King of Assassins

On the luxurious bed, Gao Xuan silently slipped out from the entangled limbs of the two women.

Helen, feeling the absence of one person, opened her eyes and glanced at Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan gestured to Helen to rest assuredly, and Helen, feeling a bit empty, moved forward to embrace Su Min on one side.

The silky Su Min felt comfortable to hold. Helen playfully pinched Su Min twice, and the extremely exhausted Su Min softly hummed, leaning towards Helen instead.

Su Min's slender and exquisite figure, in a beautiful wheat color, embraced with Helen's top-grade figure and snow-white skin, created a subtle contrast in skin tone, figure, and looks, making Gao Xuan feel a surge of warmth in his heart.

However, business is ultimately more important.

The petite swordsman Su Min is also not a match. Let her pass for now.

Gao Xuan took a box from the secret compartment by the bed and moved to the adjacent quiet room.

Staying at Helen's place, of course, there's a cultivation quiet room.

The furnishings in the quiet room were exceptionally simple, with the walls empty and only a meditation mat and a small three-legged incense burner on the floor.

Burning incense and bathing, with sincerity and rectitude. Huaxia's traditions have become fundamental rituals for cultivation in the Alliance.

Gao Xuan extended his hand and pointed, and the flowing water agarwood in the incense burner was ignited. The faint white smoke flowed like water, guided out through the incense burner's lotus-shaped exhaust, and the fine smoke slowly rose again.

The faint cool fragrance entered Gao Xuan's body with his breathing, and he felt as if he were immersed in a tranquil spring, his body and spirit in a state of relaxation and clarity.

As his cultivation grows stronger, ordinary auxiliary cultivation items are almost useless to him.

However, the flowing water agarwood in the incense burner is top grade, allowing Gao Xuan to quickly enter a state of clarity. Most importantly, the flowing water agarwood can ward off evil and repel demons, preventing interference from external spiritual forces.

Gao Xuan now needed to eliminate all distractions, and of course, a bit of luck would be ideal.

He is meticulous in his actions and never relies on luck.

Just that some things are indeed beyond control, and a little luck is always good.

Especially with the Prayer Stone, this thing heavily depends on luck.

The Prayer Stone itself is a marvel. Some say it's condensed from the source power transformed by a Divine, others say it's formed from the essence of the bottom layer of the Sea of Source Power.

No one has figured out the origin of the Prayer Stone or its operation mechanism.

Marvels are just unreasonable like that.

In his previous life, Gao Xuan also used the Prayer Stone. In reality, this thing can be considered a wish granter.

Theoretically, any wish could be realized. But through painful experiences and lessons, humans discovered that the simpler the wish, the more likely it is to be fulfilled.

This simplicity is relative to the Prayer Stone.

For example, someone wishes to the Prayer Stone to live another hundred years. The wisher thinks their wish is simple, but to the Prayer Stone, such a wish is very complex and difficult to achieve.

To live another hundred years, one must not only be healthy but also avoid various accidents.

A hundred-year life, without accidents, must continually exist. This is tantamount to dictating destiny.

Moreover, what state would one live in?

If an Evil God accepted the wish, it might cut off the person's head and keep it in a medical pod, ensuring they live another hundred years. As for the quality of life during that hundred years, it's not within the Evil God's considerations.

For instance, "I want to become stronger," or "I want to fall in love with so-and-so," such wishes actually involve destiny lines. The Prayer Stone is almost impossible to fulfill these wishes.

Moreover, the Prayer Stone is not a person and cannot be understood with human logic.

The simplest use of the Prayer Stone is to make an explicit wish. For instance, "I want a hundred tons of gold." Such wishes are almost always fulfilled.

However, compared to a hundred tons of gold, the Prayer Stone is evidently more precious.

Those who can acquire a Prayer Stone generally do not lack money. Those who lack money and get a hundred tons of gold might not find it beneficial.

According to the conclusions drawn by predecessors, the Prayer Stone is best used for upgrading marvels, offering the highest success rate and maximizing its utility.

The Prayer Stone itself is equivalent to a Golden Marvel. Due to its special nature, it is more valuable than ordinary Golden Marvels.

Which marvel to upgrade? Gao Xuan needs to consider carefully.

