The Seventh Hundred and Ninety-Fifth Chapter: Enlightenment

Shangguan Ru had fooled everyone. Even Little Xu Yi, rushing around nonstop, had no idea that his only purpose was to draw the enemy's attention.

Only Hong Fu was there to look after the Dragon King. Disguised as an ordinary saber fighter, she took advantage of a shift change at the checkpoint and openly walked out of the compound with Gu Shenwei, joining a convoy of supply wagons as it passed through the gate.

Gu Shenwei had yet to recover from his Qi Deviation. In truth, he could barely muster a shred of strength. But he agreed with Shangguan Ru: Tongtian Pass was too dangerous. If the Unrivaled King refused to give up this chance to eliminate the Dragon King, no one could stop him.

Until then, the Dragon King had been merely an assassin who'd fled the Golden Peng Fortress. He had been very lucky: he'd escaped the highest level of pursuit because he'd fled just as the Unrivaled King was transforming the Golden Peng Fortress from an organization of assassins into an army. By the time he had tens of thousands of soldiers and could build an impenetrable network of defenses, assassination was no longer an effective weapon.

But the night before, he had walked straight into the Unrivaled King's hands. The Unrivaled King had no reason not to seize the opportunity.

Gu Shenwei had exchanged three palm strikes with the Unrivaled King, without even having time to draw his saber, then immediately fled. He still had an assassin's habits; when it came to choosing between flight and a fight to the death, he usually chose flight.

One man probing the enemy, another lying in wait along the escape route—that was one of the Golden Peng Assassins' most common tactics. The Unrivaled King hadn't given chase, and probably