Assassination
A few moments earlier…
Shao Zihao and Ding Yun were driving their cars side by side, mean while Long Shin was right behind them with Ding Meng.
"Brother Shin what are you doing, why not increase the speed even though we aren't racing with them it would be shameful if we are too far behind, and not to mention they should be behind us and not the other way around!!"
Ding Meng complained in the car, before Shao Zihao had suggested that they should have another race, but Long Shin rejected him and said they can race he won't join in the fun for now.
Hearing Ding Meng, Long Shin said " Why worry so much Ding Meng, it won't be like this for long, very soon we are going to have a ton of fun" a slight smirk appeared on his face that went unnoticed by Ding Meng.
"What do you mean brother Shin?" Ding Meng asked him, but the latter didn't elaborate any further.
Helplessly he could only sit tight and wait for the 'Fun' the latter mentioned.
The three cars drove to a long and wide bridge, after crossing it they will reach the villa area.
"Hm" Long Shin who was driving while keeping watch over their surroundings with his extraordinary perception suddenly sensed something.
He then spoke to Ding Meng " Ding Meng have you tightened your seat belts, if not then do it quick for you might need them in a few seconds"
"Ooh, Yes" Ding Meng though that he will finally increase the speed so he tightened up his seat belts with excitement.
Meanwhile what Long Shin did in the next second stunned him, instead of increasing the speed he pressed one of the buttons below the middle display of the car.
Click!
The part of the car right below it's headlights opened slightly.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The sound of air being sliced apart came and something akin to a grappling cable shout out from the slightly opened part, it directly attached itself to Shao Zihao, and Ding Yun cars.
"Ugh?" both of them felt something just got stuck to their cars.
"Ugh?" Ding Meng in the other hand saw the whole thing happening was stunned and felt like he had come on the set of some action movies, but before he could ask Long Shin, the latter pulled the emergency break of the car.
The car stopped in an instant from it's high speed to stillness, even though Ding Meng had tightened his seat belts he still felt like he would be thrown out from the front window.
Creeg!
The wheels of the car were being dragged because it was also stopping Shao Zihao and Ding Yun's cars at the same time.
One had to know both of the cars they were driving were super cars and we're running on high speed, yet Long Shin's cars still stopped them.
BOOOOM!
BOOOOM!
BOOOOM!
The loud sound of crashing rang out right from the place where their cars would've been now if they kept on driving at the same speed.
Shao Zihao and Ding brothers were alerted by the loud sound, they knew if they didn't stopped in time they would've been crushed with their respective cars.
They would've been dead by now…but in the next second…
"Ooh, this car can also spew magnetic hooks!!!"
When Long Shin heard Ding Meng excited voice he couldn't help but mutter inwardly 'seriously that's what stunned you in this situation'
"What was that?!"
"Trouble!!"
Shao Zihao and Ding Yun got out of their respective cars.
"Ding Meng, lets get out as well" saying that Long Shin didn't wait for the latter to say anything as he got out of his car.
"He, He, He, I didn't anticipate that you will dough our ambush at all"
"Well, I guess we should've expected something like this from a car looking like that"
"How much will we get if we were to sell it in the black market"
"I don't know but this should get us quite a few resources for keeping us well fed for a few weeks or months even at the least, after all this kinds of car is impossible to come by, even in the Underworld they are only researching on this technology"
"I didn't know we will hit the jackpot this time around by following 'his' orders"
"Guess that guy isn't that useless after all"
The voices of several different people came, each of their voice was hoarse and felt annoying to listen, the smoke cleared up and about ten to twenty men in tight black fitting clothes looking like assassins in TV walked out.
Their outfits was really tight and it covered them entirely while only leaving a pair of ruthless eyes in open.
They each carried weapons in their hands.
Some carried Daggers, some had Short swords in their hands, some had bows and arrows behind their backs, and some had guns tugged on their waist, etc.
Ding Yun and Shao Zihao looked at each other as their faces paled.
'MAGISTERS' both of them shouted inwardly almost at the same time.
Indeed all of the newcomers who just arrived were Magisters in the ‹Black-Iron› rank.
Most of them were still at the Initial layers of ‹Black-Iron› rank while a few of them had just stepped in the intermediate phase of the ‹Black-Iron› rank.
Shao Zihao cupped his fists as he said "fellow seniors may I ask why are you attacking us for no reason"
There is a rule in the Underworld that when you see each other you must use the word 'senior' if their cultivation rank is above yours even if its only by one layer, if the ranks are the same then 'seniority' will be decided based on both party's age, that is also the reason why Ye Mo and Han Yong called Long Shin 'Senior' when they apologized at the that time to them he was very powerful Magister.
The middle aged man who stood in the midst of them all with a short sword in his hand looked at Shao Zihao and said with a sneer "Good try boy, but it's a pity that you have offended someone you shouldn't have, and that certain someone has asked us to kill you, simple right"
"Though I didn't know that there would be four brats instead, I was only informed that there will be three brats, well sorry brat you can only blame your bad luck for meeting us, now we will also have to silence you as well" he added while looking at Long Shin.
Although he was 'apologizing' one can tell just from looking at him that he was instead happy that he will get to kill one more person.
"Killing them outright would be too boring, how about we torture them?"
"Ha, Ha, Ha, if you are talking about torture then I'm the best when it comes to that field, I say we should skin them alive, first start with their fingers, then hand, and then legs"
"I think severing their limbs would be more fun"
"I want to disfigure that handsome hunk over there, I really like to disfigure some one more good-looking then me"
They began to talk among themselves trying to decide how they would play with Long Shin and co before killing them while ignoring them as though they were but fish on the chopping board.
