The Shadow Beast was stunned. "Impossible. You?"
Lu Yin frowned. "Only five hundred thousand combat power. You just broke through to Star Envoy Level, didn't you? You're asking for death." As he spoke, he made no visible move, yet an invisible palm strike twisted the Shadow Beast, scattering its shadow. Suddenly, a warning flashed through Lu Yin's mind. He instinctively tried to move, but somehow the Shadow Beast's scattered shadows had pinned him in place, leaving him unable to budge as the star energy within him rapidly drained away.
"Alliance Leader Lu, Commander asked me to pass on a message: you can't afford to play this game." As soon as he finished speaking, a shadow descended above Lu Yin, stabbing straight toward his forehead.
This shadow was the Shadow Beast's true body. It was a shadow that could disperse and reassemble, and its true strength exceeded eight hundred thousand combat power. Its scattered shadows were far weaker, but they still possessed more than five hundred thousand combat power. No one else could tell the difference.
That was why Xu Qing had sent the Shadow Beast to assassinate Lu Yin. Having a powerful creature with more than eight hundred thousand combat power launch a sneak attack on Lu Yin was a clear sign that Xu Qing took him seriously. The Shadow Beast was not as powerful as the Mantis Giant Beast, but its assassination abilities were even more formidable. Its methods were simply too bizarre.
Just as the shadow was about to pierce Lu Yin's forehead, a sword blade emerged from the void and stopped it three inches above his head. The blade shuddered, twisting the shadow until it could no longer control itself.
The Shadow Beast was horrified. "An Absolute Expert?" Without a second thought, it immediately fled.
But since