The Dark Cloud Pavilion Master stood on the hidden thirteen floors of his pavilion, overlooking the city. Although a mist still surrounded him, any discerning individual could detect his slightly restless mood. He suddenly sensed sothing sowhere in the city.
Although it was brief and swiftly disappeared, he sensed one of his people sowhere they should not be. 'Was I right? Did sothing happen to my people?' He resisted his first instinct to imdiately check out and, instead, sent a communication talisman to assemble the Dark Mists Assassins.
Not even ten seconds passed before countless mist shadows materialized behind him.
"Master!" They said in perfect synchronized voices.
"So rats have infiltrated our order. Let's remove them," the Pavilion Master ordered, and the group answered: "As you wish." Everyone disappeared from their locations. The Pavilion Master led them to a house hidden underground in the worst area of this city where only mortals lived.
'Whoever picked this location chose an excellent spot, and the protection around this hidden base was also well done,' the Pavilion Master sneered. He expected as much from soone who may have successfully corrupted his n against him. However, it did not matter how capable the person was or who was behind them; he would eradicate this threat as soon as possible.
'I hope it's one of the other pavilions so I can use this excuse to extort resources from them,' the Dark Cloud Pavilion Master thought as he ordered his people to break in. As expected, the people inside resisted, using the formation in this base to fight them off. However, it was useless as the Dark Mist Assassins slaughtered everyone in sight. Most of these people were weak, which was normal since it was easier to detect people with higher cultivation when entering the city.
'Sothing is wrong,' thought the Pavilion Master. Things proceeded too easily and too smoothly. He ordered his people to be careful, and on their guard since sothing major might be coming once they arrived at the core of this base. However, the Pavilion Master was not prepared for what he saw inside. A handso man with gray hair and eyes waited for him, with all the mbers of his Law Enforcent Hall standing behind him.
The Dark Cloud Pavilion Master imdiately realized this was a trap and wanted to leave, but it was too late. His divine sense warned him that the room was now in an isolated dinsion with potent arrays preventing their exit. He then cald down, faced his opponent, and asked: "Who are you?"
Wang Wei did not answer him but looked intently at the Dark Cloud Pavilion Master and the Dark Mist Assassins.
"You have the rare Dark Mist Qi, which boosts assassin-related skills and allows its user to share the Qi with others, forming a bond similar to that of a hive-mind. The primary holder of the Qi has absolute control over the secondary holders; they can also perfectly sync with them, read their minds, and share abilities.
"You were wise to share the Dark Mist Qi with the creation live inside your Inner World, allowing you access to a variety of abilities and powers," Wang Wei calmly comnted.
"However, despite how rare and useful your Qi is, it's not the main reason I'm interested in you — it's not why I found you extrely valuable." Wang Wei's eyes shone almost as bright as it would have if he saw his wife, and that's because of the Zerg Hive Mind Plan. The Dark Mist Qi is an excellent data-gathering thod for creating such a creature in the future.
The Dark Cloud Pavilion Master's body trembled. His intuition warned him of a terrible future if this man caught him. He used his secret connection to order his n to go on the offensive, so the Dark Mist Assassins imdiately activated their skills or techniques. Sadly for them, it was pointless.
A projection of the River of Fate materialized above the room, releasing strings that imdiately entered these assassins' foreheads and disarming them in the process. The Pavilion Master's face turned ugly as he sensed his connection with these people being forcefully severed. He quickly cald down to think of a solution, and he ended up using the Creation Lives inside his Inner World.
Although he could not allow these people to leave his world since he was only a Dao Ruler, his unique Qi allowed him, to so extent, access to many of their broken abilities.
[Breaking Void]
The Dark Cloud Pavilion Master disappeared from the room as he chose a talent to help him escape the situation. Unfortunately for him, he reappeared in the sa room after another second after navigating through hundreds of spatial layers. Wang Wei suddenly appeared before him and punched him.
The Dark Cloud Pavilion was not instantly outclassed despite the situation. He responded by using an ability that turned her body into blue stone and even successfully blocked Wang Wei's terrifying punch. However, this was the extent of his ability and this fight. As soon as his body touched Wang Wei's fist, his face changed because a powerful seal enveloped his Inner World and sealed his power.
The Pavilion Master still resisted, trying one last effort to remove that seal as swiftly as possible and continue this fight, but Wang Wei released a Soul Attack to knock him out.
"Hmm," Wang Wei muttered as he looked at these people. 'It would be terrible if my Zerg could be dealt with so easily, especially the Hive-Mind Communication System. Maybe I should build a small and independent River of Fate for the communication system. This should prevent most people from being capable of interfering with it.'
Wang Wei nodded as he liked this plan. However, he also understood he was getting ahead of himself. He had a long way to go before he could even attempt this plan.
"Let's move on to the next step," Wang Wei ordered. With the Dark Cloud Pavilion under his control, Wang Wei swiftly took control of over 80% of the pavilion before targeting the remaining 20%.
The pavilion had its own people for assassination tasks. However, the pavilion master was a wise man who still found a way to expand his numbers and preserve his strength in the process. He divided the Assassination Hall into the Inner and Outer Halls.
The Inner Hall belonged to the Dark Mist Assassins, or people close to him, while the Outer Hall recruited foreigners who served as assassin rcenaries. Anyone can join the Assassin Hall; they complete missions and receive resources as compensation. The pavilion will even invite talented individuals to join the Inner Hall; thus, this hall also serves as a recruiting thod.
Wang Wei controlled the Pavilion Master to activate the [Supre Summon], which is a rare event in which the pavilion demanded all the outer mbers to show up for an important eting. This was the only mandatory thing in the Outer Hall, and anyone who refused the call could forfeit their identity. Based on the situation, these people might be blacklisted from the entire Lawless Zone.
With this massive summon, assassins as low as Iron and as high as Gold swiftly headed to the Dark Cloud Pavilion. Sadly, they were walking into a lion's den. Wang Wei showed no rcy and controlled these people, forcing them into his servitude. Once everything was under control, he prepared to head to the Green Earth Pavilion when he received a talisman from Mongke.
"Did sothing happen?" Wang Wei read the information, and soon afterward, the space between him opened a portal to release sothing.
…
Mongke traveled to a small planet. At first glance, this planet seed beautiful and could be described as a heavenly paradise. The mortals were happy, had plenty to eat, and lived fulfilling lives. However, only a few people knew this was just a facade. Mongke teleported directly to a towering mountain surrounded by a mist.
As soon as he arrived, the mist on top of the mountain receded, showing a woman who embodies the idea of a demoness. She wore a long white robe that trailed behind her, but her hair was abnormally dark — it could be described as Vanta black.
She used a dark green powder to shade her lips, and her pointy nails were purple-black. The Poison Demoness looked down the mountain with her violent eyes.
"Barbarian King? Why are you here?" she asked before suddenly rembering sothing. "I heard you were defeated yesterday." She did not hide the schadenfreude from her voice. "Are you here to get so poison from to defeat your opponent?"
"Do you think I'm that kind of person?" Mongke rebutted.
"True," nodded the demoness. "So, what's your purpose here? I haven't cultivated a new batch of poisons that are sowhat effective for your body tempering." Her voice contained a hint of annoyance and embarrassnt at the last sentence.
"I'm here on behalf of the new lord I serve under," Mongke said calmly, making the demoness squint her eyes.
"Surrender or be forced to do so."
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