His chest was a mangled mess of flesh and blood, exposing shattered bones and a heart that was about to stop beating.
"Y-you..."
The short man could not get another word out before he completely lost his life.
With a summon of his right hand, Tie Li called the Forging Hammer back into his grasp.
The two Soul Grand Masters from the hunting party who had dodged the arrows heard the commotion and were about to support their boss when they witnessed his gruesome death.
"Not good, run!"
Realizing something was wrong, the two turned and fled into the distance.
For strength-type Soul Masters, speed was a weakness. However, with their powerful strength and physiques, their short bursts of acceleration were no worse than those of agility-attack-type Soul Masters.
They bent their knees to gather strength, then with a bang, left two small craters in the ground.
With their strong bodies as support and their strength as propulsion, the speed they burst forth with was no weaker than that of agility-attack-type Soul Masters.
As the two listened to the explosive sounds behind them, they seemed like death knells ringing beside their ears.
One of them was about to turn and look at his companion when he saw a massive hammer crackling with lightning smash toward his companion's head.
Bang!
Like the sound of a watermelon bursting, all he felt was white-and-red liquid streaked with electric arcs splashing across his face.
"Wait! The young master told us to do this!"
"Impossible! It absolutely couldn't have been the young master."
At that moment, Steward Liu arrived with the noble young lady. Hearing those words, his face filled with shock.
He understood the eldest young master's character well. The young master was filial to his father and doted on his younger siblings. How