Gu Jiahui and the others' nighttime assassinations had not gone very smoothly. The instigators had taken all kinds of measures to protect themselves.
There had been no evidence that the retaliation might extend to the instigators themselves. As Lin Beauty put it, "According to international convention, the principle being followed is Reciprocal Retaliation."
That was precisely why, when Zhang Caixin had killed people in the Leo Kingdom last time, Lin Beauty's colleagues had quietly complained, "Wasn't that too impulsive?"
But this time, perhaps the instigators had also realized that the retaliation they faced might come from Luo Hua of Xia Nation.
Those people would not bother talking to you about international conventions.
When their own lives were at stake, no degree of caution was excessive. Some hid in heavily guarded offices, some hired bodyguards, and others flew abroad...
These changes made their retaliation less successful, because none among the three women and one soul possessed particularly strong Divination abilities.
Still, even so, they had added seven or eight lives to their tally.
Ma Sanniang had been injured because someone had actually hired knights—and more than one at that. That person believed she was about to face "an attack from demons."
The apostate Keane showed that guardian knights possessed at least some mysterious abilities. Thus, when Ma Sanniang and the others swept the area with their Divine Sense, the knights detected something unusual.
What was especially rare was that, because their employer had paid a hefty sum, the knights had also brought sacred artifacts and Holy Water. Though neither was especially powerful, the ambush still caught them off guard.
Gu Jiahui, Yu Qingzhu, and Li Shishi had also come under attack. However, they had physical bodies and cultivation, making it easier for them to protect their Divine Souls. They had only