Chapter 13: Playing Hide and Seek Under the Bed

Zhong Ling was left speechless. For a moment, she couldn't quite figure it out.

Was the Prince abnormal, or was his mental fortitude simply unwavering?

But thinking of the Prince's terrifying strength, Zhong Ling shook her head, casting the chaotic thoughts from her mind.

"It's just unwavering mental fortitude, unmoved by external temptations. That's all it is!"

"Now, there's only one person left." Xiao Tian raised his head, looking toward the blood-colored tower ahead.

Zhong Ling's lips twitched. She knew who the Prince was referring to.

The King of Assassins of the Southern Wildlands was actually as timid as a mouse.

She had clearly seen earlier that Yun Zunlai, the Tower Master of Blood Cloud Tower, had turned deathly pale upon witnessing Xiao Tian's terrifying strength.

That earlier shout to flee had also come from this Blood Cloud Tower Master.

When his subordinate assassins scattered in all directions to draw Xiao Tian's attention, Yun Zunlai had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape and vanish without a trace.

In an ordinary single room at Blood Cloud Tower Headquarters.

This was a place where common assassins rested. Yun Zunlai was currently hiding inside, concealed under the bed.

He had already opened the doors to the Blood Cloud Tower Treasury, letting the treasure radiance and spiritual qi surge forth.

He hoped this would attract Xiao Tian's attention, who would loot everything and leave satisfied.

"Damn it, damn it all!" Yun Zunlai's face was drenched in sweat from fear. Hiding under the bed, he dared not move.

"The Great Yan Dynasty really does have a great secret. Otherwise, how could this Prince's strength be so terrifying?"

The intelligence he had received was supposedly very accurate.

The Empress had found an ordinary person with no cultivation realm to be her husband, for the sake of easy control.

At the same time, it was also to shut the Prime Minister's mouth so he couldn't continue submitting memorials urging her to marry.

Many eyes had once focused on Xiao Tian. Many detection methods and spiritual qi probes had all confirmed one piece of intelligence.

Xiao Tian had no cultivation realm—just a lucky gigolo, nothing more.

"A bunch of idiots! This guy is a damn monster!!" Yun Zunlai raged inwardly. This Great Yan Prince indeed had no realm.

But relying solely on his physical strength, he was absurdly powerful.

These floating islands of Blood Cloud Tower Headquarters came from an early fortuitous encounter of his, from an ancient ruin.

Their durability was extremely terrifying. Even facing a tenth-tier Saint Realm existence, they could withstand attacks for a while.

And the result?

Xiao Tian had shattered them with a single punch from a distance!

If he had known Xiao Tian was this terrifying, Yun Zunlai would have submitted long ago. Why would he oppose such a monster?

It was all a misunderstanding!

Yun Zunlai's rise to power had relied on the gains from that ancient ruin.

Through the text records inside the ruin, he could confirm that this ruin belonged to the Great Yan Empire of a distant era.

Yes...

This Great Yan Empire seemed to have countless connections with the current Great Yan Dynasty.

Rumor had it that the current Great Yan Dynasty held a great secret.

So many factions had focused their attention on the Great Yan Dynasty.

Having tasted success before, Yun Zunlai was naturally among them.

So when Xiao Tian appeared and broke through the formation to reach headquarters, Yun Zunlai mistakenly thought he possessed some secret treasure from the Great Yan Dynasty that could break formations.

After all, the Great Yan Dynasty and these floating islands from the Great Yan Empire might be connected.

Who could have imagined that this Great Yan Prince's strength would be so terrifying it was practically exaggerated?

Tap tap...

Footsteps suddenly emerged in the corridor outside the room. Yun Zunlai stopped his wild thoughts and hastily held his breath in fright.

This King of Assassins was now using all his assassination techniques to hide under the bed.

Don't move!

The footsteps gradually faded, seemingly going upstairs, probably drawn by the treasury.

Sensing this movement, Yun Zunlai knew his plan had succeeded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After a moment, footsteps came again, as if someone was coming downstairs.

Yun Zunlai remained cautious, listening carefully. Only when the footsteps gradually faded and disappeared did his whole body relax, pressing against the floor as he gasped for breath.

"Finally gone..." Yun Zunlai exhaled deeply and prepared to roll out from under the bed.

Just as he turned over, he saw a face outside the bed grinning at him.

"Found you!"

"Holy shit!" Yun Zunlai was so frightened he trembled, his soul nearly leaving his body.

The person lying on his side on the ground, mockingly staring at him—who else could it be but Xiao Tian?

"Are you a child? Hiding under the bed?" Xiao Tian's smile faded, his expression turning cold as he suddenly reached out and yanked the man toward him.

Yun Zunlai no longer concealed himself. The spiritual qi within his body erupted, transforming into blood clouds that enveloped his entire body. His figure moved like lightning, weaving through the entire Blood Cloud Tower with extreme agility.

In an instant, he burst out from the complex structure of Blood Cloud Tower.

Arriving in the air outside Blood Cloud Tower, the spiritual qi within his body burned violently. The blood clouds seemed to ignite, with faint crimson lightning crackling.

Escape!!

At this moment, Yun Zunlai had only one thought.

Boom!

But before he could move, he watched in horror as the main body of Blood Cloud Tower suddenly exploded, as if something had detonated inside.

The next instant.

Xiao Tian's figure burst out from the exploding building debris, appearing before Yun Zunlai in the blink of an eye.

Compared to Yun Zunlai's snake-like agile movement technique, Xiao Tian followed a simpler and more brutal method.

Between two points, a straight line is shortest!

"What are you running for?" Xiao Tian directly reached out and grabbed. The protective spiritual qi on the man's body, along with the surrounding blood cloud lightning, instantly collapsed.

Just like grabbing a chicken, Xiao Tian carried Yun Zunlai and landed before Zhong Ling.

"It's actually hilarious—this guy was hiding under the bed." Xiao Tian held Yun Zunlai and shook him toward Zhong Ling, laughing mockingly.

"..." Zhong Ling's lips twitched slightly as she looked at the figure being held by the Prince, feeling somewhat surreal.

If she hadn't experienced it firsthand, who would dare believe that the King of Assassins of the Southern Wildlands was being swung around like a chick?

Who would have thought that the dignified Blood Cloud Tower Master would be scared into hiding under a bed by the Prince?

The captured Yun Zunlai wanted to resist, but Xiao Tian had clamped onto the back of his neck, making escape impossible.

Yun Zunlai seemed somewhat desperate as he looked at Xiao Tian. "I already restrained my spiritual qi, held my breath, and even controlled my heartbeat to temporarily stop. How did you discover me?"

He really couldn't figure out how he'd been exposed.

"Very simple—I heard the sound of your blood flowing." Xiao Tian answered casually, as if it were perfectly natural.

Yun Zunlai's face turned pale. Zhong Ling beside him also looked as if she'd seen a ghost.

Heard the sound of blood flowing?

What kind of hearing was that?

"Alright, I answered your question, so you should obediently answer mine." Xiao Tian stared at Yun Zunlai. "Why exactly are you targeting the Great Yan Dynasty?"

"If you promise to spare my life, I'll tell you the intelligence." Swallowing hard, Yun Zunlai spoke through gritted teeth.

"Forget it then. I won't ask." After Xiao Tian finished speaking, he applied slight pressure with his hand, twisted Yun Zunlai's neck, and tossed him on the ground.

Say it or don't—who's going to indulge you?

Standing to the side, Zhong Ling watched as this King of Assassins of the Southern Wildlands died with his eyes wide open, unable to rest in peace, and she trembled.

"Mother... the Prince is so terrifying. I want to go home!"