My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 353 - 350 Assassination (Please Subscribe)

In the "coma," Lu Wu was carried into the boudoir in a princess carry by Cimu Qingzi.

Um, how should I put this, Lu Wu being carried by someone in a princess carry was still a first for him.

Not to mention, being carried by a woman, and directly into her room at that.

At that moment, Lu Wu was truly panicked.

He worried the girl might lose control of her beastly impulses, or that she was so into her role that she might actually sully his pure and jade-like body.

He, Lu Wuke, was not the scumbag like Lu Haikong.

He had Dudu at home, and would not mess around with other girls.

Fortunately, Cimu Qingzi simply carried him to bed, straightened him up a bit, then sat by the bed watching him infatuatedly, at most just holding Lu Wu’s hand without making any excessive actions.

Lu Wu couldn’t help but admire her acting skills once more.

What’s professional?

This is professionalism!

Even after having entered the room, even without anyone else around, she didn’t let her acting slip.

At that moment, even Lu Wu couldn’t help feeling the illusion that the girl was perhaps too engrossed in her role.

But then, upon second thought.

He felt it unlikely; a girl who easily kills an entire family, no matter how good her acting, can’t change her ruthless nature.

Such an extremely self-centered person would never be trusted by Lu Wu to develop true feelings.

Instead, her behavior made Lu Wu even more wary.

He simply pretended to know nothing and immersed himself completely in absorbing the Skill "Divine Wrath" from just before.

It had to be said that Lu Wu previously hadn’t thought much of that broken sword.

But after unleashing "Divine Wrath," Lu Wu realized that he had truly underestimated that broken sword.

That Skill "Divine Wrath" was definitely the most terrifying one Lu Wu had ever seen.

A Leader Level Power bursting forth with an attack that could seriously injure or even slay those around King Level 1 Star, such a Skill was undoubtedly a must-kill presence.

Even the Inheritance Skill "One Stick to Suppress the Sky" that Lu Wu Mastered paled in comparison to it.

Just by that one move, the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" lived up to its name as the King of Divine Artifacts.

If Lu Wu could master this move, his Combat Power would absolutely soar by a large margin, even smoothing his path to advancing to King-level.

Therefore, Lu Wu was putting in a tremendous effort to learn this Skill.

However, precisely because of the powerful nature of this Skill, the difficulty of learning it was also terrifyingly high.

With Lu Wu’s Talent, having mastered all the information and used the Skill once, he should have understood it fairly well.

At most, it would generally take him two or three attempts to Master a Skill.

Even with the powerful "Sky Dominating Stick," it took Lu Wu three tries to Master, but he had personally experienced that Skill.

It took him half a day and all his energy to digest it.

But in the end, his gains weren’t as significant, and he only managed to integrate a faint impression of Sword Intent into his own "Lu’s Swordsmanship."

However, even just a hint of Sword Intent was also making "Lu’s Swordsmanship" show signs of breaking through to Must Kill level.

Lu Wu believed that if he used "Divine Wrath" just once,

then, mastering "Divine Wrath" might be a bit far-fetched, but advancing "Lu’s Swordsmanship" should be no problem.

The only issue was that the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" was completely spent after that one strike, and it was feared it wouldn’t recover for a month or two.

Still, there should be a way to speed up the recovery of the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword."

Lu Wu was just about to "wake up" to research methods for this aspect when his brows suddenly furrowed.

"What’s the situation?"

Almost simultaneously, a figure appeared out of thin air by Lu Wu’s bed.

The glint of a blade flashed.

A shuriken aimed at Lu Wu’s throat!

Assassination?!!

Lu Wu was startled, but at that moment, Cimu Qingzi, who was guarding his side, opened her eyes, and her longsword was drawn from her waist.

With a flash of the sword, the Lord Level assassin attacking Lu Wu was repelled with a single strike!

At this time, several figures appeared behind Cimu Qingzi, launching their attacks at once.

A flurry of shuriken aimed directly at Cimu Qingzi’s back.

At the same moment, the assassin repelled by Cimu Qingzi burst forth with all his strength, throwing the shuriken in his hand, his target being the comatose Lu Wu.

Now, Cimu Qingzi faced a choice.

Save herself or save Lu Wu?

At this critical juncture, Cimu Qingzi didn’t hesitate to choose Lu Wu.

With one sword sweep, she deflected the attack aimed at Lu Wu, and immediately threw her longsword, piercing through the assassin in front of her.

Lu Wu was successfully saved, but as a result, Cimu Qingzi took the full brunt of the attacks.

With twelve shuriken sticking out of her back, her aura instantly dropped to a chilling low, obviously with serious injuries.

The three assassins behind her didn’t let up, charging at her immediately!

"Damn it!"

Almost at the same time, an old voice filled with boundless anger rang out.

The old woman arrived just in time, her power at King-level Peak fully unleashed, striking out with a palm that brutally killed the three assassins.

And with that, an attack targeting Lu Wu came to an unceremonious end.

Throughout the whole process, Lu Wu had kept up the appearance of a comatose salted fish, never showing any sign of stirring from start to finish.

