Chapter 784: 787: The Surging Enemies

The commotion caused by Lin Zhen alarmed many people.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

For the entire Original World, the Fire Kirin Clan changing their clan leader wasn’t a big deal. However, for those who were familiar with Lin Zhen, it was extremely shocking.

The Alchemist Guild, Star River Giant Beast Alliance, Da Qin Empire, Nan Liang Empire, Falling Star Lake Holy Land, and everyone who knew Lin Zhen were paying attention to this matter.

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On Star-Picking Island, when Qian Tong learned the news, he angrily smashed the elixirs he was about to refine on the table!

“Lightning, what’s going on? I already told you that Lin Zhen had left Falling Star Lake. Didn’t you say earlier that you were going to intercept him? How did he still manage to reach the Fire Kirin Clan? And even become the clan leader? Weren’t you supposed to be unmatched in speed? How come you couldn’t catch a little Lin Zhen!”

In the dense forest of Heavenly Ridge, a Dragon Clan member with light and lightning attributes was circling around, looking for Lin Zhen. However, he heard the news of Lin Zhen becoming the clan leader.

He was extremely annoyed in his heart. Due to a moment of carelessness, Lin Zhen had escaped under his watch. This made his heart overflow with anger.

As expected, Qian Tong soon sent a message, starting with a burst of mockery.

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Lightning waited for Qian Tong to finish speaking before slowly saying, “Saint Master, it’s too late to talk about these things now. It’s not that I can’t deal with Lin Zhen, but the mistake has already been made, and there’s no way to change it. Currently, Lin Zhen has returned to the Kirin Clan. If I go there by myself, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything. Those Kirins can tear me apart once they swarm.”

Qian Tong obviously knew about this too. To send Lightning alone to the Fire Kirin Clan to kill Lin Zhen would undoubtedly be sending him to his death.

But Qian Tong would absolutely not let Lin Zhen go easily, even if he was in the Kirin Clan.

“The Fire Kirin is not a powerful race among the Star River Giant Beast Alliance. After all, the locations of each Kirin Clan’s tribe are scattered. Some other Kirin Clans are not even in the Da Qin Empire. If we calculate their strength seriously, the Fire Kirin is not strong.”

Qian Tong calmed down for a while and began to analyze the situation with Lightning.

“Lin Zhen’s position is usually elusive, and it’s difficult to find a chance to kill him. Now he’s right there, and since he just became the clan leader, he certainly can’t leave. Lightning, wait there, I’ll find someone to support you.”

Lightning was stunned, “What do you mean?”

“Gather a group of strong ones, go straight to the Kirin Clan, and kill Lin Zhen once and for all!”

“Oh! Saint Master, do you really have the guts? Aren’t you afraid of becoming enemies with the Kirin Clan and the Star River Giant Beast Alliance?”

“Lightning, you don’t have to say it like that. The Fire Kirin can’t represent the entire Kirin Clan, and the Kirin Clan can’t represent the entire Star River Giant Beast Alliance. Just take your Dragon Clan, for example. If the Fire Kirin is in trouble, you probably won’t lift a finger to help, would you?”

“Hahaha! Saint Master is right, our Dragon Clan has never been on friendly terms with the Kirins.”

“Humph! Moreover, I don’t plan to massacre the entire Fire Kirin Clan. The cost of that would be too great, and the aftermath would be too much. Lin Zhen has just become the clan leader, and his prestige must not have won over everyone yet. If I find people to kill him now, I doubt many Fire Kirins would be willing to die for him. However, if we wait for him to gain a foothold in the Fire Kirin Clan, that’s when the trouble starts.”

Lightning nodded secretly, agreeing with Qian Tong’s point. If they gave Lin Zhen time, he might turn the Fire Kirin Clan into an iron plate, and there would be no way to deal with him.

Now that he hadn’t gained a foothold yet, it was the best time to take action.

“Well, I’ll wait here then. When will the reinforcements arrive?”

“Don’t worry, the Fire Kirin Clan is in Da Qin territory. In Da Qin, I can always recruit a large army to deal with Lin Zhen. Just wait, by this afternoon at the latest, my people will arrive. By then, you will lead them straight to the Fire Kirin Clan and kill Lin Zhen on the spot. Whoever dares to block your way, show no mercy!”

“Hehe! That’s very straightforward. I’ll wait then.”

After disconnecting from the Dimensional Universe, Lightning stayed in a place ten thousand kilometers away from the Fire Kirin Clan, waiting for the reinforcements Qian Tong would find.

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After his call with Lightning, Qian Tong immediately began to look for reinforcements.

Qian Tong’s position in the Qin Kingdom was extremely high. As a Saint Master, countless people had benefited from him.

Although he was currently imprisoned in the Holy Land, it was only for a hundred years. For martial artists, such a short period of time was nothing. He was still the National Master of Qin.

In the Dimensional Universe, his first contact was with the guest officials of his own family.

He had a large group of guest officials in his family, with more than a thousand people. Among them, there were more than a dozen Three Flowers Warriors.

However, he couldn’t find all of them. This time, he looked for the most reliable ones.

After all, killing a member of the Kirin Clan would bring some trouble if others found out that he was behind it. In particular, Lin Zhen wasn’t just the clan leader of the Kirin Clan, but also a Holy Land Warrior. His expulsion was only temporary, and he would return in a few days. Qian Tong had to be more careful.

