Chapter 37

Azhi, you must die!

When Tang Zheng saw this, he was completely stunned!

"Floor! Smash it!" Tang Zheng didn't have time to go over, so he could only shout this at Azhi.

However, it was clearly too late!

What locked Azhi's ankles was a bone-lock!

The bone-lock itself has the effect of delaying the flow of star power, and the crossbow arrows were so fast that Azhi's star power couldn't possibly break through the floor in such a short time!

Whoo...

The fierce arrow light shot by the powerful crossbow had already burst through the window at the end of the corridor. The crystal-embedded xuan wood window, made of extremely strong crystal, was suddenly shattered by the fierce wind brought by the passing arrow!

Death was less than a second away from Azhi...

But at this moment, a hand appeared out of nowhere between the row of crossbow arrows and Azhi!

That hand looked thin and withered.

It seemed like a light breeze could break it.

The one who blocked between the crossbow arrows and Azhi was precisely the old man who had been traveling with Azhi all along!

In the next moment, those arrows, shining with dazzling silver light, roared and directly collided with the old man's palm!

Ding ding ding ding ding...

The moment the two made contact, light splashed in all directions.

The crossbow arrows, each worth a purple gold coin and engraved by a master, instantly emitted a sharp grinding sound!

In front of the old man, a series of extremely glaring silver lights crisscrossed!

Then, those arrows, as if crushed by a meat grinder, turned into powder in the air!

Powder!

The surging killing intent from outside the window instantly vanished!

Only countless fine silver powders, like specks of starlight, drifted in the night sky...

At this moment, the black-clothed assassin, whose neck had already been grabbed by Tang Zheng from behind, used his last breath to throw a cylinder in Azhi's direction!

Azhi was still standing there, unable to move.

"Huh..." Tang Zheng saw the black-clothed assassin using his last breath to target Azhi?

At this moment, the old man's palm flipped!

Countless dark red star powers spurted out from the cylinder in the air, from the floor, the handrail, and the air, like blood.

Tang Zheng felt his star power stagnate.

When he looked again, the cylinder that had already flown in the air and other untriggered mechanisms were completely destroyed!

Silence.

Throughout the entire process, the old man didn't even summon a star image!

After doing everything, the old man smiled and turned his head to pat Azhi's head.

As if the danger that had just occurred never existed.

Tang Zheng casually wiped the assassin's neck and asked, "How did you get into a fight? What's going on here?"

"Hmph, that's exactly what I want to ask you!" Azhi looked at him with a resentful expression, and the assassin whose neck had been wiped was also looking bitter.

...

All the mechanisms in the inn were, of course, set up by Tang Zheng!

Because he knew that the assassins last night were hired from the Shadow Stronger List, he had already been considering his safety.

Banyi Lou said that the Shadow King Order could be used to buy a life!

If it could buy one life, why couldn't it buy another?

He had already determined that only a small group of people in the Hidden Blue Manor knew his true strength, and for some unknown reason, they could only secretly kill him.

Therefore, hiring assassins would definitely be their first choice!

If the first attempt failed, there would certainly be a second, a third...

At the time, he was at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and he didn't even care for the weapons and martial techniques in the outer hall, so he bought a bunch of miscellaneous items. After returning to the inn, he spent a full hour setting up all the mechanisms and poisons!

When the tripwire, which ordinary people couldn't touch, was triggered, he was still thinking that if he had good luck today, he might be able to catch a live one and ask who in the Hidden Blue Manor had lied to make everyone run around looking for a two-star or higher martial artist, repeatedly missing him.

Who knew that when he opened the door, he actually saw the masked assassin already fighting with someone!

Before he could see who it was, his field of vision was already filled with the black-clothed assassin who had been knocked down by the mechanisms. Without thinking, he rushed over...

Then he heard Azhi's voice!

Azhi's position was a certain death position!

