Chapter 147: First Assassination Attempt Failed
Fifth Planet, Fifth Jiajiao Clan, Wang City.
The morning sun peeked through, and a thin veil of mist enveloped the ancient city. The majestic city walls, weathered by the passage of time, bore the marks of history's vicissitudes on their mottled bricks, recounting the city's past prosperity and decline.
Inside the city, cobblestone streets wound and twisted, like ancient veins connecting to the city's heart.
The rugged and ancient buildings on both sides were built from massive stones, painted with peculiar patterns of intertwined colors, presenting a wild beauty when viewed from afar.
Patrolling guards held battle halberds, clad in heavy gray armor with only a slit for their eyes. Their steps were uniform, and the cobblestone pavement vibrated with their footsteps.
'After all, this is a race with civilization.'
Zhang Yunlu walked down the street, wrapped in a large black cloak, her hood covering most of her head, obscuring her appearance.
Many members of the Fifth Jiajiao Clan passed by, but none looked at her.
Due to the scattered rebellions breaking out in various places, the city's defenses were extremely strict.
The reason she could sneak in was thanks to the """Purple Qi Concealing Form Hiding Spirit Method""".
Zhang Yunlu thought to herself.
She planned to scout the terrain and then launch her assassination.
Along the street, her divine sense slowly spread out, silently extending throughout the city. Wherever her divine sense passed, the city's layout was gradually imprinted in her mind.
Although the range of a Foundation Establishment Stage divine sense is limited on the Central Continent, in the Starry Sky, it can completely encompass this Wang City.
She tried to advance through areas with fewer Fifth Jiajiao Clan members, continuously approaching the Royal Palace in the center.
Soon, her divine sense reached the location of the Royal Palace.
The towering palace walls resembled a coiled dragon, built from hard black rock, covered in sharp gravel and iron nails gleaming with cold light.
Countless watchtowers stood tall on the palace walls, constantly observing the movements outside the palace.
Ancient runes were engraved on the heavy bronze gates, emitting a mysterious and majestic aura.
But what was more troublesome was inside the palace walls. Silver-armored guards stood every few steps, holding long spears whose tips emitted a faint spiritual light, clearly not ordinary weapons.
Large serpents slithered about, their eyes blood-red, their silver-gray scales shimmering with a faint purple light.
They were like the giant serpent encountered in the Huiming star system before, but much, much smaller.
Biological Weapon!
Zhang Yunlu's heart trembled.
After searching for so long, she finally had some clues about the biological weapon core!
Her divine sense was about to extend further into the Royal Palace, but the moment it touched those giant serpents, the slithering serpents seemed provoked, straightened up, and roared towards the sky.
Roar!
Despite their serpentine appearance, they let out roars like lions or tigers.
Visible sound waves rippled outwards.
Zhang Yunlu paused, then quickly withdrew her divine sense, but it was clearly too late.
As the sound waves vibrated, a polyhedral object emitting a strange light rose from the Royal Palace. Its surface was not smooth, but composed of countless tiny facets and edges that constantly shifted in color.
These facets and edges were like flowing nebulae, and at its core, a constantly rotating, eye-like colored vortex was faintly visible.
A creation so precise it seemed not to belong on this planet.
Biological Weapon Core!
Buzz~
A beam of light projected from the polyhedral object, locking onto Zhang Yunlu with extreme precision.
The """Purple Qi Concealing Form Hiding Spirit Method""" seemed to lose its effect at this moment. The surrounding Fifth Jiajiao Clan members all discovered her presence, their eyes flashing with colorful light, and greed instantly filled their hearts.
"Human Clan!"
"It's a Human Clan member!"
"Catch her!"
"Kill her!"
"Catch her! Offer her to the great King, offer her to the great Holy Clan!"
The entire Wang City seemed to erupt in chaos at this instant. All Fifth Jiajiao Clan members, regardless of strength, were driven by the greed in their hearts to rush towards Zhang Yunlu.
Facing those greedy and ferocious faces, Zhang Yunlu's expression remained unchanged, and an ice crystal longsword appeared in her hand.
Fine, then she would kill her way through!
