Chapter 321: Assassination

“King!”

“The King is in Rainlan City!”

All the hidden Tribes of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms within Rainlan City became fervent inside.

Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms were inherently very loose in discipline. Even when a leader issued orders, the few core members would still obey somewhat, but the vast numbers of middle- and lower-level tribes usually did not care much. They might go through long ages without ever meeting their leader, and perhaps one day they would simply die at the hands of cultivators. Naturally, they behaved even more recklessly and loosely.

Reckless, wanton, and undisciplined. This had already become the tradition of the Tribes of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.

The Heart Bewilderment Worm tribe, the Soul-Devouring Snake tribe, and the Void Realm Wanderer tribe—these were the three major infiltrator races. Once a “King” was born among the infiltrator races, it would possess an unimaginable power of rallying! Even the Kings of other races would be willing to obey its summons.

Because only the “King” of the infiltrator races could easily enter a city and assassinate the highest-level core figures inside! This greatly reduced the difficulty of breaching a city.

In the history of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, when cities were breached, nine out of ten cases occurred because a “King” had appeared among the three infiltrator races.

Once such a King was discovered, the cultivators of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm would immediately request reinforcements! The Dark Sacred Realm would then dispatch some extremely terrifying cultivators to hunt down the infiltrator King.

Therefore, once a King of the infiltrator races was born, it was kept absolutely secret.

A King only had one chance in its lifetime to breach a city!

Once it failed, under the pursuit of cross-realm powerhouses from the Dark Sacred Realm, it would not survive.

“This is my only opportunity. The only opportunity to regain freedom.” The red-robed cultivator stood up, his eyes icy. The entire Nine Rivers Sacred Realm was a vast prison! After going through countless hardships to reach the Transcendent Limit level, it had finally gained a single chance to “regain freedom.”

As long as the city was breached! Among the hundreds of millions of cultivators, it only needed to slaughter a portion to accumulate enough merit.

“Act!”

The red-robed cultivator gave the order. At this moment, the leaders hidden throughout Rainlan City all began to move, while the other tribes remained dormant.

Whoosh!

The red-robed cultivator left the Cave Dwelling and flew toward the direction of Hall Master Weiyang’s Cave Dwelling through the faint mist.

At the same time, a total of thirty-two other leaders also flew toward Hall Master Weiyang’s Cave Dwelling.

Across the entire Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, under the King’s summons, among the many branches of the Heart Bewilderment Worm tribe and the Soul-Devouring Snake tribe, a total of thirty-two leaders possessing “God Emperor Perfection strength” had gathered here.

Firstly, the various branches scattered across the thirty-five city regions of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm did not all produce a “God Emperor Perfection” existence. In some branches, the strongest beings were only late-stage God Emperor tribesmen. Thus, throughout the entire Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, leader-level existences of the Heart Bewilderment Worm tribe and the Soul-Devouring Snake tribe were already scarce.

Secondly, some leaders did not come to participate in the battle. Those who joined could only be considered roughly half of the elite forces of the two races.

“Rumble~~~~”

The four city gates of Rainlan City closed with a thunderous roar.

With the gates closed, all cultivators were temporarily forbidden from entering or leaving.

“All cultivators must immediately return to their respective Cave Dwellings. You may also temporarily remain in nearby shops.” Hall Master Yuanxiang’s gentle voice resounded throughout the entire city. “In a moment, all cultivators will be forbidden from going outside. Anyone attempting to flee will be regarded as a hidden Tribe of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.”

“This inspection will be completed within one day. During the inspection process, all cultivators must cooperate.”

The voice spread across the city.

Cultivators scattered throughout the city began moving quickly. Those nearby hurried toward their own Cave Dwellings. Those farther away temporarily stayed inside nearby shops.

As time passed, the cultivators of Rainlan City flowed rapidly through the streets, and the number of cultivators remaining outside buildings became fewer and fewer.

“Hm?”

The red-robed cultivator was already very close to Hall Master Weiyang’s Cave Dwelling. However, the other thirty-two leaders were still scattered at varying distances—some fast, some slow—and many had not yet arrived.

“Order the First Branch to launch citywide assassinations and attract the cultivators’ attention as much as possible,” the red-robed cultivator immediately transmitted an order.

“Yes.”

The leader of the First Branch accepted the command and immediately issued the planned orders.

Instantly, in multiple regions of Rainlan City, cultivators left their Cave Dwellings. Over two hundred cultivators moved simultaneously. They were all clones of Heart Bewilderment Worms or clones of Soul-Devouring Snakes.

This kind of suicidal action had been planned in advance—all those sent were clones.

However, these clones were extremely powerful. Some of them were even clones of core tribesmen. Cultivators below the God Emperor level fell one after another under the assassinations of the Heart Bewilderment Worm and Soul-Devouring Snake clones, dying rapidly.

“Hahaha, it’s been a long time since I slaughtered cultivators so freely.”

“In the blink of an eye, I’ve already killed more than ten.”

“With the merit from this massacre, my bloodline will definitely evolve to become even stronger.”

The more than two hundred infiltrators slaughtered recklessly. There was no longer any need to conceal themselves— the more frenzied they were, the better.

“Just as the citywide inspection was about to begin, infiltrators couldn’t hold back anymore?”

“Destroy them!”

The elders controlling Rainlan City’s numerous defensive formations showed no mercy. They immediately mobilized the formations to kill these frenzied infiltrators.

Rumble~~~~

Thunderbolts crashed down wildly! In the blink of an eye, every infiltrator carrying out rampant assassinations across the city was struck by lightning with no way to dodge. The vast majority were instantly reduced to ashes.

