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Chapter 246 - 155: Killing for Hire
This voice reached his ears, and the assassin trembled in fright.
Immediately following, a powerful force surged from his back, causing him to leap forward.
"Opportunity!"
Even though he took a palm to the back, the one who struck him had limited inner strength.
His inner breath turned within his body, propelling him to soar swiftly.
The newcomer’s sword technique was incredibly fast, and being injured today, it wasn’t suitable for him to fight further.
After landing, the assassin blended into the crowd, making several turns before disappearing from sight.
Chu Qing’s lips curved into a slight smile as he glanced back at the increasingly disheveled Liu Yulai:
"At this moment, you cannot afford to die."
The next moment, Chu Qing’s figure flickered, the sword blade turned, swish, swish, swish, executing several consecutive strikes, and several of Lianshan Seven Strongholds’ bandits hindering Iron Blood Hall experts fell under Chu Qing’s sword.
No time to check the origin of this sudden masked figure with Chu Qing.
A few quickly rushed forward to aid Liu Yulai.
With this support, the seven leaders could no longer compete with Liu Yulai, and the situation turned instantly in his favor.
Once they either killed or captured these seven leaders, with everything settled, Liu Yulai searched and found that Chu Qing’s trace was nowhere to be seen.
...
...
The assassin, dressed in Iron Blood Hall attire, mingled within the crowd; managing to escape the fray, he ran wildly away.
"Who is he exactly?"
"His words suggested he harbors some grievance with our Mirror of Sin?"
"How dare he disrupt our Mirror of Sin’s plan... truly courting death..."
He pondered ceaselessly but found no answers.
Gazing at the wound on his arm, he furrowed his brow... the injury wasn’t too severe, yet the opponent’s sword technique was too fast.
How exactly did this sword get executed? He hadn’t the slightest awareness.
"Fortunately, he tried to kill me with a strike but underestimated my inner power; otherwise... this time I could have been truly in danger."
With caution all along the way, he walked forward for roughly over an hour when a roadside Mountain God Temple appeared before him.
Without hesitation, he directly entered this Mountain God Temple.
There was someone inside the temple, a beggar.
The beggar was drinking, with peanuts, cooked meat, and chicken legs spread on oiled paper for snacks.
He lifted his eyes to look at the newcomer, not panicking, merely furrowed his brows:
"Why so disheveled? Green Sun Hand... not proficient in sword technique, are you? How did the wound on your arm happen?"
"... Encountered an unexpected incident, Liu Yulai did not die."
The assassin fell down opposite the beggar, snatched the wine from his hand, and poured it down on his arm wound, gritting his teeth in pain.
The beggar’s face changed, his figure flickered, and he dashed out of the temple door.
He circled around the Mountain God Temple, then returned.
Listening to the assassin faintly speaking:
"No one following."
"Good."
The beggar nodded, walked to him, grabbed his arm, carefully scrutinized it for a while, and his face grew darker.
The assassin lifted his eyes to look at him:
"What’s special about this wound?"
"What are the characteristics of this person’s sword technique?"
"... Fast."
The assassin thought for a moment and replied:
"Extremely fast!"
Watching the beggar’s expression:
"What’s wrong?"
"There’s something you don’t know..."
The beggar said:
"Months ago, we had a traitor walk out from Mirror of Sin.
"This person, codename ’Sword Ghost,’ betrayed Mirror of Sin due to collusion with targets."
"Someone in the organization was already aware of this, and upon confirming his betrayal, sent people to ambush him, intending to eliminate him."
"Yet unexpectedly... Originally mediocre in sword technique and martial arts, he secretly possessed one skill—a fast sword."
"The Blood Spear sent to kill him was pinned to a tree by him, while most of the other assassins were killed with one sword strike to the throat..."
"You should know, different sword techniques leave different effects on the wounds."
"And the injury on your arm is identical to those fallen under Sword Ghost’s hand."
"No wonder..."
The assassin’s eyes narrowed slightly:
"No wonder he said, with him here, Mirror of Sin’s plans would never succeed."
"Bold and presumptuous!"
The beggar sneered:
"After this incident, the organization issued an order to pursue him."
"Unexpectedly, this person vanished from the Martial World... The assassins sent to hunt him couldn’t trace his whereabouts at all."
"Yet it’s said that Celestial Dance City produced a ’Night Emperor,’ who also has a fast sword."
"However, this person is ruthless, those killed are often destroyed to the point of unidentifiable remains."
"The corpses were burned by him... Though it’s impossible to completely burn it to ash, burnt skin makes sword marks impossible to identify."
"So, it suggests this Night Emperor is very suspicious."
The assassin said:
"No one from the organization went to investigate?"
"Investigated."
The beggar shook his head and said:
"But apart from the fast sword, the Night Emperor’s inner power is also very deep, far surpassing Sword Ghost."
"Further investigation discovered this person also possesses a flying knife technique... something Sword Ghost cannot have."
"Moreover, by the time the investigation reached this point, it was found that the Night Emperor has backing; the people sent from Mirror of Sin ended up dead, with a warning message sent back."
"This person is entirely different from Sword Ghost, and the organization doesn’t want to stir trouble with those behind the Night Emperor, hence the matter was abandoned."
The assassin, hearing this, nodded:
"Today’s attacker’s inner power is indeed mediocre.
"But who is actually behind this Night Emperor?"
"Don’t know."
The beggar said calmly:
"Perhaps someone at the top knows, but it’s not something you or I can probe.
"Sword Ghost has disappeared for months, now reappearing, likely having healed his wounds, intending to declare war on Mirror of Sin, truly reckless."
"You needn’t concern yourself with this matter anymore, including the assassination of Liu Yulai, you can leave it aside, I’ll handle coordination and someone else will take over this task..."
"You can leave now."
"Alright."
The assassin nodded slightly, grabbing a chicken leg from the oiled paper bundle: