Chapter 350: Stop Him Quickly (Three More for Subscriptions)
When the incident occurred, Jin Bolong was in that loft near the Imperial City, merely a street away from the six ministries of the court.
Linghu Mingde's counterattack was extremely fierce, and within a mere 10 days, he had forced a large number of Jin Bolong's business partners to sever their cooperation with the Jin family, causing the market value of Jin's three listed companies to plummet by two and a halffold. The rest of their industries also suffered a devastating blow.
At this point, even more allies were wavering, and they could defect to their enemies at any moment.
Jin Bolong had to stabilize them while also planning a counterattack.
The reason Linghu Mingde could wield such great influence within the Great Song dynasty was largely due to his current position.
The 'Imperial Censor' was responsible for inspecting officials and overseeing the operation of the court, being the leader of the upright officials and wielding tremendous authority and responsibility.
Jin Bolong now intended to present both that 'Rot Dragon Mushroom' and the photograph taken by journalists near the Linghu family's residence at the ninth base city, to the Great Song Emperor himself.
These two 'Rot Dragon Mushroom' specimens were very similar in color and shape, indicating that they had absorbed the Ether Primordial Energy from the same person. As long as they could make the Emperor suspicious of Zhao Yang, even if they couldn't take down Linghu Mingde, they would at least be able to transfer him away from the position of Imperial Censor.
As Jin Bolong was studying intelligence on the Linghu family, he suddenly heard a piercing bell sound emanating from within the Imperial City.
Jin Bolong was astounded and looked up to exchange a glance with Lu Hanyuan, his strategist standing opposite him.
Both of their expressions were surprised because that sound was clearly the alarm bell from the palace.
"What warning is this?" Jin Bolong strode to the window and looked around outside.
His first thought was that the high-ranking member of the Longevity Association had moved against Lin Hao, the commander of the assassination unit.
But something was off; that person had many elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, so how could they have triggered the palace's alarm while making their move?
Jin Bolong went to the window and saw a beam of clear light shining down from the sky.
It turned out to be the 'Heavenly Eye', illuminating two battle dragons engaged in fierce combat.
The two dragons, one chasing and the other fleeing, were rapidly falling from the sky. One of them was a six-realm supreme king-grade Divine Vapor Water Dragon, frantically fleeing downward.
The other dragon, nearly seven zhang tall and shrouded in a sea of thunder, its light surging, was difficult to see clearly at the moment.
This dragon, wielding two long swords, was hot on the heels of the fleeing dragon, having already stabbed over a dozen transparent holes through it. It was only a matter of time before this Divine Vapor Water Dragon would be slain.
Jin Bolong focused his sight and then was slightly startled, "A six-realm supreme emperor, an Indestructible Heart Dragon! To whom does it belong in the court?"
The Indestructible Heart Dragon is a non-attributed battle dragon, whose Dan-heart strength and a vein of green blood could transform into any attribute of power, particularly suitable for family heirlooms and clan guardians.
Thus, many noble families and powerful clans choose Indestructible Heart Dragons and Green Blood Dragons as their guardian battle dragons.
"Chairman, look over there!" Lu Hanyuan pointed to the side, "Some fighting has broken out in the eastern city; the scale is huge. I've already notified someone to check out the situation." Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
Where he pointed, a rain of arrows was falling from the sky.
Jin Bolong knew at a glance that it must be a group of very powerful archers, at least 20 strong, including two with a 6S rating.
He couldn't help but squint his eyes, "It's Lin Hao!"
Jin Bolong happened to know that Lin Hao had survived an assassination upon entering the city and had also leveraged a group of archers during a battle at the Luo family's estate outside the city.
On the surface, they were a group of hired blades, bounty hunters trading lives for money, but in reality, they were likely a mercenary group from within the Earth Federation.
Jin Bolong was extremely surprised; from the looks of the situation over there, the commander of the assassination unit seemed to be in a fierce battle with some force, and they had taken the upper hand.
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The rain of arrows Jin Bolong saw was actually the second wave. At this moment, Wang Tianwu, along with his eight-realm battle dragon, was frantically fleeing forward, making great efforts to dodge this intelligent missile-like rain of arrows.
"Xu Yu, fuck your grandmother, what do you call this minimal risk? Is this what you call an assassination? Haven't even started, and I'm about to be killed in a counterattack!"
Wang Tianwu couldn't help but seethe with anger.
