"Everyone, move quickly. While this thing remains active, it consumes the energy on it. Once the energy is depleted, it'll lose its effect."
After entering the Imperial Fist Temple, Guanxing noticed that a considerable amount of the Honkai energy in the talismans had already been used up. They would probably lose their effect completely in less than two hours.
She had not brought many talismans like these.
"Understood!"
Hearing this, none of them dared waste any more time. They immediately dashed forward. When they reached a fork in the corridor, they exchanged glances and split up, each choosing a different direction.
Inside the Imperial Fist Temple, guards stood watch at regular intervals along every corridor. They appeared stern and alert; the defenses could be described as exceptionally tight.
Slash!
At that moment... an Imperial Fist Temple member standing guard was absentmindedly lost in thought. Normally, no one would dare break into the Imperial Fist Temple to seek death. Besides... even if someone did, they would have to get past the main gate first.
The people at the entrance would immediately raise the alarm if they discovered an intruder.
Yet that very assumption meant that, before he knew it... before he sensed anything, a line of blood suddenly appeared across his neck. The next moment, he collapsed with a thud. Blood sprayed across the floor from the wound, and even as he died, he never knew what had happened.
The first one!
After killing the guard, Leone did not stop moving, though she began counting inwardly.
Normally reliant on her fists and feet, she had also drawn a sharp dagger. Fighting barehanded made too much noise, while slitting someone's throat with a dagger was far more discreet. Though she was not especially skilled with a dagger, cutting throats for assassination was