Chapter 37: The Attack of the Fire Nati-... Assassin’s!? Again!?

Chapter 37: The Attack of the Fire Nati-... Assassin's!? Again!?

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"Aahhh! Someone help me!"

"There are attackers! The Yang Sect is being attacked by unknown men in black cloaks! Aargh-!"

"Not my sister! No, leave her alone-!"

Various screams echoed throughout the Yang Sect, and it only seemed to start the moment Azmodeus made it back.

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"???" Azmodeus looked around him and saw hundreds of masked men slashing down every Yang Sect disciple they saw.

What the hell is going on here-?

SHING!

A crisp sound reverberated through the area as a long saber blitzed straight toward his neck!

"!!!" He quickly dodged out of the way, narrowly missing the razor-sharp blade.

The strike missed its target, but it didn't look like it was planning to stop as it touched the cobblestoned ground of the Yang Sect!

BOOOM!

A loud explosion resounded as a wide chasm that stretched in a straight line for hundreds of meters was made in the center of the courtyard!

This power... It isn't something that someone in the Body Refinement Realm should possess...

Azmodeus observed the damage for a moment before his dead eyes found their way toward a man with his gray hair in a bun and a large scar across his left eye.

"Who are you? And why are you and your buddies attacking the Yang Sect?" He questioned, his body already getting into a fighting stance.

"You wish to know why we're attacking the Yang Sect?" The scarred man inquired with an amused tone. "...Well, isn't it obvious? It's because of you, Azmodeus!"

Following the man's cryptic words, he dashed forward before letting out another saber strike!

SLICE!

"Because you...-"

BOOOOM!

"Because you don't think you'll lose this battle. That is why you'll answer my questions." Azmodeus finished where he left off before being rudely interrupted by a saber aiming to cut off his head.

"Haha!" The Assassin started to laugh like a pathologically insane man as he replied, "You are definitely the quick-witted one, aren't you?? And you are right, so I will tell you why we came after the Yang Sect, for it's quite simple..."

He paused for a second before continuing, "We were offered to not only take your life but also the lives of all Yang Sect Disciples, the Sect Leader and... his daughter..."

The scarred man's laughter only appeared to become more intense after saying this as he found this sh*t all too hilarious!

However, his conceit and underestimation of his opponent, but above all, saying two names in particular, would be his downfall...

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"...I see..." Azmodeus mumbled with a voice bereft of emotion, his body freezing in place.

"Whaa!? Are you already giving up!? Come on now, at least squirm a little more before I gut you!"

The Scarred Man's sinister comments echoed throughout the war-torn courtyard before it simply disappeared...

"Wha...? Why does it seem like the world is spinning a little bit?" The assassin asked with a confused tone.

However, his queries wouldn't go unanswered for long as an apathetic voice found its way right to his ears:

"That's because you're already dead."

"Whaa...!?"

*Squirt!*

A blood fountain gushed out from the spot where a neck used to be, as the Assassin fell to the ground with no trace of life left in his eyes.

Following this unbelievable event, a couple illusory blue figures vanished without a trace. A few system notifications appeared not long after...

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