How powerful Zhang Ruochen’s mental power was, he immediately detected a dangerous aura, and an alert was born in his heart.
As long as one’s spiritual power reached the 30th rank or above, one would be able to sense danger in advance, and in the underworld, detect some blessings and misfortunes that were close by.
A strong uneasiness arose in Zhang Ruochen’s heart, his sweaty body hairs stood up, and he stood up as a reflex, startling Zi Xi, who was sitting next to him, and immediately put back the poisonous bee needles at the tip of his fingers.
“Could it be that he sensed it? How is that possible?”
Zixi’s heart beat two times faster, not daring to strike easily.
When Chen Libing saw that Zixi did not make a move, his eyes shrunk slightly and a hint of killing light flashed through his pupils.
He hid his fingers in his sleeves, running his true qi between his two fingers, and quietly and silently flicked a poisonous bee needle out.
One should know that Chen Libing was sitting right behind Zhang Ruochen, extremely close.
Moreover, the poisonous bee needle was as thin as a cow’s hair, and as it flew out from his fingertips, even the eyes of a Xuanji realm martial artist could not see the flight path of the poisonous bee needle.
If he was stabbed by the poisonous bee needles, Zhang Ruochen would surely die.
However, what surprised Chen Libing was that Zhang Ruochen actually backhanded that one poisonous bee needle.
One should know that from the beginning to the end, Zhang Ruochen did not turn around, as if he had eyes behind his back, he just turned his arm around and stretched out two fingers, and then he clamped the poisonous bee needle accurately.
“Impossible! Even a Xuanji Realm Grand Circle martial artist wouldn’t be able to detect the Poisonous Bee Needle within such a close distance, let alone catch it.” Chen Libing’s heart was horrified.
He did not know that Zhang Ruochen possessed a spatial domain, and within a ten-meter radius, nothing could be concealed from the perception of his martial soul.
Just as Zhang Ruochen sensed the danger, he immediately stood up and released his Spatial Domain.
Zhang Ruochen pinched the Poisonous Bee Needle and turned around, his eyes somewhat sullen and cold as he stared at Chen Libing, saying, “Poisonous Bee Needle, windless and silent, kills invisibly, and seals the throat at the sight of blood. Is Your Excellency a professional assassin?”
Knowing that his identity was exposed, Chen Libing struck again, his hand squeezing the hilt of his sword, and with a swish, a sword light flew out from his sleeve, stabbing at Zhang Ruochen’s heart with lightning speed.
The Fish Intestine Sword in the Sleeve!
A sword, hidden in the sleeve.
The body of the sword, slim like a fish gut.
Although Chen Libing was only at the late Xuanji Realm’s martial cultivation, he had once assassinated a Xuanji Realm’s Small Extreme Position martial artist, and his attainments above the Dao of the Sword were quite profound.
Thirteen sword shadows appeared with a single sword strike.
In a flash, the tip of the sword reached Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
Beside him, many people let out cries of shock.
Elder Xie, who was sitting on top of the Blood Feather Eagle’s head, let out an explosive cry, “Bold!”
“Swish!”
A sword qi, which flew out from Elder Xie’s hand, flew past Chen Libing’s body.
Chen Libing’s mouth let out a muffled sound, his body spasmed, and he collapsed straight onto the back of the Blood Feather Eagle.
Liu Chengfeng put his finger to the tip of Chen Libing’s nose and said with a grave expression, “Already dead!”
The gazes of the crowd all looked towards Elder Xie.
This Elder Xie’s cultivation was too powerful as well, killing a late Xuanji Realm martial artist with just a single sword strike. Moreover, Chen Libing’s body did not have any wounds, very strange.
Elder Xie retracted his sword back into its scabbard, coldly stared at Chen Libing’s corpse, and said, ”He used a poisonous bee needle and a fish intestines sword in his sleeve, he must be an assassin from the Hellmouth Sect. The Hellmouth Sect has always wanted to plant assassins and infiltrate the Martial City School Palace, I never thought that this Elder would actually encounter one today. Death is deserved.”
Elder Xie then fixed his gaze on Zhang Ruochen and asked, “Who are you? Why did the Hellmouth Sect’s assassins want to kill you?”
Before Zhang Ruochen could open his mouth, Liu Xifeng jumped the gun and said, “Uncle Xie, he is the Ninth Prince of the Yunwu County Kingdom, who can be called a martial arts prodigy.”
“A martial arts prodigy?”
Elder Xie carefully sized Zhang Ruochen up, cultivating to the early Xuanji Realm at the age of sixteen was indeed considered a martial arts genius. However, it was far from being considered a martial arts prodigy.
Elder Xie had only heard of one martial arts prodigy in the Yunwu County Kingdom, and that was the seventh son of the Yunwu County King, who had reached the Xuanji Realm at only twelve years old.
This Ninth Prince in front of him was far too different from that Seventh Prince. In Elder Xie’s opinion, even Zi Xie was more gifted than Zhang Ruochen.
After glancing at Zhang Ruochen, Elder Xie withdrew his gaze and commanded, “Throw the corpse of that one Earth Sect’s assassin down the Blood Feather Eagle.”
After saying this, Elder Xie closed his eyes again and did not say another word.
“It’s really weird, I clearly saw a sword qi slice through his body, why didn’t it leave any wounds?” A martial artist said with great surprise.
Liu Xifeng sneered, “What do you know? Uncle Xie cultivates the Spirit Grade Lower Grade Martial Skill ‘Heart Shattering Sword Technique’, moreover, he has already cultivated this martial skill to its great completion. He kills only with a broken heart, and does not drip blood after death. If you guys don’t believe me go and touch that killer’s heart!”
A martial artist went to touch Chen Libing’s heart, only to find that Chen Libing’s heart had already shattered into two halves.
