Chapter Seventy-two: Encounter with Assassins

  That person ran hastily, looking anxious, apparently not wanting to miss this rare opportunity! I wonder, what place can allow ordinary people to participate in positions that only nobles can hold?

  Because he ran too quickly, the man tripped over his own feet and stumbled towards Li Xie.

  Li Xie, although ruthless and cruel to the nobles, was still kind-hearted towards ordinary people. This could be seen from the gold coins he gave to those who were not admitted. So, without thinking of his own status as a noble, he took a step forward to help the person up.

  This move, Van Dyke saw with his own eyes, wanted to hold back Li Xie. In Van Dyke's eyes, Li Xie's status was noble, how could he go and support a commoner? Moreover, due to Li Xie's noble status, it might also attract some people's envy, and casually coming into contact with others is a very dangerous thing!

  Wan Di Xie had yet to make a move when the person who had pounced suddenly accelerated, their speed so fast that Li Xie was completely unable to react before they collided with him in a full-on tackle!

  "Ah!"

  Li Xie felt a sharp pain in his chest, and immediately he felt an intense pain in his heart, making him let out a miserable cry. He looked down to see that the man's hand was grasping a dagger, with the blade fully inserted into Li Xie's chest!

  "Ah!" Li Xie glared at the man, who waved his hand a few times. The sudden severe pain made Li Xie's consciousness blur, and his body went limp and collapsed!

  "Older brother!"

  Van Di Sel was shocked, the golden aura on his body burst out completely, and he punched towards the person who killed Li Xie. The man drew out a dagger, with a cold smile, quickly flew back!

  The dagger was pulled out, and Li Xie's chest felt a sharp pain again, causing him to fall to the ground powerless, his consciousness becoming increasingly blurred!

  The assassin ran extremely fast, Vandy Saul couldn't catch up, and Xainnad had already rushed out, closely following behind the man!

  "Sir!" Jack hastily went over and turned Li Xie over from the ground, shouting: "Zain goes after him, Vandy comes back! The safety of adults is crucial!"

  Van Di immediately realized that his departure might put Li Xie in danger of assassination again, and if there were still assassins among the crowd, the consequences would be unthinkable! He hastily retreated to Li Xie's side and asked urgently: "How is it, Your Excellency?"

  Li Xie's face turned pale at this moment, and his body convulsed!

  The body of a vampire is basically the same as that of a human, with the heart and brain being fatal points. However, if the head is cut off, lower-level vampires generally do not have enough energy to regenerate their bodies, while if the heart is destroyed, they can still regenerate, but need a huge amount of energy to maintain it.

  "Blood..." Li Xie's internal energy was enough to sustain the repair of his heart, but the required energy was too much, causing him to fall into a daze for a moment, driven by an instinctual craving for fresh blood.

  "Blood... give me blood..." Li Xie's weak voice sounded again.

  Fan Di Xue knew that Li Xie had a way to heal his injuries by drinking blood, so without saying another word, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and condensed the air into his index finger, forcing himself to poke a hole in his own arm, letting the blood flow into Li Xie's mouth.

  "Everyone, get back! Retreat 100 meters! Soldiers, surround the area immediately! Do not let anyone enter the Duke's 100-meter radius! Intruders will be killed on sight! Kode and Gote, assign four squads to notify the guards at the four city gates, close the gates, and station troops on top of the city walls. No one is allowed to leave the city without my orders, violators will be killed on sight!"

  Jack's voice was as loud as a bell, almost spreading throughout the entire recruitment venue. The guards immediately surrounded him, while the civilians retreated hundreds of meters away! Kano Xiaoan and others also heard Jack's words and rushed over, but were blocked by the guards. Both of them felt that the situation was not ordinary, and neither of them dared to force their way through, as military orders are like mountains, and forcing their way would only add trouble!

  Li Xie had Fang De's blood entrance, and instinctively grabbed his arm, biting down in one mouthful.

  Vandy Sell's pupils constricted, he could feel the blood in his body surging towards Li Xie like a tide, the instantaneous blood flow caused by hypoxia, amazingly made Vandy Sell, this tenth-level sword saint, somewhat dizzy, but he endured it, only for an instant, his face was even whiter than Li Xie's. Three seconds later, he fainted! And Li Xie still hadn't loosened his grip!

