"The Locke family has also been assassinated!"

"All the descendants of the Locke family have been killed, and the Locke family has been wiped out!"

"It was the Shadow Serpent who struck, and I heard that the guards who survived the battle said that they saw the Shadow Serpent emblem on the arm of an assassin."

……

The next day, following the assassination of the Fergus family, the news of the extinction of the Locke family spread rapidly.

The families who heard the news couldn't help but change color, and they strengthened the vigilance of the castle one after another, and some families even secretly hid their descendants.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the Marquis of Sidney tense, no worse than the last time the Shadow Serpent attacked.

The Fergus family, which caused this tense atmosphere, was welcoming the Sidney family who sent them to support and investigate.

"Young Master Saroyan, Count Smally, thank you!"

This time, the Sidney family sent to investigate and hunt down the Shadow Serpent is the next successor of the Sidney family, Saloyan, and the Earl of Smally is also among the team.

"It's fine."

Saroyan shook his head, but his face was slightly gloomy.

"It seems that the lesson given to the Shadow Serpent last time was not enough, and he dared to infiltrate the Sidney territory again."

On the way here, he suddenly heard that the Locke family had been wiped out, and he could be said to be extremely angry.

"It's a pity for the Locke family."

Viscount Fergus sighed slightly with the mentality of a cat crying a mouse.

"In less than a year, two consecutive strikes against Sidney, this matter will not be counted like this."

Saroyan gritted his teeth.

"Won't it be like that?"

Viscount Fergus was shocked in his eyes and couldn't help but ask carefully.

"Young Master Saloyan, the Marquis is preparing to find the lair of the Shadow Serpent and completely destroy the Shadow Serpent?"

"Well, with this plan, the family's spies are investigating the news of the Shadow Serpent's lair."

Saroyan nodded, then added.

"By the way, have you found any news about the Shadow Serpent?"

"No, the territory has been searched, and no trace of the Head of Shadows has been found, I'm afraid that after the last assassination, he has already withdrawn from the territory."

Viscount Fergus frowned and shook his head.

After learning about the assassination process from the Fergus family, and obtaining the "retouched" battle process of the Fergus family, and not spending the night in the Fergus family, Saloyan and his party hurriedly set off again and rushed to Rock Castle.

Obviously, he was in a hurry to investigate the Locke family's side, after all, the situation there was more serious than the Fergus family's side.

Somewhere in the kingdom, the four core characters of the Shadow Serpent are sitting.

"My lord, I'm sorry, the assassination failed!"

The woman wearing the blindfold bowed her head and said apologetically.

"I already know the news, what is the specific situation, and how is the loss?"

The old man with a gloomy face nodded and asked.

"A total of five murderous assassins were dispatched this time, and now they have all lost contact, so it is guessed that they should have all been killed."

The woman wearing the blindfold reported.

"All five murderous assassins have lost contact?"

Opposite her, the purple-haired man raised an eyebrow and frowned.

"The Fergus family should not have this ability, it seems that the news is indeed a conspiracy of the Sidney family."

"It's just a strange thing happening."

The blindfolded woman continued.

"What's weird?"

The old man with a gloomy face asked.

"The day after our assassination of the Fergus family, a family of viscounts with the surname Locke was also assassinated in Sidney territory."

"All the descendants of this family were killed, and it is rumored that it was our Shadow Serpent who did it, but I didn't suffer such a fate, and I didn't send anyone else."

"It should be a force that has taken the opportunity to use the name of our Shadow Serpent to attack."

The purple-haired man guessed.

"The last time I was assassinated, a noble family under the Oliver family was killed like this, but I don't know if it was the hand of the same force."

"Now the Sidneys must have decided that it was us who did it, the Serpent of Shadows."

The short-haired man frowned.

"Damn, you dare to let us Shadow Serpent take the blame, don't let me know which force it is."

The woman wearing the blindfold said hatefully.

"Ahem."

The old man with a gloomy face coughed twice, drawing the attention of the three to himself and spoke.

"Since it has been determined that it is a conspiracy of the Sidney family, then the assassination of the Fergus family is suspended."

"Yes, sir."

The purple-haired man, the short-brown-haired man, and the blindfolded woman all responded respectfully.

