It seems that the person behind the scenes who used Grandmaster Taixu as bait is very likely this “Chi Mei,” a Heavenly Level assassin.
Jianjia looked around uneasily, the depths of Blood Bat Cave were shrouded in pitch blackness; if there really were assassins from Eternal Night, then their situation would be extremely dangerous.
“Hehe, I didn’t expect them to take the bait so easily, simpler than I had imagined.”
In the Blood Bat Cave, a cold and smug voice echoed, making it difficult to pinpoint his exact location.
Lu Changsheng was unmoved, summoning the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and taking Jianjia into the Treasure Space.
The other was a Heavenly Level assassin of Eternal Night, and Jianjia, being an Earth Immortal, simply couldn’t withstand a single strike and would only drag him down.
“Who posted the bounty? Just tell me, and I can give you ten times the treasures.”
As soon as Lu Changsheng spoke, he directly offered a fortune, which startled the hidden assassins.
He had never seen such an outrageous assassination target.
In order to find out who had posted the job, Lu Changsheng was willing to pay ten times the amount.
“Hehe, for bounties above the Heavenly Level, even we assassins don’t know who the employer is. That’s the rule of Eternal Night. You only need to remember that you will die here today, and your treasures will be mine.”
The sneering voice still echoed.
But Lu Changsheng’s expression remained unchanged.
He did indeed hear from Su Xiaoqi that Eternal Night was an extremely mysterious and powerful Assassin Immortal Sect, composed of desperados, and not inferior to a Holy Land in strength.
Eternal Night has all sorts of rules. Those with the financial power to post Heavenly Level and Emperor Level bounties could be considered major clients of Eternal Night, which naturally wouldn’t divulge their identities.
These assassins were simply responsible for taking the money and carrying out the killings, and had no need to know who the employer was.
Lu Changsheng had offended many, and it was not strange that someone would pay Eternal Night to hire an assassin to kill him.
What Lu Changsheng wanted to clarify was who had hired Eternal Night’s assassin.
Initially, Lu Changsheng thought it was Han Jie who wanted to hire an assassin to kill him, but upon further thought, Han Jie, a Daluo Golden Immortal, simply didn’t have enough treasures to engage an assassin capable of assassinating an Immortal Emperor.
Could it be that the Ancient Han Family had spent all their wealth to hire the assassin?
The assassin “Chi Mei” started as a Yellow Grade assassin and eventually became a Heavenly Level assassin. It is said he has never failed.
Lu Changsheng felt that the opponent’s aura was at the level of the first realm of the Immortal Emperor.
This guy had always concealed his cultivation level; accepting Heavenly Level tasks with the strength of the Immortal Emperor Realm and specifically assassinating Daluo Golden Immortals and Quasi-Emperors, no wonder he never failed.
The strength of Chi Mei should be ranked among Emperor Level assassins.
“Time to die.”
In the darkness, a glimmer of cold light suddenly appeared, almost instantaneously arriving in front of Lu Changsheng, with a sharp dagger aiming straight for Lu Changsheng’s throat!
This dagger turned out to be a lower-grade Emperor Soldier!
Knowing full well that he was the Holy Son of Tai Hua, yet still daring to take up the bounty of assassinating him, sufficiently illustrated the assassin’s near absolute certainty of success.
The corner of Chi Mei’s mouth lifted slightly; his movements were ghostly and erratic, elusive and unpredictable. Even Preliminary Immortal Emperors had no way to predict his position. In fact, he had already reached Lu Changsheng’s front.
At such a short distance, no Preliminary Immortal Emperor could evade; he could almost see the scene of his dagger piercing Lu Changsheng’s throat.
Clang!
No one knew when, but a simple bronze longsword appeared in front of Lu Changsheng, just in time, the blade blocking the edge of the dagger.
Chi Mei’s smug smile gradually solidified.
Lu Changsheng had actually anticipated his position beforehand, and the instant Chi Mei’s dagger struck, Lu Changsheng’s longsword was also in motion.
“Your strength is already that of an Emperor Level assassin, yet you disguise yourself as a Heavenly Level one, ensuring you can never fail. It seems you cherish your life very much.”
Lu Changsheng had guessed the character of his opponent, and there was even less to be afraid of.
An assassin from Eternal Night, so cautious with their own life, had already lost the advantage.
“Under the heavens, who doesn’t cherish their life? You are more formidable than I had imagined, but today you will still not escape your fate.”
Chi Mei’s originally stiffened smile curved upwards again.
His methods were not limited to that.
Behind Lu Changsheng, murderous intent suddenly emerged, enveloped by an icy cold breath, another dagger was thrust, stabbing Lu Changsheng in the back!
