28: Assault

The night was as deep as ink.

Outside a brightly lit tavern in Xilin Town, a luxurious carriage was quietly parked.

Baron Harman staggered out, one arm around a scantily clad, alluring female companion.

His steps were wobbly, his face flushed with the effects of alcohol, mixed with an undisguised sense of satisfaction and triumph.

Following closely behind him was his taciturn Guard, Decker.

His bright silver armor reflected a faint glow in the night, cold and menacing.

"Decker, what a blast today!"

Baron Harman let out a loud burp, saying triumphantly.

"That brat, under the pressure from the deacon, will surely compromise!"

"Once the mine is ours, our Harman Family's strength will advance even further!"

Decker did not speak, merely followed silently behind him, his eyes hidden beneath his face mask, showing no emotion.

Baron Harman and his female companion got into the carriage.

Decker mounted his warhorse, holding the reins and riding in front of the carriage, fulfilling his duty as a guard.

The carriage wheels slowly turned, rolling over the cobblestone road, gradually moving away from the town's clamor and into the quiet country lane outside the town.

The night grew thicker and thicker.

All around was silent, with only the monotonous sound of the wheels rolling.

Suddenly!

From the shadows of the road ahead of the carriage, a huge and burly figure leaped out without warning, silently standing in front of the carriage!

The figure was covered in dark bronze corpse armor, and its eye sockets emitted a dark, eerie glow.

The moment it appeared, a cold, dense Corpse Qi swept out Li Ke a tide!

The surrounding temperature plummeted, and even the air seemed to solidify.

Decker, in front of the carriage, his pupils suddenly constricted!

His body instantly tensed!

"Living Corpse Path?! People from the Holy Meal Society?!"

As a Bloodline Knight, he was all too familiar with this evil aura!

This was definitely a high-level Undead!

However, before he could react further.

That dark and tall figure instantly vanished from its spot!

The next moment!

A pair of greenish-black hands suddenly reached out from the shadows at Decker's side without warning!

A tremendous force came, and Decker was forcibly pulled from his horse by this force, dragged into that bottomless shadow!

Clang!!

A piercing clang of metal suddenly erupted from the shadows!

That was the sound of weapons colliding, or armor being forcibly torn!

Immediately after, Decker's upper body suddenly burst out of the shadows!

The bright silver armor he wore was emitting a faint, scorching red glow, which was a manifestation of Bloodline Power being stimulated to its extreme!

Through the gaps in his face mask, a pair of incredibly resolute eyes were revealed.

He stretched out his arms, wanting to grasp something.

However, the next moment,

A pair of greenish-black hands reached out from the shadows behind him, grabbing his shoulders.

The bright silver armor at his shoulders visibly dented and deformed inwards!

His body suddenly recoiled!

Through the gaps in his face mask, a short cry came out:

"Save me…"

His body was dragged into the shadows again, completely disappearing.

The sound abruptly stopped.

Then, a spine-chilling gnawing sound came from the shadows.

This sound, in the dead of night, was exceptionally clear and terrifying.

After a few breaths.

A "thud."

An indescribable object was casually thrown out from the shadows.

That was once the powerful body of the Bloodline Knight Decker.

Now, only a dried-up, twisted, and deformed corpse remained, its flesh and blood essence sucked dry, falling Li Ke a rag doll onto the cold ground.

The bright silver armor had also lost its luster, stained with filth.

All of this happened too quickly, too suddenly!

Inside the carriage compartment.

Baron Harman and his female companion witnessed this heart-wrenching scene through the carriage window!

Their faces were ashen, and their teeth chattered uncontrollably.

"Monster… there's a monster!!!"

The female companion let out a sharp cry.

Baron Harman's legs went soft, and he slumped in the carriage, a warm, foul-smelling liquid instantly soaking his luxurious trousers.

Li Ke appeared silently by the carriage door.

He still wore the simply made vortex mask on his face.

His eyes beneath the mask were as calm as water, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

As if the bloody and cruel slaughter just now was merely a farce unrelated to him.

He reached out and naturally pulled open the carriage door.

"Baron Harman, long time no see."

Baron Harman evidently did not recognize the person wearing the mask and asked in a trembling voice,

"You… who are you?"

Li Ke did not answer, merely looked at him quietly.

He raised his hand, and on his face, which was wearing the vortex mask, the corner of his mouth seemed to curve into an almost imperceptible arc.

"I heard your wife's skills are very good."

Baron Harman's expression froze for a moment, completely failing to understand the meaning of the sentence.

Li Ke no longer wasted time, reaching out and grabbing Baron Harman's face.

Soul Search!

"Ah!!!"

Baron Harman let out an extremely shrill scream!

His body twitched and contorted violently, his eyes rolled upwards, and black blood foam gushed from his mouth and nose.

Countless chaotic, fragmented memories, Li Ke a tide, were forcibly stripped and devoured by Li Ke from his mind!

Baron Harman's screams grew weaker and weaker, and his body became more and more powerless.

After a moment, his body suddenly stiffened.

Then he slumped limply in the carriage, his eyes wide open, dying with grievances.

Li Ke withdrew his hand, took out a clean handkerchief from his In arms, and slowly wiped his fingertips.

The entire process was elegant and unhurried, as if he had only done a trivial little thing.

The female companion in the carriage witnessed Baron Harman die alive in front of her.

She was so frightened that her whole body went soft, and she looked at Li Ke, her voice filled with sobs and trembling.

"Sir… Sir, my skills are also very good…"

"Oh? Is that so."

Li Ke's gaze fell on her, his eyes calm.

"Too bad I'm not interested today."

"Next life."

The moment the words fell.

The oppressive body of the Bronze Armor Corpse, Li Ke a huge shadow, completely enveloped the carriage.

The next moment.

A brief and terrifying gnawing sound came from inside the carriage, along with the faint sound of bones being crushed…

Soon, everything returned to silence.

At the same time.

A pure and extremely cold power, following the mysterious connection of the Innate Guardian Corpse, slowly surged into Li Ke's body.

This was the feedback from the life essence of the Bloodline Knight Decker and Baron Harman!

Especially that Bloodline Knight, the energy contained within him far exceeded that of ordinary people!

Li Ke's Demon Summoning Scripture within his body operated frantically,

Li Ke a greedy vortex, it completely absorbed, transformed, and refined this pure Corpse Qi Origin…

In the Dantian Qi Sea.

A new drop of dark liquid slowly condensed into shape…

Qi Cultivation Seventh Level!

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Li Ke's eyes beneath the mask.

Indeed!

As the Bronze Armor Corpse continuously grew stronger and devoured more powerful Clairvoyance, the more feedback he would receive, and his Cultivation speed would become faster and faster!

This was his true purpose for painstakingly choosing to refine the Innate Guardian Corpse!

A mobile Cultivation resource that could continuously devour and continuously provide feedback!

The Bronze Armor Corpse quickly devoured all the flesh and blood in the carriage.

Only a shattered carriage and a few dried-up skeletons remained at the scene.

The air was filled with a faint smell of blood and Corpse Qi.

Li Ke carefully checked the surrounding environment.

Confirming that no clues that could point to him were left behind.

He glanced at the dark night sky,

And silently left the scene with the Bronze Armor Corpse, merging back into the night.