Only three seconds passed between the appearance of the three Soul Sword Qi slashes and the deaths of the older man's three henchmen.
Three seconds—for a man who was small and quick, that was enough to fire one shot and finish.
Perhaps the older man's three henchmen had never imagined that the hidden expert possessed such terrifying strength.
The old nun and Xu Youyue, whose lives had been hanging by a thread, stared at the three men lying in pools of blood, utterly stunned.
The older man's three henchmen might not have been experts, but they were at least peak human tier martial artists. Yet they had been silently killed in the blink of an eye.
So powerful!
Powerful enough to leave them struggling to breathe!
The older man was the most terrified of all. When those three Soul Sword Qi slashes swept across his henchmen's throats, he could clearly sense the breath of death brushing past him.
This time, he was certain that the old nun had not unleashed those attacks. The hidden expert had.
Damn it, someone had to butt in. I'll have to retreat for now. Cursing inwardly, the older man cast a lustful glance at Xu Youyue, then shot backward, attempting to flee.
Whoosh!
Just then, another Soul Sword Qi slash tore through the air and surged toward him.
The terrifying aura rushing at him made his expression change drastically. A sense of extreme danger spread throughout his body, instinctively driving him to gather spiritual power in the air and form a black shield in front of him.
Swish!
Squelch!
The whistle of displaced air rang out alongside the sound of penetration as the Soul Sword Qi passed straight through the black shield and pierced the older man's heart.
"Wh... why..." His eyes widened, and blood