Chapter 4: Newcomers to the Universe Chapter 40: Late Night Raid
A few days later, at night.
The huge city of the imperial capital was shrouded in darkness, and nine black-clad figures quietly arrived outside the house where Xu Jingming rented.
"The target is a top-notch expert, so be careful."
The grey-haired old man who was in the lead spoke softly, and the others nodded slightly.
Their team was also very elite, an assassination team consisting of three first-rate masters and six second-rate masters! It was more than enough to deal with a Blood Rain Guard Captain.
"Action." The old man ordered softly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!!!!!!
One after another, figures dispersed, quietly crossed the courtyard wall, and headed straight for the house with the closed door.
The place Xu Jingming rented was not big. After all, in the imperial capital, a rent of 50 taels a year could not possibly be considered a luxurious mansion.
"Stop!" the old man shouted softly. He calmed down and used his mind to sense the surroundings, as well as the rooms in front of him.
"There is no breathing sound, and I can't sense any breath." The old man frowned, "At this late hour, he should be fast asleep. Fang Cheng, go in and take a look."
"yes."
A figure came to the door silently, gently opened the wooden window, and quietly went in. After just a few breaths, he came out again and went to the side room to check again.
"Sir, I have checked several rooms inside and out, and there is no one." The figure came over to report.
The other eight people were a little surprised.
"That shouldn't be the case. The intelligence records that Jingming spends most of his time at his residence, except for strolling around the jurisdiction and eating and drinking in nearby restaurants and teahouses. He usually doesn't go out at night. Now he's missing? Where did he go?" A companion asked, "Brother Wen, what should we do now?"
"We must take action against Jingming and Luo Baichuan tonight. We cannot delay." The old man shook his head. "If we delay, Jingming will learn about Luo Baichuan tomorrow morning, which may arouse his vigilance. So... we must take action tonight."
"But he's not here." The companions worried.
"He must have gone out for something. Let's ambush him in the house! Once he comes back, we will surround and kill him. If he doesn't come back all night, he is lucky." Soon, the nine people ambushed quietly and waited patiently for Xu Jingming to come back.
…
At this moment, Xu Jingming was at a branch of Qishalou in the imperial capital.
He was wearing black clothes, a bamboo hat and a mask. This branch of Qishalou looked like an ordinary inn, but the secret hall of this inn was very spacious, and Xu Jingming was also completing a task.
"Lord Sanda, this is your reward." A man in a gray robe weighed half a gold bar and said, "Fifty gold, not a less." Then he handed the half gold bar to Xu Jingming.
"good."
Xu Jingming took the gold bars.
"After completing this mission, you will be promoted to the Quadruple Killer level. This is your new token." The gray-robed man handed the new token to Xu Jingming and asked with a smile, "Master Quadruple Killer, do you want to choose a new mission?"
The killer in front of him had only been registered for less than a month, but he had already completed five difficult tasks and reached the quadruple kill level.
"Take a rest first." Xu Jingming took the token and turned away.
His current strength is considered to be quite strong among first-class masters. Even if he fights against a "super first-class master", he may be able to fight for dozens of moves.
After all, the advantage of a 20-fold actual combat bonus is huge compared to a 10-fold actual combat bonus, and the enemy can be killed in one or two moves.
But compared with the actual combat bonus of 20 times and the actual combat bonus of 15 times, the advantage is not so outrageous! According to various factors such as the environment, you can still fight with some tricks. If you have a companion to cooperate, you can definitely match it.
It is precisely because of his strong strength that he can become a quad-kill killer in a short period of time.
…
In the dark night, Xu Jingming, dressed in black, a hat and a mask, walked silently with a gun bag on his back.
"Being a killer in Qishalou is also a way to save money." Xu Jingming thought to himself.
As a player, you naturally have to strive on several paths at the same time! Try to save money.
The purpose of becoming the captain of the Blood Rain Guard is to save money.
Being a killer in Qishalou is also for saving money.
As for becoming a killer in the Seven Killings Tower? As a player, it is very easy to collect information about the many branches of the Seven Killings Tower in the virtual world network, and it is very easy to join.
"The detailed intelligence about the Blood Rain Guards also made the assassination much easier for me." Xu Jingming felt that the two paths complemented each other.
After a cup of tea, Xu Jingming quietly returned to the door of his residence, glanced at the door lock, then quietly jumped over the courtyard wall and landed in an inconspicuous place in the corner of the front yard.
Xu Jingming glanced at the ground in the yard and his pupils shrank involuntarily.
Although there is no moon tonight, only stars, but with the help of the faint starlight... Xu Jingming, a master at the cell control level, can still clearly see the details of the ground in the front yard.
As a player, he was afraid of being targeted by the Blood Rain World.
As a killer in Qishalou, he is even more cautious!
