"A wise ruler?" Crown Prince Jinwu sneered, looking down at the two of them. "Who sent you? Tell me honestly, and I might spare your lives."

The assassin gave a bitter smile: "Since we chose to assassinate, we were prepared to die. It would be worse than death if we told you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a trickle of black blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. The other assassin was in the same situation, and soon both of them died.

The other guards were shocked and hurriedly checked the mouths of the two men.

Prince Jinwu was furious: "How did you do your job? You gave them the chance to bite their teeth and commit suicide!" Many assassins would hide poison in their teeth beforehand, and if they failed, they would bite off the poison in their teeth and commit suicide to avoid being tortured.

The First Evolution

The guards hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, that's not the case. They must have taken poison beforehand, and the poison is only taking effect now."

The group from Zu'an, who were some distance away, were startled. They thought to themselves that the person behind the scenes must have a lot of resources to make two grandmasters take poison in advance to carry out a certain assassination.

Prince Jinwu's face was also gloomy: "As expected, the preparations were meticulous."

He stared intently at the two corpses: "Even if you don't say it, I can guess. That fire-repelling jade was so targeted that only someone who knows the Golden Crow Sacred Fire very well could make it. After thinking about it, I'm afraid only my good second brother would have the motive and ability to do it."

Zu An was somewhat impressed. This second prince had really gone to great lengths. The one who could be brought here by the Crown Prince Jinwu must be a trusted confidant. He must have sent his subordinate here many years ago and he had climbed all the way to this position.

The key point is that even if this assassination fails, it will leave no evidence, so he can easily claim ignorance.

Prince Jinwu suddenly laughed: "My good second brother is indeed capable. It's a pity that in the end it was all for naught."

The other guards all knelt down: "The Crown Prince is ordained by Heaven! Long live the Emperor!"

The Golden Crow Prince thoroughly enjoyed their shouts, and only after they finished did he feign concern and say, "Keep it down, keep it down. Although I will soon become the Demon Emperor, I have not yet officially ascended the throne, so as not to make Father Emperor worry."

"This birdman isn't stupid after all," Yun Jianyue sneered.

Yu Yanluo also sighed: "He was originally recognized as the number one among the younger generation of the demon race, but he has recently suffered several defeats at the hands of Azu."

Meanwhile, a new development occurred on the other side. Prince Jinwu ordered his men to keep the two bodies safe and to divide them into groups of three to monitor and check each other, preventing a recurrence of the incident.

Although these were all his carefully selected loyal confidants, and the probability of them betraying him one after another was very low, he still had to be on guard.

Immediately afterwards, Prince Jinwu officially began the trial. The statue of the Demon Ancestor shone brightly, and what was originally black had now turned into a black-gold color.

At this moment, the eyes of the Demon Ancestor statue suddenly opened, and then two golden rays of light shot down, enveloping the Golden Crow Prince.

The other guards were so frightened by the terrifying pressure that suddenly erupted that they retreated one after another, trembling all over.

"The former strength of this demon ancestor was probably far greater than that of the current demon emperor." Even from such a distance, Lian Yan and Yun could not withstand the terrifying pressure and subconsciously took a few steps back.

Just then, a cracking sound came from the side. It turned out that Wu Liang had accidentally knocked a candlestick off the wall and onto the ground while backing up.

"Who!" Because of the assassination attempt that had just occurred, the guards in the hall were already on edge, and upon hearing the commotion, they immediately rushed over.