Chapter Twenty-Three: The Expanding Vortex
Separated from Liu Min and walking alone on the street, Jiang Shang's mood was a little heavy.
The Knights of the Scales' recent operation suffered a major failure, a hand-to-hand attack crashed into the ambush circle, and both key members were broken in place, one seriously wounded and the other captured.
Although the arrested one was quickly released due to lack of evidence, I am afraid that he will not be able to participate in the event in the future after being blacklisted in the guards.
"Everyone is Shiraishi, although brothers generally don't want to suspect those guys, but this time, unless the intelligence is leaked, there is no possibility of failure, I'm afraid there is really an internal problem."
The night moon with no stars in sight, the girl looking at the distance by the railing, caressing her hair, looking depressed, seems to be hurt by feelings.
Her hair fluttered in the wind, Liu Min stroked her eyebrows, worried in her heart, quite poetic and romantic, but what she said was romantic and dull.
"Ashan, whoever he is, find him for me. Don't do it, I'll come in person. ”
At first, the Knights of the Scales only hoped to seek more living space for weak people like Shiraishi due to a common belief, but often, the original intention of the Haode organization often deviated as it developed.
Jiang Shang had expected this point and mentioned it to Liu Min.
As the behind-the-scenes military advisor of the Knights, Jiang Shang has a deep understanding of every backbone member of the Knights, but the only people who know Jiang Shang are Liu Min himself, Ming Ke and Lu Wei, the two deputy heads.
Therefore, he is the most suitable person to find out the mole.
"Let's check them one by one, starting with the recent changes in behavior patterns." took out his notebook, and with the brilliance of the soul stone, Jiang Shang looked through it silently.
"Mulder recently got a girlfriend, and the expenses are much higher than before, and it seems that he doesn't have a part-time job. Liu Xin did not participate in the event twice some time ago, and it seems that he has plans to quit"
If the members of the Knights were here, they would never believe that there was a book that recorded their past clearly.
Jiang Shang has always believed that the construction of an illegal organization like the Knights of the Balance cannot last long only by relying on feelings and ideals, so with the acquiescence of Liu Min and the help of other deputy leaders, he has done a lot, one of which is the database of members.
From the very beginning, Jiang Shang had considered what to do if there was a traitor in the Knights, and he didn't want Liu Min to be involved in prison because of this.
Once, there were two members who had signs of betrayal, both of which were discovered by Jiang Shang during regular spot checks, and they were directly withdrawn from the group.
If Liu Min is the core and leader of the Knights, Jiang Shang, a supernumerary member, although he does not participate in any activities, is the secret black hand of the Knights.
Even, the deputy heads of the regiment used the shadow head to refer to this person who was inconvenient to come forward.
said that he didn't agree with terrorist activities, but Jiang Shang couldn't rest assured that Liu Min, a careless guy.
"Snort!"
Suddenly, a night sparrow came out from behind and snatched his pamphlet.
"Damn!!"
This booklet can't be lost, Jiang Shang hurriedly caught up, but as soon as he chased two steps, he found that the situation was wrong.
Ordinary communication night sparrows don't have such a big liliang, and besides, they fly as fast as the wind, how can they keep up.
"Someone led me there? Damn, it's a trap and there's no way around it. ”
This pamphlet is too important, Jiang Shang gritted his teeth and planned to follow it to the end.
Unlike the previous unnulled area, the more you chase, the more sparsely populated.
And in a small alley, Jiang Shang stopped, and next to the entrance of the alley, there was actually a valuable soul energy lamp, and a sign full of rust engraved with the words "Dragon's Nest".
This so-called dragon's nest is actually a scrap car factory in the old days, but now, it has become a gang's lair.
Three thugs were playing cards at the door, apparently the Dragons' sentry.
"The Golden Dragon Logo? This is the territory of the Dragons. Oops, what's going on here. ”
More than seventy percent of the members of the Dragon Gang are adults, and there is no shortage of gray work such as collecting protection money and being thugs, this is a real underworld organization that is not afraid of death, once there is a stir, there must be specially hired thugs among them.
And the bored night sparrow stopped on a big tree in the dragon's nest, threw the book down, and flew away at will.
"Damn, who the hell is it. Let's get the book back first......"
Remembering that a few days ago, Liu Min asked Uncle Liu to warn him to be careful of the Crazy Dragon Gang, and now, he was actually going to enter Longtan alone, Jiang Shang couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"With the guards there, it seems difficult to get in, or, alternatively, we can only try the real "dark light"
In the past, Jiang Shang ran the "Dark Light" technique, but only converged and reduced the leaked soul energy, but this time he took the initiative to absorb the soul power of the outside world, but it was because of these Tianhongling's teachings.
I learned from Hong Ling that her "dark light" was indeed a kind of orange soul skill, and it was a very high-level soul skill, even a super high-level soul skill known as one of the three major difficulties of the ace sentry.
