Chapter 306

Chapter 306: A Bit Troublesome

Ming stared at his own portrait, feeling that it wasn’t as simple as just being ambushed.

It seemed like the opponent had another agenda.

They didn’t randomly select him; they were targeting him all along.

Ming was confused.

“I haven’t done anything, nor do I have much enmity with them. Why do they want to kill me? I don’t even know them.”

Could it be because he ranked second on the Azurecloud List, so the Demon races wanted to eliminate him in his infancy?

After pondering for a while, Ming concluded that this was the only reason.

Ming wasn’t unaware of the assassination history of geniuses on the Azurecloud List.

This time, most of the geniuses on the Azurecloud List were from the Central Plains. Out of the top ten, six were from various countries of the Central Plains, and the first and second places were both monopolized by the Central Plains.

But similar situations weren’t unheard of in the past.

In the previous few Azurecloud Lists, the geniuses from the Southern Demon Realm even occupied seven spots and swept the top three.

That period was known as the darkest moment for the geniuses of the Central Plains.

Back then, the Central Plains also attempted to assassinate those geniuses from the Southern Demon Realm.

However, these attempts usually ended in failure.

Since anyone who ranks high on the Azurecloud List would definitely have a guardian.

If someone of the same realm or one realm higher tries to cause trouble for these geniuses, the guardian wouldn’t intervene, after all, geniuses need to be honed.

If you die facing your peers, no matter how unlucky, you’ve lost, and you shouldn’t occupy a spot on the Azurecloud List.

Only geniuses who have experienced life and death battles will have greater potential when they enter the World Rankings in the future.

Otherwise, if they grow up pampered like flowers in a greenhouse, such geniuses are useless and will meet a worse end during the great Daoist competition in the future.

However, an open assassination like this, where they even displayed his portrait, was quite rare.

Especially since the three disciples’ attire didn’t seem to come from the same dynasty, which further highlighted the issue.

This indicated that it wasn’t just one faction trying to assassinate him.

At least the Southern Demon Realm had unified their intentions to kill him.

“This is a bit troublesome.”

Ming stroked his chin, realizing that whenever he encountered a demon, they would charge at him.

He needed to be two hundred percent cautious around demons! After thoroughly searching the bodies of the three demons, Ming continued flying towards the Bodhi Blood Fruit.

On the way, Ming encountered some Golden Horn Fruits.

Ming casually plucked them, picking about twenty or so. It wasn’t just for Zheng but also for the men of the Xu Mansion and Qin Mansion.

Regardless of the weight of the gift, especially since it came from him, the recipients would surely accept it with a smile.

Although Ming didn’t have a good impression of the Xu Mansion and wasn’t fond of dealing with interpersonal relationships, his mother was still in the Xu Mansion and might spend her entire life there.

So what he was doing was actually building connections for his mother. Just as Ming was heading towards Bodhi Mountain, in a certain area of the Rootless Mystic Realm, three people gathered.

“Where did our prince consort go?” a man asked.

“Who knows? Either the Emerald Dragon Lake, Bodhi Mountain, or Gold Desert. These three places have the most opportunities.” The scarred man named Wang Mingshan casually replied, sounding very relaxed.

“Then how about we split up?”

“Alright, alright.”

At this moment, the nose-pierced man walked over and said to the group,

“The realm of our prince consort isn’t low. If we split up, we’ll be taken out one by one by our prince consort.”

“What’s your plan?” The scarred man looked at the nose-pierced man, clearly unpleased.

Actually, the scarred man didn’t like this nose-pierced man.

“On my way here, I met a few demons,” the nose-pierced man named Zeng Rong smiled. “Our prince consort seems to be targeted. Everyone from the Southern Demon Realm who has come to this place for trial has one goal: to kill our prince consort.”

Everyone: “…”

A man named Bai Zhan frowned, “How did Xu Ming offend the Demon Kingdom?”

“Who knows?” Zeng Rong smirked maliciously, “Anyway, this is good news for us. What if we don’t even have to move a finger, and the prince consort’s head gets chopped off?”

Wang Mingshan shook his head, “If that happens, it’d be best and save us the trouble, but those beasts from the Southern Demon Realm might not necessarily be stronger than Xu Ming.”

“Alright then, let’s send this prince consort on his way.” Zeng Rong continued, “When I came earlier, I saw our prince consort flying towards Bodhi Mountain. Let’s go directly there.”

As he spoke, a shadow of malice flashed in Zeng Rong’s eyes, “Later, we’ll cozy up to the Zhuangyuan Láng and stab him in the back. I wonder how he’ll feel.”

“Since we’ve located Xu Ming’s position, there’s no time to waste. Let’s go directly there.” The scarred man named Wang Mingzheng said.

No one objected and immediately flew towards Bodhi Mountain.

Who would have thought that someone who participated in the Rootless Mystic Realm selection together would turn against their friend? Meanwhile, Shixin, who was heading towards the capital of the Wu Kingdom, had already passed through the Jiangnan Prefecture.

If everything went smoothly, she should arrive at the capital of the Wu Kingdom in half a month.

But at this moment, a distorted door appeared in front of Shixin.

Shixin tilted her head, looked at the twisted door, and reached out to touch it.

And in that instant,

Shixin’s entire figure disappeared from the spot.

With a daze, when Shixin opened her eyes, she found herself falling endlessly.

“F*ck!”

Right after, Shixin heard a man cursing. She seemed to have landed on the man, plummeting straight towards the ground.