Chapter 864 - The Traceless Assassin (2/2)

“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 assassin 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 assassin, 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 assassin 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 hell 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 assassin. He had worn different kinds of masks, donned countless kinds of disguise and had several dozens of aliases as an assassin.

This was why Guan Jinhao’s alter-ego was able to be on the top of the assassin 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 assassin. 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 Godwill Atlas and training his consciousness.

Then, his consciousness locked onto a humanoid silhouette.

It was an assassin!

“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 shield them.

This “shield” 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 assassin, 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 assassin, Wu Hen did not touch these threads at all; yet, there were other two assassins 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 shield. 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 shield 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