At this moment, Ling Xiao had no mood to comment on whether the ambusher was shameless or despicable. He could feel that although the opponent held no weapon, that hand was sharper than any divine-grade treasure.
A Second Cave Heaven Realm martial artist was indeed not weak at all.
That hand had already pierced through his Light and Shadow Battle Armour. It was only a hair’s breadth away from completely running through his body.
Although his physical defence was incredibly strong, the opponent’s attack was clearly even stronger.
The fifth mystery of shadow, Shadow Body!
In that instant, Ling Xiao’s body became illusory, turning completely into a phantom.
Having comprehended the light and shadow mysteries up to the tenth step, his development was quite comprehensive. Although Shadow Body had no offensive power, at critical moments it was absolutely an excellent life-saving technique.
“Damn it!”
The ambusher missed his strike, realised trouble was coming, and immediately turned to flee.
But how could Ling Xiao let him leave so easily?
A shadow extended from the ground, instantly wrapping around the opponent’s legs. Then the Child of Light arrived in a flash.
With the Child of Light and Child of Shadow working together, they finally subdued the man.
After breaking free, Ling Xiao was delighted to discover that the hazy state he had been trapped in had cracked open a gap, showing signs of complete release.
He had no intention of wasting any more time.
His Taiji Eyes spun.
Eye of็ๅคฉ!
Blazing flames burned the sky. The entire mountain was covered in crimson fire. The death row convicts wailed and cried in agony amid the flames, giving off the stench of burning flesh.
Feng Yanran and the guards of Feng Yin Mountain trembled all over as they watched.
Ling Xiao’s actions could truly be called demonic.
To burn tens of thousands of death row convicts alive was simply too terrifying.
But they could understand why Ling Xiao did it.
If he had been surrounded and killed by these people without doing this, there would probably be a second or third similar situation in the future.
The venomous snake assassin saw the situation turning bad and slipped into the darkness to escape.
Assassins were not truly fearless of death. They only realised at the very end when the mission could no longer be accomplished.
Unfortunately, while he wanted to leave, Ling Xiao had no intention of letting him go.
A hand reached out and forcibly dragged the venomous snake out from the night rain.
“How could you discover me?”
The venomous snake could never have dreamed that his domain escape technique would fail to fool Ling Xiao’s eyes.
“Fool, every single one of your movements has been under my surveillance all along. Otherwise, do you think I could have blocked your attacks so easily?”
Ling Xiao glanced at the assassin with disdain, then asked coldly, “Tell me who hired you, and I can give you a quick death. Otherwise, just wait to be burned alive.”
Since the Dark God Temple had taken action, someone must have hired these assassins.
After all, he had no grudge against the Dark God Temple.
Ling Xiao would not wrong an innocent person, but he would absolutely never let go of anyone who tried to kill him.
So he had to know the answer.
The person who hired these assassins probably never dreamed that such a powerful assassination lineup would not only fail to kill Ling Xiao, but not even truly manage to seriously injure him.
Ling Xiao’s strength had exceeded many people’s expectations.
Even Yue Nv, who was closest to Ling Xiao, felt extremely shocked.
A Second Cave Heaven Realm martial artist could not even last one move against Ling Xiao.
Just how powerful had he become?
The venomous snake laughed coldly and said, “There are no cowards in our Dark God Temple. If you want to kill me, then do it. Why waste words? We will never reveal information about our clients.”
“Is that so?”
Ling Xiao grinned, revealing a ferocious smile.
“After tonight, you should know what kind of person I am. I, Ling Xiao, will never rest until I kill my enemies. You can refuse to speak, but tomorrow I will bring people to destroy your Five Poisons Hall branch in the Divine Phoenix Empire.
Of course, you might not care about that, but you should have family, right? Even if you have no family, surely you have a beloved woman?
I will find out, and I will take good care of them for you.”
“You beast!”
The venomous snake was terrified.
His originally calm expression turned into extreme anger and panic.
“That’s right, I am a beast, but you people forced me into this. If you tell me who is behind it, I promise not to touch your family or woman. My word, Ling Xiao’s word, has always been reliable.”
At this moment, Ling Xiao’s expression was extremely wicked, almost like the great villain described by storytellers in the martial world.
That was because Ling Xiao understood clearly: only evil can grind down evil!
If he had been too kind, this man would never have cooperated.
“I’ll talk!”
Assassins could disregard their own lives, but deep in their hearts there was always something they cherished. Ling Xiao had grasped the assassin’s weakness.
It was that simple.
“Speak. Who exactly hired you?”
Ling Xiao simply released his grip, allowing the assassin to speak freely.
Yet the assassin did not dare to run.
Because he knew that since Ling Xiao dared to let him go, he must be completely confident he could subdue him in an instant.
Now every move he made might affect the softest part of his heart.
The assassin let out a long sigh and completely relaxed his body.
When a man is about to die, his words are kind.
Even if he was a villain who had committed countless evils.
“I truly do not know exactly who sent us, but I know a young man was involved.”
Once he let go of so-called professional ethics, the assassin spoke much more easily.
“Who is that young man?”
Ling Xiao knew the assassin was telling the truth.
Usually, when old foxes hired assassins, they would never easily expose themselves, because if the assassination failed, they might face revenge.
Only some overly arrogant young fools would ignore such risks and reveal their identities.
“Jia Tianfeng from the Righteous Alliance!”
After a moment of silence, the assassin spoke the name, then said, “I have said everything I need to say. Kill me now, but please do not harm my family.”
“Rest assured, I naturally will not harm your family, because I am not as despicable as you people! But your Five Poisons Hall branch in the Divine Phoenix Empire can be destroyed!”
Ling Xiao revealed a cold smile.
“Why? We only take money to eliminate disasters for others. Do you really want to offend the entire Dark God Temple?”
The assassin did not understand why Ling Xiao was acting this way.
“Very simple. I am merely taking revenge. I will make every assassin in this world know that I, Ling Xiao, and the people around me are untouchable.”
Ling Xiao gave a faint smile, then a cold gleam shot through the air, completely piercing the assassin’s throat.
“Anyway, once you’re dead, you won’t have to worry about what happens next.”
After killing the venomous snake, Ling Xiao turned back to look at the young martial artist held captive by the Child of Light and Child of Shadow. He asked calmly, “You are not with them. Who exactly are you?”
The young man chose silence.
“I know him. He is Feng Ming Heishan, the ninth son of Emperor Feng Ming Wuliang!”
Feng Yanran suddenly spoke up.
“The son of the Emperor?”
Ling Xiao frowned and said, “Feng Ming Heishan, did your father send you to kill me? Tell the truth, and I can spare your life. Otherwise, your end will be the same as theirs.”
