The three guards were killed swiftly, and since all the bodies were thrown into the water by Qin Jie, they wouldn't be easily discovered immediately.
By the time the other guards turned their heads, they had already lost track of their three companions.
It's worth mentioning that when these people saw that the positions where their companions had been were empty, they did not issue any warning signals, but continued to patrol along their original routes.
It seems these guards aren't particularly sharp-witted.
The red membrane reappeared, and Qin Jie once again exempted himself from an instant death.
The flute music in Fountainhead Palace, while beautiful at first listen, becomes incredibly monotonous after a while, leaving one with an indescribable irritation.
The remaining two guards on the rooftop were not difficult to deal with.
These two found it hard to monitor each other, and they also moved, creating many blind spots.
Qin Jie and Sword Shadow split up, taking different routes to kill them separately.
Plop.
The Okami Samurai's body fell into the Source Water.
At this point, the enemies on the rooftop had been completely dealt with.
Qin Jie reloaded the decayed emissary's magazine, then lowered himself.
He was about to start hunting the Okami Nobles.
Above the eaves of the magnificent palace, Qin Jie's figure descended like the God of Death.
The greatsword form of devouring abyss slaughtered these nobles like cutting melons and vegetables, and also yielded a large amount of Soul value.
In a short while, the blood of the Okami Nobles was splattered on the walls, in the water, and on their favorite folding screens.
And that annoying flute music also diminished considerably.
The only remaining flute music still echoed above Fountainhead Palace.
Qin Jie cast his gaze over, only to see the massive Okami Noble, easily seven meters tall, still playing that monotonous and repetitive flute music.
What is the meaning of this immortality?
The people of Fountainhead Palace gained immortality, but lived like walking corpses.
This twisted way of life was incomprehensible to Qin Jie.
Of course, understanding it or not didn't affect Qin Jie's ability to earn Soul value.
The current Soul value had already accumulated to 48.6%.
These nobles of Fountainhead Palace were indeed powerful, each bringing at least 2% of Soul value.
This couldn't help but make Qin Jie wonder how much Soul value that giant Fountainhead Palace Noble would have.
Insight
Name: Fountainhead Palace Noble (Deformed)
HP: 100%
MP: 200/200
Strength: 36
Agility: 8
Stamina: 34
Intelligence: 20
Charm: 0
Luck: 5
Skill 1, Soul-Snatching Flute Sound: The flute sound played by the Okami Noble can trigger an instant death effect.
(Note: This skill cannot be blocked and ignores defense.)
Skill 2, Call Guards: The Okami Noble calls guards, summoning Okami Guards within 30 meters.
Skill 3, Life-Draining Flute Sound: Locks onto an enemy and plays a life-draining flute sound.
After listening to the flute sound for more than 15 seconds, the target gains the 'Aging' effect, reducing all attributes by 90%.
(Note: This skill cannot be blocked and ignores defense.)
Skill 4, Abyssal Flute Sound: Plays a flute sound from the devouring abyss, dealing 12% of maximum health damage per second and 80 points of erosion damage to enemies within 100 meters.
(Note: This skill cannot be blocked and ignores defense.)
Skill 5, Lesser Abyssal Creature: ???
---This giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's Strength and Stamina attributes are several times higher than those of ordinary Fountainhead Palace Nobles, but its Agility is almost the same.
In fact, due to its massive size, this giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's movements are even slower than those of ordinary Fountainhead Palace Nobles.
However, it's worth noting that this thing can directly play the Abyssal Flute Sound by itself, so Qin Jie must kill it as quickly as possible.
This giant Fountainhead Palace Noble slowly roamed within Fountainhead Palace, its throat exposed outside its neck, covered with dense pores, emitting an ethereal flute sound, looking inexplicably eerie.
Qin Jie didn't care about that.
After entering Shadow of Concealment, he stood on the rooftop of a palace, quietly waiting for the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble to approach.
The Fountainhead Palace Noble's body was indeed tall.
Even standing on the rooftop, Qin Jie was only at the opponent's waist height, which made him a bit annoyed, as he couldn't decapitate him this way.
It wasn't that Qin Jie had some strange fetish; it was simply because he currently possessed the decapitation figurine and Headless Divine Descent, two items specifically for the neck.
Decapitation was an efficient method for him.
However, since he couldn't reach the opponent's neck, then he would make the opponent's neck come closer to him.
Qin Jie didn't hesitate; he leaped directly, then charged straight for the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's waist.
At this moment, devouring abyss was in its greatsword form.
Not only that, because he had just slain the Fountainhead Palace Noble, the greatsword now carried the Po Jun Blade's edge.
The super-long blade cut through the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's decayed body like cutting through melons and vegetables.
In just one encounter, the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble was directly cut in half by Qin Jie at the waist, its upper and lower limbs separated, collapsing like a felled tree.
"Boom!"
The palace of Fountainhead Palace was directly smashed by the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's massive body, and the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's remaining upper body struggled aimlessly on the ground.
Then, Qin Jie's figure reappeared behind him.
Just as the blade of devouring abyss was about to sever the opponent's neck, the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's exposed throat suddenly trembled.
In an instant, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
The sound of the Source Water's waves, the distant noble's flute sound, the howling wind, the crashing sound of the collapsed palace—all sounds ceased here.
Only a majestic and magnificent, yet somewhat eerie, flute sound rang out.
It was as if this flute sound was the only sound in the world.
As the flute sound rang out, Qin Jie's head buzzed, but he didn't feel pain.
Instead, he felt a floating sensation.
If it weren't for his HP rapidly dropping, he might not even have realized the danger.
But fortunately, his blade had already found the opponent's neck before the flute sound began.
The giant Fountainhead Palace Noble played the flute sound, and Qin Jie's blade arrived with it.
Under the blessings of Headless Divine Descent and the decapitation figurine, Qin Jie's strike directly severed the giant Fountainhead Palace Noble's massive head.
That huge, ugly, fish-like head fell to the ground, rolled a few times on the water's surface, and finally stopped after smashing through several walls.
And that majestic and magnificent flute sound, after ringing out for an instant, began to produce static like a poorly tuned radio, and then, the sound gradually stopped.
Qin Jie touched the blood gushing from his nose, momentarily shocked.
He had never imagined that this Abyssal Flute Sound would be so terrifying.
Only then did the surrounding sounds resume, and Qin Jie gradually began to hear again---