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"You, so cruel."
Dai Hao's eyes brimmed with a poisoned bitterness.
"It's not that I'm cruel, it's that you are cruel."
"Had you not sent them to deal with me, they would not have died."
The human-shaped soul guidance device awkwardly shook its head.
Even the human-shaped soul guidance device was severely damaged under that terrifying soul power explosion.
At the moment, only parts of it could move.
"You, who exactly are you?"
"No, I don't care who you are, quickly let the Duke go."
At this time, those in the distance immediately called out loudly.
"Haha, they want to save you, but..."
"That's nothing but a fool's dream."
The human-shaped soul guidance device said as it pulled the trigger in its hand.
The soul cannon activated.
Bang!
A dazzling light directly shattered Dai Hao's skull.
Thud.
The headless body fell powerlessly to the ground.
"No!"
"Duke!"
"..."
In the distance, there was a roar of outrage.
They had never imagined that the Duke would fall like this.
It utterly shocked them.
The human-shaped soul guidance device, unconcerned with all of this, swiftly collected the spatial soul guidance device from Dai Hao's body, turned around, and walked away without any hesitation.
"Quick, stop him!"
"We can't let him escape!"
"Everyone, let's act together to stop the culprit who killed the Duke."
The soldiers from the army came to their senses belatedly and rushed towards the human-shaped soul guidance device.
"Just by yourselves?"
In secret, Qin Xiao took out a large number of soul cannons and indiscriminately bombarded the soldiers chasing after the human-shaped soul guidance device.
Boom boom boom.
A terrifying soul power storm exploded in the air once more.
Wind, fire, thunder, lightning, frost, and other elements erupted.
In an instant, more than a dozen men were engulfed completely.
When everything returned to calm, where were the silhouettes of those soldiers in the sky?
The figure of the human-shaped soul guidance device had also completely vanished.
...
Elsewhere.
The border standoff between two armies.
The light soaring into the sky shocked everyone.
The frontier soldiers of the Sun-Moon Empire were dumbfounded.
What was happening?
Was the Xingluo Empire's central military camp on fire?
...
"Elder Jin, Qin Xiao has made his move. With such a commotion, I really don't know how he managed it."
"I feel he might truly succeed."
"The range of the explosion's coverage is wide; I wonder if Qin Xiao is all right."
"Elder Jin, should we really not take action?"
In a hidden forest, the many powerful members of the Body Sect had also noticed the anomaly.
While everyone was shocked, they also worried about Qin Xiao.
Jinpeng hesitated upon hearing this.
"Qin Xiao told us not to get close, and I still choose to believe him."
He thought for a moment and decided not to lead his people into the territory of the Xingluo Empire to search for Qin Xiao.
"But..."
Others were still worried.
Jinpeng changed his mind, "Given Qin Xiao's speed, one shichen is enough for him to return from deep inside. If we don't see him after one shichen, we'll go deep inside."
"Okay!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Time ticked away.
The agreed time had come and gone in the blink of an eye.
However, they still had not seen Qin Xiao.
"Elder Jin, we can't wait any longer."
Jinpeng nodded slowly, "Alright, follow me..."
"Wait."
Before he could finish, his expression suddenly changed.
In an instant, his gaze shifted to a certain spot.
There, the bushes stirred, and a figure stepped out.
It was none other than Qin Xiao.
"Haha, where were you all going?"
Qin Xiao teased the group as he looked at them.
He, of course, knew they were going to rescue him and felt very warmed by the thought.
Jinpeng answered nonchalantly, "We... were bored, just wanted to take a walk..."
He was clearly not being honest.
"How did it go with your task, young man?"
Upon hearing the question, Qin Xiao replied, "Everything is perfectly settled. We can now return to the Sun-Moon Empire."
"So Dai Hao has truly been slain by you?"
"Would that be false? The soul power storm that erupted earlier, you saw it too. You all are top-notch experts; think for yourselves what level of power it would take to survive such a storm. And remember, that is only if it's a surprise attack..."
After Qin Xiao finished, everyone fell silent.
Especially those Titled Douluo under Level 95, they imperceptibly shook their heads.
If asked whether they had any confidence in surviving a blast at its center, none of them would be certain.
"Alright, then let's set off immediately," Jinpeng agreed without hesitation.
...
Three days later.
Imperial Sun Moon Soul Academy.
The Dean's office.
"Hehe, you've come back so soon. Now, you realize how difficult it is, right?
I won't lie to you, the Sun-Moon Empire has sent out many experts numerous times for assassinations without success; it was only to be expected that you would fail."
Jing Hongchen saw Qin Xiao had returned, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
In his view, Qin Xiao had failed.
That's also normal.
The round trip alone required seven to eight days; he felt Qin Xiao was probably just on the road, with no time to plan an assassination of Duke Bai Hu.
Qin Xiao: "..."
Did this guy really have so little faith in him?
He was speechless.
However.
Qin Xiao's silence again filled him with strong confidence.
He believed he might have guessed correctly.
"Ideals and reality are always different matters; it's difficult to get an opportunity to act in a military camp stretching for miles.
It's okay, note down this hatred, and it won't be long before the Sun-Moon Empire might launch a war. You can certainly find an opportunity then to take out Dai Hao and avenge yourself."
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