Assassinating Clyde: The Unexpected Saint-Level Expert, Part Two
But before Steller could even feel relieved to have escaped the assassination attempt, he felt a sharp blade pierce his abdomen. The excruciating pain and the sight of the blade, its form only revealed by his own blood, told him he had been tricked.
"After following you for so long, you've finally shown a weakness today!"
Upon hearing this, Steller's pupils contracted, and he immediately disregarded his injuries, unleashing a burst of silver-white fighting spirit to attack behind him.
Bang~
As the dull thud of their battle auras rang out, Steller, completely disregarding the outcome, used the recoil from the collision to accelerate past Lin Lei, Clyde, and the others who were blocking his path, and escaped through the wall.
Clyde, whose Saint Realm Magic Destiny Guard was passively triggered by the impact, was lifted up by Steller like a cannonball and hurled at Fengyun in an attempt to buy time for his escape.
Fengyun Yun kicked Clyde away, directly dissipating most of the defensive energy of the Destiny Guard Magic on his body.
After Clyde's body slammed into the Right Merit with tremendous force, turning her into a bloody pulp, Clyde, realizing the danger, immediately got up, fled through the door, and called for the guards to come to his rescue.
Despite his fear, Lansem, Clyde's personal attendant, tried to stop Fengyun despite his fear, but was easily killed by Beibei. Clyde was also chased and beaten by Beibei and Lin Lei, and the Destiny Guard Magic shield on his body was repeatedly flashed with colorful light.
Fengyun, standing to the side, frowned deeply. This time, Gilmer was busy preparing for the war and did not visit Lin Lei as he had in the original story, so he did not pay much attention to the change in the people following Clyde.
It wasn't until Steller made his move that Fengyun suddenly realized this was a Saint Realm expert from the Light Church.
He was almost scared to death by this unexpected event, after all, he was not a true Saint Realm yet, he could only unleash Saint Realm attacks.
Moreover, it cannot fly, nor can it release its soul power.
Fighting a true Saint Realm in this situation is undoubtedly extremely dangerous. If the opponent can withstand his burst of power, then he will surely be defeated.
Fortunately, Lin Lei and Beibei created an opportunity for him to launch a sneak attack, and he seized the opportunity to unleash his full power to kill Steller.
Unfortunately, Steller was too sensitive to the crisis; he knew then that his attempt to stab Steller in the heart was doomed to fail.
Therefore, after conjuring three imposing Phantom, he immediately circled around to the rear and, taking advantage of Steller's relaxed state, delivered a kidney strike, ripping out his kidney.
Throughout the process, he actually had quite a few flaws. The biggest flaw was that as long as Steller released his soul power, he would most likely be able to detect him in his invisible state.
After all, Fengyun is not yet Saint Realm. Even though his invisibility technique was developed based on intermediate-level Light Shadow Profound Mystery, he couldn't guarantee that he could hide it from Steller.
Fortunately, the Fengyun succeeded. The lightning-fast attack kept Steller highly focused, and he was only thinking about escaping, so he didn't release his soul power to investigate the situation.
In fact, this is the norm in battles within the Saint Realm. It's fine to use one's Spiritual Power to probe the situation under normal circumstances. However, it's truly dangerous for two Saint Realm experts to be fighting without focusing their attention and instead releasing their soul power into the outside world.
Not only does it consume Spiritual Power, but if the enemy has a way to attack Spiritual Power, then it's just suicide.
In addition, if Fengyun, who is not yet at the Saint Realm, wants to unleash a Saint Realm -level attack, he must actively consume a large amount of battle qi to attract the elements of heaven and earth from the outside world.
In just a short while, he had consumed nearly 70% of his Radiant Battle Qi and 30% of his Shadow Battle Qi.
If Steller had held on a little longer and hadn't run away immediately, and had exchanged a few more blows with him, he would have been in danger.
Although Steller had already fled, the crisis was not over yet.
"Run! Don't worry about Clyde anymore. There will be plenty of opportunities to kill him later."
"And remember to scatter and run. Even if you get caught, don't reveal that you have any connection with me. I'll find a chance to save you later!" After conveying his voice to Lin Lei and Beibei by infusing it with his fighting spirit, Fengyun immediately disappeared and quickly left Lin Lei's mansion.
He really didn't expect that Steller would come to visit Lin Lei with Clyde. Steller's appearance completely disrupted Fengyun's overall plan.
If the sneak attack had actually killed Steller, that would have been fine. But since Steller is still alive, the enemy will probably soon realize the various inconsistencies in the battle.
In particular, the fact that Fengyun severely injured Steller but failed to pursue and expand the victory because he couldn't fly would definitely make Steller realize the abnormality of this attack in the shortest possible time.
When Steller returns, he'll be finished.
After all, he is not currently in the Saint Realm, and there is a fundamental difference in strength compared to a true Saint Realm.
In fact, right now, let alone fighting, if he doesn't run fast enough and can't escape the opponent's Spiritual Power detection range before Steller can react, then he can't be said to be safe.
Then, Fengyun sensed a massive burst of icy energy erupting in the sky not far away, which then vanished instantly.
Fengyun immediately realized that Steller had probably already noticed something was wrong, but being injured, he was cautious and did not return to investigate. He made an even more cautious choice—to call for reinforcements!
Inside an ordinary house, Steller, holding a longsword, stood beside several corpses, cautiously scanning his surroundings while clutching his pierced kidney and muttering, "There's definitely something wrong. I unleashed such a clear fluctuation of battle aura, even if it was just for a moment, that Dark Saint couldn't possibly have missed me."
"But they didn't dare to continue attacking me, and they didn't take advantage of my serious injury to pursue me and expand their gains."
"Hmm~, there must be something fishy going on here!"
Killing intent and caution flashed repeatedly in Steller's eyes. Finally, he snorted angrily and said, "No matter what your schemes are, this is, after all, the headquarters of our Light Church."
"You mere Dark Saint dare to show your face here? You're dead!"
A moment later, the alerted Pope Hains arrived at Steller's side with several Angel. Upon seeing the injury on Steller's waist, Heidens immediately cast a Healing Spell on it.
As his back injury healed, Steller quickly reported what had just happened to Heidens.
"Your Majesty, based on what that Dark Saint said when he attacked me, he must have been hiding by my side all along, looking for an opportunity to assassinate me."
"But after he stabbed me, he didn't continue to pursue me, which is really strange."
"I suspect that the Dark Saint is deliberately trying to mislead people. I suspect..."
"He's the Dark Saint who killed Marina before!"
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