Chapter Seventy-Fifth: A Single Man Should Hold Down the Fort

  "Damn it, you're a ruthless old man! Did you have to go that far? You could've just pretended and that would've been enough. But no, you actually managed to make me spit blood!" Xuan Yuan cursed in his heart. Earlier, he had told the greedy old man to put on an act, otherwise it was possible that he would scare him off and end up losing out. He hadn't expected the greedy old man to actually force him to cough up a mouthful of blood.

  Xuanyuan cursed in his heart, but still grasped the mysterious dagger, unleashing the "Tianlong Fist Blast". A sword light swept across, passing through the necks of the two assassins. In an instant, their life force was sucked dry, and they fell to the ground like harvested wheat, dead on the spot. Xuanyuan's heart skipped a beat in shock.

  "This greedy old man is getting more and more abnormal, in the past he had to use a dagger to stab into someone's body to absorb their life essence, now it only takes one slash, it seems that his original memory has greatly increased his strength."

  "Aren't you just spouting nonsense? Otherwise, I'll make sure to buy your 'Benyuan Memory' for what purpose?" At the moment Greedy Old Man spoke, a surge of Dou Qi merged into the 'Tian Jin Treasure Armor', causing the 'Tian Jin Protective Body Seal' to shine brightly once again. The originally deadly arrow shot by the assassin leader towards Xuan Yuan was directly shattered into powder.

  "Alright, no more nonsense, take out this last one."

  Xuanyuan didn't wait for the greedy old man to speak, and directly cast 'Tianlong Tuzhu', shaking his wrist, and shot out the mysterious dagger, instantly piercing the leader of the killer who was holding a mid-grade earth-tier bow.

  "It's settled." Xuan Yuan walked directly towards the leader of the assassins who was holding a mid-grade artifact crossbow, and took everything off his body. Although this assassin leader was only at the peak of Dou Kong, he was able to possess a mid-grade artifact crossbow, which wasn't simple either.

  "Huh? What's this?" Xuan Yuan searched the body of the assassin leader and found three tubes of crossbow bolts, each bolt emitting a dark, eerie glow.

  "This is a hidden crossbow bolt, the tip of the bolt has a deadly poison. It seems that this killer thinks your strength is too low and you're not worthy of using these bolts. Now it's actually good for you, these are great things to assassinate others with, keep them for yourself." said the greedy old man.

  "Haha, are they here to kill me or deliver something to me?" Xuan Yuan directly put away the 'Dark Flow Crossbow' and 'Dark Flow Arrows', then cleaned up the magical artifacts on his body. Finally, Xuan Yuan counted them up, a total of twenty low-grade artifacts, one mid-grade artifact, and three thousand Dou Wang coins, not a bad haul after all.

  Just as Xuan Yuan finished cleaning up everything, two even more terrifying auras suddenly descended.

  "Unexpectedly, someone has made a move before us." Just as the two voices fell silent, seven or eight terrifying auras descended.

  "Huh? The killer of 'Ascending to Heaven', it seems this kid has many enemies, the killer from 'Sharp Blade Hall' was actually taken down by him? Is he really just a Dou Ling realm cultivator?"

  Suddenly, two forces emerged, causing Xuan Yuan's hair to stand on end. There were at least four Dou Wangs and six peak Dou Kuang experts.

  "Comrade across from us, no matter what, our goal is to kill this little brat. As long as he's dead, our mission will be accomplished, how about it?"

  "Good, I think so too." The leaders of the two killer groups reached an agreement directly in front of Xuan Yuan.

  Xuanyuan hesitated for a moment, stepped on the "Treading Dragon Boots", and the fierce fighting spirit surged into the boots, triggering the "Dragon Treading Ban" inside. With a burst of speed, even the four King-level assassins couldn't help but frown as they saw Xuanyuan fleeing wildly.

  "This kid is not simple, high-quality equipment, this is even something we don't have, chase! Kill him." In almost an instant, four King-level assassins, with their entire body's aura bursting out of the air, chased after Xuan Yuan.

  "Hey kid, don't run, wait a bit and I'll make your death a little more pleasant." One of the King's assassins burst out laughing, his words dripping with the flavor of cat playing with mouse.

  "With this little strength of yours, you can make us all run away and die."

  "Get lost, I'll run if I want to, you'd better not chase me, or it's your lives that will be lost!" Xuan Yuan shouted as he ran, how did so many assassins end up targeting him?

  "Kid, it's not that easy to run away, 'Falling Rock Strike'." One of the King's Killers directly cast his divine ability, punching out a fist. A yellow-colored fighting energy appeared, like a huge stone, smashing towards Xuan Yuan. Xuan Yuan twisted his waist and stepped out with the "Heavenly Dragon Walking Step", dodging this attack. How terrifying is someone in the King's realm? Although it didn't hit Xuan Yuan, this powerful force exploded just a few meters away from him, sweeping him away with an overwhelming power, sending him flying into a dense forest, crashing and breaking three or four large trees.

  "Greedy old man, you damn bastard, why haven't you activated the 'Wu Chen Crown' restriction yet?! If I die, you won't be spared either! This guy has at least a hundred Flying Dragon powers!" Xuan Yuan cursed loudly, his entire body surging with energy, his bones aching intensely, and he spat out three mouthfuls of blood.

  "Haha, I'm doing this to train you a bit, not bad, reflection is not bad." The greedy old man laughed heartlessly and immediately activated the restriction of 'Wu Chen Crown'. A grayish light enveloped down, covering everything within a one-meter radius around Xuan Yuan, making everything invisible.

