Chapter 125 – Unwilling
The leader's forehead twitched as he looked at the flesh and blood that landed on his foot, thinking that there were a few pieces of shredded heart mixed in the gore.
The other remaining assassin's eyes were full of alarm and resentment as he looked at Hexi.
They didn't expect that although throughout the year they would be the ones attacking, suddenly, they were the ones being attacked. An insignificant ordinary person without a cultivation base had actually dared to mess with them, forcing the four expert Meridians stage martial artists into a tight corner. Not just Xiao Ba had lost his life, now Xiao Wu had died miserably too.
From this moment on, these two Drought Demon assassins' expressions were grave. They no longer dared to regard Hexi as an ordinary and weak woman.
But from the bottom of Hexi's heart a powerless and bitter laugh rose.
In fact, her poisons were very difficult to deal with, but a martial artist's defence power is more difficult to deal with. Just recently with Xiao Wu, if she hadn’t done the unexpected and risked her life by not avoiding the thunderbolt, then there would have been no way she could have caught him off guard and managed to insert the poisonous dagger into his dantian. If she had missed, the poison would’ve been unable to penetrate into his body, and his spiritual power would have naturally expelled it.
Therefore, that was her last chance to fight back, there wouldn’t be a second chance.
Sure enough the next moment the leader's figure abruptly disappeared, and when he reappeared, a long sword that emitted fire spiritual power was in his hand as he fiercely thrust it towards Hexi's body.
Hexi felt a burning pain from her chest and abdomen as the long sword pierced her body, causing scarlet blood to pour to the ground.
Her body slowly became limp and she started to collapse, her eyes blurry. She could almost sense the vitality draining from her body bit by bit, while the grim reaper's sickle edged closer.
Was she going to die? Just when she has started her new life, she is destined to quietly die in this wilderness?
Unwilling! Really…unwilling! She still hasn't become stronger, her dantian still hasn't awakened, still haven't…repaid Nangong Yu for helping her, how can she die like this?!
The lead assassin had a thought, then the long sword that was stabbed into Hexi's body suddenly flew out, returning to his hand.
The bloodstains on the long sword had evaporated due to the fire, however, Hexi's body was now completely limp, and she toppled to her knees onto the pool of blood at her feet.
Until this moment, the two assassins hadn’t been able to relax, and the assassin on the left released a sigh, "She was really just an ordinary person, so she didn’t have any ability to resist Big Brother's sword. Unfortunately, Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba fell to her tricks."
The lead assassin that was called Big Brother walked forward, and towering above the dying Hexi, he looked at her with an arrogant expression, his eyes full of hatred. Then, with a stern voice he said, "I said before, that since you dared to kill my Younger Brother, that I would certainly tear your body to shreds, leaving you to die without a burial place. So slut, go die!"
Holding the long sword covered in flames up high, he suddenly brought it down, aiming towards Hexi.
The assassin on the left excitedly retreated two steps, shouting loudly, "Chop off her four limbs first, cut this swine apart! I would like to see what tricks she can play then!"
Seeing the long sword heading towards her, and knowing that she had no hope of survival this time, Hexi desperately closed her eyes and gently pinched the Throat Sealing Blood Poison in her hand.
Rather than meeting her demise by assassins, she would rather end her own life.
However, just when Hexi was about to swallow the poison, an overwhelming amount of spiritual pressure abruptly fell from the sky.
Hexi's body that was almost touched by the long sword was now like a kite with it’s string snapped. After swaying side to side, she then fell to the ground with a crash.
The assassins' who just a moment ago were shouting in excitement, now felt the blood in their veins freeze. Due to the extreme fear of a strong martial artist their whole bodies' shivered, and with a 'pop', they landed on the ground in kneeling positions.
Chapter 126 – Drought Demon Organisation
"Hexi—-!!" A frightened and angry roar sounded at her ears, the voice so familiar yet so distant.
Hexi was only half conscious and as her body grew colder, she could feel that someone was holding her in their arms, gently removing the skin mask on her face.
This person was slightly trembling as they embraced her in what felt like fear and regret, but…so warm, so comforting.
The corner of Hexi's mouth raised into a faint, gentle smile, before she then lost consciousness.
Nangong Yu hugged Hexi tightly. Examining her heavily injured body, he didn’t dare believe his own eyes.
The girl's features under the mask were still delicate and beautiful, but her complexion was deathly pale, nearly transparent. Her phoenix eyes that always captivated him were now dull, devoid of light, as if at any time she would disappear from this world.
A few days ago he was listening to Bai Hu's report, eating her specially prepared foods, and imagining her proud and playful appearance.
He has always been looking forward, looking forward to the day he would be able to meet with her. The day he would be able to lift the seal on her dantian, letting her depend on him more so that they would be inseparable.
However, he when he awoke this morning what was waiting for him?
It was to an alert from the imprint he left on Hexi's body, letting him know that she was being attacked! After he hurriedly rushed over, what he found is her dying.
Nangong Yu's hands clenched tightly into fists, the light in his eyes scarlet flames that burned fiercely.
At this moment, he was strongly trying to suppress a heaven destroying, earth extinguishing fury. He wanted to dismember the people who injured Hexi, crushing their bones to dust.
"Xi Er, you'll be fine." Nangong Yu gripped Hexi's hand, quickly transferring the pure essence of his spiritual power to her, "You have me here, I definitely won’t let something happen to you."
The transferring of spiritual power to Hexi helped her weak breathing slowly become stable, while the fatal wound in her chest and abdomen indicated some signs of healing.
Once he was sure that Hexi's life wasn’t in immediate danger, it was only then that Nangong Yu raised his head, his scarlet eyes burning as he glared at the two assassins not far away. His icy voice contained a promise of deadly violence as he spoke, "Drought Demon Organisation, very good! In this world, there have been very few people who have been able to provoke me to anger, and yet you've managed it!"
"Hell…Hell King, you are…Your Highness Hell King!!" The leader saw the Hell King's evil demon-like smile, and suddenly his eyes opened wide as he released a horrified shout.
Isn’t this the one who was called the number one genius in Jin Ling Kingdom countless times the past few years? And when he reached Gold Core stage, the Ninth Heaven's Black Thunder fell, that His Highness Hell King?
The one who even the Royal family of Jin Ling Kingdom are afraid of, with his strength massacring countless troops from Magical Beasts, dying the Gui Jin mountain range red, that His Highness Hell King?
That one who was bestowed the name "King of the Underworld, ruling over the life and death of the human world, controlling the Six Paths of Reincarnation", completely ruthless when killing his enemies…that His Highness Hell King?!!
The assassins sat blankly on the ground. Under Nangong Yu's fierce gaze, their bodies began to tremble all over.
Heavens! In the end, what sort of mission had the Drought Demon Organisation received?
This clearly unremarkable girl, without any good looks, how could the Hell King have taken a fancy to her?
No one who provoked the Hell King had been able to survive intact! This is the day the assassins from Drought Demon Organisation would be annihilated!
"Mercy—! Hell King, please spare us!" The cultivation base of the leader was too low so he couldn't help but feel fear in his heart, and crawling to Nangong Yu's feet, he said in a trembling voice, "We only received a mission…and we accepted money from that person, so on behalf of that person we were to kill her. We didn’t really want to intentionally dispose of Miss Nalan…please Hell King, spare us assassins from Drought Demon Organisation!"