Schemes

The flash danced in the darkness of night, stabbing Rainer's stomach!

Stab!

"Uuugh"

Warm blood began to ooze from the wound shortly after the attacker removed the dagger from his stomach.

As the attacker was about to flee, Lerna appeared in front of Rainer and she lunged towards the assassin!

"...!"

After Lerna's arrival, the assassin rushed away to the opposite direction.

Although he was fast, he was no faster than Lerna, when he was about to cross the corner, Lerna wrapped around his body and he fell to the ground.

Exhausted, Rainer slowly approached the gagged assassin, he was trying to use his spiritual energy to resist Lerna's pressure.

"Who sent you after me?"

Asked Rainer without expecting to get much out from the assassin, he already had a slight notion about the mastermind behind this plan.

"..."

The assassin remained silent, it didn't seem he was going to reveal anything even under the heavy pressure his body was being subjected to.

"You don't leave me any choice..."

* Squeeze *

The sound of flesh being pressed sounded from the assassin's body, his eyes began to protrude from his basins and red veins began to appear in them.

*Ploff*

It didn't take long for the spiritual energy shield to succumb to the pressure.

Although he tried to use his spiritual energy to subdue Lerna, her gripping force was higher than the assassin's spiritual energy!

After killing him, Rainer unmasked the assassin.

"...!"

He was one of the recently hired guards!

This man was one of those who easily reached the semi-finals because he fought only against weak opponents,and then he decided to join the clan!

Despite being an adult, his cultivation was at the same level as Rainer's, the Middle Manifestation stage.

It indicated that without the support of a clan or sect, one would not make significant advances without luck....

"...!"

When Rainer was about to inform the guards, a severe pain pierced his stomach.

He looked down at his wound and it was completely dark!

"I was poisoned!"

Shortly after, the symptoms began to appear. He felt nauseous, his legs trembled and his consciousness faded.

Rainer was only capable of moving into his bedroom and shutting the door before fainting on the floor.

...

"Mission completed, objective poisoned."

Among the houses, a couple of shadows were hidden in an alley, they had witnessed all the events.

"Throw away the rookie's corpse and let's call it a day." Said the senior shadow.

"Rainer's strength is not that bad...he killed the rookie within a minute..." Said the other shadow.

"That's why he must die, but not at our hands...if the clan finds it out, the young master will be in troubles. That's why tomorrow there will be an 'accident'..." Said the Shadow as he laughed.

"Let's get this over now, I wanna visit Carla tonight... that b*tch made me urinate blood for a week but her..."

The senior Shadow who walked ahead was surprised by the sudden silence of his partner.After more than a year together, he had already accustomed himself to his perverted talk about prostitutes, but he detested the fact that his companion never kept silent during missions.

"Why are you...!"

When the man turned around, what awaited him was a black dagger that reflected the moonlight as it slashed his throat.

Both Shadows were cultivators at the Peak Manifestation stage!Two powerful cultivators were killed like dogs in a flash!

"It seems that the awakening of the bloodline must take place this very night..."

A slim figure spoke as the three men's bodies burned into ashes and they disappeared in the silent night.

...

During his unconscious period, Rainer did not visit the Divine Palace, he was having the worst nightmare of his life!

His body burned like lava, even his sweat evaporated before it was formed, creating a steam cape around him.

He noticed how his life slipped from his hands, his heart began to slow down his beats showing that he was exhausted, Rainer was dying...

"This sensation is the same when that Berserker Wolf attacked me..." Rainer recalled his encounter with that terrifying Berserker Wolf.

Of course, our protagonist's journey wouldn't end just like that.

A stinking but refreshing liquid started to flow down his throat. Like a wanderer in a desert who had found water after several days without drinking, Rainer was drinking it until he could no longer swallow it!

Showing that it was not his end yet, his heart began to beat vigorously again, he was able to feel a warmth flow into his body which stopped at his chest.

This time, Rainer felt nothing but a warm feeling on his body, the poison had been purged!

Feeling secure, Rainer rested while he enjoyed that pleasant sensation.

...

When Rainer woke up, in front of him was someone he would never have expected!

It was Miss Liann!

...