Chapter 51: Bloodstained White Clothes (2/2)
Even if he was a warrior who could use elemental power, it was impossible for him to move at this speed.
Seeing that two of the seven assassins had been killed in the blink of an eye, the two went anxious.
“Use your cloaking techniques!” the old man in black thundered.
The five assassins overcame their horror and collected themselves. With a whooshing sound, the five figures instantly vanished.
Long Qingxie squinted around but didn’t find any signs, ‘These assassins are indeed pretty good.’
“Whoosh!”
The sound of a sharp weapon splitting the air was heard and it was aimed at Long Qingxie’s back.
A black figure appeared out of nowhere and rapidly stabbed his sword towards Long Qingxie.
The assassin saw his sword sink into Long Qingxie’s body. The corner of his lips curved into a cold smile and a flicker of smugness crossed his eyes.
But the next second, his face changed, since he didn’t feel his sword going into a real body.
He saw that Long Qingxie’s “body” twisted and then instantly disappeared.
‘A blur?’
‘That was a mere blur?’
‘How was that possible?’
“Watch out!” the old man in black yelled.
“Whoosh!”
Before that assassin could react, the smugness in his eyes was replaced by horror.
He lowered his head to look at the black sword sticking in his chest, then raised his head and stared at Long Qingxie. He didn’t know when Long Qingxie had appeared before him, neither did he understand how Long Qingxie had managed to do this even at the last moment of his life.
‘Is he a human or a ghost?'
'We’re all at Tier VIII peak stage. Though he wields wind element, but he shouldn’t be this fast.’
”Puh ... ”
The sword was whipped out. Blood gushed from the wound and stained Long Qingxie’s white clothes.
However, at this moment.
“Whoosh!”
Four black figures appeared behind his back and thrust their swords at his sides and back.
”I've been waiting for you!” Long Qingxie curved his lips into a smile with a terrifying, sanguinary air.
The four assassins stabbing their swords at him, Long Qingxie leaped upwards. With a surge of Wood energy, numerous ropes sprang out of thin air and shot towards those four assassins.
When the ropes wrapped themselves around them, not only the four assassins but also Jin Long and the old man in black were distinctly stunned.
With that, their pupils contracted.
”Wood Attribute?”
'That was actually Wood Attribute!'
'How... How many Attributes does he own exactly?'
'On this continent, there are only five Attributes in total.'
'But he has already shown four of them. How's this possible?'
Both Jin Long and that old man in black were shocked. They had thought that Long Qingxie didn't stand a chance of winning this seven-versus-one fight even if he was in Tier IX, not to mention he was merely in peak stage of Tier VIII.
But the current outcome was jaw-dropping.
However, at this time, Long Qingxie raised his sword and slashed at the four tied-up assassins as fast as he could.
Killing aura thickening the air, he wanted to finish these four assassins with the sword of fire as soon as possible.
”So arrogant! You actually want to kill four people with one blow!” someone thundered, a sudden surge of potent energy charging at Long Qingxie head-on.
Long Qingxie didn't try to dodge but kept ruthlessly slashing at his targets.
Face full of sullenness, the old man in black shot towards Long Qingxie at lightning speed and parried Long Qingxie's blow with powerful sword spirit.
”Clang!” Their powers clashed violently and an intangible force instantly rippled outwards from where the two swords collided against each other.
The four assassins paled visibly when hit by that force. Something sweet welled up to their throats and they nearly spat blood.
'His power is so strong!'
At this time, Jin Long vigorously waved his hand and a surge of fire elemental energy fiercely charged at where Long Qingxie and the old man in black had engaged. The two swords were separated.
”You old man. It turns out that you're in early stage of Tier IX,” Long Qingxie took a step backwards, raising his eyebrows.
He hadn't expected that this old man in black had been using some kind of skill to conceal his true strength so as to trick others into believing that he was only in peak stage of Tier VIII.
However, he was the leader of the eight assassins, so it was not too surprising that he was in early stage of Tier IX.
The old man in black squinted at Long Qingxie, but deep down in his heart, he was somewhat afraid.
The others might not have known it, but the old man in black himself knew very well that he had nearly failed to parry that blow just now, though he was in early stage of Tier IX, ”Who're you exactly?” the man in black robe felt that his palm was nearly numb due to the counterforce of that impact with Long Qingxie's sword.
'Is that man really just in peak stage of Tier VIII?'
The corner of Long Qingxie's lips curved into an evil smile and he looked handsome and innocent, but those who saw him felt a chill down their spines.
”Someone who'll take your life!” The moment he finished the last word, with a sudden move of his body, Long Qingxie wielded his bloodstained black sword and slashed at the old man.
Narrowing his eyes into slits, the old man in black robe wielded his sword and fought back head-on. His Tier IX early-stage strength was fully displayed at this moment. Aggressive and rapid, all his moves were aimed at Long Qingxie's vital parts.
But after only a short while, the old man in black robe seemed to have been forced to an unfavorable situation.
Jin Long had been watching on the side all along, and his face became more and more sullen.
'How's this possible?'
Although the peak stage of Tier VIII was only one level lower than the early stage of Tier IX, there was a tremendous strength gap between the two.
Unexpectedly, with Tier IX early-stage strength, the old man in black robe failed to get the upper hand.
”What are you waiting for? Go besiege him!” Seeing that the four assassins were watching in shock, Jin Long couldn't help but thunder, his face darkening.
They numbered ten, and none of their levels was lower than peak stage of Tier VIII.
But four of them had already been killed by this young man who was merely in peak stage of Tier VIII, and now even their Tier IX early-stage member failed to get the upper hand.
'If things keep going this way, this mission might ... '