# 827
Chapter 827
"What is that thing?!"
"I don't know!"
"Why does the Straight Blade have two mouths growing on it? And it looks so ferocious."
"Such a brutal and tyrannical Forbidden Ruins—who exactly is that young man?"
"..."
Among the watching new recruits witnessing this bizarre scene, exclamations and discussions erupted. Meanwhile, the three members of the Church of the Ancient Gods mixed into the crowd exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock.
"This aura... he's the agent of the Fallen Angel?"
"It can't be wrong—this decadent power is something only Lucifer could possess." The gaunt new recruit couldn't help but sigh. "It seems the captain of 【Night Watch】, Lin Qiye, is in trouble..."
"Why do you say that?" The youthful new recruit asked, confused.
"The Seraph's 【Mortal Divine Realm】 is synonymous with miracles, but it wasn't created for battle. Therefore, unless one's cultivation reaches a certain height, one simply cannot exert very high combat effectiveness in actual fights.
Contrary to the Seraph's divine power attributes, the Fallen Angel's power is ferocious and tyrannical, extremely aggressive—a terrifyingly dangerous God's Ruins that specializes in combat...
At the same cultivation level, a Seraph's agent simply cannot defeat a Fallen Angel's agent."
"I see." The female new recruit nodded. "It seems we don't need to act; the captain will be eliminated by his own people..."
"But I'm curious about something." The youthful new recruit spoke with puzzlement. "Lord Ancient Corpse once mentioned a secret—the more powerful a deity, the more easily their divine power influences the agent's personality. As Lucifer is a powerful deity on the same level as Michael, his decadent power should affect the agent's thoughts and emotions, especially since the agent himself is young and weak.
Under the influence of the decadent power, that young man should have become extremely brutal, and his personality and thoughts should have leaned inevitably toward darkness...
So why did he still choose to join the Night Watch?"
The gaunt new recruit fell silent.
"Either this child's self-control is terrifyingly strong, enough to maintain his original heart under the influence of the decadent power... or... he simply doesn't realize what kind of people the Night Watch really are." He pondered as he spoke.
"I lean toward the latter—he doesn't understand the Night Watch at all. He chose to join here on impulse, simply because he hasn't encountered any better options..."
"In other words, we have a chance to recruit him back to the Church of the Ancient Gods?" The female new recruit's eyes lit up. "If we can bring back Lucifer's agent, it would be a great achievement!"
"We do have a chance, but we need to deal with the matter at hand first." The gaunt new recruit coldly smiled. "The timing is right. Let's seize the opportunity and kill the captain of 【Night Watch】 first."
"Good!"
"Agreed."
"Fine."
Three voices rang out in succession. The gaunt new recruit suddenly froze.
Wait?
Why was there one extra person?
He茫然 turned back, only to see a young man carrying a black coffin on his back had somehow appeared behind them, smiling as he listened to their conversation.
An Qingyu pushed up his glasses, the gray light in his eyes gradually fading, and spoke calmly, "So you really did send people to infiltrate..."
From the beginning of the chaos, while fighting the new recruits, An Qingyu had been analyzing every new recruit in his field of vision, trying to find traces that might reveal the Church of the Ancient Gods members hidden among them.
Finally, he locked onto these three people.
Although they were in such a chaotic environment, their expressions remained calm and composed, with none of the tension and fear visible on other new recruits' faces. Moreover, the flow pattern of their spiritual power was clearly different from other new recruits.
Like Lin Qiye and the others, they too were suppressed by the Town-Exorcism Stele.
An Qingyu cautiously approached them from behind and just happened to overhear their conversation about Lu Baoyou, his eyes narrowing slightly.
We've been discovered!!
The three Church of the Ancient Gods members were simultaneously startled. Lightning-fast, they attacked the An Qingyu behind them in unison.
In the blink of an eye, a white shadow flew out from the black coffin on An Qingyu's back, rushing into the youthful new recruit's body. That person shuddered, his movements freezing in mid-air.
An Qingyu's calm gaze swept over the other two. His body rapidly retreated as countless invisible threads wreathed in frost burst from within him, weaving like a cage around their surroundings, isolating this battlefield from where the new recruits fought.
Discovering three Church of the Ancient Gods members in the crowd was no trivial matter.
The 【Night Watch】 squad was training these new recruits, so of course they wouldn't go all out with lethal force. But these Church of the Ancient Gods members were different—they wouldn't care about the new recruits' lives at all.
Once they saw An Qingyu fighting these three people dressed as new recruits, the other new recruits would definitely swarm over to help them attack An Qingyu. If someone accidentally got hurt, things would get ugly.
Therefore, An Qingyu's first reaction wasn't to engage the Church of the Ancient Gods, but to ensure the safety of the new recruits.
...
"There?" Shen Qingzhu among the crowd turned his head toward where An Qingyu was, his brow slightly furrowing.
"Shen-ge, the current situation isn't looking good." Beside him, Ding Chongfeng observed the battlefield while analyzing the situation. "Although that inexplicable new recruit has stalled one enemy, the other Church of the Ancient Gods members are simply too powerful. Even with everyone's combined effort, we're still struggling. I think we should—"
"Enough."
"...Huh?"
Ding Chongfeng looked at Shen Qingzhu in confusion.
"You did very well. I remember you." Shen Qingzhu said calmly. "Now, you should go rest."
Before the words finished, Shen Qingzhu struck the back of Ding Chongfeng's neck with a hand blade. Never expecting his most trusted Shen-ge to suddenly strike him, Ding Chongfeng was caught off guard and knocked unconscious with a single blow.
Before losing consciousness, he dazedly saw Shen Qingzhu quietly pull out a familiar fox mask from his chest and put it on...
Snap—!!
A crisp finger snap echoed through the night sky.
A blinding fireball roared past the new recruits' heads, hurtling directly toward the three Church of the Ancient Gods members trapped in An Qingyu's invisible threads. Torrents of flames instantly engulfed their figures.
...
"Hm?"
In the midst of battle, Lin Qiye's brow furrowed. He turned to look in the direction of the explosion.
"Three mice slipped in, it seems..." Lin Qiye murmured to himself.
Ssss—!
A Straight Blade sliced through the air in an instant, carrying terrifying decadent power, slashing toward Lin Qiye's neck!