103 Rocs Coming (1/2)

The killers felt no sense of comfort in this deep, dark night.

The two threw the body down the cliff then, just as they prepared to depart, they both sensed danger in the air. The sensitivity to traps was in the killers' nature, which made them consider everything as hostile, including the snecks and the trees.

However, luckily for them, they were not the target. Moreover, this was also not the most intense hunting ground, but they still caused alarm through their behavior.

Like a puff of smoke, an assassin in black stood up in the snecks. ”Tell me your name.”

This was the critical moment. These two teenagers had become colder and colder as they studied the Nameless Swordbook, and they reached tacit cooperation during many assassinations. When this moment arrived, they quickly reacted together. It looked like they had practiced it before as they instinctively leaped into the trap.

Maid Lotus stabbed the speaker to death and moved swiftly - like a bat chasing its food.

Gu Shenwei rushed to the nearby thickets, slightly later than Maid Lotus, and managed to stab another killer.

The two apprentices' ruthlessness surprised the others. They all appeared at once, drawing their sabers.

The killers were used to finishing their tasks without a single battle or making any sound. They waved their sabers silently.

In this horrible dark night, one could neither see any man - except a few moving ghosts - nor hear the sound of weapons crashing or peoples' steps. Just a thud indicated a man falling.

Their battles finished soon after.

There were only ten assassins in black remaining; six were killed. They formed a line to block the exit of Woodensaber Alley.

Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus were trapped.

Maid Lotus' saber was broken, with only half of it left. She did not foresee that one of the assassins wore a breastplate, which protected him from being stabbed in the heart.

Gu Shenwei's hands were empty. Due to the fact that he scratched his wrist when cutting an enemy's neck, he was forced to abandon the saber.

Now they could not alter the situation. The ten assassins were terribly annoyed and shocked. Where did these two apprentices with such weird saber skills coming from? As a result, they stopped in case they killed some of the Shangguan family's offspring - those who were raised painstakingly and secretly by Supreme King.

After a while, a killer asked, ”Who really are you?”

The two stayed silent. Not far from them, there were two bodies with sabers in their hands. If they could grab them, then they might be able to fight back.

”Kill them all.”

”Arrest them.”

As the assassins discorded, they completely ignored Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus. Seizing this opportunity, the surrounded teenagers abruptly rushed toward the dagger on the floor.

The assassins moved almost at the same time, with each teenager having two assassins sent after them. With six assassins remaining, they stayed behind as backup just in case the former ones failed.

Gu Shenwei grasped his saber, but he could not execute any techniques. All he could do was avoid the attacks by tumbling. If this kept up, he would reach the end of the cliff in a few steps.

Maid Lotus performed her lightness skill better than him. She reached the saber earlier but facing two enemy sabers, she could not do anything but retreat, moving closer to the cliff.

Gu Shenwei prepared to endure one cut so that he could stand up and fight back when suddenly, the ”Will of the Divine” appeared and interfered with this incident - something he had forgotten from a long time ago.

A cloud darker than the night flew above and covered the sky.

A giant body landed in front of them, its sickle-like beak waving above everyone's head, searching for and harvesting its favorite food.

The scream could be heard from Woodensaber Alley in the depths of the Inner Residence. Supreme King, who was lying next to his lover, woke up in fright.

The giant red-crowned roc appeared and before it completely landed on the ground, it already killed two of the killers who were surrounding Gu Shenwei.

The other killers were stunned; they were waiting for the beast all this time, but when it finally arrived they could not find any hunting net or rope nearby.

Maid Lotus finally saw an opportunity to counterattack, so she struck one killer and moved closer to Gu Shenwei, standing with him. She knew that the roc was his friend.

Gu Shenwei regained his footing. Astonished, he looked at the fledgling that he had been missing all this time.

In its childhood, it was glabrous and wrinkled, devouring food like a tiger. When it grew up, it became ferocious with its neck shrunk and its shoulders shrugged all the time. Now it was two heads higher than Gu Shenwei. It stood with its shoulders back and chest out, and its crimson feathers bristled like a solid wall. It was truly a roc now.

The giant, red-crowned roc stepped toward the rest of the killers with its back facing the teenagers.