The night was dark and the wind was high.

The outer perimeter of the Great Shattered Star Dynasty's palace.

A gaunt figure, dressed in tattered burlap sacks and sporting greasy long bangs, clung to the shadows of the wall like a gecko.

It is Jiahao, the ultimate assassin who bears the heavy responsibility of restoring his kingdom amidst three thousand nightmares.

He took a deep breath.

[The Imperial Palace.]

Is this the tyrant's lair?

The defense was indeed formidable.

Jiahao sneered, a crooked dragon king smile curling at the corner of his mouth as if to say, "Everything is under control."

【pity.】

Against a true assassin, these defenses are nothing but children's toys!

I, Jiahao, possess the noblest 'Shadow Bloodline' of the Nightmare Clan!

I am the embodiment of the night! I am the shadow of the wind!

Tremble, mortals!

"Shadow Step, activate!"

Jiahao mentally shouted.

Then.

He took a sudden running start and pushed off with both legs!

"Whoosh!"

He leaped into the air, attempting to display a graceful and agile figure, and directly vaulted over the five-meter-high palace wall!

however.

Ideals are lofty, but reality is harsh and unpleasant.

His body had been starving in the sewers for three whole days and three nights! Forget about light-footed skills, he was now swaying even when walking on flat ground!

"Bang!!!"

A dull thud.

Jiahao's withered chest slammed solidly into the mountainside of the palace wall!

"Holy crap!"

He was like a toad slapped against a wall, sliding down the red wall with a "whoosh" and crashing heavily into the grass on the ground.

He fell and was completely disoriented, his mouth full of mud.

……

"..."

Above the city wall.

Two Yunqi Army sentries on night duty, holding long rifles, watched everything happening below with expressionless faces.

Sentry A: "..."

Sentry B: "..."

The two looked at each other, their eyes filled with a clear bewilderment and a deep silence.

"Old Li," Sentinel A pointed to the burlap sack-like figure still groaning in the grass below, "what was that thing that just flew by? It looked like a giant moth to me."

"What fluttering moth? That's clearly a beggar." Sentry B rolled his eyes. "His accuracy and strength are incredible. My eighty-year-old grandma can throw a sandbag higher than him."

"So what should we do? Arrest them or not?"

Sentry B slapped Sentry A's helmet:

"What the hell are you going to catch?!"

"Have you forgotten Lord Danheng and the General's orders?!"

"No matter what strange things appear outside the palace tonight, if they deliberately try to go inside, do not stop them!"

"Not only are you not allowed to stop them, you have to treat them like royalty!"

"Miss Shattered Star is waiting for the rice to cook! This is tonight's 'takeout'!"

Sentry A suddenly realized: "Oh, oh, oh! I remember now! Lady Bailu specifically came out and instructed us that a fool is coming in tonight, and we should let him through!"

"Yes!" Sentry B leaned halfway out, looked down, and frowned. "But... this idiot can't even climb over the wall. How long will this delay the Emperor's meal?"

"or……"

Sentinel A thought for a moment and suggested:

"Shall we lend him a hand?"

……

……

At the foot of the city wall.

Jiahao rubbed his ribs, which had almost been broken, and struggled to get up from the bushes.

Damn it!

The palace's protective barrier is incredibly powerful!

[It actually weakened my shadow power without me even realizing it!]

It seems I can no longer hide my strength!

Jiahao gritted his teeth, preparing to take two steps back and make another extreme sprint.

Just then.

"Squeak—"

Accompanied by a dull metallic scraping sound.

Before him stood an incredibly heavy palace side door, studded with copper nails.

actually……

It slowly opened by itself!

Moreover, the door was opened with great care, just the right size for one person to squeeze in sideways.

even.

The moment the door opened, Jiahao vaguely heard an extremely impatient urging coming from inside:

"Hurry up! The door's already open for you, stop dawdling!"

……

Jiahao was stunned.

He looked warily at the open door.

The door...opened by itself?

Is anyone still talking?

His immature, chuunibyou-esque mind instantly began to operate at breakneck speed.

One second later.

A haughty sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth once again.

【hehe.】

【I see!】

[Mr. X (Big Idiot)! He truly lives up to his reputation as our top-level inside man!]

[He's infiltrated to this extent! He even bribed the Imperial Guards to open the escape route for me ahead of time!]

[Good brother! I, Jiahao, have received your good intentions!]

I will definitely not let you down!

Thinking about this...

Jiahao flicked his greasy long bangs.

With his hands in the pockets of the tattered sack, he swaggered into the side door that had been opened just for him, his steps nonchalant.

Just before entering, he said something in a pretentious low voice to the air:

"Thanks, bro."

"Wait for my triumphant return."

……

In the shadows behind the door.

Sentinel A and Sentinel B watched as the beggar walked in like a big shot, even posing for the air.

The two men dug three bedrooms and a living room out of their toes inside their combat boots.

"Old Li..." Sentry A couldn't hold back any longer, "He...?"

"Don't talk." Sentry B covered his face. "I feel nauseous. This idiot's brain must have been squeezed by a door."

"Quickly use the Jade Tablet to notify the Golden Palace."

"I told you... a fool came to the village."

……

……

After entering the palace.

Jiahao felt that he had completely merged into the darkness.

He sees himself as a ruthless killing machine, a synonym for death.

"Tactical infiltration, begin!"

Jiahao gave a low shout.

He lunged forward suddenly!

"thump!"

On the flat white marble square, he did a clumsy forward roll!

Because the ground was too hard, he could clearly feel his back was painfully chafed after rolling around.

But he didn't stop.

To showcase the professionalism of the "Shadow Assassin".

He hunched over, like a praying mantis that had suffered a stroke.

I jogged all the way and rushed to the back of a huge artificial mountain.

"Whoosh!"

He leaned against the artificial hill, his hands gripping an air pistol, cautiously peeking left and right.

After confirming "safety".

He used another tactical slide step!

"Sizzle!"

I slid behind a large red pillar in the corridor.

then.

He stretched out one leg and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

His sharp eyes scanned his surroundings.

……

【hehe.】

This is so relaxing.

The palace guards are utterly useless against my Shadow Step!

I sneaked all the way here without triggering any alarms or attracting anyone's attention!

[I truly am the strongest assassin of the Nightmare Clan!]

Who in this world can stop me?!

Jiahao was completely absorbed in his own world behind the pillar.

……

however.

He had no idea.

Right now, directly above his head.

There were at least a dozen Yunqi Army sentries hidden in the shadows.

He was holding a high-frequency monitor, watching Yu Zhao roll, slide, and pose below like a monkey show, with no blind spots.

Everyone: ...

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