Chapter 236 A Storm in the Art of Assassination

A gentle breeze blew from the mountaintop, and Lao Liu lightly shook his folding fan, raising his head to look at the distant treetops, "Friend in the tree, doesn't your body hurt? The taste of Erosion Powder must be unpleasant, right?"

Yun Shang had come with Lao Liu, but Lao Liu didn't let her take action, because without enough time to prepare, Yun Shang's poison couldn't exert its power.

That shout of "Erosion Powder" was just Lao Liu trying to scare the other party. The Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren squatting on the distant tree, drawing his bow and preparing to ambush Feng Ruoxing, only paused for a moment. Then, a pair of hands silently reached out from the leaves, one hand covering the other's mouth.

The other hand drew a short knife from his waist, pressed it against the man's throat, and slowly cut across his windpipe with the blade.

While the man's limbs were still twitching, the pair of murderous hands pushed outwards with force, shoving the corpse off the tree.

The person fighting Feng Ruoxing was only distracted for a moment. The short sword in his hand was shattered into two pieces by Feng Ruoxing's sword. Feng Ruoxing's sword light advanced straight in, piercing through the opponent's chest.

Before he died, the man clutched Feng Ruoxing's hand tightly, "How did you break my sword?"

"By striking the same spot twenty times in a row!" Feng Ruoxing gave him the answer, but the man's eyes widened in a final flash of clarity, "Is that even possible?"

When he saw the broken sword on the ground, he said unwillingly, "I am not your match. You shouldn't be a fifth-grade Jie Ming Ren."

"Rank doesn't represent everything!" Feng Ruoxing withdrew his short sword, and the man's body fell to the ground.

Feng Ruoxing, holding the bloodstained short sword, looked towards the battlefield. Wang Butcher suddenly turned, slipped to the side of his opponent, and with a sweep of his hand, the edge of his cleaver slashed down towards the opponent's neck. The opponent's head and the blade of the opponent's Taiping blade were simultaneously cut off.

The Tu Men's (Butcher's Gate) special killing move against generals on horseback, "One Cut Three Heads," was used by Wang Butcher in foot combat. Because the opponent wasn't on horseback, she only beheaded two targets. Otherwise, what would have fallen to the ground would have been the head, the blade, and the horse's head.

As Wang Butcher sheathed her blade, Feng Ruoxing shouted coldly, "Leave none alive, kill!"

With their main generals all killed, their morale was lost. The Iron Guards, however, were like mad tigers, charging into the enemy ranks. In less than ten minutes, no one was left standing in the camp except for the people from Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall).

Lao Liu glanced at the corpses on the ground and said, "Xiao Chun, has Zhao Ci identified their identities?"

Nie Xiao Chun, who floated over, said, "It's been verified. Three fourth-grade Jie Ming Ren, with considerable reputations in the art of assassination."

"Hmm!" Lao Liu nodded, "Find some ghost messengers to clean up the mess!"

As Lao Liu walked down the mountain without looking back, a post appeared on the secret forum of the art of assassination, with only a line of large characters written in blood: "Daring to defy gods and demons with a horizontal blade, traversing the Yin and Yang – Liangjie Tang." Below the post were three prefectural governor orders with the names scratched off by a knife.

This meant that Liangjie Tang admitted to killing three fourth-grade Jie Ming Ren.

That post caused a great uproar within a few hours.

When Lao Liu saw the post, he couldn't help but sneer, "Those watching Liangjie Tang are actually helping us make a name for ourselves. Zhao Ci, track down the person who posted this, I want to see who is stirring up trouble behind the scenes."

Before Zhao Ci's intelligence network could be activated, Feng Ruoxing said, "Zero sent a message. Let us not investigate the person behind it, we won't be able to find them."

Lao Liu said slowly, "It seems I was impatient. Now is not the time for the Ten Yama Kings to clash with the civil officials. But..."

As Lao Liu frowned, Feng Ruoxing added, "Mi Tianyue has posted a reply. What she posted was 'Tian Yue Collects Souls,' which is equivalent to admitting that she helped us. I estimate that Zero is asking Mi Tianyue to come forward and clarify."

Lao Liu was silent for a moment and then said, "That's good, at least it can suppress Liangjie Tang's momentum."

Mi Tianyue is an assassin. Her coming forward to take on the feud with the three Jie Ming Ren, although it cannot resolve the hatred between the two sides, can make many people relax their vigilance against Liangjie Tang.

Being able to afford to hire an assassin and having the strength to kill your opponent are two completely different concepts. At least, a considerable number of Jie Ming Ren will not feel that Liangjie Tang can pose a threat to them, which gives Lao Liu time to accumulate strength.

Lao Liu said faintly, "Chief Feng, why do you think Zero is helping our lord?"

"That's the charm of Li Po!" Feng Ruoxing said, "Li Po is merciless to his enemies, but he holds nothing back for his friends. The friendship between Zero and Li Po cannot be explained with a 'why'."

"If one day Zero needs Li Po, Li Po can still fight for her in the martial world."

Lao Liu asked, "Isn't there any romance between them?"

Feng Ruoxing shook his head, "Li Po is always joking around with so many girls in Liangjie Tang, sometimes even getting physical, but none of the girls resent it. Why is that?"

Feng Ruoxing saw Lao Liu shake his head and then explained, "Because we all know that Li Po is just joking with us, there is never a concept of romance in his mind."

Lao Liu couldn't help but cover his face, "Ah, my lord! If he continues like this, won't he become extinct? I have to worry about everything for him, what kind of fate is this!"

Feng Ruoxing also said helplessly, "You'd better not worry about Li Po's lifelong affairs. What should we do next?"

Lao Liu said, "The external factors have been cleaned up, the rest depends on the lord's ability. I have confidence in him."