The dual-blade wielder met his end in tranquility.

…

Before arriving at the Wood Demon Mountain, he had resolved to either succeed or die trying.

“Your situation is already very dangerous, there’s no room for failure this time.” The crow on his shoulder added pressure.

“I know, this time I brought the Soul Suppressing Banner, I will not fail again!” The dual-blade wielder declared firmly.

As long as someone nearby was killed, the Soul Suppressing Banner would immediately contain and suppress their scattered souls, refining them into nothingness in a short time.

It was a demonic artifact that left no chance for survival.

“After all, being assassinated time and time again, although I don’t know how he managed to escape each time, he must have noticed something.” The crow said, “It was not easy for our insider in Shu Mountain to create this opportunity for you. This time, the target just happened to be promoted to the top-grade Golden Elixir, which was mentioned indirectly to the people of Shu Mountain’s Sword Pavilion, leading the target to take on another mission. If you fail this time, he will definitely not leave the mountain easily again.”

“I know!” The dual-blade wielder frowned.

His response to the crow’s nagging was clearly impatient.

Enough, any more and it would be annoying.

As a highly self-regarded assassin, this was the first time he had faced such repeated failures against a single target. What was most frustrating was that he had no idea why he had failed.

A mere third realm disciple, no matter how advanced his divine abilities or immortal techniques, should not be able to resurrect every time.

There must be some secret.

The dual-blade wielder wanted to capture Chu Liang and torture him for answers. But on second thought, it was better not to complicate matters. It was safer to strike as soon as he saw him.

Soon, he saw Chu Liang.

The Wood Demon Mountain was ablaze with a raging fire, and Chu Liang was fleeing from it. All his attention was on his back, where something seemed to be chasing him.

What a great opportunity!

As a professional assassin, the dual-blade wielder keenly sensed this perfect moment. Without any preparation, he drew his blades and attacked!

A streak of black light shot out.

Shh——

One, two, three…

This was the third time he had cut this Shu Mountain disciple in half.

At the moment he felt the separation of flesh and blood, the dual-blade wielder even prayed a little in his heart, hoping there wouldn’t be a next time.

He unfolded the Soul Suppressing Banner with a flip of his hand, but the banner showed no signs of movement.

A sense of despair rose in the dual-blade wielder’s heart.

Then came the most embarrassing moment of his life.

The towering trees around him all turned into human forms, and more than two hundred tree demons surrounded him.

Damn it.

It was an ambush.

The dual-blade wielder didn’t think this was a coincidence. It must have been a trap set by the other party who had noticed him long ago!

How cunning!

Facing the target within reach and the large group of tree demons, the dual-blade wielder made a decision.

As an assassin, he would not accept such a humiliating defeat!

With his cultivation level, if he chose to flee immediately, these tree demons might not be able to stop him.

But he didn’t run.

The dual-blade wielder asked, “Would you believe me if I said I was just passing by?”

Just as everyone was about to burst into laughter, the dual-blade wielder suddenly attacked!

Shh——

The black light shot towards Chu Liang!

Even if he couldn’t escape, he was determined to kill this target once and for all! He didn’t believe that a person could be killed countless times and still not die. He believed this would be the last time!

Even if it meant his death, he would complete the mission!

This was the honorable choice of an assassin!

But facing the fast-moving black light, Chu Liang was unusually calm, showing none of the panic he had shown before.

He raised a pair of hand seals and shouted, “Take this!”

The dual-blade wielder glanced and saw a burst of intense light from Chu Liang’s fingers, as bright as the sun!

Whoosh——

The dazzling golden light was blinding, and the dual-blade wielder cried out in pain, feeling his eyes being scorched.

No wonder he shouted, this move really did require one to look at it to be affected!

The intense light not only hurt his eyes but also interrupted his charge. Before the sun-like light, all shadows had nowhere to hide!

This was Chu Liang’s countermeasure.

Previously, in the Law Enforcement Pavilion, he had asked Yuan Zhuo how to deal with this “Black Light Shadow Slash”.

