King of Assassins

Jin Guangshan is a worthy opponent, and this enclosed space is secure and private enough.

Gao Xuan originally wanted to play with Jin Guangshan and experiment with the various changes of the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon one by one.

However, Jin Guangshan aimed his attack at Yun Qingshang, making it impossible to continue playing.

Gao Xuan could only use the Thought Spear to break Jin Guangshan's Sword Intent, then use the Infinite Iron Fist to directly smash him.

It must be said, Jin Guangshan is a well-known middle-tier Gold powerhouse. However, facing the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon, he indeed stood no chance.

It's not that Jin Guangshan is too weak, but that the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon is too strong. Combined with Gao Xuan's 42 points of Spiritual Power and his high level of Combat Awareness, he could easily crush Jin Guangshan.

Overall, Gao Xuan is very satisfied with the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon.

Armed with the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon, he should be able to battle an upper-tier Gold. On the other hand, the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon can also be controlled as a separate weapon. There are many versatile uses within.

With a gesture, Gao Xuan retrieved the Celestial River Sword from the ground; it is a fine Golden Level Sword Artifact.

Jin Guangshan's Celestial River Sword Qi has quite a bit in common with his Water Heaven Sword. Unfortunately, Jin Guangshan wasn't particularly outstanding in Swordsmanship either.

Only the Celestial River Vortex has some merit.

Gao Xuan mastered the essence of the Celestial River Vortex after observing it once.

Of course, he doesn't know the secret of how the Celestial River Vortex operates Source Power. But his Water Heaven Sword can easily simulate the changes of the Celestial River Vortex.

This can be considered a small gain from this battle.

In terms of quality, the Celestial River Sword still can't match the Hongyi Sword. The Hongyi Sword also lacks the ability to absorb other Sword Artifacts.

Such a Sword Artifact is not suitable for Yun Qingshang's style. Due to its unique nature, it is not convenient to give it to someone else.

Gao Xuan first had Bai Yutang put away the Celestial River Sword; it's too wasteful to feed such a top-grade sword into the Celestial Spirit Sword Box. It's more valuable to sacrifice it to the Book of All-Knowing.

Bai Yutang accepted the Celestial River Sword with a complex expression. A year ago, Gao Xuan was still struggling to survive on Pegasus Star.

Now, Gao Xuan kills Jin Guangshan as if killing a dog. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed someone could progress so quickly.

On the other hand, Yun Qingshang was used to Gao Xuan's versatility and didn't have much stronger feelings about it.

Gao Xuan drew the Godslaying Sword and disposed of Jin Guangshan's body and Divine Soul.

Having cultivated for hundreds of years, with the person dead, nothing should be wasted.

After handling these trivial matters, Gao Xuan said to Yun Qingshang and Bai Yutang, "From now on, please call me Sword Saint."

He said proudly, "In the Alliance, with trillions of people, I can now rank in the top one hundred."

This statement is not an exaggeration.

The Alliance has about three to four hundred Golden powerhouses, including those thousand-year-old veteran powerhouses, this number might need to add two to three hundred more.

Even so, with Gao Xuan's current power, he can steadily rank in the top one hundred.

With Gao Xuan's current display of Golden Sword Saint strength, the Alliance has to show him sufficient respect.

If he wanted, he could easily lord over a remote Star Realm. The Alliance would even support him with both hands.

However, Gao Xuan will not flaunt his identity as a Golden Sword Saint.

If it were just to obtain the Sword King title, revealing his identity would naturally prevent anyone from daring to challenge him.

The various rules in the arena ultimately depend on strength to speak. As a Golden Sword Saint, the rules of the arena pose not much of a constraint for him.

Like Jin Guangshan, if it weren't for the mutual enmity and the involvement of the Yanshi Ruins, he wouldn't have easily torn faces with Gao Xuan.

However, Gao Xuan's enemies are not the many Golden powerhouses within the Alliance. His enemies are the powerful Alien Races and all sorts of Divines in Negative Space.

