26: Chapter 26 Assassination

"Resources fully prepared, foundation solid."

A flash of sharp light crossed Lin Ye's eyes as he calculated inwardly.

There was still half a month left until the city-wide mock league, and he only needed about five days to complete a new round of total evolution for everyone.

By the time the league began, it would be the moment he thoroughly displayed his edge and shocked the world.

Twilight deepened, and the setting sun dyed the streets and alleys of Cangnan City red. Students who had finished a day of classes poured out of the school gates in twos and threes, their noisy chatter filling the entire street.

Lin Ye and Wang Hu walked out of the campus side by side. Shedding the disturbances of the school, they walked at a leisurely pace along the sidewalk toward home.

The slaughter in the divine kingdom and the turmoil within the school during the day had all come to an end, but Wang Hu still had lingering fears, chattering indignantly all the way.

"Brother Ye, the more I think about it, the more ridiculous it seems. That fellow Lu Ren is usually timid and doesn't have the guts to plot against you privately. I estimate that it's one hundred percent Ye Feng stirring up trouble behind the scenes!"

Lin Ye's expression was calm, and he nodded slightly: "Knowing it in our hearts is enough. Without evidence, saying more is useless. Besides, Lu Ren's divine kingdom has been crippled, and he is counting on the money and resources given by Ye Feng to survive; he definitely won't bite back at Ye Feng!"

He had long seen through Ye Feng's narrow-minded nature, which was vengeful and vicious. Having lost all face today, the other party would definitely not let the matter rest, but he just didn't expect the retaliation to come so quickly.

Chatting all the way, the two gradually walked into a secluded alley with sparse crowds. This was a shortcut home, usually with few pedestrians, quiet and serene.

Yet today's alley was permeated with a bone-chilling, cold baleful aura.

Swish, swish, swish—!

Three dark figures suddenly darted out from the shadows at the end of the alley. Their movements were swift and clean, without any drag or hesitation, their bodies enveloped in the sharp killing intent of desperate men.

All three were wrapped in black clothes, their faces covered by masks, revealing only pairs of cold and fierce eyes. In their hands, they tightly gripped standard daggers gleaming with a chilling light. The blades were polished extremely sharp, reflecting the remaining light of the setting sun.

Without any unnecessary nonsense, the moment the three landed, they directly locked onto Lin Ye, their figures charging forward violently as fierce killing moves struck straight at him.

Their target was extremely clear—to execute Lin Ye.

As for Wang Hu on the side, there was not a shred of importance in the eyes of the three, as if he were just an annoying ant. One of them coldly spat out a vicious remark: "Anyone who gets in the way will be silenced together, leaving no survivors!"

The three cooperated tacitly, instantly forming an encirclement that sealed off all of Lin Ye's dodging paths. Their daggers fluttered, every move tricky and pointing straight at fatal vital points like the throat and heart. Every strike aimed to take a life, and their attacks were extremely ruthless, showing not a shred of mercy.

The sudden fatal encirclement caused the expressions of Lin Ye and Wang Hu to change drastically in an instant, their nerves tensing to the limit.

The two instinctively wanted to urge their divine kingdom's power to summon their dependent races to fight back, but their minds were empty; not a single dependent race responded, nor was there any feedback of power.

The cruel rules instantly surfaced in their minds, cold and real.

They had forgotten that the deity system possessed strict realm barriers and federal ironclad laws: only by breaking through to the true god realm could one materialize a small number of dependent race bodies within the real world on a small scale, while simultaneously accepting the power feedback of the dependent races and amplifying oneself with the power of the divine kingdom.

Moreover, the federal laws explicitly stipulated that any deity was strictly prohibited from privately materializing divine kingdom life forms in the present world without official permission. Even high-tier true gods who violated this rule would face extremely severe punishments.

Lin Ye and Wang Hu at present were only student demigods who had yet to mature. Aside from the physical bodies and constitutions far surpassing ordinary people refined through years of cultivation, they were no different from ordinary people.

