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Chapter 198 The Truth is Finally Revealed, Confronting the Conspiracy

"Holy crap, what the hell is this?!" Dai Yao couldn't help but curse as she looked at the black mist.

This isn't some kind of strategic point; it's clearly a trap!

The mysterious figure frowned, made a hand seal, and sent a stream of spiritual energy towards the black mist.

"Hiss..." The moment his spiritual power touched the black mist, it vanished without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea. He gasped, "This mist is very strange."

As soon as he finished speaking, the black mist surged and quickly condensed into a man dressed in black with a cold and stern face.

It was the mysterious assassin leader who had been hunting them down!

"Heh, I didn't expect you to find this place." The assassin leader chuckled sinisterly. "However, this ends here."

As he finished speaking, countless scarlet runes suddenly lit up on the stone walls around the cave, and a powerful sense of oppression instantly enveloped the entire space.

"Oh no, it's a restriction!" Dai Yao's expression changed. This restriction was more powerful than any formation she had encountered before, making her feel suffocated.

"Trying to run? Too late!" The assassin leader sneered, forming hand seals. The runes shone brightly, and invisible energy waves surged towards Dai Yao and the mysterious figure like a tide.

Dai Yao gritted her teeth and activated her cheat system at full power.

The surrounding energy fluctuations became clearly visible to her, like swimming threads.

She keenly caught an extremely subtle fluctuation within it, and that was...

The core weakness of the restriction!

"Now!" Dai Yao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and she quickly formed hand seals while chanting incantations.

A strange energy surged from her body, transforming into a dazzling golden light that shot directly towards the subtle fluctuation.

With a loud "boom," the entire cave shook violently.

The core of the barrier was hit and collapsed instantly, causing the crimson runes to dim.

"What?!" The assassin leader's expression changed drastically, staring at everything in disbelief.

Just then, a huge rock deep inside the cave slowly moved aside, revealing a hidden passage.

"Let's go!" Dai Yao grabbed the mysterious figure and rushed into the passage without hesitation.

At the end of the passage was a much wider space.

A man dressed in fine clothes with a sinister face stood there, coldly watching them.

"You've finally arrived..." A chilling smile curled at the corner of the man's lips. "I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

"Come on, you little trash!" Dai Yao stood with her hands on her hips, looking disdainful, like a street thug, completely different from her previous image as a weak and innocent girl.

The mysterious figure stood behind her, shaking his head helplessly. This woman was always so unpredictable.

The two stood back to back, ready for battle, as if they were about to unleash their ultimate attack.

The assassins surged in like a tide, their blades flashing and their chilling aura palpable.

Dai Yao's eyes darted around, and a plan came to her mind.

"Oh my god, I'm so scared!" she exclaimed dramatically, pretending to be frightened as she hid behind the mysterious figure, occasionally peeking out to observe the situation.

The assassins were indeed fooled, thinking she was an easy target, and they all concentrated their firepower on her.

The mysterious figure seized the opportunity to display his skills, his sword energy crisscrossing, each move deadly, as if he had a cheat code, instantly taking down a group of people.

"Oops, my mistake, I forgot to use my ultimate skill." Dai Yao stuck out her tongue, feigning innocence.

While dodging the attacks, she secretly observed and discovered that although the assassins' attacks were fierce, they lacked coordination and were full of flaws.

"Watch this, the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth!" Dai Yao shouted, using a move she had learned from martial arts novels. Of course, she only borrowed the name; in reality, she cleverly used the surrounding terrain and the assassins' own attack trajectories, based on the hints from her cheat system, to make them attack each other.

In an instant, the scene was chaotic, with the assassins killing each other and crying out for their parents.

Dai Yao and the mysterious figure stood aside like spectators, eating sunflower seeds—or rather, cautiously observing their surroundings.

Suddenly, Dai Yao's eyes sharpened as she spotted the mysterious assassin leader hiding in the shadows.

"Hehe, I've finally found you, Big Boss!" A sly smile appeared on her lips as she deliberately pretended to be exhausted and staggered a few steps.

As expected, the assassin leader took the bait, thinking she was at her last gasp. He rushed out with a sinister grin, his sharp blade aimed directly at Dai Yao's heart.

"Oh dear, how terrifying!" Dai Yao exclaimed, closing her eyes as if awaiting death.

Just as the blade was about to pierce her, she suddenly opened her eyes, and a talisman appeared in her hand, which she slammed onto the assassin leader's forehead.

"Certainly!"

The assassin leader was instantly immobilized, standing there like a wooden stake.

Dai Yao chuckled and searched his body, finding a black token.

