Chapter 67: Token

In the chaos, three law enforcers happened to hit the vital points and absorbed the killing intent that turned into after the soldiers disappeared.

Their eyes brightened immediately, and it felt as if something was growing in their hearts. Their original fatigue disappeared without a trace, and even their backs straightened unconsciously, with a heroic spirit appearing between their brows.

"What are you still standing there for? Come out!" Yan Xicai spoke again.

Everyone walked out obediently.

"After such a long time, only three killing intents were absorbed... At this rate, when will we be able to attract the gaze of the Path of the War God?" Yan Xicai said unhappily.

"The gaze of the divine path varies from person to person." Pu Wen explained appropriately on the side. "Some people are born suitable for the Path of the War God; even if they kill only one person, they can attract the divine path. Some people are not suitable for the Path of the War God; even if they gather dozens of killing intents, they may not be able to attract the divine path..."

"I know, I know." Yan Xicai waved his hand. "That's why I invited you here... If dozens aren't enough, then absorb one hundred, two hundred! I don't believe it, am I, Yan Xicai, really that incompatible with the Path of the War God?"

After saying that, he pointed to the three law enforcers who had absorbed the killing intent.

"Hurry up and use your skill to transfer their killing intent to me."

Pu Wen shook his head. "The quantity of the 'Swallow' character is limited. Try to wait until they have accumulated more killing intent before using it, otherwise the efficiency is too low."

"...Fine, then let's find a place with more killing intent projections first, and then slowly..."

Boom—!

Before Yan Xicai could finish his sentence, the earth beneath his feet suddenly shook!

Everyone was stunned. They saw the clouds dissipate, and a black snake extended from the hilt, falling straight toward a place not far away...

Seeing this scene, Yan Xicai's eyes widened in shock.

"The Path of the War God? How long has it been since we entered, and someone is already about to step onto the Path of the War God?!"

"That shouldn't be... Is there such a genius among the law enforcers this time?" Pu Wen thought thoughtfully. "Could it be Lu Xuanming?"

"Let's go, let's go take a look." Yan Xicai said immediately.

"We can't afford to provoke Lu Xuanming, but if it's someone else... that's a different story."

Everyone hurried off to the place where the divine path had descended.

……

"No. 8, someone has already attracted the divine path."

A Fire-Tamperer saw the scene in the distance and said immediately.

"I see it." No. 8's gaze followed the black ribbon all the way up, finally landing on the surface of the dark red gem on the hilt. "Is that the foundation of the Path of the War God..."

"The foundation is on the hilt? Then how should we steal it? Climb up?"

"We can't." No. 8 shook his head. "The place where we are is just the outermost and smallest area of the Ancient Vault of the War Path. It is precisely because of its simplicity and harmlessness that it was chosen as the trial site for the Aurora Domain... But the closer you get to that sword, the more dangerous the area becomes."

"It is said that in the depths of the Ancient Vault of the War Path, there are several extremely ancient and powerful existences... Let alone us, even if the Saint of Thieves came, it would be impossible to break into the vicinity of that sword."

"Then how do we steal the foundation?"

"We can't touch the foundation, but we can wait for the foundation to move to touch us."

No. 8 raised his hand and pointed at the black ribbon extending from the foundation. "That is the medium for us to touch it, and it is also the only opportunity to steal the foundation..."

"To steal the foundation, we must first attract the Path of the War God to come over... So we also have to be like those law enforcers, gather killing intent, and attract the gaze of the foundation?"

"This is the safest method."

As they talked, they arrived in front of a larger gully.

In the center of the gully, more than fifty armored soldiers gathered together, lined up facing forward, with chilling killing intent.

The seven Fire-Tamperers stood in front of the gully, looked at each other, and nodded slightly.

The next moment, they rushed into the gully simultaneously!

……

Ten-person gully.

The black ribbon extended straight above Chen Ling, and an aura of killing and majesty descended suddenly.

"...The Path of the War God?" Chen Ling remembered that when he attracted the gaze of the Path of the War God in the mansion, something like this seemed to have appeared.

But the difference was that the ribbon at that time was thicker, more solid, like a staircase extending down from the firmament... But the one in front of him extended from the gem on the hilt of the giant black sword.

"This attracted the Path of the War God?" Chen Ling said in astonishment. "Is it that simple?"

Wasn't it said that even if one enters the Ancient Vault of the War Path, it is extremely difficult to gain the recognition of the Path of the War God?

Wasn't it said that less than one-tenth of each batch can step onto the Path of the War God?

Chen Ling was a little confused. After all, he just picked a ten-person gully at random and killed through it in a while... He never expected that he would attract the Path of the War God so easily. From the time he entered the Ancient Vault until now, less than an hour had passed.

This Path of the War God... is it so unreserved?

How come every time he teases it a little, it comes over?

"So, that is the foundation of the Path of the War God?" Chen Ling's gaze fell on the source of this black ribbon, the gem embedded in the hilt. He tried to reach out, wanting to touch the gem through the Path of the War God itself.

But before his fingertip could touch the black ribbon, it shook violently!

Afterward, it seemed to have seen something terrifying and retreated rapidly... Chen Ling reached out a hand, but only grabbed empty air.

Chen Ling: ...

He looked back at the void behind him, where pairs of scarlet eyes were gradually fading. The pressure of the "audience" directly scared the Path of the War God away, not giving him a chance to touch it at all.

Sure enough, even if he entered the Ancient Vault of the War Path, the ending was the same.

"The divine path runs away when it sees me... This is troublesome."

Chen Ling frowned.

If he couldn't even touch the divine path, how could he steal the foundation?

In this way, maybe he could only go and rob those Fire-Tamperers... It was unrealistic for him to kill the six Fire-Tamperers alone, so he could only borrow a knife to kill someone. But now the law enforcers and the Fire-Tamperers were minding their own business. How could he speed up the progress and make them fight again?

Just as Chen Ling was thinking, a black shadow suddenly fell from the retreating Path of the War God, fell through the dim sky, and landed precisely in front of Chen Ling.

Bang—

Chen Ling was attracted by the dull sound. He saw a blood-stained token lying quietly on the ground.

He looked suspiciously at the divine path that had retreated to the foundation, walked up, picked up the token, and examined it carefully in his hand.

This was a token with a strong sense of age. It was cold to the touch, like some kind of metal material. Through the thick, dark blood stains, he could barely see the two characters underneath... They were not the simplified characters Chen Ling was familiar with, but rather looked like small seal script.

Chen Ling couldn't read small seal script, but the first character looked very much like the character "Bai" from its outline.

Bai?

Chen Ling immediately thought of the Saint of Thieves, Bai Ye, mentioned by No. 8 on the train... But the second character didn't look like "Ye" at all. Besides, this token had a considerable sense of history and certainly wasn't a product of modern times.

Chen Ling stared carefully at the mysterious second character, wrote and drew on the ground for a long time, and then hesitantly sketched out another simplified character that looked extremely similar to it...

On the gray-white earth, the two characters were pieced together, forming a name that made Chen Ling's heart tremble—

【Bai Qi】.