Chapter 567: Chapter 568: Assassination!
The emperor of the Fire Kirin Empire, Tian Haoyu, was an expert in ancient architecture. He studied history and loved the style of ancient buildings. The entire imperial palace of the empire was composed of brick and tile structures.
According to a statent he made while drunk, tal houses were ant for keeping dogs.
Regardless of the reason behind this statent, many martial artists and nobles within the empire began to appreciate and favor this architectural style, making brick and tile structures popular.
Furthermore, brick and tile houses were considered a luxury in the Fire Kirin Empire and were associated with noble constructions which average people could not afford to live in.
While these houses were certainly beautiful, their insufficient sturdiness was a fatal flaw. Not only were they prone to damage from earthquakes, they could easily be torn apart by enraged martial artists who lost their control, which made them unaffordable for common people.
However, this gave rise to a thriving industry: renovation teams had a huge market in the Fire Kirin Empire.
Upon Tianci’s instructions, servants promptly contacted a renovation team.
The renovation teams here built houses at an impressive speed. They were all martial artists with plenty of strength, and so could even use their spiritual power to manipulate objects and complete the overall construction of a small villa within a day.
With interior decorations included, the entire process wouldn’t take more than three days.
Once the renovation team was contacted, the vehicles carrying sand, rocks, bricks, and tiles were brought in, and the team began working.
Before entering the site, almost everyone had to undergo a strict inspection, including their vehicles and the materials they carried, such as stones and sand.
After the inspection results confird everything was safe, the vehicles were allowed to enter Lord Tianfang’s residence smoothly.
However, no one noticed that when the guards inspected the stones with a detection device, a small spark burned a tiny hole in the carriage of one of the transport vehicles. A small stone fell through the hole and lodged itself between tal gaps in the vehicle, evading the detection device and eventually making its way into the villa area.
As the vehicle turned a corner and approached the villa garden of Lord Tianfang, the small stone fell off and rolled into a bush.
Under the watchful eyes of many martial artists, the renovation team began working enthusiastically.
Lord Tianfang’s spiritual power would occasionally sweep the area, checking everyone and everything, including the facilities brought by the renovation team. Since no one dared to be careless after Lin Zhen’s skillful concealnt on Baiyulan Star, the security asures were reinforced.
Thankfully, no accidents occurred during the construction, and everything was completed in just two days.
Lord Tianfang personally arrived at the site and conjured up a whirlwind to sweep away all the remaining debris, leaving not a single grain of sand. Only then did he feel truly at ease.
This courtyard housed his son, Tianci, and the son of the chanical World King, Ye Hua, so it had to be free from any accidents.
Seeing the actions of Lord Tianfang, Ye Hua and Tianci felt reassured about the safety of the place.
However, unknown to everyone, the small stone in the corner of the garden had sunk into the soil unnoticed.
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Ten days later, Lord Tianfang held a grand banquet in his mansion to welco the distinguished guest from the Mingyue Empire, Luo Gou, the most powerful god in District 68 of the interdinsional arena.
Luo Gou was a well-known figure in the universe.
Being from District 68, he was surrounded by martial artists from various Universe Countries. Almost everyone in the Star System Arena had heard of Luo Gou.
Even in the Star Domain Arena, many knew of him, because before they had reached the Star Domain Stage, many had been defeated by Luo Gou.
He was a long-standing Tier Nine Star System fighter, who, based on his abilities, should have already reached the Star Domain Stage. However, he stayed at Tier Nine Star System, which was puzzling to many.
The only thing certain was that Luo Gou was suppressing his own power, striving not to breakthrough, which was a form of tornt for martial artists. Yet, Luo Gou managed to do it.
Faced with such a guest, Lord Tianfang, though a World King, dared not be careless and offered full courtesy and respect, even personally going to the entrance to greet Luo Gou.
Originally, Ye Hua and Tianci were not supposed to attend such a high-profile event. They had inford Lord Tianfang about the possibility of Lin Zhen going to the Chaotic Star River, and Lord Tianfang would then convey this information to Luo Gou.
However, Lord Tianfang wanted them to make an appearance in front of Luo Gou and pay respect to him with a toast at the beginning of the banquet.
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“Ye Hua, are you ready?”
“Yes, let’s go.”
Ye Hua and Tianci, dressed in extravagant formal attire, walked out of Tianci’s room together.
“I’m confident that after eting Luo Gou, Lin Zhen’s days are numbered. Tianci, I’m sure that Lin Zhen must have gone to the Chaotic Star River. Even if he isn’t there now, he will definitely go there within this year because he’s running out of ti. Once the year is up, he’ll have no hope left.”
“I trust your judgnt, but Ye Hua… don’t you want him to revive Feng Qingluan? You know, even though she’s fierce and cruel, she’s undeniably stunning in terms of appearance and figure.”
“What doesn’t belong to will never be mine. I won’t force it, Tianci. Don’t assu I’m a foolish pig who can’t walk past a woman. Besides, she belongs to Lin Zhen.”
