Chapter 161 (1/2)

Chapter 161: Slave Yuan Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

The story that Sword Sacrificer Ye Silang was aave rise to two completely different responses from Jade City’s residents

Soon Society’s side and claimed that Kun Society used an underhand tactic to double up on Ye Silang, thereby causing a fair duel to degenerate into a dirty and ugly plot

But Kun Society had no lack of supporters itself These people believed that this was a classic tale of killer versus swordshty and eventually succunificant whether or not it o-versus-one A killer was unscrupulous by nature, and surely Ye Silang, who lived in Jade City, should have known this would be the case

Only a handful of people cared about the truth

The plot was enacted at the very instant Ye Silang noticed the trail of his enehtness Skill was no ht face-to-face This ly for had been for naught Ye Silang did not look overeager at all – his patience washis sword, Ye Silang initiated an attack on his ene under a tree He believed that victory was close at hand and a ined there would be another person hiding in the forest This person hid on a tree, and his patience was even better than the two duelists below hi placed his full attention on his opponent’s body

The person was also a sword user

He was unbelievably quick, just like the black-masked assassin of Golden Roc Fort By the time he appeared froet

If the sas aimed at him, Gu Shenwei had no confidence he would be able to avoid it In fact, he was completely stunned at the , however, was able to prevent his vital parts froed to retaliate with a strike

The assassination attempt was over in a split second The assassin, draped in a white cape, did not even land on the ground With a thrust of his sword, he was able to generate momentum to leap back on to the trees, and quickly disappeared in a few leaps His Lightness Skill see suffered a sword blow to the chest, laid down on the snow He would probably be dead by now if his counterblow did not e to impale the assassin’s ar out his knife, he peered at the swords was still clutching his sword, but kneas powerless and no longer a match for the youth

Gu Shenas indeed the winner, and if only he sank his knife into the opponent and walked out of Rouge Forest with his sliced head, nobody would have suspected that the victory was undeserved “I didn’t win”

He carried the latter out of the forest, to the surprise of everyone

The first person who could not understand the situation was Shangguan Ru “Why didn’t you kill hi him?”

“I want to find out who the assassin is Having fought against hiuan Ru was evenus anyway”

“That’s what I’ He did not believe that someone would help him without reason, and thus he needed to find out the truth “We are the killers The ones who should be hiding in the dark are you and me This assassin…”

“Could he be sent fro she hatedpeople to aid her – she wanted to make it entirely on her own

Gu Shenwei shook his head assertively If it was so Master as protected The assassin would certainly not have interfered in the duel between a killer and a swordsman

There was another reason why he did not kill Ye Silang, which he only revealed to Maid Lotus “It would have been a waste to kill an exceptional master like him”

Maid Lotus was the only person who could understand theof this sentence anyway Death Scripture relied on successive battles to be advanced to a higher level – a reatest use to the killer’s sword practice

Above all, because he was still alive, the duel was postponed for an indefinite period

The people who thought the duel would end the war between the two societies would quickly be disappointed Because of the ceaseless quarrels regarding ho lost, who played fair, and who played dirty, the war resuht brazenly on the streets in broad daylight, and when evening arrived, both sides dispatched assassins to assassinate each other’s uan Ru remained dissatisfied that Gu Shenwei did not take the opportunity to kill Ye Silang To appease her and regain her trust, he made plans for an iet was the Machete God, known as the teaon Society had spent half ashi+’an, and he was part of the bright young generation which eed from Soldiers Camp After more than half a year in Jade City, he remained a nobody and could not even find soed when he made his mark in the Machete God Contest

His machete technique was unconventional but not particularly aesthetic Defense was his specialty; at the start of a contest, he often concealed his strength and took backward steps until he figured out his opponent, at which ti blow

Gu Shenwei had seen this Machete God’s performance in a tournament and felt that his reputation was certainly deserved However, Tuo Nengya, atched the performance beside him, had a different opinion “There’s no proble with his personality”

Huang shi+’an’s weakness was that his heart was not ruthless enough Throughout the competition to becole person, and would stop fighting uponcontact with the opponent Several times, he merely knocked off his opponent’s weapon

He was a handso man, and his amiable and cheerful personalityPrior to entering Stone Castle, Gu Shenould have, like theshi+’an as an idol However, the latter was only an assassination target to hi shi+’an was considered a teahts between the two societies Initially, he was kept safe in North City, but after Marquis Gao’s assassination, Horned Dragon Society assigned hiarrison activities at the society’s hold

As he was the sy him would naturally be a heavy blow to the society

Horned Dragon Society’s stronghold in South City was located in the east, close to the river which flowed through Jade City From its rooftop, one could see North City, with its neat and clean streets, across the river More than a hundred machetemen were stationed here, whilestreets and lanes The guard atertight; nobody from Kun Society had ever been able to step foot inside alive

As this was an assassination rather than an open fight, Gu Shenwei selected only five killers to be part of the squad These people were Maid Lotus, Liuhua, two other people, and himself Liuhua was a reluctant choice – he was the most proficient at crossbows, and the squad happened to need someone like that