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Chap 803

Chapter 803: Shadow arts, the Gu Clan gentleman

The shadow guard shoved Gu Beiyue harshly aside. He might have stood on his own originally, but this time he toppled over. Long Feiye’s pill had only recovered 30 percent of his internal energy, so he could both maintain his balance and even dodge with lightness techniques when needed. However, he wouldn’t expose his skills unless absolutely necessary.

When Gu Beiyue fell to the ground, he saw three black-masked assassins appear on the scene. Ten more shadow guards came out from their hiding places to take up defensive positions. Soon enough, they began to fight with the mystery trio while the first shadow guard retreated to stand protectively in front of Gu Beiyue.

The three assassins were all wielding long swords with skills far surpassing Gu Beiyue’s group. Their each move and strike were more than enough to deal with their 10 opponents. In only a while, the fighting grew intense.

“This...they…” the shadow guard gaped at the sight. The three assassins were clearly using Celestial Mountain swordplay styles. Judging by the strength of their sword awns, they had mastered Nirvana Heart Arts as well.

Who...are they? They’d have to be top disciples from the two Courtyards or Depositories to have such skill with the sword.

His Highness Duke of Qin had long gained control over Celestial Mountain Sword Sect, leaving Cang Qiuzi’s faction under his thumb as well. It was impossible for these assassins to sneak off the mountain. Even if they were rebels loyal to Cang Qiuzi, why would they target Gu Beiyue? The man had no grudge with them. Currently, Gu Beiyue was knitting his brows at the sight. The shadow guard noticed his stern expression and silently realized that things were bad. With the current situation, wouldn’t Doctor Gu suspect His Highness Duke of Qin of being behind the scenes? 

Thinking up to here, a frightening thought crept into the shadow guard’s mind as he suppressed a chill. Could it be that these are really assassins sent by His Highness?

Dcotor Gu was no simple man. His agreement with His Highness Duke of Qin was a complete secret to esteemed wangfei. Could His Highness Duke of Qin have just used him to get Medical City and then get rid of him afterwards? Technically speaking, Doctor Gu should be His Highness Duke of Qin’s strongest ally after controlling Medical City. But if he betrayed His Highness first to ally with other powers, then His Highness Duke of Qin would lose the whole game in one careless move. It was much harder to deal with Gu Beiyue than Gu Yuntian. While the latter was a madman about medicine, the former had heavenly talent! 

“This swordplay style is certainly familiar!” Gu Beiyue’s calm tone betrayed no sign of his feelings, but it scared the shadow guard to death.

“What are you so flustered about?” Gu Beiyue asked next.

“I...I...Doctor Gu, their swordplay style…” the shadow guard didn’t know how to explain. Gu Beiyue was about to speak when the guard suddenly shoved him aside again. In the next second, a fresh sword slash separated the two with a shrill whistle.

Another assassin! That was close! The shadow guard went ahead to face him regardless. No matter what their origins were, he had to follow the Duke of Qin’s old orders if he hadn’t received any new ones, and that meant: protect Doctor Gu to the death.

He and Gu Beiyue both turned to see another black-robed assassin. But unlike the others, his mask covered his entire head, making it impossible to discern his identity. Only two eyes peered out at them. His figure was clearly male, but everything else was a mystery. 

“Doctor Gu, this one has better martial arts skills than the other trio. We can only flee.” Higher ranked shadow guards had undergone hundreds of battles and were able to pick out differences with a glance. He pulled Gu Beiyue and turned towards the medical academy, but the dark-robed assassin quickly moved to block them. He pointed his sword at Gu Beiyue in silence, but his eyes were filled with obvious killing intent.