Chapter 308: Successful Assassination
The alarm suddenly sounded, and the mysterious man's heart skipped a beat.
“I've been discovered!”
“How did I get discovered?”
In an instant, his mind flashed with suspicion.
“Was it because the ship's hold where I planted the alchemy bombs after stealing the treasure was discovered?”
He couldn’t have replicated the mechanisms and magic traps at the hatch, which was a glaring flaw.
“Or did Magician Hong Teng realize she was poisoned?”
Though the mysterious figure had coated the blow dart with lethal poison, there was still time before the target would succumb to it.
This time was what the mysterious figure had bought for himself, but it also gave the enemy an opportunity.
Never underestimate a magician’s capabilities, even if she was only a low-level magician.
Then, in the next moment, the mysterious figure completely cleared his mind of all distractions.
If he was discovered… So be it!
The strongest members of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps were only silver level. Moreover, the group’s leader, Long Fu, had already left the dock long ago.
Earlier, from the heroic duel between Men Shi and Ban Lan Gen, it was clear that Men Shi's strength was nothing special.
The only one who caught the mysterious person's attention was the auxiliary commander, Shi Qi.
“I am a gold level battle qi cultivator!” The mysterious person's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
Gold level battle skill—Instant Flash.
The mysterious person vanished from his original position in an instant.
The next moment, he suddenly appeared behind Lao Zhong.
It all happened too quickly!
Lao Zhong was still glaring angrily at the mysterious man, but the next moment, the mysterious man had vanished from his field of vision.
Gold level battle skill—Slicing Song.
The mysterious man drew his dagger and slashed across the magician Lao Zhong's neck.
A brilliant flash of blade light flickered and vanished.
The sharp dagger combined with the gold level battle skill severed Lao Zhong's entire head.
In the mysterious figure's perception, bright red blood gushed out from Lao Zhong's neck, propelling his head into the air before it rolled onto the floor.
The fountain of blood quickly subsided.
The mysterious figure slowly rose to his feet and gently kicked with the tip of his toe.
Lao Zhong's headless corpse fell to the floor.
Blood quickly stained the ship's floor red.
Even in death, Lao Zhong's eyes remained wide open in anger.
Clearly, he died with unresolved grievances.
The mysterious figure exhaled a breath of stale air and coldly glanced at Lao Zhong's severed body.
He was a gold level battle qi cultivator, while Lao Zhong was merely iron level.
The gap between them was not just one level; more importantly, the mysterious figure had complete initiative.
Lao Zhong was instantly killed without any chance to fight back, and the mysterious figure was not the least bit surprised by this outcome.
But the next moment. He heard the shouts and footsteps of a large group of people rushing toward this location.
“Follow me and charge!”
“Hurry, hurry!”
The dwarf Men Shi led the way, growling constantly.
Bang!
Men Shi charged forward with his shoulder, smashing through the ship’s hatch.
He was the first to rush into the ship’s hold, followed by the mercenaries swarming in.
The next moment, Men Shi’s eyes widened, and his pupils contracted to the size of needles.
He saw a bundle of alchemy bombs stuck to the ship’s hull.
The fuse of the bombs had already burned to the end.
“Get out of the way, no, get down!” Men Shi roared, warning the mercenaries behind him.
Some mercenaries saw the alchemy bombs, some retreated, and some hurriedly dropped to the ground.
Those who retreated collided with those rushing into the ship's hold from behind, plunging the scene into chaos.
“It's too late!”
Men Shi's face twisted into a ferocious expression as he boldly activated his defensive battle skill and charged toward the alchemy bombs.
Boom!
The next moment, the bombs exploded.
Flames and explosions erupted simultaneously, but most of the blast's destructive force was absorbed by Men Shi.
Men Shi suffered severe injuries, his body swaying, blood spilling from his mouth, his ears ringing, and his head spinning.
The mysterious figure struck silently from the side of the hatch!
It turned out he had been hiding on the side of the hatch all along, his body completely invisible.
Men Shi did not see him; after crashing into the ship's cabin, the first thing he noticed was the alchemy bomb.
All his attention was immediately drawn to the bomb, causing him to overlook the mysterious figure.
The situation was too urgent.
He had no time to think, instinctively unleashing his defensive battle skill to withstand the bomb’s explosion.
He protected most of the mercenaries behind him, but also inadvertently shielded the mysterious figure.
Everything was within the mysterious figure’s calculations.
He drew a dagger and stabbed toward Men Shi’s lower back.
Gold level battle skill—Kidney Strike.
Men Shi was struck, and one of his kidneys was pierced through by the dagger.
The power of the gold level battle qi was immense, piercing directly through his lower back.
Men Shi let out a muffled groan, the pain jolting him back to his senses.
He didn’t dodge but instead reached out with his free hand.
He grabbed the mysterious figure’s arm with both hands!
The mysterious figure tried to break free but found that Men Shi was using all his strength, his large hands clamping down on the man’s arm, preventing him from escaping.
The mysterious figure sneered coldly, unhurried.
In the next moment, he used his battle skill—Slippery Body.
The mysterious figure's entire body became oily and slippery, as if it were covered in grease.