Yuan Zhuo explained that this divine ability was most suitable for assassinations in the dark, using shadows as a guide, it was incredibly fast and hard to defend against. If one’s cultivation was inferior to the opponent, it was even harder to win. If one wanted to counter it slightly, they could use the “Sunburst Technique” to suddenly burst out intense light, disrupting the opponent’s shadow guide.

The Sunburst Technique was a relatively basic minor divine ability. Yuan Zhuo didn’t even charge Chu Liang for it, he just explained it verbally, and Chu Liang understood it after a little study.

Although simple, it was effective.

This also made Chu Liang realize the importance of mastering more divine abilities and techniques. With a wealth of divine techniques in his mind, Yuan Zhuo could probably find a strategy to defeat any enemy in a short time.

However, Chu Liang’s cultivation was not as high as his. Even if he could block the first shadow slash, he still lacked the means to win. If the two continued to fight, he would still end up being killed.

But the tree demons around him were not just standing by.

They might not be able to deal with the Winged Fire Snake, but they wouldn’t be scared of an assassin who suddenly appeared.

Especially since Chu Liang had just made a great contribution to the tree demon tribe, and the dual-blade wielder immediately tried to kill him, all the tree demons were instantly enraged.

Elder Qinghuai took the lead and shouted, “Take him down!”

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——

In an instant, countless green vines covered the sky, shooting out from the long arms of the tree demons, completely enveloping the dual-blade wielder.

He swung his dual blades, turning into a whirlwind of black, instantly cutting countless vines, incredibly fierce!

But in the blink of an eye, a huge green dragon made of vine branches and leaves followed the sky full of vines, swallowing the dual-blade wielder in one bite!

Elder Qinghuai pinched a hand seal, guiding the huge green vine dragon in mid-air, his clothes fluttering, majestic and awe-inspiring!

Roar——

After swallowing the dual-blade wielder, the green dragon stood upright! Inside its body, black light flickered, and with each breath, several black cracks seeped out.

The dual-blade wielder was still trying to break out!

His blades were incredibly sharp!

In terms of strength, his cultivation was definitely above Elder Qinghuai, and the Wood Demons were not particularly good at fighting. Although they had the advantage in numbers, the gap in cultivation could not be filled in a short time, and it seemed that they could not stop him!

Seeing that Elder Qinghuai was about to lose control of him, Chu Liang pointed to the sea of fire not far away and said, “Throw him in there!”

Upon hearing this, Elder Qinghuai waved his hands and threw the green vine dragon into the sea of fire!

Boom——

The Orient Loong God instantly turned into a fire dragon!

The divine fire ignited by the Winged Fire Snake had two main characteristics. The first was its fierce flames, and the second was its strong stickiness. Once it touched something, even a stone could burn for several days until it was completely destroyed.

The dual-blade wielder trapped inside immediately realized something was wrong. The temperature suddenly rose, and his body was surrounded and roasted by the flames. He was about to be incinerated! His body instantly turned into a fire man!

“Ah——”

He screamed, but his cultivation was so high that he was still alive! As the Orient Loong God was burned and broken by the flames, he burst out in a black light!

Just as he was about to leap into the air, two copper balls exploded above his head!

Boom, boom!

Chu Liang, without any hesitation, threw out the two Xuan Sha Yin Thunder in his hand!

The explosion of the Xuan Sha Yin Thunder was extremely powerful and carried a terrifying effect. The upward momentum of the dual-blade wielder was instantly halted.

In this moment of pause, countless vines wrapped around him and pulled him down into the sea of fire.

Burn him!

“Ah! I will kill you!”

The dual-blade wielder was severely damaged by the fire, and his already intense killing intent escalated to an unparalleled level, almost breaking through the sky!

He locked onto Chu Liang with his aura, unleashed his final cultivation, and suddenly transformed into a black blade light!

Such a strong killing intent!

Chu Liang felt this blade from afar, and his heart chilled. For some reason, he felt that he had nowhere to hide!

