Chapter 1366: Bad News

Even with multiple layers of protection, he couldn't handle such a violent explosion at such close range.

Boss Situ Yu's vision was scorched by the intense light of the explosion, and his eyes were temporarily filled with snowflakes—it was a miracle he hadn't been blinded on the spot.

Three protective magic tools shattered simultaneously, having exhausted their duty.

His face, neck, and limbs were all injured by the explosion, and as soon as he fell into the lake, he stained the water surface red.

Not to mention the impact of the explosion injuring his internal organs; if it were an ordinary person, they would have died the moment they were blown away.

Boss Situ Yu's cultivation was not weak, and although his eyes were dark and his whole body was in unbearable pain, after floating in the water for a few breaths, he still forced himself to gather a breath of true Qi and swim toward the shore.

Although his eyes were in severe pain and he couldn't see, he could still feel the breeze on his face. Boss Situ Yu's mind was still clear at this time, knowing that the south wind was blowing this season, and the lake shore was also to the south, so he paddled in the direction the wind was coming from and would be able to reach the shore.

Undercurrents surged underwater, and danger approached. Boss Situ Yu grabbed his long spear and stabbed fiercely toward the rear diagonal.

His reaction was not slow, but after all, he was not used to fighting underwater, and the speed of his spear thrust was not as fast as on land; the crocodile-like monster swayed its head and flicked its tail, avoiding the thrust, and opened its mouth to bite his head and face.

The water flow changed, and Boss Situ Yu knew it was bad, immediately grabbing his shield to block in front of him.

The crocodile monster crashed into the shield, knocking him a zhang away, then made another turn, finally biting his leg and desperately dragging him to the bottom of the water! Boss Situ Yu stabbed with his spear, hitting the crocodile monster's eyeball, and the latter felt pain and loosened its mouth.

He immediately swam toward the water surface.

Just as he surfaced, he heard bursts of exclamations from not far away: "The Marshal has fallen into the water!"

"There's a monster in the water!"

"Quickly save the Marshal, quickly!"

And then there was the sound of splashing water; he assumed someone had jumped into the water to save him.

However, with the sound of water so noisy and the water flow so chaotic, Boss Situ Yu couldn't figure out the movements of the attacker.

Fortunately, his vision was recovering, and the scene before his eyes gradually became clear.

Two guards swam to his side, reaching out to help him while shouting: "My lord, quickly get to the shore!"

Boss Situ Yu was seriously injured and had fought with the monster underwater, so he was actually already exhausted.

The crocodile monster had opened several bloody holes in his right leg and bitten through an artery; he couldn't feel his right leg after swimming a few times. Besides the blood loss, the monster's sharp teeth probably also carried severe poison.

But reinforcements had finally arrived, and Boss Situ Yu's heart relaxed.

Just at this moment, another personal guard swam over, protecting him from the rear to the shore.

This person's movements were stiff, but who would specifically notice him at this time?

Just as he grabbed Boss Situ Yu, another personal guard turned his head and saw, and couldn't help but be startled: "Ah Xun, how are you..."

This guard who had just swum over was Ah Xun, whose brain had been drilled into by insects just now. When Boss Situ Yu escaped, he was rolling on the ground, but now he could swim over to protect his master.

But his ears, eyes, and nose were all oozing blood, especially his eyes, which were dark red, looking truly terrifying.

Boss Situ Yu knew it was bad as soon as he heard this sentence, and wanted to shake off the guard behind him, but it was too late.

He only felt a chill and pain in his heart, and in his ears, he heard the exclamations and curses of the personal guards.

It was over; he had still been plotted against by the enemy.

The personal guards killed Ah Xun with two slashes, and then helped Boss Situ Yu to the shore.

Everyone on the shore then saw a bright blade tip protruding from Boss Situ Yu's heart! He was placed flat on the ground, and the personal guard stuffed a pill into his mouth, but Boss Situ Yu grabbed his hand: "Everything I have will be inherited by He'er. He must be calm, and must not be blinded by hatred. Also, Yangshan..."

Speaking to this point, his last breath was exhausted.

Boss Situ Yu's eyes went black, and his last thought was, could his son take on this heavy burden and this chaotic situation? He wasn't reconciled that he hadn't been able to sweep away Pixia and restore his homeland.

The personal guards around him cried and collapsed.

Someone discovered that a beetle was slowly crawling out of the dead Ah Xun's nose; it was actually blue.

Dong Rui's dark circles seemed to be contagious; after he left, He Lingchuan subconsciously yawned several times and rubbed his eyes.

His right eyelid was twitching non-stop; should he also go take a nap?

Hmm? Right eye?

Noisy sounds came from outside, and He Lingchuan pushed open the window to see two crows fighting over two fruits, black feathers flying everywhere.

"Shoo, shoo, go away!" The servants in the garden hurried over to chase the birds away. In the Flash Gold Plain, crows were also a representative of bad luck.

Just at this moment, a servant hurried in to report:

"Boss Situ Young Master is here to visit!"

At this time, shouldn't Boss Situ He be on the front line? "Quickly invite him in."

An inexplicable sense of unease rose in the bottom of He Lingchuan's heart, as if some bad thing had happened.

Only ten breaths later, Boss Situ He arrived.

He almost rushed in, his eyes red and swollen, and as soon as he saw He Lingchuan, he said with grief: "Brother He, my father has been assassinated!"

He Lingchuan was shocked: "What did you say!"

Boss Situ Yu assassinated? But he immediately regained his senses, seeing Boss Situ He's footsteps were a bit unsteady, and reached out to support him: "When, where? How did it happen?"

