But immediately following that, he discovered a contradictory point.
Even if the Bureau's people were unreliable, they wouldn't announce their affiliation during an assassination mission, would they?
Moreover, quite a few people had already gathered around.
The assassin's remarks had been heard by others.
Now everyone believed one thing: the Bureau was causing trouble, killing a Tier 2 expert.
"You are…"
Wu Xiaxian's eyes widened; the person before him couldn't possibly be a member of the Bureau.
Without a doubt, it had to be someone from another organization, but who? He couldn't figure it out.
If it were Jiang Wang, he could have taken care of him earlier, so why wait until now?
What Wu Xiaxian didn't understand was that the decision to kill him was a purely temporary change of heart.
Considering their destination afterward, Jiang Wang changed his mind and arranged for someone to assassinate him.
It was precisely because Wu Xiaxian was released that they were able to overhear their subsequent plans.
Thus, this assassination operation came to be.
Jiang Wang initially intended to let him go, at least for the time being.
He originally planned to play the long game, hoping to unearth more Joyful members.
As for now, it could only be said that plans couldn't keep up with changes.
"You talk too much, just die already."
The Soul-Devouring Harlot sneered, raising her hand and chopping off Wu Xiaxian's head.
If this guy said any more, the mission might fail.
She didn't expect this person to react, even guessing at the truth.
Fortunately, she was quick-witted and dealt with it in a few moves.
"This is a perfect completion."
Feeling the power of the soul, the Soul-Devouring Harlot revealed a satisfied smile.
Chapter 908: Mission Accomplished
By killing someone, the Soul-Devouring Harlot could absorb their soul.
Logically, she should decisively absorb this power, turning it into her own.
But she didn't do that; instead, she sped up, preparing to quickly return and report.
In fact, she had done this kind of dirty work many times.
Before, Jiang Wang was very clear about the Soul-Devouring Harlot's special ability, but he didn't know about the existence of the Demon Eye.
Such a useful ability should naturally be utilized; it had to be strengthened.
Over the past six months, many people had provoked the Paradise World, or were simply small characters with ulterior motives.
But besides the small characters, sometimes there would be extraordinary experts involved.
Tier 5 experts thought they were strong, unaware of the immensity of the world, and intended to suppress the Paradise World.
How could Jiang Wang indulge these people? Of course, he would speed up the process of eliminating them.
And the Soul-Devouring Harlot would naturally participate in this series of pest control operations.
Several Tier 5 experts were eliminated by her.
This was of course intentionally done by Jiang Wang, so she could absorb the power of these Tier 5 experts.
However, the unfortunate thing was that even if she obtained these powers, she couldn't use much of them.
The Demon Eye wasn't omnipotent; her current limit was Tier 4, and she couldn't unleash Tier 5 power.
She had indeed intercepted the souls of several Tier 5 experts, obtaining their power.
But if she activated this power, she would fall into a state of stagnation.
She could only unleash the strength of a Tier 4 expert, which was really troublesome.
If she couldn't break through to Tier 5, then she wouldn't be able to utilize these powers.
If she wanted to become stronger, she had too many paths to take.
One was to cultivate on her own, but that would take a long time.
Another was to seek the Demon Eye's breakthrough, allowing the Demon Eye to advance.
But that would require her to withstand extreme mental pressure, allowing her soul to further mutate.
The last one was like now, constantly hunting experts and intercepting their power.
Every time she killed someone and absorbed their soul, her own power would also increase.
Although the increase wasn't much, it wasn't comparable to the speed of ordinary cultivation.
Accumulating little by little, she would always break through to the Tier 5 realm.
However, the Soul-Devouring Harlot still felt that this approach wasn't stable.
She had always been worried that excessively absorbing the souls of others would cause some adverse effects.
Would there be a day when she would be affected by these souls, turning into another unfamiliar version of herself?
The Demon Eye brought her power, but it was undeniable that this power was definitely not without flaws.
Every time she absorbed someone else's soul, it was actually a gamble for the Soul-Devouring Harlot.
Because she didn't know if the current soul would be her limit?
She was only at the Tier 4 realm, and her perception of her own soul was relatively weak.
If it really exploded, she might not have any feeling beforehand.
So, she was currently in an extremely dangerous state.
She didn't know what her limit for carrying souls was, and she felt very confused.
Fortunately, the soul of this Wu Xiaxian didn't need to be absorbed.
What she had to do next was to bring this guy's soul back to Jiang Wang.
She quickly left the scene, and the onlookers began to whisper to each other.
"The Bureau's people are shameless; they're killing a Tier 2 guy for their own mistakes."
"These investigators are simply born to be scum; what is this? He finally won a match."
"Immediately afterward, they couldn't afford to lose and rushed over to kill him, but they were beaten back and ran away in disgrace."
"Then it got even funnier; the Bureau's higher-ups took action themselves, dealing with this troublesome guy."
The Bureau's actions caused many people to show dissatisfied expressions.
Without a doubt, this was blatant bullying of the weak, but what could they say?
Faced with the Bureau, such a huge organization, they were all just weaklings.
Indeed, the Bureau's development situation in recent years wasn't good, but a starving camel is still bigger than a horse.
Not to mention that the Bureau isn't dead yet; it's just that the organizational structure is chaotic, and the strength of the personnel varies.
The quality of experts is also declining year by year, and the efficiency of each investigator is also getting lower and lower.
Why could someone like Paper Wolf rise to power so quickly?
That's because the Bureau is really short of manpower.
"Doesn't anyone find it strange that they would announce their affiliation while doing something like this?"
Some people pointed out the suspicious points in this incident; this was indeed a very strange thing.
According to the Bureau's face-saving setting, it was impossible to do something that would destroy their own reputation.
To put it bluntly, these guys must find a reason for their actions.
The more grand and high-sounding the reason, the better; this is the so-called "righteousness."
On the one hand, they must use their powerful strength to suppress the enemy, and on the other hand, they must use righteousness to stand on the moral high ground.
In this way, the Bureau has few enemies in the nine thousand worlds.
And this so-called "assassination incident" was puzzling.
How could there be a public assassination… or rather, this was already a blatant killing.
Shouldn't they cover up such disgraceful things?
"Is this hard to understand? Righteousness is indeed very important."
"But to be honest, they must have their own arrangements and plans."
"Some people must be killed secretly, but some people must be killed openly."
"Look at this Tier 2 weakling; he made the Bureau lose face, so he should die like this."
As long as they want to explain, they can always find some reasons, so some people gave their own opinions.
In the end, no one cares about the so-called truth of the matter.
Whether the Bureau did it or not, they don't know, and they don't want to know.
Anyway, the Bureau is rotten, and every investigator is either stupid or evil.
There's no need to care about so many details; it's enough to just curse the Bureau.
Just like when the Bureau takes action to fight, they have to find a plausible reason and bring the name of righteousness.
In the end, these ordinary experts just want to get a reason to insult the Bureau.
The reason doesn't matter; cursing the Bureau is very important, because doing so can make them feel physically and mentally happy.
