Moreover, the bing fire ancestral vein seemed to acknowledge him as a "fated one" who possessed the origins of the other four ancestral veins, and offered little resistance.
Just as the five-element halo was about to close completely and draw in the bing fire ancestral vein, something suddenly changed!
Rip!
A silver thread, impossibly fine yet sharp enough to seemingly slice through space itself, slipped without warning out of the void three feet behind Li Yunjing. Silent and utterly without fanfare, it stabbed straight at the vital point in the center of his back!
The timing was exquisite!
It was precisely the moment when Li Yunjing was devoting all his strength to collecting the ancestral vein, his concentration at its keenest!
And the attack was bizarre beyond measure, appearing seemingly out of nowhere without any warning-not even a trace of killing intent or a ripple in space had escaped beforehand!
The third mysterious expert, who had remained hidden all this time and was proficient in the Way of Space, had finally launched his long-planned killing strike at the most critical moment!
He had clearly seen through Li Yunjing's identity and purpose long ago, and understood even better how important the bing fire ancestral vein was to him. Thus, he chose the instant when Li Yunjing was on the verge of success and his vigilance relaxed ever so slightly to deliver this lethal strike!
He did not need to seriously injure Li Yunjing. Merely disrupting the collection and provoking the ancestral vein into a frenzy would let him reap the spoils while others fought, or even seize it amid the chaos!
I was watching out for you all along!
Li Yunjing sneered inwardly, apparently having anticipated this.
Though he seemed wholly absorbed in collecting the ancestral vein, part of his attention