"What is this thing?" Dai Yao examined the token from all angles.

"Watch out!" the mysterious figure suddenly shouted.

Before Dai Yao could react, she felt a powerful force strike her, sending her flying.

She fell heavily to the ground, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth.

"Cough cough..." Dai Yao struggled to get up, and when she looked up, she saw a man dressed in fine clothes with a sinister face slowly walking out of the shadows.

“You…you actually…” Dai Yao pointed at the man, her eyes filled with shock.

"Heh, Dai Yao, long time no see." The man sneered. "You think you can escape my grasp?" Dai Yao wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and spat. "Oh, isn't this our busybody? What, finally decided to show your face?" She waved the black token in her hand. "This thing seems pretty important. Tell me, who exactly are you? What are you up to?"

The sinister-looking man's face was ashen, and he stared at Dai Yao with a vicious look in his eyes: "You don't need to trick me into saying anything. Today, none of you will leave here alive!"

"Oh dear, I'm so scared!" Dai Yao exaggeratedly patted her chest, then her expression changed, and she sneered, "However, I have a quirk: the more scared I am, the more I want to court death. Guess what, I might reveal your secret to the world?"

In front of the man, Dai Yao revealed all the evidence she had collected, including the origin of the black token, how the man manipulated the war between immortals and demons, how he misled various forces, and so on.

"You...you're talking nonsense!" The man was furious and enraged. He could no longer maintain his composure and brandished his magic weapon, attacking Dai Yao.

"Come on, let's hurt each other!" Dai Yao was not to be outdone, joining forces with the mysterious figure to engage in a fierce battle with the man.

The mysterious figure's attacks were fierce and domineering, with sword energy like rainbows, each move deadly; Dai Yao, on the other hand, used her perception of the flow of qi to cleverly predict the man's attacks and counterattack with various tricky and strange spells.

The three fought back and forth, until the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light.

Finally, under the combined attack of Dai Yao and the mysterious figure, the man gradually became overwhelmed, his body covered in wounds, and his breathing became erratic.

"Die!" the man roared in despair, burning his life essence to deliver his final blow.

Dai Yao and the mysterious figure dared not be careless and used all their skills to defend against this fatal blow.

With a loud bang, the entire space shook violently.

After the dust settled, the man lay on the ground, barely alive.

"It's finally over..." Dai Yao breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Just then, she suddenly withdrew her attack stance and said calmly, "Take him back and hand him over to the various factions for joint trial."

The mysterious figure paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Dai Yao walked up to the man, looked down at him, and said coldly, "Do you think that your conspiracy alone can change the fate of the entire Ether Realm? You are wrong. The true destiny is in our own hands."

The man's eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head helplessly.

Dai Yao and the mysterious figure escorted the man away from this mysterious space.

They knew that after this...

"This token..." The mysterious figure looked at the black token in Dai Yao's hand with a solemn expression.

Dai Yao toyed with the black token in her hand. This thing was like a hot potato in her hands; she couldn't throw it away, nor could she keep it.

"This token... tsk, I wonder what it's made of, it's quite heavy."

The mysterious figure snapped out of his reverie. “This is probably more than just a token.” He reached out and took the token, examining it closely.

The token was entirely black, with intricate patterns engraved on its surface, and it faintly exuded a chilling aura.

"It seems like there's some kind of restriction engraved on this." The mysterious figure frowned, his fingertips lightly brushing across the surface of the token, and a faint energy fluctuation instantly spread throughout his body.

"A restriction? What restriction?" Dai Yao leaned closer to take a look, but found nothing.

"You're not kidding me, are you?"

The mysterious figure ignored Dai Yao's teasing and continued to study the restrictions on the token.

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he abruptly threw the token away.

The token traced an arc in the air before landing on the ground with a crisp sound.

At the same time, the ground began to shake violently, and black cracks spread out, as if to swallow the entire space.

"What the heck?!" Dai Yao was startled by the sudden turn of events and quickly pulled the mysterious figure back.

The cracks in the ground grew larger and larger, eventually forming a huge black hole from which a powerful suction force pulled everything around it in.

Dai Yao and the mysterious figure were caught off guard and sucked into the black hole.

After a dizzying spin, they fell heavily to the ground.

"Ouch, my back!" Dai Yao complained, rubbing her sore bottom.

The mysterious figure got up from the ground, looked around, and found that they were in an unfamiliar environment.

This is a huge underground cave, with strange runes carved on the walls, and a suffocating sense of oppression permeates the air.

"Where is this place?" Dai Yao also stood up, looking around warily.

Suddenly, a chilling voice echoed through the cave: "Welcome to... my lair."