Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Spear and the Shield
Assassins are also human, which seems to be an absolute nonsense.
After all, what assassin have you ever seen who wasn't human?
This is not a science fiction world where specialized robots are used as assassins.
Everyone who does the work of an assassin is, of course, a true person.
However, Xue Ling's heart moved when he heard it.
"Assassins are human too." Fang Bei looked at Xue Ling and continued to repeat.
"Assassins are not the kind of terrible beings who are so cold that they don't eat the fireworks of the world, and live to kill people." Fang Bei looked at the two people who were confronting each other in front of him, and said quietly: "Assassins are also human beings, they need to eat, drink, sleep, and live a normal life. ”
"Strictly speaking, an assassin is just a profession, but the difference is that a butcher kills a pig, and an assassin kills someone."
"Although the hive also raises real dead soldiers, most of the hive assassins are not dead soldiers."
"They choose to join the hive for a variety of reasons, some want more hearty battles, some want advanced martial arts secrets, some want unattainable power, and some simply want to make a little money."
"The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit."
"An assassin who is willing to be a hive, at least he is not a saint who has no desires."
"Even if it was Shang Jiuge, she chose to join the hive in order to fight more and see more powerful people."
"And, as you can imagine, the hive's control over people like Shang Jiuge is extremely weak."
"And then?" Xue Ling asked.
In fact, Xue Ling already understood, but she wanted to hear Fang Bei say it.
"Then Qin's way is more in the interests of the majority." Fang Bei looked at Xue Ling and said, "I said, after all, not everyone is Sister Ping, Sister Ping is the most powerful and professional assassin cultivated by the current hive, but there is only one He Ping." ”
"For others, completing a mission means risk and death."
"After all, there are always all sorts of surprises that come with the assassination process."
"If someone can help them significantly increase the success rate of assassinations, and get what they want in the hive faster, like I said before, combat, cheats, power, and money."
Xue Ling nodded silently.
Yes, even if it is himself, he would prefer that a figure like Qin appear in the organization to coordinate the organization of the original scattered hive assassins, so as to improve the completion rate of the mission and his own chance of survival.
"Does this contradict Sister Ping?" Xue Ling asked.
Since He Ping and Qin have such a big contradiction, it means that the basic concepts of the two people are significantly different.
However, at present, Sister Ping pursues her own strength, and Qin pursues the efficiency of synergy, the two are not contradictory, in fact, they can coexist?
"Originally, it was not contradictory." Fang Bei said: "So at first, everyone in the chain was quite peaceful. ”
"But soon, as the status of the two people in the hive slowly improved, their strength began to become stronger and stronger, so there was no contradiction, and there will be contradictions."
"I have to praise Qin here."
"Although Qin really can't beat Sister Ping, his main energy is actually no longer in cultivation, but he finally practiced the powerful and domineering purple technique of Ba Qin Divine Skill to the peak close to the ancient."
"So I've been thinking that if Qin also blindly pursues the pinnacle of personal strength, then can he climb to a higher realm."
"But it's clear that there are no ifs in this world."
Fang Bei sighed lightly: "Actually, the contradiction between the two people originally started when Qin planned to win over Sister Ping. ”
"Wooing?" Xue Ling asked.
"Yes, woo." Fang Bei nodded: "Because it's obvious." ”
"Since her debut in the hive, Sister Ping has been the best hive assassin in history, the task completion rate has been maintained at 100%, and her personal combat power has also improved rapidly in the grinding of life and death again and again."
"It can be said that soon He Ping's name has spread throughout the hive, and Qin has begun to implement his own plan, and has begun to win over the assassin groups in the hive who are also interested in cooperating to complete the mission."
"And if you succeed in winning over Sister Ping, then Qin's work will be twice the result with half the effort."
"But Sister Ping refused?" Xue Ling asked.
It's almost obvious.
Even the current He Ping, Xue Ling suspected that he would not be interested in such a thing at all.
What's more, it was He Ping at the beginning.
"Yes, Sister Ping refused." Fang Bei said: "Sister Ping actually has very few things that she is interested in in this world, and besides, all the tasks can indeed be completed by her alone, and she doesn't need the cooperation of other hive assassins at all." ”
"This is the beginning of the initial bond between the two people, but as Qin's scope of work becomes larger and larger, in fact, to a certain extent, there is a dispute between two routes within the hive."
