At the foot of the Blood Rain Cult's mountain.
Two figures stood impassively.
One was a middle-aged man carrying a sword on his back, and the other a sinister old man.
Both were protectors of the Heavenly Yin Sect.
They also enjoyed considerable renown among the Tang Kingdom's cultivators.
The old man was known as Crying Old Man. He possessed a secret art of curses and was neither quite human nor quite ghost.
In his youth, he had been obscure, but three years ago, his name had begun to resound throughout the Tang Kingdom.
He possessed a means of killing without a trace, slaughtering opponents before they even realized it.
His victims' souls shattered, their flesh withered.
In an instant, they would be drained into dried husks.
From life to death, they had no chance even to resist. It was eerie and sinister.
It was said that he had acquired this ability only after emerging from a mysterious place.
And that place was called the Death Forbidden Zone.
As for the middle-aged man, although he was not as powerful as Crying Old Man, he still ranked seventh on the Heavenly Ranking.
He was known as Sword Fool!
His Life-Seizing Swordsmanship had reached the perfection of a furnace flame burning pure blue.
Every move seized a life; every stroke claimed a soul.
Even Ye Qinghong, ninth on the Heavenly Ranking and blessed with the Swordborn Physique, stood a notch below him.
Now the two had come together.
That they had come solely to assassinate a gravely wounded, dying Demon Venerable was proof enough of how seriously the Heavenly Yin Sect took him.
At that moment, both waited quietly.
Crying Old Man's face was gloomy, while Sword Fool was as still as water, seemingly honing his Sword Heart.
Finally, Crying Old