The Peerless Emperor-Chapter 1118 - 1119: Substitution by Trickery

The woman's figure was exquisite, dressed in gleaming black soft armor. Although her fingers were slender like scallions, her strength was terrifyingly immense.
"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you die understanding." The corners of the woman's lips curled up charmingly, "I am a general of the Huaxia Empire, Yue Xin. Rest assured and go accompany your little beauty."
After saying this, Yue Xin's dagger in her hand once again thrust towards the opponent's abdomen, penetrating deeper, and soul energy completely shattered his body's functions.
Immediately, she released the hand covering the opponent's mouth and nose. Her palm suddenly condensed a jet-black dagger, which she directly inserted into the brow of the City Lord of Chen Mucheng.
Although both were Ninth Level Peak of the Earth Realm, Yue Xin was among the strongest in this tier of the Xuanhuan Star's generals, handling him was effortless, a piece of cake.
After all, this Fifth Grade Star was only considered middle-tier for Ming Chun Hall, and the strongest was just so-so.
After Yue Xin's dagger pierced the brow, the City Lord's body suddenly exploded into a cloud of blood mist, and in the center of this mist, an ethereal figure appeared.
This blurred form was the soul of the City Lord of Chen Mucheng.
Then, mixed within this blood mist was Yue Xin's soul energy, preventing the soul from escaping, and its aura unable to leak out.
"Huaxia Empire? Who are you really, and why have you been lurking by my side for so long!" The soul of the City Lord of Chen Mucheng roared.
But in this dark environment, his roar seemed quiet, unheard by anyone.
Except for Yue Xin.
"Lurk by your side for long? Oh, I see, you thought I took the form of that woman to accompany you?" Yue Xin found it amusing, her expression disdainful, "Someone like you isn't worth me sacrificing my body."
"Just moments ago, I only killed your little beauty."
Upon saying this, Yue Xin suddenly gestured, and the blood mist condensed, refining the soul of the City Lord of Chen Mucheng.
Immediately after, her soul energy surged forth, in the yellow Huaxia attribute soul energy, with jet-black flames, refining the blood mist and the opposing soul into a semi-transparent blood bead.
The blood bead was pinched between Yue Xin's fingertips. With a flick of her tongue, it was swallowed into her stomach.
"Who's there!" Suddenly, from all directions in the distance, more than a dozen figures appeared abruptly, each of them possessing the presence of the Earth Realm, fiercely powerful.
Clearly, the commotion here had alerted them.
"Where did this woman come from, daring to intrude into the City Lord Mansion!" Among them, one in the Earth Realm bellowed in rage, unleashing soul energy.
But, that figure turned around and sternly rebuked, "Impudent, Liu Heng, are you trying to rebel against your superior!"
Such a roar caused the Earth Realm Soul Martial Artist, who was about to act, to helplessly dissipate his soul energy, and upon landing, he looked confused.
When that figure stepped out from the darkness, revealing itself under the moonlight, who else could it be if not the City Lord of Chen Mucheng.
Moreover, at this moment, the City Lord of Chen Mucheng was staring sternly at the Earth Realm Soul Martial Artist who was about to act, his hands clasped behind his back, his brows twitching from time to time.
Around him, the aura of the Ninth Level Peak of the Earth Realm circled, and his demeanor clearly showed he was truly angry.
The dozen Earth Realm experts scrutinized the City Lord before them and astonishingly found that whether it was the way he walked with his hands behind his back, the way he raised his brows in anger, or the aura surrounding him, everything was exactly the same as their City Lord, without any difference.
Clearly, the earlier appearance of a woman was just their eyes playing tricks on them.
If she belonged to a clan adept at transformation, she wouldn't possibly know the City Lord's small habits, much less simulate his aura.
One must know, reaching the Earth Realm makes simulating aura impossible.
"City Lord!" The dozen or so Earth Realm powerhouses hastily knelt to plead for forgiveness. The leader, who was about to act, quickly began to explain, "We attempted action earlier because we detected the sound of a skirmish here and hurried over, which led to such a misunderstanding."
"Hmm!" The City Lord of Chen Mucheng nodded, visibly satisfied, "Your swift action means there's no reason for me to blame you, rise."
Just as the dozen Earth Realm Soul Martial Artists started to rise, a tremendous aura suddenly erupted from the City Lord of Chen Mucheng, as if he was angry again.
This familiar aura of the City Lord caused the dozen Earth Realm individuals to change colors abruptly, thinking the City Lord was about to rage again, they hurriedly prepared to kneel again.
But at that very moment, out of the shadows behind them suddenly charged out more than a dozen figures in black soft armor, daggers in hand, striking swiftly as lightning.
In an instant, their Dantians were pierced by a sharp dagger, soul energy gushing out.
Simultaneously, their throats were slit, rendering them unable to make a sound.
Next moment, these dozen figures, their dual daggers disappearing, similarly condensed jet-black daggers and stabbed directly into the brows of the Earth Realm existences.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
More than a dozen blood mists entirely exploded, similar to Yue Xin's earlier actions, condensing into blood beads before being caught in their hands and swallowed.
Immediately after, their forms shifted, transforming into the appearances of those dozen Earth Realm Soul Martial Artists, identical in aura, demeanor, and even subtle actions.
At this time, the City Lord of Chen Mucheng... no, it should be Yue Xin, a general of the Huaxia Empire, ed back to Lin Qian.
"Chen Muxing is completely under control!"
"Well done!" At the same time, in the National War Hall, Lin Qian expressed his pleasure in praise. He was never stingy with compliments for subordinates who completed their tasks.
However, he had already given such praise many times, since there were already many individuals in power within Ming Chun Hall's stars who had been replaced secretly and had become people of the Huaxia Empire.
Just like this Chen Muxing, after Yue Xin observed for a long time, she infiltrated the City Lord Mansion.
While the City Lord of Chen Mucheng was overseeing the storage situation, she sneaked into his room, eliminating the beauty sleeping on the bed, taking her form to approach the City Lord of Chen Mucheng and kill him.
This is why Yue Xin would say that the City Lord of Chen Mucheng wasn't worth her sacrifice because she had only entered the City Lord Mansion on that very day.
Yue Xin, military profession: Ghost Shadow.
Ghost Shadow was one of the new soldier types that Lin Qian could summon after advancing to the Earth Realm, an advanced unit of the Night Shadow.
Its inherent ability was to refine the bodies and souls of those it killed into blood beads for consumption, then transform into their form, possessing their aura, and access their soul's past to perfectly emulate the other's stance.
This is why the City Lord of Chen Mucheng never realized that his beauty had been replaced.
No matter how Ming Chun Hall thought, they would never imagine that their real enemy was the Huaxia Empire, with methods reaching the heavens, terrifying beyond measure.