[1] Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Ch 66 - 70

C66 - Despicable

Slash!

Hou Lin had started to move. Differentiating Nan Hua from the others was very easy since she was small and nimble. Not to mention, her barely present presence was quite unique in a way.

In other words, he himself could barely detect where the girl was.

'The adjutant is quite sharp.'

Retreating to the back, Hou Lin paid close attention to the group before him. Nan Hua had killed several of the soldiers with her needles while he killed several of them with his dagger and some needles. He had more confidence in his dagger skill rather than needles since he mostly used knives.

But he had used his knives in the previous fight and when eliminating some tails that followed Old Master Nan.

"Come out, you despicable assassin!" the adjutant yelled in annoyance.

But Nan Hua didn't respond.

Lurking at one side, Nan Hua didn't move at all. With her current martial arts, her erasing presence skill would not work as well when she was moving around. As long as she was staying still as if she was nothing more than a rock, she wouldn't be found out.

"Adjutant, shall we make report?"

"Let's retreat…"

Clang! Jleb!

"Akh!"

The adjutant felt that his patience was tested over and over. Looking at the pitch black darkness before him, it would be a lie if he said that he was not afraid. He didn't know what was waiting for him and seeing his men dying one by one all of the sudden caused him to be afraid.

Who…?

Just who was the one killing them with ease like that?

"Adjutant?"

"Open the door and enter the main hall, we…"

Slash!

Hou Lin swiftly moved. He knew that if they opened the door, light would come and their advantage would disappear. Assassin specialized in killing people swiftly using the cover of darkness. As long as they had this advantage, they would not usually lose.

"Open…"

Stab!

Clang!

The dull sound coming from the main hall startled everyone within the secret passage. They came to realize that there was another group that was coming from the other secret passage.

Then… why were there two groups?

Does His Majesty really have that much help?

A needle landed on the adjutant leg, preventing him from moving. Dread spread from the bottom of the adjutant's heart. Just now… he couldn't sense the needle coming at all. He had already experienced countless assassination attack before, but why was this one so different?

How come someone trained to this extent?

His hand swiftly moved to slash forward, hoping to stop anything that come towards his vital point. However, there was nothing.

Just as the adjutant wanted to move again, he felt pain in his arm. To his horror, it hit his accupoint, which prevented him from moving his hand. The next moment, he felt dull pain in his head and his other legs gave away.

"Despicable…"

Thud!

Nan Hua stood ten feet away from the adjutant, silently at one side. She heard the adjutant's words and her eyes flickered. "I'm an assassin, would it matter what method I use?"