Chapter 136: Kingdom Politics (1/2)

Chapter 136: Kingdom Politics

The dead person was a white-skinned youth, with a pair of large, bright eyes. Even upon death, his eyes were still wide open as they gazed at the sky, filled with fear. His expression was one of disbelief.

It was as if he were saying, “How could this happen to me1?”

A large hole was embedded in his chest, and blood flowed out from it, soaking his entire body.

However, the fatal blow was not there, but rather at his throat.

There was a similar hole there. It was not large, but it had pierced through his entire esophagus.

“It’s a sword wound. He was killed by someone else,” Su Chen said after inspecting the wound.

The Hidden Dragon Institute allowed deaths to happen. After all, in a battle where tens of thousands of people were involved, as well as countless Vicious Beasts, it was impossible to completely guarantee their security.

But allowing deaths to happen was one thing. When they saw the person lying dead in front of them, they were still unsettled in their hearts.

It was just a competition to secure an enrollment spot, not tempering via life-or-death battles, and even more it was not a place to wantonly massacre people. If they had died to a Vicious Beast, they could only blame their lack of skill, but to die to another human, what did this mean?

“The traces of battle go from there all the way over here. This person was chased down and killed. “Wang Doushan gazed off into the distance, then towards the corpse’s midsection. There should have been a jade tablet there, but at that moment there was nothing there except a string which had been cut in half.

“The string was cut in half. He had no way of breaking the jade tablet and escaping. The perpetrator purposefully cut off his escape route!” Su Chen followed up.

“His throat was blown apart in one blow. That was not a common attack. It’s an Origin Skill which can explode after the sword penetrates the victim’s body, leaving behind a brutal injury. This Origin Skill possesses great killing power,” Wang Doushan said as he pointed at the victim’s throat.

Su Chen continued, “But there are around twelve wounds on his body as well. If he was able to kill his opponent in one blow, yet he wanted to toy around with his opponent……”

He didn’t finish that sentence. The two of them looked at each other and said, “He was enjoying the process of killing his opponent!”

A cold intent simultaneously seeped into their hearts.

“Hey, do you think that the perpetrator had a grudge against the victim, causing him to act like this?” Wang Doushan asked.

“That’s a possibility.” Su Chen dabbed his fingers in the victim’s blood, his eyes looking around as he said, “Hopefully, that’s it.”

“Yes, hopefully that’s it.” Wang Doushan also sighed.

If it was just a personal grudge, then everything would end now that this exam candidate had been killed.

But if it wasn’t, the situation was much more complicated.

Wang Doushan wanted to say something more, but he discovered that Su Chen was still staring at the blood. He asked with some curiousity, “What are you looking for?”

“The Origin Energy that the perpetrator used carried a fire-attribute and possessed an explosive nature. Although its power was not great, it could be used for long periods of time,” Su Chen said. “Thus, although it may seem like he doesn’t possess much power, if he injures his opponents they will be gravely wounded, and he might even be able to paralyze his opponent. Thus, his attack method should not rely on open, straightforward strikes. Rather, it would be the complete opposite – his sword should be quick and agile, focusing mainly on speed. As long as he could wound the opponent, the wound location would lose combat ability. The victim was wounded twelve times, not just so the opponent could toy with him, but also because with these twelve wounds, the victim had no strength to fight back anymore.”

“You can even see this?” Wang Doushan asked in shock.

Su Chen continued, “This kind of attack used to generate internal explosions should be some kind of Bloodline Origin Skill. Do you know which clans in the fifth region possess such a bloodline?”