That shadow was Wang Yue!
In Yin Kuang's plan, Wang Yue would lead a group of highly skilled "cannon fodder" into Dong Zhuo's residence, striking at its defenses with particular emphasis on assassinating military and political officials. Wang Yue's primary target was Li Ru, his secondary target Niu Fu, and only then Dong Zhuo. Meanwhile, Yin Kuang, Wang Ning, and Kang Wang were to focus on tying Dong Zhuo down, preventing him from joining up with the military officers and guards in the front hall. Since Wang Yue had arrived, it proved that Li Ru and Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo's two most important right-hand men, had already been eliminated.
At this moment, Wang Yue was truly a figure comparable to Jing Ke of the Warring States period. His previous assassination attempt on Dong Zhuo during the journey to Chang'an had been more of an act of venting. This time was a true assassination—silent and stealthy, baring its life-taking fangs without a sound.
Dong Zhuo was venting his boundless fury and destructive power upon Yin Kuang and the other two, but years of battlefield campaigns had also given him extraordinarily sharp senses—after all, unlike the last time he had been assassinated, Dong Zhuo was not really fooling around with women this time. He was fighting. The instant Dong Zhuo sensed something unusual behind him, he lunged fiercely to the left while the two chains whistled like thunder as they swept backward.
Pfft!
A sword struck Dong Zhuo's shoulder. The razor-sharp Hanguang Broken Sword was nothing like Yin Kuang's weapons, and Wang Yue's unfathomable skill was likewise far beyond their reach. The blade sliced down as if through tofu, severing Dong Zhuo's entire right arm at the shoulder. The swollen arm flew high into the air.
"Ahhh!" The agony of his severed