King of Assassins-Chapter 199 - 187: Final Warning

A flicker of blood light shimmered, encircling the vast helipad in an instant for dozens of rounds.

The lingering blood light left traces of light, forming a complex and beautiful pattern in the air.

Within this pattern, the seventeen assassins brought by the Poisonous Bee were the most intense bloodstains.

The assassin struck by the Godslaying Sword exploded into a dense mist of blood under the surge of Sword Qi.

After the battle between Gao Xuan and Luojia, although his attributes didn’t increase, his mastery of power deepened.

His spirit projection avatar continued to train in the negative space, capable of instant deployment and retrieval, ignoring spatial boundaries. The speed seemed astonishingly fast.

The strongest Poisonous Bee was only Level 9, and his skilled subordinates were even fewer.

With a quick thought, Gao Xuan’s spirit projection descended with the Godslaying Sword, instantly annihilating everyone present.

The Godslaying Sword absorbed the spiritual essence of Poisonous Bee and others, and the last strike landed on Helipad No. 3.

The sword qi triggered a directional explosive charge, and a burst of intense red light shot up to the sky, also setting off various alarms on the helipad.

Sitting in the flying car, Wei Yue watched the flames below, her face deep as water.

Only a few knew about her meeting at the Wanying Hotel. To prepare an ambush in advance, one must have accurate timing.

Even if it wasn’t done by the Yan Family, it must be related to them.

But how did Blood Shadow happen to arrive just in time?

Wei Yue found it hard to believe; she wouldn’t naively think that Blood Shadow was secretly protecting her all the time. Blood Shadow was not that kind of person.

It could only be said that she was extremely lucky this time; Blood Shadow saved her again. Moreover, he wreaked havoc on the spot, exterminating the assassins.

Wei Yue had widened her eyes just now, only to see a faint, ethereal blood-colored phantom.

Wei Yue always had a feeling that Blood Shadow seemed to be rapidly progressing over the past few months.

There were traces when he killed Zhao Feng and Fang Zhenshan. When he slew the Heartless Sword, Blood Shadow already displayed the grandeur of a master swordsman.

When he killed Ye Qianqiu and Luojia, his methods became unfathomable.

Today, when eliminating the assassins present, it was done with ease, free from any trace of smoke or firework. He already had the demeanor of a grandmaster, acting with ease.

When Wei Yue’s flying car landed on Helipad No. 2, Yan Deyuan had already arrived on the scene with Yan Qingfeng, Yan Qingge, and other members of the Yan Family’s direct lineage.

Looking at the scattered bloodstains on the helipad and smelling the strong scent of gunpowder in the air, Yan Deyuan felt rather embarrassed.

He apologized profusely to Wei Yue, "President Wei, believe me, we will investigate this thoroughly and give you an explanation."

Wei Yue remained silent; this matter was the Yan Family’s responsibility. Without Blood Shadow’s intervention, she’d likely be dead by now.

The nature of this incident was so egregious that she didn’t want to pretend as if nothing had happened.

Yan Qingge, being quite familiar with Wei Yue, asked with concern, "President Wei, are you hurt?"

Wei Yue shook her head. The bodyguards around her looked at the Yan Family people with vigilance.

The Yan Family’s upper echelon felt disgraced. It was hard to blame Wei Yue for having issues with them.

The group went to the conference hall, chatted briefly, and Wei Yue soon excused herself to leave.

Originally, both parties were supposed to discuss the second round of financing in detail, but now there was nothing to talk about anymore.

The grand welcome banquet that was prepared had to be canceled.

After Wei Yue left, Yan Deyuan became furious. He stared coldly at the Yan Family elders, "I don’t know who leaked the information, and I don’t care what the motive was. I’ll conduct a thorough investigation of this incident, without any ambiguity."

After his harsh words, Yan Deyuan left with Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng.

The remaining Yan Family senior members looked at each other, their expressions complex and mixed with suspicion.

With the patriarch gone, and the elders not trusting each other, they soon went their separate ways.

Yan Deming left Wanying Hotel and contacted Yan Defeng in the car, "Defeng, the people you arranged didn’t succeed, they failed."

Usually, Yan Deming and Yan Defeng didn’t have a close relationship, but they agreed that the Yan Family must find a way to swallow Yuanlong Group on this matter.

The Blood Shadow was too sharp, making reckless actions risky.

This time, Wei Yue’s visit to Zhongjing City presented them with an opportunity.

Yuanlong Group’s core business is the Skywalker Gene Potion, and Wei Yue, being shrewd and strong, is the core leader of the group. Removing Wei Yue would inevitably throw Yuanlong Group into chaos, providing an opportunity for the Yan Family.

As for Blood Shadow, he’s not a god. Can he really find the mastermind behind this?

Yan Deming was willing to take the risk because he thought Blood Shadow might at most trace it to Yan Defeng, but not to him.

A little bit of risk with a huge return was worth doing.

Yan Defeng also knew the plan had failed but wasn’t clear about the specifics.

He asked, "Why did it fail? Who intervened?"

Yan Deming stroked his handsome and thick moustache, "There was no surveillance at the scene, no bodies were left, and only Wei Yue’s party witnessed the fight. Judging from the situation, it was Blood Shadow who acted."

"Blood Shadow is in Zhongjing too?"

Yan Defeng couldn’t believe it, "Is Blood Shadow Wei Yue’s biological father, following her everywhere?"

He couldn’t understand at all; from past cases, Blood Shadow and Wei Yue clearly seemed to have a cooperative relationship.

