Moreover, the Annihilation Powder seemed to have grown eyes, hurtling straight for her heart and mind. Those were the most vital places—if the Annihilation Powder invaded them, her life would end there.
"Don't even think about running."
At that moment, a cold snort sounded beside Ye Lingxi's ear. The next instant, her entire body was sent flying backward, arcing through the air like a kite with its string cut before crashing heavily onto the road.
Countless gazes around them converged on Ye Lingxi. But after looking at the five black-clad figures racing over from afar, those gazes quickly vanished again.
They were Earth Immortal experts. No one dared interfere.
"Insolence! You dare assassinate someone of the Great Xia Dynasty within the Great Xia Dynasty's territory? You truly do not take the Great Xia Dynasty seriously."
Suddenly, a furious roar rang out, followed by an overwhelmingly powerful aura closing in.
"Roar..."
A Dragon's roar resounded throughout the Great Xia Imperial Capital, and a blinding golden light illuminated the entire sky.
Xia Hongwei stood in the air with his hands behind his back. A phantom golden dragon coiled around him as he glared furiously at the five black-clad assassins surrounding Ye Lingxi below.
"This is bad. Move!"
Five daggers gleaming with violet-red cold light shot toward Ye Lingxi. They were coated in Annihilation Powder; so long as Ye Lingxi was struck, death would be certain.
The thought was beautiful, but reality was incomparably cruel. An attack came from the side and blasted all five daggers directly into powder.
"You really are impossible to get rid of."
Ye Lin emerged from the darkness at the side, his face grim.
"Leader, what do we do?"
Looking at Ye Lin, then at Xia Hongwei steadily closing in from the sky and the dozens of immensely