World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 201 - 136: The Handsome Man Plan of Suo Lun!_2

Chapter 201: 136: The Handsome Man Plan of Suo Lun!_2

Yan Shuang gave no response.

Yuan Jie said, "Should we send someone to follow him and protect him in secret?"

Yan Shuang shook his head and replied, "No need. If he is destined to die, so be it, it’s just fate."

Yuan Jie was taken aback, then nodded and said, "Understood."

Instantly, his heart was filled with regret. A genuine one-in-a-million archery talent, and to die just like that, was truly a pity.

Besides, it seemed that this Lanling was doomed to die. Although his talent was great, his cultivation was far too low.

...

After entering Tianye City, Suo Lun did only one thing, which was to discretely inquire about the news of the Venomous Sand Thieves’ leader, Xuesha.

This was not difficult to inquire about since Xuesha had recently robbed and killed dozens of teams, and her methods were extremely brutal. She had a big reputation in Tianye City, so Suo Lun easily gathered dozens or even hundreds of pieces of information.

Then, after summarizing these pieces of information, he eliminated the exaggerated and false ones, and finally Suo Lun figured out the character traits of this person called Xuesha.

Xuesha was a woman, but what she specifically looked like was still unknown, as everyone who had seen her was already dead.

This person’s personality was twisted, cruel and perverse, not merely for the sake of robbing treasures, but also finding joy in killing and tormenting others.

Most crucially, Xuesha had a strong preference for handsome men and was extremely ruthless and unfeeling.

Among the robbed merchants, there were some beautiful men whose manner of death differed from others. They bore numerous bite marks and scratch marks on their bodies, clearly the traces of a violent and passionate assault.

Moreover, each handsome man who died had a bluish complexion and darkened eye sockets, obviously having been drained severely before death, with their genital organs showing clear signs of swelling.

There were even some particularly attractive men, who, after death, were castrated alive and even had their faces skinned.

Clearly, Xuesha had taken their organs and faces to add to her collection.

Thus, the most distinct characteristics of Xuesha were her penchant for handsome men, her cruelty and mercilessness, and her lewdness and shamelessness.

Having completed the ’know the enemy’ phase, the next step was to ensure a hundred victories in a hundred battles—how to kill her?

Still, use one’s strength to attack the enemy’s weakness.

In the end, Suo Lun decided to approach her first with a ’handsome man’ trick, then deliver a fatal blow.

With Suo Lun’s martial arts cultivation, he was definitely not enough to kill her, not even with poison, as the opponent’s use of poison might be even more profound.

The only method Suo Lun could rely on to kill her was by using Yao Xing and spiritual power!

"Yao Xing, what are our chances of success this time?" Suo Lun asked.

Yao Xing fell silent for a moment before saying, "Your chances of success are roughly thirty percent. However, the probability of you losing your life is as high as eighty percent."

Suo Lun nodded. This group of sand bandits numbered in the hundreds; to kill the leader Xuesha and then escape unscathed would be very difficult indeed.

However, Suo Lun had no retreat.

Let’s not forget, he had one more competitor, Fen Mo; he could only win, not lose.

...

In the afternoon, Suo Lun emerged from a house, and his face had changed again.

Now, he had transformed into a handsome Xiliang man with distinctive traits.

Firstly, he restored half of his own face, which was already handsome enough. Then he added the beard typical of Xiliang men, changed his skin tone, deepened his eye sockets, and finally donned brown crystal contact lenses, becoming a spitting image of a Xiliang beauty.

The crystal contact lenses were extremely expensive and somewhat uncomfortable to wear. His vision was also not very clear, as if looking through a filter.

But there was no choice, in order to impersonate a handsome Xiliang man, he had to do this.

Not only this, but Suo Lun had also prepared a fake identity and family information.

At this moment, he was masquerading as He Lianyu, a destitute nobleman of the Xiliang Kingdom. Due to the decline of his house, he staked everything, sold his family property, came to Tianye City, and purchased a vast amount of fine salt and black gold ore to sell to the Xiliang Kingdom.

This was a perfectly normal cross-country trade; as long as he could safely cross the thousand-mile desert into the Xiliang Kingdom, he would at least make a threefold profit.

