"Golden Axe? How could it be you? A mighty Universe Overlord deigning to protect a little kid? Your Human Race sure is extravagant."
The Monster Race's Venerable Toad crouched in the void, eyeing Venerable Golden Axe warily as he silently sized up both sides.
Their assassination squad consisted of three elementary Space Venerables from the Monster Race, plus two intermediate Space Venerables from the Zerg and Machine Race. They'd assumed the Human Race would protect this genius with, at most, an Immortal. They hadn't expected Golden Axe to be the one lying in wait—a mighty Universe Overlord secretly escorting her from inside his Palace Supreme Treasure. It seemed the assassination of Kedi years ago had left the Human Race on high alert.
A Universe Overlord and a Universe Venerable were on entirely different levels. Even with their numerical advantage, they couldn't do anything to him. The assassination was already a lost cause.
The Monster Race's three Venerables exchanged glances. The compound eyes of a fly-like Venerable glimmered with an eerie red light as he conferred with his two old companions about how to escape.
Venerable Golden Axe took the golden battle axe from his back and gripped it tightly in his two right arms. He had no intention of engaging in a pre-battle debate with the enemy. The secret runes on the axe lit up, and he swung it at all five, its blade carrying peerless force and sharpness.
The five were horrified and hurriedly unleashed their own abilities to dodge and defend. One swing from Golden Axe cost them 7% of their divine bodies.
The Monster Race's three Venerables had already agreed on a plan with Hao Shen of the Machine Race and the Zerg Mother Empress, Yu Lian. "You two, one of you has astonishing destructive power, and