Chapter 141: Visitor from Hell

Could this guy possibly be from hell? A cold chill crept up Chu Tian's spine.

Having arrived on this continent for nearly three years, Chu Tian had always believed that the Fantasy Beast Continent was merely a world of swords and magic. Yet now, a Tier 9 magical beast was actually claiming that it had escaped from hell.

"You're from hell? Hahahaha!" Lusina burst into laughing wildly. "You're going to laugh this young master to death!"

"You don't believe me? Hmph!" The Tier 9 magical beast turned away dismissively. He felt no need to explain himself to a beast of the mortal realm.

"I believe you, I believe it!" Lusina laughed so hard his stomach ached. "It's precisely because I believe you that this young master is so happy! If all the magical beasts in hell are as ugly as you, then I must undoubtedly be the number one handsome wolf in hell!"

"You make me very angry! Therefore, I have decided to send you straight to hell!" Leiyan, the Tier 9 magical beast, walked slowly toward Lusina and raised his hand. "Remember my name, I am Leiyan. When you get to hell, tell the spirits of the beasts there that you were killed by me!"

"Wait a minute!" Lusina shouted, then struggled to his feet. "Grant me one last request..."

"Are you afraid?" Leiyan asked with a grim, chilling smile.

"This young master is not afraid of death!" Lusina stubbornly tossed his head and smoothed down the few patches of fur left on his body. "I just want to ask you, are the magical beasts in hell just as ugly as you?"

"Go to hell!" Leiyan grabbed Lusina by the neck and lifted him up.

Praise the Goddess of Life! Chu Tian's eyes narrowed. Lusina was about to die. Should he save him or not?

Crack... crunch... Lusina's neck began to emit a cracking sound as it was twisted.

Damn it, regardless of everything, Lusina still called him uncle! Chu Tian clenched his teeth and decided to stake it all!

Whoosh! Whoosh! A burst of sparks flashed behind Leiyan's head. Seen from afar, a surgical knife gleaming with a bone-chilling light grazed past a foot away from Leiyan's body, yet it could not push even an inch closer!

"An advanced assassin?!" Leiyan's expression changed. He tossed Lusina aside, then paused with both hands crossed in front of his chest. "Thunder Light Shield!"

Watching a layer of purple-gold light shimmer over Leiyan, Chu Tian quickly retreated, then sighed inwardly. As expected, there was no way to breach his magical defense shield...

Leiyan's movements did not stop. He waved his hands continuously and chanted, "Frenzied Thunder Lock! Fiery Flame Shield! Blazing Retribution! Bone Prison! Skeletal Shield!..."

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen top-tier defensive spells of the lightning, fire, and undead attributes were cast upon himself by Leiyan.

Watching Leiyan continuously cast Tier 9 defensive magic, Chu Tian, hiding in the shadows, scratched his head and sighed inwardly. This Leiyan actually knew undead magic as well? So he was a tri-attribute Tier 9 magical beast! Then, Young Master Chu added another line in his mind: Is this guy out of his mind?

Chu Tian was merely a Level 8 assassin. To be precise, he was an unconventional assassin whose stealth reached the highest level, but whose attack power couldn't even compare to an ordinary thief. Just now, the attempt had proven that even Chu Tian's all-out strike couldn't do a thing to a Tier 9 magical beast.

Yet, simply to deal with a minor assassin like Chu Tian, Leiyan had unexpectedly unleashed over a dozen Tier 9 defensive spells, wrapping himself up tightly. This forced Chu Tian to look down upon him. This guy was simply too terrified of death.

Chu Tian circled far around Leiyan and discovered that Leiyan was surrounded by various magical rings, leaving not a single spot where he could slip in a blade.

Having cast every defensive spell he knew upon himself, Leiyan felt a slight sense of relief and roared, "Who is it? Get out here!"

Chu Tian once again looked down on Leiyan. Which assassin would ever reveal himself just because someone shouted?

Leiyan closed his eyes and carefully scanned the mountaintop. "No aura? Impossible. I am a Tier 9 magical beast; even an assassin cannot escape my detection!" Suddenly, Leiyan thought of a terrifying possibility. "Could it be a Level 9 God of Assassins?"

In an instant, Leiyan's bloodless, corpse-like face turned even paler. He raised both hands high and let out a wild roar to the heavens, "Hellish Undead Guardian!"

Whoosh... Whoosh... Gusts of silver wind swept across the mountaintop. Even the red moon in the sky seemed to yield to the visitor from hell. Within the gloomy atmosphere, faint, flickering ghosts began to dance around Leiyan!

Just like that, Chu Tian had only delivered a single strike, yet it had frightened Leiyan into pulling out his ultimate trump card.

My friend, was all that really necessary? Chu Tian was a bit dazed. This Leiyan was far too neurotic. Chu Tian had heard his steward, Barbosa, mention that this Hellish Undead Guardian spell, even if not a forbidden curse, still surpassed the peak of Level 9 magic. Although it could even defend against forbidden curses, the consumption required was immense.

"Cough, cough!" Leiyan coughed violently, then spat out a mouthful of emerald-green blood. This was the price he paid for casting the Hellish Undead Guardian. Yet, he still refused to stop. "Meteor Shower!"

Layers of red clouds gathered in the sky, bringing down meteors wreathed in roaring flames that turned the entire mountaintop into a sea of fire in the blink of an eye.

Chu Tian found a boulder and hid behind it. Although Chu Tian wasn't afraid of fire, the air currents generated by the burning flames would still distort the air and reveal his silhouette.

