Chapter 84: The First World Constraint! (1/2)
“Where do you think you’re going!”
The female assassin was astonished. The purpose of her trip was Wang Chong, and regardless of whether it was to kill him or to have him craft a sword for her, she couldn’t allow him to escape.
Peng! Enduring the aches in her body, the female assassin stepped against the ground and charged forward to pursue Wang Chong.
Beneath the bright moon, Wang Chong flitted close to the surface, heading straight toward the treasure vault of the Wang Family Residence.
The face of the female assassin immediately turned cold. Without even thinking about the matter, she immediately followed him. However, she barely traveled a few zhang when a dark gleam flashed across the sky. A thick metal arrow carrying immense force was cutting through the empty space, bolting toward her.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, the female assassin swiftly shielded herself with the broken sword. When the sword came collided with the large thick metal arrow, she was forcefully sent flying.
“Tuoba Guiyuan, the two masters, stop her! Don’t allow her to escape! ——”
As Wang Chong dashed along the grass patch, he roared loudly. The first half of his words was spoken in the Han language whereas the rest was spoken in Sanskrit.
“Roar! Patroness, why don’t you rest here for a while!”
Arloja and Ablonodan roared furiously. Black smoke gushed from them as they sprung straight toward the female assassin, as though an arrow released from a bow.
Peng peng!
The three powerful might encountered one another violently, and the explosion of the air even reached Wang Chong, who was around a dozen zhang away.
(~36m)
When Wang Chong turned around to take a look, Arloja and Ablonodan’s cassocks were flying in the wind. Unable to keep their balance, they retreated several steps. At the same time, the female assassin made use of this opportunity to dash outward. In midair, she deflected another one of Tuoba Guiyuan’s thick arrows with her sword before she executed the Spectre Steps, causing her body to blur swiftly and meld along with the shadows beneath the wall.
“Brat! This isn’t over yet! ——”
A resentful voice echoed across the night sky. She sounded so infuriated that her silver teeth had probably chipped from the immense force pushing them together. In the blink of an eye, the Eastern Islands female assassin disappeared without a trace.
“That fellow is powerful!”
Upon seeing this sight, Wang Chong was astonished. He was aware of Arloja and Ablonodan’s strength, yet the female assassin was able to fend the both of them off at once, pushing them backward.
“Gongzi, who’s that woman? She’s so powerful that even my arrows were useless against her!”
With a quiver of arrows behind him, Tuoba Guiyuan rushed over.
The fundamental requirement for archers was to have outstanding eyes, and Tuoba Guiyuan was a master archer. Even so, when the other party executed the Spectre Steps, he was unable to discern between her and her shadows.
“Is it the Western Regions merchant Mosaide? That fellow sure is sly. To think that he sent such a powerful assassin on top of those masked men.”
Shen Hai and Meng Long rushed over with swords in their hands.
“It’s not Mosaide!”
Wang Chong shook his head.
“Oh?”
The group stared at him in shock,
“That person is an Eastern Islands assassin. No matter how influential Mosaide may be, it’s impossible for him to hire an Eastern Islands assassin to deal with me. Besides… She didn’t recognize the Wootz steel sword in my hand at all.”
Wang Chong said as he lifted the Wootz steel sword to look at it.
There were too many flaws in the Eastern Islands female assassin’s identity. Initially, Wang Chong was misled by her into thinking that she was sent by Mosaide. However, what Mosaide wanted was his Wootz steel sword whereas that person wanted his life.
If not for her noticing the seven chi blade draft he left on the table, and that the assassin, skilled in swordsmanship, was attracted by the novelty, she would have killed him long ago!
“Then, who was the one who sent the assassin?”
A deep crease appeared on the foreheads of Meng Long and Shen Hai.
Wang Chong simply shook his head. Even though he didn’t know who sent her after him, given the circumstances and the strength of the assassin, he reckoned that it was likely to be Yao Feng or Su Bai.
Su Bai was currently locked in the Court of Judicial Review, and no matter how capable he could be, it was impossible for him to send out an order from there to have his subordinate hire an assassin. If so, the only possible candidate was…
Thinking as such, a dark shadow flashed across Wang Chong’s glabella.
“We’ll talk about this matter in the future. Reinforce our defenses for the next few days, that person would probably return.”
Shen Hai, Meng Long, and Tuoba Guiyuan nodded in response. Even now, they still felt frightened by the situation.
If not for Wang Chong’s wits to have Tuoba Guiyuan and the two Sindhi monks to deliver those machetes to the hands of Shen Hai and Meng Long, no one would have thought that Wang Chong was in danger.
The female assassin probably could never imagine that there was no weapon rack in the corner of the Wang Family vault. Taking into account the fact that Wang Chong didn’t open the doors while speaking, they immediately realized that something was amiss, so they immediately brought Tuoba Guiyuan, Ablonodan, and Arloja back to Wang Chong’s study.
“Masters, I’ll be troubling you for the next few days.”
Wang Chong turned around and spoke to the two Sindhi monks in Sanskrit.
“Don’t worry, gongzi. We’ll stay right next to you for the next few days to ensure your safety.”
Recalling the previous situation left the duo fearful. The current Wang Chong was of tremendous importance to them and Sindhu. No matter what, they couldn’t allow anything to happen to him.
The guarantee of the two Sindhi monks reassured Wang Chong. With Ablonodan, Arloja, and Tuoba Guiyuan, he wouldn’t have to worry about the female assassin within this period of time.
“Perhaps, it’s time to find some assistants…”
Wang Chong’s eyes twinkled as a thought flashed through his head.
This situation had given Wang Chong a wake-up call. If it was back then, given his standing and strength as the Grand Marshal of the Central Plains, an assassin of such strength wouldn’t mean a single thing to him.
However, everything had changed. Wang Chong had no choice but to remind himself repeatedly that he was no longer the Grand Marshal of the Central Plains. He was only a weak Origin Energy Tier 5 scion.
While he retained the knowledge of the top-notch cultivation techniques and martial arts from his previous life, before he successfully cultivates them so as to utilize them, he wasn’t able to use any of them.