Chapter 6 Half Sun Moon Shadow
These days, the followers of the Jafa Order have not had an easy time.
I don't know what's going on. No matter how many times we changed our underground base according to the instructions from above, we were always found quickly, and then we suffered heavy casualties in fierce battles again and again.
Most of the core members of the Jafa Order were defectors from the Night Riders. They knew full well that their faith was just a facade, but during their covert missionary work, some, struggling with hardship and seeking psychological support, were seduced by the preachers' sweet talk and joined the Order under the guise of slogans. Now, far from awakening them, the external pressure had only made them even more fanatical, even self-brainwashed, believing that fighting for the Order was a glorious and sacred thing.
In response, the top cadres sneered at these pawns in their hearts, while continuing to give inflammatory and passionate speeches, encouraging the other side to use their own flesh and blood to test the other side's bottom line.
Then they discovered that it was not just one group of people who were suppressing them madly.
First, there are the spies and assassins of the Heyang and Latia military;
Next, there are the night warriors from Sylvia;
There is also a lone ranger who seems to be from the Tuling tribe. Although there is only one person, he is more destructive;
Next came the combination of a girl in white and a warrior in black. The girl held a grappling claw and the warrior held a giant sword. Behind them were the support and attacks of the long-range star veins. Almost every time they appeared, they could turn a stronghold upside down in a short time, forcing the followers of the Jafa God Group to flee in all directions.
That's right, the two people were Beichen and Gu Yinyue. In the past few days, Beichen had been constantly searching for the black-robed men - the followers of the Jafa God Group - to attack their strongholds during the day using the scanning function of the Atlas. At night, she was conducting hunting training with the Black Disaster, Su Jie, and Xifeng. Although the high-intensity exercise, which was almost like self-abuse, had made her lose weight, the reward was that she had been promoted to a higher level and was now a level 5 Phantom Warrior.
Now, in the mouths of the Jafa Divine Group, Beichen has become a messenger of the evil god with extremely heinous crimes. The devout believers have accused and despised her with sad voices, and several high-level people are even more anxious about this.
At this time, they were gathering in an abandoned chapel in the suburbs for a meeting.
Several men in black robes formed a semicircle, facing the black shadow standing in front - it seemed that the black shadow was the one with the most say.
"What should we do now? Keep hiding? Hey, I'm just a mercenary, don't drag me down with you guys and become a street rat, okay?"
The first person to speak was the man with ghost eyes and a ferocious face who indirectly killed Xiang Ying - Lahan.
"How dare you say that! If you hadn't failed your mission, would this little white shadow girl have chased us and beaten us like this?!"
Immediately, John, the confidant of Mayor Holt of Wilvis, the brainless big man, immediately raised his voice and yelled at the Ghost Eye Mercenary.
"She has a possessed Moon Envoy by her side. Why don't you kidnap her for me?"
Lahan hated it most when someone yelled at him, so he would just reach out and grab the other person's neck.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of your followers. I'm just doing this for money. Don't talk to me like a superior. You don't deserve it."
The big man's skills and arm strength were far inferior to Ghost Eyes. He could not dodge or launch an effective counterattack. After struggling for a few seconds, he was pinched so hard that his face turned pale. He danced with his hands and asked for help from the people around him.
"Okay, Lahan."
The old man in a black robe, Holt, stretched out a hand to stop the ghost eye's movements.
"You are indeed a mercenary we hired, so we can forgive your temporary failure. However, at the very least, you must bring that little girl to us during the contract period. Otherwise, we have the right to refuse to pay the remaining half of the remuneration."
"Of course."
Lahan let go of the other person, curled his lips, and turned to look at the black shadow who had been silent.
"Hey, employer, what's going on?" he asked, pointing at the elderly man beside him—Velvis Mayor Holt. "Why is he publicly known as the leader of the Order? Are you the mastermind behind this? Also, since that girl is such a thorn in our side, why bother kidnapping her instead of just killing her?"
"You don't need to worry about that," the shadow said slowly and calmly. "She has a complex identity and is very useful to us. That's it. Just carry out my instructions."
Ghost Eyes said nothing, but just smiled strangely as he looked at the cheek hidden in the darkness by the backlight of the shadow.
"Yes, yes...my employer."
