Chapter 62: Who Said We Have an Understanding?
Chapter 62: Who Said We Have an Understanding?
“Sending someone to their doom?”
Qian Luoying was taken aback, not quite understanding what Ling Yi meant.
Ling Yi grinned, showing his teeth. “There might even be some Spirit Stones.”
Qian Luoying: “…”
Then she looked at Ling Yi speechlessly and said, “Are we going to fight again?”
Ling Yi nodded. “After this fight, we can truly stand up in the Chaos Zone. And we can make some money along the way.”
Make money while fighting?
Before Qian Luoying could figure out the connection, she saw several cars slowing to a stop at the estate’s gate. Well-dressed figures stepped out of the cars.
She didn’t care what they wore or what they looked like.
But the aura radiating from them made Qian Luoying feel an unprecedented pressure right away!
These were truly powerful masters!
At that moment, Wang Tingjian appeared beside Ling Yi.
His eyes fixed on the group that had exited the cars, he whispered to Ling Yi, “Mr. Dong is with the Third Young Master. You should hurry over there too. It’s dangerous here!”
Ling Yi shook his head. “No, I’m staying here to watch.”
He couldn’t leave. He couldn’t abandon Qian Luoying here at such a time. In a critical moment, if the Enchantress tapped into her potential, she might even take down a big opponent.
Even though this group’s main target was Qin Hao, what if they changed their minds?
After all, Qian Luoying chose to stay here and help solely for Ling Yi’s sake.
She had no friendship with people like Qin Hao or Gu Tong.
“Wang Tingjian, Dao Enlightenment fourth level. He pledged allegiance to the Great Qin royal family long ago, becoming a lackey of the court. Who would have thought he’d stoop so low, now serving as a sidekick to a fallen prince. Heh, come on. Let me test today just how strong a Daoist who has become a court lackey really is.”
Chu Lao walked step by step toward Wang Tingjian, a calm smile on his face. As a Dao Enlightenment fifth level expert, killing a fourth level opponent was somewhat difficult, but restraining him and preventing his escape wasn’t too hard.
Old Dog Demon, Meng Lanlan, and the middle-aged man fixed their eyes on Qian Luoying.
Meng Lanlan looked at Qian Luoying’s young, beautiful face, which resembled a girl’s, and smiled. “Little sister, your skin is truly excellent. This little face looks so delicate, it seems it could break with a touch. Could you share with me, teach me how you maintain it?”
Qian Luoying stared coldly at Meng Lanlan’s somewhat frivolous demeanor, disliking such a woman from the bottom of her heart.
The middle-aged man and Old Dog Demon wasted no words, positioning themselves in two directions, subtly blocking Qian Luoying’s retreat.
Even without Chu Lao’s instructions, they wouldn’t easily try to kill a Dao-Entry Grade opponent.
If they failed to kill her and provoked her, the ensuing revenge would give anyone a headache.
So, whether it was Wang Tingjian or Qian Luoying, the big shots of the Chaos Zone, including Chu Lao, shared the same attitude—trap them, but don’t kill!
As for the real assassination task, that was something for those Golden Body Peak experts to handle.
We handle the toughest opponents for you. You go assassinate a young man with almost no ability to resist—that shouldn’t be a problem, right?
The four Golden Body Peak experts certainly knew this was dirty work, but they had no choice. They could choose not to do it, but if they didn’t, plenty of others would be happy to take it on!
Who wouldn’t want a bite of such a big cake?
A prince who had lost his power—kill him and who would care?
The four Golden Body Peak experts glanced at each other, then rose directly, flying toward the inside of the estate.
As for Ling Yi, standing at the gate, he was utterly ignored!
Hum!
A deep blue light suddenly enveloped Qian Luoying.
Before Ling Yi could sense anything wrong, the Enchantress in his mind remarked with surprise, “This little girl’s talent is really good! She broke through so quickly.”
Broke through?
Had Qian Luoying entered the Five Qi level?
Dao Enlightenment fourth level?
Ling Yi noticed that Qian Luoying also seemed a bit surprised. Could it be a breakthrough in the heat of battle?
What a coincidence.
The next moment, Qian Luoying directly unleashed a Divine Ability, attacking Meng Lanlan, Old Dog Demon, and the middle-aged man simultaneously!
This demonstrated her straightforward nature. In her view, fighting was fighting. Facing a life-or-death battle, one should naturally go all out.
It never occurred to her that her opponents had no intention of fighting to the death.
The three opponents assumed Qian Luoying would have an unspoken understanding with them, just engaging in a casual skirmish to pass the time.
