"A dead man?" Lin Yu guessed.
Dugu Bo and Qian Renxue walked over, frowning as he said, "He's dead?"
"Yes, he bit his tongue and committed suicide very decisively." Lin Yu nodded, saying in a deep voice, "It's a pity I didn't get to ask who wanted to kill me before he took his own life."
Qian Renxue thought, "Is it Ning Fengzhi?"
"It's hard to say." Lin Yu shook his head, but after this assassination, he suddenly had a bad premonition.
Next, there might be more assassins coming to kill him.
Before Lin Yu could think more, the sound of the assessment completion echoed in his mind.
"Element God's Second Trial: Reach spirit power Level 40 or above within two years, and individually defeat three Spirit Emperors of the Power Attack, Agility Attack, and Control types. The assessment has been completed ahead of schedule. Reward: spirit power increased by one level, and all spirit ring years increased by two thousand years."
Boom!
Lin Yu's spirit power instantly broke through from Level 45 to Level 46.
The years of all four spirit rings increased by two thousand years!
The first spirit ring's years reached 3760 years!
Second spirit ring: eight thousand years!
Third ring: eighteen thousand years!
Fourth ring: forty-three thousand years!
With this, the effects of Lin Yu's first and second Spirit Abilities became even stronger, and the power of all elemental skills undoubtedly increased by a lot.
"Now, Spirit Emperor-level powerhouses who encounter my Space Strangulation will surely die. Even a Spirit Saint will be severely injured." Lin Yu smiled.
The Seven Elemental Gods in the God Realm, sensing Lin Yu's completion of the second trial, also smiled at each other: "This kid completed two assessments in about two and a half years."
"At this rate, he'll complete all nine trials in less than ten years, won't he?"
Soon, the Seven Elemental Gods immediately sent down the content of the third trial.
"Element God's Third Trial: Go to the deepest part of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Sunset Forest, and find the Divine Dragon Bone of the Ice Fire Dragon King beneath the spring. Time limit: two years. Reward: spirit power increased by one level, and all spirit ring years increased by three thousand years."
"The Divine Dragon Bone of the Ice Fire Dragon King beneath the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
"Indeed! The Seven Elemental Gods sending me there means that the corpse of the Ice Fire Dragon King must not have dissipated. If I complete the third trial, I might get something unexpectedly good!"
Lin Yu had guessed before that there must be an opportunity at the bottom of the spring, and now he could confirm it.
He had gone down once before, but there was an energy layer blocking him at the bottom of the spring.
Lin Yu's strength at that time was simply unable to break through, and even now, his strength might not be enough.
Going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well can only be considered after defeating Tuoba Xi.
"As for the reward for the third trial, all spirit rings increase by three thousand years? If so, my second spirit ring will also be at the ten-thousand-year level by then."
"As long as I complete the third trial, my strength should experience a qualitative leap."
Lin Yu collected his thoughts, his gaze once again falling on the dead assassin, his expression serious as he said:
"No matter who wants to kill me, Xue'er Jie, we probably have to end this journey early and return to Spirit City as soon as possible."
This was Lin Yu's strong intuition; continuing the journey at the original pace might lead to trouble.
Although Qian Renxue felt that with Ghost Panther and Dugu Bo protecting them, they were very safe, she trusted Lin Yu: "Alright, when do we go back?"
"Tomorrow morning, I'll leave the city first."
"Xue'er Jie, you, Yan Yan, Zhuqing, and Xiao Shuai should return secretly after half a day of disguise tomorrow night."
For safety's sake, Lin Yu didn't want them to travel with him.
"No! I want to go with you! No matter what, you can't leave me out of this!"
"Xue'er Jie..."
Qian Renxue's unyielding demeanor left Lin Yu helpless, and he said resignedly, "Alright, then we'll go together."
The next day.
Lin Yu and Qian Renxue set off in a carriage, leaving the city to return to Spirit City.
Ghost Panther Douluo no longer protected them secretly but now provided close protection, while Dugu Bo continued to hide in the shadows.
At this moment, the assassins from Heaven Dou, Star Luo, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and Bibi Dong's forces, all four factions, had already gathered around this city.
Seeing Lin Yu had left the city, all four factions of assassins also secretly followed him.
These four factions of assassins, four groups of forces.
Only the assassins from Star Luo and Heaven Dou discovered each other in advance, met, and discussed a plan to assassinate Lin Yu together.
As for the people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Bibi Dong, although they also discovered the two groups of assassins from Heaven Dou and Star Luo, they chose not to show themselves and did not join forces with them, remaining hidden in the shadows.
They let the Heaven Dou and Star Luo people go first to kill, and they would step in to help if necessary.
And among these four factions of assassins, each faction had one Spirit Douluo-level powerhouse.
Don't underestimate sending only one Spirit Douluo per faction; sending a Spirit Douluo is already a very high configuration.
Even Spirit Douluos are not many on the entire Douluo Continent!
Those who can reach this level are the Sect Masters and Clan Heads of large Sects and families, like the Sect Masters of the Four Lower Sects among the Seven Great Sects, who are also only Spirit Douluo level.
Moreover, a killer Spirit Douluo secretly cultivated and unknown to others is extremely rare!
And besides the Spirit Douluo, each faction had multiple Spirit Saint powerhouses.
And Spirit Emperor powerhouses!
The most numerous were Spirit Ancestor and Spirit King level powerhouses, meaning the lowest combat power among the four factions was Spirit Ancestor!
And the total number of assassins from the four factions added up to over three hundred Spirit Masters!
Their power was immense!
Although Lin Yu had a premonition, he would never have imagined the intensity would be so great, but his left eyelid had been twitching ever since he left the city.
This was an ominous sign!
If Lin Yu had only had a bad premonition before, now he had a feeling that this journey would be full of dangers.
He said very solemnly to Qian Renxue, "Xue'er Jie, if I encounter a certain death situation in the future, and you have a chance to escape, please don't worry about me!"
Qian Renxue pushed Lin Yu's forehead with her index finger and said with a smile, "Silly, what are you talking about! We have Ghost Panther and Dugu Bo, two Title Douluo powerhouses protecting us, we'll be fine~"
"I'm not just talking about this return trip, but also about the future."
Qian Renxue also suddenly became serious: "If you truly encounter a certain death situation, how could I, Qian Renxue, abandon you and flee, leaving you alone!"
"Even if it means death, I, your Xue'er Jie, will protect you with my life~"
Qian Renxue said the last sentence with a joking tone and a smile.
But Lin Yu could feel that Qian Renxue was absolutely not joking.
Lin Yu's heart was deeply touched, feeling both moved and emotional: "Is that so... The bond between Qian Renxue and me has reached a point where we can fight for each other with our lives..."
"Yes! Me too..."
"Alright, don't think too much. We'll get home safely."
"Mm."
The carriage drove far away from the city, heading towards Spirit City.
At the same time.
In the Hall of Offerings in Spirit City.
Qian Daoliu finally learned that the news of Lin Yu being a Divinity successor had already spread.
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