Heavenly Snow Mountain.
Inside the resting place of the Li Family Ancestor.
Li Xuefei was struggling to hold on. She kept drawing her longbow and loosing arrows, drawing and loosing, mechanically killing the assassins approaching the barrier one after another.
Yet even that could not stop the barrier from steadily crumbling.
And that was not even the greatest threat.
On a mountain peak not far from the barrier stood a middle-aged man in black robes, his gaze cold as he watched the barrier.
He was the Black Blood Tower Lord.
"Tower Lord, why don't you shatter this barrier yourself?"
An assassin beside the Black Blood Tower Lord asked.
The assassin wore no mask, but his aura was scarcely weaker than that of any Purple Face assassin.
The Black Blood Tower Lord said calmly, "I just received word that all three Purple Face assassins sent to kill Chu Kuangren are dead."
The assassin's expression changed at that. "Those were three Heavenly Dao Lords. Is Chu Kuangren actually that powerful?!"
"Yes. Even stronger than I imagined."
"But what does that have to do with you not taking action, Tower Lord?"
"This Li Xuefei, and even the Li Family Ancestor behind her, are nothing to fear. But they are bait. We can use them to lure over the remaining Li Family experts, and even Chu Kuangren."
The Black Blood Tower Lord spoke calmly.
Only then did the assassin understand. Then he could not help asking worriedly, "But if Chu Kuangren joins forces with the Li Family Ancestor, won't they be difficult to handle?"
"As I am now, I am invincible on Sirius! What have I to fear from one Chu Kuangren and a crippled Heavenly Dao Lord?"
A trace of confidence showed in the Black Blood Tower Lord's eyes.
An indescribably terrifying pressure