Chapter 39: Assassination of Yongsheng Marquis

  Ka-ching! When Su Han was promoted to the early peak of the Spiritual Energy Realm, the spiritual stone in his hand directly consumed all its spiritual energy and turned into powder.

  The more he cultivates, the more resources he needs to consume. In order for Su Han to advance to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, one piece of spiritual stone will no longer be enough to meet his cultivation needs, and he must absorb the spiritual energy of many more pieces of spiritual stones.

  "Hmm!" Su Han slowly opened his eyes, a surge of powerful energy flowing through his body, an unusual feeling spreading throughout his mind. He seemed to be able to clearly perceive everything around him, even the sound of fish swimming, which he could capture with clarity.

  Su Han's heart was filled with joy, and a murderous intent surged up in his mind: "Very good, this way, my plan to assassinate the Marquis of Yongsheng has just increased its chances of success by several points."

  Yongsheng Hou Yunyai was the commander-in-chief of the 100,000-strong northwest army of the Dayan Empire. However, if there were no battles, Yunyai would spend most of his time in the Yongsheng Hou Mansion in Youjing for a year. He was the most powerful man in the Dayan Empire.

  At night, in the mansion of the Marquis Yongsheng, the lights were shining brightly, and the beautiful sounds of silk and bamboo instruments came from within the mansion.

  In a corner of the Yongsheng Hou Mansion, Su Han in black clothes quietly approached the wall like a ghost. He pondered for a moment, then took out the array disk and array pieces from his storage ring, inserted them properly, and constructed a Phantom Array. Only then did he lightly leap up, without any smoke or fire, drifting onto the wall like fallen leaves, looking down below.

  Inside the Yongsheng Marquis's estate, teams of well-equipped guards were constantly patrolling back and forth. At the same time, in every hidden corner, there were hidden sentries, with each one being a high-ranking expert who was firmly guarding this mansion.

  "Not five, but eight hidden guards. Judging from their breathing, these eight hidden guards should all be masters of the Sixth Realm of True Qi. And in this area, there are also six wolf dogs, the defense is indeed strict." Su Han crouched on the wall, his eyes like an eagle's, his ears slightly trembling, searching for the hidden guards in this area, with his Six Senses that could rival those of a First-Order cultivator, he found all eight hidden guards at once.

  Those dark guards each have a cultivation base of at least the sixth layer of True Qi, if placed in the Jianghu they would all be top-notch experts. But within the Yongsheng Marquis's manor, they can only become lackeys and guards.

  Even an ordinary strong person, even a strong person in the realm of the ancestors, would find it difficult to discover these eight hidden sentinels. Only Su Han, who possessed six extraordinary senses comparable to those of a pre-heavenly strong person, could find all eight hidden sentinels one by one.

  Su Han glanced at the several hidden experts, his brow furrowing slightly: "These eight guys have vigorous blood and energy, their breathing is long and steady, they're hiding very cleverly. If I hadn't advanced to the Spiritual Energy Realm and my six senses weren't strengthened again, I'm afraid I would have missed a few of them. These guys should be high-ranking experts brought out from the Yun Sheng Hou's army, each one's fighting strength should be comparable to an ordinary Spiritual Energy Realm expert. This Yun Sheng Hou's estate is indeed a dragon's lair."

  At this time, the overall situation in the world is stable, but the Great Flame Dynasty and neighboring countries still have friction from time to time. The top military masters often have to engage in life-and-death battles with enemy masters. Every survivor is an iron-blooded master who has crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, capable of challenging higher-level opponents. Moreover, high-ranking military masters generally master the technique of consecutive strikes. Eight true-energy realm masters joining forces can even rival super masters in the transformed energy realm.

  Su Han's eyebrows furrowed tightly: "It seems that this Yong Sheng Hou is not easy to assassinate after all!"

  Yong Sheng Hou Yun Yi, as the commander of the Northwestern Army of the Great Flame Dynasty, had his hands stained with the blood of countless people, and his enemies were everywhere. If he was so easy to assassinate, he would have been killed many times over by now.

  Su Han's gaze swept towards the northwest direction, and his mouth slightly curled up: "However, I seem to be having a pretty good luck today."

