ASER - Chapter 93
Chapter 93: Wrapping Up
The dimensional space wouldn't be damaged unless Rager No. 01's destructive power could break through space, which would then harm her. But clearly, its maximum destructive power was limited to wiping out some A-ranks, and that was it.
It couldn't even kill a true Forbidden Master above A-rank.
That's right, A-rank was the threshold for becoming a Forbidden Master.
A'Diao had been stuck at F-grade Spirit Power level just a few days ago, and now she could coldly watch two A-ranks get instantly killed.
As for Cui Liang... that scoundrel had actually reached D-rank. It seemed university resources were indeed impressive, and his wealthy female benefactor was also quite capable. But that was all.
Once a person was dead, any cultivation level was meaningless.
Toilet: "No wonder you wanted to return to the Cui family and deliberately leaked your tracks and weakened state. It was to lure Cui Liang back, wasn't it?"
From guessing the relationship between the father and son to deliberately leaking information...
A'Diao: "Yes, I also considered that he might bring helpers from that powerful family, but I didn't expect two A-ranks. Judging from the past, the powerful family didn't seem to value Cui Liang much; otherwise, they wouldn't have been stingy about setting up arrangements in Jinling to suppress the Song and Chen families. They simply felt it wasn't worth investing too much. So, from this, we can deduce—two A-ranks aren't such a significant human resource for this family. Therefore, this family must have a Forbidden Master."
Can't afford to offend them.
Fortunately, she had been very cautious before and after, not revealing any traces of herself. But she still needed to be even more careful.
If things went wrong, if her identity was implicated and discovered by this family, she would undoubtedly die.
Even though the original plan was already very thorough, A'Diao once again hid within 303. Amidst the destruction, she carefully reviewed the information again. When the destructive damage outside had mostly subsided... she, wearing combat armor, rushed into the explosive light cluster that could still instantly kill cultivators below C-rank and quickly plundered the resources and treasures from the two A-ranks.
Actually, she could have chosen not to take them; she couldn't be too greedy.
Toilet: "Aren't you afraid of leaving a flaw this time? After all, by taking their belongings, aren't you telling that family that someone orchestrated this and took the spoils?"
A'Diao: "Yes, someone did survive and plotted to take everything. Since I've already plundered the Cui family's treasury, wouldn't it be strange not to take their inheritance? The logic needs to be consistent."
She didn't explain to Toilet because people from the Jinling authorities would surely arrive soon.
She had to leave as quickly as possible.
Trade-offs, trade-offs. Her choice was to take all these people's inheritances; after all, Li Yuanshu was the one who did it.
And what she gave up was the Cui family's Small Spirit Gate.
She absolutely couldn't touch this.
After the butler led Cui Liang and the other two in, he soon saw the guards of the Small Spirit Gate approach. They asked a question. On the surface, he said nothing, but his heart was in turmoil.
How could he not see that this was clearly the Eldest Young Master harboring the intent of patricide to seize power and profit?
Was this a good thing?
Yes, because having served the Cui family for many years, he had truly had enough of this moody, sinister, and selfish head of the family. If it were the Eldest Young Master... even if he was very similar to his father deep down, at least on the surface, he would feign to win people over, unlike the arrogant Cui Yong.
So, it would be beneficial for them, right?
Just as the butler was thinking this, he suddenly felt a loud rumble beneath his feet.
What was happening? An earthquake?
He was shocked. On the other side, people in the various courtyards of the Cui family were also shocked. What was going on?
Jinling shouldn't be an earthquake zone, right? There had never been an earthquake in its history.
They had just run out of their houses when they saw the vast grounds of the Cui family estate, specifically the area of the Small Spirit Gate... engulfed in a halo of explosions.
A mushroom cloud billowed up, and the ground cracked and broke with loud snaps.
With a deafening boom.
A deep pit, ten meters in diameter and five meters deep, collapsed.
The buildings over there crumbled simultaneously... The ground cracked open, and some people, caught off guard, fell into the fissures. For example, Cui Yun's parents... they didn't even have time to scream before they were gone.
And the shockwave rolled out. The higher their status and the closer they lived, the better their aptitude, the faster they died. Conversely, other collateral Cui family members who lived farther away luckily survived, though they were blown about by the blast wave, dazed and disoriented.
What... what on earth had happened?
Only the butler, only he, realized one thing in that instant—father and son had perished together?
The Cui family was finished.
Not to mention the destruction of the Small Spirit Gate alarming the relevant departments, the sheer scale of the explosion was enough for everyone in Jinling City to notice.
