16 Chapter 16: Bloody Night!
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Meanwhile, the [2nd Tier Shadow Guard] had already sneaked into Wang Family's mansion and informed An Yue about the assassins' assault on the Lin Family's manor.
An Yue hastily woke up Ling Yuyan who was sleeping in the maid's bedroom: "Sister Yuyan, wake up~! It has already begun!"
Ling Yuyan immediately got up and changed her clothes from a maid outfit to casual clothes and a black hooded raincoat before urging An Yue to take her to the hidden passage's exit.
An Yue carried Ling Yuyan on her back as she dashed out from the maid's bedroom.
An Yue's movement speed was extremely fast.
She agilely jumped over several walls in one breath and ran horizontally on the building's wall as if she was running on flat ground.
The heavy rainstorm and the slippery ground did not affect her speed or ability to move around at all.
There were still many guards patrolling in the Wang Family's mansion at night, but no one even realized as An Yue ran passed them easily.
An Yue went out from Wang Family's mansion and headed toward the south of Spring River Town without any obstruction at all.
Ling Yuyan could only see blurry scenery around her all the time, and she even had a hard time opening her eyes because of the violent wind caused by An Yue's extremely swift dash in the middle of a heavy rainstorm.
With An Yue's speed, it did not take long for them to reach the edge of Spring River Town.
An Yue has twenty-two [2nd Tier Shadow Guards] in total at this moment.
Four of them were still keeping an eye on what happened at the Lin Family's manor right now, so An Yue still had eighteen [2nd Tier Shadow Guards] with her.
Currently, An Yue still stored all of those eighteen [2nd Tier Shadow Guards] in her [Shadow Empress Ring], so she immediately released all of them from her [Shadow Empress Ring].
"Spread out and watch over this area. Quickly report to me if you spot anyone in this area!" An Yue gave her order to the eighteen [2nd Tier Shadow Guards].
After that, An Yue brought Ling Yuyan to the giant tree near the hidden passage's exit and jumped onto one of its branches with one light tap on her feet.
There were many reasons why An Yue decided to wait in this place.
First, this giant tree could shelter them from the heavy rain and strong cold wind to some extent.
Second, they could easily watch over the hidden passage's exit from this place without anyone noticing them.
The hidden underground passage's exit was actually located under the cover of thick bushes near this giant tree.
That was one of the main reasons why the shadow guards had a lot of difficulties finding this hidden underground passage's exit before.
An Yue was still worried about Ling Yuyan since they had to wait for Lin Ming Tian to get out from this hidden underground passage's exit under the heavy rain and strong cold wind, so An Yue asked Ling Yuyan: "Sister Yuyan, are you all right? If you feel unwell, you have to immediately tell me, okay?"
"Don't worry, An Yue... Urph... I... I am all right." Ling Yuyan shook her head while holding her mouth as she got off An Yue's back and sat on the giant tree's big branch.
In fact, Ling Yuyan was already very pale, and she felt really uncomfortable at this moment. She almost wanted to vomit several times, but she managed to forcefully hold them back.
Well... It was not because she had flu or caught a cold or something like that...
The reason was because An Yue jumped up and down too swiftly from the top of one building to another and even ran horizontally on the building wall several times before they reached this place.
Ling Yuyan felt the content of her stomach and her head had been shaken violently because of that.
Fortunately, Ling Yuyan's body had grown many times stronger than before after consuming [Marrow Cleansing Pill] and undergoing harsh martial arts practice for a few months in Dream Space, if not for that, she might have already spilled out everything in her stomach and passed out disgracefully right now.
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On the contrary to Ling Yuyan's calm situation, the confrontation in the Lin Family's manor had already reached the climax.
RUMBLE~! RUMBLE~! BOOOOOOMM~!
The rumbling and booming sounds of thunder were resounding again and again as the decisive battle in the Lin Family's manor was getting more and more intense!
PUFF~! PUFF~!
Two Martial General realm guard captains were fighting fiercely against four Martial General realm assassins.
But the four Martial General realm assassins were not only more deadly, stronger, and fiercer than the two Martial General realm guard captains, but they were also overwhelming in terms of number.
It only took less than one minute for the four assassins to defeat and slew the two guard captains.
Not to mention that there were still ten Martial Commander realm assassins and sixty Martial Warrior realm assassins who were currently massacring anyone alive in Lin Family's manor.
Whether it were guards, maids, servants, or Lin Family members, no one was spared by them.
It was not that Lin Family's patriarch did not want to let them escape from this disaster through the hidden passage like his wife and two children, but he really did not have enough time to do it.