Sword Artifact Godslaying Sword, Six-winged Celestial Cicada, Celestial Spirit Sword Box, though Golden Energy Level marvels, have their energy levels declined for various reasons.

Through the Prayer Stone, there is a great chance to directly restore them to the Golden Energy Level.

Hongyi Sword is too special, and using the Prayer Stone on it might not yield any result.

Failure with the Prayer Stone usually results in its disintegration, without affecting the marvel. However, there's a chance the marvel might shatter.

In the end, it's all about probability.

Gao Xuan still has the Mechanical Iron Cicada, and using the Prayer Stone might restore it.

Although he doesn't know the origin of the Mechanical Iron Cicada, intuition tells him it's a valuable item, at least a Golden Energy Level marvel.

But, the Mechanical Iron Cicada evidently lacks the core, and forced upgrading has a high chance of failure.

The Celestial Spirit Sword Box and the Godslaying Sword have alternative ways to gradually upgrade. For now, the Hongyi Sword is sufficient.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada is his Lifebound Marvel, and upgrading it would improve all his attributes, offering the most value.

However, there's also a problem. He is currently at the Silver Level, and fully integrated with the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

If the Six-winged Celestial Cicada's power increases dramatically, it would disrupt the perfect harmony between him and the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

Uncontrollable power, the stronger it is, the more dangerous it becomes.

After much consideration, Gao Xuan finally chose the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword.

This Sword Artifact is immensely useful to him. His killer move, Celestial Mandate, relies on the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword to execute.

The Silver Level also limits the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword. Moreover, the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword has no other upgrade path.

With this opportunity, it's worth a try.

Gao Xuan opened the box and took out the Prayer Stone inside.

The Prayer Stone is a pebble-sized five-colored stone that looks like a beautiful river pebble.

Gao Xuan placed the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword in front of him, held the Prayer Stone in his hand, and wished devoutly: "Enhance the energy level of the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword with all power."

The Prayer Stone is not a Divine being and doesn't require reverent gestures. However, when making a wish, one's Spiritual Power must be steady, and the expression must be accurate.

Gao Xuan's Source Power activated the Prayer Stone, transforming it into five-colored divine light that fell upon the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword.

The Invisible Cicada Wing Sword suddenly flared with a transparent aqua-colored sword light, then transformed into pure gold. Next, the pure gold turned into colorless and transparent sword light.

Gao Xuan immediately sensed the change, his Spiritual Power fell upon the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword, and he established a connection with it.

The energy level of the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword underwent an essential enhancement. By communicating with the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword, Gao Xuan could sense the profoundly mysterious Source Power fluctuations within the sword artifact.

Within Gao Xuan's sea of consciousness, the Six-winged Celestial Cicada vibrated its wings with a clear cry, attracting the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword, which silently returned to the sea of consciousness, landing on the Six-winged Celestial Cicada and transforming back into its wings.

The mutated Six-winged Celestial Cicada then fed back its mystical power to Gao Xuan's body.

The mysterious interaction among his body, spirit, and the Six-winged Celestial Cicada caused a subtle change in Gao Xuan's physique.

Gao Xuan felt a light joy; it was done.

The enhancement of the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword to the Golden Level also enhanced his bodily attributes.

Opening his personal management data panel, Gao Xuan saw detailed information.

The Invisible Cicada Wing Sword had advanced from the Silver Level to the Golden Level.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada originally added 5 points of agility, but with the evolution of the Invisible Cicada Wing Sword, it now added 6 points of agility.

A single point of agility increased Gao Xuan's agility by 50%, a significant improvement.

With 30 points of agility, it meant that on the agility level, Gao Xuan had already reached the Golden Level.

If he were to engage with Talos again, just the increase in agility would allow him to defeat the opponent with one strike.

Given that the speed of his sword increased by 50%, the power in actual combat would be multiplied several times over.

Gao Xuan's strong constitution also allowed him to leverage the agility advantage. His super-strong Spiritual Power enabled him to easily harness the high speed brought by agility.

Simply put, the increase of one point in agility eliminated Gao Xuan's shortcomings. On a physical level, he was no inferior to an initial-tier Gold, perhaps even superior.

As for the weakness in Power attribute, it didn't significantly affect Gao Xuan. He pursued a path of agility and speed, not brute strength.

