned, gathering all strength to roll the dice.

"Slave Master is dead."

The dice spun, delivering an effective verdict. Li Xin’s pupils suddenly contracted, his expression froze.

One point.

How is this possible!