“I’ll give you the Mystical Iron Jade with both hands as long as you help me kill this kid!”
Lu Ming pointed at Ye Xiao and spoke with hatred. His eyes were flashing with cold light and killing intent could be felt exuding from his body even from afar. Lu Ming wanted nothing more than to kill Ye Xiao right here and now.
Upon hearing Lu Ming’s words, Meng Sha’s eyes sparkled as he asked, “Is that true?”
“Absolutely true!” Lu Ming nodded at Meng Sha. And after that, he looked at Ye Xiao with pride, only to see no emotion flashing on Ye Xiao’s face. This caused him to grit his teeth in hatred again. ．
“Then it’s a deal!”
Meng Sha had a sneer on his face, as if he had gotten a big bargain. In his opinion, killing Ye Xiao was better than killing Lu Ming. After all, Lu Ming was a genius disciple of his Blood Shadow Alliance and had another level of status that even he, as a Gold-leveled Assassin, can’t ignore.
“Kid, I never thought that your life would be so valuable. It’s your bad luck to meet me!” Meng Sha looked at Ye Xiao and said coldly.
Seeing that Lu Ming had bribed Meng Sha in order to kill Ye Xiao, Xue Yu, and Yan Mulan’s expressions became slightly ugly. Ye Xiao was just an outsider. They were the ones who dragged Ye Xiao into this. No matter what, they felt a little guilty.
“Is that so?”
Ye Xiao didn’t say anything. He just quietly watched Lu Ming and Meng Sha complete the transaction. His expression was indifferent.
“Kid, aren’t you afraid of death?”
Meng Sha asked with some interest when he saw that Ye Xiao’s expression was still the same as before, showing no signs of fear.
Given his reputation, shouldn’t Ye Xiao be scared shitless?
“What do I have to be afraid of?” Ye Xiao asked.
“This brat is too arrogant. Don’t waste your breath on him. Just kill him now!”
Lu Ming, who was standing aside, reminded Meng Sha. He didn’t want to see Ye Xiao live another second longer in this world.
“Alright!”
Meng Sha was a little impatient as well. As he spoke, a terrifying dark energy bloomed from his body, turning into numerous dark tentacles. These dark tentacles coiled around Meng Sha’s body. It was extremely terrifying.
“You can’t kill him!”
Seeing that Meng Sha wanted to attack Ye Xiao, Xue Yu, and Yan Mulan hastily blocked Meng Sha’s body.
“It’s the two of you, lass?”
As an assassin of the Blood Shadow Tower, Meng Sha naturally knew Xue Yu and Yan Mulan. When he saw the two of them blocking his attack, a cold look immediately emerged in Meng Sha’s eyes. He said, “Get out of my way. Don’t ruin my plan!”
“Two stupid women, your opponent is me, not him!” Lu Ming walked forward and said coldly to Xue Yu and Yan Mulan when he saw these two girls were trying to block Meng Sha’s path.
Seeing Lu Ming getting involved, the two girls’ expressions became ugly.
“Brat, it is time for you to go to hell!”
Meng Sha didn’t hesitate. Before his voice faded, the dark tentacles around his body crazily moved toward Ye Xiao’s body, emitting a powerful oppressive aura.
Ye Xiao’s eyes sparkled. Just like Meng Sha, he also did not want to waste his time fighting here.
Without a second thought, his eyes gleamed with cold light as he muttered, “Soul Destruction!”
And that’s all he needed.
The dark tentacles that were crazily moving toward Ye Xiao at an astonishing speed suddenly froze in mid-air before crumbling into ashes and falling to the ground.
“This…?”
Not only Lu Ming, but even Xue Yu and Yan Mulan were greatly shocked when they witnessed this.
Just as they raised their heads to look at Meng Sha and know what happened, they saw Meng Sha’s eyes losing luster as he fell to the ground lifelessly. He was no longer alive.
When they saw Meng Sha’s corpse lying, their expressions froze.
Xue Yu and Yan Mulan’s delicate bodies couldn’t help but tremble. Looking at the young man who was standing proudly, their hearts were beating rapidly.
