"Die!"
A fanatical gleam flashed in the Assassin's eyes.
He had spent ages searching before finally finding this target.
Her strength was only at the Soul Grandmaster level, but the value of her head was almost equal to that of a Soul Emperor!
And according to his investigation, this target was a genius, but she had no guards by her side. She had even been too afraid to chase after someone who had snatched her belongings.
In other words, the target was just a little kid with exceptional talent.
Though the target was quite pretty, what did a good-looking face matter compared to glittering Gold Soul Coins?
It was not his first time destroying a flower with ruthless hands.
Besides, beautiful women were easy to find, but a head with such a high cost-performance ratio was extremely rare!
And this was the best opportunity he had found. Not only were there few people around, but beside the target there was only a little girl and two ordinary people who looked old before their time.
If he, a Soul King, still could not succeed under these circumstances, he might as well die!
Seeing the dagger draw closer and closer to the target, the fanaticism in the Assassin's eyes grew even more intense. As long as it so much as grazed her, the poison on the dagger could easily take the target's life. At this distance, he dared guarantee that even a Soul King would be unable to dodge!
Only... why was the target so calm?
The doubt flickered through his mind and vanished, but it was quickly buried beneath piles of Gold Soul Coins.
"Die!"
Just as the dagger was about to pierce Zhu Zhuqing's neck, the two Title Douluo moved.
The next instant, the Assassin's pupils shrank. He felt someone grab his head with one hand!
A powerful force directly suppressed him, leaving him unable to make even the slightest movement, while the poison-coated dagger froze half a fist away from Zhu Zhuqing!
"Qianhai!"
A look of pleasant surprise flashed through Zhu Zhuqing's eyes.
The two Title Douluo stopped moving and exchanged a glance, solemnity flashing through both their eyes.
Chen Xin: Bone, did you see how he got there?
Gu Rong rolled his eyes. What do you think?
He was level 95, while Chen Xin was level 96. If even Chen Xin had not seen it, what could he have seen?
Just now, they had been about to act, but in the instant before they did, Jiang Qianhai had abruptly appeared there.
They had not seen how he had appeared at all!
That was terrifying!
After exchanging that glance, the two Title Douluo looked at Jiang Qianhai, whose five fingers were hooked like claws around the Assassin's head, and thought to themselves.
This little fellow is not simple!
There was absolutely no way he was merely a Soul Douluo!
On the other side.
Zhu Zhuqing walked up beside Jiang Qianhai. After seeing the stains on his clothes, she nodded as if she had expected it all along.
As for this Assassin, she was not worried at all. There were two famous Title Douluo beside her. Even if they were not her Dao protectors, for Ning Rongrong's sake, they would not let her be hurt.
What exceeded her expectations, however, was that Jiang Qianhai had actually come back.
After a month apart, she felt like her Qianhai energy was almost running out.
She ignored the Assassin in Jiang Qianhai's hand and threw herself straight into Jiang Qianhai's arms.
"When did you get back?"
With her cheek pressed against Jiang Qianhai's face, Zhu Zhuqing asked somewhat indistinctly.
Jiang Qianhai skillfully turned his head and gave Zhu Zhuqing's cheek a kiss before replying, "I just got back. I sensed from far away that you were in danger. Good thing I came in time."
"Mm." Zhu Zhuqing buried her cheek against Jiang Qianhai's neck and gave a muffled hum. Her dependence on Jiang Qianhai had already sunk deep into her bones.
After calming her emotions, Zhu Zhuqing finally left Jiang Qianhai's neck. She looked into Jiang Qianhai's eyes. "But I feel like you don't seem surprised that I was attacked. Did you find out something?"
"Mm. The reason I came back so quickly was because I learned about this."
"I didn't expect you to be in mortal danger the moment I left."
"I'm sorry. I didn't protect you properly."
Looking at Jiang Qianhai's sincere and guilty gaze, Zhu Zhuqing smiled sweetly. Warmth instantly filled her heart, and as she looked at Jiang Qianhai's lips, she could not hold back and kissed him.
"Ahem!"
Seeing this, Ning Rongrong hurriedly coughed twice. She really felt a little stuffed full.
