Chapter 917: Shocking Changes in Lionheart City (Part 2)

"Grandfather! Grandfather is still inside!"

Seeing the collapsed quaint castle, the sad-faced Leslie's feet gave way and she was about to collapse to the ground, but Lin and Kelly hurriedly helped her up.

While Lei Xiao was surprised, he listened to Lin and Kelly comforting Leslie softly, and looked intently again.

The castle has been completely reduced to ruins, and there is no sign of struggling or breaking out of the ground, and there is lifelessness everywhere.

"Judging from the scale of the explosion, the opponent must have secretly deployed a series of large detonation circles in advance to cause such destructive power."

Lei Xiao frowned, and nodded thoughtfully: "Combined with the prophetic gesture of those guards retreating earlier, the instigator is naturally self-evident."

"But judging from the previous series of actions of the other party, although the other party is ruthless, he also acted quite cautiously, and did not act too recklessly, and has been avoiding leaving excuses."

"After all, once the news of directly murdering the elders spreads, even if Han Shui completely controls the Shanglu family, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction and criticism inside and outside the clan, which will not be conducive to future development."

"And if we directly blow up this castle, it will undoubtedly make the murder of the elder known to the public. Han Shui and his group will never be so impatient, after all, everything is completely in their hands."

Thinking of this in his heart, Lei Xiao frowned even more while staring at the ruins.

Thinking about it this way, there are only two possibilities left.

The first is that our side rescued Leslie, which aroused the other party's vigilance and made the other party speed up their original pace.

The second is what the four opposing elders did, which caused the other party to detonate the castle.

"After rescuing Leslie, I ordered Erza and Xiao Huan to deploy the Misty Mirage on the spot."

"This kind of illusion cannot be detected from the outside. Even if the fourth-order peak powerhouse enters, he cannot leave immediately. It is enough to trap everyone for more than half a day. The news will never be spread so quickly."

"Then, are there only four reasons for opposing the elders?"

"But the opponent's claws have already reached their necks, why would they further provoke each other and choose to kill themselves?"

Just as Lei Xiao thought of this, he suddenly noticed something strange.

That is, on the ruins of the huge castle, there seems to be a faint mist, which is clearly the breath of illusion.

Under the double effect of the power of the gods and [Blessed Golden Eyes], Lei Xiao's perception far exceeded that of ordinary fourth-order powerhouses.

Surprised, Lei Xiao hastily mobilized the energy in his body to surge up, observed carefully, and then noticed.

On the ruins of the castle that is still emitting thick smoke, there is another castle looming, which is exactly what the castle looked like before.

This sudden spectacle looks as if the past and the present are intertwined, which makes people amazed.

At this point, the situation could not be clearer.

"So the explosion just now was just an illusion to confuse the other party? In this way, the matter can be explained clearly."

"That's why the four opposing elders knew that the danger was more than good, so they pretended to provoke each other, creating the illusion that they were all destroyed, and then bought a certain amount of time, trying to find a way to put them to death and come back to life."

At the same time that Lei Xiao's dark eyes lit up and his heart suddenly brightened.

Jiang Li, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Hong Ye, three fifth-rank powerhouses, also saw the clues one after another.

And Ersha and Xiao Huan obviously reacted more quickly, and they had already come to the other subordinates who were still kept in the dark, and Lei Xiao respectively, ready to tell everything.

"I already know."

Lei Xiao pointed Xiao Huan's elf's head with his finger, and brought him to Leslie's front.

At this moment, after being reminded by Erza, Leslie and the other fourth-level subordinates learned the truth of the matter.

"It turns out that the castle has not been destroyed? Is everything the grandfather and other elders' plan to delay the attack?"

Leslie wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, her face full of joy.

Immediately, doubts appeared on her pear-blossoming face, and she asked in bewilderment, "But Shanglu clan doesn't have such a powerful master of illusion, how did all of this happen?"

"It seems that beside your grandfather, there seems to be other helpers."

Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows, then waved his hand and said, "It's not too late. Before Hanshui's minions have reacted, let's go check it out."

