"Hm?"
Xuantian's heart skipped a beat as a warning flashed through his mind.
A pitch-black dagger dripped with God Blood as it silently stabbed out from the Void, slashing at Xuantian's neck to take his head.
"Another fool who overestimates himself."
The hidden assassin let out a sinister chuckle, as though he could already see himself gaining more trophies.
Over the past few days, he had relied on this method to kill countless cultivators who had rushed eagerly into the Ancient Medicine Garden and let down their guard, reaping considerable rewards.
Clang!
The resounding clash of metal rang out into the distance.
The Heavenly Kingdom assassin's eyes bulged, disbelief filling his gaze.
A crystalline white finger casually extended, runes gleaming as it tapped the tip of the blood-dripping dagger, preventing it from advancing even an inch.
"Impossible! My divine sword was forged from peerless divine materials. It can cut through even a Heavenly God's body! How can you block it with your flesh?"
The sight before him was far too unbelievable. The Heavenly Kingdom assassin's expression changed drastically.
Beneath his panicked exterior, ferocity surged within him, and his killing intent intensified severalfold.
A transparent little sword that had long been lying in wait silently stabbed toward Xuantian's heart from behind, without the slightest ripple.
"You're wasting my time."
Xuantian frowned slightly and snorted coldly. An incomparably powerful attraction suddenly erupted from his fingertips. Wind and clouds shifted as endless spiritual energy gathered, causing the transparent little sword to tremble and its trajectory to become unstable.
"Y-you-you!"
The Heavenly Kingdom assassin's face turned deathly pale. He felt the divine power within him being continuously drawn out, his robust divine body gradually withering, and his formidable vitality weakening at a visible rate.
"Xuan..."
He saw the face obscured by purple light. This