Chapter 414: Targeting Xuanwu

“How should I explain this…?”

Qian Wu pondered for a moment and said, “I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand this issue, but upon careful thought, there’s a simple and straightforward reason that can directly explain this phenomenon.”

“What reason…?”

“They are ‘Shen’,” Qian Wu said. “You should have heard the saying that everyone’s ‘Hui Xiang’ is a kind of ‘Shen Li’. Although this divine power is different from what we imagine, it is indeed a capability that ordinary humans do not possess.”

“So you’re saying…” Qi Xia slowly lifted his head, “these ‘Shen Shou’ were never human to begin with… They are ‘Shen’? So they naturally have these abilities?”

Qian Wu listened and nodded with a bitter smile: “Qi Xia… does that seem reasonable to you?”

How could that possibly be reasonable?

A group of so-called “Shen” imprisoning ordinary people in such a desperate place and subjecting them to repeated torment…

But Qi Xia had already encountered three “Shen Shou”, and none of them seemed human anymore.

Whether in appearance or ability, they had long transcended the realm of “humans”.

Moreover, each of them was so deranged that if their powers were activated through the subconscious, they could almost succeed one hundred percent of the time.

Thinking carefully, Xuan Wu’s methods were indeed like “Tan Nang”—she just had to reach out and grasp, and whatever she wanted would appear in her hand.

But this was a terrifying realization: just how deranged must someone be to truly believe they could pull out another’s organs?

It seemed that different “Hui Xiang” could produce completely different effects depending on the person.

Unfortunately, humans are still humans, and in the short term, they could never reach the level of derangement of the “Shen Shou”.

So why did Officer Li have the same “Hui Xiang” as the “Shen Shou”?

Officer Li lowered his head and looked at his own hands.

It was the same “Tan Nang”… Yet that “Shen Shou” called Xuan Wu could retrieve anything she desired?

“I want to ask about that ‘Yue Qian’…” Qi Xia said. “Do you know the person who has this ‘Hui Xiang’?”

“If I remember correctly…” Qian Wu said, “that person is called Jin Yuan Xun.”

“Jin Yuan Xun…” Qi Xia nodded. “That young man who looks like a thug—he’s the one with ‘Yue Qian’?”

“Yes,” Qian Wu said. “It’s a very practical ability. As long as one’s belief is strong enough, they can appear in any place they imagine. However, that young man named Jin Yuan Xun is clearly just beginning to grasp it—he can only ‘Yue Qian’ to places within his line of sight.”

If Qian Wu hadn't mentioned it, even Qi Xia himself wouldn't have realized that whether it was Zhu Que, Xuan Wu, or Bai Hu, they all seemed to have this “Yue Qian” ability. They would suddenly disappear and reappear, like true divine beings.

So it was just “Hui Xiang”?

Viewing it from this angle, Qi Xia suddenly felt closer to these “Shen Shou”. If they were all “Hui Xiang” users, he didn't think there was an insurmountable gap between himself and those “Shen Shou”.

“As for ‘Li Xi’…” Qi Xia said, “Chen Jun Nan mentioned yesterday that it’s the ‘Hui Xiang’ of our room’s Doctor Zhao.”

“That’s right,” Qian Wu nodded. “Like Zhao Hai Bo, Xuan Wu can destroy objects, but the scale of her destruction is extraordinarily vast. Even this prison building could turn into rubble and sand in an instant if she wished.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia lightly stroked his chin and said, “If we think of ‘Xuan Wu’ as a participant with three ‘Hui Xiang’, it doesn’t sound that frightening, but I feel the reality is much more complex than that.”

“Oh?” Qian Wu raised an eyebrow.

“I once stabbed a knife into Xuan Wu’s head,” Qi Xia said. “But the sensation was very strange… It felt like I was stabbing into straw.”

“What…?” Everyone present was stunned.

Chen Jun Nan was especially shocked, his mouth agape: “Are you serious? You’ve actually tried to ‘assassinate a Shen Shou’?”

“Tried…?” Qi Xia shook his head. “It’s not just trying—I stabbed her countless times, but not a drop of blood came out. I stabbed her eyes, neck, chest, abdomen, but none of it was a vital spot. How are we supposed to kill something like that?”

Qi Xia’s expression grew increasingly serious as he recalled that night vividly: “She’s incredibly strong and feels no pain at all… Could she also have ‘Di Ji’ physical qualities, plus something invisible like ‘Wang You’ or ‘Bu Si’?”

After hearing this, Qian Wu furrowed his brow in silence: “Honestly… our plans to ‘assassinate Shen Shou’ have always been theoretical. After all, the survival rule for us ‘Mao’ is to hide our intentions. If we act, we must ensure one hundred percent success; otherwise, all members could be purged before obtaining their ‘Hui Xiang’, since no one can predict the consequences of ‘assassinating Shen Shou’.”

At this point, Qi Xia looked up at Qian Wu and asked, “I have a question.”

“Go ahead.”

“If you were really going to assassinate ‘Xuan Wu’, how would you do it?”

Qian Wu took a deep breath and said, “If luck is on my side, I could do it alone. If not, I’d need all the ‘Mao’ to assist me. As long as I make contact with ‘Xuan Wu’, I have a chance to kill her.”

“What…?” Qi Xia felt that killing a “Shen Shou” seemed almost trivial for Qian Wu. “Your ‘Shuang Sheng Hua’ is exactly…”

“‘Shuang Sheng Hua’: one flower blooms, two flowers flourish. One flower withers, two flowers die,” Qian Wu said. “After I touch ‘Xuan Wu’, for a certain period, we’ll share life and death. In other words, if I die, she dies too.”

“Just like that…?” Qi Xia looked at Qian Wu in disbelief.

If Qian Wu’s ability was this special, theoretically, he could take out everyone in “Zhong Yan Zhi Di”, whether it’s the heaven-level “Sheng Xiao” or the “Shen Shou”, by trading lives.

After all, Qian Wu could resurrect, but the “Sheng Xiao” and “Shen Shou” could not.

This three-word “Hui Xiang” seemed tailor-made to counter these “Shen”.

“So, are you deciding to lead the ‘Mao’ into this?” Qian Wu looked at Qi Xia seriously. “All the ‘Mao’ follow only the captain’s orders. With a single command, we’ll charge into any danger.”

“There’s no need to rush,” Qi Xia said coldly, glancing at Qian Wu. After thinking for a few seconds, he continued, “I fully understand how to kill a ‘Shen Shou’ now, but there’s still one thing I need to clarify.”

“What is it?”

“Suppose we really kill ‘Xuan Wu’…” Qi Xia said, “Have you considered what the consequences might be?”