Chapter 55: Thieving the Way of the Gods

“You guessed it.”The conductor raised an eyebrow. “Too bad there’s no reward.”

“You dared to hijack this train?” Jiang Qin said, scanning his surroundings with his peripheral vision. “Do you even know where this train is headed?!”

“Winter Harbor, the Ancient Military Tomb.”The conductor walked over to the female attendant, who had transformed into Zhong Yaoguang. He casually tossed the white gloves into the pool of blood and chuckled, “Otherwise, why would we steal your faces?”

“So your target is the Ancient Military Tomb…”Jiang Qin’s mind reeled. He then swiftly picked up his pistol and fired multiple shots at the conductor!“Break the windows and split up!!”

Bang bang bang—!The moment the gunshots rang out, Chen Ling pulled a short knife from his sleeve. He used the hilt to violently shatter the window beside him, sending shards of glass and a howling cold wind swirling into the carriage.He leaped out without hesitation!

While Jiang Qin was buying time, Chen Ling had already guessed his plan. With their opponents outnumbering them and both ends of the carriage blocked, breaking a window was their only way out.

Jiang Qin was just as fast, blowing out the glass beside him with a single shot and springing out, heading in the opposite direction from Chen Ling.

As for the other colleague, he wasn't as quick-witted. Only after Chen Ling and Jiang Qin had already jumped out did he suddenly react, scrambling to follow them through the window. It was that brief hesitation that allowed a bullet to precisely pierce his skull. He swayed and collapsed to the ground.

The conductor looked at the broken windows on both sides, his expression grim. He exchanged a glance with the male attendant and spoke calmly:“I’ll go after the senior enforcer, you pursue the newcomer.”“Understood.”

Both figures vanished from the carriage simultaneously.

Another attendant stepped forward, placing his hand on the face of the deceased enforcer colleague. He gradually began to transform into his likeness.

“The enforcers from District Three are quite interesting,” one of the four “enforcers” sitting by the window remarked casually. “Unlike those four idiots from Districts Five and Six, who were gone in an instant. No challenge at all.”

“It was the newcomer who noticed something amiss,” replied the “enforcer” seated opposite him.“He doesn’t seem simple either… Number 13 won’t fail, will he?”

“Fail? Are you kidding? Number 13 is already at the second stage of the ‘Divine Thieving Path.’ That newcomer doesn’t even have a Divine Path. How could he possibly fail?”“…True.”

“Stop chatting and help me clean up this body. The blood is splattered everywhere, it’s disgusting.”

Amidst the swirling snow,Chen Ling lay prone on top of the train, his eyes narrowed slightly as he watched a figure, like a headless fly, wildly scrambling into the snow.

Indeed, he hadn’t run away at all…

Though he didn’t understand the mechanism, since the train could move across the snow without tracks, rashly jumping off and running on the flat terrain would surely mean he couldn’t outrun it, especially while being pursued.

Therefore, he chose to pretend to escape through the window, but in reality, he grabbed onto the train’s edge below the window and quietly climbed back onto the roof.

The most dangerous place was the safest place.

Chen Ling moved along the train roof, staying low as he made his way toward the very rear. The train had six carriages, and the last one was an absolute blind spot. Once the train was far enough from his pursuers, he could quietly disembark from there and leave.

“The Usurpers… Is their target also the Ancient Military Tomb?” Chen Ling mused as he moved, recalling everything that had just happened.“Could it be that they’re also after the foundation of the Divine Military Path?”

Chen Ling didn't know much about the Usurpers, but judging by Jiang Qin's reaction earlier, this organization seemed to be entirely composed of "Divine Thieving Path" wielders. Their plan to steal the identities of new enforcers to infiltrate the Ancient Military Tomb was actually quite similar to his own.

“The enforcers from Districts Five and Six must have been wiped out. Including the attendants and the conductor, that makes exactly eight people…”“No wonder they only allowed enforcers from Districts Three, Five, and Six to board. They calculated the numbers perfectly.”“I wonder if Jiang Qin managed to escape?”

Chen Ling moved through the cargo carriages. By now, he was far from the passenger cars, and with the raging snowstorm, he should have been in a visual blind spot. Just as he was about to jump off the train, a figure, panting heavily, climbed up from the very end.

“I wondered why I couldn’t find you for the life of me… You’re quite good at hiding, aren’t you?” The male attendant, drenched in sweat, stared intently at Chen Ling, his gaze utterly sinister.

Chen Ling: …

Audience anticipation level: 3

Damn, looks like this villain is pretty smart.

Chen Ling unhesitatingly drew his gun, aimed at the attendant, and pulled the trigger!

Bang—!The gunshot was drowned out by the train’s roar and the sound of the wind and snow.

At the same time, the attendant sneered, showing no intention of dodging. He simply walked slowly through the last carriage, approaching him.

The bullet had already left the barrel; a gray blur flashed through nothingness, and he was unharmed.

Chen Ling’s brow furrowed instantly.

Through his Secret Eye, he saw the bullet vanish the instant it was about to hit the opponent… Immediately after, a clear clinking sound dropped onto the carriage roof.

The vanished bullet, at some unknown moment, fell from the attendant’s palm, struck the steel train surface, and rolled away, out of sight.

Chen Ling watched the approaching figure and pulled the trigger again!

Bang bang bang—!

A series of gunshots rang out.At such close range, not a single bullet managed to hit the attendant’s body; they simply vanished into thin air as if by magic…

“You think a gun can hurt me?” the attendant scoffed. “Kid, the power of the Divine Path is not something ordinary people can contend with.”

He casually raised his palm, and several bullets dropped out, falling powerlessly into the snow.

Just as Chen Ling was about to make a move, the attendant immediately raised his hand and made a grabbing motion at the air.

The gun in Chen Ling’s hand vanished instantly!The next moment, the gun was in the attendant’s hand, its dark muzzle pointed at Chen Ling’s forehead.

Surprise flickered in Chen Ling’s eyes.

This was the first time Chen Ling had witnessed a Divine Path ability other than the Divine Military Path. The opponent seemed capable of remotely stealing anything in his vicinity, including high-velocity bullets and the gun in his own hand…Was this the power of the “Divine Thieving Path”?

“Have you learned something new?” The attendant seemed to relish Chen Ling’s shocked expression, a faint smile on his face. “Then it’s time to go…”

Bang—An orange muzzle flash ignited, and a bullet instantly left the barrel.

Almost simultaneously, a blur flashed past; Chen Ling’s dark brown coat arced through the wind and snow as he swiftly leaped over half a carriage, the cold gleam of his short knife aimed directly at the attendant’s eyes!

“I have learned something new,” Chen Ling said faintly in the wind.“And it’s truly time for you to go.”