The harder Men Shi tried, the more he was unable to restrain the mysterious figure.
The mysterious figure gently pulled his hand away and broke free from Men Shi's grasp.
He pulled out his dagger again and was about to slit Men Shi's throat to deliver the fatal blow.
But in the next moment, Zong Ge pounced.
The mysterious figure didn't need to turn around to feel a strong gust of wind behind him.
He chose not to assassinate Men Shi and let him go for the time being.
He pulled a small spherical alchemy item from his sleeve.
He flicked his wrist and threw the spherical alchemy item onto the floor.
With a dull bang, the spherical item exploded into a large cloud of thick smoke.
The white smoke quickly filled the entire cabin, and the pungent smell forced the mercenaries to close their eyes and mouths.
Zong Ge also held his breath for a moment.
After distracting all of his enemies, the mysterious figure disappeared again.
Zong Ge's weapon missed its target, but it saved Men Shi.
Thick smoke billowed out of the hole in the ship's hull.
The mysterious figure emerged from the smoke and flew out like an arrow.
Boom!
The sound of a cannon resounded!
The cannonball hit the mysterious figure with precision.
When the alarm sounded, Chi Lai did not follow the others.
He understood his strengths, and his excellent military training allowed him to know how to cooperate with his comrades.
He immediately took up a position at a cannon and waited in readiness.
When the mysterious figure leaped into the air, he immediately fired the cannon.
Chi Lai was a professional gunner with specialized battle skills. Not only could he increase the power of the cannonball, but he could also increase its accuracy.
After being hit by the cannon, the mysterious figure immediately fell into the sea.
“Follow me!”
The water pigman roared fiercely and took the lead in jumping into the sea.
The rest of the water pigmen followed suit.
Water pigmen were naturally good swimmers and had always been one of the best sources of soldiers for naval warfare.
“Gang Lie, get back!” The water pigmen's leader arrived first and dragged Gang Lie behind him.
The water pigman leader was at the iron level, much stronger than Gang Lie.
His outward display of weakness was just a strategy for survival.
He was also a responsible leader.
He knew that the enemy was mysterious and powerful, so he preferred to charge ahead himself to protect his people behind him.
Zong Ge ran to the breach created by the alchemy bomb and saw waves rolling on the sea.
The water pigmen were fighting a fierce battle with the mysterious figure.
Zong Ge snorted heavily, his face grave, his heart filled with anxiety.
He knew that this newly formed Backwater Battle Squad was no match for the mysterious figure.
The enemy was truly gold level.
The Backwater Battle Squad going into battle was tantamount to sending them to their deaths.
However, just as Zong Ge was about to give the order for the water pigmen to retreat, he saw the leader of the water pigmen excitedly raise a corpse and emerge from the water.
Gang Lie also emerged from the water and shouted excitedly, “We killed him!”
There was no surprise on Zong Ge's face.
He quickly shouted, “This is not his real body, be careful!”
In the next moment, the leader of the water pigmen was surprised to see the corpse in his hands gradually revert to a humanoid alchemy puppet.
The mysterious figure took advantage of the thick fog obscuring everyone's vision to release the alchemy puppet and disguise himself.
He tricked them with the classic art of diversion.
His true form was nowhere to be found.
Zong Ge held his weapon, fully alert, his face pale.
He would rather fight this mysterious enemy.
A worse situation had already arisen—the other party had quietly slipped away.
Zong Ge had no idea what the enemy's next move would be, or what his purpose was.
He could only defend passively.
But what effect would such a defense have?
The enemy had already secretly boarded the flagship of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps and attempted to assassinate the two magicians, Hong Teng and Lao Zhong.
Such actions had fully demonstrated his infiltration capabilities.
Given the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ current defensive measures, they truly could not guard against such a skilled individual.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had been completely forced into a defensive position.
Under Zi Di's control, the two scout alchemy puppets charged into the storage compartment.
“Damn it!” Zi Di's expression soured.
She realized that many of the items they had just obtained were missing.
A large amount of alchemy materials were gone.
Most importantly, the three gold equipment were gone.
Only the formation diagram panels remained.
Even more terrifying was that there were several bundles of alchemy bombs in the ship's hold.
Without time to think, Zi Di immediately controlled the scout-type alchemy puppet, instructing it to grab the alchemy bombs and fly out of the ship at full speed.
The scout-type golem used all its speed, but it couldn't outpace the countdown.
“It's too late!”
“Everyone, pay attention! It's going to explode!”
Through the communication device, Zi Di hurriedly notified Zong Ge and the other survivors.
Just as the alchemy bombs were about to explode, a beam of light suddenly shot out from the mage tower on the pier.
The beam hit the alchemy bomb right in the middle.
In an instant, the bomb was decomposed and reduced to countless particles of powder.
“Hmph.” The mysterious figure had returned to the pier and was hiding in the shadows, watching the scene of the alchemy bomb being destroyed.
The next moment, the mage tower sounded an alarm.
The people nearby let out panicked cries.
A large number of city guards quickly gathered and rushed to the pier.
It quickly became bustling with activity.
Meanwhile, the mysterious figure, carrying a harpoon in one hand and a longbow in the other, calmly left the pier, following the shadows.