Chapter 1426: Chapter 148: The Grim Reaper Returns_3
Mie Feng’s cold and beautiful face flashed a blush, saying, "I do want you dead, so I’m cherishing your life now. You must stay alive until you fulfill your promise."
Ah Dai deeply looked at Mie Feng, his profound gaze causing Mie Feng’s heart to palpitate. Ah Dai said, "Where are we going now? We can’t just stay here."
Mie Feng replied, "Let’s go to the city of our next target. After three days, I will naturally tell you where the target is, and you can continue your action."
Ah Dai nodded. Under the lead of Mie Feng, the two set off for the next city. What Ah Dai didn’t know was that it was precisely because of the three complete days of rest that Mie Feng granted him, his potential madness from excessive slaughter was averted.
For three full days, Ah Dai spent almost the entire time in meditation and cultivation. Within these three days, he continuously purified his heart with his rich and lively True Qi. Since his own power had already surpassed the level of the Golden Body passed down to him by the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang, absorbing the energy of the Golden Body had become much faster than before. He had already absorbed more than sixty percent of the total strength of the twelve Golden Body levels from the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang. Compared to a month ago when Ah Dai fiercely battled with the Western Swordsman, his power had grown even more profound. The fifth change, the growth transformation, had stabilized, and he could almost effortlessly use the violet solid state energy of growth transformation. Each level of advancement in growth transformation signified a qualitative leap, and the solid state energy had become Ah Dai’s most advantageous weapon in slaying enemies. He was constantly moving towards the pinnacle of martial arts.
Knocking on Mie Feng’s door, Ah Dai entered the room next to his own. Mie Feng was dressed in plain civilian clothes, her black hair simply tied behind her back. Right now, she seemed so serene that one could hardly tell she was a formidable acquirer.
"It’s been three days; can you take me to the Assassin’s Guild’s base here now?"
Mie Feng nodded and said, "Yes, let’s go. How is the suppression of the killing intent in your heart? Can you control it?"
Ah Dai shook his head and replied, "I’m not too clear about it, but it doesn’t seem as intense as before. Actually, this malevolent aura is mainly the accumulation from the past. The Evil Aura of the Sword of Hades has already deeply invaded my meridians when I saved the Elves years ago, and it’s probably very hard to resolve now unless I never kill again. Otherwise, this frenzied heart of slaughter will always emerge. However, rest assured that from now on, I will slow down the pace of killing, and after destroying each base of the Assassin’s Guild I will rest for a few days. That way, I should be able to hold on until the two wishes are fulfilled. Once I die, this malevolent aura will no longer be able to cause trouble."
Watching Ah Dai calmly discuss the possibility of his own death, Mie Feng suddenly felt a faint ache in her heart. Shaking off this thought, she said, "Wait for me outside. I’ll get ready, and then we can leave."
Ah Dai nodded and turned to leave Mie Feng’s room.
Mie Feng closed the door, leaning against the wall and breathing lightly, clutching her neat hair and murmuring to herself, "Why? Why does the killing intent in my heart lessen the longer I stay with him? Should I really seek vengeance against him? Why is this happening? No, I must avenge Uncle Si. I cannot give up easily." She clenched her teeth, trying to calm her emotions, and only when she had returned to her usual cold demeanor, did she quickly get ready and leave the inn with Ah Dai.
Three hours later.
Another branch of the Assassin’s Guild had been destroyed. Seeing the red glow deep in Ah Dai’s eyes, Mie Feng couldn’t help but feel a chill in her heart. Even though he knew that slaughter would greatly affect him, he still kept on killing. It seemed his resolve for vengeance was much stronger than mine! If he didn’t seek vengeance, what kind of person would he be? Perhaps, as the Western Swordsman said, he really could become the foremost person on the continent. After all, he is still so young.
Ah Dai’s voice sounded, "Let’s go to the next city to rest. Perhaps because of the three days of meditation, I feel much more comfortable, and I don’t seem so eager to kill today. It seems my judgment was correct. Could you tell me, how many branches does the Assassin’s Guild have left?"
Mie Feng was startled from her thoughts and replied, "Right now, you’ve probably destroyed close to a quarter of the Assassin’s Guild’s strongholds. Even if you slow down, it should be almost enough in another half year."
Ah Dai nodded and said, "Then let’s slow down the pace." While slaughtering the dozen or so assassins at the Assassin’s Guild’s strongholds today, he found that his control over the energy of the growth transformation had smoothened quite a bit, and his power was advancing rapidly. Since everything had been progressing very smoothly, Ah Dai had already set his sights on the Sword Saints contest that would happen in a year— a contest he could not afford to lose. The reason he decided to slow down the pace was one, to suppress the killing intent in his heart, and two, to continuously enhance his own strength. He had made up his mind early on not to disappoint his mentor.
The territory of the Empire of Sunset City was indeed vast. Even with the speed of Ah Dai and Mie Feng, it took another two months to traverse half the regions, with the Assassin’s Guild’s strongholds being destroyed one after another by Ah Dai. However, Ah Dai was not satisfied with his achievements because although he had killed hundreds of assassins, the core forces of the Assassin’s Guild had never appeared. Even among the Murderer-level assassins, only nine had died at his hands, and he had not seen a single Prime Assassin. Although he would not let off the low-level assassins, he was more eager to eliminate a large number of high-level assassins from the Assassin’s Guild; only then could he truly weaken the power of the Assassin’s Guild.