As assassins of the Blood Shadow Tower, how could the two girls not know how powerful Meng Sha was? Within the Blood Shadow Tower, every Gold-ranked Assassin possessed incredible strength, and Meng Sha was the best of the best.
He had once killed a powerful warrior at the First Statge of Spirit Fusion’s Three Stages, but now, he was killed by a young man who was only at the Chaos Dust Realm. Furthermore, this young man killed him by just muttering two words. It was truly unbelievable.
They could not help but tremble in fear, remembering that they attacked Ye Xiao not long ago. Furthermore, they even tried to use him as a decoy and pulled Lu Ming’s attention at him.
Lu Ming’s body trembled slightly. He felt a chill sweep across his body. He said to Ye Xiao, “How could it be? How did you do it? Meng Sha was actually killed by you. It can not be!”
Lu Ming had fought with Ye Xiao before. He knew that Ye Xiao was very powerful, at least much stronger than him. However, he never thought that Ye Xiao would be so powerful that he could kill Meng Sha.
In his opinion, Meng Sha would definitely be able to take Ye Xiao’s life within ten moves. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to encourage Meng Sha to attack Ye Xiao.
But now, Meng Sha was instantly killed by Ye Xiao. In his eyes, Ye Xiao must have pulled out some sort of dark trick in order to kill Meng Sha and made it seem as if he killed Meng Sha just by muttering two words.
However, no matter what, Meng Sha’s death was an absolute truth that he could not ignore.
He didn’t know what to do next.
“You instigated him to kill me. Now that he’s dead, shouldn’t it be your turn?”
Ye Xiao looked at Lu Ming with a cold smile, and his voice was filled with killing intent.
“What do you want?”
After listening to Ye Xiao’s words, Lu Ming’s expression turned ugly. He knew what kind of situation he was in right now. His mind was quickly thinking about his escape route.
“If you want to kill me, then you should at least be ready to be killed by me instead!”
Ye Xiao’s voice was filled with power, and there seemed to be some kind of terrifying aura lingering around his body. Step by step, he stepped toward Lu Ming’s body.
“Hand over the Mystical Iron Jade that Meng Sha spoke of!”
Ye Xiao said to Lu Ming as he walked. He had heard of this material before when he was still in the Illusionary Spirit Gate. It was a precious crafting material that was refined by ten thousand years old refined jade at high temperatures. This material could be used on a weapon to make that weapon unusually sharp, tough, and strong. They could also be fused with various attributes within black iron as well.
Ye Xiao had decided to use this material on the Infinity Edge Blade.
“Mystical Iron Jade? What Mystical Iron Jade?”
Hearing Ye Xiao’s words, Lu Ming pretended to be stunned and said.
“Don’t play dumb with me. I only want to ask whether you will hand the Mystical Iron Jade over or not.”
Ye Xiao said coldly. Lu Ming’s expression had already exposed the thoughts in his heart.
“I have already hidden the Mystical Iron Jade. I can’t give it to you now.”
Lu Ming’s heart trembled when he saw Ye Xiao’s firm attitude. Now, his life was in Ye Xiao’s hands. Therefore, he lost his confidence when he spoke.
Before Lu Ming could finish his words, a sharp blade was pressed against his throat, causing his body to tremble violently, as if he could feel the trembling of his soul.
“I’ll hand it over, I’ll hand it over!”
Lu Ming’s body trembled, and his eyes were filled with fear. Then, a light flashed in front of him, and a palm-sized object appeared in his palm.
This object was dark green in color and emitted a faint luster. There were waves of mystical energy spreading out from it.
“Mystical Iron Jade!”
Seeing this object, Xue Yu and Yan Mulan’s eyes flashed and they could not help but cry out in shock. The Mystical Iron Jade was a treasure that Lu Ming obtained from an assassination mission.
Meng Sha was also eager to obtain this treasure, which was why he was chasing after Lu Ming.
A pained expression appeared on Lu Ming’s face. He handed the Mystical Iron Jade to Ye Xiao.
“Earlier, you ambushed me and also instigated Meng Sha to kill me. I should have taken your life, but since you cooperated with me, I’ll spare your life this time. Get lost!”
Ye Xiao put away the Mystical Iron Jade and shouted at Lu Ming.