lcionline Chapter 260 The Underworld's Top Assassin
Chapter 260 The Underworld's Top Assassin
"Mu Xue... greets you, sir..."
Ouyang Muxue's pretty face flushed, and she bowed to Xiao Chen.
This is the second night.
She personally brought tea to Xiao Chen, her face as red as an apple.
Thinking of what happened last night, she felt extremely ashamed and dared not face Xiao Chen.
She threw herself into his arms and then woke up in Xiao Chen's bed...
"How could I trouble Miss Mu Xue?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
“Mu Xue is already yours, sir. Why are you being so formal and polite?” Ouyang Mu Xue said softly.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen immediately cursed inwardly.
Damn it, I didn't get to enjoy the good fortune, but I got to bear the blame...
It's all that old scoundrel Ouyang's fault for ruining things!
He wondered if he should go back to that courtyard and add some more spice.
"How is your grandfather?" Xiao Chen asked, taking a sip of tea.
“Grandpa must have taken some wrong medicine. He howled all night, running around in the yard, making a ruckus. He only stopped at dusk…” Ouyang Muxue sighed.
"Mr. Chen Xiao, what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I just thought of some funny things."
The two chatted and laughed, and the awkward atmosphere gradually eased.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen's expression changed.
murderous look!
He quickly pulled Ouyang Muxue into his arms.
"Whizzing……"
The two poisoned darts missed their mark and remained embedded in the table.
“Sir…” Ouyang Muxue didn’t react for a moment, thinking that Xiao Chen was being bold, and her breathing became rapid.
Her hands unconsciously wrapped around her waist.
"Who goes there? Show yourself!" Xiao Chen shouted, his eyes cold and sharp.
"Clap clap clap..."
Someone clapped in the darkness and slowly walked out.
He was a thin man with prominent cheekbones.
"You're quite good. Very few people can dodge my poisoned darts," the man said with a sinister smile.
"Who are you?" Ouyang Muxue asked, her pretty face flushed as she got off Xiao Chen.
"Everyone calls me Tang Baitu," the man said with a mocking expression.
"Poison Prince Tang Baitu!" Ouyang Muxue's expression changed.
"Indeed, it is I," the man said with a smile.
"Never heard of it." Xiao Chen's expression was calm, causing the man's smile to freeze.
"The Poison Prince is a renowned assassin who has killed king-level figures with his powerful poison skills," Ouyang Muxue explained to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen remained noncommittal.
"Who sent you?"
"What's the point of a dying man knowing so much?" Tang Baitu's face turned cold, and he suddenly raised his hand, sending more than a dozen poisoned darts flying over instantly.
Xiao Chen remained expressionless, waved his hand, and released his true energy, stirring the air and instantly forming a vortex that blocked all the poison darts.
"Oh? And a King-level one at that..." Tang Baitu's expression hardened, somewhat surprised.
But he quickly recovered, sneered, and disappeared into the darkness behind him.
“Be careful, Tang Baitu’s concealment skills are extremely advanced. He is best at launching a fatal attack from concealment…” Ouyang Muxue said, but suddenly felt dizzy and went limp in Xiao Chen’s arms.
It was obvious that Tang Baitu had already put sleeping potions on this place.
"The art of concealment?" Xiao Chen sneered.
He held Ouyang Muxue in his arms and gracefully rose into the air.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." More than a dozen poisoned darts landed where the two had been standing.
"Get out here!" Xiao Chen shouted coldly, casually picking up a poisoned dart and shooting it into the darkness.
"puff……"
With a muffled groan, Tang Baitu tumbled out.
His face was filled with horror.
"How did you find me!" he exclaimed in utter astonishment and disbelief.
His concealment skills are renowned, and even the strongest king-level beings would find it difficult to detect him.
But this person seemed to know all his locations, leaving him nowhere to hide.
"You're still far from being able to outmaneuver me," Xiao Chen said calmly.
Tang Baitu's face was grim. He took the antidote for the poisoned dart and got up to sneak away again.
Xiao Chen put Ouyang Muxue down and shot away.
The speed of that attack made Tang Baitu's expression change drastically.
He hurriedly threw out a bunch of colorful powders, all of which were highly poisonous.
But Xiao Chen ignored it and walked straight through.
"boom!"
He grabbed Tang Baitu and pinned him against the courtyard wall.
"You've already been poisoned by at least five of my deadly poisons. You'll bleed from all seven orifices and die in no time!" Tang Baitu sneered calmly.
"You're far from being good at drugs," Xiao Chen said indifferently.
What kind of poison hasn't Teacher Zhen Shenxu used on him?
"What! You're not poisoned! How is that possible!" Tang Baitu was shocked to discover that Xiao Chen showed no signs of poisoning.
For the first time, he felt powerless.
What kind of monster is this Xiao Chen?
Concealment techniques were ineffective, and even the unique poison was useless...
How could such a freak exist in the world?
"Speak, who sent you?" Xiao Chen pressed.
“Although I am only a top-tier assassin registered with the Underworld Palace, I will not violate the Underworld Palace’s prohibition by revealing my employer’s information to my target,” Tang Baitu said with great integrity.
"If you were a legitimate assassin from the Underworld Palace, you would know you shouldn't have taken this mission," Xiao Chen sneered.
"What do you mean?" Tang Baitu frowned.
"How dare a licensed assassin come to kill the Lord of the Underworld?"
In an instant, Tang Baitu's eyes widened, he was shocked like never before, and his heart seemed to stop beating.
Because a blood-red token appeared in Xiao Chen's hand, with only two large vermilion characters on it:
Hades!
"You...you are..." Tang Baitu was terrified and his body trembled uncontrollably.
At that moment, all he wanted to do was curse.
What the hell is this?
I accepted a lucrative assassination mission: to assassinate the Lord of the Underworld...
Assassinate the king you belong to!
"The king...it's actually the king...I...Tang Baitu deserves to die!" He was so frightened that his face turned pale. After Xiao Chen let go, he hurriedly knelt down and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Even a top-tier assassin was nearly scared out of his wits.
That's Hades, after all...
The true master of the underworld!
When the king is enraged, countless heads will roll!
Tang Baitu never imagined that the fearsome King of the Underworld was actually a handsome and composed young man before him.
"I command you to state the name of your employer," Xiao Chen said coldly.
"As Your Majesty commands!" How could Tang Baitu dare to disobey?
"I was paid by the Prince of Pingbei's mansion to poison and assassinate people for them," Tang Baitu said.
Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.
What a magnificent Prince Pingbei's residence...
Was it arranged by the adopted son of the Prince of Pingbei?
"Furthermore, the poison that patriarch of the Ouyang family was given to me was also administered by them, in order to control the Ouyang family..." Tang Baitu said in a low voice, not letting Ouyang Muxue hear him.
"I see." Xiao Chen nodded.
The Ouyang family has a powerful background, so it's understandable that the Pingbei Prince's Mansion wants to control them.
However, it is unbecoming for a royal palace to resort to such despicable means.
Chang You still dared to send people to kill him...
"It seems the Prince of Pingbei's mansion intends to completely decline..."
Xiao Chen sneered, his laughter chilling, which terrified Tang Baitu.
"Some people shouldn't be given too much face," Xiao Chen said coldly.
"Don't make a fuss about it. When I have time, I'll visit the Prince of Pingbei's residence," Xiao Chen said calmly.