At those words, Lin Ke's heart tightened.
He hurled himself to the right, landing face-first in the dirt as he dodged the fatal blow.
At that same instant, Ning Caichen and Little Wa over there reacted too.
"A Third Realm assassin! A Confucian Path assassin!"
"Waaah! Don't hit my boy!"
Little Wa and Ning Caichen reacted differently.
Ning Caichen's expression changed. He flung both hands forward, and his arms suddenly lengthened and thickened into two enormous green pythons that lunged to bite the assassin.
Little Wa jumped down from the branch and stamped her chubby little foot. Leaves immediately came rustling down from the plum tree behind her, then shot toward the assassin like darts.
Lin Ke swiftly crawled forward on all fours, the power of reform coursing through his entire body in an instant.
At the same time, a hundred thoughts raced through his mind.
An assassin!
This assassin hadn't attacked him when he entered, but had waited until he closed the door.
And Li Chungang, Butcher Zhang, and the others hadn't come to help...
Lin Ke's heart tightened.
A spatial treasure!
Just like the spatial treasure Wang Lin had once used, it could block outside detection.
Clang!!!
A clear ring of steel sounded.
Over there, the giant snakes formed from Ning Caichen's arms were severed with a single slash, and Little Wa's razor-sharp flying leaves were sliced apart one by one.
What a fast blade!
Taking advantage of the opening, Lin Ke quickly rose and drew the Bamboo Staff from his waist.
Fortunately, he had never placed too much blind faith in Li Chungang and the others' protection.
He had always felt that even in his previous life's world, where supernatural powers didn't exist, people could kill without leaving a trace.
In this world of extraordinary powers, killing