Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Second Onslaught

  Lying on the bed, Wu Ye Yu quietly stared at the task map, kicking the quilt with boredom. "Hmph! Isn't this a waste of my time? Are you coming or not? If you're coming, then hurry up, if not, then I'll start cultivating, geez! You're always wasting my time!"

  Just as Wu Yuer was complaining, a large patch of red dots appeared on the task map, "It's here!" Wu Yuer's expression changed, and he paid attention with some excitement.

  This time, the assassin who came was obviously much stronger than yesterday's several levels. By Wu Zongyue's standards, eight sword kings had come alone, and under them were 55 secondary first-class subordinates, which is considered extraordinary strength. Therefore, they didn't bother with a four-sided siege, but instead came directly to the front door with the momentum of a lion catching a rabbit, intending to suppress the Wu family with absolute strength. It seems that they want to completely eliminate the Wu family from Qing Shui Town.

  If it were yesterday, such an array would have annihilated the Wu family without leaving any remnants. Unfortunately, at that time, the Wu family only had one Wu Zongyue who was a Sword King-level expert, and it was barely possible to counter a leader of assassins. If not for good luck and having someone lend a hand, they might not have even made it through yesterday, let alone now with eight Sword King experts. If they really clashed, they would be annihilated like cutting vegetables.

  But now, the Wu family doesn't even have a personal shadow, including the guards left by the Wen family, who had already left the Wu family under Wu Zongyue's strong persuasion and hid. Heh heh, they don't even bother with the Empty City Strategy.

  "Tsk, tsk, tsk! Such a luxurious lineup isn't something that can be easily assembled, and yet they've mobilized so many experts just to abduct Wen Xueyue. The power of the incoming forces is simply beyond imagination! Hmm, it's only natural, after all, if you don't have the strength to challenge the Wen family, what right do you have to cause them trouble? It seems that even if the Wu family manages to survive this calamity, they might still face retaliation from these people in the future. Sigh... nothing can be done about it." Wu Yeyu muttered to himself as he stared at the mission map.

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  "Report to all leaders! This is the Wu family, a local snakehead. Last night, Leader Zhang led the team here. According to intelligence, this is the family of one of Wen's second young master's concubines. This time, it's because Miss Wen, the eldest daughter of the Wen family, came to the Beast Forest for training, accompanied by only some collateral members. We previously received intelligence that Young Master Wen, Xueyue, also followed along, with Senior Yu as her personal bodyguard. Previously, our leader ordered us to lure high-level beasts from within the Beast Forest to intercept Miss Wen and her entourage, thereby attracting Senior Yu to come and rescue them. Therefore, there is only one Sword King-level expert in Wu's family, and according to Leader Zhang's methods, he should have captured Xueyue last night, but as of today, he has not returned, it seems that something unexpected has happened!"

  "Hmph! Zhang Gui, that useless trash, can't even handle a small family in this remote area. Death is inevitable for him, no need to make a fuss. However, I didn't expect this mission to be targeting the young mistress of the Wen family. This is no trivial matter, one misstep and we'll be eradicated like weeds! No wonder they had us rush over from so far away." The leader, clad in a full purple night-attire, said.

  "Since the target is an important figure in the Wen family, has the emperor already made preparations for a full-scale confrontation with the Wen family? The conditions seem to be not yet ripe?" said another black-clad leader.

  "The lord's thoughts are not for us to guess, it's better not to make wild guesses. This time we came, just focus on completing the task, other things are not for us to ask about. Hmm, besides, she is just a little maid after all, even if she was favored in the Wen family, it wouldn't escalate to a full-scale confrontation, most likely she's being used as a bargaining chip for something valuable."

  "What good things have the Wen family gotten recently? It seems like there was no news before." a brown-robed leader asked.

  "If it were really good stuff, would you have been allowed to know? It's probably hidden away long ago!" said a leader with an all-blue body.

  "Cough! I think the master is mostly looking at the appearance and talent of the young princess of the Wen family, preparing to make her a child bride for the young master! What do you say?" A blue-clad leader put forward his own opinion, and as a result, he successfully attracted the attention of all the leaders. The blue-clad leader felt even more proud, with a hint of complacency in his eyes.

  The assassins behind the leaders were all stunned, and they couldn't help but think to themselves: Are these people in front really our leaders? Why are they talking so much nonsense today? Normally, aren't they all fierce and intimidating, rarely speaking? How did they become like this when gathered together? Did the leaders have a good relationship before? But there was no news about that before...

