Chapter 248
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Chapter 248: Assassination Opportunity
In the Great Flame Kingdom,
to the east, in the spirit materials plantation.
A strong man was patrolling the various spirit materials, preventing flying fierce beasts from suddenly appearing to cause destruction or theft.
His gaze was vacant and bewildered, with a hint of irritation and gloom lurking deep within.
His name was Lie Bo.
He had joined the Great Flame Kingdom over a year ago.
He was also one of the fake heavy criminals.
However, unlike most fake heavy criminals whose task was to approach and control Yi Chen, his mission was to kill Yi Chen, the greatest genius in human history.
This task was one he had assigned to himself.
The name Lie Bo was unknown in the human federation.
But among the higher-ups of the Angelic Beings, it was well-known.
He was the head of the Angelic Beings’ Intelligence Organization stationed in the galaxy.
His strength wasn’t great; he was merely a silver-winged Angelic Being, rated at about level eighty by the Federation Military.
Burton, the leader of the Angelic Beings’ Intelligence Organization, had sent him to the galaxy because he valued Lie Bo’s clear mind and outstanding intelligence.
Lie Bo had proven Burton’s vision right through his actions, earning Burton a lot of credit in front of the Leader of the Angelic Beings.
Long before Yi Chen had created the Heaven-Slashing Technique, he had keenly assessed Yi Chen’s terrifying ability to create skills as a potential huge threat to the Angelic Beings.
Thus, seizing the opportunity when the first batch of heavy criminals was sent to the exile planet, he had bravely self-destructed all his cultivation, blending in among the fake heavy criminals, ready to kill Yi Chen on the exile planet.
Such selfless sacrifice and extraordinary foresight not only made Burton determined to rescue him at all costs after the assassination but also earned him praise from the Leader of the Angelic Beings during a high-level meeting.
The Leader instructed Burton that after Lie Bo completed his mission, even if it cost all the Angelic Beings’ spies in the human federation, they must try their best to rescue him.
He would personally intervene to restore Lie Bo’s strength realm and grant him a significant reward.
This was considered an unparalleled honor among the Angelic Beings.
It caused the higher-ups of the Angelic Beings to remember the name Lie Bo almost unanimously.
For if Lie Bo could complete his mission and miraculously escape a disaster, rescued by the Intelligence Organization from the Federation Military, he would surely soar to great heights.
Unfortunately, Lie Bo had underestimated Yi Chen’s speed of improvement.
After spending three to four years, he finally used the special treasures and spirit materials he had brought to the exile planet to secretly subdue one of the few full-level fierce beasts without being detected by the Federation Military.
Confidently, he headed to the Flame Mountain Tribe.
During that time, Yi Chen was personally leading an expedition against the Sea Breeze Tribe.
Not only had the strength of the Flame Mountain Tribe’s members increased at a pace far beyond his imagination, but Yi Chen’s power level had also reached a degree that was difficult for him to assess; he likely did not fall short of the top fierce beasts.
Full-level fierce beasts might even be stronger than Yi Chen.
But killing Yi Chen, who created the Cloud Treading Technique and moved at an incredibly fast speed, was incredibly difficult.
This was undoubtedly devastating news for Lie Bo.
He had to hide and follow the tribe members into the Great Flame Kingdom, searching for the opportunity to strike and ensure Yi Chen could not escape.
However, the longer he waited, the stronger Yi Chen became, making the chance of a successful assassination increasingly slim.
He was already considering whether to summon a full-level fierce beast and risk everything for a forced assassination of Yi Chen.
Because the longer this dragged on, not only did the success rate of killing Yi Chen continue to decline, but the risk of exposure also surged.
As an Angelic Being, even though he changed his appearance to blend in with humanity using special means, he was still fundamentally an Angelic Being.
He simply could not cultivate the skills created by Yi Chen.
His weakness could be masked by pretending to be a natural failure.
But his identity as an Angelic Being could not be hidden forever.
The citizens of the Great Flame Kingdom now had an average strength at the Spirit Consciousness stage of level seven or eight.
Except for some children, nearly everyone had refined their divine consciousness.
Some talented individuals possessed incredibly powerful divine consciousness.
If someone meticulously examined him with divine consciousness, they would undoubtedly discover that his internal structure was different from that of humans.
Recently, the owner of the spirit materials plantation noticed him being diligent and also a natural failure.
Out of sympathy, he offered to take him to find a talented friend to use divine consciousness to check why he was in such a poor state.
He could only make excuses to defer the offer and brush it off for now.
But he knew he couldn’t postpone forever.
After all, no matter how hard he worked, his lack of strength was apparent.
When faced with flying fierce beasts, he could only sound the alarm and not drive them away.
If it weren’t for the plantation owner’s pity, he would have been dismissed long ago.
A small black dot appeared in the sky.
Lie Bo gathered his focus, took out the warning fireworks, and prepared himself.
The small black dot kept growing larger.
It was Mo Jiang, the owner of the spirit materials plantation.
Upon arriving at the plantation, Mo Jiang headed straight for the rare spirit materials planting area.
"Brother Jiang!"
Lie Bo greeted him.
Mo Jiang nodded and instructed, "You keep busy! I’m here to collect that flower spirit grass."
"Is someone offering a high price for it? That flower spirit grass, while in maturity, gains value over time."
Lie Bo couldn’t help but remind him.
"I know; the Botany Institute posted an announcement, offering to purchase high-grade healing spirit materials on a large scale, at a very high price."
Mo Jiang casually explained.
Lie Bo’s heart stirred.
He picked up on the keywords in that sentence.
Botany Institute, large scale, high-grade healing spirit materials.
Either the four armies faced a significant opponent, resulting in injuries to many top geniuses,
or Yi Chen planned to refine related high-grade spirit pills.
A third possibility was that Yi Chen encountered a powerful foe and was wounded.
Otherwise, the Botany Institute wouldn’t offer a high price to purchase this spirit material on a large scale.
All three possibilities existed.
This was undoubtedly a huge opportunity for Lie Bo.
Because if it was the third possibility, if he could find the injured Yi Chen, the chance of a successful assassination would significantly increase.
Watching Mo Jiang’s departing figure, Lie Bo continuously reminded himself to stay calm.
He understood well that in such critical moments, maintaining calm was essential.
Only then could he consider every detail and devise the plan with the highest chance of success.
He wasn’t afraid of death.
As the head of the Angelic Beings’ Intelligence Organization in the galaxy, he held considerable power and status.
At the very least, he controlled the lives and fates of all the human spies and had access to abundant resources.
But after concluding that Yi Chen posed a huge threat to the Angelic Beings, he still resolutely chose to forfeit his cultivation, mingling among the exile planet’s inhabitants, personally planning to assassinate Yi Chen.
From the moment he made that decision, he had put life and death aside.
Because if he failed, he would undoubtedly die.
Even if he succeeded, he would still undoubtedly die, perhaps even in a worse manner.
The enraged Federal Parliament and Military might make his death worse than living.
All he wanted was success!
Now, just when he hard-won a significant opportunity for success at the edge of despair, even with his temperament, it took him five to six minutes to barely calm down.
