"Drip, drip."
Beads of blood gushed along the blood groove, rolled off the blade tip, and fell toward the Azure Forest.
The hand reaching for Universe Master Yin Yunzhi drew back halfway. Heart-Devouring Fiend gripped the dagger in his chest tightly; it was slick and impossible to grasp. His pupils dilated until they filled his eyes, brimming with terror.
Ren Ye flew into a rage, and Gui Lingfeng roared:
"E Qi Rui! What are you doing? Are you trying to betray the Southern Border?"
Everyone froze where they stood in shock.
There was no answer, no outcome.
The long wind howled, and a cloud of blood burst apart.
His wrist twisted and his forearm exerted force, veins coiling like snakes. In one vigorous motion, E Qi Rui brought his blade down, cutting along the gap between the ribs and severing half of Heart-Devouring Fiend's body!
Many things in this world never had a proper full stop to begin with...
Nor was there any need for an explanation.
The blade tip streaked with silver light in a forceful response.
Blood poured down in sheets.
Caught in a secret ambush, Heart-Devouring Fiend had been taken utterly unprepared. Gang Wind completely shredded his heart and ripped it out. Great amounts of Poisonous Gu spilled from the blade, clinging to his blood vessels and spreading as they grew, turning his entire face dark purple in an instant as he wheezed harshly.
Yin Yunzhi panicked. With someone helping hold them back, he might still have had a chance to return to the crowd. But with an enemy infiltrator at his side, escape had become impossible!
A Universe Master held immense strategic value. As a True Image, Yin Yunzhi was also a rare expert. Yet compared to the Twenty-Four Fiends, who likewise bore top-tier titles, he