“That’s true. Ah, what a pity! Born a beauty but now a criminal.”
Tianci shook his head and sighed as they were about to leave the garden.
As they reached a corner, a guard saw them coming and stepped back, standing with humility and waiting for them to pass before moving on.
However, when he stepped back, he accidentally tread upon a round stone, causing him to slip forward.
Tianci imdiately reached out to block, but the guard’s eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce glint, and his gaze instantly seed to be poisoned. He let out a scream and swelled up at the sa ti, and he actually self-destructed imdiately!
This sudden attack caught Ye Hua and Tianci off guard. The guard was at Star System Level 4, and the power of his self-destruction was extraordinary. If they were too close, they would either die or be seriously injured. The two retreated simultaneously and arrived at the corner of the garden.
Before the shockwave from the explosion had even passed, a pair of large hands erged from the mud on the garden floor, firmly grabbing the ankles of the two n!
“Ah~! Who is it!”
“Help! It’s Lin Zhen!”
The two n looked down in horror to see Lin Zhen’s hands tightly gripping their feet from within the mud, his eyes icy cold.
At this point, they couldn’t begin to guess how Lin Zhen had infiltrated the place; their top priority was saving their lives.
Their loud screams had definitely been heard, and their location was about a thousand ters away from Lord Tianfang’s villa area.
According to the speed of sound transmission, their cries for help would reach the ears of Lord Tianfang and Luo Gou within three seconds.
And with the speed of those two, they would definitely appear in front of them within one second.
So, if they wanted to survive, they had to hold on for at least four seconds.
The two decided to go all out together.
For this day, they had not only made preparations, but they were also very well-prepared.
Each of them held a High Grade Heavenly Weapon longsword, wore Middle Grade Heavenly Tool armor, and had a Middle Grade Heavenly Tool for ntal defense.
The mont they encountered Lin Zhen, they imdiately pulled out all three items.
The longsword slashed down fiercely, using up all their life’s strength, with absolutely no reserve.
They wanted to rely on their armor and ntal defense Heavenly Tools to withstand Lin Zhen for at least four seconds.
Not only did they know all this, but Lin Zhen, the assassin, also knew it all too well.
Lin Zhen had been preparing for this day for too long, digging tunnels through mountains to create earthquakes that collapsed Tianci’s house, allowing a renovation team to enter, and then disguising himself as a small stone to enter the courtyard.
Having stayed here for half a month, he had thoroughly familiarized himself with everything.
By using his Spiritual Power to control the guard to self-destruct, he forced Ye Hua and Tianci in front of him, so he could kill them in the shortest ti possible.
Because Lin Zhen had no ti either – once cornered by Lord Tianfang and Luo Gou, he would die without a doubt.
So, while grasping Ye Hua and Tianci’s legs, Lin Zhen’s Light Annihilation imdiately tied them both up securely.
Between the mont of gripping their legs and unsheathing their swords, one second had passed.
In the second second, Lin Zhen drew Yin Yang Cliff Corner double guns with both hands and launched a fierce attack on the two n!
At this mont, Ye Hua and Tianci realized how much weaker they were compared to Lin Zhen.
The two of them joined forces, but not only did they gain no advantage, they were virtually imdiately defeated by Lin Zhen!
When the collapsing gunlights caused their Heavenly Tool armor to crack and nearly caused them to cough up blood and die, the ti had just reached the third second.
Both n unleashed their Star Power and fiercely threw their longswords towards Lin Zhen, hoping to block him for a mont while they used all their strength to fly back, embracing the ntality that they could escape one by one and make a final desperate effort.”
Lin Zhen raised his hand and pulled the two longswords into his grasp, his mouth revealing a cold smile.
“Do you think you can escape? One year from now will be your anniversary!”
With a flick of his arms, deep blue flas erupted, and the two swords instantly turned into two red-hot branding irons, stabbing straight towards the chests of the two n!
“Dad save us!”
Ye Hua and Tianci almost simultaneously let out such a cry. This was the biggest drawback of their martial artist background; they still depended on their elders ntally and had never truly been independent.
And at the sa ti, Lord Tianfang and Luo Gou appeared.
For them, the distance of a kiloter was covered in the blink of an eye, and as soon as they appeared, they saw Lin Zhen’s flying swords stabbing towards the two n, and both of them took action.
One starlight and one black light struck the two flying swords, knocking them down almost simultaneously.
However, before Ye Hua and Tianci could feel relieved, a deep blue fire snake suddenly burst out from the flying swords, directly enveloping their bodies!
They were originally headed towards Lord Tianfang and Luo Gou, but just as they were about to reach safety, they were suddenly engulfed in flas!
The deep blue flas were so domineering that even Lord Tianfang and Luo Gou had to temporarily avoid their sharp edges!
One second!
In the span of one second, Ye Hua and Tianci turned into two piles of ashes, and they couldn’t even let out a single scream!
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