Chapter 274 – Assassination! (1/2)

Three days later.

Yang Ye’s eyes were slightly closed, and the profound energy within his body circulated as he rode on Grey’s back.

Just like this, six hours had pa.s.sed. At a certain moment in time, Yang Ye suddenly opened his eyes, and at the instant that this happened, an enormous rock over 30m ahead had suddenly and mysteriously exploded into pieces, causing rubble to fly towards the surroundings!

As he thought back to how the rock had exploded into pieces, the corners of Yang Ye’s mouth curled up slightly to reveal a slight smile. Since the beginning, he’d seemed to have forgotten what Elder Mu had once told him — the Sword Control Technique stressed upon speed! Yet he’d unconsciously started to pursue usage of it that was magnificent and elegant!

For example, during the battle with Yuan Tong on the arena, even though the scene of him commanding a myriad of swords was extremely magnificent and the imposing aura they revealed was extraordinarily terrifying, the destructive might they possessed was very weak! Moreover, it exhausted a great deal of profound energy!

The combination of the Hidden Sword and Sword Control Technique was still extremely terrifying. If he was able to cultivate the Sword Control Technique to the point it conformed to Elder Mu’s requirements of traveling 300m in an instant, then it would be extremely likely for him to be able to instantly annihilate Yuan Tong if he was able to take Yuan Tong by surprise!

Besides the Sword Control Technique, he’d bitterly cultivated the Clone Illusion Technique he’d obtained from Yuan Ye and the Dragonbreaker technique. Both of them were extremely useful to him right now. Especially the Dragonbreaker. Because its might was truly extremely formidable. After all, he’d overcome Lin Xiuran’s Infinite Flash Sword with the Dragonbreaker technique that was at the 1st level!

The Dragonbreaker technique had three levels. With the physical body he possessed in the past, Yang Ye was unable to cultivate the 2nd level. However, now that his physical body had been tempered by the Nether Ghostflames, he’d attained the qualifications to cultivate the 2nd level of the Dragonbreaker technique!

Yang Ye didn’t dare be careless at all during his trip to the Ancient Battlefield. After all, it was where all the monstrous geniuses of Profounder Continent would be gathering, and he would never think that he was already the number one expert amongst the younger generation of Profounder Continent!

It was good to be confident, but if one was conceited, then one would be courting death! Yang Ye wasn’t a conceited person!

Right at this moment, Yang Ye seemed to have noticed something, and his pupils suddenly constricted. Right when he was about to act, a dagger that flickered with a ghastly cold glow had struck his neck. At the same time, a pitch black figure that seemed like a shadow had actually suddenly appeared on Grey’s back and right in front of Yang Ye!

Clang!

The dagger struck Yang Ye’s neck, but his head didn’t leave his body. Conversely, the dagger shook slightly, and the black figure was stunned. Obviously, the figure hadn’t imagined that this would be the outcome! Right when the figure was about to launch another attack, Yang Ye had directly smashed his fist towards the black figure’s face!

The black figure didn’t dare allow Yang Ye’s fist to hit, and the black figure utilized the dagger to block the attack!

Bang!

The black figure was instantly blasted flying by the enormous force that Yang Ye’s fist carried!

Yang Ye stopped and gazed at the black figure that was 10m away. Earlier, he felt a wave of fear after suffering the black figure’s attack as well. Because this person’s movement technique was truly too terrifying. If his physical body hadn’t been strengthened again with Elder Mu’s help, then the strike from before would have taken his head!

“I never expected that your physical body would already be terrifying to such an extent!” The black figure was the first to speak and had a clear and melodious voice. It was the voice of a woman.

“It’s you!” Yang Ye spoke in a low voice when he heard the black figure speak. This figure was none other than the mysterious female a.s.sa.s.sin who’d pursued him through the Grand Myriad Mountains some time ago!

She didn’t answer him. She remained silent for a short while before she suddenly said, “You’re in an extremely dangerous situation!”

Yang Ye was stunned, and then he frowned and said, “What do you mean?”

“The Grand Qin Empire, Origin School, Flower Palace, Ghost Sect, and Sword Sect have contacted the League of Doom in secret, and they have a sole objective, to kill you!” The female a.s.sa.s.sin spoke in a low voice.

“The Grand Qin Empire? The Sword Sect?” Yang Ye laughed coldly and said, “They want to kill me? Why should I believe you? Moreover, it seems like you intended to kill me just now, right?”

If it was the Flower Palace, the Origin School, and the Ghost Sect, then Yang Ye would believe it. He would even slightly believe that the Sword Sect wanted to kill him because the Sword Sect’s Daoist Zui and Yu Heng were truly not good people. However, he didn’t really believe that the Grand Qin Empire wanted to kill him. After all, the Founding Emperor had just paid an extremely huge price to protect him, so why would the Founding Emperor try to kill him right after that? Unless the Founding Ancestor had gone mad!

The a.s.sa.s.sin said, “You must understand that the experts at the Spirit Realm and above are prohibited from entering the Ancient Battlefield. Even though Spirit Realm experts do exist there, certain reasons make them unable to make a move against the geniuses of the various territories. In other words, the Ancient Battlefield belongs to King Realm experts! Yet you Yang Ye are the Quasi Sword Emperor and possess the Enlightened Sword Heart! Once you advance into the King Realm, then based on the relations.h.i.+p you possess with the six great powers, it would undoubtedly be a calamity for their disciples! So, they had to eliminate you, and now is the best time! Of course, they wouldn’t allow you to continue growing even without this reason! You ought to understand the saying — those that aren’t under my command should be eliminated!”

Yang Ye fell silent because the woman really made sense. With the relations.h.i.+p he had with the Origin School, Flower Palace, Ghost Sect, and the Sword Sect, those extraordinary powers would definitely not allow Yang Ye to grow. Even though the Founding Ancestor had included him under the protection of the Grand Qin Empire, while they couldn’t do anything openly, wouldn’t they still try to take his life in secret?

After a moment of deep thought, Yang Ye looked at her and said, “Why did you tell this to me? There isn’t any relations.h.i.+p between us, right?”

The woman fell silent for a short while before she said, “Some hope for your death while others hope that you live. I’m from the side that doesn’t wish for you to die.”