All the experts from the Jinling authorities rushed out, arriving above the Cui family estate within minutes. Amidst the ruins and the deep pit, only a Small Spirit Gate remained, barely holding on. A quick scan was all it took to understand the situation.
"It's Rager."
"The Cui family... what is this situation!"
The officials were dumbfounded, but they quickly sealed off the area...
"Investigate!"
And just a minute before this uproar, this commotion, before all the experts were dispatched for a strict investigation.
In Jinling City, on a bustling, crowded street, a tall, thin young man was queuing in front of a milk tea shop. After getting his milk tea, he ignored the occasional glances from a few high school girls queuing in another line nearby.
Was he handsome and dashing?
Not really. His features were ordinary, but he possessed a very special aura.
Casual, sharp, yet mysterious and subtle.
Until the explosion occurred, everyone on the street heard the commotion coming from the direction of Jinling's official and wealthy residential district.
Amidst the crowd's chaos and panic.
"Did someone die?"
"There was an explosion, someone definitely died!"
"How pitiful. I wonder where the explosion happened."
"Pitiful my ass! Judging by the direction, it should be the official district... Serves them right!"
"Don't say that. Some officials are actually very good, like those in the Jinxiang Area..."
The few young girls, however, soon saw that the young man's pale, bloodless face showed no expression. Holding his milk tea in one hand, he turned, pulled up the hood of his black sweatshirt with the other, and walked into the crowd under the drizzling rain.
Oh, he was also romantic, with such a calm and composed demeanor.
Very charming.
But they didn't see him, with his back to the direction of the Cui family's explosion, a slight smile on his lips, his eyes lively, yet a profound calmness in their depths.
The little evil dragon would only jump and cheer for mountains of gold and silver, and steamed buns, her eyes sparkling.
For the lives of others, she wouldn't.
Isn't that very cold, very cool, super charming?!
I am who I am, a different kind of firework, endorsing only the ruthless assassin!
The next second, maintaining her cool, pretentious demeanor, she put the straw to her lips.
Wow... Highland barley taro milk is just so delicious.
Toilet watched this person reveal an indescribably blissful expression, as if she were about to ascend to immortality in the next second.
The only characteristic of a foodie is—eating, or drinking.
After leaving the street, A'Diao wandered around for a while, finished her milk tea, entered a mall, went to the men's restroom, and the next second, emerging from the stream of men was another ordinary-looking fat man.
The fat man went to a nearby mall, got into a pre-arranged hovercar, and left Jinling City. Then, in the wilderness, the car was stored in a storage ring, he turned invisible, and stepped onto a flight device...
It wasn't Cui Yong's flight device, currently the best and fastest she had, but the one she owned, obtained from Chen Xun.
Using Cui Yong's flight device could easily expose her. She didn't dare reveal any flaws now, so she didn't even dare to absorb the Cui family's Small Spirit Gate because it was known to exist. If it were taken, it would leave too much room for speculation.
A flight device worth around fifty million on the market naturally couldn't compare in speed to the one from the 3.5 billion Wolf Spine set, but it had the advantage of some special functions Chen Xun had added.
It seemed he had deliberately emphasized stealth and signal blocking features on it.
Toilet: "He probably figured you'd get into trouble sooner or later and gave it to you for escaping."
A'Diao: "..."
User-friendly design.
Nevertheless, the speed of this flight device completely outclassed many others. After all, how many people in Jinling could afford a fifty-million flight device?
Big spenders like Cui Yong were, after all, a minority.
With a burst of speed, A'Diao caught up to a hovercar two hours later. The car door opened, she entered, and it turned out the person in the driver's seat... had her face and body.
However, as "her" body moved, the outer shell cracked open.
A golden leopard jumped out from inside.
Sparrow: "Baby!"
Xiao Yuanbao: "Sparrowy!"
The two AIs enacted a touching scene of fellow countrymen reuniting after a long separation.
A'Diao, who had replaced Xiao Yuanbao in driving: "..."
If it weren't for having no one else available, she really wouldn't want to bring them out.
Xiao Yuanbao disposed of the outer shell disguise and reported the situation to A'Diao, "Master Diao Diao, I followed your instructions, drove through those checkpoints, and was photographed by surveillance and traffic department cameras. Also, as you instructed, I installed a spirit core inside me with a Spirit Power amount similar to your superficial level. Their equipment's energy intensity readings won't be wrong. Following this route, they will know you went to Quxian County."
A'Diao nodded, checked the time. There wasn't much else to do next; just go to Quxian County to retrieve the body.
She wondered how things were going in the Jinxiang Area.