No matter how strong the divine kingdom's dependent races were or how defying their combat power was, they could only be sealed within the divine kingdom and could not come to the rescue in the present world. What they could rely on right now was only physical hand-to-hand combat.

"Careful!" Wang Hu shouted sternly, instantly tensing all his muscles as he stepped forward to block beside Lin Ye, his double fists smashing fiercely toward the assassins attacking head-on.

The piercing sound of metal breaking through the air rang out. Three daggers crisscrossed in an encirclement, their angles tricky and vicious. It was completely the combat style of professional black market assassins, without any regular flaws, solely aimed at taking lives.

Lin Ye's gaze was deep and cold. Calming down quickly, he dodged to the limit with a sideways turn, relying on his ultimate reaction speed to avoid the fatal blow. At the same time, he raised his hand to block, using his physical body to hard-resist the other party's offensive.

However, the three opponents were all desperate men who wandered between life and death year-round. Their combat experience far exceeded that of the two students, with fierce strength and venomous moves.

Fighting two against three without any divine kingdom power blessing, the two instantly fell into an absolute disadvantage, able only to dodge wretchedly and retreat while fighting.

"Help! Someone is committing murder!" Wang Hu shouted hoarsely for help while struggling to fend off the offensive, trying to attract passersby to deter the assassins.

But the alley was secluded and deep, and at this moment twilight was heavy, with no one passing by at all. The cries for help completely dissipated in the evening breeze.

The battle situation became increasingly perilous. The shrill whistle of blades cutting through the air sounded continuously, and countless dangerous killing moves followed one after another. Fine abrasions quickly appeared on the bodies of the two, and their clothes were stained with blood.

An assassin seized the flaw in Lin Ye's dodge and suddenly lunged forward. The cold light of the dagger in his hand surged, bypassing Lin Ye's defense and stabbing straight at the fatal position of his back heart, with a speed that made one suffocated.

This slash was unavoidable!

At this critical juncture, Wang Hu's pupils shrank. Without even thinking, he fiercely lunged forward sideways, using his own back to forcefully block this fatal stab!

Puchi—!

The sharp dagger instantly pierced skin and flesh, embedding deeply into his spine. Warm blood gushed out instantly, dyeing the entire black clothes red.

"Ugh!" Wang Hu let out a muffled groan, his body trembling violently. Severe pain swept through his entire body, and his footsteps staggered, almost causing him to fall to the ground. Yet he still gritted his teeth tightly to hold on, blocking in front of Lin Ye, "Brother Ye... run!"

Looking at Wang Hu, who had suddenly been injured and was covered in dazzling blood, a terrifying cold light instantly flashed across Lin Ye's eyes, and killing intent surged in the depths of his heart.

However, the three assassins did not stop. Taking advantage of the two's vulnerability, they closed in again for an encirclement, their killing intent becoming increasingly biting, intending to completely end the lives of the two.

The shadow of death instantly enveloped the bodies of the two.

Just at this critical moment of life and death, a hurried and majestic sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the entrance of the alley, accompanied by the locking humming sound of standard divine power firearms.

"Deity Administration Bureau law enforcement! How audacious!"

Several silver-gray figures broke through the air, the piercing official coercion instantly sweeping across the entire alley, and the sacred and impartial divine power fluctuations abruptly suppressed the entire scene.

It was the patrol personnel of the Deity Administration Bureau!

The expressions of the three black market assassins changed drastically, instantly sensing a fatal crisis. They were merely desperate men doing things for money, and they didn't dare to confront the Deity Administration Bureau head-on at all. Once captured, certain death awaited them.

Wary of the official power, the three dared not linger in battle. They took a deep look at Lin Ye, their eyes full of unwillingness, and finally gritted their teeth to turn around, leaping into the shadows deep in the alley, quickly fleeing and disappearing into the twilight.

The killing intent faded, and the peril came to an end.