Blood Shadow acted recklessly, never considering the pressure Wei Yue had to bear.

Now how did Blood Shadow become Wei Yue’s bodyguard?

"He’s insane! Totally nuts!"

Yan Defeng cursed a few times and then quickly said, "We better not contact each other; I’m going to find a place to hide for a few days."

"Why panic? Zhongjing is so big. How would Blood Shadow know where you are? Besides, Blood Shadow doesn’t even know it was you..."

Yan Deming hadn’t finished speaking when a deep male voice sounded in his ear: "Now you know."

Yan Deming was shocked. He turned his head and saw a blood-red silhouette beside him at some unknown time.

The Blood Shadow seemed to be both illusory and real, elusive, and its appearance couldn’t be clearly seen.

Yan Deming’s heart sank to the bottom. Without a doubt, it was the Blood Shadow!

On the video, Yan Defeng also saw the Blood Shadow and his eyes widened in shock.

With a puff, Yan Defeng saw Yan Deming explode like a water-filled balloon, blood splattering everywhere.

The Blood Shadow pointed at Yan Defeng: "Wait for me."

In panic, Yan Defeng hurriedly closed the video. His heart was pounding wildly, and his rapidly surging blood seemed like it would burst his brain.

"Stay calm, don’t panic, there’s still time to escape..."

Yan Defeng reminded himself, taking a deep breath and channeling Source Power to adjust his physical state, he shouted loudly to the bodyguards: "Hurry up and prepare the car, leave here immediately!"

...

At the Yan Family’s old residence, Yan Deyuan was talking in the living room with Yan Qingfeng and Yan Qingge.

"You are more familiar with Wei Yue, how do you think Wei Yue will react?"

Yan Qingfeng thought for a moment and said: "Wei Yue is strong-willed but measured. She shouldn’t react too fiercely. But in minor matters, she’ll definitely make things difficult for us."

Yan Qingge nodded in agreement: "Wei Yue won’t be a big problem. The key is how the Blood Shadow will react."

She was quite worried: "Our family keeps having issues, and I fear the Blood Shadow may lose patience."

"We are currently partners with the Wei Family. If something happens to us, it won’t be good for them either."

Yan Deyuan seemed indifferent and said: "The Blood Shadow shouldn’t act recklessly."

Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng exchanged bitter smiles.

The noble families in Zhongjing City cared too much about appearances, even when in conflict, there were many established ways of conduct. Even a patriarch like Yan Deyuan was used to such power struggles.

They possibly couldn’t understand the Blood Shadow, nor the Blood Shadow’s brutality.

These things are indeed unpredictable.

Yan Qingge had the most contact with the Blood Shadow, yet she dared not say she understood the Blood Shadow. She also couldn’t make judgments lightly.

The incident that happened this afternoon completely disrupted the Yan Family’s plans.

Now, talking to Wei Yue would be useless. The priority is to find the assassin and uncover the mastermind.

At the very least, they must outwardly offer an explanation to Wei Yue.

However, Yan Qingge felt the situation was severe, definitely not as inconsequential as her father thought. She said: "Dad, this matter is definitely related to Second Uncle."

"What can I do?"

Yan Deyuan said: "Your second uncle is ambitious, but very capable. He’s also core direct lineage, I can’t act against him."

He paused and continued: "Moreover, there’s no evidence."

Yan Qingge sighed: "I’m just afraid the Blood Shadow won’t let it go."

Yan Deyuan shook his head: "This is Zhongjing, and we are the Yan Family. A millennial noble family, we have our dignity and honor."

As he spoke, he suddenly sensed a bloody smell in the air.

"What’s that smell?" Yan Deyuan asked.

Yan Qingge, with the highest cultivation and the most sensitive reaction, immediately discovered the source of the smell.

On the carved purple sandalwood Eight Immortals tea tray in the middle of the three of them, a human head had appeared without them noticing.

The head had eyes wide open in anger, with an expression of terror. It was her second uncle, Yan Defeng.

"Ah."

Even with Yan Qingge’s composure, she couldn’t help but let out an involuntary cry.

Yan Deyuan and Yan Qingfeng also saw the head, their faces turned pale, full of horror.

The little living room where they were chatting had only three separate sofas with a round tea table in the middle, upon which the exquisite tea set was placed.

The three of them were almost right next to the tea table, with gaps in between. Yet, three living people chatting back and forth didn’t notice a head appearing on the tea table.

This place was supposed to be the heavily guarded old residence of the Yan Family, how could someone silently infiltrate?

Yan Qingge murmured: "It’s him, it must be him."

During the last transaction, Yan Qingge had experienced the Blood Shadow’s supernatural methods.

This time it was just a replay of the last time but with a more horrifying effect.

Yan Deyuan snapped back to reality. He, somewhat shamed and annoyed, shouted: "What does the Blood Shadow want?"

"Dad,"

Yan Qingge suddenly pointed at Yan Deyuan in shock and said: "Dad, there are words on your body."

Yan Deyuan looked down and found four large words written on his expensive white shirt worth thousands of dollars: "Last Time."

The four words were smeared in blood, with varying intensity, but the chilly murderous intent exuding from the writing made Yan Deyuan’s heart turn cold.

The other party could easily kill him, and they also expressed strong impatience.

If it happens again, his head would be on the tea tray.

Yan Deyuan’s face turned ashen as he sat down in defeat, "Go apologize to Wei Yue, no, I’ll personally go apologize..."