17 Chapter 17: A Choice With the World at Stake!

The Martial Master realm assassin flashed right in front of the Lin Family's patriarch to stop him from dying, but it was already a bit too late.

"Tsk, he has passed away!" The Martial Master realm assassin clicked his tongue in great annoyance.

Without any other choice, the Martial Master realm assassin could only take the wooden box on the table beside the dead Lin Family's patriarch and carefully check the contents of the wooden box.

The Martial Master realm assassin only found a jade slip inside the wooden box, so he took it out and checked it.

"There is no mistake, this should be the authentic [Life Seal Condensing Method] that master needs." The Martial Master realm assassin muttered before he stored the jade slip back into the wooden box and threw it into his spatial treasure.

Then the Martial Master realm assassin took out a bottle of strange potion from his spatial treasure and poured it onto the dead Lin Family's patriarch.

This was actually the [Corpse Dissolving Liquid].

If the Lin Family's patriarch had not used some strange drugs to pretend to be dead, this [Corpse Dissolving Liquid] would melt his entire corpse into a puddle of black liquid.

While the Martial Master realm assassin watched the Lin Family patriarch's corpse quickly melt away under the effect of [Corpse Dissolving Liquid], the other Martial Master realm assassin also entered the Lin Family's Patriarch room.

"How about it?" The other Martial Master realm assassin asked in a cold voice.

"I came a bit too late. He already committed suicide, but I still managed to get the jade slip containing the [Life Seal Condensing Method] from him." The Martial Master realm assassin informed his comrade.

The other Martial Master realm assassin nodded in satisfaction as he replied: "Let's tidy up everything here quickly. We have to get out of here as soon as possible before Wang Family realizes something and comes here to check."

All of the assassins moved really fast.

After they killed everyone in Lin Family's manor, they immediately used [Corpse Dissolving Liquid] to dissolve their corpses in order to not leave any clue behind.

Then they spread the oil around the Lin Family's manor and set the entire manor on fire.

Without waiting for the Lin Family's manor to burn to ashes, all of the assassins scattered into eight groups and ran in eight different directions!

.....

Meanwhile, Ling Yuyan and An Yue were still waiting patiently for Lin Ming Tian and his family to come out of the hidden underground passage's exit while sitting on one of the giant tree's big branches near it.

RUMBLE~! RUMBLE~! RUMBLE~! BOOOOOOMM~!

Lightning and thunder still flashed in the night sky from time to time.

The heavy rain and chilling violent wind made Ling Yuyan's body shiver in cold.

Fortunately, Ling Yuyan did not need to wait for too long.

After waiting for fifteen minutes or so, Lin Ming Tian along with his mother and his little sister finally opened the hidden underground passage's exit from inside and jumped out from under the thick bushes.

Ling Yuyan sighed in relief after she saw Lin Ming Tian and his family from the top of the giant tree's branch.

She was very afraid that something would change because of her sudden transmigration into this world.

She might not really care about what would happen to others such as the heroine Wang Meng Yuan, Wang Qingling, or Jing Weiyuan, but this protagonist Lin Ming Tian was a completely different matter.

His fate was tied too deeply to the future of this world!

"Let's go, An Yue~! Quickly follow them before they run too far away!" Ling Yuyan urged An Yue when she saw Lin Ming Tian and his family ran further and further away from her.

An Yue hastily pulled Ling Yuyan and carried Ling Yuyan again on her back before she jumped from one tree to another agilely.

It only took a few jumps for An Yue to catch up with Lin Ming Tian and his family.

But right at this time, one of the [2nd Tier Shadow Guards] immediately rushed swiftly toward An Yue to inform them about something urgent.

"Sister Yuyan, my shadow guards found several assassins running in our direction. At this rate, those assassins would bump into those people soon." An Yue stated to Ling Yuyan in a solemn tone.

"Then what are you waiting for?! Let's..." Ling Yuyan replied to An Yue in an agitated tone, but she quickly halted her words halfway.

An Yue thought Ling Yuyan was worried that the strength of their group was not strong enough to deal with those several assassins, so she told some more information to Ling Yuyan.

"There are only two Martial Commander realm assassins and ten Martial Warrior realm assassins. it should not be a problem for us to kill all of them instantly as long as we launch a preemptive sneak attack on them before they have any time to react." An Yue conveyed her plan to Ling Yuyan.

Perfect Assassination was An Yue's area of expertise, so she could easily judge the enemy's strength and the timing of execution perfectly.

It could be said that An Yue had 100% confidence to succeed in slaying these assassins instantly with the assistance of her twenty-two [2nd Tier Shadow Guards].

