I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

In just one glance, the assassin determined that the dragon beast before him was no ordinary spirit beast!

That overwhelming, mountain-like aura, that absolute control over the killing intent and weaponry, that cold composure in those molten gold vertical pupils…

This is definitely not the aura that an ordinary Golden Core spirit beast can possess!

The intelligence was seriously flawed!

Not only is the target Lin Che himself unpredictable and mysterious, but he also hides such a terrifying battle pet!

Retreat! We must retreat immediately!

As the Blood Shadow Hall's top assassin, he knew better than anyone else that the biggest taboo in an assassination attempt was to linger in the fight.

If the first strike fails, retreat a great distance to preserve your life so that you can plan for an even more perfect and fatal blow next time.

This is a creed etched into my bones.

In the blink of an eye, the golden core in his dantian, engraved with four blood-red lines, suddenly accelerated its rotation, frantically pumping out pure and violent dan essence!

Crimson mist burst forth from his pores, instantly condensing into a pair of ferocious claws woven from countless tiny blood blades on his hands!

The claws flickered with a foot-long black light, each flick leaving fine bloodstains in the air!

"Divine Power - Bloodthirsty Thorn!"

He lightly touched the ground with his toes, then stepped back.

Suddenly, he swept several feet away, leaving a blur behind, while simultaneously reaching forward with his hands crossed!

"Rip—!"

The air seemed to be torn apart by his claws!

With a flash, leaving behind several bloody shadows, he appeared in front of the Yaren Dragon Beast.

The crimson trails formed a cross shape, carrying a sharp edge that could tear everything apart, heading straight for the face of the Yaren Dragon Beast!

however--

In this "Divine Realm of the Warlords" ruled by the Yaren Dragon Beast, all killing intent and the aura of war are as clear as the lines on the palm of one's hand, with nowhere to hide!

The moment the assassin moved, the Yaren Dragon Beast's golden vertical pupils had already accurately captured the movement of every muscle and the trajectory of every wisp of killing intent.

The dark dragon blade, which was connected to the arm bone and flesh, was raised fiercely in an instant!

Supernatural Power - God-Slaying Blade: Soul-Splitting Style!

It is not the kind of powerful, earth-shattering, domineering chop that is like "Mountain-Slaying Style".

Instead, it compresses and condenses all killing intent, military might, and destructive intent into the ultimate.

High-frequency, dense, and precise cutting!

"Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding—!!!"

In the blink of an eye, the Yaren Dragon Beast's right arm, wielding a blade, had transformed into an afterimage that was almost invisible to the naked eye, slashing at the void in front of it more than a thousand times!

Layers of dark red, malevolent sword light overlapped, weaving an impenetrable crimson net of blades in the air!

The assassin's sharp and ruthless streaks of blood-red light were instantly shredded into countless fragments of blood-red light before this net of blades, which was designed to be used for offense and defense!

Not only that!

The layers of murderous sword light, after shattering the bloody light, still had momentum. Like a maggot clinging to a bone, it followed the fleeting tiny flaw in the assassin's attack and drove straight in!

"Hiss, hiss, hiss—"

Several fine bloodstains silently appeared between the assassin's arms and chest/abdomen, which were covered by his blood-red robe!

Each strike was extremely shallow and fine, yet it precisely avoided the most solidified part of the protective blood energy, piercing into the weakest point where spiritual energy flowed!

The assassin's pupils constricted sharply!

However, the Yarebringer's offensive was far from over!

It did not retract its blade to defend.

Conversely, propelled by the momentum of its final slash, its massive yet extremely agile body leaned forward, its right dragon blade rising from below and gathering power at its waist.

That's the starting stance for drawing your sword!

In an instant, the lingering malevolent energy within a radius of several hundred feet, the unresolved bloody killing intent permeating the air above the battlefield, and even the wisp of essence blood emanating from the assassin's wounds...

Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they frantically converged on the dark dragon blade that was now slightly lowered and hidden behind the elbow!