At the same time, on the other side, Beichen and Gu Yinyue were hunting a Disaster King deep in the mountains north of the capital.
This time, Gu Yinyue hardly intervened, and only used Naraka to carry out a few harassing attacks from a distance, but Beichen still easily broke the neck of a Disaster King with Black Disaster and White Disaster, and stepped on its corpse to dig out the huge Star Spirit Core.
Because they were hunting the possessed Moon Messenger, and in order to take Atlas's feelings into consideration (although he seemed to not care about it at all), Beichen did not let him come along. Only Gu Yinyue and his group and Xifeng were traveling together. At this time, Xifeng was watching Beichen jump off the Disaster Emperor with his arms folded across his chest, and walked towards him with a smile.
"Five riels, that's progress."
He nodded expressionlessly.
"But sometimes there are still too many unnecessary movements. You'll have to get used to it sooner rather than later."
He spoke very cryptically, but Beichen's expression still darkened when he heard it.
Most of the unnecessary movements that Xifeng mentioned were preparatory movements she habitually made to switch to Xiangying. These were originally normal movements that had almost been engraved into her instincts, but now they had become "unnecessary movements."
"The possessed Moon Envoy is no different from a human. If the enemy catches you with this kind of movement, it won't be so easy."
"Yeah, I know. I'll try my best."
"Don't talk about this, don't talk about this."
As if to make Beichen feel better, Heihuo turned back into human form and spoke loudly in an exaggerated tone.
"Little Loach!! We have two good news, which one do you want to hear first?!"
"Eh? ...It's not like one is good and the other is bad. Either one is fine."
"Let's talk about the good stuff first," Su Jie said with a smile, striking a strange pose. "My brother and I have successfully advanced, and we are now at the Seventh Mark!"
"ah!"
Beichen's expression immediately brightened up a lot, and he happily stretched out his hands to pat Gemini's shoulders.
"That's great, congratulations! As expected of a top-grade Yeyue seed, you advanced so quickly!"
"There's also a second piece of good news, but it's easier to understand this than to explain it—"
As Hei Huo spoke, he exchanged a glance with Su Jie, and the weapon transformed into Bei Chen's hand, and then -
“Ah… this is…”
Beichen's clothing had completely changed. She was now covered in a close-fitting light armor woven from fine, soft, pitch-black scales. The helmet on her head had become a gorgeous visor with sinister patterns. Extending from beneath the armor was a black apron embroidered with dark red patterns. The undersides of her black, hard leather boots had a thin layer of padded fabric, seemingly designed to muffle the sound of her footsteps. The claws on her hands had turned pitch black, their shapes becoming sharper and more complex, imbued with a sadistic beauty.
Beichen now is like an assassin lurking in the dark.
"Is this the form in which you transform your entire body into a weapon?"
Beichen jumped a few times on the spot and swung his hook a few times. He found that his body seemed to be much lighter, and the night scene in front of him became clearer than before.
"No, no, this is just my full-body weapon form." Black Disaster smirked. "'Assassin' form. It increases night vision and makes my body lighter."
"Eh?! There's more than one kind?!"
"Of course, it's my turn now!" Su Jie said with some excitement, and the black light armor covering his whole body immediately disappeared in the light, and was replaced by... a set of white soft armor.
It also has a close-fitting design, but unlike Black Disaster, Su Jie's full body weapon form is not made of scales but hard leather armor, with a tight, waist-cinching, windbreaker-like hem, and a silver visor covering half of his face under the white hood. The cuffs, belt, hem of the windbreaker, and back all have dark red totem patterns, which look very similar to their branding patterns. At the same time, the claws on both hands have all turned into sparkling white.
"This is...?! Su Jie's full body transformation into a combat weapon?"
Beichen looked at his whole body in surprise and felt that the weight in his hands had become lighter - no, it wasn't that the hook had become lighter, but that his arm strength had increased?
"Yes, this is the 'Executioner' form. It increases your arm strength and also contains a toxin that prevents blood from clotting in wounds."
Su Jie explained proudly.
"One for daytime use, one for nighttime use. How's that? Cheap, right? The other twin weapons only have one form, huh? Come on, give us a compliment!"
"Praise alone is not enough, we have to reward you, right, little loach?" Black Disaster said, raising Beichen's right hand in the shape of a hook and waving it, "Hurry up and reward me! I want a princess hug!"
