The blond young man looked at the old swordsman with shock and anger.

Unlike the previous attacks, the blue-green sword energy that cut off his arm this time actually caused him to permanently lose a part of his body.

Although his arm grew back as usual, if you measure it, you will find that his left arm is about three centimeters shorter than before.

“…What kind of power is this?”

"You can actually hurt my shadow body!"

Sweat broke out on the blond youth's forehead, and he hesitated whether to fight the old swordsman.

Looking at the blond young man's hesitation, Wang Yue frowned and said disappointedly: "Don't you want to say it?"

“…”

The blond young man was slightly startled.

Wang Yue shook his head and slowly raised the eight-sided Han sword in his hand.

"Then go to hell!"

“…Hmm? Wait!”

The blond young man shouted quickly.

But at this time, a blue-green light had already appeared on the sharp eight-sided Han sword.

"Tiger Sword Style - Feng Chaoyang!"

In an instant, the blond young man seemed to hear the clear cry of a phoenix.

Brilliant blue-green sword energy poured down like an overwhelming force, filling the blond young man's entire field of vision like a phoenix spreading its wings.

The blond young man was frightened and hid in the shadows without hesitation, choosing to escape.

But the blue-green 'Phoenix' seemed to have a spirit. It changed direction as he moved, and no matter how he wandered in the shadows, it remained determined to lock onto his position.

"No!!"

"boom!!"

With a loud bang, the overwhelming blue-green sword energy shattered half of the abandoned factory.

Countless broken steel bars and concrete fell to the ground, and before the smoke and dust rose into the sky, they were completely swept away by the remaining sword energy.

As for the blond young man who was hit head-on by this move, his body was completely annihilated and disappeared without a trace.

The sunlight from the clear sky shone in from a large hole with a diameter of more than ten meters diagonally above, adding a touch of golden afterglow to the dim abandoned factory.

Wang Yue just stood quietly in the sunlight, sheathed his sword calmly, then turned his head and looked at the girl who had emerged from the shadows at some point.

Shang Xiaowen stared blankly at the sky through the big hole above her head.

After a long while, she came back to her senses, looked at Wang Yue and asked with some difficulty: "Who are you?"

"I told you so." Wang Yue chuckled. "I am from Yanshan, Liaodong. I am the Great General of the Han Tiger Guards, Wang Yue."

"Han, Wang Yue?" Shang Xiaowen muttered to herself, and suddenly her pupils shrank. She said in disbelief, "Wang Yue of the Eastern Han Dynasty?!"

Wang Yue smiled and nodded: "It is me."

...He is actually an ancient person who lived two thousand years ago, which means he must be a spirit. According to Shang Xiaowen's knowledge, the only people in China who have the technique to summon spirits are the spirit mediums in the northeast.

Therefore, this Sword Master of the Eastern Han Dynasty is most likely from the Deng family!

Shang Xiaowen's eyes changed for a while, and she already had some guesses in her mind.

Wang Yue glanced at her face and chuckled, "Don't be nervous, little girl. I have no ill will towards you."

"It's you, little girl, who is so clumsy and reckless that I have to show up in front of you as soon as I receive the mission."

Shang Xiaowen blushed and whispered, "You don't know, the Shadow Nation is a very dangerous organization. They..."

"hehe!"

Wang Yue couldn't help laughing.

Shang Xiaowen heard his laughter and didn't know what she had said wrong, but she could vaguely feel the self-righteous and good-natured ridicule in Wang Yue's laughter, as if she had said something extremely ridiculous.

Then her face became redder and her voice became smaller and smaller.

Wang Yue noticed Shang Xiaowen's expression, immediately stopped smiling, and shook his head, saying, "Sorry, little girl, I didn't mean it. Come with me, someone wants to see you."

As he spoke, Wang Yue walked towards the big hole he had blasted, stopped at the entrance of the hole, turned his head and looked at Shang Xiaowen, as if waiting for her to catch up with him.

Shang Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and took a step forward to follow.

…

…

On the other side, in the ward of the Cultivation Department Hospital.

Deng Yougang stood in front of the hospital bed, looking at Deng Herong who was practicing Qigong with his eyes closed with some surprise.

This guy's talent is indeed good, and his talent is not only the strong soul of a traveler from the origin universe, but also the amazing understanding that can definitely be called a genius.

In just less than an hour, Deng Herong successfully got started with "Ju Ling Qian Jiang".

Although this speed is not as fast as Deng Yougang who has cheats, but compared with the Deng family leader who is second only to him, he is also considered a top-notch genius.

“Interesting.”

Bai Lang looked at Deng Herong with interest and said, "How about we let him manage the affiliated forces of this world?"

"I think he is qualified enough. With the support of the Deng family in the Northeast and his past connections in the Cultivation Department, the natives of this world should have no objections."

"We're all going to be hands-off bosses anyway, so why not leave it to our own people?"

"This way the benefits will stay within the family!"