The only reason why the Lin Family's patriarch could let his wife and two children escape through the hidden passage before was because his Martial Master realm bodyguard was currently buying time for them!
Unfortunately, even this Martial Master realm bodyguard could not last long under the fierce attack of the two Martial Master realm assassins.
BAAAANGG~!
The patriarch's bodyguard was thrown off several dozens of meters and crashed onto the wall.
Even the sturdy stone wall could not bear the impact and crumbled apart, then fell on the patriarch's bodyguard.
One of the Martial Master realm assassins jumped high and thrust the sharp blade in his hand downward toward the patriarch's bodyguard who was buried under the rubble.
CLAAAANG~!
The patriarch's bodyguard suddenly stood up from under the rubble and caught the sharp blade attack between his two palms!
But another Martial Master realm assassin swiftly followed up with another attack toward him from behind!
This swift slash to the bodyguard's throat was completely unavoidable, so he could only block it using his hand again since he had lost his weapon when she was thrown off before.
PUUFF~!
The bodyguard's right hand was cut off by the assassin's blade, but the bodyguard did not even shout in pain or beg for mercy from the assassins.
Each move of the Martial Master realm experts was so powerful that the heavy rain and cold wind seemed to scatter around violently.
"Do you know what you are doing? Our Lin Family is the most well-known Physician Family in the Dajing Dynasty. We have cured countless people and protected by the Dajing Dynasty's emperor himself!"
"Once you kill my master and his family, you will be chased and hunted down by countless people and the Dajing Dynasty's emperor!"
The patriarch's bodyguard tried to intimidate those two Martial Master realm assassins.
However, those two Martial Master realm assassins sneered coldly while mocking him: "Hunted us down? Pfft... Bwahahaha~! Who knows if we were the ones who did it if we did not leave any witnesses?!"
"You beasts!" The patriarch's bodyguard gnashed his teeth in great anger.
"He is no longer a threat. You can go first and find the Lin Family Patriarch. I am afraid he will run away through a secret passage." One of the Master realm assassins said to his comrade.
But his comrade sneered leisurely while muttering in a playful tone "Run away? He cannot run away."
Then he took a strange black insect from his clothes.
The expression of the bodyguard instantly changed when he saw the strange black insect.
"Tracking Insect?! You bast*rd!" The patriarch's bodyguard cursed in unbearable rage.
This Tracking Insect could be used to track any object or person who had been smeared by a special flower sap.
This special flower sap was colorless and odorless, making it very difficult to detect, but they had to have physical contact with the Lin Family Patriarch if they wanted to smear it on him.
It was not hard to conclude that some of these assassins should have been disguised as a patient and asked for the Lin Family Patriarch to treat them, then they took that chance to smear the special flower sap on the Lin Family Patriarch.
It was natural that their plan greatly angered the Patriarch's bodyguard because they were actually taking advantage of the patriarch's kindness that way.
Unfortunately, the two Martial Master realm assassins did not bother to care about the bodyguard's anger as one of them immediately used the Tracking Insect to find the Lin Family's patriarch.
The bodyguard moved swiftly to prevent them from finding the Lin Family's patriarch, but the other Martial Master realm assassin already blocked his way and began to attack him fiercely.
The bodyguard had already been heavily injured, he had lost his weapon, he even lost his right hand and a lot of blood, so he was not their opponent anymore.
It only took a few moves for the Martial Master realm assassin to behead the bodyguard.
The other Martial Master realm assassin only took a few seconds to find the Lin Family's patriarch.
Contrary to their expectations, the Lin Family's patriarch did not run away at all.
He only sat silently in his room as if he was actually waiting for them to arrive.
The Lin Family's patriarch opened the wooden box on the table while saying: "The jade slip in this wooden box contains the [Life Seal Condensing Method]."
After saying that, black blood flowed out from the Lin Family patriarch's mouth, and his breath completely disappeared after that.
He knew if he did not give this [Life Seal Condensing Method] to these assassins, they would surely rummage through the entire Lin Family's manor.
If they still failed to find it, they would definitely hunt down all of his escaping family until they got their hands on this [Life Seal Condensing Method].
At that time, the entire Lin Family would be completely wiped out.
As for the reason why he committed suicide...
It was because there were many ways to forcefully control him such as brainwashing, puppet techniques, hypnosis, drugs, and so on.
If he fell under their control, there was no guarantee that he would not say that his wife and his two children were still alive out there. These people might even use him as bait to lure out his family.
In order to protect his family, the Lin Family Patriarch chose to commit suicide.
He could only hope that these people would be completely satisfied after they got this [Life Seal Condensing Method] and would no longer bother his family anymore.
