Time rewound to a few seconds earlier, to the moment Fan Xuehui died.
On Blood Cliff Star, far away, inside a colossal crimson palace.
The Star Lord, seated at the highest position, suddenly frowned and looked through the palace toward the outside.
In another direction, a smaller palace where the Star Lord resided suddenly collapsed.
The Star Lord flashed forward and instantly arrived outside that palace.
The once-intact palace had now become ruins.
Not only that, all the ruins rapidly turned to dust and scattered in the chaotic wind.
"Not good."
"Fan Xuehui is dead."
His eyes filled with terror as the Star Lord turned to look in a certain direction, where the Divine Abyss Sacred Land was located.
"Who killed Fan Xuehui?!"
His mind was in utter turmoil. Had Fan Xuehui failed?
With Fan Xuehui's abilities, as long as he concealed himself properly, Su Yuan would have had no chance of escaping the small world the moment he appeared.
Unless...
Someone had noticed Fan Xuehui the instant he revealed himself, and had been extremely close to him. Only then could they have possibly killed him.
The reason Fan Xuehui had never failed despite accepting so many missions was his bizarre Concealment ability.
With that ability, even some people ranked in the teens on the World Ranking, or even several near the bottom of the top ten, would fail to notice him.
Discovering Fan Xuehui did not mean one could kill him. If he was discovered, he could flee.
Fan Xuehui's Concealment ability was not his only strength; his speed was equally terrifying.
If so, why had Fan Xuehui been killed?
Inside the palace before the Star Lord was an object linked to Fan Xuehui's life.
Once Fan Xuehui died, that object would shatter. The resulting tremor was enough to