C26 (1/2)
Zhou Tiancheng was invited to a meal party on that day. He sat in his carriage after dinner and then sat in his own carriage. The coachman then started walking back.
This was a very common occurrence, but when the carriage reached a relatively remote street, Zhou Tiancheng, who was in the carriage, suddenly felt a sense of unease. Zhou Tian Zhang, who had once fought with the Beastmen in the northern regions of the empire, woke up from his drunken stupor. His entire body was covered by a white battle qi while Zhou Tian Cheng held his sword tightly in his hand.
”Stop the car!” Zhou Tiancheng shouted.
The carriage immediately came to a halt.
The bodyguards on horseback that had followed Zhou Tian Cheng to the battlefield immediately became alert when they heard his tone. One of them immediately put on his battle qi shield, showing that he was a warrior of the seventh rank.
In an instant, a rain of arrows shot out from the rooftops on both sides of the street towards the horse carriage where Zhou Tiancheng was standing.
”Protect the lord!” The leader of the guards, a warrior of the seventh rank, shouted as he drew his sword to block the incoming arrow.
After the rain of arrows passed by, a few combat experts jumped out from the rooftops. These assassins all had extraordinary strength, three of them even had the strength of a warrior of the ninth rank.
Before the assassins had even arrived, the sword Qis released by the assassins had already landed on the carriages. The sword beams shot towards each other, emitting an ear-piercing explosion. The frantic airflow instantly shattered the carriages. Once the carriage was shattered, Zhou Tian Cheng was exposed to the crowd of assassins.
Several assassins surrounded Zhou Tiancheng. Sword qi shot out in all directions, and their long swords danced. The scene was quite spectacular.
The other assassin's longsword had just arrived in front of his eyes. Just as he had blocked the longsword, a few sword Qis struck Zhou Tiancheng's body, and immediately, the battle qi on Zhou Tiancheng's body was shattered. His clothes were also disordered by the sword Qis; this was the result of his battle qi successfully neutralizing 99% of the power of the sword Qis.
After the sword qi passed, the swords flashed one by one. Zhou Tian Cheng blocked the sword in front of him. He felt a sharp pain on his back — his back had been cut by a sword.
Just moments after they started fighting, Zhou Tian Cheng's warrior guard leader was killed by two assassins with the strength of a warrior of the eighth rank. The rest of the guards had already been turned into corpses, and even the warrior of the ninth rank, Zhou Tian Cheng, was seriously injured. Zhou Tian Cheng hastily used his mirror image avatar to create several, but the assassins were all prepared. One of the assassins tore apart a magic scroll, and the magic scroll shot out a halo to cover Zhou Tian Cheng's real body. Many of the assassins immediately attacked Zhou Tian Cheng's real body with their swords and thrusts.
Zhou Tian Cheng also knew that the Mirror Image Avatar wasn't able to help him escape. It was only used to buy time for him to activate the skill — Zhou Tian Cheng took out a magic scroll and tore it apart. Suddenly, a black fog filled the entire street, and in a second, the entire street was covered in black fog.
It was originally night, but there was still moonlight. To these masters, it was as bright as day. But with the black fog covering them, the assassins were completely unable to see anything.
The assassins were shocked and angry at the same time. A few of them rushed out of the black mist in an attempt to prevent Zhou Tian Cheng from escaping the black mist; the other assassins unleashed their own energies to force the black mist away. A few seconds later, the black mist completely disappeared from the street, but Zhou Tian Cheng had already disappeared.
”He's already been severely injured by us, and our swords have poison on them. He's not far away, he's split up and searching,” a Level 9 Assassin said.
All the assassins jumped onto the roof and scattered in search of him. In an instant, there was no one left on the street, only a pile of corpses.
Zhou Tian Cheng used all his might to escape from the assassins, and staggered along an unfamiliar street with his sword in hand. The more Zhou Tian Cheng walked, the more dizzy he felt, and the more his footsteps grew. He knew that the assassins had smeared poison on their swords, so Zhou Tian Cheng used his battle spirit to suppress the poison and a thin layer of his battle qi to prevent the blood from flowing to the ground while running for his life.
However, after walking for a while, Zhou Tian Cheng was finally unable to hold on any longer. His consciousness blurred and he fell onto the ground unconscious. After falling, the thin layer of warrior power around his body dissipated and blood flowed to the ground.
Not long after Zhou Tiancheng fell to the ground, a person wearing a black battle qi uniform landed next to him. This person was none other than Zuo Ye, who was still sighing and failing to recruit a Ringwraith.
”This is … that Zhou Tian Cheng?” Zuo Ye looked at Zhou Tiancheng who was on the ground and said, ”Looks like he's being chased, hmm!” I just so happen to be lacking a Ringwraith, and that's all you need. ”
After saying that, Zuo Ye grabbed Zhou Tian Cheng and ran into his own house. Not long after he entered, Zuo Ye returned once again. Using the Blood Sucking Halo of a blood magic, he sucked up all the blood on the ground before climbing over the wall and returning to his home in satisfaction.
Zuo Ye's house was empty! The little black dog squatted beside Zuo Ye, and the ring on Zuo Ye's hand flickered with a black light. A mysterious rune flew out from the ring and entered the center of Zhou Tian Cheng's eyebrows. Then, another ray of light flew out from Zhou Tian Cheng's forehead into the ring, and everything returned to normal.
”Alright!” Zuo Ye said softly, ”This Ringwraith is not bad, but it seems to be quite wounded and poisoned.” Hmm, let's first get rid of the poison before talking about anything else. ”
With that, Zuo Ye reached out and caressed Zhou Tian Cheng's black wounds. Zuo Ye's way to cure the poison was to directly use the Devil Snake King's power to absorb the poison from Zhou Tian Cheng's body.
After dealing with the poison, Zuo Ye treated Zhou Tiancheng's wound and injected a bit of his life force into Zhou Tiancheng's body.
Soon, Zhou Tiancheng woke up. ”You're awake!” Zuo Ye said.
”Where is this place?” You are — ah! ”Master.” Zhou Tian Cheng didn't know who Zuo Ye was at first, but Zuo Ye's heart skipped a beat and he sent a burst of mental energy into the ring. Zhou Tian Cheng couldn't help but call out 'master'.
Hearing Zhou Tian Cheng call him master, Zuo Ye's heart was filled with joy, ”Okay.” You are heavily injured, and are recovering here. Don't make any other sound. I'll come back to you in the morning. ”
”Yes sir!” The heavily injured Zhou Tian Cheng couldn't move, but he still answered Zuo Ye respectfully.
With that, Zuo Ye left with the little black dog.
The next morning, the entire Holy Dragon City descended into a tense atmosphere. The Zhou family had found the corpses of Zhou Tiancheng's guards on the streets, but not Zhou Tiancheng, so they immediately commanded the city guards to take control of the city gates. Entering and exiting the city had been strictly investigated, while at the same time, a large group of city guards had begun to investigate the situation from house to house.