Chapter 117: The Death-Courting Xin Yue Monarch

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: The Death-Courting Xin Yue Monarch

Thanks to the Celestial Dao Contract and the Divine Bone within their bodies, their Cultivation soared. Though their control over this new power was unrefined, they could wield it instantly.

All his wounds healed in an instant. Sensing the leap in his Cultivation, Jing’an marveled at Chu Fan’s talent and fortune while his own aura transformed completely.

The situation had naturally undergone a shocking reversal.

The three men had been able to handle Jing’an with ease just moments before. Although they were shocked that his wounds had healed in an instant, they still didn’t take him seriously.

They all thought, ’If we could injure him once, we can do it again. Whatever Secret Technique he used to heal his wounds instantly, he can’t possibly keep using it forever, right?’

In the next moment, they had no time for regret. Even their final screams were caught in their throats as their blades were severed and their heads shot toward the sky.

Below Nascent Soul, all are ants. Above Nascent Soul, every Realm is a new Heaven.

Therefore, the gap between the Soul Emergence Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm was as vast as the difference between heaven and earth. Jing’an used just one Sword strike. Besides severing their blades and their heads, not a single trace of Sword Qi escaped elsewhere.

After killing those three, Jing’an didn’t linger. He immediately sensed the locations of the other five and hunted them down one by one.

The eight assassins had thought this was a mission they were certain to complete. They never would have dreamed, even in death, that things would take such a turn.

Did they feel regret? Perhaps.

But any regret they felt was extinguished along with their lives.

He naturally didn’t need to deal with the bodies. After killing all eight assassins, he rushed to Jin Chuhong’s side at once.

Just in case there were any other assassins lurking.

"The blood on you?" Seeing Jing’an bathed in blood, Jin Chuhong’s eyes immediately reddened. But perhaps due to her years in a high position, she did not shed a tear.

"It’s nothing. This is all the enemy’s blood," Jing’an said with a reassuring smile.

Jin Chuhong grabbed his arm and began to inspect him. After all, his clothes were torn in several places, and the bloodstains had clearly seeped out from underneath.

However, after a thorough check, she found no injuries on his body and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Master’s Cultivation has risen by another Great Realm. I have no idea what kind of fortuitous encounter he had. I’m really starting to suspect that Master is the chosen one of legend."

Jing’an exclaimed, still shaken from the ordeal.

’If it weren’t for Master’s sudden surge in Cultivation—and a jump of an entire Great Realm at that—I would probably be dead right now.’

’Even though he had died once before, to say he felt no fear when facing death again would be a lie.’

’Back when he was a lone fugitive, he had a "live one day at a time, be buried wherever you fall" attitude. But when he truly faced death, he couldn’t meet it with composure.’

’And now? He was no longer alone. He had a beautiful wife with immense power and, thanks to the Celestial Dao Contract with his Master, a bright future ahead of him.’

’So now, his fear of death was even greater than when he had been alone.’

The other reason he was so shaken was Chu Fan’s heaven-defying talent and fortune.

Never mind the gap between the Nascent Soul Realm and Soul Emergence Realm Tier Two; for ninety-nine percent of Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators, the bottleneck at the Nascent Soul Realm Peak was an insurmountable chasm they might never cross in their entire lives.

To jump from Nascent Soul Realm Tier Three to Soul Emergence Realm Tier Three in such a short time... it was simply dreamlike.

In fact, Jing’an would have sooner believed it was all a dream.

Jin Chuhong was left speechless by Jing’an’s words. He had explained the Cultivator Realms to her before, and with her own considerable knowledge and intellect, she was deeply shaken.

She even felt that the plan Chu Fan had mentioned the day she met him might not be impossible to achieve after all.

"Are you certain the assassins were sent by the Xin Yue Monarch?" Jin Chuhong asked.

Jing’an nodded. "Since he refuses to play by the rules time and again, there’s no need for us to show him any courtesy either."

Jing’an had wanted to kill the Xin Yue Monarch ever since the eight assassins appeared on their wedding day. However, that very night, Chu Fan had told him about his grand plan, and he decided it would be more satisfying to one day make the Xin Yue Monarch watch his own regime collapse as the Shuoyue Kingdom annexed the Xin Yue Kingdom. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

That’s why he had suppressed his anger. But he never expected the Xin Yue Monarch to be so relentless. In that case, there was nothing more to be said.

’If not for Master Chu Fan’s massive leap in Realm, he and Jin Chuhong would likely have both died tonight.’

"Jing’an, maybe we should just let it go," Jin Chuhong said, ultimately still worried for his safety. In terms of national power, the Xin Yue Kingdom was at least twice as strong as the Shuoyue Kingdom.

Just then, Jing’an sensed a powerful, unconcealed aura entering the Palace City and heading straight for him.

"Someone’s coming. Stay here and don’t show yourself," Jing’an instructed before walking out of the main hall.

He then saw it was Ying Xiao who had arrived.

"How did you get here so fast?"

"I was on a mission on Mang Mountain when I saw the Jade Scroll from Bufan and rushed over. My Cultivation suddenly surged midway, so my speed naturally increased. I smell a strong stench of blood. Looks like you’ve already taken care of the trouble yourself?" Ying Xiao said.

"If Master’s Cultivation hadn’t suddenly surged, what you’d be seeing right now is probably just my corpse."

"The Xin Yue Kingdom again?" Ying Xiao asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. And this time, I don’t plan on letting them off."

"Leave this to me. You’ll owe me a favor. By the day after tomorrow at the latest, that assassin organization will be wiped from existence, and the Xin Yue Monarch and everyone else involved in this will be dead."

"Won’t it be dangerous?" Jing’an asked.

"Killing is my specialty. And now that I’ve risen by a Great Realm, it’s the perfect opportunity to improve my ranking on the assassin charts. So don’t worry. Just remember you owe me a favor."

Without waiting for Jing’an to agree, Ying Xiao turned and left, not even giving him a chance to say another word.

Ying Xiao had a cold personality, but at that moment, Jing’an’s heart was warm.

He had said the day after tomorrow, but Ying Xiao only took two days. He traveled thousands of miles, and the severed heads of the Xin Yue Monarch, the Grand Marshal of the Army, and several other high-ranking ministers were hung from the gatehouse of Zhengyi Gate in the Xin Yue Palace City.

The entire Xin Yue Kingdom was shocked. With their Sovereign assassinated, the kingdom fell into civil unrest.

Aside from the events in the Xin Yue Kingdom, far fewer people knew about the other outcome: the fourth-ranked assassin organization in the Eastern Domain, with a total of fifty-four members, had been completely annihilated. The organization and all its ranked assassins were removed from the charts.

Among them was an assassin who had been ranked sixth in the Eastern Domain.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yi, originally ranked thirteenth, shot up directly to fifth place. This immediately sent powerful shockwaves through the Eastern Domain’s Assassin Realm.

The most direct result of Zhou Yi’s improved ranking was that his organization, the Dark Night Envoy, rose with the tide, becoming the second-ranked assassin organization. The only group ranked higher was the organization known as Night Owl.

With their higher ranking, their volume of business rose sharply, and the number of assassins switching their allegiance to join them also gradually increased.

Perhaps Ying Xiao hadn’t considered any of this before he went on his killing spree.