132: Rise from the Ashes

Sheng Changge paused slightly, then looked up.

He was somewhat surprised by the cold, beautiful woman before him, who resembled a black lotus.

Wasn't this the female assassin he had cursed at outside Qiushan City some time ago?

Feeling the weight of the long sword on his neck, Sheng Changge was not calm at all.

After all, he didn't have the thick hide of a wild ox!

However, what puzzled Sheng Changge was this:

The other party could have killed him directly, instead of just putting the sword to his neck.

"Speak, who exactly are you?!"

Hei Sha's normally cold tone, for some reason, was trembling slightly at this moment.

This nonsensical question left Sheng Changge stunned.

Was he not famous enough?

Seeing that Sheng Changge remained silent, Hei Sha picked up a stack of envelopes from beside her: "Where did you get these letters from?"

Hei Sha had never expected to find these items in the residence of her target.

Her current mood was a mix of apprehension, surprise, and, most of all, hatred!

"These... letters." Sheng Changge recognized them at a glance as part of the 180 letters the System had given him.

"They were all things I picked up."

"You're lying to me!" Hearing this reply, Hei Sha uncharacteristically lost her composure, her beautiful eyes reddening: "Sheng Country, Year 495, March 17th, what was in that letter written by a man?"

"Answer incorrectly, and I will kill you immediately!"

The icy touch of the long sword on his neck was exceptionally clear. Sheng Changge was silent for a moment, then recited it.

"You asked if I would like you? My answer is, I like you every moment, and I will like you like this for my entire life!"

Reciting these words, Sheng Changge's face felt a little hot.

"And the ones after that," Hei Sha demanded, her eyes red.

Woman: "A lifetime, how long is that?"

Man: "My mother said before she passed away that a lifetime is all of a person's time, just like... just like the Lantern Festival, one can see the Lantern Festival a hundred times in a lifetime!"

Woman: "That long? Will you really like me for that long?"

Man: "Of course! Haven't I already liked you for two Lantern Festivals?"

...At Hei Sha's insistence, Sheng Changge experienced one of the most unforgettable moments of his life.

However, if he didn't cooperate now, his life might truly end here.

"You are the 'he' from the letters, aren't you?" Seeing that Sheng Changge could perfectly recite those letters, Hei Sha's tears flowed silently.

Through simple letters, she had corresponded with him for five years.

But three years ago, when she proposed to meet, he simply vanished.

No one knew how many tears Hei Sha had shed, how many times she had despaired for that man!

"Perhaps..." Sheng Changge truly had no memory of this... "It is you!" Suddenly, the tip of the long sword in Hei Sha's hand pointed at Sheng Changge's chest: "If it were anyone else, how could they recite those letters?"

"You heartless man, I swore to the heavens that I would find you and kill you!"

"Today is the day I fulfill my vow!"

The extreme pain, transformed into hatred, had, over these three years, entwined her entire body like thorns!

Sheng Changge was already stunned by these words.

He was going to die either way?

In the instant her tone changed and her expression turned cold, the long sword in Hei Sha's hand thrust directly towards Sheng Changge's chest!

In just half a breath, the long sword could have pierced through the man's chest.

However.

The long sword tore through Sheng Changge's clothes, but just as the tip touched his chest, Hei Sha abruptly stopped.

Tears fell onto his chest; she couldn't bring herself to do it.

But in the very next moment!

"Pfft!"

Flesh tore open, and the long sword in Hei Sha's hand fully plunged into Sheng Changge's chest!

The world before him seemed to instantly plunge into eternal darkness, the only light being the crimson blood flowing like water!

Eyes wide, Hei Sha stared blankly at the sword in her hand. On the hilt, there was another person's hand!

"Why hesitate? Do you need to waste so much time killing an ordinary person?" Third Prince Sheng Tianlong released the sword hilt, his tone filled with dissatisfaction.

Having taken a sword strike, Sheng Changge's face instantly turned pale.

All his strength vanished with the blood in an instant. As he swayed, Hei Sha immediately stepped forward and embraced him.

Her hands clumsily covered Sheng Changge's bleeding chest, the woman sobbed and shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, it's not like this, it's not like this! I never meant to kill you!"

"I was just scaring you! You can't die, you can't die!"

After searching bitterly for three years, how could their meeting end like this?!

It was still just the beginning!

His brain reeled with dizziness. Sheng Changge hadn't expected death to arrive so suddenly.

It was also as his life began to count down that he remembered some things.

Those were his adolescent years.

Without a mother, never having seen his imperial father, living alone was not pleasant, until that day he received a letter... "I remember now." Slightly opening his eyes, Sheng Changge forced a difficult smile at the woman before him: "It's a pity, I can't stay with you until the end."

His words were filled with too much bitterness and regret.

This sentence completely broke the helpless Hei Sha.

"Crying for a target, is this how an assassin should behave?!" Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's voice was low.

His chosen woman crying for someone else was something he would not allow.

And after his words emerged.

The constantly weeping Hei Sha gradually quieted down.

"That's right, it's so much better to be obedient." Third Prince Sheng Tianlong nodded.

But in the very next breath.

Hei Sha suddenly turned, wielding her sharp blade and attacking him!

Everything happened too suddenly.

Even Third Prince Sheng Tianlong, unprepared, was slashed by Hei Sha, receiving a huge wound on his abdomen!

"You're crazy!" Touching the blood on his abdomen, Third Prince Sheng Tianlong looked at Hei Sha in disbelief.

Hei Sha remained silent regarding Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's words and continued her assault!

She wanted to kill, to kill this man!

A short blade.

In just three or four breaths, it had clashed with the saber in Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's hand no less than a hundred times!

It was a completely mad fighting style, a suicidal fighting style!

"Someone!" Third Prince Sheng Tianlong, slightly faltering, called out to the rear.

Instantly, two assassins, hidden in the shadows to protect him, appeared before Hei Sha.

With two top assassins in front, Hei Sha's madness was useless!

After a brief stalemate, Third Prince Sheng Tianlong seized the opportunity and struck the woman's neck with a palm strike, causing her to faint.

"Crazy woman."

He twisted his neck and spat.

"Take her back!"

After giving orders to the two assassins, Third Prince Sheng Tianlong glanced at the lifeless Sheng Changge.

He turned and left.

He did not notice.

Sheng Changge, who should have died from the sword piercing his chest, now had his terrifying wounds slowly healing.

At the same time, a series of System sounds rang out in Sheng Changge's mind.

"Ding ~ Host has died, activating passive skill, Rebirth from Ashes."

"Ding ~ Rebirth from Ashes skill is effective, Host's strength is transforming!"

"Ding ~ Rebirth from Ashes skill is effective, Black Armor Guard is upgraded to Shadow Legion!"

"Ding ~ Rebirth from Ashes skill is effective, Guardian Squad's wild oxen are upgraded to twenty people!"

"Ding ~ Rebirth from Ashes skill is effective, White Horse Righteous Cavalry members' strength is increased by three ranks, Zhao Zilong template activated!"