Chapter 1 The Beginning

The surging negative emotions washed over his sea of consciousness like a raging tide. Lust, hatred, greed, anger… each emotion was a poison that drove one mad.

The negative emotions of a level six Aberrant were enough to give a Star Official of the same level a headache. Even if they didn't go insane, they would become neurotic for a period of time and require long-term psychological counseling to recover.

The limit for a level six Star Official was about three evil professions of the same level. More than three would drive them crazy.

Zhang Yuanqing was far more resilient than Star Officials of the same level. First, he had reached the Lesser Mastery stage of the Pure Yang Cleansing Body Record. Second, he was a peak Dream Walker. Illusionists were the best at manipulating emotions and were the number one profession in the spiritual domain.

Therefore, he easily suppressed the negative emotions of the demon beast Haas and received the fragmented images.

Three minutes later, he opened his eyes after receiving the memories, and his expression became extremely solemn.

He had seen several important pieces of information in the memory fragments of the demon beast Haas.

1. It was indeed a spy within the Heavenly Punishment who betrayed Abner Carlyle, but the demon beast Haas didn't know who that person was. He contacted the other party by phone, and the phone number was fake, the kind used for network dialing. The spy's voice was altered during the call, making it impossible to tell the gender. The spy was well hidden and had a one-way connection with the evil camp. Even if someone in the evil camp was caught, nothing could be found out.

The only clue was that the demon beast Haas dared to trust an unknown phone call and an unknown address, and wasn't afraid of being ambushed, because last night's action was authorized by his superior "Godzilla."

Godzilla was an elder of the Biological Alchemy Society, a Ruler-level Lingjing Xingzhe. He might know who the spy was, but Ju Mang couldn't hunt down a Ruler.

Given the current situation in New York, both the evil and orderly camps were very sensitive. Any sign of trouble could easily attract multiple Rulers.

Hunting down a Ruler was too risky and not commensurate with the benefits.

2. He saw the internal kill list of the Biological Alchemy Society. This list was only circulated among the higher-ups in the evil camp.

Senior Saints of the Merchant Guild, the Association of the Goddess of Beauty, and Heavenly Punishment were all on the list. The ranking determined the priority, and the priority could be used to infer the evil camp's action plan.

It was worth mentioning that Ju Mang, as a level six Beast King, was also on the kill list, but his priority was low. In the eyes of the evil camp, the Five Elements Alliance support team, which had come from afar and was not familiar with New York, was not important.

"After tonight, my priority will probably be raised," Zhang Yuanqing thought.

3. The evil camp was waiting for an opportunity! When the opportunity arrived, they would eradicate the Church of the Sea God. If the orderly camp lost a mainstream profession, their chances of winning would be greatly increased.

This was what "Godzilla" had said. The demon beast Haas had asked his superior what the so-called opportunity was, but had not received an answer.

In the evil camp's plan for New York, they would first hunt down the senior Saints of Heavenly Punishment, then force the Rulers to take action, and eliminate as many of the Heavenly Punishment Rulers as possible. At that time, the strength of the orderly camp in New York would be severely damaged, and they would concentrate their forces to attack the Church of the Sea God.

The headquarters of the Church of the Sea God was in New York.

Based on this plan, the Dionysus Club deliberately started a war with the Merchant Guild, making the orderly camp mistakenly believe that the focus was on the Merchant Guild. The evil camp deliberately did not attack the Saints of the Church of the Sea God, but instead hunted down the Saints of Heavenly Punishment from the Merchant Guild.

The purpose was to paralyze the Church of the Sea God, so that they would maintain a wait-and-see attitude and not rush to take action.

After all, their own Saints and Transcendents had not yet been harmed, and rushing to take action would inevitably result in the loss of organizational members.

Although they belonged to the same camp, orderly organizations also had their own selfish motives. In local wars, they would rather sacrifice their companions than themselves. The same was true in the evil camp.

"Waiting for an opportunity? What opportunity? I have to tell the president this information." Although he didn't find the spy, he unexpectedly obtained a great piece of information, so the harvest was not bad.

Zhang Yuanqing put the headless corpse of the demon beast Haas into his hat space. At this time, Princess Yin Yao had finished cleaning the blood stains and walked out of the bathroom.

"This speaker played indecent audio yesterday," she reported to her master, holding up the small speaker.

"Whose audio with the Demon Lord?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

"A woman named Catherine," Princess Yin Yao said.

Catherine… Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched. He thought to himself that he was not surprised at all.

With the Demon Lord's style, after coming to the Free Federation and New York, he would definitely visit the Hunter Guild. And with Catherine's slutty style, she would definitely not miss a man with strength and potential.

The two of them rolled into bed, just like Commander Li meeting the Japanese devils. It would be strange if they didn't have a go.

Catherine was a Ruler, which was too dangerous for me and an absolute no-go area. I can use her and the Demon Lord's sex audio to obtain information.

Zhang Yuanqing put Princess Yin Yao and the four Yin corpses into his hat space, walked to the window, and looked down. The Breaking Bad members in the yard had been poisoned to death.

Fires were rising in the distance, and there were figures everywhere on the street, along with the screams of residents. Gunshots and the sound of houses collapsing were endless.

Obviously, the Saints of the Returned were fighting with members of the Biological Alchemy Society. The commotion of the battle was much smaller than before.

Zhang Yuanqing kicked the window open, put on the Swift Wind Gloves, cast the Night Wanderer stealth technique, and rode the wind into the sky.

The scenery below was clear. He saw the collapsed houses, the corpses lying on the streets and in the ruins, and Red Rooster, whose left shoulder was petrified, still fighting bravely.

He saw that his companions were still alive, chasing down the remaining two Saints of the Biological Alchemy Society.