The "bone-lock" was harmless to those who hadn't lit their Life Palace, but once triggered, even a three-star martial artist couldn't break free or destroy it.

What Tang Zheng connected to the bone-lock was the most terrifying weapon he bought from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion—the Soul Annihilation Crossbow!

A Soul Annihilation Crossbow only had twelve arrows, each worth a full purple gold coin. Banyi Lou had said that this crossbow could make even a three-star martial artist unable to retreat unscathed when hit head-on!

But the old man only used one palm to turn all the arrows into powder!

This was the power of a true strong person!

...

Tang Zheng let go.

Thud, the assassin's body fell to the ground.

Actually, when he saw the assassin's final target, he had already guessed where today's setup had gone wrong.

Assassin, still an assassin!

But today's assassin wasn't targeting him, but Azhi!

Seeing the assassin really dead, Azhi pouted in despair: "Grandpa Ghost, I... did I fail the 129th test?"

He felt more pain when he saw the old man take action than if he had been killed by the arrows.

He knew better than anyone what the old man's action meant...

In the previous 128 times, he had always killed the assassins.

Today's assassin wasn't stronger than the previous ones, but the old man had taken action for the first time!

However, the old man only patted Azhi's head and didn't answer, instead walking toward Tang Zheng: "I didn't expect you to have grown so much in just a month."

Tang Zheng's face stiffened. Facing this old man with unfathomable strength, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

If the old man wanted to kill him, he would be no different from a chicken that Meng Fenghua had cut in half in Tang Xiaotang's kitchen.

"Your setup is impressive." The old man nodded.

"I have no choice; there are too many people trying to kill me recently." Tang Zheng said.

"Can't you change the place where you die?" Azhi was so depressed he wanted to commit suicide. "That person was trying to kill me, not you! What's wrong with you, taking my target?!"

"..." Tang Zheng almost choked on his saliva. "What do you mean I took your target? Speak clearly!"

"Hehehehe..." The old man smiled gently and pressed his hand down at Azhi.

Azhi had to swallow his anger.

The old man smiled and shook his head at Tang Zheng: "Scattered Star Oil, Sorrowful Wind Mist, Seven Hidden Sharp Needles, Bone-Lock, Soul Annihilation Crossbow... Your setup is quite grand!"

The items in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion were all extraordinary.

And the items Tang Zheng requested were rarely bought by anyone.

But the old man could list all the items he used!

Tang Zheng's gaze deepened...

However, the old man didn't seem to be trying to make things difficult for him. He turned to the staircase and went to negotiate with the guards who had arrived from Tang Family Castle.

Azhi found Tang Zheng increasingly annoying to look at.

It was normal for him to find Tang Zheng annoying. As a two-star martial artist, he wasn't killed by the assassin, but he almost died from Tang Zheng's mechanisms!

"Hey." Azhi glanced at Tang Zheng while the old man was negotiating with the guards.

"What?"

"You... you need to apologize!" Azhi, with a twisted expression, made his small request to Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng's heart sank. He thought Azhi would say something meaningful while the old man was away?

He had almost killed this little boy, and after thinking for a long time, the little boy came up with the request for an apology!

"I don't need you to apologize right away." Azhi glanced sideways.

"..." Tang Zheng was really choked this time.

"Anyway... you spent a lot of money today and didn't kill the person you wanted to. When I have money, I'll pay you for the mechanisms destroyed by Grandpa Ghost, and then you have to apologize to me. Got it?"

"..." Tang Zheng thought, this kid may be young, but he talks quite boldly.

"Hmph, if you don't apologize, I'll kill you!" Azhi brandished his two short swords, threatening.

"..." Tang Zheng glanced at the wound on Azhi's ankle and shrugged.

Who would kill whom, who knows?

As they were talking, his peripheral vision caught the old man, who was negotiating with the guards, flipping a token in his hand.

Tang Zheng's gaze quickly moved away.

It was a purple-golden Shadow King Order!

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