Therefore, his front and back yards were always covered with dust, as if they had not been swept for a long time. Anyone who walked into the yard...the footprints they left behind would expose them.
There are no maids or servants in Xu Jingming's house, he lives alone!
"New footprints, and quite a lot of them." Xu Jingming tried to sense them with the mind-refining method. The fluctuations of his spiritual consciousness spread out, affecting those rooms, and he sensed the breath of life one by one.
Xu Jingming suddenly opened his eyes, jumped quietly, jumped out of the courtyard wall and came out of the house.
"He's out!"
The old man hiding in the house sensed a faint breath entering the yard and then quietly leaving.
“Yo!”
An extremely piercing whistling sound was heard, and an arrow shot up into the sky, exploding in the air in a pattern of blood rain.
"The Blood Rain Guard's signal arrow!"
The sound of the arrow immediately alarmed many people.
"It's the signal arrow."
"It's the captain's house."
This arrow could be seen from more than ten miles away! And the piercing sound was also enough to be heard far away.
There were five Blood Rain Guards on the street where Xu Jingming lived. Some of them were drinking, some were sleeping, but at least two of them were awake. When they heard the piercing sound of the signal arrow, the five of them woke up instantly.
"It's the captain's house, hurry, hurry." The five Blood Rain Guards rushed over first.
"Captain Jing's family is asking for help." A team of auxiliary guards on night patrol also rushed there with all their might. Since a signal arrow was sent from the residence of their immediate superior, they naturally had to rush there as fast as they could.
"What?" Zhang Ke heard the piercing sound of horn arrows, opened the window and saw the blood rain pattern in the sky from afar. He immediately jumped out of the brothel and ordered, "Follow me." He took the five Blood Rain Guards, each of whom turned into a blurred afterimage, and headed straight for the captain's house.
Some Blood Rain Guards who were sleeping soundly at home were awakened by the auxiliary guards on night patrol.
The signal arrow was fired from the area where the captain's home was! The Blood Rain Guards and Auxiliary Guards in the entire area were alarmed and all rushed over.
…
"It's the signal arrow of the Blood Rain Guards. We've been discovered." The old man's face changed when he saw the rising signal arrow. "Action! Kill Jing Ming before the large group of Blood Rain Guards arrive."
"When they arrived, Jingming was already dead."
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!
In an instant, nine figures rushed out of the house, each turning into a blurred figure and rushing towards the street outside.
"There are nine people." Xu Jingming stood on the street, holding a spear, sensing nine auras rushing towards him.
Too fast!
His own house was too small, less than 30 meters from the house to the street, so it only took these masters a second to rush over.
Xu Jingming was as calm as still water, waiting silently. Coming to the Blood Rain World, accumulating 10,000 gold to obtain the opportunity of sacrifice is the goal, but the most fundamental thing is... to hone oneself! At this moment, Xu Jingming was facing the nine people attacking him, but his inner fighting spirit was rising!
bring it on!
No matter how strong the enemy is, kill them all!
"Right now!" A cold light flashed in Xu Jingming's eyes. Five Blood Rain Guards from the far end of the street were rushing over. Xu Jingming had already moved.
The moment the nine figures rushed out of the courtyard wall, they were greeted by a terrifying gun shadow!
"What?"
The unlucky killer chosen by Xu Jingming was not good at sensing breath. He was caught off guard and had to block with both swords at the same time.
“Puff!”
That spear was as swift as a black dragon.
When they touched, the spear's rotating force was like a black dragon swimming, extremely slippery, blocking the double knives, and the spear head went straight into the killer's throat! After that, it was pulled out in an instant, and Xu Jingming had already retreated.
A killer fell from the air to the ground without a sound.
One of the nine-man team died as soon as they rushed out of the yard.
"What courage." The old man was not surprised but happy when he saw this, "He didn't run away. We surrounded and killed him."
If Xu Jingming fled immediately after sending out the signal arrow, as long as they delayed a little time, the Blood Rain Guards would arrive and their assassination mission would most likely fail.
I didn't expect this person to be so crazy, not caring about his life and taking the initiative to fight!
"kill."
Three first-rate masters and five second-rate masters quickly surrounded them, each with murderous intent.
When Xu Jingming killed a man, he knew in his heart: "He is a second-rate master." After comprehending the four kinds of spear techniques, four of the five volumes of spear techniques in the first part of "Hua Guang" have already been introduced to spear techniques. According to Xuan's records, after all five volumes of spear techniques are mastered, the power combined with each other will naturally be tremendous.
But the combination of the four volumes of spear techniques is already very powerful. It is entirely possible to kill an ordinary second-rate master with one move.
“Ding ding ding!!!”
The spear in Xu Jingming's hand flipped like a rolling dragon. The spear head flashed again and again, looking ghostly and weird. The spear swept across and blocked one hidden weapon after another.
