Nightmare Apostle

"Understood!" Yang Xiao decisively decided to betray Yang Jing.

Raise a child for old age, if not now, when?

"Listen carefully, the General Bureau will continue talks with the people sent by Yiling Academy, further uncovering their plans and trump cards, while buying time."

"An hour from now, your Jiangbei Province Office will receive a request from Huaisuo Province Public Office, asking you to go there to assist with the identity verification of the evil cultivator killed last time."

"You will set off tonight, and upon arriving in Huaisuo Province, a specialist will meet you and arrange your journey to the border, heading to the Esoteric Sect to bring back Dean Sheng," Miss Gu instructed.

"Was I clear enough?" Miss Gu asked finally.

"Clear!" Yang Xiao stood and answered.

"Yang Xiao, you know without me saying, this opportunity to assist Dean Sheng in reclaiming Yiling Academy is a golden chance for you, seize it and don’t let Grandpa’s expectations go to waste," Miss Gu reminded.

"Please convey to Chief Commissioner Gu that I, Yang Xiao, am someone who remembers kindness and will not disappoint the elder!" Yang Xiao said earnestly.

No more words, the call was hung up on the other end, leaving Yang Xiao sitting on the sofa, feeling a complete sense of relief.

Dean Sheng is fine, this was all part of the General Bureau’s strategy, playing the overt maneuver to cover a covert advance, even fooled himself.

But thinking from another perspective, this is absolutely a good thing, if they can catch the opponent off guard, their chances to reclaim the academy are even greater.

However, the Dharma Sect and Yiling Academy are not easily deceived either, how effective this deception will be remains unknown.

Yang Xiao waited in the office, and about an hour later, sure enough, he was called into Hong Anguo’s office, and the matter was naturally about Huaisuo Province Public Office requesting him to assist in identifying the evil cultivator’s identity.

For such a basic request, Hong Anguo didn’t waste words and approved it immediately, and just as Yang Xiao turned to leave, Hong Anguo suddenly quickened his steps from behind and caught up with him.

"Do you have something else?" Yang Xiao looked at this Director with confusion.

"Little Yang, I said some harsh words earlier, don’t take it to heart, I was just anxious," Hong Anguo explained.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao smiled, "I understand, it’s all comprehensible, I also said some harsh words, Brother Hong, don’t mind."

"Yes, it’s a turbulent time, be careful on the road," Hong Anguo reminded.

At 9 p.m., Yang Xiao and his team of 7 people, divided into two cars, left the underground parking lot of the Provincial Office, heading towards Huaisuo Province.

There were few vehicles on the night road, and at this speed, they should reach their destination around 3 a.m.

Actually, Yang Xiao was already very tired, having not rested well the previous night, and having worried all day during the journey today, his companions advised him to rest, but for some reason, his right eyelid kept twitching, he forced himself to resist the sleepiness, looking out of the car window, outside was a hazy night, and his sense of unease grew stronger.

"Hmm?" Someone in the front row hummed, followed by an urgent shout, "Stop! Stop now!"

Soon, this high-performance beast braked sharply and came to a stop.

"What’s wrong?" Yang Xiao asked from the back seat.

"Specialist, something... seems off," the young man in the front passenger seat looked ahead puzzled, where there was a Mountain Tunnel, similar tunnels had been passed two or three times according to Yang Xiao’s recollection.

"This tunnel shouldn’t be here, no, it should be, but... the distance is wrong, it shouldn’t be this close."

The young man in the front passenger seat compared the electronic navigation, which seemed to be disrupted by some force, spinning in circles.

Realizing something was wrong, Yang Xiao immediately looked back, the car behind them was gone.

Not only was their second car gone, but the entire road was empty, shrouded in darkness, with no sign of car lights in the distance.

"Number 2, can you hear me? Can you hear me?" The people in the car called out to the other car, but only static noise came from the communicator.

No room for luck, Yang Xiao knew clearly, they were in trouble.

Yet, they had just left the Provincial Office building, not fully out of the city, daring to ambush them so close to the Provincial Office, it was incredibly bold.

Yang Xiao opened the car door and got out, and the other two in the car followed suit.