  Jack realized the situation and was shocked, hurriedly pushing away Vandy Sell, himself stretching out his hand to let Li Xie bite. Li Xie's consciousness had not fully recovered, immediately biting down on Jack's arm.

  A large amount of blood surged into his body, like a clear spring spreading throughout Li Xie's entire body, and concentrated towards the heart. Li Xie had only sucked Jack's blood for four seconds when he finally came to his senses, but saw that Jack's face was pale, covered in cold sweat, and on the side, Vandy Sell lay motionless on the ground, unknown whether dead or alive. Li Xie's mind was shocked beyond measure, and he hastily let go of his mouth.

  "Hurry! Give Van Dyke saline!" Li Xie urged, he hadn't realized how terrifying his blood-sucking speed was, but looking at Van Dyke's face, he knew he must have lost too much blood and fainted: "Xiao An! Come quickly!"

  "Are you okay, sir!" Jack also felt a bit dizzy, in a few seconds, he could feel that he had lost at least one-fifth of his blood!

  "It's okay, look at Vandy quickly!" Li Xie's heart was still recovering, but it wasn't fully healed yet. At this moment, Li Xie's head still hurt, but he couldn't care about that much. His own injury would recover quickly as long as there was blood, but Vandy Sel's face was deathly pale and nearly gray, his life was probably hanging by a thread!

  Jack was sucked in for only four seconds and became dizzy, while Van Dielel was sucked in for almost ten seconds, at least two-tenths of his blood volume was sucked away!

  If a person loses more than twenty percent of their blood, they will face death. Even if Vandelbert is a tenth-tier Sword Saint, pure blood loss still puts him in danger.

  Xiao An rushed over quickly amidst Li Xie's shouting, and Kano also arrived at Li Xie's side: "Sir, are you alright?"

  "I'm fine, Xia'an, go take a look at Fan Di, he must have lost too much blood!" Li Xie hastily said.

  Xiao An hastily took out the herbs from the spatial ring and applied them to Vandy Sel's wound, then took out some unknown medicine and poured it into Vandy Sel's mouth.

  Luckily Li Ye gave spatial rings to everyone around him, now is exactly when they come in handy!

  Xiao An treated Vandy's wounds for a while before saying, "Vandy has lost too much blood and his breathing is very weak, but it won't be life-threatening. He just needs to rest well."

  "Hmm!" Li Xie finally felt at ease, looking at Jack: "You also take a good rest, this time I owe you one, let's go back to the City Lord's Mansion first and wait for Zein's news!"

  "It's the superior who is at fault..."

  "Alright, Kano, go get the carriage ready."

  Castle Lord's Mansion.

  Jie Ke ordered the 20,000-strong evil army to surround the city master's mansion, with guards stationed every ten steps and sentries posted every five steps. No one dared say that anyone could break in, but even if there was a slight movement of grass or wind, they would definitely detect it.

  Li Xie and the others were all in Li Xie's bedroom except for Zeenath, who had not returned, and Vandyssel, who was carried to his room.

  Li Xieguang lay on the bed, although he was fine, but his blood hadn't been fully absorbed, and his body was weak and powerless. Jack and Kano stood by, Jack should have gone to command the soldiers to investigate this matter, but Li Xie's safety was more important, at this moment Zayn Nadir was not around, Vandy Sell was unconscious, Kano's strength was still weak, by Li Xie's side, except for Jack, this ninth-level expert, there were no other powerful guards!

  Xiao An sat on the edge of the bed, gently blowing on Li Xie's wound, softly saying: "Ge, I'm applying medicine to you, it might hurt a bit, bear with it."

  "It's over!" Li Xie lowered his head to look at the wound on his chest, which was in the shape of a cross and about an inch long. This kind of wound could cause maximum blood loss and internal damage, and Li Xie's entire heart was almost destroyed! Because the energy inside him was still repairing his heart, the wound had not yet healed.

