Where did the thunder come from?

  That assassin's heart was greatly shocked and he immediately wanted to retreat.

  "Boom"

  Zhang Ruochen wielded the Sparking Soul Sword, bursting through the wall with his fastest speed, and stabbed a sword at the killer's brow.

  That black-clad killer, hearing the sound of breaking wind, continuously retreated, his speed a fraction faster than Zhang Ruochen's, dodging Zhang Ruochen's fatal sword.

  "Whoosh"

  Zhang Ruochen's arm swung out, slicing across the killer's neck, and with a ripping sound, cut off a black collar.

  That killer touched his neck and found that his head was still on, so he let out a slight sigh of relief: "As expected from the firstborn of the new life, you have some skills. Can you tell me what just happened with the thunder?"

  Zhang Ruochen knew he was stalling for time, wanting to wait for the assassin in the distance to shoot and kill him. He continued to draw his sword, saying: "Go ask King Yanluo in hell"

  "Hmph, you're just a newly born late-stage Xuanji cultivator, yet you think you can kill a powerful Xuanji cultivator who has reached the Great Circle? You're too arrogant"

  That assassin's eyes flashed with a cold light, and from his sleeve he drew out an extremely slender sword.

  A fish intestine sword in one's sleeve.

  Whoosh

  The sword light flashed, and the sword energy was like a white rainbow, stabbing towards Zhang Ruochen's heart.

  His speed reached fifty meters per second, incredibly fast, and almost in an instant, he stabbed into Zhang Ruochen's heart position.

  Just as he thought he would surely kill Zhang Ruochen, the space in front of him suddenly distorted. His sword actually deviated and passed under Zhang Ruochen's armpit.

  "How can it be like this?"

  That assassin was terrified to the extreme.

  For two martial arts masters engaging in a fierce battle, there can be no room for error. The slightest mistake is a dead end.

  "Hmph"

  Zhang Ruochen stabbed into one of the killer's legs at the ankle, severing the tendons in both legs.

  Right after that, with a twist of his body, Zhang Ruochen arrived at the back of that killer. Two fingers together, he pointed at the Tianxin acupoint on the killer's spine.

  "Slap"

  Heavenly pulse broken, cultivation abolished.

  That black-clad killer fell heavily to the ground

  Zhang Ruochen didn't have time to look at the appearance of that black-clothed killer, holding the Soul-Flash Sword, he jumped off the pavilion and sprinted towards another killer forty meters away with strides as long as a zhang.

  That assassin hid in a leaf of an iron pine giant tree, seeing Zhang Ruochen rush towards her with his sword, making her extremely shocked.

  "How did he find my hideout"

  The female assassin drew out two green poisoned arrows from behind her back, simultaneously placing them on the bowstring, drawing the black longbow into a full moon shape.

  She was extremely confident in her archery skills. Within a distance of forty meters, even if it were a martial artist who had reached the pinnacle of the Mystic Extreme Realm, they would not be able to dodge her arrows.

  Meow

  Just then, she heard a cat meowing behind her.

  A dark shadow flashed quickly in front of her eyes.

  That black shadow stretched out a sharp claw and swiped it across her wrist.

  "Hmph"

  The female assassin's right hand was severed by the claw and fell from the tree.

  From her wrist, a surge of crimson blood gushed out, dyeing her black robe red.

  A sharp pain shot through her wrist, causing the female assassin to let out a muffled cry.

  Boom

  Below, Zhang Ruochen swung his sword and cut down the giant tree trunk of Tie Song, which crashed to the ground with a loud noise.

  The female assassin fell from a tree over twenty meters high, heavily crashing to the ground. Just as she was about to escape, she found a sword with a cold glow pointing at her head.

  Do you still want to escape?

  Zhang Ruochen's sword lifted the veil off the face of that female assassin, revealing a rather beautiful countenance.

  "It's actually you." Zhang Ruo Chen was slightly surprised.

  That female killer was Hanae, the first newborn of the Western Palace six years ago.

  Huā Lián gritted her teeth, revealing a cold smile, and glanced at the small black figure not far away. She was extremely unwilling to admit defeat, saying: "I didn't expect you to have raised such a powerful beast, we underestimated you."

  "Who was the Barbarian King when he shook the world, your ancestors hadn't even been born yet." Little Hei said with great displeasure.

  Zhang Ruochen said: "Tell me, who else in the West Wing is a killer from the Gate of Hell?"

  "Zhang Ruochen, you underestimate me too much." A sly smile appeared on Hua Lian's face.

  Boom

  Under Huā Lián's feet, a blood array with a diameter of five meters was formed, emitting a piercing bloody light that sent both Zhāng Ruò Chén and Xiao Hei flying out at the same time.

  "Go die"

  Hua Lian drew a slender sword from her sleeve and stabbed it towards Zhang Ruochen's brow with lightning speed.

  Too fast.

  Zhang Ruochen could hardly see the moves she made.

