The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 274 - 86 Start the Assassination (Extra for Monthly ticket)

Chapter 274: Chapter 86 Start the Assassination (Extra for Monthly ticket)

"Boom—"

It sounded like a watermelon being smashed open, but in reality, it wasn’t a watermelon that was burst open, but a head.

Yang Bai, wearing deerskin gloves, followed the opening cleaved by the Light Axe, lifting the skullcap of the split open head.

"Sir, please look, the victim’s brain has large patches of pitch black, which surely indicates long-term consumption of inferior Longevity Powder," Yang Bai said, pointing at the brain full of red and white.

Li Renjie, ignoring the revolting aspects that made one want to vomit, leaned in for a closer look.

After a while, he nodded slightly and said, "Hmm, indeed, the victim died from the inferior Longevity Powder, not from so-called physical weakness and sudden illness."

"And since the town is remote with few outsiders coming in, the deceased also hadn’t left town recently, sir," said an excited Yang Bai, "there must be a workshop producing Longevity Powder here in town, and we can bust another one."

"In this way, sooner or later we’ll find the source of the Longevity Powder and arrest the mastermind behind it."

However, Li Renjie was not as optimistic as his assistant because he knew that it certainly wasn’t going to be that easy.

The mastermind selling Longevity Powder, in fact, Li Renjie had guessed long ago. After all, having cracked so many workshops, there were always clues that led further.

However, every time a new clue was found, someone in the government would control his actions, timely erasing the direction the clues pointed to.

After going back and forth like this, even a blind man could see something fishy. Besides, Li Renjie was not blind, which instead made him quietly investigate and guess the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Nevertheless, without concrete evidence, it was very difficult to bring down that mastermind. After all, the person’s status was just too prominent.

Moreover, some recent events also made Li Renjie quite suspicious.

There were always some clues that intentionally or unintentionally appeared before Li Renjie, guiding the direction, leading him to the Longevity Powder workshops.

This should be a good thing by reason, perhaps someone else also couldn’t stand to see the Longevity Powder poison the people, but were intimidated by the mastermind’s status and didn’t dare to investigate openly, only covertly guiding Li Renjie, the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice, to uncover that mastermind’s conspiracy.

This reason sounded quite plausible when said, but could there really be someone, more capable than himself who was supported by the government and had a wealth of case-solving experience, who always found the Longevity Powder workshops first?

On this point, Li Renjie was very skeptical. He also had a strange sense of crisis in his heart that kept him deeply vigilant.

"Hmm?" Li Renjie’s heart suddenly grew chill.

"Xiao Yang, be careful."

Li Renjie immediately grabbed Yang Bai’s shoulder, stamped his foot on the ground, leaped up, and burst through the roof of the autopsy room.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

As soon as Li Renjie rushed out, countless crossbow arrows whistled sharply, piercing the air and shooting into the autopsy room. The crossbow arrows were all filled with gunpowder, and upon impact, they exploded directly, leaving the autopsy room riddled with holes, with even one wall collapsing outright.

"Aim above, shoot."

Another myriad of crossbow arrows was volleyed towards the two who had just broken through the roof of the autopsy room.

"Don’t panic, sir, Zhai Jian is here."

Chilled Blade Energy slashed downward, causing all the crossbow bolts aimed at Li Renjie and his companion to explode mid-air.

Following that, a big man with curled whiskers, wielding a large saber, charged into the midst of the black-clothed men carrying crossbow arrows.

The big man was fierce, and where he passed, limbs flew, and no one could stop him.

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However, even as they saw their comrades suffer heavy casualties, these black-clothed men remained silent, directly aiming their loaded crossbows at Zhai Jian. And those black-clad men who were close to Zhai Jian clung to him desperately, not allowing him any chance to escape.

"Zhai Jian!"

Just as Li Renjie had caught Yang Bai and landed, he witnessed this and pushed forward with an erect palm, directing his Blade Energy towards those black-clothed men who were about to fire their crossbow arrows.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly gentle and refined Li Renjie was also a master. The black-clothed men perished on the spot under his Blade Energy. The crossbow arrows, being impacted, exploded instantly, obliterating all the nearby black-clad assailants.

"Use the Corrosive Corpse Technique," commanded a voice from a distance once again.

The Corrosive Corpse Technique, Star Constellation Old Monster Ding Chunqiu’s Poison Skill, involved injecting deadly poison into a corpse and hurling it at the enemy to explode upon them.

Yet Qing Yu had devised a different approach, making his murderous minions take the deadly poison into their own bodies, to explode themselves when necessary, acting as human toxic gas bombs.

The black-clothed men holding Zhai Jian, upon hearing the command, immediately triggered the Corrosive Corpse Technique, releasing toxic gases as they exploded. And this Qi Force, in turn, triggered the corpses of other already dead black-clad Assassins, causing a chain reaction of the Chain Corpse Decomposition Skill.

"Bang bang bang—"

Explosion after explosion sounded, surrounding the bearded giant Zhai Jian in a morass of dark green poison gas.

"Don’t even think about it!"

Li Renjie demonstrated his superior Power once more. As he waved his hands, he conjured a strong gust of wind that dispersed the poison cloud that was engulfing Zhai Jian.

The poison gas dissipated, but Zhai Jian’s face had turned a shade of dark green, visibly affected by the potent toxin, yet because the poison was dispersed in time, he was still clinging to life.

"Gaga gaga..."

An unpleasant, eerie laughter spread, and several blood-colored figures lunged toward Li Renjie and Yang Bai from all around.

"Self-detonating Poison Skill and Blood Bat Killers, you’re from the Azure Dragon Association."

As the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice, specifically tasked with investigating cases, Li Renjie naturally recognized the characteristics of a notorious assassin organization.

The Azure Dragon Association’s infamy had spread far and wide in worldly society, and even in the rarely disturbed Northern Zhou Territory, this nefarious assassin organization was well known. Once the Blood Bat Guards made their appearance, Li Renjie immediately guessed the identity of their attackers.

However, identifying the assailants did not cause the Blood Bat Guards to relent in their pursuit of the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice’s blood; they continued to slash at the vital parts of Li Renjie and Yang Bai with their hooks.

"Boom—"

Another "boom" resonated, but this time it was not the sound of an explosion but the solid impact of a palm striking a body.

Li Renjie’s palm hit the frontmost Blood Bat No.4 squarely, emitting a loud noise.

His palm force was as impactful as the noise suggested; Blood Bat No.4 bled from all orifices and fell to the ground lifelessly, having been struck dead instantly.

After that, Li Renjie moved as fluidly as a dragon, circling around Yang Bai and unleashing five palms, each one taking a life. The encircling Blood Bat Guards all perished in an instant.

It was a startling sight, leaving Yang Bai, who stood behind Li Renjie, dumbfounded and mentally disconcerted.

"Si... sir, you’re actually also a master?"

It goes without saying, seeing the minister usually so refined and lacking any martial artist’s temperament, Yang Bai thought he was merely a civil officer. The fact that he had just grabbed Yang Bai and burst through the roof was startling enough. Now, Li Renjie’s performance enlightened Yang Bai that not only did he know Martial Arts, but he was also a master of Martial Arts.

"Without knowing Martial Arts, how could I be the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice," Li Renjie said, clearly annoyed.

As the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice in a world of advanced Martial Arts, Li Renjie was not as nonchalant as another person with the surname Di who bore the same name; a Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice who knew no Martial Arts and went out to handle cases could easily be affronted directly by a criminal.

Or rather, even if one was a civil officer, they would know a few Martial Arts moves; it’s just that there were very few as skilled as Li Renjie.

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