Legend Management Bureau Chapter 319

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“Do I need to report my actions to you?” You Si asked crossly. “Get out of the way. I need to set up a formation.”

Taming Dragon slowly flew forward, stopping face-to-face with You Si. “Mother, let me take a wild guess… You aren’t trying to make Saint become Time, are you?”

You Si’s eyes instantly widened. “How did you know?!”

“This puts me in quite a difficult position,” Taming Dragon said with a smile. “We received two mission directives. The first is to kill Saint, and the second is to kill anyone who wants to make Saint become Time.”

Hearing this, You Si’s lips trembled, her expression filled with utter disbelief.

“How could there be such a mission?!” You Si demanded, thoroughly baffled. “Who is your employer?!”

“We follow the orders of Mahakala. As for where Mahakala receives his directives… that is not something we are permitted to know.”

You Si’s entire body began to tremble slightly. Logically speaking, searching for Time had always been a strictly confidential mission. In the past, she had never spoken of it to anyone other than herself. If there was a single exception, it was only earlier today when she mentioned it to that Yatou named Ying Ning.

However, that Yatou, Ying Ning, clearly could not be Mahakala’s employer. She simply lacked the capability to pull all these strings.

“Mother, regardless of how much grace you have shown us, a mission is a mission. If you are the target, Mahakala will absolutely not let you off,” Taming Dragon said, slowly drifting closer to You Si. “This works out fine, too. We can finally reunite with Mother in Ultimate Darkness.”

Upon hearing these words, You Si’s eyes bulged in horror.

She finally remembered!

She remembered those terrifying matters she had desperately wanted to escape, those things she had tried so hard to forget!

It was Black Shakyamuni, the one they called Mahakala!

You Si had wanted to erase the very existence of this person from her mind, which was why she had attempted to wash away her own memories!

At the mere mention of Black Shakyamuni, a rare flicker of pure terror crossed You Si’s face.

“Taming… Taming Dragon… listen to me…” You Si’s gaze shifted erratically, as if she were trying to avert her eyes from something dreadful. “That young man down there is incredibly important to me…”

“Mother, say no more,” Taming Dragon replied with a faint smile. “You bestowed the grace of rebirth upon Mahakala. He will ensure you pass on to Ultimate Darkness without feeling any pain.”

You Si gritted her teeth. She knew full well that the person in front of her would never show mercy just because of her desperate pleas.

Realizing this, she steeled her resolve. Without hesitation, she transformed into a streak of black light and shot explosively toward Saint.

To You Si, this was the closest she had come to success in tens of thousands of years. There was absolutely no way she would let this golden opportunity slip through her fingers.

“Mother! Do not make this difficult for me!” Taming Dragon’s expression turned freezing cold as he closely pursued her.

Acting as if she had lost her mind, You Si completely ignored Taming Dragon trailing behind her. Just as she was about to reach Saint, she swept her hands forward, causing a massive black curtain to slowly descend from the heavens.

The crowd watching was thoroughly bewildered. After all, no one had ever witnessed such an eerie and bizarre spectacle before.

You Si smiled faintly. Once this grand formation was fully established, she would become its sole and absolute ruler. Even if Mahakala himself arrived in person, he would be powerless to stop her.

But just as You Si’s black curtain was about to fully unfurl, several glowing characters flew into the sky from an unknown direction, colliding violently with the black veil like a flock of soaring birds.

Several gaping holes instantly appeared on the curtain, plain for everyone to see.

You Si focused her gaze and realized that the glowing characters were the ancient pictographs for Descending Soldiers Fighting Ones.

She felt a wave of confusion wash over her. In this era, barely anyone even knew how to read, so who in the world could possibly use written words as deadly weapons?

Cangjie flew to You Si’s side with a gentle smile. “Let me take a guess. A demonic woman dressed in black, overflowing with murderous intent, and acting in such a volatile manner. Could you happen to be You Si?”

“You… Cangjie?” You Si could not help but furrow her brows. “The world claims that Cangjie cares only for the study and creation of written language. I never expected you to possess such profound cultivation.”

Hearing this, Cangjie gave a subtle nod. “It is true that I am obsessed with inventing characters, and it is equally true that I dislike flaunting my cultivation. However, if the Yellow Emperor issues me a command, I will follow his lead and sweep away any obstacles in his path.”

You Si had crossed paths with the Yellow Emperor’s faction in the past.

At the time, she had only heard that both Cangjie and Du Kang, despite possessing cultivation bases, never took the initiative to fight. As a result, she had never considered them to be threats worthy of her attention.

“The Yellow Emperor gave you an order? Did the Yellow Emperor know I was going to target that young man?” You Si asked, her confusion deepening.

“Naturally, he did not,” Cangjie replied with another chuckle. “The Yellow Emperor merely instructed me to protect the wounded.”

You Si furrowed her brow, remaining silently tense.

Her current situation was akin to having a wolf block her path forward while a tiger prowled behind her. If she did not shake off Cangjie quickly, she feared she would soon be intercepted by Taming Dragon again.

“You Si, back in the day, you single-handedly slaughtered hundreds of tribes, prompting the entirety of the Nine Provinces to hunt you down. Why have you returned now?” Cangjie unleashed his imposing aura. Although his cultivation was slightly inferior to the Yellow Emperor’s, he was undeniably a formidable powerhouse in his own right.

You Si glared at Cangjie with utter resentment. She just wanted to find a suitable candidate. Why did it have to be so difficult?

“I admittedly made mistakes in the past, which is why I have already stopped those actions. The immortal cultivators I killed back then could never become true candidates. It is only when they fight with everything they have, teetering on the brink of death while desperately clinging to life, that they can reveal a sliver of the aura needed to attain eternal life.”

Cangjie frowned slightly and said, “The world claims your methods are bizarre and wicked. Now that I have finally interacted with you, I see the rumors were not exaggerated. There are countless righteous paths you could have taken to bless the common people, yet you chose to walk the most diabolical road possible.”

“When it comes to being diabolical, you and I are really no different,” You Si sneered coldly. “Cangjie who created writing and You Si who slaughters indiscriminately. Both of us are nothing more than casual gossip for the masses over their tea and meals.”

“Is that so?” Cangjie raised an eyebrow. “Speaking of which, inventing characters is actually quite a fascinating endeavor. For instance, just a few days ago, I made an interesting discovery… some words are naturally imbued with a peculiar, innate power.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cangjie pulled a carving knife from his robes and carved several characters directly into the empty air—Descending Soldiers Fighting Ones!

These characters flickered with an otherworldly radiance and pulsed with an overwhelmingly dominant force, shooting toward You Si like a flock of predatory birds.

At almost the exact same moment, Dragon-Taming Arhat caught up from behind.

You Si furrowed her brows. Her entire body morphed back into a streak of black light, darting fiercely between the two men. She knew she absolutely could not afford to get tangled up in a fight with them, otherwise, she would instantly lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Nearby, A Can glanced toward Cangjie and Dragon-Taming Arhat, his face riddled with confusion. He had no idea what these supreme entities were fighting over. In the mere blink of an eye, however, You Si had already materialized right in front of him.

“Young Kid! I can save him!” You Si roared at the top of her lungs, alarming all the members of the Seven Holy Heroes gathered nearby.