"Are they coming for me?"

Lin Zheyu was a bit speechless.

Goodness, this is quite the understanding.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at his own courtyard.

Seeing the two planning to climb over the wall, Lin Zheyu lightly tapped his tiptoes and shot out.

Bang, bang.

Two muffled sounds echoed, and the two quickly moving shadows fell to the ground.

Lin Zheyu grabbed one in each hand and slipped into his courtyard.

He tore off the black cloth from their faces to find an acquaintance—Xing Penghai!

"I didn't expect this guy to deliver himself to my doorstep."

Lin Zheyu was speechless.

He didn't recognize the other person.

However, from that person, Lin Zheyu fished out various small bottles and poison pouches filled with different poisonous powders, evidently an expert in the Poison Tao.

Lin Zheyu didn't intend to wake them up; it was obvious what they were up to.

Crunch, crunch.

The sound of bones being crushed was exceptionally loud in the moonlit night, and the two men's tightly shut eyes suddenly widened, filled with bewilderment.

The Xing Mansion.

In the main hall, a soft voice sounded.

"Master, it's time to rest," said the young woman gently.

The woman appeared to be just in her early twenties, with a seductive figure and a charming face; her large eyes were shimmering with water.

"You go rest first; I'll come later," Xing Zhicheng said softly.

He sat silently on the chair, holding a scroll of books, reading by candlelight.

Xing Zhicheng was not worried about his son's safety.

With Xing Penghai and the poison master acting together, even someone at the level of Qi Blood First Transformation could be ambushed if caught off guard.

Not to mention a youngster who hadn't reached the Refining Organ Realm.

"I'm not sleepy, I'll stay and accompany you."

The woman said softly, walking behind Xing Zhicheng, massaging his shoulders.

"Master, the other families in the city have started arranging for their clan members to leave Songyi City to avoid trouble. When can our Xing Family arrange for people to leave?"

"Could I get a few spots to arrange for my parents to leave together?"

The woman said gently, her fair hand caressing Xing Zhicheng's chest.

Although it was difficult for the Xing Family to evacuate, arranging for some direct descendants and insignificant members to leave to preserve the family's bloodline was doable.

"We'll discuss this in a few days; for now, the chaotic army hasn't attacked yet, so there's no rush," Xing Zhicheng said indifferently.

He grabbed the woman's slender hand gently, pulling her into his embrace.

Crack!

At this moment, the roof suddenly shattered.

A pitch-black figure leaped down from the rooftop, the razor-sharp blade striking down toward Xing Zhicheng.

Squelch.

Ah!!

A tender scream rang out; in a panic, the woman was thrown out by Xing Zhicheng and was split into two in mid-air.

Blood splattered all over.

Xing Zhicheng had no intention of fighting the man in black; that single strike had definitely reached the strength of Qi Blood First Transformation and beyond; he was no match!

Without glancing at the corpse on the ground, Xing Zhicheng rushed outside, intending to use the strength of the guards to assault the man in black together.

The guards had crossbow arrows; as long as they could delay, they could wait for Xing Family experts to support them.

But how could Lin Zheyu let him have his way?

His figure flickered and disappeared from the original spot, reappearing before Xing Zhicheng.

Xing Zhicheng clutched his own neck with both hands, his eyes wide with terror and unwillingness.

Such speed!

He had only felt his vision blur, a flash of cold light in his eyes, and then there was a chill and sting at his neck.

Splat, splat—

Blood spurted out, his body thumped to the ground, and his head rolled off his neck.

It rolled over to the woman's corpse.

From the moment Lin Zheyu burst through the roof to the killing of Xing Zhicheng, only a few breaths had passed.

Swish, swish, swish!

The guards outside finally reacted, raising the crossbows in their hands and shooting at Lin Zheyu.

Lin Zheyu didn't stay long; with a light tap of his toes, he leapt onto the surrounding wall and disappeared into the night.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Two fireworks shot into the sky, signaling an emergency.

Lin Zheyu glanced back, chuckled coldly, and darted into an alley, vanishing from sight.

The Xing Mansion was in chaos.

Xing Zhicheng being assassinated in his own home was nothing less than a slap to the Xing Family's face.

Soon after the emergency signal was sent, a man with a cold expression slowly emerged from the night.

"Sixth Elder!"

The guards at Xing Zhicheng's mansion greeted him respectfully.

The newcomer was indeed the Sixth Elder of the Xing Family.

He was a gaunt old man with a goatee, his eyes sharp as an eagle's, with thin hands and sharp nails like eagle claws.

The old man ignored the surrounding guards and walked into the room, crouching down to examine the corpses on the ground.

"All killed with a single strike."

"To be able to kill Zhicheng within just a few breaths, his strength must have reached at least Qi Blood Second Transformation."

The old man's eyes were icy cold.

He carefully examined but couldn't discern the opponent's cultivation technique methods.

The opponent had slain Xing Zhicheng and his concubine using pure speed and strength, with no trace of cultivation technique.

"Was it the Feihong Gang or the Nine-Star Gang?"

The old man furrowed his brow, his expression extremely grim.

They had just mobilized personnel to intercept the evacuating teams of the two gangs leaving Songyi City, not expecting such a rapid counterstrike.

In preparation for potential retaliation from the Feihong Gang and Nine-Star Gang, the Xing Family had made ready; they just didn't anticipate the attacker's power being so formidable and so fast.

Just a few breaths, and they had slain Xing Zhicheng and then vanished without a trace.

The old man stood up and walked to the courtyard, looking in the direction Lin Zheyu had fled.

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