"You thought you could kill my wife? Keep dreaming!"

Zheng-Fu sneered and cursed the two assassins in disdain. He then concealed his presence so the assassins couldn't detect him.

Two hundred pings...

One hundred pings...

Woooooosh!!!

As the two assassins entered within a hundred pings of where Zheng-Fu had set up the hidden dimensional space, they unknowingly walked into his trap. They continued imagining their imminent success, unaware they had just stepped into their doom.

"The target is just ahead. After completing this mission, we'll be living comfortably!" said the assassin at the seventh level of the Divine Emperor stage, smiling as he approached the target.

However, the other assassin felt something was off. He couldn't sense the guards around the mansion, nor could he detect the people inside. The closer he got, the more uneasy he felt, until finally...

"Stop!" he shouted, halting the other assassin.

"Huh...? What is it? The target is right ahead. Why are we stopping?" the assassin in front asked, surprised.

"I find this situation strange. Suddenly, I can't sense the guards or anyone inside the mansion. It's too suspicious," said the second assassin, scanning the surroundings for any abnormalities. At that moment...

Ha ha ha!

A crazed laugh echoed as a figure slowly emerged.

"Who's that!?"

Both assassins immediately shouted, ready to fight any time after hearing the laugh. Zheng-Fu's figure appeared before them.

"Who I am doesn't matter, because both of you will die soon. What I do want to know is who sent you. If you tell me, I might let you go. If not, don't say I didn't warn you," Zheng-Fu said, a smile playing on his lips as he eyed the two assassins.

Zheng-Fu could have easily killed them, but he wanted to know who had sent them, so he didn't do it now. Even though he doubted they'd tell him, he had ways to make them talk.

"Hah! You, all by yourself? Are you daydreaming, kid? If you want to know who sent us, you'll have to force it out of us!" said the assassin at the seventh level of the Divine Emperor stage, looking at Zheng-Fu with mockery.

"I think we shouldn't underestimate him. Just now, we couldn't even sense his presence. If he hadn't revealed himself, we wouldn't have known he was there," the eighth-level Divine Emperor stage assassin warned his comrade.

"Who cares who he is? Even if he has a higher energy level, he can't do anything to us unless he's as strong as the Monster King!" the first assassin said, his gaze dismissive and contemptuous.

They had escaped from martial masters at the ninth level of the Divine Emperor stage without a scratch. Why should they fear the young man standing before them, who didn't even emit an aura?

"I'll give you one more chance. I'll count to three. If you still—"

"You talk too much!" The hot-headed assassin was never afraid of anyone. With his exceptional movement and Mystical-level knife skills, he was confident he could take down any martial master at one level above him.

[Cloud-Killing Knife Stance]

Wooooosh!!!

The dagger in his hand moved at lightning speed. If his opponent were at the same energy level, they'd already be dead, as his speed was comparable to an eighth-level Divine Emperor stage cultivator.

But this wasn't just any martial master—it was Zheng-Fu. To him, the speed of the dagger was painfully slow. He could see its trajectory with his naked eye and easily dodged the attack.

Boooom!!!

The energy wave from the assassin's dagger shot past Zheng-Fu and crashed into the ground behind him, creating a huge crater with a loud explosion.

"Im-im-impossible! This can't be!" The assassin at the seventh level of the Divine Emperor stage was in disbelief that Zheng-Fu had so effortlessly dodged his killing strike.

"Huh!"

Zheng-Fu said nothing, letting out a single breath as his cold, contemptuous gaze fell on the assassin, showing that he didn't even consider him a threat.

"A highly skilled master at the ninth level of the Divine Emperor stage!?" the other assassin exclaimed, shocked that he couldn't even see when Zheng-Fu had moved to avoid the strike.

"Ninth level of the Divine Emperor stage!? How is that possible!? In this city, the strongest people are the foolish City Governor and those two old men from the royal court. Who is this kid, and where did he come from?" The first assassin was growing increasingly uneasy.

Before coming here, they had researched all the powerful martial masters in the city and knew who the strongest ones were. So who was this mysterious young man, and why was he so powerful? How had he evaded their notice?

"I'll ask again. Tell me who sent you, and I'll let you die without suffering," Zheng-Fu said calmly.

"Ptui! Keep dreaming! You may be at the ninth level of the Divine Emperor stage, but if you think you can kill us…"

Zing!!!

Slash!!!

Ah!!!

Before the seventh-level Divine-Emperor-stage assassin could finish his sentence, a sharp chill ran through his throat. Slowly, thick, sticky red blood began to pour out.

Zheng-Fu had grown bored of listening. He silently activated his Winter Flame Flying Saber, a Pristine-level weapon cloaked in advanced energy camouflage, and sent it flying toward the talkative assassin without him noticing. As the Winter Flame Flying Saber was a Pristine-level weapon, the saber easily pierced through the assassin's defensive aura.

Thud!!!

"No!!!"

The talkative assassin collapsed to the ground, his breath gone, his body lifeless. His once arrogant and overconfident demeanor was gone forever.

The other assassin, seeing his comrade fall, screamed in fury, releasing all his energy and preparing to attack Zheng-Fu in a suicidal rage.

"I gave you a chance. If you had spoken, this would have ended easily," Zheng-Fu said, ignoring the energy wave released by the second assassin. His energy level was so much lower than Zheng-Fu's that it was laughable.

Even the elder monsters and elder demon had far higher energy levels than this assassin. Without their superior camouflage magic items, there was no way they could have escaped detection.

"I don't care who you are! I'll kill you and your whole family!" The assassin had turned into a madman, consumed by anger after watching his friend die.

[Savage Wind Knife Killing Stance]

Yaa!!!

The skill this assassin used was very similar to the previous assassin's, except that its power and intensity were slightly greater. However, when compared, this technique was both stronger and faster, combined with a higher energy level than the assassin who had already died, making it more formidable.

But no matter how much stronger or faster it was, it didn't matter in the slightest. It still wasn't enough to challenge Zheng-Fu. With just a slight movement of his body, he could easily dodge the assassin's attack.

Wooooosh!!!

Booooooom!!!

Seeing his first attack fail, the assassin refused to give up and immediately unleashed another stance.

"It's not over yet!"

[Slaughter Stance: Ten-Thousand-Lives-Murdering Dagger]

Woooooosh!!!

Zing, zing, zing, zing!!!

As soon as the assassin unleashed this killing technique, more than a hundred dagger shadows suddenly appeared in the empty air, rushing toward Zheng-Fu like a rainstorm that had transformed into daggers. The power of this technique was much stronger than the previous one, but its speed had significantly decreased.

Perhaps because it was a wide-range attack, the speed that should have been an advantage for the assassin was lost. However, it was compensated for with the immense power it carried. If the person being attacked was not careful or did not possess strong defensive body skills, they would either be dead or seriously injured.

Of course, besides this technique, the assassin also combined another move into the attack. This additional technique was the same one the first assassin had used.

[Cloud-Killing Knife Stance]

Woooosh!!!

The same move, but with more speed and power, quietly darted toward Zheng-Fu as he leisurely dodged the rain of daggers without any concern.

"Go die, you bastard!"

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