"Since this is a time-limited mission, I dare not accept it without authorization. I hope the Lord will make the final decision."

The man in black said at this time: "The employer is still waiting in the black shop, ready to pay the deposit and sign the agreement."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Hao's thoughts were immediately interrupted.

He looked at Bai Lin next to him and said coldly: "Send someone to the black shop immediately and invite that guy to see me."

"please?"

Hearing this, Bai Lin was surprised.

When he noticed Lin Hao's cold eyes, he was startled for a moment, and suddenly he understood.

Although he didn't know why the lord suddenly made such a move, as a subordinate, Bai Lin knew very well that there were some things that he could ask, and some things that he couldn't ask, so he had to act according to orders!

Therefore, Bai Lin immediately dispatched a dozen of his men, who were dressed in mysterious clothes, to go to the black shop, arrest the employer by force, and then quietly take him to the City Lord's Mansion.

The whole process was quick and efficient.

The employer was a thin man with a pointed chin and monkey-like features.

Lin Hao looked at the unfamiliar face and had no impression of him at all.

It is not difficult to guess that the thin man in front of him is not the real employer, there is someone else behind the scenes!

"You...you brought me here, what on earth do you want to do?"

The thin man looked panicked and spoke tremblingly.

Lin Hao didn't waste any words with him. He suddenly rushed forward, and his palm, which was filled with a layer of black mist, pressed directly on the thin man's head.

Buzz!

Instantly, thick black gas burst out from Lin Hao's palm, and he suddenly used the soul-searching technique.

A cold mental force suddenly pierced into the thin man's soul like a sharp thorn.

“Ahhhh!!!”

The thin man suddenly screamed.

After a few breaths, Lin Hao withdrew his hand thoughtfully.

The thin man who was being subjected to the soul-searching technique stopped howling in agony and fell to the ground with his eyes rolled back, dying.

hiss!

Looking at this scene, Bai Lin and others' pupils shrank slightly and they couldn't help but gasp.

Obviously, he didn't expect that Lin Hao would use such a brutal soul-searching technique without saying a word!

They couldn't help but secretly wonder, how did this guy offend the Lord? !

"It seems that the hired killer behind the scenes is indeed not Yan Chen."

Lin Hao's eyes sank slightly, and he filtered out the irrelevant memory information of the thin man in his mind, and extracted the clues of hiring a killer from it.

The mastermind behind this was actually a sword genius named Sun Yize from the Jianyun Academy in the Xingyu Empire.

Before this, the thin man also hired assassins in killer shops in other places.

Lin Hao is not the only one on the assassination list.

Besides him, there were a dozen other people.

They are all well-known martial arts geniuses in various institutions of higher learning in the Sky Continent.

From this point, Lin Hao can already be sure.

That guy named Sun Yize, in order to win a higher ranking in the Hundred Colleges Competition, planned to eliminate all the contestants who he considered to be threatening.

"What's the point of using such dirty means to get a high ranking?"

Lin Hao sneered disdainfully in his heart.

Although Lin Hao is not a vengeful person, since the other party has done this, he will undoubtedly not sit idly by and wait for death.

As his mind turned, a cold light flashed in Lin Hao's eyes.

It just so happens that this time I go to Jianyun Academy to assassinate the prey and get rid of it by the way!

That night, night fell.

Two small black shadows flew out from the sky above the City Lord's Mansion.

Judging from their shapes, they are exactly Lin Hao’s two killer pets, the Mantis King and Jing Ke.

With the system function of shared vision, Lin Hao naturally does not need to move in person, he can just control it remotely.

In this way, he would not be delayed in the affairs of the Territory of Chaos.

After all, before the Lingyang Stone mine is properly handled, we can't afford to lose the big picture.

In this way, the two pets, under Lin Hao's control, followed the route on the map and headed west.

Whoosh! Whoosh——!

They are extremely fast, flying rapidly in the night sky like two flashes of lightning.

If you look closely, you can see that each of them is wearing an extremely tiny iron ring on their hind feet.

Faintly, there was a slight fluctuation of spatial energy.

This is exactly the mini version of the space ring that Lin Hao specially asked Master Chen to forge in Wanlong Pavilion two days ago.

The space inside is not large, but it can accommodate hundreds of Lingyang Stones, which is enough for the Mantis King and others to supply when they go out on missions.

In the dormitory, Lin Hao sat cross-legged on the bed, scenes of his two pets constantly appearing in his mind.

After all, this is the first time that the Mantis King and his companions have gone out on a mission far away from home, so we must pay full attention to the entire process to avoid any mistakes.

It was not until noon the next day that the two beasts crossed a river and finally arrived in the territory of the Xingyu Empire.

Lin Hao glanced at the map and saw that Jianyun Academy was located in the northern border of the empire, right in this area.

Perhaps because of the location of Jianyun Academy, the Imperial Legion did not set up a barracks here.

Immediately, the mantis king and his companions increased their speed suddenly, trying to reach their destination before dusk.

The architectural layout of Jianyun Academy is the same as that of Tianyan Academy, with a mountain peak being used as the site of the academy.

Looking from a distance, the entire mountain was shrouded in a faint milky white light, which was obviously a giant formation protective shield.

In response to this, Lin Hao couldn't help but frown slightly.

Jianyun Academy is blocked by this layer of light shield formed by the formation, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of sneaking into it to carry out assassination.

From the images transmitted by the Mantis King and others, Lin Hao saw two deacons standing guard at the gate of Jianyun Academy.

They are equipped with jade slips of formations that can open the entrance to the light shield, and all students entering and leaving the academy need to operate it personally.

Compared to Tianyan Academy, the defense here is obviously more strict.

what to do?

Lin Hao's mind raced, thinking about how to sneak in smoothly.

Under the cover of night, the Mantis King and Jing Ke and the others lay on a stone tablet not far from the entrance, waiting for Lin Hao's orders.

At this time, a burst of noise rang out, attracting Lin Hao's attention.

The Mantis King turned his eyes and saw several men pushing a wooden cart towards this side in the aisle at the foot of the mountain.

The wooden cart was loaded with a lot of goods, all of which were ingredients for the restaurant.

The men were all wearing the same clothes, which were not the uniform of Jianyun Academy. They were obviously employees of the restaurant there.

Judging from the fluctuations of their aura, their strength is not very strong, and their cultivation level is at most that of a level two warrior.

With their abilities, if the Mantis King deliberately hides his presence, it would be difficult to detect it even at close range.

“Got it!”

Lin Hao's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered: "Xiao Lang, Xiao Ke, go ahead."

With the help of telepathy, the Mantis King and Jing Ke immediately understood Lin Hao's intention.

Then, when several restaurant employees pushed a wooden cart past, they immediately took action, quietly slipped under the cart, and walked away...