What shocked the other Shadow Assassins even more than Princess Mingyue was what they had just seen.
Number Nine was the strongest among them, standing at the peak of the Divine Aperture Realm.
Although assassins erupted with their potential too early and overdraw their bodies, making them generally somewhat weaker than martial artists of the same realm, they had mastered all manner of bizarre assassination methods, impossible to guard against. Forget killing martial artists of the same realm—even taking the lives of stronger martial artists was easily accomplished.
Yet this insignificant Vice Chiliarch of the Brocade Guard had killed Number Nine, a peak Divine Aperture Realm Shadow Assassin, in a single slash.
The shock was simply too great for them.
It completely overturned everything they knew!
"Retreat!"
Rather than encircling him, the Shadow Assassins immediately chose to flee. Such was the world of assassins: if one strike missed, they fled a thousand miles away!
They had no joy, anger, sorrow, or delight, no brotherhood or loyalty. Even if their companions died before their eyes, they could leave without a ripple of emotion!
"Think you can get away?"
Chen Fan gripped the Embroidered Spring Blade and swung it three times in rapid succession, instantly killing another three Divine Aperture Realm assassins. Number Thirty-Eight, the one who had spewed foul words at Princess Mingyue, was among them!
The remaining five Shadow Assassins immediately slipped into phantom shadows. This was a secret art mastered by Shadow Assassins, impossible to guard against!
Splat!
Chen Fan slashed through the air, sending one Shadow Assassin flying backward!
"How is that possible?"
"You can actually see through our trickery?"
The Shadow Assassin cried out in horror.
Their assassination secret art did not mean merging their bodies into the shadows out of thin air. If they could accomplish