Volume 1: National Treasure Chapter 60: Each with Their Own Agenda

  As expected, after the dragon entered the scene, the Pope retreated to the outside of the venue. At the same time as he was retreating, he called out to someone beside him and gave a brief order before returning to a safe area.

  The man who was called out let out a loud roar, and with both hands empty, he pushed forward fiercely. As a result, the group of ninjas that had come to attack were pushed all the way to the other end of the ancient castle's courtyard. Then, the man hastily retreated backwards, and at the same time, the others also retreated backwards.

  At the sight of the dragon, he silently cursed this old fox in his heart. He was reusing his old tricks and yet he had fallen for it again. He didn't know if the grand gift the old man mentioned would also be an empty promise. He turned around to glare at the Pope, who was indeed standing by the door with a smile on his face.

  The only thing that made Long Xing feel slightly comforted was that Yi Shui had been quietly following him, not saying a word, but he knew she would definitely help him, this was an inexplicable feeling he had developed from spending time with Yi Shui.

  As he looked at the group of attackers, all he saw were people wearing special ninja uniforms gathered together discussing something, while the courtyard was filled with corpses from both sides, but it seemed that most of them were still from the Temple of Light. This showed that this group of ninjas was not ordinary. Looking at the number of casualties on both sides, and the completely disproportionate ratio between the Temple of Light and the attackers, Long Xiaoxiao carefully observed for a moment, and estimated that the mortality rate of the Temple of Light followers to the attackers should be around 2:1, which seemed extremely tragic.

  Long Xing turned around, picked up a long knife from the ground, gestured to Yishui to retreat, and then rushed into the arena. It seemed like they had agreed beforehand, as both sides charged towards each other simultaneously.

  Long Xing quickly brought out the gaseous substance from within his body and rapidly charged towards the group of ninjas. Since Long Xing was alone, while the opponent had over a dozen people, he didn't worry about accidentally hurting anyone. However, after just a few exchanges, Long Xing discovered that despite being incredibly fast, he could only fight evenly with the group of ninjas, and there was even a slight tendency of being suppressed by them. This made Long Xing feel slightly surprised, as he had never encountered anyone whose movements were equally as swift as his own.

  There wasn't much time for him to analyze the situation on the field and the abilities of that group of ninjas, Long Xing had already been forced into a continuous retreat by the opponent. However, Long Xing didn't have too much worry, he temporarily still didn't know whether the opponent could break through his defense or not.

  Thinking of this, he also began to have the courage, and then he saw that the other party had another ninja appearing beside him, and he didn't plan to defend himself. He prepared to harden his body to withstand the attack of these guys, and then just as the opponent's long knife was about to chop down on him, Long Xing turned sideways, gritted his teeth, and withstood one blow. Then, with a backhand stroke of his knife, he killed the opponent, and immediately after that, his own shoulder was also chopped by the opponent.

  Fortunately, the knife only cut a small slit on Long Xing's shoulder, and after bleeding for a moment, it healed automatically. It was clear that the opponent was determined to hurt himself even if it meant risking his own life, and their long knives were not ordinary either, at least they were of the same level as the dagger he used before.

  Even so, Ryūgō was still enraged. After all, a body that couldn't be penetrated by bullets had been slashed with just one knife, and although the wound was small, if many ninjas each inflicted such wounds, even Ryūgō himself couldn't guarantee he wouldn't be seriously injured.

  Looking at the ninja who flashed in front of him again, Long Xing ruthlessly smiled and loudly shouted: "Shu Yu..." Immediately after, he charged into the group of ninjas. The familiar feeling came quickly, and Long Xing knew it was time.

  He launched his own ability without hesitation, and the scene quickly exploded, covering all the ninjas in an instant. Moreover, Long Xing rushed towards the group of ninjas at the moment of the explosion, he wanted to kill them one by one with his knife in the first time.

  Soon, Long Xing took advantage of his own strengths and quickly circled the field, stabbing each of the ninjas to death. Even those who had been blown unconscious by the explosion were still given a finishing blow by Long Xing, for all he knew these despicable guys might suddenly use some underhanded trick to launch a sneak attack.

  The battle on the field was proceeding very quickly, after the explosion, the ground was a mess, all the corpses were almost completely charred, some still emitting wisps of smoke. However, Long Xing didn't care about these things, he wanted to see what kind of great gift the Pope of Guangming Teach would give him.

  Just as Long Xing was about to go ask the Pope, Yi Shui, who had not moved at all, suddenly shouted: "Fifth brother, there is still a survivor, can't let him run away."

  Long Xing's face changed upon hearing this, and he swiftly chased after them. At the same time, he thought to himself: These bastards are really good at hiding, able to evade detection until now when Yi Shui discovered them. It's clear that they have a good grasp of stealth techniques.

  Unfortunately, after chasing for several miles, he still didn't find any trace of the other party. In the end, he had no choice but to give up and return to the Holy See of Light. When he walked to Yishui's side, Long Xing couldn't help but feel a surge of joy in his heart. He suddenly hugged Yishui tightly and thanked him loudly, leaving Yishui blushing and at a loss for what to do. After Long Xing had vented his emotions, he pulled Yishui along towards the Pope of Light, wanting to see what kind of grand gift this old fox had prepared for him.

  Nowadays, Yishui seems to have been assimilated by Long Xing. She has lost her previous cold demeanor and only reveals a shy appearance when following behind Long Xing. The nearby Guangming cultivators especially want to go up and dote on her, but unfortunately, they don't dare approach Yishui due to Long Xing's face, so they can only fantasize in their hearts.