The two were Angel Envoys as well, but their combat power couldn’t compare to Yang Xiao, these two couldn’t help much.

"Don’t intervene in the fight later, find a place to hide," Yang Xiao instructed, and he walked alone towards the tunnel entrance not far ahead.

And at this moment, the previously somewhat bright tunnel entrance suddenly dimmed, followed by the appearance of a figure out of thin air, it was a gaunt figure, wearing an old-fashioned trench coat, with a mask on his face.

At the moment of seeing the mask, Yang Xiao’s heart froze halfway, it was a Netherworld Mask.

The person was a Netherworld Envoy!

Yang Xiao’s first reaction was to use the Soul-Capturing Mirror to leave, but upon summoning it, he found he couldn’t activate the magic artifact, upon closer inspection, the Soul-Capturing Mirror was covered in frost, like frost flowers bloomed.

"Get away! Don’t worry about me!" Yang Xiao immediately warned his teammates behind, but no one responded.

Turning around, Yang Xiao saw the two still standing in place, looking at him with worry, maintaining their previous posture, but there was no life in their eyes.

Upon closer inspection, these two were also covered with the same frost, in a moment they turned into ice sculptures.

"Who are you?" Yang Xiao asked fiercely.

But the opponent just walked towards him step by step, their pace unhurried, with no intention of responding. Following their footsteps, Yang Xiao saw the ground they stepped on also covered with ice, forming an ice path.

This is bad, this guy doesn’t say a word because there’s no need, he’s here to kill.

"Senior, who exactly are you, at least let me die with clarity!" Yang Xiao continued probing, hoping to gather some intelligence, mainly to buy time.

But the response was still silence, which was more deadly than any words.

Facing the situation, Yang Xiao decided to fight, he suddenly summoned the Ghost Lantern, exploding it instantly, the green light dispersed the frost on the Soul-Capturing Mirror.

"Got it!"

Yang Xiao took the chance to hide in the Soul-Capturing Mirror, but the trouble was, in his view, every potential exit was covered in frost.

He couldn’t get out, and there was nowhere to hide, currently the so-called Mirror World had become a prison.

Staying in this Mirror World for a while longer wouldn’t usually be a problem, but the real threat was the frost seemed to possess a terrifying corrosive power, invading the Mirror World, and Yang Xiao’s only counter was the Ghost Lantern.

Fortunately, the Ghost Lantern was very effective against the opponent’s ability, otherwise, he wouldn’t have lasted this long.

But the Mirror World being breached was a matter of time, and he couldn’t wait for reinforcements.

Even if they arrived, it wouldn’t help, Wu Qingcang wasn’t there, and no one at the Provincial Office was a match for this person, the more that came, the more that died.

Yang Xiao suddenly realized, the so-called Shi City Public Office request was fake, the opponent’s goal was to draw away Wu Qingcang, the Provincial Office’s strongest force, then ambush him.

At the same time, Yang Xiao thought about one thing, this person being a Netherworld Envoy, if they were sneak attacking, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

Their actions weren’t solely to kill him, but to set a trap, to exhaust his spiritual power, ultimately causing him to die from magic artifact backlash, making his death seem plausible.

As for the two Patrol Defense Office members frozen to death, this person would definitely find a way to frame Yang Xiao for it.

"This is bad..." Yang Xiao then realized, the opponent deliberately forced him into the Soul-Capturing Mirror, aiming to drain him to death.

Once he died in the Soul-Capturing Mirror, it would be a situation where help would be unreachable, the Patrol Defense Office would spend considerable time and resources just to recover his body.

Due to offending many people, Yang Xiao wasn’t sure who this person was, the Dharma Sect and Yiling Academy would be the likeliest to send assassins, but it couldn’t be ruled out that it was other forces like the Withered Bone Pavilion, which was nearly wiped out by him.

Seeing the Ghost Lantern was about to fail, the Soul-Capturing Mirror almost completely sealed by frost, Yang Xiao steeled his heart, pulled out the long-treasured Esoteric Elixir, with a fierce look in his eyes, "I’m going to fight you!"

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