Zhang Yuanqing spat out the ghost bride and issued a kill order to her, then landed on the roof of a building and said loudly, "Retreat!"

As he spoke, the level six ghost bride had already caught up with a Saint, completed the possession, twisted her own neck, and dug out her own heart.

Seeing this, Guan Ya and the others immediately retreated without any hesitation.

It had been almost ten minutes since the two sides had exchanged blows. If they delayed any longer and waited for the Rulers of the Biological Alchemy Society to arrive, there would definitely be casualties in the team.

Forty minutes later, the members of the Returned went to the Tong Bank building, took the elevator to the floor where their dormitories were located, and divided the spoils in Zhang Yuanqing's room.

They had seized a total of three Saint-quality Dao tools and eight Transcendent-quality Dao tools. Among them, Red Rooster was the most seriously injured, while Guan Ya and Tianxia Guihuo had minor injuries. Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang, two Night Wanderers, fought sneakily and only lost two Yin corpses and one spirit servant.

"Did you find out any information?" Guan Ya asked.

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head: "There is indeed a spy within Heavenly Punishment, but they are very well hidden. The demon beast Haas doesn't know who it is either."

He briefly explained the results of his Spirit Devouring, omitting the opportunity. There was no need for Guan Ya and the others to know this information.

"Do you have any suspects?" Tianxia Guihuo asked thoughtfully.

"Vinnie Burnt," Zhang Yuanqing said, "but I don't think it's very likely."

Guan Ya suddenly said, "If Fu Qingyang was here, we could actually trick Vinnie Burnt. We could directly say that we obtained information from the demon beast Haas and confirmed that she was the spy. If Vinnie was suddenly accused of being a spy, she would definitely have internal emotional changes that couldn't be hidden from a Ruler-level scout."

Red Rooster said with disdain, "Didn't Ju Mang say that the demon beast Haas didn't know who the spy was? Vinnie definitely won't fall for it."

Guan Ya smiled and said, "Normal people would feel anger, confusion, and the idea that they were being slandered. Being too calm would be abnormal. This is one point that a Ruler-level scout can discern."

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Red Rooster smiled a few times and remained silent.

The others dispersed. Zhang Yuanqing lay on the bed, thinking about Guan Ya's words. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. Although he didn't have insight skills, he could sense Vinnie Burnt's emotions.

Vinnie Burnt didn't know he was an Illusionist, so even if she was calm on the surface, she wouldn't deliberately suppress her emotions.

If she suddenly received a search and kill order, she would definitely have emotional fluctuations.

"Try her one more time. If there are still no problems this time, then Vinnie can be ruled out. Anyway, there are no other suspects. It won't hurt to try," Zhang Yuanqing thought.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Vinnie Burnt arrived at the office on time, picked up the landline to notify the secretary to make coffee. As soon as she put down the phone, her assistant, Emma, ​​walked in.

"Director, I have something to report to you!"

"What is it?" Vinnie Burnt asked while turning on her computer.

"The police station in the Bronx reported that around eleven o'clock last night, there was a gang fight in the Harlem Bottom district, suspected to be a small-scale conflict between Lingjing Xingzhe. Many residents were accidentally injured. The battle ended quickly. By the time they arrived, the bodies had already been disposed of. Currently, it can only be determined that the attack was against members of the Biological Alchemy Society. As for who it was, it cannot be determined because there are no corpses," Emma said.

Vinnie hmm'ed and said, "Send an email to the orderly organizations to ask about the situation."

It should be the orderly organizations' response to the demon beast Haas's assassination of Heavenly Punishment members. The demon beast Haas dared to attack official practitioners, so the official organizations could also launch a surprise attack on the evil organizations' strongholds.

She just didn't know if it was the Execution Department or other orderly organizations that did it.

But since the battle ended quickly, it meant it was a small-scale conflict between low-level practitioners.

If it were a conflict between Saints, especially senior Saints, the commotion would definitely not be so small. If someone of the demon beast Haas's level fought a level six Saint in the downtown area, the commotion would definitely cause major damage.

Emma nodded and was about to leave when Vinnie's landline rang. She picked up the phone and listened in silence for a few seconds before saying, "Let them in."

Soon, Zhang Yuanqing led Red Rooster and Tianxia Guihuo in. The two of them were carrying a stretcher covered with a white cloth.

Vinnie and Emma's eyes fell on the stretcher. The former frowned and said, "What is this?"

"The demon beast Haas!" Zhang Yuanqing lifted the white cloth, revealing a headless, dark, strong corpse, and said, "Last night, I led a team to kill the demon beast Haas in the Harlem Bottom district of the Bronx."

Vinnie stood up abruptly, staring straight at the corpse on the stretcher.

Emma's expression was dull. Before the two of them could calm down, Zhang Yuanqing continued, "After our companions used Spirit Devouring, we have found out who the spy is. That person is you, Vinnie, Director! I have already notified Sean, the enforcer of the Execution Department. Prepare to be arrested."

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Vinnie's face. Her expression changed slightly, and the look in her eyes as she looked at Zhang Yuanqing instantly became sharp.

Vinnie's emotions were shock, confusion, and anger. Hmph, suspecting that I colluded with Sean Meade to slander her? This emotional reaction is a bit too much.

Zhang Yuanqing sensed Vinnie's emotions.

After announcing the death of the demon beast Haas, he barely gave Vinnie Burnt a chance to buffer before immediately framing her. Vinnie's emotions were the most real reaction.

In this case, there was nothing wrong with her identity. She was not a member of the Free Covenant.

Just then, Zhang Yuanqing sensed another emotion.

That emotion contained puzzlement, disbelief, and a hint of schadenfreude, and then quickly subsided.

Huh? Zhang Yuanqing turned his head with a strange expression and looked at his assistant, Emma.