He only managed to find ten absolutely loyal Three Flowers Warriors. These ten people were all controlled by his drugs and considered his loyalists.

In addition to these ten loyalists, he also sought mercenaries by spending money.

The employment was under someone else’s name, but it was Qian Tong who paid for it.

There were many mercenaries in the Original World, and as long as you paid for it, you could find them. Qian Tong was going all out in order to deal with Lin Zhen this time.

He spent billions of dollars and hired tens of thousands of people!

They were almost all Longevity Stage martial artists. Qian Tong believed that even ants could kill an elephant if there were enough of them. Lin Zhen was just a World King, and there was no way he could resist the attack of a large group of Longevity Warriors.

Additionally, Qian Tong also found four super experts.

All four of them were from the Star River Giant Beast clans, including a Demon Master Clan, Xuanwu Clan, Vermilion Bird Clan, and White Tiger Clan.

These four people, along with the Dragon Clan’s Lightning, were the ones that Qian Tong had previously tried to find to kill Lin Zhen. Unfortunately, only Lightning had found Lin Zhen but failed to kill him.

These five people were all from the Holy Lands, and their strength was much stronger than most of the warriors studying in the Holy Lands.

Moreover, having other Star River Giant Beasts join forces to attack Lin Zhen made it even more difficult for anyone to tell who exactly wanted to take Lin Zhen’s life.

As long as Lin Zhen died, there wouldn’t be anyone who would risk their lives to avenge him, and the truth of the matter would remain unknown.

Unless the Holy Land’s Five Young Masters investigated it, the truth could not be concealed. However, in Qian Tong’s view, Jin Nuo didn’t seem to care much about Lin Zhen, or else he wouldn’t have expelled him just for fighting.

At least compared to Lin Zhen, Qian Tong, a Saint-Level Alchemist, could undoubtedly bring more help to the Holy Land. Even if his involvement was exposed one day, the Five Young Masters wouldn’t do anything to him. He would just have to practice alchemy for a few more years, and Qian Tong was very confident about that.

Tens of thousands of Longevity Realm warriors, five Three Flowers Realm Star River Giant Beasts, plus the ten Three Flowers Stage death warriors that he had hidden among the mercenaries—if they still couldn’t kill Lin Zhen, Qian Tong would dare to write his own name backward.

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The employment process was exceptionally smooth. Five million for hiring a Longevity Stage warrior to go to the Kirin Clan and kill Lin Zhen—this news caused an explosion in the mercenary world of Qin.

“That’s amazing! Someone wants to kill Lin Zhen.”

“Five million per person, and they’re only recruiting ten thousand people. I’m in!”

“I’m going too, I’m going too! Even if they don’t pay me a penny, I’d be willing to take the chance to kill Lin Zhen. I don’t know who released this news, but I love it.”

“Haha! The chance for revenge has come. I’m willing to take this opportunity for the people of Qin and go to the Kirin Clan to kill Lin Zhen.”

“What’s so great about being a clan leader, or a Holy Land Warrior? Taking people’s money in exchange for eliminating their disasters, the Holy Land will only seek revenge on the person who released the task. I’ll go too!”

The recruitment was very successful, and the number of applicants filled up within minutes.

Each mercenary who signed up received a deposit of 2.5 million and then received the mission location, which was the Fire Kirin Clan.

Groups of mercenaries left Qin City and marched grandly into Heavenly Ridge, heading towards the Fire Kirin Clan.

The identity of the person who released the task was a mystery, but everyone knew that they must be wealthy to afford hiring ten thousand people at five million per person, totaling 50 billion. People were sure that this person must be a tycoon.

However, this was not important. The enthusiasm of the people of Qin to eliminate Lin Zhen was enough for them to forget everything else. It would be such a fantastic event to be able to rampage in the Fire Kirin Clan and bring down their newly appointed Clan Leader.

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The Dimensional Universe’s convenient communication allowed the Original World to share information. The news of Lin Zhen becoming a clan leader and someone hiring mercenaries to deal with him took place within just half an hour.

Even before Lin Zhen issued the assembly for the entire Fire Kirin Clan, Qian Tong’s hiring had already started.

There were two opinions within the Fire Kirin Clan about Lin Zhen becoming a clan leader.

One was from the young people. They had witnessed Lin Zhen’s various miracles and were very proud of him. As young people, they were also pleased with Lin Zhen becoming the Clan Leader.

The other voice came from the older Fire Kirin Clan members, mostly those aged tens of thousands of years or above, mainly consisting of several elders in the Elder Council. These older members had strong abilities, and though Lin Zhen had become the Clan Leader, they thought that his age and low realm were not enough to convince others.

However, Saga’s dying words had been heard by everyone, so they couldn’t use this as a reason to oppose Lin Zhen’s succession.

Just as a few elderly Fire Kirin Clan elders were discussing how to find a way to prevent Lin Zhen from succeeding, news of someone hiring mercenaries to deal with Lin Zhen had arrived.

Instead of being afraid, these elders saw it as an opportunity.

If Lin Zhen took the position of the Clan Leader and was immediately attacked by mercenaries, it would naturally mean that he couldn’t be the Clan Leader.

One of the thick-browed, big-eyed elders waved his hand: “Let’s go, brothers. It’s time for us to step in. A yellow-mouthed kid has no right to be the Clan Leader. Let’s drive him off the stage right away, so he doesn’t bring disaster to the Fire Kirin Clan!”