The instant Qiu Hai's body vanished, everyone seemed to have been struck by a paralysis spell.
Xuanyuan Hao's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints, his Adam's apple bobbing unconsciously twice.
Warm blood splashed across his luxurious brocade robe, its sticky, rusty scent vividly real.
Yet only one sentence thundered over and over in his mind: Impossible!
That was Qiu Hai of the Dome Universe Realm! His father, Xuanyuan Wudi, had personally selected him as his protector, one of the top five strongest experts in the Lineage.
Since childhood, Xuanyuan Hao had heard of his glorious feat of sweeping through the Black Wind Domain alone, sword in hand.
The reason he had dared to cross the stars with only two or three attendants instead of a grand escort was precisely because he had this powerful talisman protecting him.
But now, this expert he had always admired and relied upon had actually died at the hands of that "piece of trash," who was plainly dressed and whose cultivation was even lower than his own.
Staring at the place where the dragon and crocodile phantoms had vanished, he bit through his lips without noticing blood running down his neck and into his chest.
He abruptly clenched his fists, his nails digging deeply into his palms, but even the pain could not drive away his fear.
If father learned of this, would he skin him alive?
Green Pearl and Jade Moon clamped their hands over their mouths, barely stopping their screams from bursting out.
They exchanged a glance and saw terror and bewilderment in each other's eyes.
Green Pearl's fingertips trembled. She clearly remembered that half an hour ago, Qiu Hai had said disdainfully, "Against this kind of trash, one finger is enough."
At the time, she and Jade Moon had secretly rejoiced. With such