"Impudent!" Lin Qi had just reached the boathouse door with Elysian Heaven in his arms when an elderly eunuch viciously stabbed a sword at his left waist from behind. Unlike the elderly eunuch Lin Qi had casually slapped to death earlier, the moment this one struck, a mass of cold, inky-black energy, thick and sticky as glue, enveloped his body like an eggshell.
The soft sword was three feet long, as broad as a chive leaf, thin and light beyond measure. It silently tore through the air and reached Lin Qi's back in the blink of an eye.
It was as if Lin Qi had not noticed the elderly eunuch's sneak attack at all. Even though the eunuch had revealed demigod-level strength, Lin Qi still paid his attack no heed. The soft sword silently sliced through his clothes and viciously stabbed into his waist.
With a muffled hum, the soft sword shuddered violently like a startled spirit snake. Amid a series of cracks, the blade shattered inch by inch. The elderly eunuch felt as though his wrist had been struck by Thunder, waves of searing pain crashing over him. He instinctively released the hilt, but an irresistible colossal force had already surged through the blade and into his body. His entire arm suddenly exploded.
Blood mist scattered everywhere as the elderly eunuch staggered backward with a miserable shriek. His body exploded inch by inch; with every step back, he left a large pool of blood on the ground. Before Huangpu Feihong's horrified eyes, the eunuch had retreated fewer than ten steps before exploding into a mass of blood and pulp that sprawled grotesquely across the floor.
"Eastern Harmony King Lin Qi!" Huangpu Feihong shot to his feet and pointed at Lin Qi, roaring, "You have some nerve! You even dare