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Chapter 5309: The Assassination

"Good, good, Zhuo Yan, and Mu Feixia, Mu Yuan-ying! How dare they!" Mu Jinghong's eyes blazed with a savage killing intent, on the verge of explosive rage.

"City Lord, we must leave quickly. They have too many people, tens of thousands!" The two disciples continued to wail. "We can't defeat them! We can't defeat them!"

One of the disciples, still weeping, crawled towards Mu Jinghong's feet, pleading sorrowfully, "The tide has turned, City Lord! Up above, everything is on fire; the entire city is engulfed in flames."

"Under Madam's leadership, they went to raid the treasury and took everything. Even the valuables we had painstakingly loaded into our inner worlds and spirit tools were all forcibly confiscated!"

Mu Jinghong's vision blurred, and he felt a dizzy, top-heavy sensation.

A faint smile flickered in the eyes of the wailing guard prostrate before him.

In a flash, the guard suddenly sprang up. To everyone's stunned surprise, he brandished a dagger and plunged it fiercely into Mu Jinghong's abdomen.

Mu Jinghong, completely unprepared, was stabbed, and the dagger was twisted clockwise. He felt an intense, agonizing pain in his abdomen.

Looking down, he saw his stomach ripped open, his intestines severed...

The guard who launched the sneak attack moved swiftly and fled even more smoothly. After successfully landing the blow, he rapidly retreated backward, performing a hawk-like somersault to quickly distance himself. In another instant, he mysteriously appeared hundreds of feet away, immediately escaping through the passage.

The other guard scrambled backward a few steps, just about to get up and flee, when he was cut down on the spot by several quick-reacting Shadow City disciples.

Blood flowed freely. Mu Jinghong was helped to sit down, one hand pressing on his abdomen, large beads of sweat trickling down his forehead from the pain.

Mu Xiaoxue, in a state of panic, nearly fainted, sobbing beside him and wailing pitifully, "Father, Father, Father!"

"Good, good plan! What a good plan," Mu Jinghong said through gritted teeth, gripping the wound on his abdomen, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"City Lord, City Lord." Gu Yixuan quickly seized the opportunity to show loyalty, taking out a healing medicine from his inner world and handing it to Mu Jinghong. "City Lord, please take this hemostatic pill first."

Mu Jinghong opened his mouth and swallowed the pill, his entire face extremely pale from blood loss.

Wasn't that person the Cangzhou Emperor? How could his methods be so despicable?

They captured a disciple of Shadow City, used him as a guide to find his current location. Then, taking him by surprise, they had a disguised Shadow City attendant deliver a brutal stab.

Mu Jinghong glared furiously at the guiding disciple, who now lay dead on the ground. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a surge of divine power, instantly pulverizing the disciple into dust and ash.

Mu Xiaoxue trembled, shrinking closer to Kang Yaofa.

Kang Yaofa was pleased, and naturally put his arm around Mu Xiaoxue's slender waist, soothing her softly, "No need to worry, Sister Xiaoxue."

Kang Yaofa looked up at Mu Jinghong and said solemnly, "Uncle Mu, our position has now been exposed. I reckon those despicable villains will soon pursue us relentlessly, capitalizing on their victory."

"The most urgent matter is to abandon everything else and quickly move out of here."

Mu Jinghong was naturally extremely unwilling. At this moment, he even resented Long Yun, the new master of Wangchuan.