Although Zixi and Chen Libing were both genius assassins of the Hellmouth Sect, the assassins rarely interacted with each other. Therefore, the friendship between them was not deep, and after Chen Libing’s death, Zixi was not touched in any way and appeared very calm.
“Luckily, I didn’t make a move just now, otherwise, the one who died would be me.”
Zi Xie slightly glanced towards Zhang Ruochen, until now, she couldn’t guess how Zhang Ruochen had caught the poisonous bee needles that Chen Libing had struck?
One had to know that only a strong person of the Earth Extreme Realm could hear the wind-breaking sound of the Poisonous Powder Needle through their hearing that surpassed that of an ordinary martial artist. Only a strong person of the Earth Extreme Realm could also dodge the poisonous bee needles struck by Chen Libing.
Zhang Ruochen naturally could not be a strong person of the Earth Extreme Realm.
There was definitely an ulterior secret hidden in his body, and before finding out about this secret, one should definitely not easily make a move to kill him. Once he failed, he would most likely die just like Chen Libing.
For Zixi, the main task was to infiltrate the interior of the Hellmouth Sect. As for assassinating Zhang Ruochen, it would naturally be the best if he could succeed, and he would be rewarded handsomely. If it was unsuccessful, it wouldn’t have too much of an impact.
If Zixi could not kill Zhang Ruochen within a month, the Hellmouth Sect would naturally send out even more powerful assassins.
“With Chen Libing dead, my identity will be much safer, and I definitely can’t expose it easily.” Zixi secretly said.
Chen Libing’s corpse was thrown off the Blood Feather Eagle, and the crowd all began to discuss the Hellmouth Sect, with many people wearing a scornful look on their faces.
The Hellmouth Sect belonged to a giant-like assassin organization in the Yunwu County Kingdom, and even the nine counties of Lingxi. It had once assassinated a county king of a county kingdom and succeeded. It caused a huge sensation at that time, and since then, the reputation of the Earth Mansion Sect spread.
Anyone who was the target of an assassination by the Hellmouth Sect, very few were able to survive for more than a month.
Liu Xifeng said, “Your Highness the Ninth Prince, don’t worry, as long as you enter the Martial City Palace of Learning, even if the assassins of the Earth Foundation Sect have heavenly means, they definitely can’t do anything about you.”
“I hope so!” Zhang Ruochen laughed.
Since the assassins of the Hellmouth Sect were able to sneak into the candidates, they would definitely be able to sneak into the Martial City School Palace as well. Zhang Ruochen simply didn’t believe that the Martial City School Palace was absolutely safe.
Just like just now, the Hellmouth Sect’s assassin was sitting right behind him and he was unaware of it. If it wasn’t for the fact that his spiritual power had reached above the 30th rank and he had cultivated the Spatial Domain, he would have definitely turned into a dead man by now!
To invite the assassins of the Hellmouth Sect, it would definitely cost a rather exorbitant price.
Without having to guess Zhang Ruochen knew that it must be related to the Queen Mother.
“When my cultivation reaches the Heavenly Extremity Realm, I will definitely go back and properly settle this old score with her.” Zhang Ruochen tightened his five fingers as two chills appeared in his eyes.
The Heavenly Demon Ridge, an ancient mountain range that was 120,000 miles long, with a vast area and plenty of spiritual qi, was simply like a great dragon lying across the northern edge of the Yunwu County Kingdom.
Including Yunwu County, all thirty-six counties were located on the periphery of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, just like the stars surrounding the Heavenly Demon Ridge in the center.
The Heavenly Demon Ridge was the territory of savage beasts, and hundreds of millions of savage beasts lived in the vast mountain ranges. All year round, the 36 counties would send large armies to guard the border with the Sky Demon Ridge, preventing the savage beasts from escaping from the Sky Demon Ridge and slaughtering the poor people of the human race.
Some large clans were almost entirely established on the outskirts of the Sky Demon Ridge.
One was in order to resist the invasion of barbarian beasts into the human kingdom; the other was in order to make it more convenient to train the disciples in the sects.
The Martial City Palace was also established on the outskirts of the Sky Demon Ridge.
The Blood Feather Eagle carried the crowd to the sky above the Martial City School Palace, and everyone was stunned by the sight below.
At a glance, the ground was filled with densely-packed ancient buildings, there were glazed ancient towers built in deep valleys, there were also attics built on the edge of cliffs, and there were also martial arts training platforms built on the top of mountain peaks.
Before even entering the Martial City Palace, one could already feel a vast aura coming from the face.
Elder Xie stood up from the back of the Blood Feather Eagle, took out a token, and said aloud, “This seat is Xie Nantian, who is guarding the formation? Why don’t you quickly open the formation gate?”
A young man in his twenties, standing on the back of a two-headed snow vulture, flew up from the ground and said, “Greetings, Uncle Xie! This year, how come there are only a few candidates from Yunwu County Kingdom? Master Uncle Situ, however, brought back more than six hundred candidates from the Four Directions County Kingdom, and several of them are top-notch martial arts geniuses.”
As he spoke, that one young man raised his hand slightly towards the ground, and a long whistle came out of his mouth.
In the middle of the Martial City Palace of Learning, the tops of the seven glazed towers, which were divided in seven directions, rushed up seven pillars of light, connecting them to form a gigantic formation.
“Rumble!”
At the edge of the formation, a hundred-meter-long imaginary light gate opened.
The Blood Feather Eagle carried the sixty-seven candidates from the Yunwu County Kingdom and flew into the imaginary light gate, heading towards a white stone plaza built in the middle of a mountain pass.
As the Blood Feather Eagle flew into the Martial City Academy Palace, the light at the top of the seven glazed towers immediately disappeared, and with a loud boom, the Void Light Gate instantly disappeared.
