Fifteen minutes later, Yun Ze and Gu Yue Na appeared above the building and departed atop the Emerald Dragon King.
In those not-so-long fifteen minutes, twenty-three people had lost their lives, all of them high-ranking figures of the Federal Bank.
On the Emerald Dragon King's back, Yun Ze supported Gu Yue Na. Her soul power had been heavily depleted, leaving her weak and unsteady.
In this operation, the one who was truly the most exhausted was not Yun Ze, who carried out the kills, but Gu Yue Na, who was responsible for spatial transfers.
Including their final departure, she had performed twenty-four spatial transfers in total.
To avoid producing strong spatial fluctuations, she had consumed extra soul power with every transfer.
As a result, her soul power was nearly exhausted—her entire body felt limp, and she could barely stand.
The two had already begun their return to the Dragon Phoenix Hall, but others were still in motion.
Somewhere in Bright Capital, at a residence, Lin San, whose true form was a Cosmic Color-Changing Chameleon, had already entered an invisible state.
Originally, Lin San had been nothing more than an ordinary chameleon soul beast—neither particularly weak nor strong, just an average one.
However, by a stroke of fortune, he obtained a drop of heart's-blood essence left behind by the Ancient Qilin God.
After fusing with that drop of essence, he underwent a mutation.
This mutation naturally went in a positive direction, directly elevating his bloodline from ordinary to super-tier.
Although he was still inferior to super soul beasts like the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear or the Five-Element Qilin, he was far stronger than top-tier soul beasts.
After the bloodline mutation, his original ability—changing his body color to achieve invisibility—was greatly enhanced.
At the same time, he also gained spatial power. The combination of the two made his concealment abilities practically heaven-defying.
His cultivation age was around 410,000 years, and after transforming into human form, his soul power level reached level 98, a high-tier level.
Such cultivation far surpassed that of demon spirits in the two-hundred-thousand-year range, yet Yun Ze had not arranged for him to assassinate more councilors.
The three councilors in Bright Capital had extremely tight security. If a demon spirit were used, there was a risk of exposure.
But if Lin San handled it, there was no such concern—his invisibility meant that without Super Douluo-level strength, no one could possibly detect him.
The strongest of these three councilors was only at level 93 soul power. How could they ever discover him?
At this moment, he stood inside the room, close to the wall, his body seemingly fused with it.
The high-level Soul Douluo councilor had just returned from drinking. He walked right past Lin San without sensing anything at all.
Lin San seized the opportunity and suddenly attacked—clamping a hand over the councilor's mouth and then twisting sharply.
"Mmmph—mmph—"
With his mouth suddenly covered, the councilor screamed in terror, but only muffled sounds escaped.
At the same time, he circulated his soul power, trying to release his martial soul, struggling desperately with his body.
His sounds abruptly ceased. With eyes wide open, he finally saw who was attacking him.
"You look pretty scary like that. Let's twist it a bit more," Lin San said calmly, twisting the man's head again.
With two twists, he rotated the councilor's head a full circle, snapping the neck bones and ending his life instantly.
Thud.
The councilor's body collapsed limply onto the floor, eyes bulging wide, terror frozen on his face.
Lin San coldly glanced at him, carefully sensing to confirm that he was truly dead before walking toward the window.
As he moved, he tugged at the gloves on his hands. Without opening the window, he directly used his spatial ability to pass straight through it.
This was one councilor eliminated—two more remained.
Yuan City, inside a certain villa.
The demon spirit, transformed into black mist, entered through an open window.
The black mist crept along the edges of the wall near the floor. In the darkness of night, even if it were right beside someone, they likely wouldn't notice it.
Though it was nighttime, everything in the room was clearly visible to him.
Back in the Star Dou Forest, he had always preferred to move at night—the pitch-black environment was his favorite and the most suitable for combat.
Darkness not only failed to hinder his vision—it actually made him see more clearly than during the day.
He was a born night assassin, appearing and vanishing without a trace, killing without form.
"Ha-ha, one more time," a woman's voice echoed from a lit room.
The demon spirit slipped in through the crack of the door, moving slowly and cautiously.
"Huff… let me rest a bit, I can't quite keep up," the man said, panting.
The man was older. From the nearly half-white hair on his head, it was clear that he was at least over sixty.
Though he was advanced in age, the woman he called his wife was only in her early thirties—the age gap between them was considerable.
The woman rested her head on the man's chest, her face flushed.
"And you're a Titled Douluo? How can your stamina be this bad?" the woman complained, clearly dissatisfied.
Hearing this, the man felt provoked. "Who says my stamina is bad?"
"You dare mock your husband? I'll show you just how formidable a Titled Douluo is!"
As he spoke, the man flipped over, switching positions with her, the two laughing and playing.
While they indulged in their pleasure, they were completely unaware that danger was already upon them.
The demon spirit waited patiently for an opening. When the moment came, it suddenly lunged at the man.
"Who's there?!" the man roared, instinctively sensing danger. He rolled to the side in an attempt to dodge, fear surging in his heart.
But the demon spirit moved far too fast. The man had been preoccupied just moments before, immersed in pleasure, and his reaction was much slower.
The demon spirit released the dual-arm battle armor. Crossed blades flashed—
the man's head flew off, blood spraying everywhere.
Blood splattered against the wall. Before the woman could even react, her face was already drenched in it, leaving her completely stunned.
Before she could scream, a chill brushed her neck—her consciousness vanished instantly, and she never made a sound.
After killing both of them, the demon spirit once again transformed into black mist and retreated the same way it had entered.
Heaven Dou City, at a secluded estate.
A man wearing a night robe stared in disbelief at the black-clad figure before him.
"Y-you… have far too much… nerve…" the man said in broken words, his expression stiff.
Lin Yi remained cold and indifferent. He drew his long sword and slashed once, cutting the man's throat and ending his life.
After killing him, Lin Yi vanished directly from the room. With his quasi-god-level cultivation, short-distance spatial traversal was effortless.
At top speed, he reached the location of his second target and silently infiltrated it.
With quasi-god-level cultivation and spiritual power approaching the Divine Origin Realm, unless one possessed extreme strength, it was impossible to detect his movements.
A few minutes later, Lin Yi left that residence and headed for the next.
There were five councilors in Heaven Dou City, one of whom was even a level 92 Titled Douluo.
Without exception, all were killed by Lin Yi—no disturbances were caused. By the time they realized his presence, they couldn't even cry out.
It took roughly an hour and a half to eliminate all five targets in Heaven Dou City. Afterward, he immediately rushed at full speed toward Tianming City.
(End of Chapter)