Now revealing his identity to seize the title of Sword King, while it would certainly bring fame and countless worshipers, it would also make him a thorn in the side of the Alien Races.

The key is the Alien Races still control the Glory Company, and he has yet to obtain the Sword Saint and Sword God titles.

If the opponent detected something amiss, they would cheat with data. On the opponent's data platform, he would never win against the gaming company.

So, Gao Xuan still needs to keep a low profile.

As for Jin Guangshan's death, no one would know anyway. Others wouldn't link him to Jin Guangshan's mysterious disappearance.

Although Gao Xuan wasn't familiar with Jin Guangshan, he could see that this old man was quite steady and cautious in his actions.

Jin Guangshan discovered the secret space hidden inside Yanshi Ruins; he would certainly keep watch from within the room.

The interior of Yanshi Ruins also blocks wireless communications, so Jin Guangshan likely had no chance to communicate with the outside. He wouldn't casually mention such an important matter over wireless communication.

So, no one would know he was associated with the secret of Yanshi Ruins. The Jin Family wouldn't directly link him to Jin Guangshan's disappearance.

This is Taiwei Star, and even if Song Muyang didn't specifically care for him, he wouldn't cause him any trouble either.

Once Gao Xuan obtained the Sword King title, he wouldn't need to return to Taurus either. By then, even if the Jin Family wanted to find trouble with him, they might not be able to find him.

Gao Xuan took Yun Qingshang out of the Folding Space, and there was no one else outside the passage.

However, there were indeed many more people exploring the various levels of Yanshi Ruins.

A few days ago, to open the Folding Space, the interior Third-order Rubik's Cube of Yanshi Ruins was reactivated, causing intense tremors on Yanshi Mountain.

This also aroused curiosity from all sides, with many people coming to explore Yanshi Ruins.

Not wanting to encounter people outside, Gao Xuan grabbed Yun Qingshang's hand and activated the Sky-breaking Divine Wings.

The black Mechanical Battle Armor's eight Mechanical Arm Blades spread out like wild goose wings, with the Neutron Star Pulse Energy Furnace in its chest slowly rotating.

With a low humming boom, the eight Mechanical Arm Blades simultaneously shone with a deep blue electric light.

A thousandth of a second later, Gao Xuan appeared in a room at Xinghai Mansion with Yun Qingshang.

The electric light of the goose-wing-like Mechanical Arm Blades dissipated, leaving only the Neutron Star Pulse Energy Furnace still slowly rotating, emitting a buzzing hum.

The sound of the energy reactor lasted for a few seconds before slowly dissipating.

Gao Xuan was very satisfied with the instant teleportation speed of the Sky-breaking Divine Wings. The activation was extremely fast, and the space jump consumed almost no time.

However, the Neutron Star Pulse Energy Furnace was a bit troublesome. The sound was loud when starting, and the energy reaction was also very intense. It couldn't be used to sneak in quietly.

Gao Xuan thought that with his current power, he should be able to achieve instant teleportation across star realms. But the consumption would be enormous.

This was very important. If he encountered a powerful enemy, he could instantly escape. No need to worry about being trapped in a room and killed...

Gao Xuan really liked the Sky-breaking Divine Wings, but its energy reaction was too strong, making it inconvenient to mess around with it in a hotel.

The Infinite Iron Fist was also quite interesting, capable of breaking through anything.

The other abilities of the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon hadn't been tested yet, as Jin Guangshan was already dead.

Gao Xuan was slightly regretful, but for now, he could only put away the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon.

"You should go back to your room and have a good rest first."

Yun Qingshang hadn't rested for days and was affected by Jin Guangshan's Sword Qi. Although she wasn't injured, her condition wasn't great. Gao Xuan arranged for her to rest first.

Gao Xuan didn't rest. Having just completed an upgrade, both his body and spirit were in their most excited peak state.

But for now, he had nowhere to go. After thinking for a moment, he logged into the Battle Net.

