The Thirteen Deadly Swords are indeed powerful, but not invincible.

Although once the fifteenth sword is used, it will definitely kill someone, but Fang Zheng knows its weakness.

That is, the prerequisite is that the swordsman must execute the moves from the first sword to the fourteenth sword perfectly, and then he can lead to the fifteenth sword.

So someone asked, couldn't I just use the fifteenth sword at the beginning? Wouldn't that be a sure win?

This is the truth, but it is impossible. It's like when you play a fighting game, you need to accumulate energy to use a big move. If you want to use a big move without accumulating energy, are you dreaming?

Moreover, the extraordinary fifteenth sword does not mean that the other fourteen swords are just for show. In fact, if this sword technique is compared to a plant, then the first thirteen swords of the Thirteen Deadly Swords are equivalent to the roots and stems of the plant, while the fourteenth sword is the green leaves, and the final fifteenth sword is the blooming flower.

Not to mention that the Thirteen Deadly Swords is Yan Shisan's famous skill. Many people died under his sword before he could even finish performing the Thirteen Swords. Very few people can actually see the change of his Fourteenth Sword. The only one in the entire martial arts world who is qualified to see the Fifteenth Sword is Xie Xiaofeng.

Of course, there is also Fang Zheng. But I won't compare him to others, after all, Fang Zheng is out of the ordinary, and he will end up being a GM bullying an ordinary player.

So although the Thirteen Deadly Swords are powerful, they are not invincible. The way to break this move is very simple. Just kill the opponent before he can perform the fifteenth sword.

For example, Fang Zheng only needs one sword to deal with Yan Shisan or Chi Tong, so you don’t need to use the remaining fourteen swords.

In this world, even if Akahime can master the Thirteen Deadly Swords smoothly and freely, it depends on whether her opponent will give her this opportunity. Reinhard might fail because of his chivalry, and Esdeath is probably a 50-50 chance. However, Fang Zheng believes that Lina Inverse will never give Akahime this opportunity. She will be killed with a single Dragon Breaking Slash.

Of course, Chi Tong was willing to learn, so Fang Zheng simply gave her an initiation and taught her the skills, and then let her figure it out on her own.

But in Myne's opinion, this is terrifying.

She didn't know what Chi Tong had been through. She only knew that besides eating and sleeping, Chi Tong would sit alone in the training ground, whittling wood with a short knife, like a possessed person. She wouldn't answer when she spoke to her. Although Chi Tong was a taciturn person before, now in Myne's opinion, why did she look a bit possessed?

"Wait, what did you do to Chi Tong? She is my boss's most precious thing. Let me tell you, if you cause any problems to Chi Tong, be careful or my boss will come after you!"

"Don't worry, she's just learning sword moves, there's no big problem."

Fang Zheng was obviously not scared by Marin's words. He dismissed her with a casual remark and immediately changed the subject.

"Okay, it's almost time to work, come with me."

"Hey? Wait, what are you asking for?!"

Hearing this, Marin immediately took two steps back cautiously and looked at Fang Zheng.

"You don't need to work today, because our target today is more troublesome, so just find a place outside to watch the fun."

“Huh?”

Hearing this, Mayin's brows immediately raised.

"What do you mean? Do you think I'm in the way?"

"That's right."

Fang Zheng nodded slightly.

"My target today is the Duke of Croatia, do you understand?"

"Wait, you're really going to fight him?"

Hearing this, Main's face suddenly changed. The Duke of Croatia was a member of the royal family and an important figure in the ministers' faction. Of course, almost all the cruel things the empire did everywhere were related to him. In short, he was a greedy, cruel and terrifying man.

Night Raid had tried to kill him several times, but it was almost impossible because...

"You know what? The one who is in charge of protecting him is General Bud! He is a strong man as famous as Esdeath!"

That's right, this is why the Night Raid has never attacked the Duke of Croatia. It's not that they don't want to kill him, but they can't beat him. General Bud is responsible for protecting the imperial capital and the royal family, so he is not well-known outside, but the strength of him and his guards is obvious to all.

"I know, that's why I want to kill him."

However, Fang Zheng's answer was beyond Marin's expectations.

"I just want to show that Bud what will happen to the scum he protects. This is a beginning, a declaration. Isn't Bud responsible for protecting the royal family? From today on, I will kill everyone he is responsible for protecting, one by one, until the emperor."

"You...you are simply crazy..."

Hearing this, Ma Yin looked at Fang Zheng as if he were a madman.

"Today the Croatian Duke will give a speech in the Noble District. Well, this is a good opportunity. You should go to the back hill outside the imperial capital and wait. Today you are only responsible for observation and do not take any action. Bud is not the kind of person you can kill easily. Just treat it as a good show."

"Oh... since you said that, I want to see how you can kill the Duke of Croatia from under the protection of that great general Bud!"

Fang Zheng didn't need to answer Marin's question at all.

He only speaks with his actions.

Strictly speaking, the Duke of Croatia did not enjoy Bud's "close protection". After all, he was not an emperor and had no such qualifications.

This time, the Duke of Croatia gave a speech in the square of the Noble District. He stood on the third-floor balcony of a luxurious building next to the Noble District Square. There were guards everywhere around him, and General Bud was responsible for guarding and protecting the gate, prohibiting others from entering.

“Ding…ding…”

As the bells rang and flower petals fell, a gloomy-looking man in an elegant suit walked out of the room. He walked onto the balcony, looked at the people below, and raised his hands high.

"Everyone, we all know that the imperial capital is now facing the threat of thugs!"

That’s right, this time the Duke of Croatia came on behalf of the Emperor to calm people’s hearts. After all, Main’s shot a few days ago had caused panic in the entire aristocratic district. No one wanted to be blown up into the sky along with their entire room while they were sleeping. By that time, even the corpse would not be recognizable. That would be really tragic!