In truth, with access to endless Source Power, the most crucial aspect for a cultivator is the Spiritual Attribute.

Golden Powerhouses often have relative insufficiencies in constitution and power. Rarely do they achieve perfect balance across all attributes.

Gao Xuan's current physical state was no less than his peak state in his previous life, and in terms of constitution, he was far ahead.

In one or two days, he would set off for Sea Dragon Star, where the environment is treacherous, and the situation is complex.

While he still had time, Gao Xuan planned to organize his equipment thoroughly.

As he was contemplating this, he suddenly sensed something, and the Celestial Spirit Sword Box on his chest surged with sword qi.

Gao Xuan was delighted; after nearly a month, had the Celestial Spirit Sword Box finally absorbed Guo Zhengjun's Demon Sword?

Opening the Celestial Spirit Sword Box, indeed, both Guo Zhengjun's Demon Sword and Lan Chang'an's Bloodthirsty Sword were devoured.

On the attribute panel, the Celestial Spirit Sword Box upgraded three levels, reaching the Eighth Layer, with its total Celestial Spirit Sword Qi reaching 1.28 million degrees.

On the Source Power level, the Celestial Spirit Sword Box had already reached the Golden Level.

Yet, the Celestial Spirit Sword Box merely releases sword qi with simple variations, and its effectiveness depends entirely on the user's skill.

For Gao Xuan, it was sufficient. The Celestial Spirit Sword Box served as an external reserve of Source Power energy. It consumed Spiritual Power to wield the Celestial Spirit Sword Box, especially effective against vast numbers of enemies, significantly enhancing Gao Xuan's combat endurance.

Certainly, the upgrade of the Celestial Spirit Sword Box meant upgraded challenges as well.

Gao Xuan easily overcame them. With his swordsmanship and awareness, he could support the Celestial Spirit Sword Box until the Twentieth Layer. Beyond that, it was uncertain.

However, the Twentieth Layer of the Celestial Spirit Sword Box amounts to 5.2 billion degree sword qi. Such a figure is exceedingly impressive, exceeding the Golden Limit. He had no need to dwell on it presently.

After handling the Celestial Spirit Sword Box, Gao Xuan touched the Guardian Ring on his little finger, and Bai Yutang appeared out of thin air.

Bai Yutang was still clad in her cyan lotus skirt, exuding a certain spiritual light from within, presenting a pure and sacred atmosphere.

The power of the Holy Light Wings was too strong for Bai Yutang to fully harness, which was why she appeared in this otherworldly state.

This wasn't beneficial for a spiritual life since the holy power would relentlessly purify Bai Yutang's spiritual essence, ultimately assimilating her entire being.

Fortunately, Bai Yutang quickly returned to normal, her gaze at Gao Xuan filled with rich emotion.

Only then was Gao Xuan relieved. Holding Bai Yutang's hand, he said, "Sister Tang, you're doing well. Did you miss me?"

Bai Yutang, genuinely pleased to see Gao Xuan, softly replied, "The power of the Holy Light Wings is so strong, I've barely managed to control it. I've been too busy to find you, Ah Xuan..."

"It's still a matter of weak Spiritual Power. Let me help you."

Gao Xuan extracted a small portion of spiritual spirit from the Celestial Demon Relic and transferred it to Bai Yutang.

As the Holy Light Wings came into contact with the external spiritual spirit, they naturally activated, and Bai Yutang's white wings unfolded silently behind her.

The Holy Light, like a tidal wave, surged forth, instantly engulfing the quiet room.

Fortunately, the quiet room used by Helen was top-tier, blocking the strong Source Power fluctuations of the Holy Light from transmitting externally.

Bai Yutang quickly reacted, chanting incantations, causing the ocean-like Holy Light to gradually retract.

She said somewhat embarrassedly, "I'm still too clumsy and can only barely control the Holy Light Wings."

Gao Xuan asked seriously, "Is that skill usable?"

"It should be," Bai Yutang replied, not wholly confident due to the immense power of the Holy Light Wings, and that skill being excessively strong.

Gao Xuan said, "Sister Tang, gradually digest that spiritual spirit. Strive to control the Holy Light Wings."

He sighed softly, "This trip to Sea Dragon Star depends on you!"