However, An Yue did not know that Ling Yuyan actually did not doubt An Yue's strength along with her shadow guards at all.

For a Diamond-grade hero like An Yue, it was not strange if she could win against several experts in the same realm as her. Even against an expert who possesses the strength of one entire realm above her, An Yue might still have some chance of winning.

What made Ling Yuyan hesitate was something much more crucial than that!

'Will the future change drastically if I save him along with his family right now?' Ling Yuyan suddenly thought solemnly.

In the book, Lin Ming Tian's mother and little sister got killed by those assassins, while Lin Ming Tian himself was forced to jump off the cliff after being chased by those assassins.

But if Ling Yuyan agreed to An Yue's plan, and they really managed to kill all of those assassins before all of those happened, that meant Lin Ming Tian's mother and little sister would not die under those assassins' hands!

The butterfly effect that will be caused by it will surely change the future beyond Ling Yuyan's recognition!

What if Lin Ming Tian's mother and little sister become Lin Ming Tian's burden in the future, and his enemies used his family to threaten him to obey their wishes or lure him into their trap?!

What if the protagonist Lin Ming Tian lost his desire for revenge and chose to go into seclusion with his mother and little sister in a remote place instead to avoid the further pursuit of those assassins?!

Who would lead humanity to counterattack against the Demon Race invasion in the future?!

Ling Yuyan really did not dare to take the gamble on this scale because the fate of this world was secretly staked if she tried to change the fate and save Lin Ming Tian's family at this point.

If you were expecting her, the coward and timid Ling Yuyan, to take the protagonist's responsibility to fight against the Demon Race invasion, then you must be dreaming.

Ling Yuyan definitely would not make any move to put herself at any risk just to act like a hero!

As every second passed, the assassins got more and more closer to Lin Ming Tian and his family.

An Yue knew that they could not wait any longer if they really wanted to save Lin Ming Tian and his family, so she immediately urged Ling Yuyan to take her decision right now: "Sister Yuyan~!"

Ling Yuyan also realized that her time had almost run out, but she really did not have the guts to choose between the lives of a few precious people for the protagonist or the fate of the entire world!

"I..." Ling Yuyan gnashed her pearl-white teeth in frustration and hesitation as her expression turned paler.

Then she slowly closed her eyes...

"I am really sorry for being a coward..." Ling Yuyan muttered softly in a helpless tone.

An Yue instantly understood Ling Yuyan's decision.

An Yue sighed as she tried to comfort Ling Yuyan: "It is all right, Sister Yuyan. It is not your fault. Everyone should be responsible for their own life and fate."

.....

At this time, the group of assassins ran swiftly into the forest, but they failed to realize that more than twenty invisible shadow guards were actually keeping an eye on their every move on the top of nearby trees.

Luckily for that group of assassins, those invisible shadow guards did not have any plan to kill them for now, or their lives might have already been lost in the blink of an eye.

After a few breaths of time, the group of assassins finally bumped into Lin Ming Tian and his family!

Lin Ming Tian along with his mother and little sister halted their step in fear and disbelief when they saw the group of assassins.

"Impossible~! How could they chase us all the way here?! Did they already know about the exit location of the hidden underground passage?!" Lin Ming Tian murmured in panic and fright as his heart was overcome by despair.

Lin Ming Tian was panicked since he had never faced this situation before. His mind turned completely blank, and he did not know what to do.

"Tian'er, bring your sister and run away quickly from here!" Lin Ming Tian's mother shouted as she bravely unsheathed her sword to face the group of assassins.

"Do not leave any eyewitnesses! Kill them all~!" One of the two Martial Commander realm assassins shouted his command to the other assassins.

After Lin Ming Tian heard his mother's shout, Lin Ming Tian woke up from his panic as he murmured with teary eyes: "Mom..."

"GO AWAY~! Do you want all of us to die in vain here?!" Lin Ming Tian's mother screamed again as she raised the sword in her grasp to face the group of assassins who were rushing toward her.

Lin Ming Tian's mother was actually in the Top Peak-Rank Martial Warrior realm.

If it was not because she was too busy raising Lin Ming Tian and his little sister and neglected her martial arts training, she might have already reached the Martial Commander realm long ago.

Lin Ming Tian gnashed his teeth as he knew that he would only be a burden to his mother if he stayed here with his little sister.

So, Lin Ming Tian hastily carried his little sister and ran as quickly as he could deeper into the forest while shouting to his mother: "Mother, you have to stay alive for us~!"