A Daoist wasn’t someone anyone could afford to keep. Despite Chu Lao mocking Wang Tingjian, in truth, no one in this world dared treat a Daoist as a mere lackey.
When things became irreversible, almost every Daoist would choose self-preservation.
Everyone only had one life. Who would so easily die for someone else?
So, when Qian Luoying, feeling pressured, suddenly unleashed a lethal technique, the middle-aged man, Old Dog Demon, and Meng Lanlan were all caught off guard, hastily retreating.
Meanwhile, the battle between Wang Tingjian and Chu Lao had also erupted.
To Chu Lao’s frustration, Wang Tingjian, like Qian Luoying, went all out from the start!
Was this necessary?
Did I just utter a couple of mocking remarks to poke at you?
But wasn’t I giving us both a way out?
If I didn’t mock you a little, how could you play your part convincingly?
I wanted an understanding between experts, for you to pretend to be angry, not to fight me for real!
Under Wang Tingjian’s fierce assault, Chu Lao was even slightly forced on the defensive, which sparked some anger in him. He said in a low voice, “Fellow Daoist, do you truly wish to settle this with me?”
Wang Tingjian said coldly, “Maggots of the Chaos Zone, creatures worse than pigs and dogs. Who is your fellow Daoist? Die!”
With that, waves of intensely hot air surged from all directions, enveloping Chu Lao.
If an ordinary person were touched by even a wisp of this heat, they would be severely burned on the spot.
Even someone of Chu Lao’s profound Dao Enlightenment level couldn’t take it lightly.
“You’ve developed a sense of superiority from being a lackey?”
Chu Lao roared angrily. A faint, earthy yellow glow emanated from his body, forming a protective layer that blocked the heat waves.
This kind of protective energy was far beyond what Golden Body protective aura could compare to.
Ling Yi stood at the estate’s main gate, watching the two battles on the open ground. Mostly, he focused his attention on Qian Luoying’s side.
After all, Qian Luoying was fighting one against three, so she should be struggling somewhat.
But in reality, Qian Luoying’s level was higher than Old Dog Demon’s, the middle-aged man’s, and Meng Lanlan’s. Plus, she seized the initiative and had already gained the upper hand.
Even under her fierce attacks, the three opponents showed anger on their faces, yet they still restrained themselves, with no real intention of fighting to the death.
Qian Luoying was straightforward, but not stupid. After discerning their true intentions, she slightly eased her offensive.
Here, aside from her two young apprentices, she only needed to protect Ling Yi from harm. The others were the responsibility of the other two Daoists.
Ling Yi couldn’t fully comprehend Dao-Entry Grade combat, but with the Enchantress explaining, he quickly caught on to the rhythm.
“The fight between Wang Tingjian and that old man is serious!”
“To be precise, Wang Tingjian is very serious. He genuinely wants to defeat that old man and quickly return to protect Qin Hao.”
“Over here… your Sister Ying will be fine. Although she is very serious, that old dog and that man and woman never intended to kill her, they just wanted to hold her back.”
As the Enchantress spoke, she couldn’t help lecturing Ling Yi again.
“Seeing this scene, do you have any thoughts?”
“What thoughts?” Ling Yi asked.
“As long as you become a Dao-Entering Expert, unless absolutely necessary or with absolute certainty of winning, no one easily crosses the line. It’s a kind of understanding. Even in a place like the Chaos Zone, it’s still the same.”
“A weakling like you, even if you cause several more street massacres, it means nothing to the real big shots. They simply don’t care how many people you kill, because in their eyes, a weakling like you can be crushed at any time.”
Ling Yi: “…”
“So do you understand now? Don’t do those stupid things anymore in the future.”
“When your strength is sufficient, no matter how many schemes and tricks they have, you only need to slap everything down and smash it to pieces!”
“All that luring the snake out of its hole, intimidating the enemy… just making a fool of yourself for no reason, making people think I taught you that.”
The Enchantress scolded.
Ling Yi felt a headache coming on, thinking besides me, who else knows you exist?
But he had to admit, the Enchantress’s words, though harsh, were not wrong.
For example right now, a group of people were fighting happily, but none of the big shots on the other side even glanced at him.
Even the four Golden Body Peak experts who rushed into the manor didn’t look at him once.
Completely unnoticed.
There was also one thing Ling Yi didn’t know yet.
On the underground assassin website, Qin Hao’s head was worth thirty billion, and someone had placed a bounty on his head too—eighty million.
Actually, according to the market, eighty million was already not low.
But compared to Qin Hao, the prince of Great Qin, it was far too little!
So much so that even killing him as an afterthought was considered a waste of time.