"Is it a conflict between completing tasks alone to improve oneself and completing tasks cooperatively to increase the success rate and survival rate?" Xue Ling asked.
Fang Bei nodded: "Yes." ”
"As I said, there is no conflict between these two lines in nature, but for the hive's higher-ups, they can't let it go."
"Improving the success rate of the mission is of course a great benefit for them."
"But if a character like Qin is allowed to join forces within the hive and control a huge amount of power, then there will be a danger of being completely overridden by Qin."
"And He Ping is certainly the type of assassin that satisfies everyone."
"Loyal, efficient, don't ask superfluous questions, and focus on only performing tasks."
"If the Hive can have twenty assassins like Sister Ping, then why is it difficult for the Hive to dominate the rivers and lakes?"
"But as I said, there is only one Sister Ping."
"So they need Qin."
"Qin is a strong leader and is indeed able to take the hive further afield."
"But they also need Sister Ping to have a certain check and balance on Qin Lai."
"So as not to swell the power in Qin's hands and cause it to get out of control."
"So this is the reason why Qin and Sister Ping advanced to Jade Bee at the same time, and for various reasons, both of them have gathered some supporters around them."
"Of course, there is no doubt that there are more supporters on Qin's side, but for Sister Ping, as long as the sword in her hand is still sharp, no one dares to disturb her."
As long as the sword in his hand is still sharp.
Xue Ling silently recited this sentence.
Of course, the current situation is probably that the rest of the hive is guessing how rusty the sword in He Ping's hand is.
"Then the reason for Sister Ping's retirement is because injuries have accumulated to a certain extent, and there is no way to perform these high-intensity tasks continuously." Xue Ling looked at Fang Bei and said.
"And after Sister Ping retired, Qin's side also began to slowly test Sister Ping's state, as long as Sister Ping showed a trace of weakness, they would rush up and tear Sister Ping to pieces."
"Am I right?"
"Yes, it's not." Fang Bei said lightly.
"What's right, what's wrong?" Xue Ling couldn't help but ask.
Isn't it all right?
"Even if Sister Ping is really weak, they won't rush up and tear Sister Ping apart, because even a weak lion is not something that a despicable jackal can challenge." Fang Bei looked at Xue Ling and said lightly: "But they will keep using such and such means to kill people with soft knives until they force Sister Ping into a corner." ”
"There is no way back."
"But there is no enemy in sight."
There is no retreat, but there is no enemy in sight.
As long as I think of this picture, I feel a little bleak.
Xue Ling looked at Fang Bei: "So now?" ”
"So now, we choose to take the initiative." Fang Bei smiled: "Since there is no enemy in front of you, then find out the enemy, and then fight to win it." ”
"That's enough."
"Next, it's Sister Ping's solo performance."
Xue Ling nodded, focusing his gaze on the battlefield below.
The conversation between the two people is transmitted into the secret, and the speed of speech is extremely fast, so the two people have been chatting for a long time, and the people in the field still haven't really clashed.
Of course, to be precise, they are all waiting for a response from the queen bee.
Qin begged the queen bee to cancel the rule that there was no distinction between life and death, even if it was more to protect him now.
But Qin still wanted to experience the power of the True Qi Battle Blade in He Ping's hand.
The queen bee was also silent for a long time, and finally her voice came from the temple: "I don't allow it. ”
After all, if it is allowed to be lifted and life and death are separated, between Qin and He Ping today, one of the eight achievements will really die.
And ninety percent of the people who died were Qin.
Just like Fang Bei said, although it is said that Qin has now seized great power within the hive, but in the same way, it is difficult to find a second person in the hive to replace Qin and become the leader of the hive's iron and blood for the time being.
Although the queen bee is nominally the supreme leader of the hive, the queen bee really rarely shows her combat power, and the stability of the hive is actually mainly maintained by the jade bee.
And Qin is currently the only jade bee in the hive.