He also got all the knowledge of this soul technique from Hong Ling!
The principle of this high-level soul technique is simple, the human body uses the soul technique, even just to move, there will be soul energy overflowing from the capillaries, capillary trachea, and tendons and veins, so the use of high-level soul skills often carries gorgeous soul light and brilliance effects.
And if you do the opposite, close all the tricks, and then use the tricks to absorb the soul light around you, you will naturally be able to do it without overflowing brilliance.
And its true form is not just as simple as lowering the soul light, it will absorb the brilliance and soul energy around him, cultivate to a high level, and even be able to absorb the light reflected around him, so as to become invisible during the day.
But this soul technique is a typical easy to know and difficult to do, the human body's acupoints are originally used to exchange with the outside world, which is the same as breathing through the nose is a normal need of the human body, allowing the acupoints to reverse and absorb soul energy, which is equivalent to letting the nose and mouth only inhale and not exhale, which is completely contrary to the normal physiological structure.
The only feasible way is to gradually exercise every trace of the human body, first actively close and avoid leakage, and then gradually polish to achieve reverse adsorption.
This is equivalent to letting the fish breathe with their lungs, the difficulty is not ordinary, a lot of time and energy is necessary, and cultivating the tricks one by one is a disproportionate matter of investment and acquisition, which is still an attempt to be made on the basis of cultivating the soul energy with a very high luster.
It can be said that this soul skill requires both talent and years of hard work, although it is only a six-star soul skill, it is the highest S-level cultivation difficulty.
But these conditions ...... Jiang Shang has it!
This special soul skill does not need the support of soul energy, on the contrary, the less soul power in the body, the better.
In order to save soul energy, from the moment he came into contact with his father's notes, he tried to exercise so that his knack would not leak his soul energy.
Although the reason for starting the practice is rather ridiculous, just to save more time and read books, the hard work will not be in vain.
Before he was awakened by Hong Ling, he had inexplicably spent nearly five years on this soul technique!
In fact, it was precisely because he had inexplicably practiced the ultra-difficult soul technique for five years and exercised his basic ability of the luster system that he was able to master the low-star soul technique of the luster system as easily as he was from a commanding height!
"Shut it up."
Silently chanting, the surrounding shijie was still, and the body turned into a dead thing, if it weren't for the two eyes that were glowing, Jiang Shang would already be no different from a stone.
And now, it is only the first part of this soul technique, and Jiang Shang has already done it, and the next goal is to complete this soul technique, and Jiang Shang is not sure about this.
"Invert, snap!"
Taking a deep breath, the meager soul power flowed wildly in the body, and the human acupoints that normally used to release soul power began to reverse, and no trace of soul energy could leak out.
"Hah, it's cold."
It was indeed very cold, and all the overflowing soul energy brawl was absorbed, not to mention activating the thermal insulation effect of the cold-proof cloak, and even the surrounding light was swallowed, and Jiang Shang's surroundings were more than ten degrees lower than the outside world.
The surrounding light was distorted, and the air was distorted, like a flashlight without electricity.
And in Jiang Shang's pocket, the blank card that was placed together with the two soul skill cards was already burning.
An orange-red soul light suddenly appeared, so frightened that he thought something was wrong there, but then, there was a burst of ecstasy.
Above the card, in the upper right corner are six shining golden five-pointed stars, in the middle, a human figure is running, and his figure has become translucent, in the lower left corner, no longer disturbing zero, a regular script "one" is placed there.
On the back of the card is a brief introduction to this soul skill.
Soul Skill: "Darkwalker (6 Stars)"
Soul Skill Traits and Characteristics: Orange Glossy Soul Skill, Continuous Consumption Soul Skill, Zero Consumption, Zero Power. The effect is to devour the surrounding soul power and light, creating an artificial lightless zone.
Learning Requirements: Light Explosion (4 Star) LV3, Vision Eagle (3 Star) LV2, Chameleon (4 Star) LV2.
Evolutionary Trend: Lightless Sword (8 stars), 10,000 Year Turtle Suck (7 stars)
Notes: If you move too much or use soul skills, you won't have to count on sneak attacks, it's still okay to peep....... what, you're really going to use this super hard soul skill to peep, okay, okay, you're not the first bastard to do this, but I hope you won't be as stupid as your predecessors to peep at the goddess of the lake They haven't come back from the lake yet!
Not to mention the annotations that make people laugh and cry, the most surprising thing is that this time, it's not a semi-finished card like a light strike, this card is surrounded by a golden brilliance, it looks extremely high-end and gorgeous, this is a composite high-level soul skill!
"It worked! I've got my full soul skills! …… I'm not a fucking piece of shit anymore! ”
If it weren't for the fact that the scene was really inappropriate, Jiang Shang would have the urge to look up to the sky and roar.
These days, it is not easy for someone to teach the real soul technique, but as a result, he can't master it alive or dead, which has accumulated a lot of pressure for him.
