Feeling that savage pressure, Gu Ruoyi could not help crying out, losing all the ease and composure he had shown while waiting for the roast meat.
"It's almost done. Just keep eating!"
Xu Xuan rose without betraying any emotion. He naturally moved to shield Gu Ruoyi, as though holding up a clear blue sky for him.
"Get lost!"
A razor-sharp killing intent silently locked onto Xu Xuan's throat. He first saw a slender Bamboo Sword, then a swordsman wrapped tightly from head to toe in black.
The man narrowed his eyes, which seemed to have no whites. His whole being resembled an unsheathed sword, giving off a sense of extreme danger and razor-sharpness.
Xu Xuan immediately frowned inwardly. Judging by that razor-sharp killing intent alone, the man was probably already an invincible killer within the Heavenly Martial Realm!
He might even have attempted to assassinate a Saint and successfully escaped.
Otherwise, that absolute confidence he exuded would be inexplicable.
"Invincible among your peers?"
Xu Xuan stood there calmly. He suddenly uttered those words slowly, laying bare his intense mockery and disdain without reservation.
"Hmm?"
The man's gaze had been fixed firmly on Gu Ruoyi. Only now did he finally turn his attention to Xu Xuan.
"Within the Heavenly Martial Realm, there's no one I can't kill!"
"Calling me invincible among my peers isn't wrong!"
The Man in Black looked at Xu Xuan earnestly and actually admitted it outright.
"You're just an assassin, no different from a mindless tool. I have no idea what you're so proud of."
A streak of black light flashed in Xu Xuan's hand. He actually struck first with his sword!
Against a true assassin, striking first often meant exposing an opening and giving the opponent a chance to kill you.
Seeing Xu Xuan attack, the Man