Chapter 866: Confidence "Failed?"
The cultivator seated high above, half his body hidden from view. His expression could not be seen.
Only those three words slipped from his lips.
They sounded strangely familiar.
It seemed that lately, he had always been receiving news of failed missions.
And now, the venerable kneeling on one knee below had failed to complete the organization's assigned task twice in a row.
The cultivator above slowly lowered his head to gaze at the cultivator in the hall. In a deep voice, he said, "You have failed two missions in succession, yet you still dare return?"
"Reporting to the Hall Master, this subordinate truly was no match for that man."
The cultivator seated above flew into a rage.
"Even an assassination of a brat at the peak of Nascent Soul could fail. What is the organization keeping you for?"
The Hall Master did not strike him down directly. Since Wild Fox had returned so calmly, he would surely have an explanation to offer. If he remained dissatisfied after hearing it, he could simply exile Wild Fox then.
"This subordinate had originally succeeded, but that brat unexpectedly received the aid of an artifact with an artifact spirit!"
"An artifact with an artifact spirit?"
"Reporting to the Hall Master."
"It was precisely the artifact with an artifact spirit that the organization said vanished in Myriad Things City."
"The Soul Banner!"
Wilderness.
The youth clenched the soul banner tightly.
The blue-black banner cloth resembled an abyss.
It also resembled the dark blue heavens, lofty and remote.
Yet at this moment, it shielded him from the blazing sun and the cold gleam of blades.
The youth swallowed.
He was already exhausted, without even the strength to flee. The spiritual power he relied upon was nearly depleted, yet the crisis