  The Pope of the Glorious Church knew that Long Xing would definitely ask himself, and he didn't waste any words. He simply made a gesture to invite Long Xing to speak while keeping an eye on him, who was holding onto Yi Shui at all times. This made the Pope feel somewhat uneasy, as it was better for fewer people to know about this matter.

  Ke Long Xing seemed to have no such realization, still pulling Yi Shui along as they followed the Pope into a small room, beginning their conversation.

  The Pope had been hinting at Long Xing from the very beginning of their conversation, thinking that the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. In the end, he could only give up when he saw Long Xing's increasingly gloomy face. After all, the current Vatican was already in a mess, and the number of people in the headquarters was also decreasing. He couldn't continue to fight against the Dark Vatican. If he could pull in these two masters, along with the other dozen or so high-ranking officials within the church, they might still be able to engage in an unprecedented high-level battle against the Dark Vatican, and perhaps even retrieve another steel plate.

  It just never occurred to the Pope of Light that the Dragon Warrior in front of him was the object of contention between him and the Dark Vatican, and it was because of him that he became the fuse between the two religions.

  After two hours of conversation, Long Xing's heart was now overjoyed because he saw the steel plate that the Pope took out, which had been hidden on the Pope himself all along. He also learned that the war between the two religions was for his own sake. What the Pope of Light didn't expect was that the person he was looking for was sitting right in front of him, and this looked quite ridiculous, didn't it?

  The focus of the conversation between the two was this time the Pope of the Illuminati's planned attack, and the goal of this attack was the same as before, but the object of the attack had changed to the Dark Vatican.

  As for this attack, the Pope of Light doesn't quite believe that these ninjas would come to attack their headquarters without a purpose. This kind of thing has happened before, but an attack on such a large scale with many powerful assistants is extremely rare. However, the Pope can't guess what the specific goal of this action is. At present, too many followers have died in the battle at the Light Temple, so the Pope had no choice but to ask Ryuhon to help him go to the Dark Temple and retrieve another steel plate.

  As for Long Xing's reward, it was said that the Pope of the Light Church only asked Long Xing to help him find the treasure and he would be willing to split it with him. It's likely that ordinary people wouldn't be able to resist such temptation, but Long Xing knew that this old fox wasn't so easy to deal with. The Dark Temple had many elders and hidden experts, and he didn't believe the Light Temple was any different. However, Long Xing had his own plans, which could also be seen as a mutual exploitation between the two sides.

  As for the conditions proposed by the Pope himself, Long Xing agreed on the surface to fully assist the Pope of Light, but in his heart he didn't think so. After all, in their previous conversation, Long Xing clearly knew that the ultimate goal of both parties would point to himself. However, with Yishui by his side, he didn't have to worry about this at all. At most, if he couldn't get the steel plate, he could still run away. If things really didn't work out, there were many masters in the country who could be asked for support in exchange for the national treasure of Huaxia.

  Finally, the Pope announced the plan for the attack, which was scheduled to take place three days later. At that time, he would recruit more followers from other departments to come and assist in the battle, but the number was still uncertain, so he could only ask Long Xing and Yi Shui to launch a large-scale attack at the critical moment.

  Everything was settled, and Long Xing pulled Yi Shui towards the room where they lived together, to discuss what would happen next.

  The Huaguo's seaside city, recently the two days of the Qingbang and Hongbang, suddenly their activities have become somewhat frequent, just don't know what the purpose is, but every night the headquarters of the two gangs will gather thousands of people, it's not hard to find that the two gangs seem to have encountered some trouble lately.

  The headquarters of the Venomous Snake Gang has been renovated and all damaged areas have been repaired.

  At this moment, Xiao Wu and Yan Hao, along with Yuan Hang and others, have made this place the new base of the Huálóng gang. Within these two days, the original members of the Dú Shé gang have been won over by Yuan Hang using special means, and those who were unwilling have had their tendons snapped by him. For this newly appointed leader, the original members of the Dú Shé gang are indeed terrified; if they accidentally get on his bad side, they will definitely be crippled by having their tendons snapped.

  It's just that the long voyage wasn't what they had imagined, and he was only doing this to intimidate those unruly guys.

  They are still on the top floor of the building, and now Xiao Wu is discussing with Yan Hao about the matter between Qing Bang and Hong Bang. Recently, the two gangs have been active frequently, and they can both see it in their eyes. However, with the current strength of less than a thousand people, they may not be able to deal with Qing Bang and Hong Bang for the time being. After all, the two gangs have a history in Hai City. As the saying goes, "a thin camel is bigger than a horse". For gang wars, the two must carefully consider whether to negotiate or go to war.

  Just then, a servant came over to knock on the door and said that Miss Xian Yao had arrived outside and was asking to see Xiao Wu, wondering what he should do.

  As soon as Xiao Wu heard that Qingyao had arrived, he immediately told Yanhao that he had something to do and let him deal with it, then ran away alone, without knowing where he went. It's worth noting that in the past two days, Xiao Wu was troubled by Qingyao to the point of having no solution. This girl, after being rescued by herself, didn't even bother going home, but instead kept pestering Xiao Wu to go find her fifth brother. In Xiao Wu's opinion, this girl had been deeply poisoned by Long Xing.

  Watching the embarrassed Xiao Wu leave, Yan Hao shook his head in distress. This kid always feared trouble but liked to dump troublesome things on himself. Helpless, Yan Hao had no choice but to personally go and welcome Qin Yao. After all, Xiao Wu had once said that this girl was very likely to become his sister-in-law, so he must treat her well, or else he would suffer the consequences later.

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