Toilet: "After Quxian County, do you want to take a stroll in the Jinxiang Area? I suspect there's a Spirit Gate beneath that cavern; otherwise, those ghouls wouldn't reproduce so quickly."
It wasn't suitable to sort through the spoils outside, but she had to do something.
"No, not going. Not to mention the imperial court's experts gathered there, even the academies would surely have powerful people present. What would I do there? No chance to reap benefits, and it would be too abrupt."
"The most important thing is that I need to wrap things up."
"If this wrap-up isn't handled well, however much I've gained, I'll have to spit it all out, and even lose my life."
Since A'Diao had already conspired with the Fierce Bandit Organization and the Cui family in her plan, she wouldn't be greedy enough to try and cover every angle.
She couldn't do something as foolish as trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it.
Going to Quxian County was the most logical course of action and was part of the original plan.
Toilet thought about it and agreed. Since the academy could send valuable teachers and people like Tuoba there, they wouldn't just have Zhou Jiang and his men for protection. After all, there was a high probability of a Fifth-Grade Demonic Spirit appearing in the Jinxiang Area, and they feared accidents.
So...
"Right, lest the dung beetle meets a case of the runs—a wasted trip."
A'Diao: "???"
Just as A'Diao was about to curse Toilet for not speaking human language, a wave of Mental Power suddenly arrived, mostly from Tuoba and the others.
Huh? What was going on? Weren't these people fighting monsters in the Jinxiang Area?
Toilet: "They resent you even while fighting monsters? How much do you resemble a ghoul?"
A'Diao steered with one hand, took out milk to drink, and said casually while drinking, "Couldn't it be the Mental Power they unleashed just before dying?"
Damn, you're still the ruthless one.
In the Jinxiang Area, before Tuoba and the others unleashed their Mental Power... let's rewind fifteen minutes.
The Fifth-Grade Ghoul BOSS, well-versed in the art of war, decided to capture the leader to catch the thieves. Flapping its bony wings, it flew towards the main camp where Chen Ran and other high officials were. Many people panicked, but some remained calm because they knew the core military secrets.
When the Ghoul BOSS reached the main camp, the commander of the patrol army and several high-ranking adjutants fiercely leaped up, piloting their flight devices.
Sky Saber, Skynet, all sorts of techniques were unleashed upon it.
The Ghoul BOSS roared, its flapping wings tearing through the Skynet, and it was about to release a beam of light...
Mental Block!
A female adjutant's eyes shone brightly as she activated a mental secret technique. The Ghoul BOSS's skill activation was indeed interrupted for a second.
Just one second, but it was enough.
The commander was seen treading on air, a chain of afterimages from his saber, BOOM!!! A wave of saber energy slashed onto the Ghoul BOSS.
Huh? This commander was actually B7-rank, just one step away from A-rank.
No wonder he could command Jinling City's patrol army, second only to the garrison forces.
Crack! Flesh and blood flew, revealing the bones underneath, but that was all... It seemed the commander's goal wasn't to kill it.
A Fifth-Grade Demonic Spirit mini-BOSS actually corresponded to an energy level not of a human C-rank, but required a human B-rank to even have a chance of dealing with it. However, directly killing it was impossible; its physical defense was too strong. But the commander was experienced; he knew from the start he couldn't kill it, so his saber technique was augmented with paralyzing and immobilizing effects.
Thus... the Ghoul BOSS's body stiffened for a moment. It seemed to sense danger, its mouth opened, about to release a ball of light.
But at this moment, the window of a tall tower behind the small town had already opened, revealing a cannon muzzle half a meter in diameter.
Particle energy charged, aimed, fired.
This was the fastest-attacking military weapon in the Jinling City patrol army's arsenal.
The high-ranking members of the command headquarters had clearly anticipated that the Ghoul BOSS, after its ambush failed and it was temporarily at a disadvantage, would emerge from the cavern. They also expected it to come to the small town, so everything was prepared.
This was tactics.
BOOM!!!
A beam of light, half a meter in diameter, reached the Ghoul BOSS's body in the blink of an eye.
Bombardment.
The Ghoul BOSS, its flesh and blood blasted away, let out a dull, mournful howl. Even a section of its bony wing was broken off. Its body was sent flying and finally crashed heavily to the ground.
Thick smoke smelling of burnt meat rose up.
Damn, it worked?!!
Some people, overcome with greed, impatiently ran over, as if they could reap some benefits. Suddenly, an alarm sounded from the military side, "Get away from it immediately, quick!"
But it was too late.
The Ghoul BOSS opened its eyes, its mouth gaped, and a wave of black energy swept out, instantly swallowing seven or eight people along with some nearby ghouls, gulping them down whole.
It was over.
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