At this moment, the Dragon Blade itself seemed to vanish into nothingness.

The Yaren Dragon Beast's molten gold vertical pupils became extremely still and cold in that instant.

The next moment—

A blur streaked past!

There was no sound of air being torn apart, no air explosion, and not even any excess force leaking out.

The Yaren Dragon Beast's slender body directly crossed the more than ten-foot distance between itself and the assassin, appearing three feet behind the assassin!

A very thin, dark, almost invisible dark line stretched between where it originally stood and the assassin's body.

Those were fleeting scars left by the dragon blade as it tore through space.

The assassin froze.

"boom--!!"

Only now did the destructive power, which contained all the killing intent and murderous aura, explode within the assassin's body!

It wasn't a slash from the outside in, but rather an explosion from the inside out, following the sharp blade intent that had seeped in through the fine bloodstains!

The fine bloodstains on the assassin's body suddenly expanded and cracked!

Blood mist and shattered pieces of flesh, like porcelain shattered by internal pressure, flew in all directions!

however--

The Yaren Dragon Beast's molten gold vertical pupils suddenly contracted at this moment, a faint chill passing through them.

wrong!

It suddenly turned its head, its gaze piercing through hundreds of feet, landing directly on the edge of the flame domain, in a seemingly empty yet chaotic spiritual energy field.

The aura of "resentment and bitterness" emanated from there with unmistakable clarity.

The body that exploded into pieces under the blade did not exhibit the unique surge of spiritual energy characteristic of a collapsing Golden Core, nor did it emit a final lament as its soul dissipated.

That was just the remains of a... clone.

……

Hundreds of feet away, at the edge of the fiery domain.

A figure staggered out of the void, his breath disordered and his face as pale as paper.

It was the true form of the Blood Shadow Hall assassin!

"Huff... huff..."

He gasped for breath, looking back with lingering fear at the battlefield in the sky, now dominated by flames and malevolent energy.

The clone that was connected to the main body's senses was subjected to "Soul Splitting" torture and pierced through by "Sword Drawing Technique".

The excruciating pain and terror of being blown to pieces from the inside still assaulted his soul like a tidal wave.

"This...this is truly a force that could be nurtured in a backwater like Chuyang City?!"

His voice was hoarse, and for the first time, an undisguised fear surfaced in his eyes.

"A Golden Core Dragon Beast, with such bizarre supernatural powers, completely countering my Blood Fiend Dao..."

"Lin Che himself is even more unfathomable. His ability to vanish into thin air, his insight to sense the authenticity of clones... just who is he?!"

His renowned superior supernatural ability, "Blood Shadow Clone," is a closely guarded secret of the Blood Shadow Hall.

The clone possesses 30% of the original's combat power, and can act independently, unleash supernatural powers, and even withstand fatal attacks.

More importantly, within a certain distance, it can instantly swap positions with the real body.

Just now, while he was making a feint attack, he had already activated his position-switching technique the instant his clone approached the Yaren Dragon Beast.

The stunning "Bloodthirsty Thorns" that followed, the blood-red light shredded by the blade net, the bloody marks ripped open by the "Soul-Splitting Style"...

Even the one that ultimately bore the brunt of the terrifying blow that exploded from within was, from beginning to end, only that clone.

Meanwhile, the real body instantly switched places with the clone that had silently fled to the edge of the battlefield.

At this moment, he tried to use the chaos of his clones exploding as cover to escape from the terrifying flames and the God of War's domain.

"This Lin family...this Lin Che...there's definitely something seriously wrong with them!" He bit his tongue hard, forcibly suppressing the excruciating backlash from the destruction of his clone that was surging through his soul.

"This matter must be reported immediately! Such unforeseen circumstances are beyond my ability to handle alone!"

He took a deep breath, and the remaining essence within his body surged wildly once more, pouring into the life-saving escape technique, the mid-grade divine ability Blood Burning Escape.