Chapter 864: The Traceless a.s.sa.s.sin
Even though there was no concrete data to prove it, most people would a.s.sume that a twenty-year-old young man who had become a prodigy, reaching Emperor-tier when he was at D-tier, would eventually ascend to be an A-tier in the future.
As for the ones who reached King-tier when at D-tier, they would easily reach B-tier.
As for D-tiers who had about the same achievements would definitely reach C-tier.
This was the common consensus in the public.
Qin Feng was now harnessing not just a powerful physical body but also a potently dominant consciousness. Right now, he was stronger than the ability users who were in the same tier as him. His internal energy was about several dozen times more powerful than his fellow B-tiers!
“With this much internal energy, it should be enough for me to kill He Tianxing!” Qin Feng said to himself as he observed the overwhelming amount of internal energy in his dantian.
Qin Feng was not sure just how much more powerful he had become; but right now, he was not planning on taking on He Tianxing head on—he wanted to a.s.sa.s.sinate the man. With the aid of Bai Li’s spatial powers, it should be enough.
Right now, if Qin Feng could find out where He Tianxing was staying, he could act right away.
Of course, Qin Feng did not intend to let go of the great reaps of benefit staring at his face. Thus, he ordered the Fengli Organization to start working—killing the Gorefiends and grabbing the ultra beasts’ corpses.
And by the time the Gate of Fear’s reinforcement came, Qin Feng and his men would have harvested everything they could and left. Well, these Dark Coalition’s cowards would not dare to take them on to rob the loot too if given the chance.
As for Ayshan, at this point of time, he did not have time to come to handle this B-tier boy. This B-tier was, after all, a really tough nut to crack.
However, He Tianxing was already plotting a scheme to take Qin Feng down.
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In the middle of the night, at a tightly defended fortress under an evil-looking blood moon, ten shadows loomed over a throne.
These shadows were top-ranked a.s.sa.s.sins!
They had one reason to gather together here—it was to a.s.sa.s.sinate Qin Feng!
All of them were top-ranked a.s.sa.s.sins. So, naturally, every single one of them was prideful. They thought they could take any life with ease if they wanted to.
To a.s.sa.s.sinate a person was not the same as fighting a person head on.
“This time the client is going to give us an S-tier treasure for killing this target. The client would bestow the treasure to whoever brings back his head. So, to avoid us killing each other to take out the target, perhaps we should take turns to kill him?” One of the a.s.sa.s.sins suggested.
This man was quite a formidable a.s.sa.s.sin. Everyone in the room knew how to conceal their own presence, or at least make themselves seem as harmless as a civilian.
Yet, this man knew just how strong he was—he was an A8-tier ancient warrior. He believed that no one was stronger than him.
Despite that, he still tried to provide a peaceful way to resolve this situation. After all, the “target” was not some weakling this time.
As an a.s.sa.s.sin, any careless oversight would be fatal. As such, it was wiser to play it safe. This was a mindset that any a.s.sa.s.sin should have.
“Then, how are we going to decide who acts first? Do we have a quick friendly spar right here right now first to do that?” A cold voice replied.
“Or maybe we can decide this by throwing a dice?”
“Sure!”
“I’m okay with that.”
“Fine by me!”
“Agreed!”
The ten men agreed with the method. In fact, all of them wished to act alone. a.s.sa.s.sins rarely worked in a team. Indeed, when their target was drowning in waves of battle and chaos, it would make it much easier for them to take him down. However, right now it was backstabbing a fighter when he was taking on a dozen of opponents—it was competing to kill him first when there were nine other a.s.sa.s.sins trying to do the same! This would make this task tremendously more difficult than their previous missions!
As such, it would be best if they could take turns to kill this man!
“Each person gets 10 minutes. If you can’t kill him in less than 10 minutes, it would mean you’ve failed and the next person gets his attempt. Whoever kills the target will get to leave with his head!”
“Sure!”
