"Darling, it will take you more than a month to piece together Ximen Chuixue's soul, at your rate of recovering 300 exorcism points per day," the intelligent program reminded you.
"Alright, I understand," Gao Jianfei replied, then immediately left the Ghost Den.
Back at the hotel, he cuddled Song Ying and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, Gao Jianfei, dressed in a suit and tie, along with Song Ying, Zhuo Xiaowei, and others who were also wearing light makeup, as well as Tang Bao, took the organizing committee's special car directly to the press conference venue.
Gao Jianfei, Song Ying, and others were essentially already staff members for this press conference, so they were directly assigned to positions close to the podium.
Gao Jianfei was quite satisfied with this position. He chatted with Song Ying, pretending to discuss the arrangements for the upcoming meeting, while his eyes constantly scanned the venue. The first to enter the vast venue were police officers and members of underground forces, all fully armed and extremely vigilant. Soon after, the spectators began to enter. These people, almost all of them, were not ordinary individuals; they were all impeccably dressed, with fierce expressions and rough manners—clearly Shen Bing's subordinates. They were all key members of the underground forces from five countries, as well as some local officials.
In fact, this press conference, held annually, brings together all the leaders of their respective companies and underground factions to conduct a performance review and reshuffle the various underground and legitimate industries across the five countries. It also allows these underground figures to gather with officials in the public eye, exchange ideas, and forge friendships.
Everyone entering the venue will undergo a special screening process; not only are metal items prohibited, but even lighters are not allowed inside.
Extremely strict.
Gao Jianfei also noticed that Fei Long and his wife, Chen Xian, Qin Leshi, Xiao Xiao, Yan Kui, and others entered the venue one after another, all remaining silent and very low-key. They each found their seats. However, the positions they chose were all at excellent angles; if they were to make a move, they could use their special abilities to directly bombard the stage!
One by one, tens of thousands of people entered the venue and took their seats.
The press conference is about to begin.
At this moment, a mature, charming, and beautiful young woman gracefully walked onto the stage and began to host. She was the lead host for this press conference, and also the most popular and top-rated host among the five northern countries. Of course, she was also a fascinating plaything of Shen Bing.
After the host's extremely emotional opening remarks, Shen Bing, dressed in a sharp suit, walked out. He was full of vigor, and his gait exuded the majesty and aura of an emperor.
Gao Jianfei's eyes held no murderous intent, so as not to arouse Shen Bing's suspicion.
The second host appeared, a young and beautiful woman. She assisted Shen Bing in reporting on the performance of the various companies under Shenyang's control last year. When it came to the underground industry, Shen Bing was not ambiguous, openly stating how much profit a certain casino made, how much profit a certain brothel made, and how much profit a certain illegal drug made…
In fact, some businesses that are absolutely illegal and disorderly on Earth are openly legal on Dragon Planet.
During his speech, Shen Bing indeed displayed exceptional intelligence, eloquent speech, and remarkable control over the situation. He also demonstrated foresight and strategic planning for future developments, much like a monarch directing the course of events. He was a quintessential tyrant. Gao Jianfei even sensed a hint of Cao Cao's personality in him. Of course, it was also from Shen Bing's tone that he understood his ambition was immense; he had considered annexing the entire Dragon Ball. This explained his annual press conferences and his meticulous, behind-the-scenes control over every business deal.
The meeting went very smoothly. Later, some of Shen Bing's key subordinates gave speeches, demonstrating their shrewdness and competence.
In addition, leaders, politicians, and other dignitaries from the five countries of the Northern Continent all spoke, expressing their submission and support for Shen Bing.
That's true. People like Shen Bing already possess superpowers; controlling these high-ranking officials is as easy as snapping their fingers.
After the meeting, a lucky draw was held.
This lottery is for some idle, developed land plots. The winner can then take control of the industries and businesses on those plots.
The main purpose was to lift everyone's spirits and bring some lightness to this serious meeting.
The person hosting this lottery draw is Song Ying.
Song Ying walked onto the stage with impeccable manners. Her attire today was extremely appropriate, and her perfect figure, fair and beautiful skin, and melodious voice immediately calmed the somewhat noisy atmosphere in the audience.
Everyone in the room was staring intently at Song Ying, completely mesmerized.
Shen Bing, while adjusting his gold-rimmed glasses, scanned Song Ying's curvaceous figure with an insatiable, sinister gaze.
He was like a leopard with an extremely strong possessive desire to pounce on its prey, wishing he could just rush up and knock Song Ying over!
Although the people in the room were all looking at Song Ying with lustful eyes, they dared not act rashly. They knew very well that this was the woman the boss had taken a liking to, and they could not have any improper thoughts.
I dare not touch it.
Upon seeing Shen Bing's undisguised greed, Gao Jianfei's murderous intent swelled to an uncontrollable level... "Coveting my woman? So blatant, you're courting death! Even if you're a powerful figure in Dragon Ball, I'll kill you!"
