Chapter 244
Shen Xing and Leina sat in front.
Fordring stood behind, like an ancient pine tree, straight and upright.
"Call--"
The Fried Chicken flapped its wings and quickly took to the air.
The lantern was lit, transforming into a dark golden streak of light that swiftly plunged into the mist.
It took 27 seconds to reach the resource point on the minimap.
At this moment, Shen Xing looked down from high above and immediately saw the half-mined Soul Stone Mine.
However, the surrounding area was deserted, with only a dozen or so scattered corpses on the ground.
There were orcs, and there were also slaves and laborers.
Shen Xing frowned, his voice low. "Fried Chicken, take it down."
"Chirp!"
As if sensing its master's anger, the Fried Chicken landed steadily around the Soul Stone Mine at top speed.
Leina pushed the wheelchair and slid off the bird's back.
They arrived at the mine entrance and carefully examined the pile of corpses.
There weren't many wounds, but most of them were fatal from a single blow, indicating the attacker's movements were clean and swift.
The old knight Fordring beside him looked on with pity. "Poor creatures, may the Holy Light grant you Redemption..."
He waved his hand gently, chanting a hymn as if performing some ancient ritual.
Immediately afterwards, specks of golden light floated from the corpses and gradually disappeared into the air.
"My lord, I haven't sensed any unfamiliar presence nearby." Leina opened her eyes and said softly, "But the number of attackers shouldn't be large; the wounds on those corpses all came from one person."
"Alone..." Shen Xing frowned in thought.
Based on the current clues, the number of attackers is small, and there are definitely players like myself among them.
Less than five minutes have passed since the system notification that the mine has been occupied, meaning the other party certainly hasn't gone far.
Thinking of this, Shen Xing immediately prepared to send Fordring to search the surrounding area.
Just then, a slightly familiar trembling voice suddenly rang in my ears.
"Lord... is that you?"
Shen Xing quickly turned his head and looked into the depths of the mine. "It's me."
Upon hearing the response, a sigh of relief immediately rang out from inside.
Immediately afterwards, figures dressed in coarse linen clothes and with fear on their faces emerged from inside.
Shen Xing recognized these people as slave laborers from the territory.
"My lord... you... you've finally arrived!" A dark-skinned slave laborer stepped forward, crying and sniffling, "It's wonderful! I never thought I'd see you again."
The other laborers also looked terrified, their lips trembling.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here now. No one can hurt you." Shen Xing's voice was calm as he looked directly at them and asked, "Tell me, what happened here?"
As the group of slave laborers gazed at the figure in the wheelchair, their fear gradually subsided.
For some reason, they felt that their lord seemed different today; his every move exuded a calm and composed aura that made them feel at ease.
"I... we don't know either..." the slave laborer said in a trembling voice, "We were mining just now when suddenly a dark figure rushed out of the mist and attacked without saying a word."
"The orc brothers guarding the mine were quickly wiped out, and several of their companions were also killed with a single stroke of the sword."
"The man left after he killed them, without saying a word the whole time."
After listening, Shen Xing frowned slightly and asked again, "Do you remember what that person looked like?"
The slave laborer recalled for a moment, then whispered, "She was too fast; we could only vaguely see a blurry afterimage."
"By the way, she has long hair, blue eyes, and wears black clothes; she looks like a woman!"
Shen Xing leaned back in his wheelchair, recalling these characteristics in his mind.
A woman with long hair and blue eyes...
But after thinking for a moment, he found no relevant information and concluded that he should never have had any contact with the other party.
Could they be from the territory that Hellscream discovered last time?
But why would she target her own mining site?
Just as Shen Xing was pondering these things.
Suddenly.
A faint sound of wind breaking through the air reached my ears.
The next second, Shen Xing felt an extremely condensed sword intent coming from above his head.
Before the blow even landed, he felt a sharp pain on his scalp, as if he were about to be cleaved in two!
This person's explosive power has completely exceeded the limit of the Tier Two, which means he is now Tier Three powerhouse!
Moreover, he is an Expert Rank master of assassination!
The opponent's speed was extremely fast, and the timing of their attack was so sudden that no one had time to react.
Shen Xing barely managed to turn her head, only to see a dagger curved like the moon and a pair of icy blue eyes that rapidly magnified in her field of vision.
