High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late

Chapter 563 - 399: Naming the Blade (Part 2), Shocking the Southern War Zone—No One in the World Surpasses a Senior Expert!

"Yes, Master!"

The Phantom Demon immediately prostrated himself on the ground; this time, there was no longer any dissent in his heart. His entire being was wholly dedicated to the person before him, thus his address for Su Mu changed from ’sir’ to ’master’.

The Phantom Demon had been an orphan from a young age and was later adopted by the First Pillar Demon. However, he was well aware that the latter valued him solely for his talent in spiritual power, specifically his aptitude for assassination. He was a razor-sharp blade, able to kill invisibly.

But fortunately, the Phantom Demon himself felt quite happy, as he did not abhor killing; he was naturally inclined towards it. Although he did not enjoy killing the weak, unless the organization issued a strict order.

The ones he most loved to kill were the strongest in the world. Killing the weak did not stir any emotion within him, just as squashing an ant gave him no pleasure. Only by hunting the strong, or those with significant fame and influence, could he feel alive.

However, one day, he suddenly realized that his power was growing slowly, even reaching a bottleneck that was difficult to break through, causing his sense of being alive to gradually diminish by the day.

Twenty years ago, after killing someone about to succeed as the head of the Disciplinary Knight Order of the Bright Church Court, the Phantom Demon lost his long-held obsession; he could no longer see his future.

The First Pillar Demon failed to satisfy him, unwilling to share the demonic bounty, nor willing to join forces to hunt stronger targets. At that moment, the Phantom Demon felt a profound disappointment in the First Pillar Demon.

The First Pillar Demon had grown old and overly timid.

But now everything had turned around. He never imagined that his journey to Huaxia would be so fortuitous.

He met a monster who could easily crush him in his most adept Illusion Realm, and what made his blood boil was that this monster intended to slay saints.

Otherwise, with the Phantom Demon’s pride, he wouldn’t have submitted so easily.

Now, this cold-blooded Killing Saber has found its second master.

No, the First Pillar was never truly his master, just a false one.

Su Mu was indeed the Phantom Demon’s genuine first master.

However, at this moment, the Phantom Demon was unaware that as Su Mu held this saber in his hand, the task was just beginning; slaying saints was only the start, and what’s to follow would be even more shocking than killing a Martial Saint.

"What is your name... never mind, I don’t want to know your original name. From this day forth, the world shall have no more Phantom Demon. I have no interest in your past. Since you wish to become my saber, I will fulfill your desire. From now on, you shall be called..."

"Dao Yi."

Having his innermost thoughts seen through, the Phantom Demon felt no anger but instead grew even more fervent, prostrating himself at Su Mu’s feet.

"Your subordinate thanks Master for the name!"

...

Southern War Zone.

"Dark Department, report on the situation of this operation."

"One thing is now certain: the target of the Dark Demon Society’s Fourth Demon, the Phantom Demon, includes Su Mu General Star and his family. Jiang Miaomiao was nearly poisoned as a result of the Phantom Demon’s actions."

"The Dark Department received orders to cooperate with Su Mu General Star in implementing the cleanup plan. The original plan was to set the assassination site on the border between Guangshen Province and Zhejiang Province, in the Taicang Mountain Range, with An San and An Si to execute, while An Wu and An Liu were to ambush at another border location."

"But there was a sudden change in the plan. Su Mu General Star temporarily changed the location to the Tianmu Mountain Range. Along with this, Major Zheng Qi jumped off the tracks in a suspected suicide, potentially linked to Su Mu General Star."

The person reporting from the Dark Department paused in their narration.

"At present, the Dark Department personnel are rushing to Tianmu Mountain as quickly as possible. However, An San and An Si cannot make it there in time, so the plan temporarily appointed An Wu and An Liu as the main force. Yet, when they arrived at the scene, they only found this token."

The representative from the Dark Department displayed the token, which Yue Jun, the lead figure, then passed to the elder officials in the room. These elders, clad in centuries-old Huaxia military attire, were high-ranking members of the Southern War Zone, with some having retired from the General War Zone.

Ordinary matters would not easily stir their emotions, but upon seeing this token, their expressions changed dramatically.

"Indeed, this is the token of the Dark Demon Society’s Fourth Demon, the Phantom Demon. The Bright Rune on it is genuine, and the bloody sheen is unmistakably said to be dyed with the blood of a Holy Realm Fierce Beast, bestowed by the society’s founder."

The Dark Department personnel continued reporting, then switched the projection.

"This is footage and imagery from Tianmu Mountain."

Everyone looked up to behold, only to find several mountain peaks in Tianmu Mountain had disappeared, leaving the land charred black.

"The opposing party launched a missile attack this time. By analyzing the satellite footage at the time, it can be roughly determined that the missile model is some modified version of the LGM model."

"This is footage of the missile’s flight; please take a look, Chiefs."

The footage switched, benefiting from modern satellite technology, the retrieved images were very clear in the absence of interference from the Beast Cave. Everyone saw the missile, trailing a long tail of flame, flying towards a high-speed train in motion.

Upon seeing this, although the senior officials had predicted such occurrences, some could not suppress their rage.

"These maniacs, they actually used missiles to attack civilians, truly unforgivable!"

The missile neared the train.

A thousand meters.

A hundred meters.

Ten meters!

It was practically plastered to the train window in the footage, and everyone’s heart was clenched tightly.

Were they to find themselves in such a predicament, allowing a missile to get that close, Su Mu on the train was likely in cultivation, and at this point, it was almost a dead end, even if Su Mu could survive the missile strike.