Deng Yougang nodded: "I think so too... However, the Space-Time Administration is only an open target. We also need to cultivate a real alliance subsidiary force in secret. After we leave, we can check and balance Ainz Ooal Gown who is Suzuki Satoru."

Bai Lang glanced at him and said, "Let me guess, you want to support the Deng family?"

Deng Yougang smiled and said, "Of course, our Deng family is a registered affiliated force in the alliance. As long as the Deng family here recognizes their ancestry, they will be ours. I don't trust them. Do I really have to train subordinates from scratch?"

Bai Lang thought about it and nodded, "That's true."

At this moment, Deng Yougang's expression suddenly changed slightly, and then the corners of his mouth curled up, and he said, "Something really happened to Mr. Wang."

Bai Lang instantly became interested and asked quickly, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing much, just a strange organization of awakened people called Shadow Kingdom."

At this point, Deng Yougang turned his gaze towards the sick young man who was practicing Qigong with his eyes closed.

After a little thought, he raised his hand and released blue energy, using the gentlest means to wake the boy from his internal energy.

"…What's wrong, ancestor?"

The young man opened his eyes and looked at Deng Yougang in front of him in a daze.

Deng Yougang smiled and asked, "Before you got sick, you were a top-tier expert in the Cultivation Department, right?"

The boy's eyes gradually cleared up and he nodded, "That's right."

Deng Yougang continued to ask: "Have you ever heard of the Shadow Kingdom organization?"

"... Shadow Kingdom?" The young man frowned. "Have you met anyone from the Shadow Kingdom?"

Deng Yougang smiled and shook his head, "It wasn't me, it was your little girlfriend."

"...Wenwen?"

The young man was slightly startled, and then he seemed to have figured something out, and said suddenly: "So that's it, she is a dark attribute awakener!"

"No wonder I've been with her for so long but still haven't noticed anything special about her..."

Bai Lang asked curiously, "Are dark attribute awakeners rare?"

The young man nodded solemnly and said, "Very rare."

Deng Yougang frowned and said, "But even if they are rare, they don't have to be hidden forever, right?"

"She didn't even reveal anything about you, her childhood sweetheart. Isn't that a bit too much?"

The young man sighed and smiled bitterly, "Thinking about it now, before I participated in the secret mission of the First Emperor's Mausoleum, Wenwen once told me that she would tell me a secret. However, after that mission, I got spiritual energy exhaustion and became an ordinary person from a top practitioner."

"Wenwen has always had a strong sense of empathy. Perhaps she was concerned about my feelings at the time, so she chose to continue pretending to be an ordinary person..."

Deng Yougang nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Why did she hide before this?"

The young man's face straightened: "This is about the organization you mentioned, the Shadow Kingdom."

"From what I know, the members of this organization are just a bunch of mad dogs who only care about pursuing power. The guy who founded this organization has been put on the must-kill list by every ecological city in the world."

"But even so, he is still alive and well. No one knows his true identity, and no one knows where he is..."

Wow, this is quite impressive, could it be another agent of the Lord God?

Deng Yougang and Bai Lang looked at each other, but did not intend to listen to Deng Herong's story.

Deng Herong continued, "All members of the Shadow Kingdom are awakened dark attributes. In addition to being hidden, dark attribute magic has another little-known feature, which is that it can devour each other!"

"The guy who founded the Shadow Kingdom called himself the Shadow King. He is the most powerful dark attribute awakener known so far. He is also the first ogre to discover the characteristics of dark attribute magic and use it to continuously devour awakened people of the same attribute."

"The Cultivation Department once captured a member of the Shadow Nation, and learned from him how the Shadow King recruited his subordinates."

"He will find a dark awakener and make him hate him deeply by killing his relatives, insulting his personality, trampling on his dignity, and many other means. Then, the Shadow King will force him to join the Shadow Kingdom and allow him to use the power of the Shadow Kingdom to pursue power madly and unscrupulously..."

After hearing what Deng Herong said, Deng Yougang and Bai Lang couldn't help but be shocked.

Deng Yougang frowned and asked, "How on earth does this abnormal organizational structure work?"

"Even if those who hate him want to pursue power, they don't necessarily have to follow his rules, right?"

Deng Herong sighed and said, "It's not that simple. As the strongest dark attribute awakener, as long as the Shadow King wants to hide himself, no one in this world can find him."

"If members of the Shadow Kingdom want revenge, they must act according to the rules of the Shadow Kingdom."

"Because only in this way can they have a chance to face off against the Shadow King head-on."

"Inside the Shadow Kingdom, the five strongest awakeners besides the Shadow King are called the Five Kage. All members of the Five Kage are given the opportunity to challenge themselves by the Shadow King."

"But there is only one chance like this, because if they fail in the challenge, they will be devoured by the Shadow King..."

Bai Lang couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this raising a Gu?"

Deng Herong nodded solemnly: "Yes, it is to raise Gu!"