CHAPTER 74: GRAND ELDER X ASSASSINS.

T.P.P

The three assassins backed away as the Grand Elder kills one of the Late Peak with a tea cup to the head.

"What the hell was that?" The Female who was also a Martial Master thinks to herself.

She was still in the air when the Grand Elder suddenly appears before her with his young face smiling.

Instinctively she crossed her arms to block and the Grand Elder hits her sending her crashing into the ground.

She laid there groaning in pain.

The Grand Elder lands on the ground and the other Martial Master attacks him with two daggers in his hands.

He also pulls out two daggers and blocks the attack.

It was heavy.

"Your physical strength is quite high for an assassin." He comments.

A dagger comes flying at him at incredible speed.

He pushes away the Martial Master and deflects the dagger coming at him.

He looks towards the direction of the dagger came from and sees the Late Peak assassin.

He had just seen the Late Peak when the female attacks him with her sword.

He dodges the first attack but she then kicks him away on his abdomen with her right foot.

He moves back a few distance and then comes to a stop.

He stands erect looking at the three who were now together facing him.

They started walking towards him slowly and then suddenly dashed towards him at immense speed.

They attacked and he blocked.

Clashing blades over and over.

It seemed like they had began to overpower the Grand Elder.

The lady makes a cut on his face and then the male Martial Master makes a cut by the side of his abdomen.

They kept attacking.

The Grand Elder was supposed to be panicking, or at least be worried but instead, a smile crept up his face.

Suddenly from his sleeves he sprays out a mist of poison.

The assassins immediately back away in their separate directions thereby being some distance away from each other.

They stood almost around him.

"I was begining to wonder why the Grand Elder of the Dang Clan was not using poison." The lady says as she lands on her feet.

"I wanted to properly gauge your strength." He replies from within the fog of poison which was now spreading towards the three assassins.

"You see, once upon a time I came across an assassin... No, the word assassin is and insult to his name." The Grand Elder says.

"You must also know who I am talking about.

A figure you all look up to.

A figure many of you know you could never reach but still dare to dream of reaching his level." He says.

The assassins already rose their guard higher just from hearing what he was talking about about.

After a short breath he continued, saying;

"The man feared by everyone including the Emperor.

The only man that if he said you were going to die, then all you can do is hope you have enough time to say goodbye to your loved ones.

That man, I came face to face with him.

The first time I came across him, he was another person.

But the second time I met him, he was the Legendary Assassin..."

"Sangdaejong!." The four of them say at the same time.

The three assassins stood in disbelief.

"He said he had encountered The Sangdaejong?" The female thinks to herself.

"And he is still alive?" The Male Martial Master thinks to himself confused.

"He’s bluffing." The Late Peak says out.

The Grand Elder dashes towards the Late Peak grabbing him by the neck.

"Well, he didn’t have any intention of killing me you see." The Grand Elder says.

The other two dash at him to attack him.

He lets go of the Late Peak and backs away.

The two Master Level assassins arrive at the spot in front of the Late Peak.

"How is he?" The female asks the Male Martial Master with her gaze fixed on the Grand Elder and her sword up.

There was no reply.

She turns to glance at the Late Peak behind her and sees him dropping to his knees with his hand up towards his neck but he couldn’t touch his neck.

He couldn’t speak.

All that was heard were little groanings as he dropped to his knees.

Looking closer she could see three needles around his neck.

She closes her eyes realizing it was over for him.

Except the poison could be immediately extracted by someone extremely skilled.

And the only one who could do that here was the enemy before them.

"Ohhh? Is that bitterness I see on your face?

Do assassins also have emotions?" The Grand Elder asks them as he strokes his chin.

"Leave him, there’s no hope for him." The Lady says to the Male Martial Master.

"Its just the two of us now.

Let’s go all out." She says as she plants her sword into the ground and pulls out two daggers.

The Grand Elder smiles.

"Finally." He says as he spreads his hand sideways.

Needles appear round above him forming a semi circle.

"One with the needle?" The Female questions.

"Not quite." The Grand Elder responds.

At incredible speed, with his Ki he began shooting the needles at them.

They to began moving incredibly fast to dodge the needles.

As the needles hit the floor they devastated the ground.

It was like meteors falling as the impacts left craters on the ground.

The assassins kept dodging as they approached the Grand Elder.

The needles kept raining down as he pulls back out his two daggers.

As they close in they attack him.

At high speed the only thing that could be seen were their weapons clashing as sparks are seen everywhere.

They continued as they moved around at high speed destroying the ground, the walls and buildings around them.

The Grand Elder receives some cuts and he also made some cuts on them.

Gradually, after a while the movements of the two assassins begins to slow down.

The Grand Elder was about to make a lethal stab to the female when they both back away.

They both back away panting heavily.

They were sweating and their eyes looked drowsy.

"No where near, not even close." The Grand Elder says shaking his head left and right.

He was also panting a little.

"David was extremely poisoned when facing us but he still eliminated us." He says.

"He talks as if he knows The Sangdaejong." The lady thinks to herself.

"Do you want to know a fun fact?

You see those days there was a rumor that the Tang Clan had a Supreme Peak power house.

But it was thought to just be a rumor.

The powerhouses that were known were the Martial Grand Masters of our Clan.

The Murim was not ready to believe that a Clan leading other Clans with just Grand Master had a Supreme Peak.

And the Tang Clan knew that so they his them away.

So yes, the Tang Clan had not just one, they had two Supreme Peaks and guess what...

This man killed them both before proceeding to wipe out the main clan." The Grand Elder says.

As he said this the assassins face carried shock.

This story was not out in the public.

All that was known was that David attacked the Dang Clan and after wiping out three branches and the main clan he withdrew due to his injuries.

That is what was known.

No one said anything about killing two Supreme Peaks before heading for the Main Clan.

They both stood the shocked.

"After killing off my people he passed by me saying he would spare the remaining two branches.

If it were another person I would have taken it as a bluff and say that he was just too injured to attack the other two.

But from what my eyes had just seen at that point I knew if he really wanted to he could have.

If not immediately, then after he recovered.

I couldn’t move as he passed by me.

I was filled with shock, astonishment and most of all, Fear." The Grand Elder states.

He slowly begins walking towards them as he says;

"I dwelled on that fight for years, learning whatever I could.

His reflexes, every movement, his speed, his strength and his tactics.

I dwelled on it for a long time, learning whatever I could to get stronger.

And it helped.

I can boldly say that being in the presence of that fight is what got me to the level I am right now.

So for you two to come at me with such meager skills compared to him, you must have a death wish.

My mind has progressed so much in combat terms that the only thing that would prevent me from being able to kill a Supreme Peak would be my low Martial Prowess as a Martial Master.

All that just from watching a single battle."

Now the eyes of the assassins did not just show shock but now fear.

They began stepping back.

"I’m sorry Elaina." The male assassin says to the female.

As he says this she turns to look at him in confusion but as she turns she feels a sharp pain in her belly.

She looks down and sees that he had stabbed her.

He pushes her towards the Grand Elder and the Grand Elder catches her.

He uses this opportunity to run away.

The Grand Elder let’s her down slowly and goes after the Male assassin.