Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 505 - 504 Emerging Truth 1

After the flying sword was flicked away with a fingertip when its power was exhausted, Hou Niao immediately realized he had lost his best chance.

The intelligence from the underground forces was quite accurate. Among the Qi Sect’s guards, there were powerful True Disciples—not just one, but two, one outside and one within.

As the flying sword was knocked back, a voice full of grief and indignation rang out, "How heartless the Shan Sect is! I, You Chaoen, have gone through life and death for Quanzhen for decades, and just being injured once results in an attempt to silence me?

If you’re heartless, don’t blame me for being disloyal. From today on, not a single spy from Jianye will escape. Is this what you wished to see?"

Clearly, the voice came from the person lying inside the sedan chair unable to rise. Even though Hou Niao had taken the form of a Sword Spirit from start to finish and hadn’t seen his face, he could tell who it was just by the tone of voice, and also realized what mistake he had made!

You Chaoen hadn’t defected. It was all a play put on by the Qi Sect deliberately, just as he had feared before acting. The Qi Sect wanted to use this method to completely shatter You Chaoen’s illusions about the Shan Sect!

This also indirectly explained why, after such a long time of being captured, Jianye’s spy network remained unharmed—they were simply waiting for him to come and silence them!

It wasn’t that the Qi Sect had shown mercy, but rather they hadn’t gotten anything out of You Chaoen’s mouth; hence, they set this trap, waiting for a Shan Sect assassin to come and silence him, which would be the last straw to break You Chaoen’s mental defenses.

Strictly speaking, this wasn’t his fault. He was misled by false intelligence from Sikong Mansion, and that irresponsible undercover agent... but those excuses were useless. He had made the final move, and the responsibility would definitely fall on him. What else could be done?

Expect the lords of Sikong Mansion to come forward and take responsibility? Or to abandon that precious undercover agent from the Six-Ear Palace?

Him taking the blame was the best outcome for everyone.

In an instant, Hou Niao understood everything, but unfortunately, it was a bit too late.

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As the flying sword was deflected outwards, Lu Daoist and Shan Daoist didn’t hesitate to flee with their life magic artifacts retracted after they were paid off. Being old hands in this line of work, they knew when things couldn’t be done.

The price for their full-powered strike was five hundred top-grade Spirit Stones. This was the condition of their transaction, and there was no issue of debts owed. Now they could legitimately fight for their own lives.

The few Daoists from Qi Sect who were guarding didn’t chase after them, playing their roles through and through. As bodyguards, protecting their charge was the utmost priority, and the pursuit of the assassin was a task for others.

Six or seven figures flew out from the Six-Ear Palace, chasing after the three men separately—their fastest responders. Subsequently, even more enforcers from the Six-Ear Palace took to the skies to join the pursuit. Upon failure of the assassination attempt, the downside of making a move near the Six-Ear Palace became evident—the response of these law-enforcement Daoists was incredibly fast, which was their specialized field.

Unable to worry about the two Death Soldiers, when calamity struck, each flew on their own. The flying sword plunged into an area packed with buildings, and Hou Niao immediately revealed his form, employing his movement technique to take advantage of the cover provided by structures, and dashed through the complex and winding alleys of the city.

He couldn’t maintain his Flying Sword form indefinitely. It wasn’t that he couldn’t do it, but rather the aura of the flying sword was too conspicuous, making him a target.

He also couldn’t use Sword Control to flee, even though it was faster, as this wasn’t the place where speed was the deciding factor.

The only way to escape the pursuit of Daoists from Qi Sect in a place like Jianye was to hide. As long as the many Outer Cultivators of Jianye allowed him to blend in and the pursuers couldn’t catch him red-handed, they could do nothing to him.

But the distance was simply too close, and the reactions of the Six-Ear law enforcers exceeded his expectations, leaving no gaps for him to exploit, as if they were well-prepared.

After turning two streets, he already had two figures swooping down from behind in the sky—one of them called out to him,

"If you’ve come, you might as well stay, Daoist friend. Why the rush? As your hosts, we ought to show you some hospitality!"

Hou Niao sighed inwardly, knowing that things couldn’t be settled amiably. Even if he could kill quickly, he couldn’t outpace the Qi Sect Daoists’ encirclement in an urban environment. Now, his only way out was to fight his way through the siege.

How likely was that? Virtually impossible! Would the Golden Core and Nascent Transformation Upper Cultivators of the entire city of Jianye sit idly by? They needn’t even take action themselves; just using their Divine Sense to block him was enough to ensure he could not escape, even if he had wings.

While dashing, he drew his longsword. Being in a bustling city, no one would easily use powerful techniques. Close combat was the only option. He could handle these two, but then what?

The Six-Ear Palace could surround him with dozens more, and after them, the Qi Sect’s Tongtian cultivators could encircle him with hundreds!

The two Six-Ear law enforcers landed right in his path, blocking him. However, their descent was strange - the one in front seemed to fall down, while the sword in the hand of the one behind him was still dripping with blood!

Was this fratricide?

Before he could make sense of it, a familiar Divine Thought came through, "I can distract their pursuit for a few dozen breaths. If you still can’t escape, don’t blame me."

It was the undercover agent from the Six-Ear Palace, actually taking a significant risk to mislead the pursuers for him!

The two split up in different directions, with only a briefest moment to communicate.

"Thanks for the assist, I’m deeply grateful," Hou Niao had to convey his thanks.

The undercover was blunt, "My intelligence was incorrect. I take responsibility for my fault. You don’t need to thank me. What about your responsibility?"

Beyond the myriad buildings that separated them, there was no further chance for communication. Cultivators continued to fly low overhead, but thanks to the undercover deliberately leading them astray, they veered off from his direction.

Hou Niao dove headlong into the bustling market, using the crowds to seamlessly change his appearance. After crossing through an early morning market, he emerged as another person, slowing his pace, and disappeared into the bustling flow of ordinary mortals.

...In the sky, the two Daoists exchanged a smile. The plan was a success!

"This sword cultivator from the Shan Sect has a formidable sword. I didn’t expect him to directly pierce through thirteen layers of prohibitions. It seems he gave it his all. With his level, he must be quite the figure among Shan Sect’s sword cultivators. Even if he’s not a True Disciple, he won’t escape being a core disciple. Sikong Mansion has really invested heavily this time. If it weren’t my duty, I would be interested in meeting this fellow myself," said the high-ranking expert from the Six-Ear Palace, a True Disciple, Shan Shihang, who was hiding in the sedan chair.

"He’s just a Shan Sect assassin. While his sword is sharp, his wits are not. He’s not worth mentioning. Brother Shan, why bother? We’re likely to be busy for a while now. Just thinking about having to seal off the entire city and scrutinize every detail makes me quite annoyed," said Shi Jie, the Six-Ear Palace Daoist who used the Sleeve Universe technique, a True Disciple. They were tasked with leading this operation, which aimed to do a thorough cleanup in Jianye and flush out every rat and pest.

Now it seemed everything was going smoothly?