Since there was time, he might as well play some games and earn points.

The upgraded Six-winged Celestial Cicada could support Gao Xuan logging into multiple accounts simultaneously.

With a powerful Spiritual Power of 42 points, Gao Xuan could multitask. He played Sword Dao battles on one side, and War God Glory on the other.

Meanwhile, Gao Xuan could also log into the Seventh Sage account to browse through critical information on the Dark Web.

From what he saw on the Dark Web, the Black Banner Alliance hadn't figured out who killed the Celestial Snake King yet. Although they were making a great fuss externally, they hadn't taken any practical actions.

His convenient father-in-law, Hercules, should be able to rest assured.

Beyond that, everything was calm on the Dark Web. There weren't any noteworthy major events.

The situation on Taurus was also stable, with all major noble families having accepted the Xiao Family as the Alliance Leader.

Pegasus Star was fine too. Yuanlong Company was developing very well.

People like Qingyi Fei Niao and Wei Zhenzhen were also doing fine.

Gao Xuan searched through everyone related to him, partly out of concern for their current situations and partly to see if there were any abnormalities.

If the enemy wanted to deal with him, they would probably target the people related to him.

The Blood God Association, in particular, was quite troublesome. Given all he'd done, the Blood God Association surely had noticed him.

Based on the current information, the Blood God Association seemed to have yet to take any specific actions.

The identity of the Seventh Sage allowed Gao Xuan to establish a tight defense net over data. He could detect any anomaly at the first moment.

Five-colored flowing lights turned into Gao Xuan's eyes, forming a beautiful, bright woman: Nuwa.

"You're alive; I thought you'd been killed..."

Seeing that the Seventh Sage had logged in, Nuwa immediately came over.

Nuwa instantly noticed something amiss, "Your eyes are healed! No, your looks have improved again..."

As one of the personas of Heart of Data, Nuwa was exceedingly sensitive to data. The changes in Gao Xuan's looks, involving minute adjustments of muscles and bones, didn't escape her keen observation.

"Did you advance to a golden level?"

Nuwa's computational power was formidable. She quickly pinpointed the key change in Gao Xuan, showing a rare glimpse of shock.

"Exactly, from now on, call me Sword Saint, please." Gao Xuan flashed a proud smile.

Nuwa was somewhat puzzled, "You've become golden so quickly? What kind of immortal elixirs or spiritual medicines did you consume!"

She genuinely couldn't understand. The Heart of Data's database did contain records of peerless powerhouses achieving golden level by age eighteen.

However, those peerless powerhouses displayed extraordinary talents early on. However, Gao Xuan had only made a breakthrough last year. In just one year, he became a Golden Powerhouse.

This was exceptionally rare in human history.

Gao Xuan boastfully said, "Want to know? Trade me the World-Ending Spear for it."

"Dream on."

Nuwa spat mockingly, "I'm here to warn you. Tifeng from the Odin Clan has arrived. He's exceedingly unreasonable and aggressive. Be careful not to get killed by him."

"I am the Golden Sword Saint. If Tifeng dares act arrogant, I won't be courteous either."

Gao Xuan was full of confidence now. He no longer feared mid-tier golds like Tifeng.

"The Odin Clan and Augustus Clan are on very good terms, and Anthony from the Augustus Clan has arrived this time as well."

Nuwa added, "Moreover, you have had friction with the Jin Family. You're in a great deal of trouble this time."

Gao Xuan seriously said, "I am determined to win the Sword King title. They better not block my way."

"What's the point of talking tough to me!"

Nuwa glanced at Gao Xuan, "I'll give you a free top-secret information: A vice president of the Blood God Association has also arrived on Taiwei Star."

"Hmm?" Gao Xuan was a bit skeptical. He hadn't seen any related information on the Dark Web.

"The Blood God Association can communicate through Divine channels, and they have their own communication network. It's tough to find their information on the Dark Web."

Nuwa also seriously said, "This time's grand finale might lead to a significant incident!"