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At the same time, the focus of the group's attention was the castle on the phantom ruins.

"Have you managed to hide from those guards?"

On a castle balcony with a wide view, an old man with white hair and a light blue robe looked down at the Guards soldiers who were pacing in place below the city, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Beside the blue-robed old man, there were three more solemn old men who also made the same movements one after another.

On the chests of the four of them, the stag coat of arms of the Shanglu family was engraved, and their identities were self-evident. They were Leslie's grandfather and the other three opposition elders.

"Don't worry, they thought they were looking at the ruins, but they were just walking around in circles."

Not far from the four elders, a tall and thin figure with a black silk scarf wrapped around his head said proudly in a disguised blunt voice: "Even the fourth-order peak powerhouses can't see through my illusion. "

"Thank you so much! If it weren't for your help, the old man and others must have been imprisoned by those guys."

The old man in the blue robe sighed heavily, clenched his fists and said, "I never thought they would actually attack me!"

"You don't need to thank me, I'm just a mercenary, and I'm just using people's money to eliminate disasters for others."

There was no fluctuation in the voice of the thin and tall figure, and he said lightly: "The negotiated price is 50,000 gold dragons a day, and you only need to pay on time. As long as I am here, no one can threaten your safety."

After a pause, the tall and thin figure added: "According to the content of the contract, I am only responsible for ensuring your safety and will not participate in your family disputes. Please don't forget, or I will leave immediately."

After speaking, the tall and thin figure just stood on the other side and stopped talking.

You know, the strength of this thin and tall illusionist is at the fourth-rank seven-star level, which is already an extremely rare existence in the mercenary world, and even in the human race countries.

Coupled with the enhanced illusion hole card on his body, it is enough to compete against the digital fourth-order peak powerhouses without falling behind, and indeed has a proud capital.

"The old man understands that your Excellency has already helped a lot."

The old man in blue robe nodded to the tall and thin figure, his gray eyebrows were tightly knit together.

Although his personal safety was temporarily preserved, the blue-robed old man was still not sure how to fight against the elders who supported Hanshui.

"Brother, what should we do next?"

Another gray-robed old man stepped forward slowly, and said solemnly to the blue-robed old man: "The matter is very clear, they are determined to kill us."

"We can only go to the two old guys who are neutral first, otherwise the whole family cannot be shaken with the strength of the four of us."

The blue-robed old man's old face was full of sorrow, and he sighed heavily again.

Besides, what the blue-robed old man was most worried about was naturally his granddaughter Leslie.

After all, the family members of the other three elders are all in this castle, only Leslie is still outside, the consequences can be imagined.

"Brother, Leslie is the leader of the younger generation in Shanglu, so she shouldn't take risks easily."

Seeing the worry in the blue-robed old man's heart, the gray-robed old man quickly comforted him: "Maybe she has already hidden in a safe place."

"Well, I hope so."

The blue-robed old man is naturally very clear about his granddaughter's temper. Since they themselves have almost been poisoned, let alone the unruly and willful Leslie.

Although he was extremely worried, the old man in blue robe understood clearly.

Only by stabilizing the situation can it be possible to save his granddaughter and others, so he had to grit his teeth and bring his thoughts back to finding the next countermeasure.

The old man in blue robe pondered for a while, and continued: "At the same time, I need to recruit some more helpers, so as not to be intercepted and killed by the other party halfway, and then find a way to make everything public."

"Brother, since the other party has chosen to attack us openly, he must have made sufficient preparations in advance, including finding out the corresponding reasons and cutting off all our escape routes."

The old man in gray robe shook his head helplessly, his old face was full of helplessness: "In this case, where should we go to find help?"

"That's right, the mercenary guild must have been monitored by those guys, and a net has probably been set up around the city, and the strong men under my command have all been taken away by Hanshui for various reasons."

The third green-robed old man clenched his fist, but then he was unable to let go: "This city is full of the opponent's eyeliner. I am afraid that the four of us will have a hard time. After all, other clansmen are afraid of the opponent's power, so it is impossible to reach out. A helping hand."

