At the third night watch, lightning flashed and thunder roared as the rain grew heavier.
Through the hazy rain and mist of the deep night, the towering, lavish Duke's Maternal Uncle's Estate blazed with lights.
The downpour battered the upturned eaves with a relentless clatter. An Imperial Palace Expert stood in each corridor of the estate, while hooves raced along three streets outside and armored soldiers bearing sharp weapons patrolled back and forth.
Suddenly.
The stooped Old Eunuch opened his eyes.
His gaze sharpened, and he darted out of the corridor in a single stride.
He swiftly looked up.
That single glance plunged him into an ice pit.
Atop the Duke's Maternal Uncle's Estate, a ghostlike black figure stood silently, letting rain drip from his head and splash gently onto the roof tiles.
"What rebel are you? How dare you defy the throne and sow disorder?"
Without the slightest hesitation, the stooped Old Eunuch stepped through the air toward him, forming a seal with his five fingers and gathering a great mass of rainwater.
Born into the Inner Court, he had made the emperor's commands his entire life!
He would protect the emperor's brother-in-law to the death!
The black figure said nothing and calmly threw a punch.
The stooped Old Eunuch's pupils lost focus.
He looked down at his chest, where a gaping hole was a mangled mess of flesh and blood.
One punch shattered the internal power of the eighth layer of the Profound Insight Realm.
One punch crushed the Forbidden City Secret Art!
There was no logic to it at all. It had been just one punch.
Thud!
The Old Eunuch fell to the ground, his eyes still open in death.
The entire Duke's Maternal Uncle's Estate fell deathly silent. Boundless rage and terror were devouring them bit