Buying the life of an Acupoint Opening Realm martial artist usually only cost between one hundred thousand to a few million, reaching ten million required some status or position.
By Acupoint Opening Realm alone, it was far from worth that much money.
Inside the manor.
Qin Hao and Gu Tong stood together, surrounded by eight Golden Body Experts.
In front of Dong Ming lay four corpses.
The Daoists outside probably wouldn’t dare believe even in their dreams that four Golden Body Peak experts, upon entering the manor, were killed before even seeing Qin Hao’s face.
Under normal circumstances, even if Dong Ming was at the fifth level of Dao Enlightenment, instantly killing four Golden Body Peak experts would be almost impossible.
But these four… were far too careless!
According to the intelligence they had received earlier, Qin Hao only had eight Golden Body experts and two Daoists by his side.
Plus, after days of repeated probing—the previous assassination attempts.
It fully confirmed that there were no more experts around Qin Hao.
Facing the endless stream of assassins, only one Daoist ever acted from the manor’s side.
Even the legendary female Daoist from the Sect stayed behind closed doors, which also proved that Sect members really couldn’t be bothered with worldly grudges.
So in the eyes of these four, since the two Daoists were successfully held back, what difference was there between this manor and their own backyard?
The four practically swaggered in!
After entering the manor, if they weren’t big shots with status and dignity, they would have walked up to Qin Hao with the most arrogant swagger.
Then, lifting their chins, they would say:
“Lend us your head!”
Never mind if it was impressive or not, they absolutely had the attitude down.
However, the moment the four saw Qin Hao, just as smug smiles appeared on their faces, four Flying Swords the size of sewing needles pierced through the back of their heads like thin paper—
Entering from the back of the head, exiting from between the eyebrows, circling once in the air, then returning to Dong Ming’s sleeve without a drop of blood.
Then Dong Ming, whose thick eyebrows and big eyes made him look nothing like a transcendent expert, walked around in front of the four. Looking at the four Golden Body experts who remained relaxed even in death, his face showed no emotion.
Like casually stepping on four bugs.
The eight Golden Body Experts protecting Qin Hao didn’t dare even breathe heavily!
They saw the entire process of Dong Ming’s attack—
The four looked triumphant, like four powerful fighters charging under the enemy’s tower, too excited to notice the champion behind them.
Then they were wiped out by a casual ultimate ability…
The four Golden Body Peaks pitifully dropped dead!
Without even names!
Truly pathetic.
Even after witnessing this, none of the eight Golden Body experts saw how those four swords flew out!
That power was too terrifying!
Dong Ming gave Qin Hao a slight nod, then glanced outside and whispered, “If it weren’t for not wanting to expose ourselves now, I’d really go out and kill those scoundrels!”
Qin Hao looked at Dong Ming. “Master Dong’s combat power is truly unparalleled…”
Dong Ming shook his head. “I’m not that strong. If I faced Lu Qingming, I might not even have a chance to escape.”
Lu Qingming was also a mighty expert at the Dao Enlightenment Realm, but his name was like a mountain, crushing people’s breath away.
Gu Tong looked at Qin Hao. “Should I go out?”
Qin Hao nodded. “Good. Go tell those people to stay far away if they don’t want to face endless pursuit later!”
Gu Tong leaped up and arrived at the manor entrance in the blink of an eye. Seeing Ling Yi standing there, the two exchanged a knowing glance.
Then Gu Tong coldly shouted, “Your people are already dead. If you don’t want to suffer the endless pursuit of the ruler of Qin State in the future, stay far away right now!”
Old Chu and the others fighting outside froze on the spot, their eyes filled with shock and doubt.
At that moment, Meng Lanlan suddenly soared into the air. As she flew into the distance, she giggled, “Not only is Sister beautiful, but your skills are so good. If one day you wish to enter the world, you can come find me in Lan City anytime. I’m Meng Lanlan. See you later!”
As she spoke, Meng Lanlan vanished!
The old dog demon curled its lips. That woman was too unreliable, but it also knew something must have gone wrong inside the manor.
Qin Hao likely still had top experts by his side!
Without hesitation, it barked once, dragging its fluffy big tail as it turned and fled.
The remaining middle-aged man looked unwilling. He glanced toward the manor entrance and saw Ling Yi and Gu Tong standing there.
If he couldn’t get several billion, then two eighty millions would do!
Gathering grass and catching rabbits, a thief never leaves empty-handed…
Thinking this, the middle-aged man raised his hand and struck.
A mighty surge of energy transformed into over a hundred Flying Swords, covering the sky like a rain of arrows, pouring directly toward Ling Yi and Gu Tong!