"That's a pity." Qin sighed and said, he looked at He Ping: "I know, if the queen bee doesn't allow it, you will never kill me here." ”
"I just don't want to kill in front of Her Highness the Queen Bee." He Ping has almost absolute respect and loyalty to the queen bee, but Xue Ling doesn't understand why this is at all.
But this question is not true, probably Fang Bei will not say.
"Even so, I really want to learn the power of this so-called True Qi Battle Blade." Qin said this, and the Ba Qin Divine Skill continued to operate, and the true qi around the entire body was almost blazing, revealing a certain blazing red.
Fang Bei looked at the true qi around Qin's body, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "Okay, Qin is actually stronger than I imagined." ”
Being able to cultivate the body protection qi of Ba Qin's true qi to the point of almost substance, then it means that Qin has almost really practiced the martial art of Ba Qin's divine skill.
It's just that I don't know if Qin has found and practiced other purple-level martial arts, after all, Qin is only in his early thirties at the moment, and he is really in the heyday of martial arts, and he has a lot of time to practice other martial arts to improve himself.
Or that Qin thought that a simple Tyranny Qin Divine Skill was enough to use it for himself.
It depends on Qin's own choice.
"Okay, that's what you want." He Ping said lightly, and then quietly stepped forward, and the purple qi blade in his hand spewed out in an instant, and the length instantly rose to five feet, and then swung towards Qin Yijian.
Qin Yan was waiting.
He had already appreciated the majesty and tenacity of He Ping's Purple Polar Celestial Phenomenon before, but in those days, He Ping mainly used the true qi of the Purple Polar Celestial Phenomenon to defend, and now, these purple true qi erupted to form a battle blade, and to what extent its sharpness and tenacity were, just like the taste of pears, can only be known if you taste it yourself.
That's why Qin wanted the queen bee to cancel the ban on life and death, so that He Ping could go all out.
Because Qin always believed that He Ping, who mastered this mysterious martial art, had no reason to be stronger than He Ping, who was holding a long sword and unfolding the pure glass.
Unless it is He Ping who turns on the two at the same time, but this will increase the consumption of He Ping sharply, which will go against He Ping's original intention of not wanting to consume too much.
Of course, Qin didn't come to take He Ping's blade with the intention of dying, on the contrary, it was precisely because he had enough self-confidence that he wanted to try this blade of the highest strength.
Let's see which of the mysterious martial arts cultivated by Ba Qin Shengong and He Ping is stronger.
And now, everyone on the sidelines also watched He Ping slash down with a purple qi blade in his hand, while Qin let out a roar and swung a punch at He Ping's blade.
Of course, the palms of both of them were wrapped with the purest True Qi as a means of blocking.
For a while, the Purple Pole Celestial Elephant True Qi and the Ba Qin Divine Skill True Qi met in the void.
The bodies of the two people obviously did not touch each other, but they were frozen in the air at the same time.
He Ping's purple qi blade faced Qin's extremely condensed Tyranny Qin Divine Skill, and finally there was no way to cut it down, because purely in terms of the strength and purity of true qi, there were only a handful of people in the world who were stronger than Qin.
And although He Ping made up for the purple pole celestial phenomena for several days overnight, and had the help of the Guo family's jade spirit, although the temporary kung fu of holding Buddha's feet was useful, there was no doubt that there was still a certain gap if he wanted to really compete with Qin head-on.
"That's just it." Qin saw that he had resisted He Ping's battle blade, even if it was said that this battle blade was stronger than a surprise sneak attack and assassination, rather than such an open and honest head-on fight, but with the Hegemony Qin Divine Skill to resist the majestic true qi that formed the qi blade, he had to admit that Qin was terrifying.
After laughing like this, Qin Ba Qin True Qi instantly told the operation again, and a steady stream of crimson True Qi converged from his body towards his right fist, and at this moment, even He Ping's face showed a faint look of difficulty.
After all, if you really compete with Qin for internal strength, that is, to attack the strengths of the other with your own shortcomings, it is simply a class that is beyond your strength.
Almost instantly, Qin Yun's true qi finally shattered He Ping's purple battle blade completely, and took advantage of the victory to pursue, his right fist wrapped in the fiery red Baqin True Qi, and punched He Ping.
This punch was not something He Ping could block with two fingers.
"Defeat me!" Qin roared angrily!