"Damn it, are you trying to roast this young master to death?!" Lusina yelled from within the flames. "Can't you just strangle me instead? Stop burning my fur!"

The flames died down, but Leiyan's expression grew even more grave. "Impossible! No God of Assassins has been born on the continent for five hundred years! Could it be the God of Assassins from five hundred years ago?" Leiyan shook his head in confusion. "Of the seventeen Gods of Assassins in history, sixteen have died, and the other one is in the hands of Powell..."

Chu Tian hid behind the boulder, studying the somewhat neurotic Leiyan. He simply couldn't fathom why this Tier 9 magical beast was acting like a lunatic, being so terrified of an advanced assassin.

"Cough, cough!" Leiyan spat out another mouthful of blood. It seemed the previous consumption had indeed been massive. However, as if recalling something, he suddenly leaped up. "Shun! Is that you? Could it be that you escaped from Powell's hands?" With that, Leiyan ripped off his clothes, revealing his muscular, sinewy torso. "Five hundred years ago, you killed me once. Now, have you come again?"

"Come on, Shun!" Leiyan assumed a combat stance. "I will return everything you did to me five hundred years ago! Today, I will hack you into pieces as well!" However, as he said this, Leiyan clearly lacked conviction.

Praise the Goddess of Life! Chu Tian studied the dense scars covering Leiyan's body, along with the patched-together skin and muscle, and finally understood why he had become neurotic. It turned out this fellow had been tortured to death by Shun five hundred years ago using extremely cruel methods, which had ingrained in him an instinctive, innate terror toward the Gods of Assassins!

Thinking of this, Chu Tian narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Damn it! Your brain is broken!" Lusina suddenly mocked Leiyan. "There's no such thing as a God of Assassins on the continent! Let me tell you, the most powerful assassin on the continent right now is my uncle!"

It's over! Chu Tian closed his eyes. He never dreamed that Lusina, usually so clever, would actually undermine him at a time like this!

"Your uncle?" Leiyan asked, though his body remained on high alert. "Is your uncle a Level 8 assassin?"

"Of course!" Seeing that Leiyan was afraid of advanced assassins, Lusina fantasized about using Chu Tian's reputation to scare Leiyan away, and boasted loudly, "My uncle is a once-in-a-ten-thousand-years genius assassin! Let me go right now, or when my uncle arrives, he'll finish you off immediately!"

"Hahahaha..." Leiyan burst into wild laughter, though the laughter carried a hint of a survivor's relief. "I certainly fear the God of Assassins, but, hmph hmph, thank you for telling me that your uncle is merely an assassin!"

"What do you want to do?" Lusina finally realized he had said the wrong thing.

Praise the Goddess of Life! Chu Tian thought to himself, Lusina, don't blame your uncle for not saving you. You brought this death upon yourself.

Leiyan's strength was not something Chu Tian could handle, and his weakness—his fear of the God of Assassins—had been exposed by Lusina's careless remark. At this point, Chu Tian had no other options left and could only prepare to flee.

However, would Leiyan allow Chu Tian to escape? "Thunder Chain!" Leiyan spread his hands wide, and a purple-gold chain sealed off the entire mountaintop. "Lusina's uncle, get your ass out here!" After waiting for a moment and seeing no response, Leiyan smiled grimly. "Now the entire mountain is sealed by me. I advise you to come out obediently. Otherwise, after I kill Lusina, I'll blow up this entire mountain with magic, which will kill you just as easily!" With that, Leiyan grabbed Lusina.

"Let him go!" Chu Tian's figure appeared before Leiyan. Since escape was impossible, he had to resort to other methods.

"Uncle Andy, you came to save me..." Lusina originally wanted to greet Chu Tian, but was unexpectedly tossed aside by Leiyan with a casual wave.

"Your stealth technique is quite good!" Leiyan grabbed Chu Tian by the neck and lifted him up. "Back then, Shun's stealth was no better than this!"

"Praise the God of Death!" Chu Tian stared into Leiyan's pupil-less eyes and smiled. "Are you really from hell?"

"That's right, but right now, I really want to send you to hell!" Leiyan said with a gloomy voice, tightening his grip at the same time.

"I don't want to go to hell just yet!" Chu Tian struggled a bit, only to find he couldn't break free. "Let Lusina go, and how about we make a deal?"

"I never make deals with assassins..."

"Hehe, you captured Lusina for no other reason than to use his father's influence on the West Coast to help you recruit the Holy Priest Vladino." Chu Tian's eyes narrowed. "Let him go, and I'll tell you where the Holy Priest is!"

"Don't let me go!" Lusina shouted. "My uncle has no idea where the Holy Priest is! Let my uncle go back, and keep me instead—my father will definitely be able to find the Holy Priest!" Lusina was still fairly loyal, wishing to trade himself for Chu Tian's safety at a critical moment.

"Unfortunately, I don't trust either of you!" Leiyan held Chu Tian with one hand and raised the other.

"Fine, just kill the both of us then!" Chu Tian let his hands drop, as if awaiting death. "But at least let us die knowing the truth! Can you tell me why you're looking for the Holy Priest?"

"Naturally, to kill him... Death Lightning!" Suddenly, a ball of lightning was ruthlessly pressed against Chu Tian's chest.

Damn it, I'm not immune to lightning-attribute magic! Chu Tian watched helplessly as his body was blasted backward, and then bolts of lightning began to devour his flesh...