Although Gao Jianfei did not immediately use his killing intent to target Shen Bing, the ethereal sword god aura of Xie Xiaofeng had already begun to emerge.
The lucky draw ended quickly, and Song Ying was about to leave. Just then, Shen Bing stood up abruptly and beckoned to Song Ying, "You stay and keep me company."
"Huh?" Song Ying feigned surprise.
Taking the opportunity, Gao Jianfei stood up. "No! Mr. Shen, Xiaoying is my girlfriend and fiancée. You...you...please don't do this." As he spoke, Gao Jianfei seemed to subconsciously walk to the podium to help Song Ying up.
The entire venue erupted in laughter… “This man is so stupid! How dare he stop Mr. Shen! His girlfriend? It’s his good fortune that Mr. Shen slept with his girlfriend!”
"Now, this man is definitely dead!"
"You seem to have misunderstood the situation." Shen Bing looked at Gao Jianfei as if he were a tiny ant, a speck of dust. "I am the master here. I can have any woman I want. Similarly, I can make someone disappear from this world instantly if I want them to. Undoubtedly, you have disturbed my enjoyment. Therefore, you need to disappear, disappear forever."
Suddenly, Shen Bing sensed an extremely deep, almost unbearable sorrow emanating from Gao Jianfei!
"Hmph! Despair and sorrow are useless now!" Shen Bing sneered. Just then, Tang Bao, Zhuo Xiaowei, and Fei Long and the others in the audience all quietly stood up. Superpowers ready!
Chapter 650 Killing Shen Bing
When Gao Jianfei rushed onto the stage to help Song Ying, Shen Bing and everyone else present assumed it was a boyfriend's instinct to protect his girlfriend. No one suspected anything. In fact, Gao Jianfei was dressed very fashionably and looked incredibly handsome, not at all like a dangerous person. He seemed harmless. Therefore, no one was wary of him. Instead, everyone was watching with a sense of schadenfreude as Gao Jianfei acted.
No woman Shen Bing set his sights on, whether from the Northern Continent or the Dragon Ball, could escape his grasp. Therefore, the men of those women abducted by Shen Bing almost always willingly and obediently handed their women over to him, rarely resisting. Gao Jianfei's actions today were an exception. Everyone felt a thrill, wanting to witness Shen Bing snatch the woman from Gao Jianfei, then torture and kill him, satisfying their own twisted and dark desires.
"Heh, this guy, still trying to defy fate?" Shen Bing stared at Gao Jianfei, a vivid expression in his eyes. He could clearly sense an aura of extreme sadness, melancholy, and desolation emanating from Gao Jianfei. And it was already affecting Shen Bing's own emotions! Shen Bing couldn't help but think, "...This guy seems to love this woman very much. He sees his woman about to become my plaything, unable to resist the tide of fate, and therefore, he's heartbroken. Tsk tsk, this kind of sorrow is the most heart-wrenching I've ever seen. It's even affecting me! Should I...should I take this man's woman away? If I take his woman, he'll die heartbroken...Am I too cruel? Too inhumane?"
In an instant, Shen Bing's thoughts became somewhat confused.
Shen Bing felt a deep empathy for the sorrow Gao Jianfei was experiencing. Her memories seemed to instantly resurface, taking her back to her own past…
When Shen Bing was young, before he obtained the Super Ghost Instrument software, he was just an ordinary artistic youth. He also had a girl he loved. They were deeply in love and were preparing to get married. However, the girl's beauty brought disaster. The day before the wedding, the girl caught the eye of a powerful figure in the local underworld. This powerful figure was a ruthless tyrant who bullied men and women, committed murder and arson, and even the "government" of the Northern Continent was powerless against him. Moreover, he was a pervert. So, Shen Bing was tied up and forced to watch helplessly as his fiancée was repeatedly raped by the powerful figure and his gang of henchmen…
At that time, Shen Bing's heart was broken. That sorrow was similar to the sorrow emanating from Gao Jianfei at this moment!
The only difference is that Gao Jianfei's sorrow at this moment is even more intense than Shen Bing's back then!
This is Gao Jianfei's sword intent now! It instantly affected Shen Bing's heart!
The painful memories that Shen Bing had buried deep in her heart were brought to the surface!
Originally, Shen Bing had almost buried and forgotten this memory. His fiancée was dead, and those thugs were later wiped out by Shen Bing. Shen Bing possessed thousands upon thousands of high-quality women; he was full of pride and had long since relegated these unbearable memories to a corner of his mind. Too painful to recall.
Today, however, he was suddenly triggered! As a result, his usually quick-thinking mind short-circuited!
"It's Shi You!"
In an instant, Gao Jianfei concentrated his sword intent to its peak!