"In addition, if those two old guys who remained neutral have been bought by the other party, wouldn't we be in a trap?"

The last old man in red robe tightened his gray eyebrows, stared at his old eyes like copper bells and said: "Furthermore, even if everything goes well, so what if I escape by chance and make everything public? Wouldn't it be that I will be punished by Han Shui in the end?" Did that guy take it all?"

"You know, that guy is now a popular person next to His Highness the Fourth Prince. Lionheart City is even closer to the Fourth Prince's sphere of influence. How can we get him?"

Speaking of this, the red-robed old man shook his head helplessly, and twirled his gray beard lightly with his fingers until it twisted into a ball: "Even if you can't kill me this time, will the plan to kill us next time still be successful?" Is it far? After all, you can escape for a while but not for a lifetime."

Several elders discussed here, and suddenly realized that they had come to a dead end, and there was no way to retreat.

Just when the four of them were full of sorrow, the thin and tall illusionist suddenly looked terrified, and said in surprise: "Who is it?!"

The voice of the illusionist mercenary has not yet completely fallen, accompanied by a wave of light gray energy.

A crowd of sudden figures appeared out of thin air in front of the four elders and the tall and thin illusionist.

"grandfather!"

As soon as those figures appeared, one of them ran up to the blue-robed old man and said excitedly, "It's great that you're fine!"

The person who came was none other than Leslie.

The other figures were naturally Lei Xiao and his party.

"Leslie?!"

Seeing his precious granddaughter miraculously appearing in front of him, the wrinkled old face of the old man in blue robe was immediately filled with love and joy, and he said incredulously, "How did you come here?"

"Grandfather, the three elder grandpas, the situation is like this."

While excited, Leslie began to talk about a series of processes of being rescued by Lei Xiao.

At this moment, Lei Xiao had already led his subordinates to surround the mysterious illusionist.

Lei Xiao clearly understands that no matter who the other party is, he must at least make sure that the other party will not affect his next plan.

"You, you can actually see through my illusion?"

Facing Lei Xiao and his subordinates who surrounded him, the voice of the tall and thin figure was visibly flustered, and he tried to calm down and said, "Who are you?"

While speaking, the thin and tall illusionist was trying to escape from the encirclement invisibly, but found that his vision had lost its original effect.

"Don't play any tricks anymore, if it affects the outside illusion of ruins, my master will not let you go."

I saw Ersha taking Xiao Huan, who had transformed into a girl magician, a step forward, and said calmly: "In front of the two of us, all your tricks will be useless."

"Two illusionists stronger than me?!"

The tall and thin illusionist's panicked eyes wandered back and forth between Ersha and Xiao Huan, and finally fell on the leader Lei Xiao, who was shocked and said, "Your Excellency, who are you?"

"When asking someone's identity, you should first declare your family name, right?"

Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and nodded to Ersha.

From the very beginning, Lei Xiao had already discovered that the other party had used illusion to disguise, and now it was time to see the other party's true colors.

"Obey, my lord."

Ersha understood, and waved her slender hand in front of the opponent, and a slender and slender figure of a strange woman appeared in front of Lei Xiao.

I saw that the other party looked about 20 years old, and there was a faint childishness on his fair and delicate young face.

What surprised Lei Xiao the most was that it could be clearly seen from his pointed but not slender ears.

The opponent was not a human race, but a half-elf rarely seen in the human race world.

Although they are both female illusionists of different races, the other party's slender body and fair and translucent face are completely opposite to the small and exquisite dark elf Erza.

"Jiang Li, do you know this guy?"

Seeing the obvious half-elf features of the opponent, Lei Xiao first turned to the half-elf ancestor under his command.

"Return to the lord, the subordinates do not know this strange fellow."

Jiang Li stroked his chest and saluted, then shook his head and responded: "Although half-elves are relatively rare, they are not limited to the Yuebai clan. There have been traces of half-elf groups around many human countries."

"You, shouldn't you be?!"

As soon as Jiang Li finished speaking, Ariel's starry eyes widened, her face full of astonishment.