Everyone nodded in agreement before activating their communicator.
Then, they threw the digital dice in their device!
“89!”
“56!”
“19!”
“Sh*t! I threw a 2!” One of them cursed silently before switching off his communicator. The others did not pay much attention to him—even if he said he got a 99, they would still need to take a look at his screen to check. Since he had thrown a 2, this would mean he was going to be the last to attempt.
The A8-tier a.s.sa.s.sin was lucky enough to be the first one to attempt. Although he was not one to underestimate his target, he was confident enough that he could kill the target with no problem.
He thought he had it in the bag!
“I’ll be off then! See you guys later.”
“He’s a top-ranked a.s.sa.s.sin, man. He’s the 5th on the ranking. Geez, that man is as good as dead now.”
“Who knows? Maybe the dude can stay alive for 5 minutes when facing him.”
“Yeah, I think the target’s not gonna make it.”
Everyone except the a.s.sa.s.sin who threw a “2” earlier smirked. He muttered to himself, “Hehe, so long Wu Hen. Don’t worry, mate. These 8 other morons here will accompany you to h.e.l.l soon enough. Well, of course I’m not going to attempt to kill this man. I’m no idiot!”
If Qin Feng were here, he would definitely recognize this man—it was Guan Jinhao!
Guan Jinhao was a top-ranked a.s.sa.s.sin. He had worn different kinds of masks, donned countless kinds of disguise and had several dozens of aliases as an a.s.sa.s.sin.
This was why Guan Jinhao’s alter-ego was able to be on the top of the a.s.sa.s.sin ranking.
This was why Fire Phoenix sought him out for this mission.
Guan Jinhao did not want to come at all. Thankfully, this mission had only 1 reward. As such, he could just feign interest and make sure the others went ahead and attempted on Qin Feng’s life first. And if things went bad, he could always admit to his client that he could not do it and forfeit the mission.
However, Guan Jinhao did not inform Qin Feng about this.
He was an a.s.sa.s.sin. It was a courtesy to stick by the rules and not spoil the fun.
As for these men… could they kill Qin Feng?
Guan Jinhao smiled and shook his head.
No way. There was no way anyone of them here could kill Qin Feng!
Meanwhile, Qin Feng was meditating in a stone-made fortress, studying the G.o.dwill Atlas and training his consciousness.
Then, his consciousness locked onto a humanoid silhouette.
It was an a.s.sa.s.sin!
“Heh!” Qin Feng smirked coldly.
There were not many people from the Fengli Organization in this fortress. Regardless, to protect his underlings, Qin Feng raised up a layer of dark runes to s.h.i.+eld them.
This “s.h.i.+eld” was formed by countless small dark-rune threads, enveloping the area by thousands of meters. It was night time; so, it would be quite difficult to detect these threads.
Naturally, Wu Hen, being a top-ranked a.s.sa.s.sin, had already noticed these dark-rune threads.
However, he did not seem to be aware of just how powerful Qin Feng was.
And he had also underestimated just how far these threads covered the area.
Being a cautious a.s.sa.s.sin, Wu Hen did not touch these threads at all; yet, there were other two a.s.sa.s.sins behind him who had already stepped on them!
Qin Feng, of course, had also locked his consciousness onto them too.
Right now, Wu Hen zoomed neared his target without activating his internal energy s.h.i.+eld. He had completely concealed his presence.
As soon as he reached the fortress, he quickly leaped to the air and snuck into it.
He was now one with his own shadow. His body was as light as a paper, as nimble as a cat, as quick as the wind! There was no trace of movement left from every step he made!
Wu Hen*, much like his moniker, was someone who left no trace in his actions!
In seconds, his target was already in sight, merely a few steps away from him. The target was not protected by any internal energy s.h.i.+eld too. His defenseless neck was so bare that it seemed like an invitation to slice it open.
Calmly, Wu Hen swung out his weapon!
Translator note: “Wu Hen” means “traceless” in Chinese