Chapter 272: Assassination

Whoosh! In the pitch-black tent where one could not see their own fingers, a streak of silver light suddenly flashed.

The next second, deep in the darkness, a pale blue electric arc emerged in the air, crackling and popping.

Electricity generated in an empty room!

Amidst the thunder and lightning, the sharp edge of that silver light was shattered.

"Heh! It seems Yuan Benchu is truly at his wit's end; otherwise, he wouldn't have sent you to assassinate me."

The light chuckle coming from the darkness made the assassin in the shadows turn cold; his sure-kill strike had actually been blocked by the opponent.

Judging by the opponent's skills just now, he was definitely not simple.

Unexpectedly, this master of Xuzhou was hiding such powerful strength.

An assassin would retreat immediately if a strike failed, and he was the same; as an ace in the assassin world, he had assassinated countless people.

Among them were failures; others might end their own lives due to a failed assassination, but he had missed several times and still lived well.

That was because he was very decisive and retreated at the first opportunity.

"Haha! You want to retreat now?"

"I'm afraid it's a little too late."

"Thief, where are you going?"

Just as this mocking voice had not yet finished, a sharp shout came from outside; the sound was so fierce, mixed with terrifying Qi, that it instantly blocked his path of retreat.

Boom!

A surge of Qi carrying boundless bloodthirst attacked crazily from afar.

The assassin's face changed wildly; that Qi made him feel as if he were in Hell, and the tragic Xuesha filled his mind.

"Not good!"

The assassin naturally understood that this was a method used by fierce generals on the battlefield to destroy one's spirit with Martial Will.

"Divine Treasury Realm!"

"Just how many Divine Treasury Realm experts does Xuzhou have?"

As the hidden ace assassin of the Yuan Clan, he clearly knew a lot about Xuzhou; before every assassination, he would study it in detail, and combined with the Yuan Clan's resources, it added quite a bit to his chances of success.

This time was no different; according to his knowledge, there were indeed Peerless fierce generals of the Divine Treasury Realm in the Xuzhou Army.

And there were quite a few, such as the veteran general Huang Zhong at his peak; the Battle of Chenliu had shocked the world.

No one could have imagined that there was someone in this world who could rival Lv Bu, fighting him to a standstill in one-on-one combat, and even gaining the upper hand.

This battle completely established Huang Zhong's fame, bringing him into the eyes of the world.

This gray-haired veteran general possessed combat power at the Half-Step Dharma Image stage, holding off Lv Bu alone and preventing the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops from advancing an inch in Chenliu for half a year.

Besides that, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, who erupted with peak combat power in Nanyang Commandery, also possessed the martial strength of the Divine Treasury Late Stage, preventing the Zhang and Guan brothers, who had stolen the spotlight at Hulao Pass back then, from advancing any further.

Taishi Ci of Yuzhou and Chen Dao of Qingzhou both possessed Divine Treasury combat power.

He had originally thought this was Xuzhou's strongest force, but he had not expected that this person now had a Divine Treasury martial general guarding him.

And it looked like his strength was not even below the Divine Treasury Late Stage.

As the Yuan Clan's ace assassin, his own cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, the Divine Treasury Realm.

Because he specialized in assassination, he had even assassinated two Soul Refining Bachong and one Qi Refining Seventh Layer martial general.

His track record was quite terrifying.

But at this moment, he was in trouble.

There were wolves in front and tigers behind.

But the assassin clearly would not sit and wait for death; he saw his figure moving like a fish, swimming rapidly in the darkness, constantly dodging the continuous thunder and the Xuesha Qi.

"E Lai, be careful; this little mouse is quite slippery, don't let him run away."

In the darkness, Su Fan's tone appeared so relaxed.

"Rest assured, my Lord, this subordinate will definitely capture this mouse alive."

There was an immediate buzzing response from that side.

However, the two men's movements did not stop for a moment, and in this darkness, they continued to compress the opponent's space for dodging.

"Since you've come, don't leave."

Su Fan's tone was calm, but it carried a thick aura of death; his hands changed rapidly, and immediately after, a golden-red flame slowly erupted.

Within this flame, a three-foot-long golden blade slowly condensed, and in an instant, the surrounding temperature rose sharply.

"Blazing Golden Blade!"

After nearly twenty years of cultivation, Su Fan's own Dharma power had reached Foundation Establishment Liuchong.

The power of unleashing this divine ability had also increased by leaps and bounds.

As Su Fan guided it through the void, the golden blade instantly broke through the air and stabbed directly at the black shadow in the darkness.

Facing this silent golden blade, the assassin's heart was shaken; from this scorching sharp edge, he felt the threat of death.

He could not care about anything else; his Qi erupted continuously and struck toward the golden blade.

Chichi chi!

The cyan Qi collided with the flames, but it only dissipated some of the flames on the outer edge of the golden blade, and it killed its way forward without losing momentum.

Seeing this, the black shadow could only keep dodging and shifting, but in the end, he could not avoid it; with a 'chi' sound, the golden blade pierced through an arm.

Instantly, the assassin's left arm ignited with a huge flame; even though he used his Qi to constantly impact it, he still could not extinguish this blaze.

"Don't waste your effort."

Su Fan smiled coldly; his divine ability was not so easily extinguished, otherwise, it wouldn't be called a divine ability.

Very few people could cultivate this Blazing Golden Blade divine ability; this golden blade was indestructible, and the flames burned everything—of course, that might be an exaggeration.

But if it were just a Qi Refining Seventh Layer Martial Artist, it would not be so easy to resist this Blazing Golden Blade.

Cultivating magic power, while slow, is extremely powerful in its might.

With Su Fan's Foundation Establishment Liuchong cultivation, if he truly keeps his distance, his strength is definitely no weaker than a martial general at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining.

It is just that once martial generals reach the Divine Treasury realm, using their Martial Will to drive their Qi, it becomes truly terrifying.

The assassin before him is not a fierce general from the battlefield; he counts as an assassin, and if an assassin faces a martial general of the same level in a real, head-on fight, it is certain death.

What they are best at is utilizing the environment to carry out a one-hit kill.

Previously, Su Fan blocked the opponent's fatal strike, so the opponent's combat power dropped significantly.

In reality, Su Fan's heart was also somewhat stirred; if he had not just finished cultivating and his Divine Sense was currently radiating outward, he feared he truly would not have discovered him.

Or by the time he discovered him, it would have already been too late.

This person is indeed terrifying, able to sneak into the main camp without anyone knowing or noticing; just this ability alone, how many people in the world can compare?

Outside, there is Dian Wei standing guard.

However, now that he has been discovered, the assassin's threat is greatly reduced, having been struck by Su Fan's divine ability and added to the constant pressure of Dian Wei's terrifying Martial Will.

Finally, he was still taken down.