Three top-notch masters were in charge of the main attack! They all felt the huge threat brought by the gun shadow.
"What?"
"Why is he so strong?"
The three top masters all felt the fierceness of this spear! Xu Jingming used a long weapon against the three of them with short weapons... If it was a one-on-one match, none of them would be a match.
Xu Jingming's shooting skills are also good at changing with the situation. He is in control of the situation on the field at all times. Xu Jingming's body movements change and he takes advantage of the situation, so that at any moment, there are only three to five people besieging him at the same time.
"Captain." Five Blood Rain Guards came charging forward, and even from more than ten feet away, they had already released their hidden weapons.
The sudden attack with hidden weapons caused some confusion among the eight killers who were besieging them.
"puff."
Xu Jingming took advantage of the chaos and shot another killer in the chest.
"Retreat!" Seeing this, the leading old man reluctantly gave the order, and the seven people began to flee separately!
I have to admit that the mission failed!
The target this time is stronger than expected, and the Blood Rain Guards are coming one after another. The longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it will be for them.
"Want to leave?" Xu Jingming took the initiative to rush forward. As a person who specialized in the Rainbow Spear Technique, he was quite good at speed. At least most of the assassins in front of him were not as fast as him.
puff!
The second-rate master closest to Xu Jingming was stabbed to death! Xu Jingming immediately chased after one of the first-rate swordsman masters.
"Brother Wen, save me." The first-class swordsman shouted anxiously. At this moment, they were fleeing separately. In a one-on-one fight, he had no confidence to deal with Xu Jingming at all.
"Retreat!" The old man gave a stern order without even turning his head.
He knew very well that ordinary Blood Rain Guards were usually second-rate masters, and their speed was extremely fast! If he didn't leave now and wasted any more time, he might be intercepted by a group of Blood Rain Guards and a group of auxiliary guards.
The auxiliary guards were all top-notch experts as well, and they surrounded them in large numbers. With the addition of two top-notch experts, Xu Jingming and Zhang Ke, they were afraid they would not be able to escape.
“Damn it.”
This first-rate swordsman was filled with rage and turned around to fight for his life with a few sword strikes. The sword light was like a peacock spreading its feathers, extremely gorgeous but also dangerous.
Xu Jingming was not in a hurry at this time. He relied on the "length advantage" of the spear against the sword and crushed it head-on! He did not advance rashly! As the Blood Rain Guards surrounded him, the more anxious first-class master swordsman also revealed his flaws.
"Puff." Xu Jingming thrust his spear forward and pierced into the swordsman's abdomen, leaving a bloody hole.
"In a normal one-on-one fight, it would probably take twenty moves to kill him. But in his anxiety, I severely injured him with just a few moves." Xu Jingming shook his spear, and the sword in the swordsman's hand flew away.
"Capture him." Xu Jingming ordered the five Blood Rain Guards who had rushed over, and looked into the distance. Because of the fierce fighting, the other killers had scattered and fled into the darkness.
"A young man from a remote town is so strong." The swordsman stared at Xu Jingming, "I'm afraid that in the future, you will be able to reach the top level. I have nothing to say if I fall into your hands."
"Who sent you here?" Xu Jingming looked at him.
"Hehe, you offended a big shot you can't afford to offend." The swordsman sneered, "You survived this time, but next time, you won't be so lucky."
As soon as he finished speaking, blood flowed from the corner of the swordsman's mouth and his eyes became dim.
The Blood Rain Guards who were tying him up with chains were slightly stunned.
"Captain, he committed suicide." Seeing this, the Blood Rain Guards also became a little panicked.
A top-notch master would choose to commit suicide just because he was captured alive?
This is a death squad!
How terrifying a force must be to be able to train top-notch assassins?
"Death warrior?"
Xu Jingming was also surprised.
Even though Fei Qing was in a high position, the masters under his command were all officials, and there were probably not many "first-class master death warriors". Those who could train "first-class master death warriors" were all terrifying forces in the Blood Rain World.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!
Zhang Ke also arrived with five Blood Rain Guards.
" Captain." Zhang Ke came over. "What happened?"
Xu Jingming was examining the bodies: "They are a group of killers."
There are 32 Blood Rain Guards under his command, and Zhang Ke, as the deputy captain, is also a first-class master. In the imperial capital, almost all the captains of the Blood Rain Guards are first-class masters. And a small number of the deputy captains are also first-class masters.
"They are all a bunch of paupers." After examining the four bodies, Xu Jingming found that the total amount of gold leaves and silver coins was less than one hundred taels of silver.
"Who sent the assassin?" Xu Jingming was also a little confused. Was it the Shen family? Was it the power behind the people he assassinated? This shouldn't be the case. He did it very cleanly.