Demon Blade felt that he had been both unlucky and lucky lately.
Because of Gideon's bounty, she missed out on the Points Shop, resulting in a significant loss.
Since she was already there, she decided to find the player's territory in the Blackwing Plains and heal herself.
After two days of searching, she finally found the location of her target.
Seeing that the other person was still moving around in a wheelchair, she thought of the Heavenly Star Nation prodigy who had recently become the hottest topic on the forum and topped both the leaderboards.
It seems... that person is also in a wheelchair.
However, she was focused on getting there and didn't pay much attention to the competition.
So, Demon Blade Dao found a photo of Shen Xing online and compared it.
Upon confirming that it was the same person, Demon Blade was overjoyed.
It's worth noting that various forces have placed bounties on this prodigy from Heavenly Star Nation on some overseas websites.
Providing the location of the other party's territory will earn you at least a bounty of billions.
If you can take down the opponent, you can receive a bounty of tens of billions!
Even for Expert Rank like her, that was an astonishing sum of money.
Therefore, the Demon Blade decided to act alone and claim the bounty.
Out of professional assassin's training, she did not rashly invade his territory, but instead planned to act when he was alone or outnumbered.
But she hadn't expected that this guy was so cautious, always traveling on Hippogryph, making his whereabouts extremely difficult to track.
Even at night, he would stay in the female mage's room.
She lay in wait near the territory for several days, but couldn't find an opportunity to strike, which infuriated the Demon Blade so much that she wanted to just charge in.
But she had also watched the live stream of the challenge in the Rain God Illusory Realm, and saw the terrifying scene of Leina burning through the entire illusion with fire.
Even the Demon Blade wasn't confident it could withstand the woman's flames, and ultimately abandoned the idea.
She waited for several days, but finally couldn't wait any longer, so she decided to lure Shen Xing out by occupying the surrounding mines.
She succeeded.
Although this guy remained as cautious as ever, he was accompanied by two powerful men and a mount.
But she knew this was her biggest chance!
Therefore, the Demon Blade decisively made its move, and it was a sure-kill strike right from the start!
The cold blade sliced through the air like a black lightning bolt, instantly cutting through the very fabric of the air!
She believed that even Tier Three expert would not be able to withstand her attack.
Just as the blade was about to fall completely, the white-armored old man next to him suddenly raised the hammer in his hand.
"The despicable walk in the shadows, the brave walk in the open."
As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of white light instantly struck Shen Xing, forming a Silver Shield.
"Snap!"
The shield shattered instantly, and the residual force even cleaved a crack more than ten meters long in the ground, splitting the wheelchair beneath Shen Xing in two.
But the attack was still blocked by the shield.
As the Razor Association's top assassin, Demon Blade naturally considered this unforeseen situation.
The moment the first strike failed, another dagger had already silently slashed out.
It sounds slow, but from the moment the Demon Blade suddenly appeared to the moment it unleashed its second strike, the entire process took less than 0.5 seconds.
Even Leina, who was standing to the side, could only barely lift her staff at this moment.
Hmph! The shield only lasts once. Let's see who can save you now.
The Demon Blade sword curled into a cold smile as it coldly stared at the man in the wheelchair before it, as if it could already see him being cleaved in two.
Just when she thought Shen Xing was doomed, a cold, large hand suddenly gripped her wrist.
That terrifying force abruptly halted her sword strike, preventing it from advancing an inch.
"Whoosh—!"
The lingering gust of wind swept past her temples, severing a few strands of long black hair, which slowly drifted down to the ground.
Before the Demon Blade could react in astonishment, the wheelchair beneath the man shattered instantly.
Then, he slowly stood up.
"You... you... you're not disabled!"
The Demon Blade's eyes widened, its voice filled with disbelief and horror. "This power... it's not at all that of Tier Two lord, what kind of monster are you?"
She didn't know whether to be shocked that he stood up or shocked by the terrifying power he unleashed.
All current intelligence indicates that this Heavenly Star Nation lord has no fighting ability whatsoever, and his victory in first place was due to the heroes within his territory.
Moreover, due to an accident, his legs had been useless for many years.
Even in the Rain God Illusory Realm last time, he was in a wheelchair giving instructions.
However, he is now completely different from the person he was known to the intelligence.