This is the heritage of the Assassin Alliance, and cold weapons are more suitable for assassination," a cold voice said, and at the instant this voice was heard, all the assassins stopped their movements.
Venom, however, paid no mind and blew the heads off two more. Seeing that these assassins were all standing still, it stopped, bored.
He looked at the black-haired middle-aged man on the mountaintop.
"Lei Xiaogu."
"It is I. Why have you come?"
Lei Xiaogu looked at Venom, his eyes full of scrutiny.
"My name is Qinuo, and I came for you. How about becoming my subordinate?"
Qinuo revealed his human form. Originally, he only wanted to take the Lazarus Pit, but seeing Lei Xiaogu, he had other ideas.
Xi is responsible for the demons' tasks and activity areas; currently, she only needs to expand the land.
Frank, on the other hand, was swamped: Hell's material transport, the new company, recruiting retired soldiers…
Even Banner was pulled in by him to help deal with various matters.
Coulson was not yet deceased, so he could not be used for now.
Thus, he set his sights on Lei Xiaogu. After all, Lei Xiaogu had money and people, and his 700 years of experience could handle most things, making him an excellent asset.
Lei Xiaogu's eyes instantly burst with intense killing intent. He suddenly pulled out a martial arts blade, its cold glint flickering.
"You want the entire Assassin Alliance? Do you have the ability?"
Qinuo looked at Lei Xiaogu, who was charging over, and felt helpless: Had this guy's brain been soaked rotten?
However, Lei Xiaogu's martial arts, which he prided himself on having trained for seven hundred years, were no match for Qinuo.
In a few moves, Lei Xiaogu was knocked to the ground by Qinuo, kicking up a cloud of snow.
The surrounding ninjas, seeing Lei Xiaogu knocked to the ground, rushed over without hesitation. Each of them held a sharp blade, their eyes cold.
This time, Qinuo acted personally, not killing anyone, but instead using precise control over his strength to knock them all unconscious.
"Let's make a deal. Do you have any wishes? I will help you fulfill them, and the reward is the entire Assassin Alliance," Qinuo said, his gaze fixed on Lei Xiaogu.
"My wish is to eliminate all of humanity and establish an ideal World," Lei Xiaogu's expression was filled with madness.
"I can also interpret that as me giving you a World without humans, and you starting from scratch to build a World of birds and flowers. It's too coincidental, I also have a similar dream." Qinuo's eyes lit up, feeling like he had met a kindred spirit.
[What kindred spirit? You two are far from it.]
"So what if I do? Do you have the ability to achieve it?" Lei Xiaogu said. Although the latter part was incorrect, the former was close enough.
"Then the terms of the deal are: I give you a World without humans, allowing you to start from scratch to build a World of birds and flowers, and you hand over the Assassin Alliance to me."
As soon as Qinuo finished speaking, a rune appeared in Lei Xiaogu's palm.
"What is this?"
"A small thing, don't worry about it. Let's go to the new World!"
As soon as Qinuo finished speaking, a door emitting a strange light suddenly appeared beneath Lei Xiaogu's feet. Before Lei Xiaogu could react, he instantly fell into it, and Qinuo followed closely behind. The two vanished in the blink of an eye.
Lei Xiaogu only felt his eyes open and close. When he could see clearly again, he had already arrived at a volcano, where hot lava flowed everywhere on the ground.
Not far away, there was also a black palace, and several figures as large as small mountains walked across the land. Wherever they walked, the lava would disappear.
The Mountain Demon was clearing the lava.
"This is… Hell!"
Lei Xiaogu couldn't help but exclaim, his eyes dazed. But after all, he had seven hundred years of experience and quickly regained his composure.
"That's right. This is the World without humans that you wanted. You can start from scratch to build a new World. I also have the same dream as you, to transform Hell into a World of birds and flowers."
Qinuo excitedly waved his arms, as if he had already seen a beautiful future.
Lei Xiaogu's eye twitched. The same dream? If his dream was to start from Zero, this was completely a Hell start.
Transforming all of Hell, he's even crazier than me!
"Don't think about refusing. Our contract has already been completed."
Contract?
Lei Xiaogu looked at his palm; the previously dim rune lit up and then disappeared.
Lei Xiaogu's deep-seated plan to kill Qinuo instantly vanished without a trace. At this moment, only the thought of submission remained in his mind.
"Master, who exactly are you?" Lei Xiaogu's tone was filled with reverence.
"I am the Demon King of this Hell! Qinuo!"
The Demon King came to him, wanting the entire Assassin Alliance. Was this his honor? Lei Xiaogu asked himself inwardly, and the answer was yes.
Facing such a powerful existence, being subdued by him might truly be a stroke of luck.
Lei Xiaogu lowered his head, knelt on one knee, and said, "Master, Lei Xiaogu is willing to serve you."
Qinuo and Lei Xiaogu returned to the real World. Upon seeing Qinuo, the awakened assassins immediately rushed forward, their faces fierce and their killing intent surging.
"Stop! From now on, Master will be the new leader of the Assassin Alliance," Lei Xiaogu barked.
Upon hearing Lei Xiaogu's announcement, the assassins paused slightly, then uniformly sheathed their blades. They knelt on one knee and shouted in unison, "Greetings, Leader!"
Seeing this, Qinuo couldn't help but secretly marvel: Regardless of anything else, Lei Xiaogu's control over the organization was indeed first-rate.
"When you have time, let Xi learn from you," Qinuo turned to Lei Xiaogu and said.
"Yes, Master," Lei Xiaogu responded respectfully. Now, he was completely loyal to Qinuo, without the slightest hint of defiance.
[Why don't you learn it yourself?]
"Because I'm lazy," Qinuo answered simply and straightforwardly, without any hesitation.
[...]
"Lei Xiaogu, take me to the Lazarus Pit." Qinuo said no more, directly issuing the command.
Lei Xiaogu nodded in assent and then led Qinuo into the castle. The castle was dark and damp, filled with a mysterious aura.
They proceeded along winding passages, avoiding one hidden mechanism after another.
Finally, they arrived deep underground.
Qinuo followed Lei Xiaogu deep underground, where a pool of blue liquid appeared before his eyes, shimmering with ripples and emitting a mysterious aura.
Qinuo's gaze was drawn to two people by the pool. It was a well-built woman carefully taking out a little of the pool Water, pouring it onto a wound medicine, and then gently applying it to the knife wounds on the child in front of her.
The child was expressionless, not uttering a sound, as if already numb to and accustomed to the wounds on his body.
Excessive use of the pool Water could turn people into madmen, but if the dosage was controlled, it was the best wound medicine in the World, not affecting tomorrow's training at all.
That's right, these wounds were all inflicted by the woman in front of him.