  "Alright! What are you few arguing about here?! Hurry up and complete the task, what's the point of lingering around here?! I still have to rush back to take a bath, no time to waste on you stinky men!" A fully red-clad leader said, her voice clearly that of a woman, but from her physique, it was impossible to tell, indistinguishable from the others.

  The red leader finished speaking, and with a wave of his hand to the assassins behind him, "You all go, search for me! Except for that Wen family's daughter, kill everyone else, not one left! Humph! You've been standing there for half a day, what are you dawdling about? Maybe they've already escaped."

  The numerous assassins behind him, upon hearing the order, all unfolded their bodies and scattered in all directions, extremely fast, clearly not wanting to hear their leader's nonsense again.

  "Hey, I said red, what's the hurry? This time we have eight ghosts working together, even if it's just to take down a medium-sized family. It's not like this small rural household is going to get away from us, are you afraid of that?" The black leader said with an unsatisfied tone.

  "Yes, Red, it's been many years since we've all seen each other. This time, being able to gather together under the pretext of this task is also a kind of fate. What's wrong with chatting for a bit?" The Grey leader said, and then the various assassin leaders chimed in, their words laced with veiled complaints towards Red.

  "Cut! I'm too lazy to reason with you all! I'm out of here!" The red leader said, and with a flick of his body, he vanished from sight.

  "Bastard! This damn girl! Don't let me catch the opportunity, or I'll definitely do it fiercely for three days and three nights!" The black leader cursed silently, then turned his body and disappeared.

  The remaining few people saw this, looked at each other, and then unfolded their bodies and rushed towards the Wu family.

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  Half an hour later~

  "Report to the leader! We've searched the entire Wu family from top to bottom, but there's no discovery. It seems that the Wu family had made preparations beforehand and escaped before we arrived, their temporary whereabouts are unknown!"

  After all the leaders entered the Wu residence, they found it was pitch black without any light. After searching, not even a single servant was found. The small courtyard where Wen Xueyue lived also yielded no discovery. Even using divine sense to search produced no results whatsoever.

  "Hmph! To think that they could guess we'd come back after our previous failure, the leader of the Wu family does have some insight. However... Heh heh! If they think they can escape by just hiding, that's underestimating us!" The black-clothed leader said indifferently, while the others also wore cold smiles.

  "Bring me Wen Jia's personal belongings! Hmph, I want to see how these country bumpkins can evade my Tracking Treasure!" The gray-haired leader said with half-closed eyes to one of his subordinates.

  Before long, a small, exquisite undergarment was brought over, made of expensive materials and crafted with fine workmanship. The size seemed to be a perfect fit for Wen Xiyue. The gray-haired leader took the garment and sniffed it a few times, "Hmmm, judging from the material and craftsmanship, this is definitely not something that can be found in this small place. Even in Zhongzhou, it would be considered a luxury item. It's quite expensive, I suppose it shouldn't be too bad. However, tsk, why does it have such a strong sweat smell?"

  "Alright! Stop nagging, isn't the flavor better after a good search? Hurry up! Once we're done with business, us brothers will sit down and have a good drink." The purple leader said.

  "Hmm! This purple speech is reasonable, and look at my means!"

  Then, the gray leader took out a small blue beast from his bosom, emitting a faint glow, with an unusual appearance, its body was that of a small mouse, but it had a monkey face.

  The gray leader took out another porcelain bottle, poured out a pill from it, and fed it to the little beast. Then he brought Wen Xiyue's clothes close to the little beast's nose. The little beast sniffed its nose, then let out a sneeze, jumped out of the gray leader's grasp, and quickly ran towards Wu Yeyu's courtyard.

  "Everyone follow! My scout has found the target!" The gray leader said with a fleeting look of excitement, then closely followed the small beast, and the rest of the assassins followed behind.

  "Hmph! This gray one is really lucky, unexpectedly under the coincidence of fate, he got a Tracing Beast. Every time I see this little guy, I want to hold it in my arms and pinch it hard! Hmph! That stingy Gray actually wouldn't even give me that, what a miser!" The Red Leader said with a hint of resentment as she unfolded her movement technique on the rooftop and jumped directly.

  "Give it back to you!? You have the nerve to say that, last time I lent you that poisonous insect, didn't you say you just wanted to take a look? It's been five years already, you should be done looking by now, hurry up and return it to me!" The blue leader said with a face full of disdain.

  "Go back? Hmph! Don't even think about it, once something is in my hands, it's mine!" Red said, and with a burst of speed, she zoomed past, disappearing from sight in an instant.

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