With a loud bang, a large hole was torn open in the roof. Amidst the dust, a flash of light accurately pierced towards the exposed broad back on the bed. Under the broad back, one could faintly see an exquisite and delicate body that was as white as snow.
Behind the mask, Ling Jian's eyes were expressionless. The sword in his hand continued to press forward!
"Not good! There's an assassin! Protect the Lord! " The loud sound of the roof breaking apart caused a commotion outside. Seven to eight figures rushed over at the same time, their movements as fast as lightning.
All the guards also moved at the same time, surrounding the area. The densely packed heads were moving, and everyone had a panicked expression on their faces.
However, it was already too late!
Under the circumstances where the First Pavilion Head had already made his move, even if Ling Tian, who was the fastest in the continent, or Justice, who was the world's number one martial artist, were to take action at the same time, they would only be able to kill Ling Jian and would not be able to save their target.
The moment Ling Jian made his move, he had already announced DongFang MingRi's death sentence! No mercy!
Actually, DongFang MingRi could be considered a first rate expert. However, after ascending to the throne for so many years, his body had already been hollowed out by wine and women. Furthermore, he had injured himself in the battle with the Dongfang Family. At this moment, he was at his weakest. Furthermore, Ling Jian's martial arts were already a level higher than his. Only then did he realize that something was wrong. Before he could even get up from the woman's body, he felt a cold piercing pain on his back …
Just as he felt this cold sensation, all the strength in his body disappeared without a trace like a punctured balloon. The last thing he felt was that the cold sword was swiftly withdrawn. After that, he felt nothing at all. He didn't even have the time to turn his head around to see who had killed him …
The group of Imperial Bodyguards didn't care to avoid arousing suspicion. They flew to the door of the main room. Just as they were about to break the door and enter, there was a sudden rumbling sound. The two doors were smashed into pieces. A dark shadow with a sharp whistling sound suddenly jumped out of the room!
"Catch him!" Almost at the same time, the few of them released their most powerful attacks. All the hidden weapons rained down like a dense rain. Palms, sabers, swords, and hidden weapons bombarded the black shadow at the same time. With a series of cracking sounds, it seemed like something was broken …
Another black shadow flew out of the hole in the roof like a meteor and soared into the sky like an arrow. The three experts who had rushed to the roof didn't even have time to jump down when they saw the black shadow flying out. The three of them quickly changed their direction and soared into the sky to intercept the black shadow.
At the same time, there were already rows of archers standing on the surrounding walls. Their arrows sparkled in the night.
Ling Jian's body, which had been rushing up to the sky, suddenly stopped. Then, he suddenly dropped down at an even faster speed, and met the three people who had just jumped up. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand suddenly sprinkled silver light all over the sky. Tens of thousands of sword shadows appeared at the same time, flashing with a deadly light!
"Ah! … "Three consecutive screams rang out. The three of them fell in three different directions at the same time like kites with their strings cut. Each of their bodies had been stabbed by at least a dozen swords! As their bodies fell powerlessly, countless fresh blood arrows suddenly spurted out. They dotted the entire night sky.
With a single command, the sky was filled with a sharp whistling sound of arrows piercing through the air!
Ling Jian's body rose and fell. Then, he soared into the sky and weaved through the rain of arrows. He was already close to the wall like a whirlwind. With a slash of his long sword, he cut off a few arrows. His two feet were already standing on top of the wall. As his body leaped onto the wall, he let out a light shout. Specks of sword light scattered in all directions. The archers who were originally stationed on top of the wall fell down one after another like dumplings, bringing with them countless shrill screams.
The five experts in the courtyard hurriedly rushed over. But, they only saw Ling Jian's back as he flew away from the wall. The dense cloud of arrows madly chased after him, shooting sparks everywhere Ling Jian passed by. But, not a single arrow was able to catch up to him, let alone pierce into his body.
Everyone was horrified. There was actually someone in this world who could reach such speed?
From afar, the black-robed man's body suddenly turned, and he flew up a big tree like an eagle. Stepping on a small branch at the top of the big tree, the black-robed man stood proudly. Suddenly, he looked back, and two cold and sharp eyes pierced through space, looking at the pursuers who were chasing after him. His eyes were sharp and powerful!
The five experts who were chasing closely felt his gaze on their faces. Suddenly, they felt as if a sharp sword was pointed at their faces. It was as if the cold sword was right in front of their eyes. The skin on their faces faintly felt as if the tip of the sword was pricking their skin. They could not help but be shocked! Their figures involuntarily came to a halt.
