The moment those words left his mouth, an overwhelming killing aura swept across the area.
Everything visible around them crumbled to dust within it.
Even Yu Caiyi, who came from a top-tier power, felt a chill run down her spine.
"It seems Qin An truly is important to you. You want him dead so badly, but I hear killing him is no easy task."
The young man sneered. "What's so difficult about it?"
"He's hard to kill," Yu Caiyi said. "I've looked into him. On his way here from Ding County, he faced countless dangers and narrowly escaped death time and again, only to turn disaster into safety in the end."
"That's because he never met us," the young man said slowly. "If he had, we would have wiped him out with the force of a thunderbolt. This time, besides triggering the secret within the Golden Throne Hall, you must kill Qin An at any cost."
Yu Caiyi nodded. "All right, I understand. I'll do it, but I can't promise it'll succeed."
She had left herself room to maneuver. Working with the traitors was her choice, but it was not her only choice.
More importantly, she was not used to being ordered around like this.
She was, after all, an overlord of the seas. Even the Dragon Palace had to show her a measure of respect.
Though she had agreed to join the traitors, she still had her pride.
The young man sensed the impatience in Yu Caiyi's voice.
He said nothing more.
He knew that every power chosen by the traitors' lord carried some of its former pride, just as he once had.
But time would wear that pride away until nothing remained.
Yu Caiyi said no more and turned to leave.
After watching her go, the young man