Shen Prefecture.
Inside an unnamed hotel.
The Snake Group Leader and his men surrounded the hotel downstairs.
"The targets are upstairs. They didn't hide. After shaking you off, they checked straight into this hotel. Fifth floor."
A Snake Group Scout pointed at the fifth floor. "We don't know which room."
The sky gradually darkened.
Lights came on from the first through the fourth floors.
Only the fifth floor remained pitch-black.
"Have they left?"
A member asked suspiciously, "Why aren't they turning on the lights?"
"Turning on the lights would expose them. Both sides have shown their hands. He's waiting for us to attack."
The leader lit a cigarette and leisurely exhaled a cloud of smoke.
Both sides were experts in assassination. A single mistake could cost them everything.
The corners of the leader's mouth slowly rose. "The more things get like this, the less we can afford to rush. Snakes are the most patient animals."
"Then we..."
"Send someone into the hotel every hour. I want them jumping at shadows, afraid to sleep, eat, or drink."
"Why not charge in?" Eager to earn credit, a member behind him pressed, "They're only at the peak of the fifth awakening, while you're at the sixth awakening. If we all attack together, we can definitely take them down."
"No, no, no." The leader wagged a finger and smiled disdainfully. "You don't understand Shadow Ghost. You can't judge these people's strength by cultivation alone."
"They're battle-hardened experts, just like us. No... Shadow Ghost could be called the first assassination squad in the Asia Region with official backing."
"Top assassins don't expose their positions easily. Since they let us follow them, that can only mean this... is the battlefield they chose."
The leader slowly raised his head and looked at the pitch-black fifth floor.
Somehow,