Chapter 64: There’s an Assassin
Xia Feng calmly looked up, but was suddenly stunned. He keenly sensed that Li Siwen was not right. It was a state he was very familiar with, with slightly sluggish movements and dull, vacant eyes. This reminded him of Mu Qingtong’s state when she was controlling his body earlier, as if countless puppet strings were pulling at his limbs and torso.
Xia Feng’s gaze passed through the crowd and happened to meet the golden eyes of a woman in the corner. Obviously, this World-Ending Witch had done this. However, based on his understanding of Mu Qingtong, she wouldn’t easily use spirit artifacts. Using a spirit artifact meant she had murderous intent. Of course, there were some special circumstances. As for the reason, it was naturally that anyone who witnessed her spirit artifact’s ability had to die.
It was clear that Li Siwen had probably said something that sealed his own doom. However, looking at the situation, it seemed a bit troublesome for Mu Qingtong to kill Li Siwen silently. Xia Feng stared at the center of the venue, grinning, “Since that’s the case, I’ll lend you a hand then.”
Xia Feng liked to get revenge without waiting overnight. Since the time, place, and people were all favorable now, there was nothing to hesitate about. Just do it! With a thought, the cold figure under the slanted candlelight seemed to twist. As Xia Feng sensed, a blood-red mist flowed through the shadow path, darting along the shadows in the wall corners to the feet of a noble diagonally opposite.
That noble was standing at the back of the crowd in the center of the venue, with a large expanse of figures overlapping. Whoosh— the bloodworm instantly appeared at Li Siwen’s feet. “Your Highness, do you think my project is feasible?” the man asked with a fawning smile. “If Your Highness agrees, I’ll get it done tomorrow.”
“Your Highness, Your Highness?” Someone was about to approach. “Ugh—” Li Siwen suddenly looked up, his face instantly covered with blood-red veins, his expression ferocious, his eyes about to burst. The invasion of the bloodworm instantly brought him back from his drowsy state. He raised his head and let out a scream. He wanted to shout for help but found that his vocal cords were still controlled, and he was completely unable to move.
“Ugh—” His facial muscles, however, were under his control. He showed a terrified face, his cheeks trembling, and his vision was covered by a layer of hazy blood. “What is this.!” He couldn’t understand what was happening to him at all. In his panic, his gaze happened to fall upon Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong behind the crowd. Xia Feng stood outside the left front corridor, smiling and watching him silently. Mu Qingtong sat on the sofa in the right corner, also smiling and watching him.
“!!!” Li Siwen seemed to see the mocking smiles in their gazes. How could this be! “Your Highness?!” “Quick, quick! Quickly call Lord Earl over!” As soon as the person finished speaking, Li Siwen suddenly let out a low growl. His soul was wracked with intense pain, and two terrifying blood lines overflowed from his eye sockets. He fell to his knees with a thud. Amidst the startled cries of everyone, his consciousness spun, and he slowly fell to the ground, his hollow eyes staring blankly at the expensive chandelier on the ceiling, unable to close them in death.
He never understood why Xia Feng was still alive even until his death! He only understood one thing. He was jointly eliminated by Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong through terrifying means, but he didn’t even have the chance to speak the truth! “How could this be…” His last consciousness, filled with despair and regret, slowly dissipated.
As Li Siwen breathed his last, a dead silence fell over the venue for a moment, followed by a burst of terrified cries. “Your Highness!!” the voices were sorrowful. The sudden turn of events plunged the venue into chaos. Xia Feng walked through the chaotic crowd and sat down with a smile beside Mu Qingtong. Mu Qingtong looked at him with her beautiful eyes, her slightly narrowed eyelids asking with a hint of surprise.
Xia Feng knew she was asking him how he did it. Xia Feng raised his eyebrows, blinked his eyes, and smiled without saying a word. Mu Qingtong understood his meaning: “Ha, I won’t tell you, aren’t you annoyed? Aren’t you annoyed?”
“Dead, dead.?” Mushroom stared blankly at the scene unfolding in the venue, her spirit a little dazed. She subconsciously murmured, “He’s really dead.” Her confused, trembling voice carried a hint of excited pleasure. The Hydrangea Family had always been chaotic internally. After the Earl had Li Siwen with his cousin, he got involved with his sister-in-law and had a second son.
A few years later, he fell for the only daughter of a fallen noble, crowned her as his Princess Consort, and had a daughter named Li Hongdou. Mushroom remembered that she was quite happy when she was young, but ever since the day her mother was ‘forced to commit suicide,’ she had quickly witnessed all the dark sides of this world. Her two older brothers naturally hated her, and the Earl turned a blind eye to their bullying, which only made them more reckless.
Growing up in such a repressed, bullying family where she lacked love from her father and mother. Some people erupt in silence. Some people perish in silence. And Mushroom chose to erupt in silence, though it was only a small, small, tiny eruption. She moved out of the Earl’s mansion, changed her surname, and resolutely refused to use the Earl’s money. Well, her money was her mother’s inheritance, enough for her to live lavishly for several lifetimes.
Unfortunately, this was useless. As long as the blood of the Hydrangea Family flowed in her veins, she could never escape this family that disgusted and even enraged her. She often harbored evil thoughts and maliciously fantasized about the deaths of this group of so-called family members. But that was just a fantasy. Facing bullying, she never dared to resist, which was also why she hated herself.
And now, seeing Li Siwen die right before her eyes, she felt a peculiar sense of satisfaction. “Good riddance,” she thought wickedly, her eyes darkening. Her second brother was dead, her elder brother was dead, and now there was only one person left…
“Lord Earl!” Everyone bowed respectfully. The Earl and the Princess Consort had arrived. The Princess Consort, as usual, kept a distance of three meters from everyone. The Earl stood beside Li Siwen’s corpse with a grim expression. Uncle Wei removed his hand from the corpse’s forehead and stood up, saying in a deep voice, “It’s a bloodworm infestation causing bloodworm disease. There’s no trace of Calamity Spirit Fluid, which means the concentration of the bloodworm attacking Your Highness was terrifyingly high, so the effect was extremely rapid. It devoured his soul completely before it even had a chance to mutate, leaving only an empty shell of a body.”
In simple terms, Li Siwen’s soul was scattered. “What’s strange is that, under normal circumstances, it would leave behind a bloodworm mist. But there’s only residual bloodworm aura on his body. This can only mean that the assassin can control and retrieve the bloodworms!” Uncle Wei made a startling deduction.
“What nonsense are you talking about, Uncle Wei!” “Are you trying to say that the assassin who attacked Your Highness is the Pixiu Great Calamity!?” the nobles questioned with furrowed brows. It was common knowledge that bloodworms were special substances analyzed and separated from Calamity Force, and only the Pixiu Great Calamity could control this substance at will. If such a terrifying Nightmare Beast like the Pixiu Great Calamity ran into District 51, District 51 would have long since become a bloodworm hell. It would not specifically come to assassinate an Apprentice Spirit Master.
“No matter who it is, the assassin is definitely still in the venue.” Zhao Jie said coldly, turning around and ordering, “Guards, seal the scene! No one is allowed to leave until the assassin is found!”
“No need.” The Earl suddenly raised his hand and said indifferently, “No need for all this trouble. I already know who it is.”
Everyone was stunned. Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong blinked, but they didn’t panic. They wanted to see who this Earl would name. Those who followed this far are true love! Happy New Year to all of you~
