When Zuo Xiong saw the Imperial Preceptor seize Xue Ji, he immediately realized he had fallen into a trap. Panic-stricken, he was about to rush forward when a squad of monk soldiers charged over, drawing their blades and swords. Zuo Xiong clashed with them.
"Ahhh~!"
Several screams came from behind him. Zuo Xiong turned and saw that more than a dozen of his Imperial Guard subordinates, along with Lord Liu from the Ministry of Punishment, had all fallen in pools of blood.
Fury rose within Zuo Xiong. He slashed fiercely at a monk soldier. The soldier failed to dodge in time and was struck across the chest. He cried out and fell to the ground.
What surprised Zuo Xiong was that the monk soldier vanished the instant he hit the ground, as though he had dissolved directly into the air.
While he was still startled, the other monk soldiers flashed away and all disappeared.
Zuo Xiong warily looked around.
A warrior's instincts told him that killing intent surrounded him. Those fellows had definitely used some method to hide themselves.
Whoosh~!
He sensed a burst of killing intent rushing toward him and hurriedly raised his blade to block it. With a clang, sparks flashed through the air, and the killing intent vanished.
The enemy was hidden while he was exposed. This was far too passive!
Zuo Xiong suddenly remembered the Heavenly Eye that the City God had taught him that day. The City God had said the Heavenly Eye could reveal hidden enemies. Wasn't this exactly the situation? He immediately began reciting the incantation silently.
Though he had only just begun cultivating, he possessed enough spiritual power to open the Heavenly Eye.
Once the Heavenly Eye opened, the monk soldiers had nowhere left to hide.
A monk soldier silently approached him.