"Weight detection..."
The Silver-Grade Assassin's expression shifted slightly. He finally understood why his entrance had been detected.
It had indeed been an oversight on his part. Although his assassination attempts over the past several days had failed to threaten Li Chen, Li Chen had likewise been unable to detect or track him.
That had given him the mistaken impression that unless Li Chen obtained something like the Truth-Piercing Eye, there was no way Li Chen could do anything to him.
In reality, the Truth-Piercing Eye was not unique in its capabilities, nor was his Stealth Divine Ability so miraculous that nothing else could break it. Li Chen had plenty of ways to deal with him.
"So that's it. You deliberately released false information to lure me into striking again?"
As the Silver-Grade Assassin spoke, his figure flickered, but since he had not attacked, he remained in a ghostlike, translucent state.
"False information? You mean purchasing armaments and Mechanisms?" Li Chen scoffed. "You're overthinking it. That was real. I merely made a few extra preparations."
The Silver-Grade Assassin had no answer to that.
This really was the style of a filthy-rich Peak Master, a moneybags with more wealth than sense.
But when he looked again at Li Chen's head, discarded on the ground, the Silver-Grade Assassin suddenly understood something else.
"This is a substitute? You actually made it this lifelike!"
"That's right," Li Chen said. "You couldn't kill me from the very beginning!"
The Silver-Grade Assassin fell silent.
He knew Li Chen was telling the truth. Puppet Master Artisans had already begun delving into all manner of mysterious arts.
Undying bodies, methods of soul possession, substitute puppets, artificial life...
All these Dao Fruits, which required practitioners of other Dao Paths to reach high levels before mastering them, already saw use among