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Chapter 217: The Final Assassination Target
🕑 Added 2024-10-13 10:16:00 +0000 UTCAt this moment, Ye Liechang’s body trembled with fear. His eyes were filled with terror. The power that Bai Li Changqing had unleashed in an instant was utterly overwhelming!
He watched in disbelief as the sword in Bai Li Changqing's hand began to absorb the blood from the surrounding corpses. No, the blood itself was rising from the bodies and flowing into the sword.
The Jiemie sword, having absorbed large quantities of blood, began to replenish some of the essence back into Bai Li Changqing. Now, the energy Bai Li Changqing had expended was fully restored—and more than that, he was overflowing with excess power. The energy absorbed from the fallen warriors began to surge through him, strengthening his body further.
Bai Li Changqing’s eyes narrowed slightly. The rush of power was undeniably satisfying.
"Your turn," he said as he slowly walked toward Ye Liechang.
“I am a marquis of the empire! Not some lowly city lord! If you kill me, your Luoyue Pavilion will be at war with the entire empire!” Ye Liechang screamed in desperation.
“That’s none of my concern,” Bai Li Changqing responded calmly.
He was just a man carrying out a mission. Everything else meant nothing to him.
With that, he raised Jiemie.
“No!!!” Ye Liechang howled in terror, sensing the impending doom.
Swoosh—
In the next moment, Jiemie cut through the air, releasing a terrifying white flame that streaked toward him.
Boom—
The blazing white flame instantly engulfed Ye Liechang’s body.
“Ahhhhh!!!” Ye Liechang’s screams echoed briefly as his body was consumed by the flame. After just a moment of writhing, his charred remains collapsed lifelessly to the ground.
“City Lord!!!” Ye Zhang, seeing this, roared in fury.
[Killed Martial King, gained 1,000,000 Evolution Points]
[Absorbed Martial King’s blood, gained 10 Energy Points]
“Burned by the flames, there's hardly any blood left,” Ye Fan murmured in disappointment, observing the scene.
Bai Li Changqing sheathed Jiemie and cast a cold glance toward Ye Zhang.
“Kill me! End my life too!” Ye Zhang screamed, filled with rage and despair as he watched Bai Li Changqing’s approach.
“I am an assassin,” Bai Li Changqing said indifferently, locking eyes with him. “Not a butcher.”
With those words, Bai Li Changqing’s figure vanished into the night.
Ye Zhang stood there in stunned silence.
“No matter what happens next, you’ve got big trouble on your hands now,” he muttered to himself.
...
“Huff.”
Having left the scene, Bai Li Changqing now stood atop a high rooftop, the moonlight casting a pale glow over his form.
He gazed up at the full moon hanging in the sky.
“What a terrifying sword,” he muttered, glancing down at Jiemie in his hand.
The terror he referred to wasn’t just because of the sword’s sharpness—it was its ability that frightened him the most.
“If you’re not careful, you could become addicted to killing and harvesting energy. If that happens, you’ll become nothing more than a tool for the sword,” he mused.
With that thought, his figure disappeared into the shadows once again.
...
“Ye Liechang has been assassinated!”
“The culprit is an assassin from Luoyue Pavilion!”
“He wields the legendary demon sword!”
“The demon sword has reappeared!”
By the next morning, the entire Blue Moon City was in an uproar. On every street corner, Bai Li Changqing’s wanted posters could be seen.
“Isn’t that the guy from the other day…?”
Inside a tavern, several patrons stared wide-eyed at the wanted posters, whispering in shock.
The whole city was in chaos. However, by this time, Bai Li Changqing had already left Blue Moon City and was on his way to Canglong City, the capital of the Canglong Empire.
“There’s only one target left,” Bai Li Changqing murmured to himself as he took out a portrait.
The final target was a woman—the princess of the Canglong Empire.
This assassination would be far more difficult than any of his previous missions.
But as a never-failing assassin, Bai Li Changqing felt no fear. His only thoughts were on planning his next move.
“Hmm?”
As he walked along a mountain path, his instincts suddenly kicked in.
Swoosh—
In the next instant, a terrifying blade of sword energy shot toward him from the distance!
Boom—
Reacting swiftly, Bai Li Changqing used the scabbard of his sword to block the attack. He was forced to take several steps back.
Before he could fully recover, another attacker wielding a saber rushed at him from behind, aiming to cleave him in half!
Clang—
Once again, Bai Li Changqing quickly parried the blow with his scabbard, deflecting the strike with ease.
“Who are you?” Bai Li Changqing demanded, his eyes narrowing at the saber-wielding assailant.
“The one who will kill you,” the man sneered.
As he spoke, energy surged from the saber in his hands.
Boom—
The force of the attack sent Bai Li Changqing skidding backward, though he quickly regained his footing.
“Such strength,” Bai Li Changqing remarked, though his expression remained unfazed.
Despite the power of his attackers, Bai Li Changqing showed no signs of fear. He knew he was stronger.
“Bai Li Changqing,” one of the men called out. “Hand over the sword.”
“So it’s the sword you’re after,” Bai Li Changqing said, glancing at them with a hint of resignation.
“For a moment, I thought the royal family of the Canglong Empire had sent assassins after me.”
He sighed, almost disappointed. He knew that the Canglong royal family had its own group of assassins that dealt with sensitive matters.
“Enough talk. Surrender the sword, or face death,” one of the men demanded, pointing his sword at Bai Li Changqing.
A powerful surge of sword energy emanated from his blade—it was clear that he was the one who had launched the first attack.
“So you want the sword?” Bai Li Changqing said coolly.
With that, he unsheathed Jiemie once more, unleashing a wave of terrifying killing intent.
In an instant, a fierce gust of wind swept through the area, rustling the grass and shaking the trees.
“That’s it! That’s the sword!” one of the assailants cried out, his voice trembling with excitement.
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