The Human Emperor (1-200)

C132: Back Thrust!

“Li Zhuxin, take her down!”

A glint flashed across Wang Chong’s eyes as he said.

Wang Chong had noticed it swiftly, but he was still a step too slow. Sou! The female assassin made use of the momentum from her slash against Li Zhuxin’s sword to bolt backward swiftly.

Without turning back, she executed the Spectre Steps and dashed into the forest.

“Do you think you can escape!”

Without any hesitation, Li Zhuxin chased her.

“Wait a moment! …”

Wang Chong lifted his hand in an attempt to stop Li Zhuxin, but before he could utter a word, the other party had already charged in the direction of the Eastern Islands female assassin.

By the time he finished spouting those words, the duo had disappeared without a trace. All that was left was the rustling wind which lingered at the mountaintop and the floating tree leaves.

“Fast! …”

Wang Chong slowly retracted his outstretched hand.

While the Eastern Islands female assassin was fast, Li Zhuxin wasn’t slow either. They had both cultivated speed-type secret arts, albeit the two being of different nature.

Their disappearance caused a sudden moment of silence in the forest.

“Young master, what do we do now?”

Meng Long instinctively turned to ask Wang Chong. Li Zhuxin hadn’t taken down the female assassin yet, and this meant that they were still in danger.

“Young master, I’m sorry. It was due to my negligence that brought her here.”

Shen Hai apologized remorsefully with a lowered head.

Excited, all of his attention was focused on scaling the mountain to deliver the good news to the young master. He couldn’t have even imagined that the Eastern Islands female assassin was tailing him.

Wang Chong waved his hands nonchalantly.

“This isn’t your fault. The female assassin hasn’t completed her mission, and even if not for you, she would have surely found some other ways to get here. Unless we choose to never leave the mountain to enter the city, it is just a matter of time before she gets on our trail. The reason why I employed Li Zhuxin from the Home of the Adventurers is in preparation for such a situation.”

“Besides, this isn’t the time to be talking about this.”

“What we have to do now is to consider our next course of action.”

A contemplative look appeared on Wang Chong’s face as he said these words.

Li Zhuxin had left too quickly, leaving behind a huge breach in Wang Chong’s defense. Even though the Eastern Islands female assassin wasn’t a match for Li Zhuxin, in this mountain forest terrain, her Spectre Steps granted her a huge advantage over the latter.

Thus, it was unlikely that Li Zhuxin would be able to take her down.

“Young master, why don’t we leave for now? This place isn’t safe.”

Meng Long suddenly said.

That female assassin’s presence had truly left him horrified. Without Arloja, Ablonodan, and Tuoba Guiyuan, none of them was a match for that lady.

In this terrain, she didn’t even have to cross blows with them. With a slight side step, she would be able to circumvent their defense easily. In terms of nimbleness, ten Shen Hai and Meng Long wouldn’t be a match for her.