"Know!"

The deputy city lord nodded, "Kill a genius named Jiang Heng. This person has princely qualifications. Currently, the Southern King of the Great Zhou Empire and the Central Army are sending invitations to him."

"The business capabilities of Darkland City are indeed well-deserved. In this case, I wonder what kind of price your Darkland City plans to offer before taking on this job?"

The Lord of the Ninth Palace still had a smile on his face, but he was extremely surprised in his heart. He did not expect that the intelligence work of the City of Darkness was as good as the intelligence network she had established. She also did not expect that the intelligence the other party investigated was more detailed than hers.

"A high-level ninth-level semi-artifact, and a seventh-level realm-breaking elixir!" The black-robed deputy city lord raised two fingers, and his words were quite unquestionable.

"Are you crazy?" After hearing this, the beautiful eyes of the Ninth Palace Master suddenly widened a lot.

"A seventh-level realm-breaking elixir is extremely precious. With the foundation of our temples, we can refine it once every tens of millions of years. In the end, there are only three elixirs! This palace master can even grit his teeth."

Agree, but you also want a ninth-level semi-divine weapon. Do you know how rare such a magical weapon is?"

The Lord of the Ninth House became angrier the more he talked.

"Ninth-level semi-divine weapons are all forged from the remains of fallen ninth-level demigods, one piece at a time and one piece at a time. Are you crazy for wanting this thing, or is this palace master crazy?"

"We are not crazy! Of course you are not crazy either. But don't treat us as fools!" The black-robed deputy city lord sneered.

"In this way, there is almost a high probability of becoming a prince-level genius in the future. It can be imagined that this matter must be of great concern to the forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As far as I have learned from the news in the Dark City, the Southern King has sent his capable generals to the Hundred Kingdoms and the Three Empires.

The great generals also sent their strong men there.

Of course, these are just the second step. Even if a king goes to protect the opponent in person, I have the assassination ability of Dark City to assassinate the opponent with confidence.

But the impact of this matter is too great. Once it happens, it will definitely trigger the encirclement and suppression of the Great Zhou Empire!

Prince-level geniuses have never happened in the history of the Great Zhou Empire! So I don’t need to elaborate on the consequences of this matter, right?"

The black-robed city lord looked at the Ninth Palace Lord coldly, and his cold gaze made the Ninth Palace Lord shiver slightly.

"We can agree to a seventh-level realm-breaking pill, but it will take three days for me to give you an answer for the ninth-level semi-artifact!"

"Of course, after all, we also know the value of the ninth-level semi-artifact! Then I will just wait for the good news!" the black-robed deputy city lord said with a smile.

Three days later——

"Then please cooperate happily. Since we have received the reward, based on the reputation of our Dark City, we will not stop until we kill the target!"

"I wonder when your Dark City will take action?"

Hearing this, the Lord of the Ninth Palace frowned and asked, this time their temples have paid a heavy price, but it is still true that if a future prince can be killed, it can also cause a conflict between the empire and the city of darkness.

, then this deal is a good deal.

"I can't tell you the specifics, but it could be within a year or a hundred years at the earliest. Please rest assured that there is almost no chance of a miss in our Dark City. Even if we miss once, we will continue to dispatch killers until the target dies.

Only in this way can we be worthy of every customer who trusts us, what do you think? Lord of the Ninth House?"

The deputy city lord's answer can be said to be very confident. This comes from the numerous cases in which the Dark City has successfully killed its targets over the years.

After hearing this, the Lord of the Ninth Palace had no doubt that he was there. She had long heard about the methods of the City of Darkness, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe them as using "the means necessary."

For this reason, the City of Darkness has also experienced many times of revenge from the relatives of those who were killed and the strong ones.

There once was a high-ranking ninth-level demigod whose only son was assassinated by the City of Darkness. This high-ranking ninth-level demigod went crazy looking for the killer of the City of Darkness, and even wanted to enter the City of Darkness for a time.

But unfortunately, that man also died in the end.

Because of this incident, the name of the City of Darkness became famous throughout the universe.

Of course, the City of Darkness later learned to be smart and began to form a powerful intelligence agency to ensure that some tasks could be taken on and some tasks were too difficult and involved.

It's just that this time the Dark City took over, it was beyond the Ninth Palace Lord's expectation.

Although the City of Darkness has opened its mouth this time, the Lord of the Ninth Palace always feels that since the City of Darkness is aware of the stakes, it will not be dazzled by the benefits.

But after she left the City of Darkness, the deputy city lord responsible for receiving her quickly went to the attic in the center of the island.

"People are gone?"

A figure sounded from the deepest part of the attic.

Immediately afterwards, countless darkness spread out from inside, and a strange-looking man of unknown gender slowly walked out of the darkness.

This person's appearance is no different from that of an ordinary person, but there are dense tentacles on his head, and each tentacle seems to be surrounded by countless dark substances.

His skin is dark in color, with a pair of horns on each shoulder, and a huge eye floating behind him, which is open.

The surrounding darkness seems to be spreading as the giant pupil behind him narrows slightly. When the giant pupil eyes widen, all the darkness shrinks.

"My lord, she has already left!"

Facing the person in front of him, the deputy city lord, who had reached the eighth level of cultivation, looked extremely respectful. His head was always lowered and he did not dare to raise his head to look directly at the person in front of him.

