Back at the mansion, the two didn't go to the Nine Dragon Mountain right away.
Although the Nine Dragon Mountain was far away, the two both had flying puppets, which could fly day and night. In less than half a month, they would be able to get to the Nine Dragon Mountain. Plus, it was not pointless for them to stay here. They were waiting for the news from the pavilion.
The pavilion had ten branches in total, and they were all located in the top ten cities in the world. There were also some branches in smaller cities, but they were only used to collect information, and they did not accept inquiries. Arriving at the Xuanming City, Ye Chen spent a large amount of top rank soul stones to ask the pavilion to help him gather information about the last three materials. He promised that he would have a reply in a month, and it had already been half a month.
The night came, and the entire Xuanming City was in darkness.
"Formation!"
In the cold wind, groups of people in black suddenly appeared from all directions, heading towards the mansion that Ye Chen was in. There were forty-nine of them in total, but they did not enter the mansion. Instead, they waited outside, and each of them formed a hand seal. The hand seals were exactly the same, and the speed at which they formed the hand seals was exactly the same. It was not hard to imagine that they had practiced this technique hundreds and thousands of times, without a single mistake.
As they formed the hand seals, circles of black shadows spread out with them as the center. There was a slight difference between the black shadows and the night sky, which was that it was completely black, and would not reflect any light. Forty-nine people and forty-nine black shadows combined together, eventually forming a massive black light shield that covered the entire mansion. From the outside, it looked like the mansion had disappeared into thin air.
Inside the mansion …
"Sneak attack!"
Ye Chen walked out of the house and stepped on the snowy ground, and Murong Qingcheng followed him.
The two raised their heads. The sky was pitch black, and there were no stars at all. Looking out of the mansion, the buildings outside the mansion seemed to have disappeared as well, and there was only darkness.
Swoosh!
Ye Chen pointed his finger at the darkness, and a ray of sword qi shot out like a beam of light.
Without a sound, the sword qi disappeared into the darkness.
"Such a powerful formation. It has formed a ward." Ye Chen's eyes focused as he said.
"Ward?"
Murong Qingcheng had heard of this term before, but she didn't know much about it.
"A barrier can be said to be a kind of domain. This kind of domain separates us from the outside world. Inside the barrier, no matter what happens, it will be difficult for the outside world to know unless the barrier is broken. Of course, this is only the most basic ability of a barrier."
Murong Qingcheng said, "Such a meticulous plan, it should be a powerful assassination force. I wonder which assassination force it is?"
"This enchantment contains the profound of shadow. If I have guessed it right, the people who created this array are assassins from the Ghost Shadow Pavilion. The Ghost Shadow Pavilion is the number one assassin in the whole continent, and the leader of the pavilion, the Sha Ancestor, is the number one assassin in the whole world. He also has four assassin kings under his command. But, the Sha Ancestor and the assassin kings have nothing to do with us, since they would not need to use Life and Death Realm warriors to assassinate us. Otherwise, the whole continent would be in chaos already."
Facing a crisis that he had never encountered before, Ye Chen did not panic too much. Panicking would only give the assassin an opportunity, which would not help the situation.
Outside the Dark Shadow Barrier.
A group of men in black that had appeared near the town walked out.
"Being able to force us to use the Seven Extreme Ghost Shadow Spell, this Ye Chen should be proud of himself even if he dies. In the past ten years, this is the third time we have used it."
The leading man in black said, "For normal master level Sea of Souls Realm warriors, two or three of us would be enough. But for a famous master level Sea of Souls Realm warrior, we would need a set of careful plans. But, according to the information we have gathered, this Ye Chen's survival ability is extremely horrifying. Therefore, I had no choice but to ask for permission to use the Seven Extreme Ghost Shadow Spell, and they had agreed to send out forty-nine support killers to help us."
The Ghost Shadow Pavilion had its own rules. They would only have one chance to assassinate someone, and if they failed, they would not be able to do it again. Of course, it was not because the Ghost Shadow Pavilion was kind hearted, but because of the pressure from all sides. Since there were more powerful parties than just the Ghost Shadow Pavilion in the whole continent, if they made the public angry, then they would not be able to stay in the whole continent anymore. Even so, there were still people who came to cause trouble for the Ghost Shadow Pavilion, trying to take them out.
"There is only one chance. I do not want any failures under my leadership."
"Don't worry, second leader. With the help of the Seven Extreme Ghost Shadow Spell, this assassination will not fail at all. I don't even think we will need to use it."
"Do not be too careless. I have a feeling that this assassination will be the most difficult one." The leading man in black, who was called the second leader, was not saying it out of nowhere. After being an assassin for a long time, one would have a feeling in their heart. If the other targets were prey in his eyes, then Ye Chen would be the hunter. No matter how powerful the prey was, it would still be captured, and the hunter would most likely turn the tables and try to assassinate them.
"Alright, let's move! Open a door!"
The leading man in black looked cold as he ordered one of the killers who had set up the ward.
"Yes!"
The killer who had set up the ward changed his hand seal, and a door appeared on the pitch black light cover. It was still pitch black inside the door.
Shoo!
The group of people walked in, and the door was closed.
