Chapter 526: Assassination Attempt (1/2)

Lin Mu almost froze upon seeing the shocking scene. There was a masked man standing behind Bilao who was calmly mediating without a care in the world.

The thing is, he should have woken up but there was no spirit Qi fluctuation coming from the masked man either.

Lin Mu's mind worked at the speed of lighting, and he disappeared from his position before appearing beside the masked man. He extended his hands and quickly grabbed onto the masked man. One hand was on his head and the other on the sword blade that was approaching Bilao's neck.

A brown glow appeared on Lin Mu's hand as it defended against the sharp edge of the blade. The masked man though, was absolutely bewildered. Out of nowhere, someone had appeared beside him and grabbed onto him.

He tried to resist, but the man's grip was extremely strong, not letting him budge. His struggle was short lived though, as in the next moment he felt like he lost control of his body and his vision went dark.

The masked man disappeared from the real world and Lin Mu immediately used fade to enter the parallel world.

”WHO!!!” Alchemist Bilao suddenly woke up with a shout as he felt the movement of spirit Qi in his room.

His eyes darted around as he looked for an intruder. His shout was loud enough that the guards that were outside came rushing in soon.

”QUICK! TO ALCHEMIST BILAO'S ROOM!” The guards shouted.

They all barged into the room only to find it empty except for Bilao who had a confused expression on his face.

”Senior Bilao, did something happen?” The guard asked, seeing no one in the room.

Bilao didn't answer right away and spread his spirit sense around, unable to find anyone there.

”No… nothing.” Bilao answered.

”Why did you shout then?” The guards questioned.

”I thought I felt someone, but no one is here. Must've been my imagination.” Bilao answered.

The guard leader didn't feel at ease though, and asked the others to check the area. A few minutes later, they all came back to report.

”What did you find?” The guard leader asked.

”Sir, a lot of the other guards who were supposed to patrol the streets are missing. At least the ones in our block are gone.” The guards reported.

”WHAT! Where are they?” The guard leader asked.

”We don't know, sir. I've already asked the other guards from the blocks and they don't know either.” The guards replied.

The guard leader's expression fell, and so did alchemist Bilao's.

'Did someone really enter?' Bilao wondered.

Lin Mu who had just saved Bilao though, was quickly getting away as fast as possible from the area. By the time the duration of fade ended, he had already reached the area near his residence. Though he had overshot and appeared in one of the disciple's residences.

That took inside one of the walls.