"F-Fourth Brother-"
Fu Yan, already breathing out more than he breathed in after being struck by a stone, watched the two experts ahead fight with everything they had. When he saw Fu Yu lose his arms and then his head, his eyes bulged, blood spilling endlessly from his mouth.
Who was it? Who wanted to deal such a ruthless blow to our Fu Family?!
Our Fu Family hasn't offended anyone lately-
Wait-
In his final rally before death, Fu Yan realized the key. When the other man had brought back news to gain their initial trust, he had used the news of Old Liu pursuing someone outside the city-
A pile of corpses had been set alight-
On the brink of death, Fu Yan felt his mind race, and he quickly understood where the problem lay.
How is this possible? I merely assigned a few men on a whim to test those transmigrators' abilities while I was at it. I even arranged for Old Liu to cover them!
And the result-
Looking at Fourth Brother's kneeling corpse, Fu Yan felt grief well up within him.
Old Liu was right. Why did I bother doing something that offered no benefit?!
What was I even after?!
You're all transmigrators, so why is the gap between you so enormous?!
Ten breaths. In a life-and-death battle between Embrace the Elixir experts, he killed Fourth Brother. What kind of strength was that?!
He had reached Force Gathering and Embrace the Elixir!
Yet he couldn't even cry out a warning-
Lin Hao, meanwhile, stood where he was, gulping down air. During those dozen or so seconds, he had also overclocked his heart, striving to kill this Force Gathering and Embrace the Elixir expert as quickly as possible.
White vapor steamed from his body, and his mouth