With his right hand forming a sword shape, he thrust it towards Shen Bing in the blink of an eye! At Gao Jianfei's level of swordsmanship, nothing in heaven and earth is untouchable as a sword!
Using his finger as a sword, he assassinated Shen Bing!
Moreover, Gao Jianfei brought this sorrowful mood to its extreme!
In this state of affairs, even the Sword Saint and the God of Magic would not be able to escape unscathed! They would not even be able to put up the slightest resistance!
Just as Gao Jianfei's finger sword was about to touch Shen Bing, only inches away, Shen Bing suddenly felt an unprecedented danger! That evil premonition of impending death instantly enveloped Shen Bing!
Suddenly, he let out a roar. His instinctive reaction was anger and the desire to kill, not to dodge!
"How dare you launch a sneak attack! Die! Vajra Finger! Arhat Fist! Vajra Pestle! Vajra Subduing Demons!" Shen Bing, as expected of a level 7 exorcist, possessed formidable strength. After learning Kumārajīva's martial arts, he was able to use the Lesser Formless Skill to instantly simulate the Seventy-Two Shaolin Arts. In the blink of an eye, several of these arts were unleashed!
"break!"
Gao Jianfei concentrated his sword intent, using clumsiness to overcome skill, and shattered all these moves with a single sword strike!
"Hmm?" In just a tenth of a second, Shen Bing realized that the martial arts of the young man in front of her were actually superior to her own! He had already grasped the mysteries of the essence!
In fact, if the duel had been pre-arranged, Shen Bing might not have been so easily defeated. After all, he had cultivated terrifying martial arts skills by absorbing a large amount of profound internal energy from a ghost. His loss of advantage stemmed from his initial unawareness of Gao Jianfei's intentions. He had been corrupted by Gao Jianfei's aura, which stirred up past pain, creating a vulnerability in his mind! When Gao Jianfei thrust his sword, he had already been attacking Shen Bing. The fatal flaw wasn't the sword itself, but the preceding aura!
Soon, Shen Bing abandoned the attack and prepared to sneak into the ghost's den first.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
He saw a full moon!
A poignant beauty, the full moon hidden in the mist, revealing its ethereal grace!
The moon was bright then!
"Ah...so beautiful..." Shen Bing's heart was pierced by a huge flaw! His entire thought process had come to a standstill. Or rather, he was bewitched by the bright moon. No matter how fast his thoughts raced, they couldn't keep up with the speed at which his eyes could see the moonlight.
After Gao Jianfei finished speaking, he put the Crescent Moon Saber back into the Ghost Den.
Shen Bing sat back down in her chair, her gaze slightly vacant, and turned to look at Gao Jianfei.
The entire room fell silent.
"Who exactly are you?" Shen Bing asked.
"The one who killed you." Gao Jianfei sneered.
"Well... well... there are still hidden exorcists. This time, I miscalculated. I trusted the AI too much. It turns out there's a sixth exorcist on our Dragon Planet. I miscalculated..." Shen Bing said expressionlessly, then suddenly turned to Gao Jianfei. "What kind of ghost are you? From the very beginning, you attacked my mind with a sorrowful atmosphere. I've never encountered this kind of martial art before, so I forgot to be on guard. What are you?"
“You no longer need to know these things. You’re already a dead man,” Gao Jianfei said coldly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a small, rice-grain-sized bloodstain appeared on Shen Bing's forehead. This bloodstain slowly widened and lengthened, spreading down his forehead and pulling at his skin...
"puff!"
Shen Bing's body was suddenly split into two equal parts!
Fresh blood and viscera gushed out wildly, leaving behind a trail of filth and garbage!
In fact, Shen Binghou was already dead when she said those words!
The crescent moon blade was incredibly fast! So fast it was almost magical!
The entire room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop!
My beloved...
"He's dead! Mr. Shen is dead! Something terrible has happened! Mr. Shen is dead!"
Shen Bing's loyal servants immediately roared, and a riot was about to break out!
And this is when Gao Jianfei's superhumans can unleash their power.
Zhuo Xiaowei was decisive. She threw out several fire-type abilities, burning more than a dozen fierce-looking and aggressive people to ashes!
Then, Tang Bao, Chen Xian, Qin Leshi, Fei Long, Fei Long's wife, and others also made their moves.
The insane superpower allowed him to wipe out Shen Bing's henchmen one by one in an instant, killing hundreds of them in various ways.
Everyone stared in horror, wondering where these killers had come from!
In fact, Shen Bing's death had completely shocked and shattered her followers.
Once the superpower is unleashed again, there will be no room for maneuver.
The outcome is decided!
"Listen up, all of you! Stand still and don't move! Anyone who moves will die!" Gao Jianfei shouted, using some of the harmless Lion's Roar technique.
Those with superpowers, possessing strong mental strength, were unaffected, but ordinary people all experienced dizziness and trembling limbs.