Therefore, during this period of time, many nobles even wanted to leave the imperial capital and find a quiet place to hide... at least they wouldn't have to worry about being blown to death!

Of course this is not possible. The nobles and bureaucrats are the foundation for maintaining the operation of the empire. If they all run away, the emperor’s decrees will not even be able to leave the palace.

That's why the Duke of Croatia was ordered to speak on behalf of the emperor. The gist of it was nothing more than saying that no matter how arrogant the thugs were, they were no match for our empire and so on. In short, it was to reassure the people. For example, someone was blown up because he had secretly hidden explosives under his house, and the thugs were just lucky enough to light the explosives and blow up the house...

Fang Zheng was certainly not in the mood to listen to his nonsense. The building was tightly surrounded by the Imperial Guards, leaving no room for him to sneak in - of course, that was true in principle.

But this does not mean that Fang Zheng has no other options.

He did not approach the building directly, but turned a corner from the alley, and then climbed up to the roof of another house next to it. Then Fang Zheng lowered his body and quickly ran along the roof towards the tall white building in front.

"Humph, so mysterious, just like a monkey."

Seeing this scene, Ma Yin who was outside complained, and then she saw Fang Zheng running all the way to the end, and then leaped forward!

"Is he crazy?"

Seeing this scene, Maine screamed immediately. You know, the building was more than ten meters away from the building where Fang Zheng was, and it was impossible for him to jump over from here!

This was actually the case. After all, the properties of this body were those of the Soul Stone itself, not Fang Zheng's. No matter how powerful this person was, he couldn't jump to this point. So Marin saw Fang Zheng passing by the building and falling directly downwards...

“——!!”

Just when Marin was about to scream out of fright, she saw Fang Zheng suddenly reach out and grab the window sill on the wall. Then he pulled it upwards suddenly, and in a few seconds he stabilized his shaking body and quickly climbed onto the roof.

"call……"

Seeing this, Marin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just at that moment, she thought Fang Zheng would definitely fail, but she didn't expect that the other party didn't jump directly onto the eaves at the beginning, but chose the window sill below... But this guy was too brave. He didn't think about what would happen if that place suddenly collapsed?

Fang Zheng certainly didn't think that this was also the "rule power" of this soul stone. As long as he could climb something, it would never collapse!

After all, what he had was not Laura's and Drake's soul stones. If it was these two guys, Fang Zheng would have to be careful of collapse when walking on flat ground!

Fang Zheng jumped onto the roof, then with a flash of his hidden sword, he stabbed the guard who had just turned around in the back, and quickly knocked him down. He held the guard's body, and as he slid him down, he pulled out the crossbow behind him and pulled the trigger at another guard opposite. The crossbow arrow shot directly into the soldier's throat, killing him instantly.

“Plop!!”

The guard fell directly to the ground, and the sound he made made the soldier in charge of guarding the front turn around hurriedly. However, at this moment Fang Zheng had already put down the corpse in his hand and stood up. Then he raised his hands, and two flying knives pierced the foreheads of the two soldiers squarely. Their bodies swayed and they immediately fell to the ground.

Is it true that Xiao Li's flying dagger never misses its target? !

So awesome!

Seeing Fang Zheng kill the guard on the roof so easily, Marin couldn't help but scream. To be honest, she always thought this man was particularly hateful, but now seeing the way he was fighting, he didn't have the timidity of an assassin at all, and he looked extremely gloomy. Instead, he made people feel that he was flowing like water, as elegant and gorgeous as dancing.

In comparison, the assassination of Ye Xiu and others seemed like the behavior of a third-rate bandit...

But what to do next?

From this position, Main can clearly see Croatia who is giving a speech. Fang Zheng is currently on the roof above him, but the problem is that in front of Croatia are all nobles who have come to listen to his speech. So many people are looking up at him. As soon as Fang Zheng shows up, he will be discovered immediately. So how can he carry out the assassination?

Jump directly? Although it is not impossible, but Marin feels that this is not Fang Zheng's style...

At this moment, the Duke of Croatia, who had finished his speech, also raised his hands.

"Long live the emperor!!"

At the same time, Fang Zheng took out three balls from his arms and threw them out.

“Bang, bang, bang!!”

With three soft sounds, the ball exploded instantly, and then, petals flew all over the sky and scattered down. Seeing this scene, everyone present couldn't help but exclaim and sigh. They all thought that this was the ending prepared by the Duke of Croatia, and they were quite surprised at this moment.

The Duke of Croatia himself was also stunned, and looked up at the petals scattered in the air in surprise.

He clearly didn't order the creation of this aircraft? Who did?

It's pretty well done, but a little crude. If there were some fireworks or something...

“Puff.”

However, the Croatian Duke's thoughts ended there.

When the petals had all fallen, everyone looked away again, and they found that a man in a white robe had appeared behind the Duke of Croatia. He stood there motionless. The Duke of Croatia stared with his eyes wide open, looking forward. Then everyone saw that the man in the white robe gave a light push, and the next moment, the Duke of Croatia fell directly from the balcony!

"Bang!!"

The Duke of Croatia fell from the third floor and fell directly to the ground, which immediately caused a scream. At this moment, General Bud turned his head and looked at the balcony. Then he saw a figure standing there, not saying a word.

The other person's face was hidden by a hood, and only his chin could be seen, but Bud could feel that he was looking at him.

No, that's not important.

More importantly, he actually killed a member of the royal family in public! !

At this moment, General Budd could no longer suppress his anger. He pointed his hand at Fang Zheng and roared loudly.

"assassin--!!"