Rending

Meng Zhao naturally knew that the situation was exceedingly perilous, but he was not overly worried. That would not help solve anything. He merely gave Han Lu and Zhu'er a reassuring look, then asked Dragon City,

"Could today's situation have been specially arranged by you, Dragon City, and the Lei Family for me?"

Meng Zhao had once been assassinated by Ring-Tailed Snake, Dark Sun's ace killer. The circumstances had been extremely dangerous then, with no Innate Masters guarding him. It was only because, though he had not yet entered the Innate Realm, he possessed the incomparably robust foundation of the Dragon Body and the Divine Demon Cultivation Method, the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon, that he had been able to hold on until Bai Shicheng and the others arrived to aid him.

Afterward, he had tightly controlled the estate where he lived, laying down a net that covered heaven and earth as he waited for Dark Sun's second ace killer to come knocking, ready to catch a turtle in a jar.

After all, everyone knew that an assassin organization like that would not easily let the matter rest after failing once.

But Meng Zhao was ultimately only human, not a god, and there were still things he had failed to consider. He had forgotten that Dark Sun might merely have been a dog raised by the Lei Family, and some rules could be changed.

What the Lei Family wanted was no longer the peculiar method of assassination by killers, but to crush him with open and righteous force.

That was why today's situation had arisen, driving him almost into a dead end.

The Lei Family's Twelve Innate Realm Warriors were the continuation of Ring-Tailed Snake's failed attempt to assassinate him that day.

Dragon City smiled mysteriously, carrying an indescribable