The Martial Unity

The bomb was made out of a small amount of a Master-level esoteric with a known tendency to explode if it ever experienced inertia for more than a certain amount of time. The esoteric had been attached to his heart, such that if his heart stopped beating, the esoteric mass would stop, experiencing inertia for enough time, causing it to explode.

As a result, it would yield an explosion that would vaporize everything within a radius of ten kilometers from the epicenter.

'That's insane,' Rui heaved a sigh. 'I can't survive that kind of firepower, especially if I'm up close.'

He knew that Masters were powerful, but the fact that such an enormously powerful explosion could be considered only quasi-Master-level was hard to parse. 'I'm glad that Martial Masters have perfect control over their raw power,' Rui heaved a sigh. 'Otherwise, I might have died in the battle between Master Haishi and Master Zeamer.'

Regardless, this greatly restricted Rui's options for a direct assassin. He couldn't just walk up to Chairman Deacon and lop the man's head off, even if the guards weren't there. 'Hm, then maybe I will have to settle for indirect assassinations,' Rui considered the option.

Unfortunately, it appeared that Chairman Deacon was just as paranoid about getting poisoned as he was about getting murdered up close. The man had a dedicated anti-poisoning team that would not only test food but also taste a portion of every single thing that Chairman Deacon was to put in his mouth.

That included all manners of food, beverages, and even water. Furthermore, Chairman Deacon would personally oversee the poison testing part himself, for he was too paranoid to let it happen outside of his personal supervision.

a poison-oriented Martial Senior with

gained a foundational understanding of indirect assassinations from Master Reina, he didn't have any experience with them. All of his assassinations thus far had

and the highly competent security personnel and the extravagant measures he

him indirectly,' Rui concluded. 'As for the explosive, I need to ensure that I'm well out of range by the time he dies. That would be much easier to do in an indirect assassination, but it is possible even

the

attempted an assassination on nearly fifty times in the past seven years,' Rui noted. 'Which means that

came close to death. However, in none of these instances did he take suicidal measures to try and take his assassins

that the explosive had been surgically implanted into his body was a secret that was supposed to be known only to four people indicated that Chairman Deacon had worked very hard

this,' Rui's analytical mind kicked into action. 'First, the purpose of the bomb is not deterrence. A deterrence only works if people know about it. This bomb isn't a deterrence…

he spread the news about this particular survival measure. After all,

only reason Rui had learned about it was because the Beggar's Sect was good at what it did. Once more, Rui thanked

the bomb was to kill me, considering the timing…'