Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 618 - 75: Assassination Attempt

Divine Power?

Upon first hearing this term, Yue Jinghua felt a sudden twitch in her eyelids.

It was as if she had touched the boundary of something, yet for the moment, she couldn’t tell exactly what it was.

This was the first time Yue Jinghua heard a narrative about the real existence of Divine Power on the Eastern Continent.

Before coming to the Canglong Continent, Yue Jinghua was a typical non-believer. After arriving in the Canglong Continent, too many inexplicable things happened around her, forcing her to concede that gods, or demons, truly existed.

Temporarily setting aside her cluttered thoughts, Yue Jinghua listened as the High Priest Wu Mo continued his story.

"With the help of the Snow Totem, I froze my wounds to prevent them from worsening, although it also sealed my Dark Power. The Transmission Array sent us to a wilderness, and I passed out from exhaustion. By the time I awoke, I found that Wuyun, due to his lack of experience, had been deceived by a passing wanderer’s trick and signed a Beast Contract. After that, we were sold off to the Dragon War Empire’s Beast Fighting Arena," this was all Elder Priest Wu Mo knew.

As for where that mysterious force came from and why it invaded the peaceful Arctic Ice Domain, Wu Mo couldn’t say.

"Perhaps, their intrusion has something to do with the legend of the Snowstorm Goddess Temple. It’s said that within the temple lies a rare Divine Treasure," Wu Mo could only speculate.

"Granny, that must be a lie. What temple? It’s nothing but a dilapidated stone house buried under the snow," Wuyun pursed his lips. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Seeing that she could not pry any more information from the Snake Woman, Yue Jinghua dropped the matter. She commanded those in the Beast Fighting Arena to release the Shepherdess Snakes from their shackles and prepared a carriage for them.

Before leaving, Yue Jinghua remembered something.

Stepping out of the cells, Yue Jinghua found Ji Yun, who intended to sneak away but was blocked by Yue Minzhi and Shalman.

Seeing Yue Jinghua approach, Ji Yun stiffened his face, turned around, and said with extreme awkwardness, "What does Brother Yue plan to do?"

"A bet is a bet, and thousands of people in the Beast Fighting Arena heard it. Could it be that Brother Ji can’t afford to lose?" Yue Jinghua was unrelenting in reason.

Ji Yun shivered and lowered his voice to a volume only he and Yue Jinghua could hear, saying:

"Yue Jinghua, don’t think you can step all over me. If you humiliate me today, I will return it tenfold to you tomorrow."

"What? Brother Ji, could you speak up? I can’t hear you clearly. Does Brother Ji usually dislike wearing underwear and come here bare-legged?" Yue Jinghua pretended to be stunned.

Her voice was loud and clear, instantly echoing in every corner of the Beast Fighting Arena.

Ji Yun, almost suffocating with anger, gave the Yue siblings a venomous stare. Dragged away by Qing Zizhu, he left the Beast Fighting Arena in disgrace.

Yue Jinghua wore a smile on her face, gestured a salute to Yun Lang, and waited for the Beast Fighting Arena to bring a carriage. She settled the Wu and his grandchild inside before standing up to leave the Beast Fighting Arena.

Watching the Yue family depart, Yun Lang had a thoughtful expression on his face.

Then, from a corner, another person emerged.

Neither Yue Jinghua nor Yue Minzhi noticed that besides Yun Lang, there was another person in the corner.

This person was like the air itself, hidden in the corner.

"This person cannot be left alive," murmured Yun Lang.

The man nodded, smelling the faint blood scent that wafted with the wind inside the Beast Fighting Arena, Yun Lang had an expression neither joyous nor sorrowful on his face.

"Jinghua, tonight we have stumbled upon a treasure," Shalman sat in the carriage, his face brimming with pleasure.

Tonight, after severely trampling over Ji Yun and Yun Lang, and obtaining a few exceedingly precious Shepherdess Snakes, the haul was truly not small.

"Big brother, you and Shalman escort the Snake Women back first. I want to take a trip to the tavern. Earlier, Lady Fen Xiang mentioned that she had concocted a new kind of wine, I’d like to give it a taste," Yue Jinghua sat in the carriage silently the entire way until they reached Linlan Street, where she suddenly called a halt to the carriage and hopped down alone.

"It’s late at night, once you’re done, come back early," Yue Minzhi couldn’t help but nag a bit, but after Yue Jinghua talked around it, she sent the Yue Residence’s carriage away.

On Linlan Street, one could still encounter a few drunks, some of whom recognized Yue Jinghua, "Young Master Yue."

Yue Jinghua didn’t respond; she didn’t head toward the tavern but instead entered an ink-black narrow alley where one couldn’t see their own fingers.

The residences on both sides of the alley had long settled down for the night.

The alley was pitch-black, but for Yue Jinghua, it was unobstructed.

In mid-June, the Imperial City had already entered summer, but at this moment, Yue Jinghua felt a chill all over her body.

A suffocating sensation, as if drowning in water, followed her like a shadow.

Instinct told Yue Jinghua that something was amiss.

From the moment she and the people from the residence stepped onto the carriage, a terrifying gaze had been fixed on her.

No matter how the carriage traveled, it couldn’t shake it off. To ensure her elder brother and Shalman were not implicated, she had no choice but to lie and send the two back first.

She came to an abrupt stop; ahead was only a dead-end alley. Behind her, that relentless oppressive feeling had not dissipated.

"May I ask if you are a friend from the Assassin Alliance?" Yue Jinghua felt the sensation of pins and needles on her back, a sensation that represented a killing aura.

She had perceived this kind of aura from an enraged Guo Ziyu, as well as the deceased Xie San.

Only tonight, the killing aura emanating from this person was much stronger than the previous two.

Could it be that the Assassin Alliance had learned of her killing Xie San and sent a higher level assassin than a High-level Assassin, someone of the Killing God level to hunt her down?

A shadow stretched onto the road in front of Yue Jinghua, revealing the outline of a person.

It was a tall, lean man; he didn’t have overly exaggerated muscles, nor an overwhelming aura, but he did have a set of Holy Runes on his body that Yue Jinghua had never seen before.

Yue Jinghua saw such exquisitely drawn Holy Runes for the first time.

Each stroke and detail was depicted just right, with precise color choices and decisive brushwork; on the man’s shoulders and neck, the Holy Runes assembled into a vivid Yama Wolf King.

A name popped into Yue Jinghua’s head.

Even though the man had said nothing, Yue Jinghua had already recognized his identity.

He was the most elusive among the four major forces on Linlan Street, "Ming Lang."

The one who had his eyes on Yue Jinghua since leaving the Beast Fighting Arena was Ming Lang.

Ming Lang, true to his name, had a pair of golden wolf eyes, looking at Yue Jinghua as if she were already a dead person.

"You want to kill me?" Facing an immensely thick killing aura that nearly suffocated her, Yue Jinghua slowly took a step back.