Three days earlier, at the Iron Blood Sect's compound in Heaven Dou City.
The night was dark and windy, with clouds obscuring the moon.
This grand estate, once belonging to the Tang Sect, now bore a massive plaque reading "Iron Blood Sect."
Two outer disciples assigned to night watch leaned against the stone lions, yawning in boredom.
"Ugh, it's the middle of the night, and there isn't even a ghost in sight..." Before one disciple could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chill at his neck.
At some point, a shadowy figure nearly blended into the darkness had appeared behind him.
"When you crouch and take advantage of the blind spots in Mental Detection, your so-called defenses become unbelievably sluggish."
Huo Yuhao's calm voice rang in both guards' minds at once.
Before they could sound the alarm, Huo Yuhao gripped his daggers in reverse and sliced into their nerves.
Though no damage numbers appeared in reality, this one-hit-kill assassination technique made the two guards collapse limply to the ground without making a sound.
"The outer sentries have been cleared!"
Huo Yuhao reported through their mental link.
"Nicely done, Junior Brother Yuhao! Next, it's time to give the Iron Blood Sect a wake-up call!" He Caitou stepped out from the shadows.
A cigar hung from his mouth, while he carried an enormous soul cannon on his shoulder, its savage design covered in cooling pipes and rotating wheels.
"Ever since I played Resident Evil, I've felt that rocket launchers are a man's true romance! Those old fixed-installation soul cannons barely have any firepower!" He Caitou crazily poured Soul Power into this heavily modified soul cannon.
"Try the biohazard battlefield-clearing build I tested hundreds of times at the internet cafe!"
Boom—!!!
With a terrifying blast that shattered the nighttime silence across half of