The black-clad man was only four or five meters from Lin Lei, and he had never put the black Shadow Mouse in his eyes — but at this moment, his previously cold heart was seized with terror: "What kind of speed is this?!" The black-clad man desperately whipped out his black short blade.
Clearly, this black-clad man was stronger than the first assassin who had tried to kill Lin Lei. At least he had managed to swing his blade when facing the black Shadow Mouse.
"Whoosh!" Bei Bei's sharp claws slashed out violently.
Clang!
Bei Bei's claws collided fiercely with the black short blade, and the blade shattered on the spot. Bei Bei's claws then raked viciously across the black-clad man's head, crushing his skull outright and killing him on the spot.
"The gap between the sixth level and the seventh level is enormous." Watching the scene, Lin Lei couldn't help but marvel.
But Bei Bei was a terrifying Shadow Mouse that had even beaten a seventh-level Magic Beast, the Rapid Dragon, into fleeing. With Bei Bei's sharp teeth and razor claws, killing a sixth-level warrior was as effortless as eating a meal.
"Hiss~~" Lin Lei quickly ran over and tore open the clothes on the black-clad man's back, snatched the black bundle, and without caring about anything else, turned and fled northward again. Wind seemed to spring up beneath Lin Lei's feet as he moved with effortless agility — his traces were nearly invisible among the mountain forests as he escaped.
After a while, a group of black-clad men finally arrived at the scene. Seeing the wound on No. 2's head, the black-clad leader furrowed his brow deeply.
"A Magic Beast?" Images of various Magic Beasts flashed through the black-clad man's mind. "A sixth-level green Shadow Mouse? Or a seventh-level purple Shadow Mouse? Or maybe a seventh-level golden Stone Devourer Mouse?" Judging by the small claw marks, it could only be some kind of rodent Magic Beast.
Within the Magic Beast Mountain Range, some said the most terrifying thing was encountering eighth- or ninth-level Magic Beasts, and others said it was running into fearsome packs of magic wolves — but in the heart of these black-clad men, encountering a swarm of Stone Devourer Mice or a swarm of Shadow Mice was the most terrifying thing of all.
Stone Devourer Mice — strong defenses, sharp teeth and claws.
Shadow Mice — incredible speed, sharp teeth and claws.
Tens of thousands of Shadow Mice or Stone Devourer Mice swarming out — forget about their dozen-odd assassins; even an entire army could be devoured clean.
"Let's go back!" Without a moment's hesitation, the black-clad leader issued the command.
***
Towering peaks and jagged ridges, strange rocks jutting like teeth — Lin Lei had already run deep into a mountain range, covering a hundred li in a single breath. He was confident that even if they pursued, they could never catch up.
"Boss, hurry and check what's in the bundle!" Bei Bei urged.
Lin Lei felt a surge of anticipation himself. Generally, the more powerful the assassin, the more Magic Crystal Cores their bundle would contain. The first assassin had left him nearly fifteen thousand gold coins' worth of Magic Crystal Cores and Magic Crystals. He wondered how much this assassin known as No. 2 had left him.
He opened the bundle.
"Two more sets of clean clothes." Lin Lei glanced at the garments inside, then pulled out a bulging bag from the inner lining. No. 2 had spent more than an extra month in the Magic Beast Mountain Range compared to the first assassin and was also somewhat stronger — so —
Lin Lei looked at the Magic Crystal Cores inside the bag and couldn't help drawing a sharp breath.
"So many, and mostly fifth-level Magic Crystal Cores, with quite a few sixth-level ones as well." Having received Magic Crystal Cores frequently, Lin Lei could now roughly determine their level just from their color. He immediately began to count carefully.
"Nine sixth-level Magic Crystal Cores, fifty-six fifth-level Magic Crystal Cores, twelve fourth-level Magic Crystal Cores, and seven Magic Crystals. Roughly estimated, the value exceeds twenty thousand gold coins. Adding the previous fifty thousand, that's a full seventy thousand gold coins." When Lin Lei tallied up his haul, he couldn't help drawing a sharp breath again.
Seventy thousand gold coins!
If he placed this fortune before his father, his old man would probably be stunned.