Death of a Grandmaster on the Awakening of Insects Ranking, Death of a Five Absolute

Outside the tavern, bowstrings twanged without cease.

Owl Moon quietly sensed the heavy-armored soldiers surrounding the tavern. There were at least six hundred of them.

On open ground, with another two thousand troops and a Grandmaster commanding them, even he would have found them difficult to handle.

If Empress Wu Ying, one of the Five Absolutes, led an army into battle, she truly would be "invincible in the mortal world."

But these mere six hundred soldiers, given the confines of the tavern, posed little threat to him.

He could kill them with a wave of his hand!

At that thought, something stirred in Owl Moon's mind. Why had the Prince of Yan, who commanded an army of a million, abandoned the safety of its escort and chosen to travel north alone? Amid ten thousand soldiers, Owl Moon and the others would have had no chance at all.

Yet that very arrogance had led the prince into a place of certain death.

Owl Moon gently closed his folding fan and swept his gaze over the two experts ranked in the top ten of the Awakening of Insects Ranking, then the imposing Prince of Yan. Had Owl Moon come alone, this might have taken some effort.

But with the Demon Master here, the two of them could kill everyone.

Just then!

An armored figure entered the tavern: a general with steady steps.

Su Lie, the Yuetang River's deputy general, strode into the tavern with seven or eight sturdy soldiers.

"Father, I'm here!"

One of the four hooded figures called out urgently, her voice edged with anxiety and hope. It was Su Ziyin. The sight of her father entering the tavern steadied her heart.

Su Lie scanned the crowd. Seeing his daughter unharmed, he could not help breathing a sigh of relief.

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