Shao Zihao who heard them was enraged and also a little afraid "fellow seniors as there for us to not become enemies?" he said while controlling his anger.
"Enemy? Boy do you not get the situation you're in huh, even though you are also Magisters so are we, and not to mention we are greater in numbers as well"
"Yeah, instead of saying that you are an enemy, it would be more appropriate to say that you are lambs waiting to be slaughtered"
"Ha, Ha, Ha"
"Ha, Ha, Ha"
"Ha, Ha, Ha"
The man with the short swords spoke while glancing at Shao Zihao and Ding brothers.
To say that he wasn't stunned knowing that three of the brats were also magisters would be a lie.
Not to mention at such a young age the two in front had reached 3rd layer ‹Black-Iron› rank while the one in the back is also at the 2nd layer ‹Black-Iron› rank.
After all he had only reached 4th layer of ‹Black-Iron› rank after cultivating for more then ninety years, don't go on his looks he is already hundred years old if not even more older, he was only looking like this because his lifespan had been extended by cultivating.
Cultivation was a race against time and fight against the heavens.
The difference between each layers of the major ranks was as vast as a chasm, the difference between for phases was even greater while the difference between major ranks almost makes a magister feel hopeless, be it when fighting while crossing levels or breakthrough to the next levels, both were truly too difficult.
He himself had already reached his maximum potential, his potential was already drained, if nothing else happens he will die as a 4th layered ‹Black-Iron› magister without any hope of reaching the 5th layer.
‹Earth star› was sparse when it comes to recourses needed for cultivation
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Be it herbs, flesh, and blood to make pills and potions or ores and materials to smelt equipment, weapons, and treasures both were sparse and most of them if found will be strictly controlled by prominent people while people like him will only be like rats running around for a little amount of resources they could find.
But after being stunned for a few seconds greed clouded his eyes 'If I can obtain the blood essence of these three brats my potential will be increased, not to mention I might finally reach the 5th layer after decades' he had a technique he found by chance in a ‹Mystic Realm› the technique allows him to suck out someone's blood essence and replace his own with it but it could only be done once, any more then that he will die.
Thinking that he might finally step in the 5th layer of ‹Black-Iron› rank a smile appears on his hidden face, not knowing that a certain someone was intentionally allowing him to live for a few more moments for what awaited him and his companions in the end of it was…Death.
Shao Zihao was unaware that his blood essence was already a great treasure in the eye of the middle aged men, and still wished to negotiate
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"How about we give you the double of what you were paid?"
Listening to him the middle-aged man sneered, even if he got some resources it won't change the fact that his potential was already squeezed dry, any amount o of resources won't be of much help to him, he would rather suck of the blood essence of Shao Zihao and the Ding brothers to increase his potential instead.
After stepping in the 5th layer of ‹Black-Iron› rank his lifespan will increase, then he can search for resources.
But of course he won't let anyone know about his plans be it the brats in front of him or his companions besides him "sorry brat, but we don't work for money"
Shao Zihao and Ding Yun's faces grew colder as the other party refused to listen to them, they knew that these people were hear to kill them, they thought that they were hired assassins but they were sourly mistaken, instead of being assessing they were trained dogs who would do their master's bidding no amount money can save them.
Left with no choice he decided to do something he didn't wanted to…
He took out an exquisite looking green Jade Token which was vividly carved with the word 'SHAO' on it as he said "As the young master of the Shao Clan I humbly ask fellow seniors to let us go"
Ding Yun also didn't shy away, he knew that he might die, so it would be good if he takes out his cards.
He also took out an exquisite looking green Jade Token carved with vivid looking word 'DING' on it as he said "As the first young master of the Ding clan, I humble ask fellow seniors for me and on behalf of my two brothers to let us leave"
Ding and Shao two of the hegemonic families in Beijing, be it in terms of influence or power both didn't lose to Liu family in the least, both of them also had good relationship with each others from long generations.
And both Shao Zihao and Ding brothers belonged to these two families and were also people of high standings.
Ding Yun feared that these men might do something to Long Shin if they found that he doesn't belonged to any of the hegemonic families so he decisively chose to say that he was also his brother.
'Though it's still unknown if they will allow as to leave' he muttered inwardly.
Shao Zihao and Ding Yun didn't like to rely too much in their respective families, but knowing that they are in a life and death crises they didn't hesitate to rely on the name of their families.
Shao Zihao is the only son of the current family head of the Shao family, the young master and as well as the next family head, that was also the reason he didn't say that Long Shin was his brother or the low would be caught in a second.
Ding family head on the other hand had married five women who have birth to give boys and two girls, seven children in total for him.
In the ‹Earth Star› Polygamy is normal even many of the rich and powerful people of the secular world also have multiple wives let alone people of the Underworld, as Magisters with long lifespan it isn't unusual for some to have dozens of wives.
Ding Yun and Ding Meng were both son's of the main wife and at the same time were both greatly favored by the family head, which in this case is their father.
The Great Families/Clans, and sects attached great importance on their direct descendants, mainly the so-called 'young masters' and 'young misses' specially 'young masters' they basically poured most of their their resources on them because they were children of direct bloodline, and would continue to pass on their bloodline, and even had chance to become the next Family/Clan head or Sect Patriarch.
Killing anyone of them is a great taboo will make the culprit enter their must kill list.
That was also the reason that the Martial Suppressers were so frightened after they saw Xu Xiaosi's corpse.
Cutting the heads of their direct bloodline is akin to cutting off their future.
Not only is this the greatest form of disrespect, but their youngsters will be the one to pass on their bloodline and take up their important posts in the family, their deaths to them is too much of a great loss.
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