Behind Lu Changsheng, a second Emperor-level assassin appeared, and his face bore a striking resemblance to Chi Mei—nine parts similar!
“Hehe, you would never expect it, huh? We are twins. My name is Chi Mei, and he is Wang Liang. We share a special Twin Soul Physique, born together, bound by death, and able to cultivate the same techniques. Our realms are even identically matched. That’s why we have never failed in our missions.”
Chi Mei sneered, believing he had already succeeded in assassinating Lu Changsheng.
The daggers they used were a matched set of low-grade Emperor weapons, and moreover, covered in an extremely potent poison, which, even a Preliminary Immortal Emperor, once poisoned, would surely die.
“Longevity!”
Grandmaster Taixu felt his scalp tingle.
Chi Mei and Wang Liang were too terrifying. Both being of the first realm of Immortal Emperor and mastering the same cultivation techniques, they excelled in assassination, making them nearly impossible to defend against.
The divine skills of the assassins were not to be underestimated. It was no surprise they had succeeded in killing individuals of higher realms than themselves.
And these were two assassins of the first realm of Immortal Emperor.
If a practitioner of the third realm of Immortal Emperor wasn’t expecting two assassins, they too would fall into their trap and be mercilessly killed.
“I’m fine.”
However, Lu Changsheng didn’t have the pained expression one would expect from being stabbed by a poisoned dagger; he was as calm as ever, with a serene demeanor.
Ah?
Even Grandmaster Taixu was startled at this.
How could it be that Lu Changsheng was stabbed by a dagger and still seemed unbothered?
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Chi Mei became tremendously shocked: “Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
It was at this moment that Wang Liang realized his dagger had not pierced Lu Changsheng’s flesh. He quickly attempted to stab again, but Lu Changsheng had already activated the Spatial Talisman in his sleeve, pulling away from the two assassins and appearing next to Grandmaster Taixu. He then took Grandmaster Taixu into the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda with him.
Lu Changsheng needed to go all out. He couldn’t allow the assassins to have a hostage to threaten him with; otherwise, hesitating due to the fear of destroying something valuable, he would genuinely have a hard time dealing with two Emperor-level assassins.
Assassins Chi Mei and Wang Liang, even amidst the assassin-filled Eternal Night, held a certain level of strength. Their combined force was even stronger, and a real battle would likely affect Grandmaster Taixu.
Hence, Lu Changsheng took the initiative to draw them out, saving Grandmaster Taixu first before engaging in combat with the two.
Chi Mei asked anxiously, “Idiot, why didn’t your dagger hit him?”
Wang Liang also angrily replied, “Who says it didn’t? But this guy seems to be wearing some kind of treasure that is impenetrable by our daggers.”
“The two of you have damaged my Primordial Dao Robe; you’ll be compensating with your lives.”
Lu Changsheng, always cautious, wore the low-grade Emperor Primordial Dao Robe on the outside, and beneath it, the lining was the Great Wilderness God Armor.
The Great Wilderness God Armor, though damaged in the great battle with Feng Mu, was still an upper-grade Emperor weapon, capable of blocking a dagger wielded by an assassin of the first Immortal Emperor realm.
The Primordial Dao Robe was after all a treasure bestowed by Lin Xuantong. Another life-saving treasure was damaged, and a new crack appeared on the Great Wilderness God Armor, inciting rage in Lu Changsheng.
“Could it be that you two working together are still no match for me?”
Chi Mei and Wang Liang exchanged glances. They refused to believe it. They two assassins of the first realm of Immortal Emperor couldn’t defeat Lu Changsheng, a Preliminary Immortal Emperor.
They possessed divine skills and movement techniques that even an Immortal Emperor would find troubling.
However, the strength of Lu Changsheng was underestimated by them.
Su Xiaoqi, the tenth disciple of Lu Changsheng, was also an assassin from Eternal Night. Lu Changsheng often imparted to Su Xiaoqi these types of divine skills, and the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator returned higher-level cultivation techniques. Though Lu Changsheng hadn’t seriously cultivated them, he certainly understood these divine skills and knew methods to counter them.
Lu Changsheng fully activated the Qing Emperor Sword, which shone brightly with a green light.
The pressure of the upper-grade Emperor weapon spread, causing Blood Bat Cave to tremble violently. Earthquakes rocked the cave, killing and injuring countless blood bats and numerous heretic cultivators beneath the collapsing rocks.
“An… an upper-grade Emperor weapon!”
Chi Mei and Wang Liang turned deathly pale; at this moment, they knew they had picked on the wrong opponent.
When they prepared the assassination plan for Lu Changsheng, they were unaware of his achievements at the Yaochi Gathering; their information was greatly outdated!