And yesterday's dispute with Si Luer made him suppress his anger even more.
"Not rubbish! I'm not a waste, I'm not a waste! .......I'm really not a waste! ”
The murmur in his mouth, obviously, he was not indifferent to Siluer's evaluation.
Although he said that he didn't care, Siluer's "waste" really hurt him.
Jiang Shang, who has been independent since childhood, does not care about the contempt of outsiders, and if it is the person who despises him and thinks he is a friend, the protection in a cold shell naturally cannot be externally and internally, and it will not have the slightest effect on the knife behind it.
No matter how precocious... After all, he was only fifteen years old, and he was still an orphan without parents.
He had actually been worrying about what if he was really just a waste, if he would never be able to master the soul technique, and if Hongling suddenly said to herself, "You have found the wrong person, you are worthless", what would he do?
Although reason has always told itself that it is unfounded, emotion has been telling itself that the possibility is not zero.
As his cultivation became more and more difficult, and he could not achieve results for a long time, the possibility of gradually expanding became more and more overwhelming.
Even more terrible than all people losing faith in a person is that he himself begins to distrust himself.
"I'm always confident because I know who believes in me if I don't believe in myself."
Even if you don't trust yourself anymore, how can you win the trust of others, and that person is also going to a dead end.
The boy, who was becoming more and more unable to breathe, could only carry all the anxiety and try to convince himself to continue to hold on to that pitiful hope and move towards an unknown future.
And now, in front of this soul skill card that has completed the body, all the troubles and gains and losses have disappeared!
Now, obtaining this high-end soul skill is not only a separate soul skill, but also a proof of his qualifications. "I can also master the real soul technique, and I also have the possibility of becoming a real night watchman!"
"Yes, I'm not a waste anymore! I'm able to straighten my back like everyone else! ”
Jiang Shang wanted to say this sentence for many years!
Yes, this complete high-level soul technique proves that he has the potential to go further, proves that he has the possibility of realizing his ideals, and makes him let go of the big stone in his heart.
After a long time, the trembling hands returned to calm, the dazzling warm current returned to the eye sockets, took a deep breath, closed his eyes opened again, and Jiang Shang, who was indifferent to everything, returned.
"It's not time to get excited... Try it first. ”
Since the "Dark Walker" was still playing a role, all the overflowing soul light was absorbed, and Jiang Shang's mood fluctuations did not cause any reaction.
Take a deep breath and take a slow step, but at this time, it is time to let this baby go to battle.
"Darkwalker!"
Holding the card, his hand raised, and unlike the dazzling rainbow light of Hongling's activation of the soul skill card, the surrounding brilliance was instead inhaled, and the night became deeper.
Around Jiang Shang, a black shadow realm with a radius of one meter appeared!
"Gone."
Obviously, the three guards were in sight, and Jiang Shang could see the nose rings and tattoos on their faces, but under the lamp, they didn't seem to hear of Jiang Shang.
"Wow."
When he passed by the guards, Jiang Shang's heart beat extremely fast, and after that, he inhaled and gasped for breath.
"Really... It's done! ”
Experiencing the magic of soul skills for the first time, Jiang Shang was even more excited.
The space for the black shadow is not large, and the first-level dark walker is far from being invisible in the daytime, and the one-star soul skill Eagle Eye Technique of the enhancement system can easily see through it, and the hearing and smell of the tamer are even more natural enemies, but this gang of hooligans and gangsters obviously will not have a real night watchman, let alone raise any reconnaissance tamers.
Carefully go around the corner of the wall and avoid the patrols coming and going, as long as he doesn't collide head-on, Jiang Shang has little chance of being discovered.
"You can't exceed the speed of 3 m/s, you can't take the initiative to attack, and the limit is so much... Even if it is a six-star soul skill, if it is only one level, it has no combat power at all. ”
But the deeper he went inside, the more frightened Jiang Shang became.
Originally, he thought that the so-called Dragon Gang was just an ordinary gang, but now that he has stepped into the depths, it is obviously not the case.
Coming and going, there are more than 100 gang members who have been seen, and even the outermost personnel are carrying iron rods, wooden swords and other weapons, and those with more well-equipped gangs have self-made crossbow machines, daggers, long swords and other forbidden military cold weapons, and even a small number of soul equipment.
Although light weapons have no effect on those with strong soul power, they are full of threat to ordinary people.
And when Jiang Shang saw some of the elite personnel, even carrying military soul weapons and bright steel weapons, Jiang Shang once again confirmed that this would definitely not be an ordinary gangster.
"Visually, there are no more than 150 people, and the total number should be more than 300... There are so many people, what do they do for a living, if they are involved in the underworld, the Weishenme City Garrison will not clean them up. ”
And soon, a familiar figure made him suddenly realize.
"The vice-captain of the garrison, Catelo. Parik, weishenme he will be here! ”