The Astral God Origins of more than a dozen assassins crumbled to ash at the same time!
Not even the Origin Spirit Spring Li Tianming poured over them could stop it.
"They killed themselves without hesitation and left us nothing to go on. These people are ruthless!" Sui Shen Yao said, speechless.
"Who could it be?" Weisheng Moran looked at Li Tianming.
"Could it be... the Liu Patrol Envoy? Does she want to sever your attachment to Ling'er and Little Fish?" An Ning guessed.
Li Tianming frowned. Anger at whoever had attacked them already burned inside him, but he shook his head. "I don't think so. She gave me time to decide. There'd be no need for her to go this far."
"Maybe it was the Abyss Prince and the Myriad Realms Heavenly Emperor's people. We don't have any other enemies, after all," Aurora said slowly. "They might have heard we were coming to the Imperial City to meet the Liu Patrol Envoy, then hired Divine Ruins Clan assassins to kill us afterward and pin it on her."
The Qianfeng imperial family belonged to the Divine Ruins Clan, after all!
"Those people didn't go easy on you either, Brother. It looked like they came for all three of us. If the Liu Patrol Envoy sent them, that wouldn't make much sense. She didn't seem to want you dead. So they probably didn't know what we discussed with her," Jiang Feiling said, tilting her head slightly as she recalled the fight.
"That's what I think too." Li Tianming nodded, then said helplessly, "But we don't have any proof right now. It'll be hard to strike back."
"So what do we do next?" An Ning asked.
"Our first priority is getting Little Fish back to the Heavenly Emperor Sect. We can't stay