The Pale-Faced Man, Hua Yinke, was an Incense Master of the Joyous Union Sect. At the Golden Core Peak Stage, he had already glimpsed the threshold of Feather Transformation. He had committed countless evils throughout his life; the men and women he had drained of yin to replenish yang, tortured, and killed were too numerous to count. He had long been listed among those the Dao Court laws decreed must be slain.
From the moment he entered the Joyous Union Demonic Path until now, the manhunts, pursuits, and assassination attempts from the Dao Court had likewise been countless.
Yet this was the first time he had suffered such a covert "assassination."
Hua Yinke's cultivation was formidable. The instant the map was unrolled and the dagger revealed, he reacted swiftly.
He could sense an unusual thread of killing intent at his back. It was extremely concealed and not particularly intense, yet that was precisely what chilled Hua Yinke to the bone.
For the sword that truly killed was usually not ostentatious.
The Karma that would truly kill you was often the very thing you most easily overlooked.
What was more, anyone capable of silently infiltrating behind him and using a Dao Method to assassinate him had to possess immensely powerful cultivation.
"Can't dodge it?!"
Hua Yinke's heart turned cold. At the critical moment, he withdrew the spell he had aimed at Gu Changhuai, reversed his meridians anew, and activated the Yin-Yang Joyous Union Body.
His entire body seemed to split in two, becoming a male-female hybrid.
The burly man stood behind, the beautiful woman in front.
Almost the instant he activated the Yin-Yang Joyous Union Body, the tip of a dark-blue, water-element sword steeped in sinister poison pierced into his back.
This sword was fast, precise, steady—concealed without striking, yet fatal