  With the hearing power comparable to that of a congenital strongman, Su Han faintly heard an extremely small sound from the northwest direction, and then the sound disappeared. If he didn't have the six senses comparable to those of a congenital strongman, he would not have been able to detect it at all. He vaguely felt that in that direction, there should be another group of assassins, whose target was likely also the master of this mansion, Yong Sheng Hou Yun Chou.

  After lurking for a short while, a handsome young man with a black beard and a scar above his left eyebrow walked towards this side in big strides. Beside the young man was an old man with a youthful face and white hair, wearing a grey robe, about sixty or seventy years old, with piercing eyes that emitted a fearsome aura. Behind the old man were four young warriors, three men and one woman, all dressed in martial attire and exuding a fierce aura.

  "The strong Zong Shi, Ghost Finger Suo Xing Wang, and his four great disciples: Ling Qi realm late stage Black Panther Lei Tie, Ling Qi realm late stage Fierce Wolf Wu Huan, Ling Qi realm mid-stage Blood Claw Wang He, and Ling Qi realm mid-stage Poisonous Spider Hu Luo Yan. That handsome man should be the brave and victorious Hou Yun Yi," After Su Han Jin advanced to the Ling Qi realm, his six senses could rival those of a pre-heavenly strong cultivator, his eyes able to see in the dark, clearly seeing the wrinkles on an ordinary person's face one kilometer away.

  Taking a closer look, Su Han's face changed slightly: "No! That is a fake."

  Su Han learned from Yun An's memory that there was a small black mole under Yun E's right earlobe, but the fake in front of him, although very similar to Yun E, did not have that small mole on his right earlobe.

  When the group of people from the Yongshenghou Mansion walked to the middle of the corridor, five crossbows with a diameter as thick as a bowl mouth shot out like meteors, tearing through the air and firing towards the direction where Yongshenghou Yun was.

  Su Han looked at the crossbows and took a cold breath: "Dragon-breaking Crossbow! These assassins are actually able to get their hands on such powerful war machines, they're really formidable."

  The Dragon Slayer Crossbow is a powerful weapon in the military, specifically designed to take down strong martial artists. Even super masters who have reached the 8th layer of the Heavenly Fate Realm can be killed by it. At the same time, this crossbow is extremely expensive, with each one worth thousands of gold coins, and belongs to strategic materials that ordinary forces cannot get their hands on.

  "Hum, even grains of rice can shine with splendor!"

  It happened suddenly, and everyone was unable to react. Only the Ghostly Finger of the 9th Heaven's Supreme Master, who had been quietly observing from behind, suddenly turned his head, his eyes gleaming like electricity as he swept a glance in the direction of the assassins, gave a cold smile, and unleashed a terrifying aura that shot up into the sky, followed by an Eight-Grade Upper-Level Martial Skill: Ghostly Resentment Finger Strike.

  In an instant, a ghostly mouth condensed from countless true energies suddenly appeared, carrying a mournful howl, and bit down on the broken dragon crossbow. With a loud crack, the four broken dragon crossbows were bitten to powder, flying in all directions, and were brutally destroyed.

  The day after tomorrow, the Eightfold Transcendence of Qi Realm can already transform true energy into a shape that can harm people from a distance. The unparalleled strong masters in the Ninefold Transcendence of Qi Realm are even more terrifying, able to use true energy to transform and kill enemies within a hundred steps, extremely frightening. At the same time, each superior martial skill's true energy transformation has different manifestations, this Ghostly Resentment Finger transformation is just a ghostly mouth, if cultivated to the Great Completion realm, the true energy can condense into a gigantic resentful spirit, that spirit with one bite can swallow a hundred people, its power is extremely terrifying.

  Su Han looked at Suo Xingwang, and with a flick of his finger, he shattered four broken dragon crossbows. A hint of solemnity flashed in his eyes, and the mysterious symbol in his right eye suddenly appeared, imprinting the ghostly resentment mark on his eye: "Good strength, worthy of being an unparalleled master of the Post-Heaven Ninefold Realm. However, I'll take this Ghost Resentment Mark for myself."