The sudden barrage of arrows came unexpectedly, a burst of one hundred and twenty rune arrows shot towards him, and even he could not completely dodge and block them all.
Of course, his injuries weren't serious, just some superficial wounds.
His injuries were actually not severe, merely some superficial skin wounds which could heal in an instant.
The problem was that the arrows were poisoned—a very stealthy poison that Wang Tianwu still detected in time, thanks to his rich experience and keen spiritual sense.
Right now, he was desperate to escape the pursuit of the arrow rain, to muster the strength to detoxify himself, and especially not to be caught in the beam of the 'Divine Eye of Surveillance' above. Otherwise, he would certainly die, no doubt about it.
At this very moment, a fair-weather friend from his mercenary days sent Wang Tianwu a message.
Invincible Bull: Hey Old Wang, how have things been lately? I heard your teacher's after you, and things are pretty rough? Recently had to sell your car and house, didn't you?
And this guy even sent a picture along with the message. It showed a friend surnamed Fei leaning against a limited edition luxury car, grinning at the camera.
Wang Tianwu's face darkened as he immediately shut off the quantum communication and continued to desperately sprint forward.
He had brought this upon himself. Previously when Fei had fallen on tough times, Wang Tianwu had taken the opportunity to kick him while he was down, mocking him a few times in their conversations.
Now it seemed the man had bounced back and wanted to return the favor.
However, the reason Wang Tianwu was selling his car and house wasn't due to a lack of funds, but to avoid his teacher 'Linghuan'.
In the past, Wang Tianwu would have retorted with biting remarks, viciously mocking anyone named Fei until they were too ashamed to show their face in the world. But now, that wasn't an option. If he couldn't shake off the arrow rain, he was as good as dead.
Wang Tianwu could already feel the poison coursing through his veins, spreading rapidly.
And then there was the 'Divine Eye of Surveillance', already casting beams of green light towards the eastern part of the city.
He couldn't help but curse again, "Damn Xu, I curse your ancestors!"
What Wang Tianwu didn't know was that Xu Yu, the very person he was cursing, was standing seven miles away.
He was pale-faced, his eyes wide with horror as he stared towards a battlefield three miles away.
There, a bloody slaughter was unfolding—just three seconds earlier, the 'Lingming Sky Dragon' had gathered its power for a devastating strike, using a 7SSS-tier secret martial skill to obliterate a seventh-realm sovereign-tier battle dragon with a single long-range blow.
Immediately after, Lin Hao led his followers in a swift and sudden attack.
First was the frigid-blooded demon, employing its bloodline ability 'Frost God's Breath', which almost halted the blood circulation of an entire 7A-rated special tactics squad nearby.
Next were Lin Hao and Ji Xueying, arriving from the sky fully clad in Heavenly Demon Dragon Armor, carving a bloody storm through the crowd with sweeping, ruthless efficiency.
The two, along with the Lingming Sky Dragon and a Sword Bone Demon collaborating in the fight, found virtually no equal; in an instant, they wiped out the entire thirty-man 7A-rated special tactics squad.
The three sixth-realm experts within the ranks stood no chance against even a single strike from Lin Hao and Blood Blade Ji; many saw but a flash of their blades, and the heads of these 6A-rated experts rolled.
Not even the seventh-realm sovereign master could escape fate. Just as his battle dragon was blown to pieces, and his Primordial Spirit sustained massive damage,
he had not even time to react before he was hacked to death by Lin Hao and Blood Blade Ji wielding a powerful secret technique.
The terrifying part was that Lin Hao then turned his attention to another tactics team a few miles away.
Xu Yu's heart pounded as he let out a desperate roar in the midst of battle, "Where is the sniper? Stop him, quickly!"
This assassination operation had mobilized three special tactics teams, yet Lin Hao had already completely annihilated one of them!
Xu Yu should have taken action himself, but with the 'Divine Eye of Surveillance' overhead and the rapidly approaching presence of an eighth-realm power nearby, he felt extremely wary.
And in that instant, Lin Rui's hair stood on end all over his body.
First, the Lingming Sky Dragon sent him a strongly emotional warning, and Lin Rui also sensed the presence of at least seven sniper bullets, each 13mm in diameter, within his range of perception.
By the time Lin Rui detected them, they had already entered his 20-meter range and were hurtling toward him at a staggering speed of Mach 43, one after another!