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Chapter 279 My Assassin's Den and You Are Never-Ending Enemies
Shu land.

On the official road, troop after troop of knights galloped along, whipping their horses into action.

These knights were all dressed in eagle-patterned uniforms, with jade belts around their waists, crescent-shaped swords in their hands, and black cloaks draped over their bodies, their faces cold and sharp.

These knights were none other than the Black Flag Team, the most elite unit of the Eastern Depot.

The person in charge was none other than Cao Zhengchun, the Grand Supervisor of the Eastern Depot who had left Luoyang.

The emperor issued an edict to eradicate the assassination gang and uncover the mastermind behind the assassinations of court officials, giving Cao Zhengchun only three days.

After Cao Zhengchun left Luoyang, he mobilized all the resources of the Eastern Depot and finally tracked down the whereabouts of the Assassin's Tower.

The assassin's lair is located in Sichuan.

Therefore, Cao Zhengchun led the Black Flag Team straight to Sichuan without stopping.

Half a day later.

Cao Zhengchun led the Black Flag Team to the outskirts of a village.

The village was not very large and appeared exceptionally quiet.

On the surface, this village is no different from any other ordinary village.

But if you look closely, you'll find that this village seems to lack a bit of the liveliness and warmth of a typical village.

Cao Zhengchun glanced at the village and asked, "Is this the place?"

A foreman next to him immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Master, this is it."

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but sneer. "The 'Assassin's Tower' has hidden its lair quite well. They actually used such an ordinary village as their lair to conceal their identities. It was indeed a surprise and a painstaking effort."

Cao Zhengchun said in a feminine tone.

To be honest, if the Eastern Depot hadn't found out about this place, even Cao Zhengchun wouldn't have imagined that the assassin's lair would be in such an ordinary village.

Sensing the faint murderous aura emanating from the village, Cao Zhengchun knew they hadn't come to the wrong place.

This is the lair of the 'Assassin's Building'.

Without saying a word, Cao Zhengchun simply waved his hand.

The Black Flag Guards following Cao Zhengchun immediately scattered, drew their crescent blades, and charged into the village on horseback.

As the most elite Black Flag Team of the Eastern Depot, they naturally understood the meaning behind Cao Zhengchun's gesture.

This is an offensive gesture.

It is also a 'kill without mercy' gesture.

However, just as these Black Flag guerrillas galloped into the village, the first few guards fell into a horse trap and were killed along with their horses.

Immediately afterwards, the other Black Flag team guards were also attacked by hidden weapons.

All around, various kinds of mechanisms erupted.

Some guards were shot off their horses, some were pulled up by ropes, and some were knocked off their horses by mechanical stakes.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of elite guards from the Black Flag team fell to the ground.

Cao Zhengchun saw this and his face immediately darkened.

Before even entering the village, they had already lost dozens of elite members of the Black Flag Team upon seeing the assassins from the Assassin's Tower, which made Cao Zhengchun's face very gloomy.

"Humph."

Cao Zhengchun snorted coldly, leaped into the air, and arrived above the village in one step.

Cao Zhengchun knew that this village, as the lair of the assassin's tower, was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and there were countless dangers within.

However, if the Assassins' Tower thinks they can take advantage of this to cause losses to the Black Flag Team of the Eastern Depot, then Cao Zhengchun can only say that the Assassins' Tower's wishful thinking is probably wrong.

Since the village was full of traps and the assassins were hiding in it, Cao Zhengchun decided to destroy it and raze the village to the ground.

"Heavenly Gang Boy Skill".

Cao Zhengchun interacted with his hands, and beams of light gathered around him to form a circle.

As Cao Zhengchun moved his hands, the circle of light began to revolve around him.

"go."

Cao Zhengchun pushed with both hands, and the circle of light immediately spread outwards, gradually expanding from Cao Zhengchun to the entire village.

"boom."

Wherever the light passed, houses, walls, and trees in the village collapsed with a roar, turning into ruins.

In the blink of an eye, the entire village was leveled, and all the buildings were gone.

Blood was flowing continuously from all parts of the village.

"Cao Zhengchun, you're asking for death."

Sudden.

at this time.

One after another, black-clad, masked men shot out from the collapsed ruins, heading straight for Cao Zhengchun.

"Heh heh, you rats, finally showing yourselves?"

Cao Zhengchun showed no mercy and struck out with both palms again.

