Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 174 Meeting the Duchess
The Duchess frowned slightly: "There's no need to select suitable assassins. Once they arrive, just send them all to the Sun Moon Empire. The price is negotiable."

However, we must find a way to kill Huo Yuhao, otherwise, once Huo Yuhao grows up, he will inevitably become a threat.

Regardless, he is still Brother Hao's son. If a war were to break out between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire in the future, and Huo Yuhao firmly stands on the side of the Sun Moon Empire, Brother Hao will inevitably be influenced by Huo Yuhao.

Although she trusted that Dai Hao would never betray the Star Luo Empire, if Dai Hao were to encounter Huo Yuhao on the battlefield, he would be more or less influenced by Huo Yuhao, which would actually be detrimental to the Star Luo Empire.

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A series of hurried footsteps sounded outside. The Duchess instinctively turned around and looked in the direction from which the footsteps came. It was a young servant dressed in gray cloth, and his face showed obvious anxiety.

Zhang Tieshan stepped forward, blocking the servant from approaching the Duchess, and then asked, "What happened?"

He recognized the servant in front of him; the man was the gatekeeper of the White Tiger Duke's mansion. His main duty was to guard the gate. Of course, the White Tiger Duke's mansion was very powerful, so there couldn't be only one gatekeeper.

"Lord Zhang, a group of people dressed in black robes have arrived. They claim to be guests invited by the Duchess and wish to enter the Duke's mansion." The gatekeeper immediately explained their purpose.

"Okay, I understand. Go back and bring them over now." A smile appeared on Zhang Tieshan's face. According to the schedule...

"Yes, sir." The gatekeeper hurriedly left, and a moment later, a group of men in black robes were led over by the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper then tactfully left and closed the door behind him.

Looking at these men in black robes, the Duchess said calmly, "My request is very simple: kill Huo Yuhao. Therefore, you all have to go to the Sun Moon Empire."

She could have sent other people to kill Huo Yuhao, but among her men, only Zhang Tieshan was quite strong; the rest were relatively weak.

Therefore, her subordinates could only bully people for Dai Huabin in most cases. However, since Dai Huabin is dead, her subordinates have naturally lost the opportunity to bully people for Dai Huabin.

Of course, now that Dai Huabin is dead, she naturally gives more care to her only surviving son, Dai Yueheng, than before. So, all of her subordinates except Zhang Tieshan have gone to the Mingdou Mountains to guard Dai Yueheng.

Under these circumstances, she naturally didn't want to recall these people and then send them to deal with Huo Yuhao.

Although Zhang Tieshan was reluctant to go to the Sun Moon Empire, considering the Duchess's status, he still spoke up: "I will go with you. Don't worry, the Duchess will give you a full reward, and she will definitely not give you less."

Because of their good reputation in the industry, many nobles have cooperated with them. It is said that this assassin organization even has an extremely rare titled Douluo as its support. Therefore, Zhang Tieshan did not dare to put on too high a posture and could only speak to the group of black-robed men in a consultative tone.

"So you really want Huo Yuhao dead, Duchess. Well then, your plans for today might be ruined." At this moment, a man in black robes spoke slowly.

The Duchess frowned. "What do you mean by that? As an assassin, you're cursing my plan to fail? If the assassination fails, you can forget about getting any reward from me."

“It’s alright, I’ll still get paid after I kill you.”

As the man in black robes spoke, he slowly removed his hood and calmly gazed at the Duchess before him. The Duchess was somewhat taken aback: "You are Huo Yuhao?"

In fact, ever since the Soul Fighting Tournament, the Duchess had been paying close attention to Huo Yuhao. After all, Huo Yuhao's words had a great impact on both the White Tiger Duke and her. However, she never expected that he would suddenly come to the Duke's mansion.

Although the Duchess disliked Huo Yuhao, she wasn't stupid. Since he had come here mixed in with the men in black robes, didn't that mean that these people were all his accomplices?

That would undoubtedly pose an extremely serious threat to one's safety.

Thinking of this, she subconsciously took a few steps back, trying to slip away. Of course, before she ran away, she didn't forget to tell him, "Zhang Tieshan, take them down." Zhang Tieshan looked at Huo Yuhao and subconsciously launched an attack. He knew that he didn't have much time left. Given how much the Sun Moon Empire valued Huo Yuhao, it was impossible for them to send just Huo Yuhao to cause trouble for the Duchess.

Therefore, he could only act against Huo Yuhao based on the idea that "the first to strike wins, the last to strike suffers."

He wasn't doing this to kill Huo Yuhao; he just wanted to temporarily control Huo Yuhao.

Once he can successfully control Huo Yuhao, the other men in black robes will be hesitant to act rashly.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for him and the Duchess.

Before Huo Yuhao could make a move, a short, stout man in black robes reached out and grabbed Zhang Tieshan's arm. A gentle voice came from behind him: "If Yuhao wants revenge, then don't get in his way."

If you want a fight, there are plenty of people here willing to fight you!

Zhang Tieshan was somewhat surprised by this.

He sensed the opponent's immense power, and then subconsciously looked at the black-robed man. He immediately saw the toad-like skin on the man's hands and the nine spirit rings floating beneath his feet.

His expression suddenly changed.

Undoubtedly, it was the head of Mingde Hall who had temporarily suppressed him.

After all, the strength of a Title Douluo, coupled with his signature Martial Soul, clearly identifies him.

Even the hall master has come?

Damn it, it seems the intelligence about assassinating Huo Yuhao has been leaked. Could it be that there's a traitor in Riyao?
At this moment, Huo Yuhao bypassed Zhang Tieshan and began to chase after the Duchess who was not far away.

He wasn't worried about the Duchess escaping, because there were already people guarding the back door.

Huo Yuhao was actually very familiar with the structure of the Duke's mansion.

Although Huo Gua was assigned to the woodshed in the original novel, Huo Yun'er would sometimes talk about things related to the Duke's mansion.

The things Huo Yun'er mentioned have become memories, and under the influence of those memories, Huo Yuhao naturally has a thorough understanding of the Duke's mansion's structure.

Sure enough, when the Duchess ran to the back door and opened it, she found a man in black robes standing outside, with nine spirit rings floating at his feet.

Without a doubt, the opponent was an invincible enemy. With his Soul Emperor strength, he was absolutely no match for this man in black robes.

Of course, if she couldn't get out through the back door, she had other options. She could just shout more and see if she could get more people to come and help.

"Enemy attack!" she shouted at the top of her lungs.

(End of this chapter)