Chapter 284 - 167: Innocent and Kind Lord Shen

Chapter 284: Chapter 167: Innocent and Kind Lord Shen

The assailant’s speed was blindingly fast, and the attack came so suddenly that no one had time to react.

Shen Xing barely managed to turn his head, only to see a crescent-moon-shaped dagger and a pair of ice-cold, Blue eyes rapidly filling his vision.

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Demon Sword felt that she’d been both unlucky and fortunate lately.

Gideon’s bounty had caused her to miss the Points Store, resulting in a significant loss.

Following the principle of "since I’m already here," she decided to find the player’s territory on the Black Wing Plain and recoup some of her losses.

After two days of searching, she finally found her target’s location.

When she saw that her target was always in a wheelchair, she was reminded of the hottest topic on the forums lately: the prodigy from the Celestial Star Country who had taken first place on two leaderboards.

It seemed... that person was also in a wheelchair.

At the time, however, her mind had been focused on traveling, so she hadn’t paid much attention to the competition.

So, Demon Sword found a photo of Shen Xing online to compare.

Upon confirming it was the same person, Demon Sword was ecstatic.

After all, multiple factions on various overseas websites had placed a bounty on this prodigy from the Celestial Star Country.

Just providing the location of his territory would earn a reward of at least a billion.

Taking his head would mean a bounty in the tens of billions!

Even for an Expert Level powerhouse like her, that was an astonishing fortune.

So, Demon Sword decided to act alone and claim this bounty for herself.

Out of professional habit as an assassin, she didn’t rashly charge into his territory. Instead, she planned to strike when he was alone or had few people with him.

But she hadn’t expected the guy to be so cautious. He always traveled by Horned Eagle, making his movements impossible to predict.

At night, he would even stay in the female Mage’s room.

She lurked near the territory for days on end without finding a single opportunity to strike, which frustrated Demon Sword to the point of wanting to just charge straight in.

But she had seen the challenge livestream from the Rain God Illusion Realm and witnessed the terrifying scene of Reina incinerating the entire realm with fire.

Even Demon Sword wasn’t confident she could survive that woman’s flames, so she ultimately abandoned the idea.

After waiting for several days, she finally ran out of patience and decided to lure Shen Xing out by occupying the surrounding mines.

She succeeded.

The guy was as cautious as ever, bringing two powerhouses and a mount with him.

But she knew this was her best chance!

So, Demon Sword struck decisively, going for a killing blow from the outset!

The cold blade tore through the air like a black bolt of lightning, seemingly slicing the very air in two!

She was confident that not even a Tier Three powerhouse could block this strike.

Just as her blade was about to land, the white-armored old man beside him suddenly raised his Nail Hammer.

"The vile walk in shadow; the brave act in the Light."

As he spoke, a ray of white light instantly fell upon Shen Xing, coalescing into a Silver Shield.

CRACK!

The shield shattered instantly. The residual force of the blow carved a gash over ten meters long into the ground, splitting Shen Xing’s wheelchair in two.

But the attack itself had been blocked.

However, as a top assassin from the Razor Association, Demon Sword had naturally anticipated such unexpected situations.

The instant her first strike failed, a second dagger was already slashing through the air.

It sounds slow in the telling, but from the moment Demon Sword launched her assault to the second slash, the entire sequence took less than half a second.

Even Reina, who was right beside them, could only just begin to raise her Magic Staff.

’Hmph! The shield only works once. Let’s see who can save you now.’

A cold smirk played on Demon Sword’s lips as she stared at the man in the wheelchair, already imagining the sight of him being cleaved in two.

But just as she thought Shen Xing’s death was certain, a large, ice-cold hand clamped down on her wrist.

The terrifying strength in that grip brought her blade to a dead stop, unable to advance another inch.

SWISH—!

The residual force of the swing sliced past her temple, severing a few strands of black hair that drifted slowly to the ground.

Before Demon Sword’s astonished eyes, the wheelchair beneath the man shattered into dust.

Then, he slowly rose to his feet.

"You... you... you’re not disabled!"

Demon Sword’s eyes widened, her voice laced with incredulous horror. "This Power... you’re no Tier Two Lord! What kind of monster are you?"

She didn’t know whether to be more shocked that he had stood up or that he had unleashed such terrifying Power.

All of the intelligence reports had indicated that this Lord from the Celestial Star Country had no combat ability whatsoever and had only taken first place by relying on the Heroes in his territory.

Furthermore, an accident years ago had left his legs crippled.

Even during the Rain God Illusion Realm incident, he had commanded from his wheelchair.

But the man before her now was completely different from the one in the reports.

Shen Xing lifted his gaze, his deep, Obsidian-like pupils fixing on her coldly. "Who are you?"

Demon Sword shot him a glance and sneered, "As if you’re worthy of knowing my name... AHH—!"

A shrill scream, accompanied by the distinct CRACK of bone, ripped through the air. Demon Sword’s entire body went rigid, like a python being electrocuted.

When the others looked, they saw that the hand she held her dagger with was now bent at a grotesque angle—it had been snapped clean in two!

It was no joke. With his Black Dragon Form activated, Shen Xing’s Power could go head-to-head with a Tier Three Leader Level creature.

No matter how strong this woman was, she was still just a human Pioneer. Her Attributes weren’t even on par with a Boss of the same tier.