"boom……"

The black-clad, masked men who charged at Cao Zhengchun were all sent flying like kites with broken strings.

Only one figure flew backward, tumbled several times, landed, and took more than ten steps back before barely managing to regain his balance.

"what."

Cao Zhengchun looked at the black-clad, masked man who was still standing, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

Cao Zhengchun had no idea that there was actually a half-step Celestial being in this assassin's tower.

However, judging from the weak aura emanating from this masked man in black, he must have broken through in the last few days.

The black-clad, masked man who was still standing was none other than the leader of the Assassin's Tower.

The leader of the Assassin's Tower originally thought that with the help of those people, he had broken through to the half-step Celestial Realm, and with the other experts in the Assassin's Tower, he should be able to deal with Cao Zhengchun.

But now it seems that the owner of the Assassin's Tower was too presumptuous.

He overestimated their own strength and underestimated Cao Zhengchun's combat power.

Cao Zhengchun's abilities far exceeded his expectations.

The leader of the Assassin's Guild glanced at his subordinates lying on the ground around him, then stared coldly at Cao Zhengchun. "Cao Zhengchun, you first wiped out most of the Assassin's Guild's forces outside, and now you've destroyed the very foundation of the Assassin's Guild."

"You're so damned good."

"Today, my Assassin's Guild will fight you to the death."

The leader of the Assassin's Guild exuded a terrifying killing intent.

His 'Assassin's Den's' lair was discovered and destroyed by Cao Zhengchun, which was a fatal blow to the Assassin's Den.

It can be said that almost all of his assassins were killed by the Eastern Depot.

Therefore, the leader of the Assassin's Tower harbored an extreme hatred for Cao Zhengchun.

Cao Zhengchun sneered disdainfully, "Heh, you, a mere rat, dare to challenge me to a life-or-death struggle?"

"You rats first intercepted and killed the Prince of Kao Shan, and then you assassinated officials of my court's Ministry of Revenue. You have some serious audacity."

"Tell me, who ordered you to intercept and kill Prince Kao Shan and assassinate my court officials?"

"Tell me, and I'll grant you a complete corpse."

Cao Zhengchun looked at the leader of the Assassin's Tower and said in a sinister tone.

“Cao Zhengchun, you seem to have forgotten that this is Shu, the lair of my Assassin's Tower.”

"Do you really think that you, Cao Zhengchun, alone, along with these imperial guards you've brought, can really deal with my Assassin's Tower?"

After the leader of the Assassin's Tower finished speaking, he whistled.

As soon as the whistle sounded, groups of masked men in black rushed in from all directions. In just a moment, these masked men had completely surrounded the village.

These masked men in black are the most elite force of the Assassin's Tower.

"kill……"

Without further hesitation, the leader of the Assassin's Tower swung his sword and thrust it at Cao Zhengchun first.

Meanwhile, the elite black-clad masked men leaped up, closely following the leader of the Assassin's Tower, and charged towards Cao Zhengchun.

Meanwhile, the Black Flag Team of the Eastern Depot also clashed with a group of masked men in black.

Cao Zhengchun looked at the leader of the Assassin's Guild who was attacking him, a sinister look appearing on his face; "It seems you're going to refuse a polite toast and drink a forfeit, wanting to experience my methods."

Cao Zhengchun flipped his right hand into a claw shape, and a white ball of light floated in his hand.

As Cao Zhengchun circulated the Heavenly Gang Child Skill within his body, the ball of light in his hand grew larger and larger.

When the ball of light reached a certain level, Cao Zhengchun casually waved his hand.

The ball of light in his hand instantly scattered and attacked the black-clad, masked men.

"puff……"

Wherever the ball of light passed, all the black-clad, masked men who were attacking Cao Zhengchun were blasted away.

Even the leader of the Assassin's Tower was no exception this time. Under the powerful bombardment of the light sphere, he was sent flying backward and crashed to the ground.

After the leader of the Assassin's Tower fell to the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood. Before he could react, a hand had already grabbed his neck.

"I will ask you one more time: who ordered you to intercept and kill Prince Kao Shan and assassinate court officials?"

Cao Zhengchun grabbed the leader of the Assassin's Guild by the neck and asked in a sinister tone.

"Young master, save me..."

The leader of the Assassin's Den did not answer Cao Zhengchun, but instead shouted for help while holding his breath.

clap clap clap...

As soon as the leader of the Assassin's Guild finished speaking, a round of applause broke out.