  "Looks like I've underestimated him. Hua Lian was the first to be reborn six years ago, his cultivation must be extremely deep, even if he's not a Xuan Bang warrior, I estimate he won't be much weaker than one."

  Zhang Ruochen hastily circulated his internal true energy, preparing to once again exhibit the power of spatial distortion.

  "Hmm"

  A sword pierced through flesh with a single sound.

  Hua Lian's footsteps suddenly stopped, her eyes staring blankly at Zhang Ruochen in front of her, her whole body trembling, and she fell straight to the ground.

  Huang Yanchen stood behind Hua Lian, sheathing his bloody sword and letting out a cold snort: "The killers from the Gate of Hell are getting more and more rampant, actually daring to come to Longwu Hall to kill people."

  Zhang Ruochen looked down at Hua Lian's body on the ground, earlier Huang Yanchen's sword had been extremely precise, stabbing through Hua Lian's heart from behind.

  Zhang Ruochen stared at Huang Yanchen and said, "Why did you want to kill her?"

  Huang Yanchen's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said with great displeasure: "If I hadn't killed her, the one who would be dead now is you. Could you have dodged that sword of hers just now?"

  Zhang Ruochen said, "You could have completely severed her Tian Xin pulse just now and ruined her cultivation. Why did you have to kill her? Leaving her alive might still allow us to ask her some questions."

  "You're too naive," Huang Yanchen smiled and said, "thinking you can get something out of the killer at the Gate of Hell."

  "Whoosh"

  Huang Yanchen sheathed his sword and turned to leave.

  Zhang Ruochen stared at Huang Yanchen's back, his eyes filled with confusion, "Is she really the assassin of the Netherworld Gate?"

  "What are you thinking"

  Duanmu Xingling walked to Zhang Ruochen's side, following his gaze, staring at the beautiful back of Huang Yanchen and exclaimed: "You won't suspect that Duan Jie is also an assassin from the Netherworld Gate, will you?"

  Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and said, "It's just that it feels too coincidental."

  "What a coincidence."

  Du Mu Xing Ling nodded and said: "However, you don't have to suspect her, she absolutely can't be the assassin from Di Fu Men."

  "Why?" Zhang Ruochen asked.

  Du Mu Xing Ling Dao said: "Firstly, the killer of the Netherworld Gate is mainly active in the nine counties of Lingshi, but Chen Jie is not from Lingshi. Secondly, the killer kills for wealth. However, Chen Jie doesn't lack money and also doesn't lack cultivation resources. Do you know that Chen Jie has another identity?"

  "What identity"

  "She is one of the most beloved princesses of the Qian Shui Kingdom. You should have heard of the Qian Shui Kingdom, right?" said Duanmu Xingling.

  Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "I know. I really didn't expect that she would have such a noble status."

  Qianshui County is a first-class county and does not belong to the nine counties of Lingshi, but it is very close to the nine counties of Lingshi.

  The territory of the nine commanderies west of the Ridge is less than a quarter of that of the Qian water commandery.

  The eastern part of Unmugun is adjacent to Cheonsu-gun, and in a sense, Unmugun still depends on Cheonsu-gun.

  Every year, Yunwu County sends a large amount of tribute to Qianshui County in order to obtain its protection; otherwise, the four surrounding counties would have annexed Yunwu County long ago.

  Since Huang Yanchen is the county master of Qian Shui Jun Guo, it also ruled out the possibility that she was an assassin from Di Fu Men.

  "Huang Shijie's temper is too violent, not at all like a county master." Zhang Ruochen shook his head.

  "Dust sister's character is straightforward and doesn't know how to pretend, if you have been in contact with her for a long time, you will find that she is actually a very good person." Du Mu Xing Ling smiled.

  Zhang Ruochen returned to Xuanzi No. 1 and went to check on that killer whose cultivation he had abolished.

  When Zhang Ruochen returned, he found that the assassin had already been killed by someone else.

  "He was killed by a single palm strike that shattered his heart." Zhang Ruochen's hand touched the killer's chest and found that his heart had been shattered into pieces.

  Duanmu Xingling also caught up, seeing the assassin who was killed, and said: "How could this be? We were clearly in the courtyard, only thirty meters away from the pavilion. Who could have killed him without anyone knowing?"

  Zhang Ruochen's face turned solemn as he said, "The opponent is at least a Earth Extreme Realm cultivator with Great Perfection, and may even be a Heaven Extreme Realm martial arts legend."

  Du Mu Xingling's face changed, and he said: "In the West Wing, there is actually a hidden assassin as terrifying as this. This matter must be reported to the Master immediately."

  "No need, the big fish has already been caught."

  The master of the Western Courtyard walked in from outside with his hands behind his back, a faint smile on his face.

  "Who is it?"

  The master of the Western Temple gazed at a distant artificial hill and said, "Elder Situ, since you've already come, why must you still hide? Is there any need for that?"

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