Long Kingdom, Crescent Island...….
Floating cross-legged on the air with candles arranged in a crescent shape behind him, an upper-stage elderly man with white hairs and brows suddenly opened his eyes, revealing nothing but darkness with no hint of light in it.
Thud!!
Landing on the ground on his butt, the darkness in the eyes of the elderly man faded away as his eyes went back to normal.
"The prophecy, it's near," the upper-stage elderly man muttered as he raised his head to look at the drawing of a black haired man on a black robe facing an innumerable amount of beings with his hands behind him.
Turning towards the door, he said, "summon the watchers."
"How many, your lordship?" the individual behind the door asked after hearing the order of the Pope.
"All of them. Summon all of them," the Pope said as the terror of his vision remained visible in the golden irises of his eyes.
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"She's distracted him. Let's make our move now," the lower-stage male youth said as he glanced in the direction of Shung Yun.
"Be patience, Wang Shu. Let me finish my meal before I get my hands covered in blood," the colleague of the lower-stage male youth said as he slowly munched on the greased roasted fish and the vegetables on his plate.
"This is a god sent opportunity, Nuo Heng. With our strength, no here will be able to stop from escaping after assassinating him," the lower-stage male youth said as he tried to convince his colleague.
"Fine," Nuo Heng said as he broke a piece of the greased roasted fish before placing it into his mouth, "let's go kill our host,"
Constantly sending a light blue Qi towards the lower-stage female youth courtesan sitting beside him, Shung Yun smiled as he said to her, "you said they asked you to distract me, and you didn't think something was wrong with that?"
"I knew they were up to something, but I don't think it will be anything drastic," the lower-stage female youth courtesan said as she grew more restless as time went by.
"Looks like they're on the move," Shung Yun thought as he caught sight of the approaching lower-stage male youths at the corner of his left eye.
"How can I be having such urge at a dangerous moment like this?" the lower-stage female youth courtesan thought as the condition of her body left her completely baffled.
"Let me assist you guys," Shung Yun chuckled as he moved his face forward, taking the courtesan's lips on his.
"What the!?" a middle-stage female teenager blurted out as she caught sight of Shung Yun's action with the courtesan.
"Pervert!" a lower-stage female youth beside cursed as she glanced disdainfully at Shung Yun.
"What a fool. He can't even control himself," Tanji Yong said as he looked at Shung Yun in contempt.
"A chance," the two[2] lower-stage male youths had the same idea as they immediately shot towards Shung Yun with daggers in their hands.
"Watch out!"
"An assassination attempt!"
"Great storm god!"
"He's going to get killed!"
Loud voices sounded out as the party guests saw the two[2] lower-stage male youths dashing towards Shun Yun with a daggers in their hands.
Sensing the threat of danger right beside him, Shung Yun activated the bracelet with several carvings in his left wrist through the connection in his consciousness, prompting the white pearl on the bracelet to slowly lose it shade as it powered the inscription on it.
"Give me your life, kid," Nuo Heng thought as his dagger got within a foot from Shung Yun.
!!
Having four[4] daggers a few inches from puncturing his body, Shung Yun withdrew the light blue Qi representing lust back into his body, before taking his lips away from the lips of the lower-stage female youth courtesan.
"Here's your fee," he said as he placed one[1] duan silver piece in the palm of the courtesan before looking at the two[2] lower-stage male youths in front of him, "who sent you guys?"
Bound by several iced Qi chains, the faces of the two[2] assassins were covered in disbelief as they looked at the distance between their daggers and Shung Yun's body.
Influencing the ice Qi chains through his connection with his bracelet, Shung Yun tightened them around the assassins after hearing no reply from them.
"Ugh!" the assassins groaned as they snapped out of their dazed states.
"I'm going to ask again. Who sent the both of you to assassinate me?" Shung Yun asked as he looked at the pained expression on the faces of the assassins.
"What a powerful equipment!" the teenagers and young youths in the party hall thought as they watched the interrogation between Shung Yun and the assassins.
"I'll tell you everything I know if you promised to let us go," Wang Shu said as he looked at Shung Yun.
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"Ughh!!" groaning louder, the pained expression on the faces of the assassins increased, giving the spectators a hint to the pain they're experiencing.
"Your answer will determine what I'll do with the both of you," Shung Yun said as he relaxed his back on the sofa he's sitting on.
"How do I know you won't kill us after I tell you what I know?" Wang Shu struggled to endure the pain coursing across his body before asking.
"You don't," Shung Yun said as he pushed his upper body forward before picking up the plate filled with delicacies on the stool in front of him, "I'll advise the both of you to hurry up. Your chance of escaping will drastically reduce if the enforcers arrive."
"It was a middle aged man of about fifty[50]. I have no idea where he's from or who he is," Wang Shu said in defeat after hearing Shung Yun's words.
"That isn't enough. Your answer needs to be detailed enough for me to put the pieces together," Shung Yun said as he stuffed his mouth with delicacies on the plate.
"The middle aged man was on a soft, black robe. He was relaxed and carefree like the clouds. His eyes seem so unreal like a dream. And finally, he was asleep," Nuo Long, who has being quiet, suddenly spoke as he looked at Shung Yun eyes.
"I'm feeling sleepy," Shung Yun thought as he immediately became alarmed.
Sensing the ice Qi chains around him growing weaker, Nuo Long smiled as he repeated his description of his client, drawing Shung Yun deeper into a sleepy state.
Making use of his fortified consciousness that has been repeatedly tempered by the continuous squabbles of the siblings, Shung Yun shook his head as he slowly extracted himself from the sleepy state.
"I can't delay any longer," Nuo Long thought as his left eye suddenly went completely dark, plunging his aura into a dark state.
"Euclax!" he uttered in a hoarse voice as half of his spiritual Qi got sucked into his left dark eyes, like an abyss.
Poof!!
"Ughh!" Shung Yun groaned as a black flame burnt through the protective Qi cocoon shrouding him before enveloping his right arm.
Biting his tongue and keeping his mind conscious, he continuously tightened the ice Qi chain around the assassins before shredding them into several bloody pieces.
Supporting his body with his hands as he knelt beside a broken plate having food particles around it, the right sleeve of Shung Yun's robe was nowhere to be found as burnt marks covered his uncovered right arm.
"If it wasn't for the protective Qi cocoon that bought me some time to move, my body might have been totally covered in that black flame," he thought as he felt both fear and excitement at the close shave with the grim reaper.
"I wonder what that eye was," thinking that, his eyes immediately rested on the shredded diagonal head of Nuo Long.
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