Ling Jian looked at these people and sneered with disdain. An indescribable sense of contempt and disdain could be seen in his eyes. His skinny body rose, and in a flash, he was already ten zhang away. With another flash, he disappeared without a trace.
The five of them stopped in their tracks and looked at each other in shock. Who was this person?! An old man shouted angrily, "Hiding your head and showing your tail, what kind of hero are you? Scoundrel, do you dare to leave your name behind? "
From afar, a cold and disdainful laugh could be heard. "With just the few of you, do you think you are worthy of taking revenge on me?"
Just when everyone was about to fall into despair, a faint voice drifted over. It grew further and further away, but the thin voice still entered everyone's ears clearly. "The lives of the people are in my hands, the winds and clouds of the world, the First Pavilion!"
The faces of the five experts turned pale with fright!
The First Pavilion!
It was actually an assassin from the First Pavilion! An assassin from the First Pavilion actually possessed such terrifying strength!
Just a moment ago, they were still wantonly discussing the experts of the world and the First Pavilion. Now that they thought about it, they could not help but blush with shame!
The five of them looked at their three brothers who had fallen to the ground. The three of them were covered in blood and flesh. Fresh blood gushed out from their bodies and soaked the ground. They had already breathed their last without a sound …
In the courtyard, an excited cry could be heard from the main room. "Your Majesty …"
The five of them trembled and retreated with lightning speed. The moment they entered the main room, their bodies stiffened and their eyes shone with disbelief.
The Emperor of Eastern Zhao, DongFang MingRi, had actually turned into a cold corpse just like that. His body was still naked. Everyone could see that after the assassin made his move, the Emperor of Eastern Zhao did not even have time to react! He did not even have time to react before he was killed with a single sword strike!
In the span of one or two breaths, the assassin first broke through the roof and assassinated the Lord with lightning speed. Then, he smashed a clothes rack through the door and threw it out. Then, he calmly escaped from the roof. He even had the time to kill three experts with a single slash of his sword. Then, he dashed more than a hundred feet away. Under the siege of the two thousand archers, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The moment it started, it was already over!
It was too fast. It was so fast that it caused everyone to be shocked and in disbelief!
Looking at the corpse of the Emperor that was still warm, everyone felt their bodies turn cold!
"Bang!" The exit of the tunnel was suddenly pushed open by someone. A few burly men crazily rushed over. "There's an assassin, our side is already …" Suddenly, they saw the situation here. Their eyes immediately popped out, and they became sluggish …
*****
Ling Jian had already left Yan Yang City. He was currently outside the city, facing the night wind.
Although he had successfully assassinated DongFang MingRi, Ling Jian did not feel the slightest bit of joy during the entire process. In fact, he even felt a little depressed.
Killing a monarch had always been Ling Jian's dream as an assassin. He had even been jealous of Ling Chi, who had killed the Emperor of the Northern Wei. But now that the Emperor of a country had died under his sword, Ling Jian should have been extremely excited. Instead, he felt as if he had just killed an ordinary person. It was no different from the corrupt officials he had killed in the past. In fact, he even felt that it was very boring.
In this assassination, Ling Jian felt that the only thing that could interest him was his movement and swordsmanship. Compared to before, they had really improved by leaps and bounds. However, the excitement that he had after killing someone had disappeared without a trace. Even if the person he had killed was the Emperor of a country.
Suddenly, Ling Tian's cold face appeared in Ling Jian's mind. In his heart, he recalled the words that Ling Tian had said: The so-called killing is actually just turning a living person into a corpse. What is there to be excited about?
Ling Jian's galloping body suddenly stopped. He stood quietly in the night sky and suddenly came to a realization.
No matter if it was a beggar, a family head, or an Emperor, they were all just people that he had used his sword to erase. No matter how noble his status was when he was alive, he would only be a corpse after he died. A pile of rotten meat! In this regard, there was no difference between an Emperor and a beggar! There was no difference between a good person and a bad person. There was no difference between a man and a woman!
His job was to turn people into corpses. Why should he care about the identity of his target? No matter what their identity was, no matter how noble they were, they could only turn into a corpse after meeting him. That was it!
It was really not a big deal.
Thinking about it this way, Ling Jian suddenly felt the excitement of killing a so-called 'big shot' with an illustrious identity. He would even feel jealous because his brother had killed the Emperor of a country and he had not killed him … It was really too laughable.