Committed to the role, Suo Lun actually purchased goods worth five hundred Gold Coins, and spent another hundred to hire a fifty-member mercenary team for protection.

The Heavenly Fire Mercenaries were a third-tier mercenary group, led by Di Zheng, a middle-aged man exuding vigor and righteous presence.

The next day, Suo Lun, disguised as a handsome Xiliang Nobleman, left Tianye City with over a hundred camels laden with heavy goods, headed towards the Xiliang Kingdom under the protection of dozens of mercenaries, in a grand and majestic procession.

...

Having traveled over a hundred li out of Tianye City, the caravan had already entered the desert, a vast expanse where windswept grasses barely concealed the sheep and cattle.

Here, the desert still bore some weeds, hence the grazing herds. Further west, the greenery thinned and the yellow sand grew more prevalent.

Two hundred li out of Tianye City, the land was carpeted with yellow sand, an endless desert.

This sea of sand stretched for over a thousand li, serving as the natural boundary and barrier between the Rage Wave Kingdom and the Xiliang Kingdom.

Whether it was Xiliang or Rage Wave intent on attacking each other, they would first have to send an army of hundreds of thousands to cross this thousand-mile desert. For an army, traversing a thousand-mile desert was nothing short of a nightmare.

Thus, despite frequent friction over the years, the two countries had been mostly peaceful.

Two hundred li into the desert, the leader of the mercenaries protecting Suo Lun, Di Zheng, kept repeating one thing: to avoid at all costs the Venomous Sand Thieves and Xuesha.

Perhaps his prayers worked, for the journey remained peaceful all the way.

At two hundred and fifty li into the desert, all was still well. Three hundred li in, all was still well.

But ironically, Suo Lun was hoping to encounter the Venomous Sand Thieves led by Xuesha, yearning to fall into her hands; otherwise, how could he kill her?

At this time, two and a half days remained until the deadline set by Yan Shuang.

A new day began, and Suo Lun’s caravan had already ventured over four hundred li into the desert.

Moreover, they had crossed over half of the entire desert journey. If things continued safely, they would soon enter the Xiliang Kingdom.

By then, Suo Lun’s identity would be exposed, and he might not even be allowed to enter the border of the Xiliang Kingdom, likely to be arrested on charges of espionage at the first opportunity.

Around noon, the camel caravan formed a circle to rest briefly, have a meal and drink water, before setting off again a few hours later.

The mercenary leader, Di Zheng, sat beside Suo Lun and said, "Lord He Lian, why would someone of your delicate appearance venture into trading? It’s so dangerous."

"To make money for buying an official title and restoring my ancestors’ glory," Suo Lun replied helplessly.

Di Zheng said, "But the desert is so treacherous, what if you encounter the Sand Bandits? Especially Xuesha, she has a fondness for beautiful men like you, and her methods are extremely cruel. If you fell into her hands, it would be like entering the eighteenth layer of hell."

Suo Lun said, "Fortune favours the brave; we’ve already steered clear of Xuesha’s territory. Besides, don’t I have the protection of Lord Di Zheng?"

Di Zheng sighed, his noble and determined face seemed somewhat desolate as he said, "Ah, life is tough for all of us. Not easy for a down-and-out nobleman like you, not easy for someone like me either; we’re all just trying to make a living!"

Then, he drew his great sword and placed it at Suo Lun’s neck saying, "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Blood Liao, the second-in-command of the Venomous Sand Thieves."

Suo Lun was taken aback, looking at him in disbelief, his voice trembling, "Leader Di... please don’t joke about such things. You’re clearly the leader of the Heavenly Fire Mercenary Group."

"That’s just my cover identity, my real self is the second-in-command of the Venomous Sand Thieves," said Battle Wolf. "I have been wary all this time, worried that you might be bait meant to ambush and kill my Venomous Sand Thieves, so I never made a move for these few hundred li. Now that there are no people for a hundred li around, I finally believe you are just a foolish and naive fallen nobleman."

Immediately after, Di Zheng, or rather, Blood Liao, gave a sharp whistle.

From the distance, over a hundred figures galloped towards them, with a fiery-figure of a woman leading them.

She was the target of Suo Lun’s seduction trap, the leader of the Venomous Sand Thieves, Xuesha!

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