Chương 62: An unexpected encounter with Najenda, the Imperial female general being chased.

The old emperor of the empire passed away, and a young emperor succeeded him. The empire, which had been decaying, began to descend into corruption.

Because the young emperor was still a child, Minister Ernest began to get involved in politics.

Nominally an advisor, but in reality, the young emperor, who obeyed the ministers' every word, was practically no different from a puppet.

Within the Empire, only General Bud and Esdeath have the right to defy Minister Ernest.

However, the former was completely blindly loyal, following the ancestral precept that military generals should not interfere in politics, so although he knew about the corruption of ministers and others, he did not intervene.

He was merely using his power to protect some conscientious officials to the best of his ability.

As for Esdeath, the ministers mainly tried to win her over, not only fulfilling her every request but also sending her abroad as much as possible.

Esdeath herself was originally passionate about fighting, so she couldn't be bothered with the messy affairs within the Empire.

Two ministers, capable of resisting, were caught in a dilemma: one remained neutral, while the other did nothing, plunging the entire empire into dire straits.

After leaving the Imperial Army, Yang Cheng returned to live on the northern border, where he made a living by hunting dangerous species.

However, one day, when Yang Cheng was carrying the dangerous creature he had hunted and was about to return to his residence, he encountered an imperial general who was being chased by others.

This imperial general had long, silver-white hair braided into a plait, wore a black imperial general's uniform, and a white cloak.

However, the opponent's current condition seems to be quite bad. Not only has his entire right arm disappeared, but even his right eye is now covered in blood.

As for the people chasing her, Yang Cheng recognized them from their clothing as members of the Empire's assassination organization, whose duty was to hunt down and kill traitorous Imperial officials.

Originally, Yang Cheng didn't want to get involved in this matter. However, after seeing who the imperial general being chased was, he hesitated for a moment before finally taking action.

At first, when she saw Yang Cheng suddenly appear in front of her, the female general of the empire who was being chased showed a bitter smile on her face, thinking that she was doomed this time.

Because not only did Yang Cheng know the other party, but this female general of the empire also knew Yang Cheng.

Knowing that Yang Cheng was Esdeath's subordinate, the other party naturally assumed that Yang Cheng was also there to kill her.

With an imperial assassination organization behind her and an imperial general suddenly appearing in front of her, and with her own body severely injured, the possibility of her breaking through is almost negligible.

Just when Najenda thought she was doomed, Yang Cheng, who was rushing towards her, did not attack her at all. Instead, he bypassed her and went straight to the assassination organization that was chasing her.

There were quite a few people chasing Najenda, about ten in total, but apart from two Teigu users, the rest were almost all minor characters.

The assassination organization that was hunting Najendan didn't initially take Yang Cheng seriously when they saw him rushing towards them.

After all, in the eyes of these assassination organization members, Yang Cheng was just a passerby they happened to meet. This was the northern border, and the other party might be a remnant of a foreign tribe or something.

However, they soon paid a heavy price for their carelessness.

The assassination organization hunting Najenda consists of two squads, two of which are Teigu users. As for the squad members, they are just some elite assassins.

Najenda had no idea why Yang Cheng, Esdeath's subordinate, would choose to help her.

But knowing Yang Cheng's strength, she was just about to remind him not to be careless, pointing out that those people were elite assassins, when...

To their astonishment, they discovered that in just a few short encounters, all but the two assassination squads that had been chasing them had fallen into pools of blood, except for the two squad leaders who were Teigu users.

Watching Yang Cheng easily slaughter his subordinates and then flick the blood off his blade onto the ground, one of the assassination team leaders looked at Yang Cheng and said, "You bastard, it seems you're not an ordinary northern tribesman."

"Were they sent by the Revolutionary Army to meet up with Najenda, the traitor to the Empire?"

"Superpower Burst - Balzac!"

"Abyssal Possession: Undead Knight!"

The fact that Yang Cheng was able to slaughter so many assassins in such a short time showed that the two Imperial Arms users in front of him judged that Yang Cheng was no ordinary person, so they both chose to unleash their Imperial Arms immediately.

Superpower Burst - Balzac, a mask-type Imperial Arm, has the effect of unleashing 100% of the user's potential.

Abyss Possession: Undead Knight, an armor-type Imperial Arm, made from materials of the super dangerous undead dragon Spitz.

Prolonged use of this Imperial Arms will continuously erode the body and consciousness. In addition to enhancing physical abilities in both offense and defense, it also grants the ability to use necromantic flames.

The so-called Imperial Arms were actually created about a thousand years ago by the founding emperors of the empires. In order to maintain their long-term rule, they used unimaginable wealth and power to gather the world's top craftsmen.

Using legendary, extremely dangerous species as materials, along with rare metals such as Orichalcos and numerous lost secret techniques, forty-eight weapons that cannot be replicated were developed.

Those who use these Imperial Arms, which possess various powerful special abilities, are also known as "Imperial Arms Users".

Imperial Arms are very powerful, but most Imperial Arms cannot be used by just anyone. Imperial Arms also choose their own masters, and the higher the compatibility between the user and the Imperial Arm, the greater the power that the Imperial Arm can unleash.

More than a thousand years have passed, and many of the forty-eight Imperial Arms have disappeared into the torrent of history.

Of those that survived, a considerable portion ended up in the hands of the revolutionary army and other ethnic groups in the surrounding areas.

The fact that the two people in front of Yang Cheng were able to possess Imperial Arms within the Empire meant that they were no ordinary individuals.

However, no matter how extraordinary the opponent is, with Yang Cheng's current strength, there is no possibility that he will lose.

He was someone who could fight against the super S Queen Esdeath, after all. If two Teigu users could just jump out and kill him, he wouldn't dare to live alone on the northern border.

The assassin, wearing a masked Imperial Arms and wielding two daggers, vanished from the spot in an instant.

Their potential is fully developed, and even ordinary people can reach superhuman levels of physical fitness in a short period of time, let alone the "elite seven" whose original abilities were already superhuman.

The assassin, who appeared silently behind Yang Cheng, raised his dagger, ready to stab Yang Cheng in the throat.

However, just as the tip of the dagger in his hand was about to touch Yang Cheng's neck, the assassin's wrist was firmly gripped by Yang Cheng's arm.

"Impressive speed, and his aura is also perfectly concealed. He truly deserves to be called one of the Empire's top assassins."

Unfortunately, your blatant murderous intent was too obvious; such a sneak attack was useless against me.