In the manor, black shadows were everywhere, like a group of demons dancing. These black shadows could appear anywhere. In the trees, in the snow, in the air, in the buildings, in the flowers, and even in the lake, there were black shadows coming out. If one thought that the black shadows had no killing power, then it would be a big mistake. These black shadows should be controlled by the killers who had set up the ward, and they had extraordinary killing power. The black shadows could also materialize and assassinate two people.
Swoosh!
Slashing a black shadow with his sword, Ye Chen realized that this black shadow seemed to have an immortal body, and it would quickly regenerate.
"Curtain of Darkness!"
Murong Qingcheng used the dark profound, and a black light cover appeared, protecting Ye Chen and herself.
Bang!
The dark profound was very magical, and it could stop the black shadows from invading. But it was useless. Although the black shadows outside couldn't come in, the Curtain of Darkness was inside the ward, so the space inside the Curtain of Darkness would produce new black shadows to assassinate them.
Dispersing the Curtain of Darkness, Murong Qingcheng frowned, "Although these black shadows can't do anything to us, being trapped inside is not a good thing."
Ye Chen said indifferently, "Wait, the trump card will come soon."
Although the ward was powerful, it was just a supporting function. The real assassin would be the killer, and that would be the most thrilling battle.
"Hehe, die!"
Among the black shadows, there were some slightly different black shadows. These black shadows weren't exposed to Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng's sight, but they were hiding behind other black shadows. At this moment, several black shadows shot over. After being cut, one of them materialized, and a purple dagger appeared in his hand. The tip of the dagger was purple, and it was obviously poisonous.
Swoosh!
The dagger stabbed into the back of Ye Chen's heart.
"Success!"
"Watch out!"
The killer didn't have time to be happy, as he saw that he had stabbed a black shadow. The black shadow disappeared, and a cold voice came from behind him.
"Shadow profound, I know it too."
Crack!
The killer's head was twisted by a hand, and his face was full of shock, as if he was asking who the killer was.
"Bastard, this guy knows shadow profound too."
The other killers who had snuck in gritted their teeth. At the same time, they couldn't help but shiver. A prey that knew shadow profound was many times more dangerous than a prey at the same level.
Shoo!
After killing one killer, Ye Chen's body twisted, turning into a black shadow and rushing into the area where the black shadows gathered.
"Good chance! I will go catch that girl now, and make him hesitate." Another killer's face flashed with joy.
Without making a sound, he started to approach Murong Qingcheng.
Murong Qingcheng's pupils suddenly opened. There was another pupil inside, and it was a black vertical eye. Glancing around, she saw a faint human shadow flying over.
"Flying Sky Assassination Cut!"
Murong Qingcheng threw out a palm attack.
Boom!
That killer was blown away, puking out blood from his mouth.
"Hehe, you are indeed worthy of the perfect demi demon bloodline. You can see through the shadow profound. Unfortunately, your vision is too narrow."
A faint human shadow appeared behind Murong Qingcheng again, pointing at the acupuncture point on the back of her neck.
"Are you talking about yourself?"
Ye Chen had appeared behind him out of nowhere. The three of them were in a straight line. Behind Murong Qingcheng was the killer, and behind the killer was Ye Chen.
"What? Impossible! When did he get here? "
The killer's face was full of fear.
Reaching out his right hand, Ye Chen grabbed the killer's head. With a twist of his wrist, the killer's head was turned around, facing Ye Chen.
"Be careful."
Ye Chen naturally knew about Murong Qingcheng's abilities. She was not an ordinary person. She had cultivated a demi body, and she also had the perfect demi demon bloodline. Anyway, she was clearly different from humans. Her assassination skills were much better than most people.
"Yeah, I know!"
Murong Qingcheng, on the other hand, was quite impressed by Ye Chen's unpredictability. Even she did not know how he got here, so she guessed that he must have used some kind of trick.
The black shadows inside the barrier were endless. Murong Qingcheng's demon eyes could only see through one or two layers of black shadows. If there were more layers of black shadows, the demon eyes would be useless. After all, the shadow profound was not an ordinary one. It was a profound used for assassination.
"Soul Destruction Wave!"
Facing the incoming black shadows, Murong Qingcheng reached out her palm. A black light ball was condensed, and she clenched her fist.
Buzz!
The black light ball exploded, shooting out in a fan shape.
"Ah!"
An assassin could not bear the soul attack and showed himself.
With a flash, Murong Qingcheng chopped off the assassin's head.
On the other side, Ye Chen killed another assassin. In total, four assassins had died in the hands of Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng.
However, in the following confrontation, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng both found that the assassins were getting more and more powerful. In other words, the ones who died earlier were the weaker ones. The ones who survived were all elite assassins who had experienced hundreds of battles.
"Humph, I finally tested your bottom line. Next, you two will not be able to escape from our palms."
Ye Chen knew the shadow profound, and Murong Qingcheng had the demon eyes. This was the consensus of the remaining assassins.
"Soul Eyes, open!"
Right at this moment, a slit appeared between Ye Chen's brows, and a silver radiance leaked out. In the manor, all the assassins had nowhere to hide.
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