……

After some exploration, with the joint efforts of all the nobles of Sidney, almost the entire Marquis of Sidney was turned over and searched, but there was still no trace of the Shadow Serpent.

In the end, it can only be assumed that the Shadow Serpent has left the Marquis of Sidney, and the pursuit party led by Saroyan can only be disbanded.

A few months later, the White Rock Training Ground at Fergus Castle.

Bernal and others practiced here, while Gray was a rare appearance here.

"Brother, what do you think of my cultivation?"

Sarah, who had just finished her cultivation and had a flushed face and sweat on her forehead, looked at Gray expectantly and asked.

Now she is 15 years old, and on the day she turned 15, Viscount Fergus implanted the Wind Wolf blood for her, and as for the cultivation of her blood method, it was Gray who was teaching.

"Well, yes, a lot of progress."

Gray didn't hesitate to compliment.

"Yay—"

Hearing Gray's compliment, Sarah's face suddenly bloomed with joy, and after happily leaving a sentence of "I'm going to take a shower", she jumped up and ran towards the bathroom.

Looking at the other party's departing figure, Gray smiled.

He said that the other party has made great progress, and this sentence is not false.

Sarah's cultivation talent is slightly weaker than the original owner of her body, but slightly stronger than Bernal and others.

I don't know if it's because it's the same father and mother, and they both inherited good cultivation talents.

"Your talent is so good, and Sarah's cultivation talent is also so good, it's really shocking."

Bernal, who had just finished his cultivation, walked over and sighed slightly.

"Hey, hey."

Gray laughed dryly, at this time, he didn't want to rub salt on the wound, and quickly changed the topic.

"Congratulations, Brother Bernard, I heard from my father that you are engaged to Miss Bernice."

"Thanks—"

Bernal said with a happy smile on his face.

"What about you? I've been to a lot of banquets in recent months, do you have a favorite girl? ”

"I'm still early!"

Gray rolled his eyes, although he had the soul of an adult in his twenties, this body was still very small.

"The coming-of-age ceremony has been held, it's not early, don't you know, there are already many aristocratic families who have conveyed their intentions to my father in this regard."

Bernal laughed.

"Yes, Baron Clive seems to have approached his father for this matter a few days ago."

Caroline walked over and quipped.

"Uh-"

Gray's face changed, and his mood instantly became bad.

"Who called you so popular?"

Seeing Gray's face change drastically, Bernal shrugged.

"It's not good to be too popular, no, it's just held an adulthood, and it's already been targeted!"

"Indeed, it's not good to be too popular!"

Caroline took a closer look at Gray and agreed.

In the midst of Bernal's and Caroline's words, Green left the White Rock Training Ground in a slightly embarrassed manner.

He really hasn't thought about getting engaged or getting married now.

I thought it was too early, after all, I had just come of age, but I didn't expect that I had already been targeted.

Shaking his head, not thinking about it for a moment, he returned to his bedroom, his eyes falling on a bronze vial placed in the coffee table cubicle, which contained the blood of the gibbons he had hunted.

"Do you want to choose an iron gibbon?"

A few months had passed, and with his current physical strength, it should be enough to take the blood beast blood again.

As for the choice of blood beast blood this time, he was a little hesitant.

Before his strength reached that of the Blood Warrior, he had no ability to hunt blood beasts, and it was very difficult to obtain blood beast blood, so every blood beast blood was extremely precious to him, as long as he encountered it, he naturally couldn't miss it.

But now, he already has the ability to hunt blood beasts, and he already has the conditions to choose.

In addition, the blood beast blood could not be taken continuously, so for every time the blood beast blood was taken, he had to think carefully about it, and strive to choose the most suitable for himself.

All he was thinking about now was whether or not to take gibbon blood.

Eventually, the hesitant look in his eyes was replaced by determination, and he picked up the vial of blood beast blood and walked towards the bathroom.

The defense of the gibbon's arm is even stronger than the ironclad rhinoceros with the strongest defense among the fierce blood beasts, not to mention the fierce blood beast, even if it is a mad blood beast, I am afraid it will be difficult to be able to injure it, in terms of practicality, it should be above the iron rhino.

So he finally decided to take gibbon blood.