Boss Situ He couldn't help but cry again: "Father successfully witnessed the agreement between the Poliu Nation and the Kan tribe yesterday afternoon, and in the evening, he received an invitation to go to the Piaofeng Tower in Yaopo for a celebratory banquet. As a result, as a result, the assassin was lying in ambush there, and Father... couldn't escape, was pierced through the heart, and died of blood loss."

"Whose invitation?" Boss Situ Yu was a careful person and held a high position; how could he casually accept someone else's appointment? "Yours." Boss Situ He looked at him, word for word, "The letter paper of the Yangshan Society, your signature."

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror in his arms let out a strange cry: "Holy crap!"

He Lingchuan's face changed color: "It wasn't me."

"Of course it wasn't Brother He!" Boss Situ He took a letter from his arms and handed it to him. "This is a trap. Father probably didn't expect that someone could successfully assassinate him in Yaopo."

If He Lingchuan wanted to deal with their father and son, he could have done it long ago; there were plenty of opportunities.

He Lingchuan unfolded the letter and saw it was indeed the exclusive letter paper of the Yangshan Archipelago, and even the handwriting was seven or eight points similar to his.

"He" invited Boss Situ Yu in the letter to go to Piaofeng Tower for celebratory wine.

Piaofeng Tower was the largest restaurant in Yaopo, with fragrant wine and delicious dishes; the dignitaries of the Allied Forces often chose Piaofeng Tower for their comings and goings. Last time He Lingchuan lured the Xuanlu Ghost King to attack Rolling Stone Valley, he had booked the entire kitchen staff of Piaofeng Tower to hold a village banquet.

He and the Boss Situ father and son were frequent visitors to Piaofeng Tower, and the two or three of them had gathered there for meals more than four or five times.

When people are in a familiar place, they instinctively relax.

Besides, Yaopo was the Boss Situ family's territory, with guards in the city and an army outside the city. Boss Situ Yu probably didn't expect that the enemy would dare to take action against him here.

"The opponent even imitated my handwriting and my seal; they really put in a lot of effort."

There was an industry of the Yangshan Society in Yaopo; He Lingchuan came to inspect the industry and incidentally sent someone to invite Boss Situ Yu to dinner, which in itself was perfectly normal, so Boss Situ Yu didn't suspect anything.

This assassination plan might not be precise, but the assassin's grasp of Boss Situ Yu's psychology was very accurate.

It truly hit the weaknesses of the human heart.

The assassination happened last night, and He Lingchuan said: "I actually haven't received the news yet."

Boss Situ Yu was murdered; this was probably the biggest bad news in the Boss Situ territory, and they say bad news travels fast.

"Yaopo blocked the news; I have to wait until I return from the front line to handle the funeral arrangements for Father." Boss Situ He gritted his teeth to continue: "But rumors have already begun to spread; in at most one day, the Allied Forces will know!"

Even He Lingchuan had to take a deep breath: "Has the murderer been caught?"

"No, the murderer himself did not show up."

He Lingchuan was shocked: "Then how did they commit the crime?"

"A monster with a strange appearance; its body looks like a crocodile, but its tongue is extended on the water surface to disguise itself as a lotus flower, and it can release poisonous fragrance, making people drowsy; another is an insect demon, which turns into thousands of beetles when it spreads out."

Insect demon? He Lingchuan's heart stirred; when he started the Battle of Yuheng City in the Panlong world, Fu Shanlie's subordinate had an insect demon, which was also an aggregation of thousands of insects, killing the city governor silently.

This kind of monster had a natural advantage as an assassin. After the mission was completed, it just flew away into the sky; conventional search methods like closing city gates or banning escape techniques were completely ineffective against it.

"Most are black or brown beetles that attack people directly. And the one that killed my father is this one!" Boss Situ Yu took a small glazed bottle from his arms and placed it on the table. "It controlled my father's personal guard Ah Xun, which is how it succeeded in a sneak attack from behind!"

Inside the bottle was a blue beetle, dead.

"Perhaps this is the main body of the insect demon." He Lingchuan picked up the bottle to examine it. "Do you mind leaving it with me for now?"

He could assign a specialist to study it.

Boss Situ He shook his head.

"Is the inner lake of Yaopo connected to the outside?"

"There are karst caves connected underwater, but they were sealed with stone fences during the war." Boss Situ He's face was iron-gray. "I sent people underwater to check, and those stone fences have been destroyed."

Otherwise, how could that giant crocodile-like monster come and go without a trace? He Lingchuan pressed Boss Situ He's shoulder and said sternly: "Brother Boss Situ, please accept my condolences. In these extraordinary times, the heavy burden of Marshal Boss Situ has all fallen on you."

Ordinary people mourning their father can vent their grief to their heart's content, crying for days until the sky is dark.

But Boss Situ He could not.

Boss Situ Yu was the Grand Marshal of the seven-way Allied Forces, and the attack on the Pixia people was generally commanded and coordinated by him.

Without this soul figure, could the Allied Forces still be the Allied Forces? As the successor of the Boss Situ family, Boss Situ He's responsibility needed priority over his emotions.

Boss Situ He nodded forcefully: "I came here today to report the bad news to Brother He, and to ask Brother He..."

He choked up when he said this and had to pause to calm his emotions before continuing: "If I take control of the Allied Forces, will Brother He continue to support me?"

"As long as the Allied Forces fight for justice, I will always support them." He Lingchuan said sternly, "No matter who controls the Allied Forces, whether it is your father, you, or other capable people."

Boss Situ He took a deep breath and said sincerely: "Great kindness, no words of thanks!"

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