Defeated Kite Falls Moon, Secret Revealed: Yao Wuyi

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Ling Yuan's eyes flashed with the certainty of victory and the thrill of success!

However, the very next moment, that light vanished, replaced by boundless horror!

A sliver of True Essence within Zhao Cheng arrived in an instant, like a gale extinguishing a flickering candle!

Crack!

The dagger suddenly fractured, as if a palm from the void had gripped it, crushing it into powder in a heartbeat.

Zhao Cheng's sliver of True Essence obliterated the dagger and descended lightly, instantly pinning Ling Yuan to the ground.

"A talent?"

Zhao Cheng turned his head to look at Duan Yu.

Duan Yu swallowed hard, nodding in shock.

Zhao Cheng smiled, "Indeed, she can be considered a talent."

And a good actress, too.

"Why did you two come to assassinate me?"

Zhao Cheng asked Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan struggled to lift her head; it felt as if a mountain were constantly pressing down on her. She could only desperately churn her True Essence to resist, yet her delicate body was forced lower and lower.

Had she not been so supple, every bone in her body would have snapped by now.

"For... the bounty..."

"For money?" Zhao Cheng raised an eyebrow. Money over life?

"You two possess real skills; how could you be short on money?"

The strength of these two women was comparable to Yun Xi. While their cultivation base was slightly inferior to his, their combat experience and methods were far superior.

In Zhao Cheng's estimation, even if Yun Xi were to face these two, he would have no path to survival.

How could people like this be short on money?

Yet, when Zhao Cheng asked this, Ling Yuan remained silent, focusing all her efforts on resisting that sliver of True Essence.

Her silence mattered little; Zhao Cheng closed his eyes