Chapter 167: The Assassination of Zhao Linger

As he walked further ahead, Zhao Yun heard the voice belonging to Zhao Ling'er. As he ventured a few steps deeper, there was no telling what kind of trouble might await him. Therefore, at this stage of the matter, what mattered most was how large the difference was between the situation now and how he had started out. As for what those people were thinking in light of the current circumstances, it bore no great demand on his initial intentions.

"Didn't I say it long ago? That woman is definitely ahead; it's just that she hasn't been in the same place as me all this time. Under these circumstances, if we still can't bring this matter to light, there's a strong likelihood that something else exists between the two of us!"

When Zhao Yun spoke these words, it was essentially to say—

"Interrogate them to find out who they are. Take them to their lair to see if there is any loot to be gathered. Figure out who the mastermind is and get rid of them," Fang Xian instructed Li Daqi.

Suddenly, Zhu Shimei's figure vanished. Moments later, multiple afterimages of her appeared across the arena, leaving the watching martial artists completely unable to tell which one was her true body. By the time her form consolidated back into a single person, her opponent had already been neatly and cleanly kicked off the stage.

Fortunately, after just a light peck on the cheek, the man left. The remaining time was spent between mother and son. Thankfully, aside from the major destructive incident last time, the son was generally quite obedient. The daylight hours passed in a dull tranquility, lasting right until the husband returned home in the evening.

A sudden sense of foreboding welled up in his heart, especially when he saw the red gemstone on the ring in Boer's hand flashing.

In mid-September, not long after Gu the Second's wedding had passed, and barely after Madam Zhang's mandatory three-day return visit home concluded, Qi Heng—along with He Sijiu, more than a dozen elite experts from the Imperial City Bureau, and officials from the Ministry of Punishments—knocked on the door of the Marquis of Ningyuan's estate.

Either they ranked outside the top ten, or they were in the top eight; but it was clearly the latter, which was precisely why they grew increasingly panicked.

This matter could not be rushed; otherwise, if it provoked the other four major mountain strongholds to join forces and attack them, what would our Qingyun Stronghold use to resist? Would the Wu Dynasty really dispatch several grandmasters of the Transformation Realm just for our sake? Zhou Boliong said with a shake of his head.

Gu the Second's affair was by no means a coincidence. The Palace Gate Guard is responsible for the defense and security of the imperial palace, and Wang Podi lacked sufficient weight. Xu Zhang had to go to the Palace Gate Guard in person to unearth any trace of a clue.

There had never been any shortage of matchmakers knocking on their door. Previously, after the news of Rao Chen's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spread, things had quieted down for a period. But now, seeing that there was not the slightest issue with Rao Chen's health, the minds of the elders in various families grew active once again.

It wasn't that the doctors held any prejudice against the two of them; it was simply that the four drivers were injured far too severely, and the medical staff were completely overwhelmed.

The problem was that Lin Mo was not currently helping the Heavenly Dao of the Crimson Lotus Realm search for any Heavenly Dao treasures, so he had no reason to exhaust his energy and go through the trouble of performing such divinations.

"To think there is something even more important than dominating the Demon-Human race—what on earth could it be?" Hu Mei'er furrowed her brows with a pensive look.

Although this restorative power was formed by the convergence of magic power and the primordial energy of heaven and earth, it looked almost as substantial as if it were a physical entity.

Ye Feng's brows furrowed, though he showed no intention of retreating. He raised his right hand as a crackling sound echoed loudly, and thrust a punch straight ahead.

"Wait! I beg you, please don't smash it, my good man! Can you please not squander such precious pills in such a barbaric way?" The shop assistant hurriedly stopped Wu Tian, partly out of fear of being struck by the flying debris, but mostly out of genuine heartache that such valuable pills were being treated like mere stones.

Cluster after cluster of fireballs rained down upon the twin ice wings, detonating upon impact. By this point, the two ice wings had already merged into one, forming the twin-linked ice wings, yet this still proved entirely futile.

"Rest assured, I am not cruel enough to kill an infant who knows nothing. Don't worry, your child will be fine!" With that, he produced the essence of life and fed it to the baby.

However, Ye Feng felt no fear. Just as he intended to summon a treasure to counter the attack, he saw the dark light flash violently and transform mid-air into a demonic dragon.

Of course, the Sangcang Tomb had been destroyed, but what had been ruined was merely a mountain gate. Once a mountain gate is destroyed, one simply needs to find a new location and rebuild it.

"So it was you!!" Jax directly executed a leaping strike, completely ignoring the numerous Noxian heroes surrounding LeBlanc as he charged straight toward her.