"Give me the thing. With the last ninth-level semi-artifact, my divine eye can finally show its full power." The strange-looking figure smiled hoarsely.

Upon hearing this, the deputy city lord also smiled knowingly.

"It's very, very true! These people think that they are one of the three major forces and think that everything is under control. Little do they know that I have long been far from being comparable to ordinary demigods. Now that I have swallowed a ninth-level semi-divine weapon, in this world,

If the true god doesn’t emerge, no one will be able to crown him!”

After saying this, the deputy city lord immediately and respectfully presented the semi-artifact he had just acquired.

This is a long knife-type semi-artifact that exudes a dense red divine light, and has a faint high-ranking ninth-level pressure on its surface.

"This divine weapon has not been forged for a long time. It is probably forged with the bones of the Lord of the Black Flame Palace who died 30 million years ago. It also contains a very strong power of the law of fire, but now it is a contribution to this seat.

He deserved his death!"

Reaching out to touch the long knife in his hand, the strange-looking city lord smiled slightly. The next moment, several vertical lines slowly appeared on his head, and then his head opened like petals.

However, there is nothing like a skull or brain inside, but instead densely packed slender fangs.

The two separated eyes were now staring at the semi-artifact in his hand. Without any hesitation, the split ferocious mouth suddenly shot out and wrapped the semi-artifact in it.

The semi-artifact that was swallowed seemed to be aware of the danger. This kind of semi-artifact naturally contains wisdom that is not inferior to ordinary people, so it began to struggle violently.

The surging Sun Saber Qi began to explode in the opponent's mouth, and the city lord's head began to swell with the attack of the semi-artifact.

The semi-artifact kept lurching left and right as if it was making a final counterattack, and the skin of the city lord's head faintly reflected the light of the flames inside.

It lasted for dozens of breaths before the violent movement slowly dissipated.

After a while, the city lord's head completely closed, his face returned to its original appearance, and he burped slightly and let out a breath of thick air.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty! After swallowing nine semi-divine weapons, I have already forged the body of a True God. From now on, my City of Darkness will no longer be secretive. The position of True God is very close at hand. I believe it won't be long before my City of Darkness will be

Become the fourth largest force in the universe!"

Seeing this, the deputy city lord immediately knelt on the ground, like a devout believer worshiping the supreme god in his heart.

"Haha!" Hearing this, the city lord was obviously very pleased and laughed heartily. The laughter resounded throughout the Dark City.

"That's right, but it will take some time for this semi-artifact to be completely digested. During this time, I'll wait and be calm."

"But the mission over at the Temple of Gods..." Hearing this, the deputy city lord hesitated.

"Didn't it take a hundred years to wait? Then let them wait. Even if they take action, it can be their pantheon of gods who take action!" The city lord sneered, with a sarcastic look on his face as if he had thought of something.

"City Lord, do you want to divert trouble to the east?" The Deputy City Lord suddenly felt a little unsure.

"Who said that the assassination must be the work of my Dark City? Now everyone with a discerning eye knows that the pantheon of gods and the Great Zhou are at war with each other. No matter what happens, there is a super-dimensional divine kingdom. It is difficult for them to suspect anyone, as long as we start cleanly

Some, even some symbolic things can be left behind. In this case, who do you think can doubt us?"

"My subordinate understands!"

The deputy city lord understood immediately when he heard it. It was nothing more than a little trick to frame the case. Since the gods seemed to let their Dark City be the leader, then the Dark City could naturally take advantage of it.

After thinking about it clearly, the eyes looking at the city lord revealed a look of reverence.

"But this matter is also quite strange. No one is a fool. We can definitely think of the Temple of Gods. Remember, we must not leave any traces of my Dark City. I guess the Temple of God must have other back-up plans!

"

The city lord of the dark city looked thoughtful, and the deputy city lord was also shocked when he heard this.

This matter is indeed strange. After all, this is not a very sophisticated trick. It is impossible for them to think of these old monsters in the pantheon of gods.

"My subordinates will remember it!"

"Let's go down and restrain my subordinates these days. I always feel a little uneasy lately!"

The strange-looking monster-like city lord rubbed his brows and frowned. If he hadn't needed the last ninth-level semi-artifact to practice this magical power, he was determined not to let the City of Darkness get involved in the current tense situation in the universe.

Hearing this, the deputy city lord also felt his heart sink. He nodded and said nothing more, but slowly exited the attic.

——

Everything was as usual. Jiang Heng didn't know that he had been noticed by many forces. In the past few days after breaking through the demigods, he held a banquet in the Lord's Mansion to entertain guests from all parties.

The Lord's Mansion was built on the site of the original Sanhua Port, but due to the limited capacity of Sanhua Port itself.

And since it became the core trading hub of the entire Jiangheng territory, this place has become even more crowded.

Therefore, when he first established the Lord's Mansion, Jiang Heng had no intention of establishing it in the main universe plane at all. Instead, he directly used large space means to directly open up an area the size of a star system as his territory.

This is the first time that the Cave Heaven Secret Realm has been so lively. Previously, the Lord's Mansion was built here to receive messages and issue instructions from all parties' territories. This place was relatively lively, but it was far less prosperous and lively than it is today.

Everywhere you look, starships are pouring in from the entrance to the secret realm.
To be continued...