At the same time Murong Hui was struck by inspiration, an assassin on a stone pillar 1,300 paces from Skeleton Scroll Plaza also released the "bowstring."
The assassin wore a gray-black tricorn hat and had pulled his scarf up to cover his nose. He was dressed in a filthy long coat, revealing only a pair of deeply sunken eyes and a hint of white hair. Leaning backward, he gripped an Ebony Spear in his right hand. This was a material produced only in the Fourth Turn Secret Realm; even weapons made of refined steel could not leave a mark on it.
As his heart pounded like a war drum, every muscle from his feet to his waist, shoulders, and arms—the entire chain of transmission—twisted like steel bars pushed to their limit, spurting blood like iron. The bones in his right arm broke inch by inch.
Yan Qing had guessed correctly. Using a Third Turn cultivation base to unleash a Foundation Establishment-level attack came at an extremely heavy price: the body, vital blood, and lifespan!
Using life as the arrowhead, the body as the bow, bones as the bowstring, and vital blood to draw the bow—only then could one fire an Ultimate Dao Arrow!
The so-called Ultimate Dao was the assassin's Third Turn legendary class, the Ultimate Dao Herald. It was an extremely secretive class advancement path that ordinary heralds could never touch. Only the East Sea Imperial Flow Court could cultivate it. Of the hundred heralds who embarked on the Dao Path, perhaps only ten could successfully advance into the Ultimate Dao, and at most one could earn the Imperial Stream Court's favor, receive a Foundation Establishment Pill, and continue exploring the possibilities of the Ultimate Dao Path.
Thus, the assassin was lucky. He had at least successfully advanced into