Nor did he wake up afterward to check on Cimu Qingzi.

He acted as if he knew nothing at all.

It was Cimu Qingzi who, after everything ended, immediately checked on Lu Wu, only breathing a sigh of relief once she confirmed he was unharmed.

This unwavering commitment to her role, this deeply convincing acting, left Lu Wu in awe.

His own Little Skeleton’s meager acting skills paled in comparison, virtually dust in the wind next to hers.

Thinking of the little guy showing off his acting to him, Lu Wu shook his head in resignation, ’pathetic Little Skeleton!’

After his comments about Little Skeleton, Lu Wu continued to sleep without a care in the world.

On Cimu Qingzi’s side, once she was sure Lu Wu was alright, she forcefully expelled the shuriken from her back, casually tearing a strip of cloth from her clothing to tie up her long hair.

In that moment, Cimu Qingzi’s demeanor underwent a drastic transformation.

She became a majestic, fearsome deity of slaughter.

"Granny, I entrust the Bright Lord to you!"

Cimu Qingzi uttered these words to the old woman, grasping her longsword and striding out of her boudoir without hesitation.

The old woman watched Cimu Qingzi, now emanating an intense killing aura, and sighed lightly.

She knew that this time, Princess Cimu was truly enraged, and the Cimu household was about to witness a bloodbath.

That night.

Cimu Qingzi killed all the guards on duty in her courtyard.

She marched, covered in blood, into Izumikawa Yan’s courtyard, pointing her longsword at his nose, word for word she said,

"If you dare to lay a finger on my man again, I swear I will slaughter your entire family!"

Izumikawa Yan trembled with rage, but he was also baffled, clueless about what he had done.

In the end, the intervention of the Cimu family’s ancient progenitor resolved the matter.

This elder, as always, favored Cimu Qingzi.

Firmly standing on Cimu Qingzi’s side,

on the grounds that Izumikawa Yan had failed to fulfill his duties as the Family Head, allowing assassins to infiltrate the Cimu household, the elder reprimanded Izumikawa Yan’s faction, seizing control of the Guard Team previously under Izumikawa Yan’s command and handing it over to Cimu Qingzi.

This matter thus came to a close.

After the dust had settled and Cimu Qingzi returned to her courtyard to treat her injuries, Lu Wu had already ’woken’ up.

He silently got up and took from the maid the medicine meant for Cimu Qingzi, sighing softly at the twelve hideous wounds on her otherwise pure and jade-like back.

Then, he personally commenced applying the ointment to Cimu Qingzi.

The moment Lu Wu touched her, Cimu Qingzi suddenly jerked awake, her formidable killing intent erupting.

Yet as soon as she realized it was Lu Wu, she instantly retracted it, and became as meek as a kitten, her fair face flushing with a shy and timid expression.

This made Lu Wu shake his head and say, "Isn’t this tiring for you?"

Cimu Qingzi was taken aback.

As he spoke, Lu Wu carefully applied the ointment.

"Aren’t you tired of acting all the time? It’s just the two of us here; even if you don’t act, nobody else will see. Wouldn’t it be better to let yourself rest?"

Upon hearing this, Cimu Qingzi’s eyes instantly reddened, "Does the Bright Lord think I am just acting?"

The resentment and helplessness of being misunderstood was heart-wrenching.

But Lu Wu’s expression remained unchanged, his hands continued their work, and he didn’t stop talking.

"Isn’t it? You don’t like me; you’re only using me as a tool to achieve your purposes.

Killing your former fiancé was your goal, and this incident was also part of your plan."

"Do you think I orchestrated this attack?"

"The issue isn’t what I think, but that your uncle will certainly see it that way.

I’ve spent a few days in the Cimu household and know a bit about what’s going on. I’ve met your uncle; he isn’t foolish, so he wouldn’t have taken such a reckless action.

If he wanted to kill me, he would find a better opportunity rather than being so impulsive.

Moreover, if he were to act recklessly, he wouldn’t just send four at the Lord Level to do the job; if he was determined, he would go all out!

So this wasn’t his doing!"

"If it wasn’t him, then who do you think was responsible?

Or rather, if you were in your uncle’s shoes, who would you think did it, and who would stand to gain the most from it?"

With that question, Cimu Qingzi was stunned.

She turned to look at Lu Wu as if she were seeing him for the first time.

"Don’t look at me like that; we’re partners after all. I just don’t want my partner to do something foolish," Lu Wu said, ruffling Cimu Qingzi’s hair.

"You’ve been holding back for so long, don’t lose your patience now.

Alright, I’ve finished treating your wounds. Next time don’t push yourself too hard, it’s a good thing it’s just your back hurt; if it had been the front, no one would have wanted you."

After saying this, Lu Wu put down the medicine bottle, ignoring Cimu Qingzi’s tears that were about to fall, and got ready to leave. But halfway through, he stopped and added, "If possible, I would still like you to open up to me a bit more.

I’d really like our relationship to progress, to become your friend, rather than just your tool."