Zhu Zhuqing calmly licked her lips, then glanced at the Assassin still held in Jiang Qianhai's hand.
Then she leaned close to Jiang Qianhai's ear and said, "Qianhai, you kill him."
She wanted Jiang Qianhai to take this step. In this world, one would always have to kill. If Jiang Qianhai could not bring himself to deal a killing blow to people, she was very worried this would become his weakness.
Jiang Qianhai looked at the encouragement filling Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, took a deep breath, then nodded heavily.
He turned his head to glance at the Assassin, ignored the pleading look in the man's eyes, hardened his heart, and his five fingers suddenly clenched with force.
Zhu Zhuqing's expression changed at the sight. She immediately wanted to call for him to stop, but before she could get the words out, Jiang Qianhai had already acted.
Splat~
In an instant, the man's head burst open like a watermelon, and red and white matter splattered all over the two of them.
"Ugh!"
The one who threw up was not Jiang Qianhai, but Zhu Zhuqing. In truth, she was only a big shot in theory; in reality, she had never personally killed anyone before.
She had thought she would be able to accept the feeling of killing someone very easily, but she had overestimated herself.
Especially at such close range. Not only had she seen it all clearly, she had also been splattered head to toe. She broke down on the spot.
Not far away, Ning Rongrong had also covered her mouth with her little hand. Judging from the way her throat was bobbing, she probably was not doing much better.
"Hiss! This kid's pretty ruthless."
Gu Rong looked at the headless Assassin and clicked his tongue in wonder. He had not seen many people die in this particular way.
Chen Xin also nodded, but what surprised him even more was Jiang Qianhai's reaction after killing someone.
They could tell that Jiang Qianhai had indeed killed someone for the first time, but after doing it, this fellow actually had almost no reaction!
At that moment, Jiang Qianhai looked at the red and white matter scattered everywhere with a strange expression. He felt as if he did not have the same obvious nausea Zhu Zhuqing did. In fact... the only thing he felt was that this stuff was a little dirty?
He had thought that as a model youth who had lived in a peaceful era, he would be completely unable to accept something like killing. He had never expected that he had simply been overthinking it.
Could it be that deep down, I was always a homicidal maniac, and it just never showed?
Hiss!
I'm terrifying!
He pulled his thoughts back.
Bone Spirit Cold Fire flashed past, and the filth on Jiang Qianhai's body was instantly burned away. However, there was nothing he could do about the blood that had soaked into the fabric of his clothes.
He could only go back and change into a new set.
Using the same method, he gave Zhu Zhuqing a simple cleaning as well.
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's deathly pale face, Jiang Qianhai smiled awkwardly.
He, the one who had done the killing, was fine, while the one who had urged him to do it had vomited until the world seemed to spin. It really was a little unreasonable.
But he truly did not know why he did not feel the slightest bit nauseous.
It felt more or less like killing a fish.
Hand raised, blade fell, and then the person died.
Zhu Zhuqing kicked Jiang Qianhai in the shin resentfully. "Couldn't you have chosen a prettier way to kill him?"
"First time, first time. It won't happen next time."
Jiang Qianhai hurriedly smiled apologetically and gently patted Zhu Zhuqing's back, trying to make her feel a little better.
Only after Zhu Zhuqing had nothing left to vomit did Jiang Qianhai take out a towel and gently wipe the vomit from the corner of her mouth.
Leaning in Jiang Qianhai's arms, Zhu Zhuqing asked in confusion:
"Why are you fine?"
Jiang Qianhai pinched his chin and thought for a moment. "Maybe... because I've killed a lot of fish?"
Everyone present twitched at the corners of their mouths.
What the hell did he mean, killed a lot of fish!
If killing fish could really train that kind of mentality, the price of fish would have skyrocketed long ago.
In the end, why Jiang Qianhai had no aversion to killing became an unsolved mystery even he himself did not understand.
They could only force an explanation by saying Jiang Qianhai had nerves of steel.
After Zhu Zhuqing let go of Jiang Qianhai, Ning Rongrong also raised her little fist and went up to punch Jiang Qianhai, treating it as venting her frustration for having been grossed out.
After taking care of the scene, the group continued on toward Shrek.
But everyone present had forgotten one serious problem.
How were they supposed to sleep tonight?
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