Only three infiltrators managed to withstand the lightning strikes.

“These three infiltrators are either late-stage God Emperor true bodies or leader-level clones!” one elder controlling the lightning formation transmitted to the other elders.

Late-stage God Emperor Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, if they were true bodies, possessed extremely tenacious vitality. A distant formation attack from a single elder would not be enough to kill them.

“They’re probably just leader clones.”

“These infiltrators are very cunning. They rarely dare to enter cities with their true bodies. They usually send clones.”

Boom! Crash! Whoosh!

Within a single breath, the three infiltrators who survived the lightning were struck by multiple formations in succession.

Flames burned across their bodies.

Invisible winds swept over them.

Freezing cold descended and encased them in ice.

…

Layer upon layer of formations, each controlled by the elders. In the end, the three infiltrators also died.

At this moment—

Not far outside Hall Master Weiyang’s Cave Dwelling, the red-robed cultivator had already met up with seven leaders.

“Send out the Second Branch to launch citywide assassinations and continue delaying time,” the red-robed cultivator ordered again.

“Yes!”

Following the command, another one hundred ninety-two infiltrators rushed out of their Cave Dwellings. By now, the number of cultivators still outside had become extremely small. These infiltrators attacked every cultivator they could see, even directly rushing into shops to attack the attendants inside.

“More infiltrators?”

“What’s going on? Why are so many appearing again?”

The many elders presiding over the formations were all shocked.

The earlier appearance of over two hundred infiltrators had been within their expectations. But a second wave of one hundred ninety-two infiltrators was clearly abnormal.

“Destroy them first.”

“Kill them.”

The elders activated the formations, launching long-range attacks one after another.

The one hundred ninety-two infiltrators slaughtered frantically. To them, even if their clones were destroyed, as long as they killed enough cultivators, they could still gain sufficient slaughter merit.

In just three breaths, all one hundred ninety-two infiltrators were killed. Of course, they had also slaughtered several hundred innocent cultivators nearby.

“Something isn’t right.”

Hall Master Yuanxiang also sensed that something was wrong.

Two consecutive waves of frenzied assassinations made him realize there was a problem.

“All cultivators who have not yet returned to their Cave Dwellings must immediately enter the nearest shop. After ten breaths, the full inspection will begin,” Hall Master Yuanxiang’s voice rang out again.

“Hurry, hurry!”

“Ten breaths is too short!”

The majority of Rainlan City’s population was below the God Emperor level. Under the suppression of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm’s rules, their speed was not particularly fast. They had no time to hesitate and could only rush toward the nearest shops. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

…

Outside Hall Master Weiyang’s Cave Dwelling, the red-robed cultivator had now gathered twelve leaders.

“Only ten breaths? This operation is far too rushed.” The red-robed cultivator frowned slightly. According to the original plan, he and at least twenty leaders would act together with their true bodies and kill Hall Master Weiyang with overwhelming advantage.

Afterward, they would break the defenders one by one and breach the city with coordinated internal and external forces.

But now?

The forces assembled outside were only thirty percent of what had been planned.

And the mobilization of forces within the city was also obstructed due to Rainlan City’s full alert.

“Although it’s rushed, we have no choice.” The red-robed cultivator glanced at the surroundings. The other twelve leaders nearby also noticed him.

“Enter the Cave Dwelling,” the red-robed cultivator transmitted the order.

All thirteen moved simultaneously.

Boom!

A terrifying fluctuation instantly blasted open the main gate of Hall Master Weiyang’s Cave Dwelling.

Inside the Cave Dwelling, Hall Master Weiyang sat cross-legged with an expressionless face. At this moment, he was controlling the formations covering the entire city together with the other elders to deal with the infiltrators.

“Hm?” Hall Master Weiyang suddenly stood up and looked into the distance.

Twelve terrifying fluctuations descended.

Each one of those fluctuations made Hall Master Weiyang’s heart tremble.

“Twelve leaders—and all of them true bodies!” Hall Master Weiyang could hardly believe it.

The leaders of the Heart Bewilderment Worm tribe and the Soul-Devouring Snake tribe were extremely troublesome because their attacks targeted the soul directly.

If Hall Master Weiyang were outside, one-on-one he was confident he could defeat a leader. But against three at once, he would not be certain.

“Right now we’re inside the city. With the city’s formations assisting me, even if twelve leaders’ true bodies attack simultaneously, I still have a small chance of survival.” Hall Master Weiyang felt deeply uneasy. “But they usually send clones into the city. Why would they risk bringing all their true bodies this time?”

Something was wrong!

Hall Master Weiyang immediately sensed danger and urgently requested reinforcements from Hall Master Yuanxiang, Hall Master Gaitao, and the other elders.

“Hall Master Weiyang, die!”

While the twelve terrifying fluctuations surged forward, one fluctuation fully erupted only when it was already close to Hall Master Weiyang.

A red-robed cultivator appeared as if illusory, directly emerging inside Hall Master Weiyang’s mind. The red-robed cultivator twisted and transformed into a gigantic worm, swallowing Hall Master Weiyang’s mental power in a single bite.

“Transcendent Limit!” Hall Master Weiyang was both shocked and furious. He had never heard of the Heart Bewilderment Worm tribe or the Soul-Devouring Snake tribe producing a Transcendent Limit existence within the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.

Because once such a Transcendent Limit infiltrator appeared, the Dark Sacred Realm would immediately be called for reinforcements.

“Kill!”

“We have no retreat!”

“This is our only chance for freedom!”

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!!!!

The twelve leaders’ true bodies all went mad. Every one of them burrowed into Hall Master Weiyang’s body, joining the King in surrounding and killing him.