"Let me hold you in a princess hug? Are you a pervert?!"
"Then why not wear a maid outfit and call 'Master' or something..."
"Wait, I'm your master, right?"
Beichen complained with a helpless smile, then looked at the claws on his hands with a smile.
"But thank you so much! This will give me more tactics to use. You are worthy of being called Black Disaster and White Robbery."
As she spoke, she gently hugged the twins who had turned back into human form, then turned around and looked at Xifeng with a little excitement.
"Uh, how about me in full combat gear?"
"It's too tight. It doesn't show much skin, but it exposes almost all of your curves. How shameless."
"puff!?"
Beichen was choked by what Xifeng said.
"But, as an assassin, naturally, the easiest way is to go. I think it's perfect for someone like me who fights at speed..."
"Then you can stick your chest out and your butt up and walk around?"
“…”
"Auntie West Wind has started again." Black Disaster rested his chin on Beichen's head and laughed sourly, "He's jealous, little loach. Think about it, his full-body combat form is a slightly looser military uniform, so he can't enjoy the feeling of being wrapped close to your body, so..."
"Ah, speaking of that!"
Somehow, Longyun, who had been sorting the star cores nearby, suddenly interrupted excitedly and came over, winking and nudging Su Jie with his elbow.
"How does it feel to be wrapped up in the body of a young girl, young men?"
"Hmm! Not bad!"
Su Jie deliberately showed an exaggerated and obscene smile.
"It's soft and springy, the texture is healthy, neither too much nor too little, and the smell is lovely too."
"Su Jie, what do you take me for?! Pork?! And I'm clearly wearing underwear, how could you possibly know so much?"
“That’s great…”
Longyun looked at the twins with envy, and then looked at Gu Yinyue who was counting the star spirit cores with Naraka behind him with great depression.
"Unlike me, I always have to wear it over a muscular man..."
"That's perfect," Naraka said, not even looking up, a large Star Core in his hand. "If your master is a woman, there's no telling if your weaponized form might cause sexual harassment. How will they fight then?"
"...You don't have to call me a pervert, right? I'm just a bit of a playboy!"
Longyun complained aggrievedly, and Gu Yinyue glanced up at him:
"Aren't nymphomaniac and philanderer two ways of saying the same thing?"
“…”
So Longyun ran to pull out the hair from the body of the Disaster Emperor with a twitching mouth.
"Okay, have you rested enough?"
Xifeng put away the gun that was aimed at Black Disaster and patted the dusty corner of his clothes.
"Go back early today, there is a game tomorrow."
"Yeah. Anyway, I've almost finished practicing my coordination with Yin Yue."
Beichen nodded - the next match would be in the form of a pair competition, which meant that the contestants had to choose their partners before the competition began.
Beichen's partner is naturally Gu Yinyue - although the mad dog Glen She and the leader Jialina also came to ask symbolically if they want to be partners, Beichen wants to compete with the former more, while the latter's status is too noble and she doesn't want to cause trouble. After thinking about it, she still feels the most familiar with Gu Yinyue, whom she has known for a long time.
After a few days of working together, she discovered that her and Gu Yinyue's fighting styles were almost like they were made to be partners.
On one side is the speed type that focuses on lightness and technique, while on the other side is the power type that focuses on destructive power and defense. The attack ranges of the weapons are just right and do not overlap. Even the long-range weapons, Xifeng and Naraka, are one area-type and the other point-type - all of them complement each other perfectly.
So it only took a few days for the two of them to have a tacit understanding like they had been partners for many years.
"Let's go back. I wonder how Xiao Peng's land acquisition is going."
Beichen stretched lazily - she began to prepare for the establishment of a country. The first thing she needed was land. Xiaoying took the initiative to take on this matter, but she didn't want to throw all the burden on him. She would participate in the specific transactions herself when the time came.
Just watch, Xiang Ying...
She recited it silently in her heart.
No matter how great the obstacles are, I will move forward without hesitation.
Now, it's my turn to take the initiative. Whether it's the Jiafa Divine Group, Su Mo, or Chi Yue, I won't give in easily.
──So, come back soon.
If you don't want me to overtake you too far, come back quickly.
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