The night was deep.
The Old Divine King arrived.
Ye Chen smiled. "Senior, finished catching up? I thought you'd be chatting for three days and three nights."
"No need for that long," the Old Divine King shook his head, his expression turning grave as he got straight to the point. "Little friend, at the Emperor Son Feast, there are many targeting the Human Emperor Sons and Daughters. This is a trap feast, and it may even involve powerful figures from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans behind them taking action. Although we also have five Divine King-level powerhouses on our side, it's still better to be more thoroughly prepared."
"What do you mean, Senior?" Ye Chen asked.
"Have you heard of the Heaven Slaying Alliance?" the Old Divine King said.
Hearing this, Ye Chen was slightly startled. He had been in the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain for some time now and naturally had learned about the so-called Heaven Slaying Alliance.
This was a Ten Thousand Ancient Times heritage assassin organization native to the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain, extremely fearsome. Throughout the ages, it had produced many world-renowned top assassins that made people pale at the mention.
The Heaven Slaying Alliance, as long as given sufficient payment, would dare to kill not just ordinary people, but even Divine Kings, and even Ancient Sovereigns.
It was rumored that far back in the Dark Blood Era, the Heaven Slaying Alliance had produced an Assassin Sovereign. Commissioned with a heavy reward by several Ancestral Gods, he successfully assassinated a Sovereign-level Primordial Beast God. Although they paid a heavy price for it, the Heaven Slaying Alliance had been famous throughout the world since that Dark Blood Era.
After the Dark Blood Era, they had even taken action again, killing several fearsome Divine Kings, shaking the world.
However, in recent years, the Heaven Slaying Alliance had appeared much more low-key because imperial clans and Immortal Clans had appeared together. The Heaven Slaying Alliance had also been commissioned with heavy rewards to assassinate important powerhouses of imperial clans and Immortal Clans.
Later, several imperial clans and Immortal Clans were enraged, united, and dispatched a fearsome imperial clan army led by Divine King powerhouses, who deduced the locations of the Heaven Slaying Alliance's strongholds.
Although the main figures of the Heaven Slaying Alliance successfully escaped that battle, many important strongholds were destroyed, and many important assassins were killed or injured.
Since then, the Heaven Slaying Alliance had become much more low-key.
It even vanished from the world for a time. Ye Chen wondered if the Heaven Slaying Alliance still existed.
The Old Divine King said solemnly, "The Heaven Slaying Alliance still exists, and has always hoped to revive and raise its Ten Thousand Ancient Times divine might once more."
He stated that although the Heaven Slaying Alliance had been suppressed by the imperial clans and Immortal Clans over the years, with strongholds destroyed, the main figures were still there. They had always been developing in secret, and many highly talented assassins had appeared, with many joining. They even wanted to raise their divine might from the Ten Thousand Ancient Times once more and rise again.
Hearing this, Ye Chen understood the Old Divine King's meaning: to seek the help of the Heaven Slaying Alliance, offer a heavy reward, and have them dispatch some extremely powerful assassins to target the alien Emperor Sons and Daughters.
"Is it reliable?" Ye Chen was somewhat doubtful. After all, this Emperor Son Feast was no ordinary event; it involved Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao descendants, with imperial clans and Immortal Clans standing behind them.
The Heaven Slaying Alliance was fearsome, but they were probably also extremely wary of these imperial clans and Immortal Clans.
After all, last time, because of the imperial clans and Immortal Clans, their important strongholds were destroyed, and they vanished for a time.
"Don't worry," the Old Divine King said. "Back then, the Heaven Slaying Alliance seemed to have been suppressed to complete extinction, but this old man knows they weren't truly crippled. The most fearsome few Kings of Assassins are still there—they are all Divine King-level Assassin Venerables!"
Ye Chen was shocked. He hadn't expected the current Heaven Slaying Alliance to still be so powerful.
Divine King-level Kings of Assassins were still around, and from the sound of it, more than one.
Naturally, wanting to hire a Divine King-level King of Assassins would probably require paying a considerable price.
"How can I find the Heaven Slaying Alliance?" he went straight to the main point.
"I'll give you an address, right here in the Ascension Ancient Capital. Go there, and as long as you follow the corresponding method, you can get an audience." The Old Divine King transmitted a divine thought, imparting the method.
"Understood."
Ye Chen thanked him and left.
The Ascension Ancient Capital was vast and quite prosperous. The central area was occupied by the heavenly palaces and divine halls of various top-tier powers—that was the core region.
Developing from the core region, the closer to the city wall edges, the more ordinary the occupying forces or people were.
Of course, this was on the surface.
Now, Ye Chen arrived at the western part of the Ascension Ancient Capital. Although it was also quite prosperous, it was far from comparable to the core region.
At the edge, there was a tavern, quite bustling, with numerous cultivators streaming in and out, countless in number, very lively.
Ye Chen directly ascended to the third floor. This place was particularly lively. On the not-very-large tavern floor, there were easily over a thousand cultivators of various races mingling, toasting each other, wine and meat abundant, noisy and bustling. Naturally, they were all ordinary cultivators, having a great time.
But he went to the third-floor manager.
"May I ask what you need, honored guest?" The manager, all smiles, spoke very enthusiastically.
"When slaughtering the heavens, I am the sole emperor of heaven and earth!"
Ye Chen replied with a seemingly unrelated phrase.
However, upon hearing this phrase, the manager's expression didn't change, but a flicker of strange light appeared deep in his eyes. Then he said, "Honored guest, please enter the Heaven Number One Room."
Ye Chen followed the instruction and found the Heaven Number One Room.
The so-called Heaven Number One Room was not the most superior private room. Truly speaking, it was a relatively simple room, with a rather enthusiastic waiter coming forward.
When the door of the Heaven Number One Room closed, space and time immediately transformed. Ye Chen entered a mysterious space where not a trace could be detected from the outside.
The waiter's demeanor instantly transformed, changing from enthusiasm in an instant to a deep and fearsome aura. The entire person appeared cold and ruthless, as if he had become a different person.
"I am the person in charge here. Who do you want to kill?" The waiter got straight to the point.
"Emperor Sons and Daughters," Ye Chen said.
Hearing this, a flicker of strange light passed through the waiter's eyes. "The Emperor Son Feast?"
"Correct. At the Emperor Son Feast, all the alien Emperor Sons and Daughters," Ye Chen said.
"Wait a moment. This matter is of great importance. I need to report to the King of Assassins!"
The waiter turned and left, vanishing without a sound. Without careful perception, Ye Chen could hardly detect how the waiter disappeared.
This showed just how fearsome the Heaven Slaying Alliance was as an assassin organization.
Even this seemingly ordinary waiter was a great assassin powerhouse. If he took action, even a super great power would be terrified—it would be a nightmare.
The Assassin Venerable encountered back in the Myriad Domains of the Heavens was nothing but a small fish meeting a big fish before the Heaven Slaying Alliance, not worth mentioning.
Soon, the waiter returned again, conveying the King of Assassins' message: "Emperor Sons and Daughters can be killed, but the price is ten billion per head."