  Such a wound would normally be fatal for an ordinary person. Even if Li Xie was a vampire, being stabbed multiple times would undoubtedly be fatal.

  "But, Xiao Ye, this wound..." Xia An looked at it with a pang of distress. She couldn't understand why Li Xie hadn't died from this wound, but the wound was shocking to behold and if they didn't treat it, the injury would likely worsen.

  "It's okay, this one slash almost stirred up my heart, but I didn't die, let alone this wound!" Li Xie smiled at Xiao An to comfort her, and then looked at Jack with a cold tone: "Zein hasn't come back yet?"

  "Not yet."

  As soon as Jack finished speaking, Zayn walked into the bedroom with a gloomy face and said, "Let him run!"

  Li Xie was slightly surprised: "Can't even you catch up?"

  "His speed is no slower than mine."

  Isn't your speed slower than a 9th-level giant dragon?

  Li Xie narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Is it the tenth rank Sword Saint? Very good, Right Minister has invited an expert!"

  "'Ten-tier Sword Saint?' Zayn snorted, 'The Ten-tier Sword Saint's speed can't possibly be faster than mine! That person is definitely not an eleven-tier Saint-level expert, otherwise they wouldn't need to run away! That person must be a nine-tier Summoner, with a human-beast fusion, in order to outrun me and not dare to confront me and Vandy head-on.'"

  "A 9th-tier summoner? Such a master, even the Continental Empire has only a handful of them. The Right Minister shouldn't be able to invite such a master, unless some empire wants me dead?"

  "Impossible," Jack said. "It can't be another empire, their 9th-tier summoners are all under close surveillance by my dynasty. If they leave the country, Your Majesty will definitely know and will secretly send someone to surround and kill them. Moreover, even if they evade Your Majesty's eyes, the 9th-tier summoners of other countries won't come to kill you, after all, it's too easy to expose themselves and be surrounded and killed in Tudor."

  "No need to guess, it's a master of the killing chart." Zayn Nad said: "Being able to approach you quietly in front of me and Vandy, only professional killers can do that. They are quick and ruthless, one hit kills, and immediately retreats, all of which are the methods of a killer. If you weren't an extraordinary person, even I would have died under his assassination. This kind of master should be the top-ranked killer on the killing chart."

  "Kill the list!" Li Xie clenched his fist: "There's only one possibility left! My feud with him is worth it for him to go all out and mobilize the top killers on the kill list! Hmph, he's quite capable. Zeen, do you remember what that person looks like? I saw him, but somehow I don't have any impression of him."

  Zayn nodded: "I don't either, in my impression, his appearance seems vague."

  Jack said, "Sir, he must have used some disguise method, but since it's a killer on the list, it's easy to find out which killer is in action. The top killers don't care about money, they only care if their conditions are met. Just need to go to the Mercenary Guild's trading floor and see who has recently satisfied the conditions of the top killers, compare them, and you'll know which top killer did this assassination!"

  "Go ahead and take care of it, it's better for both parties to understand each other."

  "Moreover, sir, a top assassin like him will not give up until he succeeds. This time he failed to kill you, but there will definitely be a next time unless we can take him out first. Otherwise, you must be extremely cautious at all times."

  Li Xie nodded, and He Zhi wanted to be careful, but also to enhance his own strength!

  This time he was lucky to be alive, Li Xie had realized the importance of his own strength! Relying solely on having a powerful person by his side, one careless move could get him killed. Only when he himself became strong would that be the hard truth!

  "Kano, ride a black-scaled horse to invite Skamord to Chrysanthemum City. Also, tell His Majesty about my assassination attempt and have him kill the entire family of the Right Chancellor. Hmm, no, don't mention this matter. Just invite Skamord over for now." Killing one Right Chancellor is not enough, there's also Marquis Panseng! And the 2 million-strong Leopard Troop! Since the assassination attempt can't be calmed down, killing the Right Chancellor won't make a difference either. Moreover, Li Xie almost died from being stabbed this time and has stirred up his ferocity; he wants to take revenge personally.

  "Right flank, Marquis of Panseng, Leopard Troop! Hmph! I'll have you all beheaded!"