Laughing loudly to the sky, Ling Jian flipped a few times on the grass like a madman. He shouted happily, "I've thought it through, I've thought it through, hahaha … So that's how it is! That's it, that's it, that's it, that's it! Hahaha … "
After a long time …
Ling Jian once again used his movement technique and flew in another direction. It was also his other target.
If there was someone who knew Ling Jian and saw Ling Jian's expression at this moment, they would immediately realize that Ling Jian was different from before. Because, it was so obvious …
The usual coldness on his face had disappeared and was replaced by calmness …
The original sharpness had completely disappeared. The current Ling Jian was very ordinary, very ordinary.
If he walked in a crowd, he would definitely be quickly buried … No one would realize that the person beside them was actually a peerless killer who killed people like scything flax. They would only think that he was an ordinary boy next door. In fact, Ling Jian was really a big boy. As for Ling Tian, if purely based on the age of this world, he was simply a 'little' boy! …
After experiencing countless killings, Ling Jian had finally reached the requirement that Ling Tian had set for him at the beginning!
To be a killer with a commoner's mentality, to kill with a normal heart.
There was no one in this world who could not be killed. Why should he treat them with an unusual state of mind? That's it, that's it!
Although the sword is stained with blood, my heart is still; the lake of my heart is like a mirror, unperturbed by waves.
For Ling Jian, this was a huge breakthrough. It could even be regarded as the most obvious dividing line in Ling Jian's journey as a killer. It was also a milestone that had finally been completed!
Ling Jian's calm figure disappeared into the horizon …
*****
One day later, all the powers in the continent knew that Ling Tian had used some unknown method to cut off the Blue Jade River and flooded the Xiao family's natural stronghold, Heavenly Water Ravine Pass. He had completely cut off the connection between the Xiao family's army and the Southeast headquarters. Furthermore, he had completely swallowed the 150,000 troops of the Ling family at the Sobbing Ghost Mountain Pass!
The entire continent was in an uproar!
Two days later, another shocking piece of news spread. The Emperor of Eastern Zhao, DongFang MingRi, had been assassinated by the First Pavilion in Eastern Zhao's Yan Yang City!
The former Eastern Zhao Kingdom had already fallen into chaos following the assassination of the Emperor. The Ling family's army, led by Great General Shen RuHu, had joined forces with the Dongfang family's Patriarch, DongFang JingLei, to openly march into Eastern Zhao. Right now, they were confronting the Xiao family's third army in Eastern Zhao.
This piece of news instantly shocked the world!
On the third day!
Before everyone could recover from their shock, another shocking piece of news spread. The Xiao family's third army had been stopped in Eastern Zhao and was engaged in a great battle with the Ling family's Great General Shen RuHu. However, just one day after the battle began, the Xiao family's Great General, Xiao Jinshan, had mysteriously lost his head in his own tent. The next morning, Xiao Jinshan's head was hung high in front of the two armies!
The Xiao family's army had collapsed without a fight!
The entire Eastern Zhao had fallen into the hands of the Ling family! Although it was still in chaos, everyone knew that this kind of chaos would not be able to stop the Ling family from unifying the Eastern Zhao. It was only a matter of time before Eastern Zhao became the Ling family's territory.
Just as these three pieces of news, each more shocking than the last, shocked the world to the point that they were almost speechless, another shocking piece of news came from the south that caused everyone's eyes to widen and their mouths to fall open.
After the Ling family's Great General Ling Xiao had taken over the Southern Zheng, he did not retreat. Instead, he directly set up a battlefield in the Southern Zheng and engaged in a fierce battle with the Xiao family's second army. Just as the two armies were roughly equal in strength and casualties were increasing, various pieces of news came. The Xiao family's army's morale was in chaos and they no longer had the will to fight.
At this time, the Xiao family's Great General, Xiao Yinfeng, was assassinated in his tent. The assassin was discovered when he sneaked out of the tent with Xiao Yinfeng's head. After a fierce battle, the assassin escaped with serious injuries. The next day, Xiao Yinfeng's head was also hung in front of the two armies.
There was no longer any suspense in the battle. After the repeated battles, the Xiao family had less than a hundred thousand people left. Apart from ten thousand people who surrendered, the rest fled in a single night. Currently, the Ling family's army was cleaning up the mess in the Southern Zheng.
From now on, there would be no more Southern Zheng and Eastern Zhao! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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