# 995
Chapter 996: Encirclement
*Sizzle——!*
In the deserted street, the streetlamps on both sides发出一声爆响，同时熄灭.
Darkness devoured the road, an icy aura spreading rapidly through the area. In the oppressive silence, only scattered snowflakes fell silently onto the ground.
Fang Mo clenched his teeth, removed his shirt from beneath the down jacket, and hastily bandaged the wound on his arm to stop the bleeding. At the same time, he gripped the short blade in reverse and warily scanned his surroundings.
He sniffed the air, his expression turning grim.
At least seven or eight "Mysteries" were active on this street, all closing in on him.
He had heard from Li Zhenzhen that there were many "Mysteries" in Shangjing City, but he never expected them to be this numerous... And now, he was wounded and bleeding. In the dark city, his aura was as conspicuous as the sun to the "Mysteries."
"Fang Mo!"
From the other side of the road, Ding Chongfeng rushed over quickly with Su Yuan and Su Zhe.
Fang Mo's eyes narrowed, and he stepped back half a pace, shouting at the three: "Don't come over here!"
Ding Chongfeng and the others froze.
"There are a large number of life signatures approaching nearby." Su Yuan closed her eyes and carefully sensed for a moment. "Based on the intensity of the fluctuations, they're 'Mysteries'—three at the 'Pool' realm, four at the 'River' realm, one at the 'Sea' realm, and one at the 'Measureless' realm concealing its aura in the darkness."
Hearing this, both Ding Chongfeng and Su Zhe's expressions changed.
"How can there be this many 'Mysteries'?" Su Zhe couldn't help but ask. "When did Shangjing City become a den of 'Mysteries'?"
"Never mind that. Let's grab Fang Mo and get out of here!"
Ding Chongfeng was about to rush toward Fang Mo, but the latter immediately retreated further, seemingly determined to create distance between himself and Ding Chongfeng's group.
"You need to leave quickly." Fang Mo's expression was extremely serious. "These 'Mysteries' are all after me. If you stay with me, you'll only get surrounded by them…"
*Swoosh——!*
From the alley in the corner, a cold gleam flashed out again. The second "Pool" realm "Mystery" that had been lurking in ambush struck once more.
This time, Fang Mo saw its true form clearly.
It was a little demon holding a crossbow.
The tip of the bolt emanated a chilling, sinister glow, thrusting directly toward Fang Mo's throat. However, this time Fang Mo was prepared.
He nimbly dodged the bolt, his form retreating several steps. As he was about to take action, the cement road beneath him suddenly exploded. A black shadow flew up from underground, like a shark that had caught the scent of blood, its狰狞巨嘴 gaping wide as it bit violently toward Fang Mo's wounded arm.
Fang Mo's pupils contracted slightly.
Just then, an intangible force field suddenly appeared, locking onto that flying shadow stone shark mid-air. At the moment its teeth were about to touch Fang Mo's arm, it was slammed forcefully back to the ground.
Dust rose into the air.
Fang Mo turned his head and saw that Ding Chongfeng was raising his right hand, making an empty gripping motion in the air, giving Fang Mo a helpless smile.
"It seems we can't leave even if we want to…"
On top of the storefronts on both sides of the street, figure after figure of "Mysteries" emerged. The realm aura they emitted was almost entirely at the "River" realm and above.
And the four surrounded "Pool" realm recruits—Fang Mo, Ding Chongfeng, Su Yuan, and Su Zhe—were like fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of these "River" realm or even "Sea" realm "Mysteries."
"We're going to die, we're going to die." Su Zhe's face had no color at all, speaking bitterly. "I should have gone to a fortune teller earlier… At least then I could have died as a romantic ghost."
Beside him, Su Yuan couldn't help but shoot him a look.
But immediately after, she seemed to sense something, letting out a soft exclamation as she turned to look at the other end of the road.
*Dap, dap, dap, dap…*
Snowflakes drifted silently onto the dark street. The streetlamps on both sides of the distant road that had just gone dark suddenly and eerily lit up one after another.
A pair of boots stepped on the thin layer of snow, making a soft crunching sound. A man wrapped in a military coat, holding a Straight Blade, walked slowly through the wind and snow.
With each step he took, the extinguished streetlamps on both sides flickered and lit up, casting his shadow onto the snow-covered ground.
The ethereal light gradually devoured the entire street. A dense, suffocating wave of ethereal darkness spread rapidly, making one feel as if they were standing in the underworld, with life and death no longer in their own hands.
"What a powerful life fluctuation…" Su Yuan murmured to herself.
Faced with this unfamiliar yet powerful aura, Fang Mo and Ding Chongfeng's bodies, closest to it, were completely rigid. The ethereal energy churned on the surface of their skin, making them feel as if they had fallen into an ice pit.
Who is this?
This question simultaneously surfaced in both their minds.
The captain of Shangjing City's team?
No, that wasn't right… It didn't quite match what Li Zhenzhen had described…
Just as the two were filled with doubt, the figure wrapped in the military coat had already walked across the snowy ground to their side.
Chen Han reached out and gently patted both their shoulders, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth:
"Young ones, relax."
The words fell, and the two's rigid bodies suddenly relaxed. The ethereal energy churning around them had also vanished without a trace.
At such close range, Fang Mo caught the scent radiating from Chen Han. Like he had sensed something, his eyes opened wide in shock.
This was an agent of a Great Xia deity.
And moreover, an agent who had inherited a complete God's Ruin of a deity at full power.
Back then, after Yang Jian brought these twelve miracle children up the mountain, twelve golden afterimages flew out from the Heavenly Court and respectively took them as agents. After that, the twelve agents jointly took Yang Jian as their master and cultivated in a mountain cave.
It was only then that Fang Mo learned that those twelve golden afterimages that flew out from the Heavenly Court were actually the souls of the Twelve Golden Immortals of Great Xia that had not yet awakened from the cycle of rebirth.
Because the Twelve Golden Immortals had not yet fully awakened back then, they could only, like the past Shao Pingge and Chen Muye, use some kind of medium to bestow their power upon their agents. So in a sense, the Great Xia Golden Immortal God's Ruins they transmitted were incomplete.
But Chen Han was different.
When Chen Han was selected as the agent by the Lord of Fengdu, the Lord of Fengdu had already completely returned from the cycle of rebirth and restored his full-power abilities, being a complete Great Xia god. Even without using a medium for assistance, he could directly transmit his own power to Chen Han. This method of transmission was more complete than that of Fang Mo, Chen Muye, and others.
Therefore, in a sense, Chen Han was the first complete divine agent of Great Xia.
In the ethereal street, Chen Han's gaze swept across his surroundings. In his narrowed eyes, a surging wave of divine might churned!
On the heads of all the "Mysteries" lurking on this street, a translucent flame simultaneously ignited. The higher the realm of the "Mystery," the more vigorously this flame burned. And above the heads of Fang Mo and the other three, this same flame also appeared.