With a fierce stomp, powerful true essence poured out. The entire street seemed like a dragon turning over, countless Fifth Jiajiao Clan members fell to the ground, trampled to death by their surging companions behind them.
"Slash!"
Her soft cry directly overwhelmed the chaotic noise.
Cold light flashed, a biting wind suddenly rose, and sword energy whipped up an ice and snow tornado dozens of meters high, sweeping the pouncing Alien Race members high into the sky.
The houses built from massive stones collapsed with a crash, and a large area of the surging Alien Race members was directly cleared away.
《Biting Wind Swordplay》!
This was the swordplay she borrowed the first time she went to the Preaching Hall.
The biting wind was severe, invading muscle and cracking bone. This was an ice-attribute swordplay, focusing on invading the flesh with cold and freezing the bones and marrow.
But when used by Zhang Yunlu at this moment, it was like a biting wind sweeping the land, with fierce snow dancing wildly.
As early as when she was in Xuanjian City, after she modified the Flowing Cloud Swordplay to better suit her style, she no longer rigidly followed the rules when learning swordplay, but instead took its essence and integrated it into herself.
Chi Jiuyu had said that a Sword Cultivator must have her own style!
Ice and snow tornadoes constantly roared and raged. The Fifth Jiajiao Clan members who were attacking could not get close at all, and could only throw hidden weapons from afar, or attack from a distance with strong bows and crossbows.
But they were all blocked by the wind wall that rose around Zhang Yunlu.
At the same time, her figure was like a startled swan, charging directly towards the Royal Palace.
The true essence within her body was rapidly depleting, and in the blink of an eye, a fifth was gone.
But the effect was also extremely significant. Those Fifth Jiajiao Clan members blocking her path truly died upon contact and were injured upon brushing past.
Bloody light and the biting wind intertwined, like a tragic and beautiful opera.
Just as Zhang Yunlu was about to charge to the base of the Royal Palace.
Buzz~
The polyhedral object emitting a strange light suddenly emitted a beam of light, heading directly towards Zhang Yunlu.
The terrifying high temperature scorched the air, causing it to slightly distort.
Zhang Yunlu's pupils suddenly contracted, and she dodged sideways.
Whoosh!
Along with that light came an arrow as powerful as wind and thunder.
She dodged the light beam, but failed to dodge the arrow that followed closely behind. The arrow pierced her left arm, and the force attached to it carried her back a good distance.
At this time, the surrounding Fifth Jiajiao Clan members also found large nets woven from metal wires and cast them towards her head.
Zhang Yunlu swung her sword and cut them.
Whoosh whoosh!
Several more arrows came from the horizon.
Clang clang!
With two light sounds, the prepared Zhang Yunlu directly swung her sword to block the incoming arrows, and at the same time, unleashed a sword energy to disperse the purplish-black poisonous gas sprayed by the Fifth Jiajiao Clan members.
Metal nets, poisonous gas, arrows, light beams.
Under this continuous barrage of attacks, a third of the true essence in her body was quickly depleted.
'No, I have to retreat first!'
Even with the amplification from the Principle of Danger, continuing like this would just be a waste of effort.
After rushing into the Royal Palace, she would still have to face the Alien Race King and the biological weapon giant serpents.
Having made up her mind, Zhang Yunlu did not hesitate, immediately turning around and charging towards the outside of Wang City.
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"Tsk tsk tsk! Xiao Yunlu is too reckless." On the starship, Chi Jiuyu held a bowl of steaming instant noodles, watching the projected screen. "As expected of a Sword Cultivator who has comprehended the Principle of Seeking Death."
Intelligent beings cooperating with each other are not comparable to the mindless monsters encountered during trials.
"But she was also quite decisive, knowing when she couldn't complete it and retreating without hesitation."
If she had realized it a little later, once the Alien Race's restraining formation was activated, it wouldn't have been so easy for her to escape.
Chi Jiuyu slurped some noodles, then picked up the braised egg from the noodle soup and took a bite, her cheeks puffed out like a hamster.
Her gaze remained fixed on Zhang Yunlu, who was escaping outwards in the picture.
With this lesson, Xiao Yunlu should have realized the problem.
It seems she also needs to speed up her own progress!
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