Even his deliberate appearance just now had not been to show off, but to draw Ye Xiwen's attention. It had merely been bait. This alone showed how terrifying an Assassin King was.
To kill a target, they truly spared no means.
A sword-light flashed coldly. A figure tore through the void, fast—far too fast, so fast that no one could react. The figure had fused as one with the sword-light.
Fast, far too fast—so fast that no one could react at all.
The blade pointed straight at Ye Xiwen's head!
There was no way to evade it. Everything had happened so abruptly and swiftly; the speed was simply too great.
All laws and defenses shattered in an instant. Between heaven and earth, only the laws of the Path of Assassination remained. There was nowhere to run—this was a sure-kill strike.
No one could have imagined that an assassination would take place within the Blood Prison. This was practically Hidden Valley's headquarters. No one had expected these Assassin Kings to dare act so openly, so brazenly and tyrannically, appearing out of thin air without the slightest warning.
It was a world-shaking ambush. An Assassin King had personally moved against a Sage Realm cultivator; there should have been no possibility of failure. No one knew how he had appeared. It was a single fatal strike, fierce and ruthless. This was the way of assassins: one strike, one kill.
If struck by such a blow, one's Primordial Spirit would basically be annihilated. There was absolutely no chance of survival.
"Roar!"
With a thunderous roar, the Illusory Sky Divine Python charged out like a roaring dragon, shaking the vault of heaven violently as blood dragons danced through the air.
Though his strength was considerable, and he possessed the cultivation of the Peak Sage Realm,