Chapter 44 (1/2)

Translator: Radiant  Editor: Radiant

“What! How…How is this possible?”The remaining guardian, who was currently fighting against Tang Xiong, was left aghast.

After killing the protector Liang Yong, the three guardians had complete confidence in dealing with the remaining three Silver Moon Knights and a considerably weaker Si Bai Rong.

However, the moment this black-clothed youngster took out his spear, the situation turned against them.

“Die!” Tang Xiong shouted. Utilizing the moment when the guardian was distracted, the guardian couldn’t hope to match up to the 160 year old Tang Xiong’s attack. The opposing guardian panicked at the wrong moment. ‘Slash~~~’A red dot appeared right above the guardian’s eyebrows and within moments, he fell, with his eyes wide open in shock.

“Brother Xue Ying, that was an amazing spear technique!”Tang Xiong laughed. “Such clean and crisp movements, it’s been awhile since I last saw something like that.”

Yu Jing Qiu was also a little amazed at Xue Ying’s capabilities.

“It’s a pity that Liang Yong was overwhelmed in such a short amount of time. I wasn’t able to reach him in time.” Xue Ying shook his head.

“Humph.”

Si Bai Rong stood behind the group with a gloomy face. His protector was dead and just moments ago, he had touched the veils of death. Yet even after all this, he could not believe that this Xue Ying, who was from the countryside Water Rites Town, could be so strong.

He then walked towards protector Liang Yong to take the armband left from the fight before.

Xue Ying, Jing Qiu and Tang Xiong were all looking at him.

“This old Liang is my protector. I’ll need to bring his belongings back to his family,” Bai Rong said. “As for his body, I’ll leave it here for now until the end of the mission. Afterwards, someone from the Dragon Mountain Manor will collect it.”

“Ai…Who knows if this Bai Rong would even take the items within Liang Yong’s storage treasure back to his family…” Tang Xiong murmured.

He had seen too much, experienced too many things.

The Si Clan was a big clan. Considering its hundred-year-old history, there were definitely many descendants in the family, with many different characters. Concerning Si Bai Rong, despite his innate talent being quite good, nothing good could be said about his character. However, Tang Xiong did not want to get entangled up with such a person. After all, it was said that this type of character was sometimes the hardest to deal with.

“Ka ka ka.” Yu Jing Qiu walked ahead. Utilizing her ability to control cold energy, she brought upon Liang Yong’s body, covering it with a layer of ice.

“These three guardians don’t actually have any treasure.” Tang Xiong scavenged their bodies. “This is so weird. From what I know, most Silver Moon Knights would at least have a few treasures. En. There weren’t even that many gold notes on them.Young master Bai Rong, do you want them?”

Si Bai Rong glanced over at the notes. He was not thick-skinned enough to want a piece of share from the battle when he had not participated in it. “I haven’t killed any of the guardians.”

“You can split it with Xue Ying.”Jing Qiu added.

“Haha. I will take one part, and you take two.” Tang Xiong split the fifty thousand gold notes with Xue Ying. Xue Ying, too, accepted it without hesitation.

“Let’s go.” Jing Qiu continued.

“Let’s continue.”

From this moment on, Xue Ying was the one leading the group of four, with Tang Xiong and Jing Qiu following behind him. As for the young master Bai Rong, he was actually right at the back of the group! After facing the battle before, he felt kind of afraid of what to expect after this, even more so considering that his protector wasn’t by his side anymore.

…

The mission continued peacefully thereafter, with no immensely powerful array formation that could trap the group of four. After searching through the eight Great Halls of the castle, Xue Ying and the others continued on with what they decided earlier on – to scour the basement.

Following the stairs heading downwards, they soon reached a huge gate.

“Fellow experts, please be careful. I can feel some sort of demonic Qi coming from within,”Jing Qiu warned.

“En.” Ultimately, the most dangerous factor of this mission was actually the Demon God’s Emissary present within the holy grounds of Azure River County.

The gate opened.

Jing Qiu’s ice-elemental snakes went through the gates as the vanguard, followed by Xue Ying and the others.

“Such an enormous hall!” All of them were amazed.

The basement beneath the castle actually contained such a big hall. But the most striking part of the hall that captured everyone’s attention was the sculpture of a Demonic God. Even though it was just a sculpture, Demonic Qi could be felt from it, causing Xue Ying and the other experts to feel uneasy.

At the end of the Great Hall was actually a throne.

Currently, a monster-looking man was sitting right on it. Beside him, there was another person adorned with respect towards the man. Without a doubt, Xue Ying and the rest could recognize him as the main target of their mission – Lu Huai Ru.

“I didn’t expect those three guardians to be this useless. Even with the help of my array formations, they only managed to kill one of you,” Lu Huai Ru said with a smile. “If it was any other day, I’d have tried to utilize the current opportunity to escape! However, my chances of escaping from the surveillance of the Dragon Mountain Manor are actually quite small. Even so, today is not any other day. There’s no need for me to escape at all.”