"My lord, I came too late..."
Yun Huan dipped into a slight bow, her beautiful face full of apology.
"No, you weren't late at all."
"Even if you hadn't come, it wouldn't have mattered. That old man couldn't have done anything to me."
Li Yun looked calm and confident.
He wasn't bragging.
The Fire Devil Lord was a Spirit Transformation Realm expert, a full major realm above him. But Li Yun was no pushover. His King-Grade True Qi held the subtle transformations of yin-yang and the five elements, putting him far beyond any ordinary Xiantian Martial Artist.
He hadn't truly unleashed his strength yet.
If he had fought the Fire Devil Lord with everything he had, who would have killed whom was still anyone's guess.
Of course, the Fire Devil Lord was already dead, so there was no point discussing it.
Li Yun turned and walked straight toward the Zhang Family Head.
By then, the Zhang Family Head's face had turned deathly gray.
He had paid an enormous price to bring in the Fire Devil Lord, the greatest support for the revenge ambush he had arranged tonight. Now that the Fire Devil Lord was dead beyond any doubt, his plan for revenge had utterly failed.
Not only had his revenge failed, but he would now face an even fiercer blow from his enemy.
He knew without thinking that Li Yun would never let him go after tonight's ambush. Even the Zhang Family he had worked so hard to build would be destroyed.
As Li Yun approached with a cold expression, despair filled the Zhang Family Head. He stumbled a few steps, then collapsed helplessly to the ground.
Li Yun glanced at him and casually slashed out. The two remaining Silver-Ranked Assassins of the Wind and Rain Forest had no time