Cao Zhengchun glanced over and saw six figures walking towards him from a distance.

"Your abilities as a eunuch are quite good; you're qualified to serve us."

"Let him go! He's mine."

Six figures walked over.

One of the masked men glanced at the leader of the Assassin's Tower and spoke to Cao Zhengchun.

The tone was as if he were ordering his subordinates, condescending and superior.

Cao Zhengchun looked at the six people who were walking over and said calmly, "You've finally shown yourselves. I've been waiting for you."

Cao Zhengchun had already sensed that someone was watching him in the dark.

Therefore, Cao Zhengchun acted without hesitation, going all out to take down the leader of the Assassin's Tower.

The purpose was to lure out the person secretly watching.

Sure enough, those who had been secretly watching have now shown themselves.

Cao Zhengchun glanced at the masked man who had spoken; "You think you can make me release them?"

Cao Zhengchun looked disdainful and tightened his grip.

"puff."

The leader of the Assassin's Tower coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Cao Zhengchun did not kill the leader of the 'Assassin's Tower', but merely crippled him.

Because Cao Zhengchun still wanted to keep the leader of the Assassin's Tower alive to interrogate the person behind him.

The masked man saw this and his voice became several times colder: "You dare disobey me? Do you know that anyone who dares to disobey me will die a horrible death?"

Cao Zhengchun casually tossed the unconscious leader of the Assassin's Guild onto the ground like trash; "Apart from His Majesty, no one has ever dared to speak to me like this."

"you are the first."

"I will show you that speaking to me like this will make you wish you were dead, and that will be the least of your worries."

Cao Zhengchun looked at the masked man with a sinister gaze.

As the Grand Supervisor of the Eastern Depot, Cao Zhengchun wielded immense power. Apart from the Emperor, no one dared to be so arrogant in front of him, let alone give him orders.

Cao Zhengchun wondered what gave this masked man the audacity to act so arrogantly in front of him. Was it simply because they were worldly people from 'Tianshan'?
That's right.

Cao Zhengchun had already realized that these six people were not ordinary people; they must be those so-called worldly people.

"it is good."

"Very good."

The masked man unleashed a murderous aura, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

A cold light flashed.

The chilling tip of the sword had already pierced right in front of Cao Zhengchun.

A hint of femininity appeared on Cao Zhengchun's face as he easily pinched the tip of the sword with two fingers, preventing it from advancing even an inch further.

The masked man looked up at Cao Zhengchun in surprise.

He hadn't expected that Cao Zhengchun would so easily catch his sword.

You should know that even among all those who have entered the world, there are very few who can withstand his sword strike.

Cao Zhengchun flicked the sword tip with his fingers.

The masked man felt an overwhelming force surge through him, sending him flying.

After landing, the masked man took three steps back before regaining his balance.

The masked man looked up at Cao Zhengchun in shock, his previous contempt gone.

Although the two only exchanged a single move, the masked man already sensed that Cao Zhengchun's strength was far greater than he had imagined.

The masked man even had a feeling that Cao Zhengchun might be stronger than him.

Not only was the masked man staring at Cao Zhengchun in shock, but the other five figures beside him were also looking at Cao Zhengchun with shocked expressions.

They all knew that Cao Zhengchun was the Grand Supervisor of the Eastern Depot, possessing the strength of a half-step Celestial Being and formidable combat power.

However, they believed that no matter how strong Cao Zhengchun was, he was still a step behind them.

After all, they are geniuses from the Tianshan Mountains, incomparable to ordinary people.

But to everyone's surprise, Cao Zhengchun flicked his two fingers and sent his companions flying.

This left the five of them utterly shocked.

After Cao Zhengchun repelled the masked man, he glanced at the other five people and said, "If I'm not mistaken, when the Prince of Kao Shan was ambushed thirty miles outside Luoyang, I sensed that someone was secretly watching him. Those people must have been you!"

The five men did not deny it, but stared straight at Cao Zhengchun.

The masked person did not deny it.

indeed.

The six figures who witnessed the King of Kao Shan being intercepted and killed on that steep slope thirty miles outside Luoyang were none other than these six people.

"You worldly people are truly courting death."

"You have repeatedly provoked my Great Zhou Dynasty. Do you think that just because you come from the Tianshan Mountains, you can do whatever you want in the secular world?"

"I let you slip away before."

"You won't be so lucky today."

Cao Zhengchun looked at the six people and said in a sinister tone.

(End of this chapter)