  Xuanyuan stepped aside and saw two groups of assassins arriving at the spot where Xuanyuan had spat blood, inspecting it.

  "Where did he go? How can he disappear so quickly?" one of the King's assassins said.

  "We'll split up and chase him separately, you guys have more people, this kid is injured and can't run far." The other side's King of Fighters killer said.

  "Good." There were a total of four Dou Wangs and six Dou Huangs at the peak, who split into two directions to chase after Xuan Yuan.

  Xuanyuan looked at the two Dou Wang with a sinister expression, naturally he was going to start with the weaker side first, and he remembered that it was one of these two people who had injured him just now.

  These two fighting kings don't seem to be in a hurry to chase after him, instead they are observing the surroundings, and one of the killers said:

  "This little guy is a Dou Ling realm cultivator, I didn't expect his life to be worth so much money, 100,000 Dou Wang coins! The employer said that we must bring back all the Dou Rings on him, do you think there might be some precious treasure inside?"

  "Hmm, I suppose so. That little guy just now was actually able to react like that and display such a formidable technique. At the very least, it's a heavenly divine ability. Let's kill him first and then search his body for anything."

  "Do you smell it? It smells like blood."

  "It's just nearby."

  As the two Kings of Fighting walked between them, they suddenly smelled a bloody smell. They were getting closer and closer, but at this time, Xuan Yuan, who could see them but couldn't be seen by them, held an "Inferno Crossbow" in each hand. The power of the "Inferno Crossbow" was comparable to that of a mid-grade artifact, but it was a one-time consumable item. After using up the "Inferno Crossbow", the crossbow itself would shatter, meaning that each "Inferno Crossbow" could only shoot eight "Inferno Bolts" before being destroyed.

  Xuanyuan's foot trampled on the dragon boots, and he aimed the two "Inferno Slingshots" at the back of the heads of the two Douwang killers. With both hands fiercely pulling the triggers, he let out a sinister laugh:

  "Go die, all of you go die..."

  Knock knock knock knock knock knock.

  A series of heart-pounding sonic booms burst forth, a stream of crimson light shot out, shooting towards the two King Killers.

  Rumble!

  Only the heads of the two King Killers were seen, and in almost an instant, they were pierced by Xuan Yuan's shot "Inferno Blast Bolt", at such a close distance that it was impossible to dodge. The entire head was blown up in an instant when the "Inferno Blast Bolt" pierced through, and a huge wave of heat rolled out, blasting the two King Killers along with their heads into a large piece of minced meat, scorching hot, and in an instant, all the minced meat on their bodies were roasted to charred black.

  Xuanyuan wasn't afraid of being nauseated, and quickly took the magical treasures and Dou Rings from the two assassins. Xuanyuan wiped his mouth, it seemed that these assassins were indeed not simple, as they could even smell the residual blood on his mouth. If he hadn't bought the 'Treading Dragon Boots' which allowed him to move silently, he probably would have been discovered by them.

  The deafening sound caused by the 'Inferno Crossbow' immediately drew the attention of another group of assassins. Xuan Yuan's 'Dustless Crown' restriction was activated, and no one could see him as he stood quietly in front of the two dead Duowang assassins. Suddenly, two Duowang assassins and six peak Douku figures from the other side rushed towards Xuan Yuan, who held a 'Inferno Crossbow' in each hand, aiming at the two Duowang assassin leaders.

  The two King Killers crouched down, looking at the two corpses that had died in a particularly miserable manner. One of the King Killers said:

  "It's 'Inferno Blast', I didn't think this kid had something like that on him, no wonder his life is worth 100,000 Douwang coins, be careful."

  At the moment when the voice of the King of Fighters' killer fell, two cracking sounds rang out.

  Two scarlet rays of light burst out, directly piercing the heads of two King-level assassins. The terrifying "Inferno Blast Arrow" exploded, tearing their bodies apart from the inside out as a wave of scorching flames ravaged them. Behind them, six more Crazy Blade assassins were caught off guard, barely having time to react.

  Xuanyuan burst out laughing:

  "Die, you."

  His hands didn't stop moving, firing the "Inferno Crossbow" trigger repeatedly. Wave after wave of "Inferno Crossbow Bolts" shot out, and in an instant, six peak-level assassins were blown to pieces, a gruesome sight. After completing all this, the restriction carved on the "Inferno Crossbow" in Xuan Yuan's hands also dimmed and shattered into fragments.

  "Alas, it's not easy being a single man, having to support the family, having to hold down the fort..." Xuan Yuan sighed as he rummaged through the other party's killer's body, not minding the gruesomeness of it.

  After counting, there were thirty pieces of low-grade earthware, twenty pieces of medium-grade earthware, and a total of three million Douwang coins. There were also some Xuan Yuan didn't recognize the value of the medicine bottles temporarily unclear, these just can be used as contributions to the 'Doulong Xianfu' in exchange for merit points.

  "Alas, it's not easy to send money like this..." Xuan Yuan let out another sigh of emotion, and after cleaning up everything, he quickly rushed towards the direction of 'Doulou Xianfu', as no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be even more terrifying assassins coming after him.

  Xuanyuan felt more and more that having money was great, the magic treasures he bought were stronger than people. He liked 'Wuchenguan' more and more. If these killers had top-grade artifacts that could automatically protect their masters, they wouldn't have been bullied by Xuanyuan so badly.