Was this the absolute gap in cultivation?

But how could he just sit and wait for death? His sword light surged, and he immediately fled on his sword!

The surrounding Wood Demons helped him form one vine wall after another, which were extremely sturdy! But the blade light transformed by the dual-blade wielder seemed to be able to break through anything, and in an instant, it had broken through dozens of vine walls!

His killing intent was determined!

If he didn’t kill Chu Liang today, he would not rest in peace even as a ghost!

“Ah——”

In his nearly hysterical roar, Chu Liang was finally forced to approach. He could escape the pursuit of the Winged Fire Snake, but he couldn’t escape the black light of the dual-blade wielder!

This blade carried his hatred between life and death, and it was too fast!

Hiss——

Blood splattered all over the sky.

The body of the dual-blade wielder was revealed, and he fell to the ground in a slump.

He had been burned beyond recognition, with only one pupil left intact. He struggled to lie on the ground, looking back at the scene of Chu Liang being cut in half and falling to the ground.

The dual-blade wielder showed a satisfied smile. He had just killed Chu Liang in the face of the Wood Demons’ resistance, exhausting almost all his strength. He probably wouldn’t be able to escape today.

But so what?

He had completed his mission and earned the honor of an assassin.

“You finally died under my blade, hehehe…” The dual-blade wielder was broken and battered, but he still laughed wildly.

“Hehe…” Someone picked up his laughter and flashed out from the distant forest.

“Huh?” The dual-blade wielder heard this voice and suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head to look, but found that the person who came out was Chu Liang again.

Why?

Was this some kind of immortal body?

Impossible, I must have seen it wrong! The dual-blade wielder screamed in his heart. He rubbed his only intact eye with his hand covered in ash and blood, trying to see the person in the distance clearly.

But the more he rubbed, the blurrier it became.

“Knowing that your cultivation is far superior to mine and that you can kill in an instant, how could I dare to face you with my real body?” Chu Liang looked at the dual-blade wielder, followed closely by the Golden Hair Beast, and calmly walked over: “Now you should be unable to move, right? Can you tell me why you want to kill me? I have no grudges against you, why are you targeting me? If you confess well, I might consider sparing you.”

That’s right.

The one who came out just now was only a clone transformed by the third golden hair, which was equipped with some magical instruments.

It wasn’t until this moment that Chu Liang’s real body was revealed.

“Hahahaha!” The dual-blade wielder suddenly burst into laughter.

He looked at Chu Liang, and for some reason, even though he was just a weak disciple who had just broken through the fourth realm, he seemed like a great demon king.

Are there really people in this world who can’t be killed?

At this moment, he felt that his honor as an assassin was shattered, along with all his obsessions, which filled his heart with boundless resentment.

“You want to know? I will never tell you! If I can’t kill you while I’m alive, I’ll take your life as a ghost!”

With that, he actually stabbed himself in the chest with a reverse grip on his blade! The only way for him to maintain his dignity was to commit suicide on the spot!

Hiss——

With such unwillingness and resentment, he believed that he would definitely turn into a fierce ghost! To take this kid’s life!

A look of surprise flashed in Chu Liang’s eyes. He didn’t expect this assassin to be so determined.

What he didn’t know was.

If he were facing someone else, the dual-blade wielder might not be so determined. But facing Chu Liang, the dual-blade wielder’s mind was already clouded by hatred.

In extreme anger, he was even looking forward to his revenge after becoming a fierce ghost!

Then.

The Soul Suppressing Banner in the field moved slightly.

His soul, which had just dispersed, was captured and suppressed within the banner.

His last hope of revenge by becoming a fierce ghost was completely shattered.

The dual-blade wielder had a knife in his chest, his body was covered in wounds like charred coal, and his face was so hideous that one glance would give you nightmares. His face was already unrecognizable, and only one bloodshot eye still showed deep-seated hatred.

He vanished into thin air.

His death was incredibly peaceful.

(End of Chapter)