Chapter 1404 - 1384: The Assassination Begins
The assassin code-named Bumblebee, ranked 89th in the Dark Web Organization.
When Bumblebee received the assassination bounty order, he was at an inn in Shuize City.
"Whoever gets Yang Xiao’s head first will be rewarded with ten million crystal disks and promoted to assassin team leader."
Seeing this bounty, a desire emerged in Bumblebee’s eyes.
Ten million crystal disks were secondary; what he valued more was the reward of becoming an assassin team leader.
Within the Dark Web’s internal organization, a team leader could manage nine assassins, directly reporting to the nine gentlemen above.
The management system within the Dark Web Organization was flat; from a lone assassin to Mr. Master, there was only a team leader in between.
Once becoming a team leader, one could directly take orders from the nine gentlemen of the Dark Web, which was a great honor.
Bumblebee decided to try his luck, just in case he succeeded.
Assassination and direct confrontation are different.
As a Dark Web assassin, he had undergone professional training, mastered various makeup and disguise techniques, allowing him to kill his target suddenly when they were defenseless.
Killing someone doesn’t necessarily need combat.
One could infiltrate their house, poison their food, disguise as a stranger, or someone familiar to the target, and launch a sneak attack from behind.
Bumblebee hurried to the City of Hope.
The City of Hope was undergoing reconstruction, with many people coming and going, transporting timber from nearby forests, or stones from nearby foothills, and so on.
Moreover, there were ordinary citizens and merchants flocking from various places to buy goods.
The guards at the gate saw Bumblebee,
"Halt, where is your identity card?"
"Ah, I came from Shuize City. I heard goods are cheap here, so I came to buy some daily necessities."
"Remove the cloak and veil from your head."
Bumblebee compliantly removed them, revealing a handsome face, smiling slightly.
In the Central Continent, or Dwarf Star, people in all sorts of strange costumes were abundant; wearing a cloak and veil was normal.
The guards waved him through, allowing Bumblebee to enter.
After entering, Bumblebee wandered around to gather information about Yang Xiao in the hall.
He just learned from a passerby that Yang Xiao was here inspecting the reconstruction of the houses, so he followed the street towards him.
Yang Xiao’s identity was easy to recognize because when he stood there, people surrounded him like stars surrounding the moon.
Bumblebee had an Empire Middle Level Realm cultivation, with developed spiritual power; from a hundred meters away, he could clearly hear Yang Xiao chatting with others.
Hearing someone shout "Lord Yang," Bumblebee’s heart surged with excitement.
Based on Bumblebee’s experience, if he casually walked past the crowd, suddenly stabbing from behind Yang Xiao with a sword, just a slice within Yang Xiao’s body could take Yang Xiao’s life on the spot.
Killing Yang Xiao and declaring the name of the Dark Web Organization would make people absolutely afraid to attack him.
On the Central Continent, hardly anyone dares to provoke an assassin from the Dark Web Organization.
Half a year ago, Bumblebee had used the same method, casually assassinating the city lord of that city in a farmer’s market, cutting off the city lord’s head.
The city lord’s guards immediately surrounded Bumblebee.
Bumblebee coolly remarked,
"I am the Dark Web’s assassin, Bumblebee. Someone paid us to assassinate your city lord. I only kill him, not you all. Know your place and step back; otherwise, you’ll be opposing the Dark Web. How many heads do you have? Are the lives of your family’s wives and children of no importance?"
In people’s minds, the Dark Web had always been the epitome of mystery and cruelty.
Since the city lord was already dead, his guards naturally did not need to avenge him, especially when facing the terrifying Dark Web Organization.
Bumblebee walked past the street next to Yang Xiao, blending in with the numerous passersby. Except for the somewhat conspicuous cloak, he would generally not be noticed.
Only about five meters away from Yang Xiao, Bumblebee drew his Longsword from his waist, releasing a sharp killing aura that pierced through the void, aimed at Yang Xiao.
Only when Bumblebee drew the Longsword and revealed his killing aura did Yang Xiao’s Divine Sense catch a trace of anomaly amidst the chaotic surroundings.
Yang Xiao instinctively turned his head to look, and Bumblebee’s figure flickered, carrying a fierce killing aura as it stabbed towards Yang Xiao.
A circle of people stood behind Yang Xiao.
The killing aura from Bumblebee pierced through the gap between the two people behind Yang Xiao, shooting towards him like lightning.
At this moment, Le Ting stood at Yang Xiao’s side, and the accompanying guards had not yet perceived the anomaly.
The killing aura was only about a meter away from Yang Xiao when it suddenly surged, instantly reaching in front of him.
Yang Xiao didn’t dodge; instead, he pointed his finger at Bumblebee’s Longsword in the air.
Bumblebee suddenly felt his arm tremble, as a numb sensation traveled from his wrist holding the sword straight to his shoulder.
"Not good!"
Bumblebee internally exclaimed, a sudden fear of death welling up inside him.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the bones in Bumblebee’s entire right arm fractured, and his whole arm weakened and hung down immediately. The Longsword fell to the ground with a clang as it hit the stone floor.
At this moment, Le Ting and a few guards had already reacted, shouting loudly,
"An assassin! Protect the City Lord!"
After Le Ting spoke, he leaped forward, directly pouncing on Bumblebee, unable to draw his sword in time, and punched through the air.
Bumblebee quickly used Instantaneous Movement, sliding dozens of meters backward.
The other guards shouted in unison, drawing their Longswords and surrounding Bumblebee.
Bumblebee swiftly pulled out an egg-sized sphere with his left hand and forcefully threw it to the ground.
"Bang!"
With a crisp sound, the small sphere exploded, and a thick smoke instantly shot out, spreading within a span of dozens of meters of the area, obscuring any view of people.
Le Ting couldn’t care about anything else, rushing into the smoke with his sword, thrusting numerous sword shadows forward.
The other guards similarly charged into the smoke.
The surrounding ordinary citizens erupted in commotion.
Wang Er, opposite Yang Xiao, shouted loudly,
"Brothers, someone is assassinating Lord Yang, let’s protect Lord Yang, we can’t let the villain’s plot succeed!"
These people all possessed certain Genetic Evolution Abilities, with the higher ones reaching the King Level Realm, and at the least, they were at the Enhanced Gene Stage.
"Yes, protect Lord Yang."
Dozens of citizens who were initially repairing houses quickly surrounded Yang Xiao, turning their backs to him, each watching the surroundings nervously.
Seeing this scene, Yang Xiao couldn’t help but smile wryly, feeling somewhat touched.
Such simple citizens!
Yang Xiao stood still, as he knew the assassins were definitely not alone.
He wanted to see who else would emerge.
At this moment, an elderly man who was passing by rushed over and collided with a young man.
The old man fell onto the ground with a cry, wailing loudly.
The young man not only failed to help the old man but also kicked him and shouted fiercely,
"Old fool, looking for death, can’t watch where you’re going! I’ll kill you."
The young man said this as he drew his Longsword, striking towards the elderly man on the ground.