From the moment Mo Shiyi sent the signal to when the Linked Jade shattered, it had taken scarcely the time of a blink.
In that fleeting instant, Mo Shiyi had actually died?
Mo Shiyi had broken through to the Second Stage Joint Aperture Realm many years ago and had always cultivated diligently. Clearly, he had hoped to advance further, reach the Mid Joint Aperture Realm, and lead the Piaoyun Sect to greater heights.
Aside from his cultivation, Mo Shiyi possessed the Mysterious Origin Pearl, a rare treasure capable of both attack and defense. Even another Second Stage Joint Aperture Realm cultivator would need a certain amount of time to break through the Mysterious Origin Pearl's defenses.
Moreover, Mo Shiyi was not a block of wood, standing there and waiting to be struck. Before an attack even reached the Mysterious Origin Pearl, it might already have been intercepted by Mo Shiyi.
Under such circumstances, it was not that no one at the Early Joint Aperture Realm could kill Mo Shiyi. But even if they could kill him, it would surely take quite a long time.
More importantly, had that Sangying Sect assassin not been with Mo Shiyi?
Even if the two of them had been besieged by five or six Early Joint Aperture Realm cultivators, they should have been able to hold on for a while, at least until Hu Yanwu and the others arrived. That would have been reasonable.
Unless the one who had killed Mo Shiyi had not been at the Early Joint Aperture Realm, but rather a Mid Joint Aperture Realm powerhouse who had become involved in this matter.
But Mo Shiyi had never offended any Mid Joint Aperture Realm powerhouse. Otherwise, he would not have had the energy to target Chen Fei. So could this Mid Joint