That figure executed a single move, or perhaps, in the same instant, performed countless movements without the slightest variation: a left kick, utterly silent yet carrying the force of thunder, struck the assassin squarely in his vital point. His left hand shot out, tearing a massive hole through another assassin's throat, while his right hand, without anyone noticing when, twisted the neck bone of the man before him, granting that fellow the rare fortune of seeing his own backside. Then, with lightning speed, he retreated, slamming into the assassin behind him. His elbows thrust out violently, and precisely, the upward-thrusting single blade held by the man behind him grazed his very skin, slicing through his outer robe but failing to scratch even a hair!
The first assassin flew backward, screaming as blood poured from all seven orifices, immediately followed by two more who collapsed, spinning. The assassin directly behind the mysterious figure showed an expression of utter disbelief, then blood began to bubble and seep from his features as his body slowly went limp like a sack of mud. The posture his body assumed was grotesque; any veteran present could instantly tell that every bone in his ribcage and his entire spine had been utterly crushed. In that moment of lightning-strike finality, this suddenly appearing phantom seemed to summon the very might of heaven and earth, slaying six assassins in one fell swoop! In the briefest flicker of time, six lives, vibrant moments before, were completely extinguished!
It was as if, in his eyes, these cold-blooded killers, forged through grueling battle experience, were nothing more than fragile, unworthy prey! Having dealt with six lives, the man hadn't even betrayed the rank of his Xuan Qi!
Simply relying on ** ability, eliminating six high-level assassins in one go??!
"Follow me!" The masked mysterious man commanded in a low voice toward the few guards of the Jun family.
"And Young Master, please, Senior..." Jun Hu gasped violently but still turned to look, his words cut off before he could finish by the mysterious figure: "Jun Mo Xie is already gone! What the hell are you waiting for!
If you hadn't lingered here, he’d already be home!"
With that, he bolted toward the main road around the corner as if his feet barely touched the ground. Hearing that their Young Master was safe, Jun Hu and the others felt their hearts leap, and they followed with renewed vigor.
The mysterious man spoke no falsehoods; were it not for saving them, Young Master Jun Mo Xie would indeed have been home by now! This mysterious man was Jun Mo Xie himself.
After the guards turned to leave, he instantly shed his outer robe, masked his face, and swiftly employed the Yin-Yang Escape technique, silently sinking into the earth. If not for needing to save Jun Hu and the others, he could have simply phased directly back to the Jun family mansion, as the distance was already very short. Although Young Master Jun’s cultivation was still shallow, making the full dash back was achievable. Everyone was watching the ground, who would have imagined that someone in this world could move freely beneath the soil? This defied all comprehension and overturned every known limit! Since humanity first set foot on the Xuan Xuan Continent, nothing like this had ever occurred—naturally, no one noticed, nor had anyone ever conceived of it.
However, the creation of Heaven and Earth was fundamentally outside the scope of this world, far beyond what Xuan Qi could touch. It was only logical that no one understood it; otherwise, wouldn't that betray the deeper meaning of "seizing the creation of heaven and earth!"
It was precisely with this divine technique as an aid that the still-maturing Young Master Jun could so cleanly and swiftly take six lives in the span of a breath. The reason was simple: no one could fathom how he had appeared! The process—from confusion and shock to regaining composure and finally acting—required a measurable passage of time. While this fraction of a second might mean little to a highly trained assassin, for the great assassin Jun, it was more than sufficient!
This tiny window had given him ample time to harvest the lives of these assassins; he didn't even need to deploy his flying daggers to tear a breach in their encirclement!
At that moment, the black-clothed leader of the assassins, Li Zhiwu, confirmed something was wrong and was already turning back, surging toward them at full speed, employing all his power, flying almost skimming the earth. His inherent brilliant yellow protective Xuan Qi shone intensely even amidst the pouring rain, like a small sun suddenly erupting in the deep night!
The torrential rain striking his protective Xuan Qi shield looked almost dazzling and mournfully beautiful, like neon lights on a modern rainy night!
Beside him, two other earth-yellow glows of Xuan Qi also flickered, moving almost as swiftly as Li Zhiwu. Three Earth Profound assassins closed in on the location almost simultaneously!
Meanwhile, behind Jun Mo Xie and the others, more than ten assassins were desperately pursuing them in grief and rage. Blocking Jun Mo Xie’s path was a masked figure in black, standing still, holding a longsword. He stood motionless like an unyielding fortress wall, barring the route of escape for Jun Mo Xie and his guards.
A faint, murky green aura of Xuan Qi enveloped this figure!
A Jade Profound master! It seemed this man must be the leader of this second squad of assassins.
This man had no need to gain merit or kill; his sole task was to briefly obstruct the momentum of Jun Mo Xie’s breakout, allowing them to be swallowed back into the relentless encirclement of all the assassins until death!
Because, given their current strength, surrounded by such overwhelming numbers, they absolutely could not hold out until the Jun family reinforcements arrived!
Life or death, victory or defeat, hung upon this single moment, the blink of an eye!
But how could the great assassin Jun allow him his wish? At this moment, Jun Mo Xie was at the very front of the group, like the sharpest dagger, or the tip of an unbreakable spear. He charged forward without hesitation or deceleration! Facing the glittering longsword, he thrust his chest forward to meet it!
This posture resembled, strikingly, a suicidal dash!
A clean flash, followed by a brilliant flare. The falling raindrops struck the pale green energy shield as if hitting hard stone, scattering outward!
This black-clothed Jade Profound assassin had exerted his full strength!
His absolute goal was to slay this mysterious newcomer who was clearly the core figure of this Jun family entourage!
A deep azure sword light flashed back with lightning speed, then transformed into a massive, clear-colored dragon, riding thunder and commanding clouds, whipping up wind and rain, surging directly toward Jun Mo Xie’s chest! The lethal range of this single sword strike covered a full five-foot radius in front of Jun Mo Xie; the power of this strike was utterly unstoppable!
As the sword shot out, harmonizing with the roaring thunder above, even the Jade Profound assassin felt this strike to be the zenith of his decades of Xuan Qi cultivation!
At this moment, even if facing a peak Earth Profound master, he was confident he could prevent him from crossing this line for a significant time!
Moreover, facing this masked, unknown expert? Judging by his inability to emit any Xuan Qi aura, one could tell just how much of a novice he was! Could such a person possibly be a Divine Profound master?
If he were a Divine Profound master, he could certainly bypass his defenses, but to die beneath the blade of a Divine Profound master would still be an honor!
In this fleeting moment of lightning and flint, the Jade Profound master even managed to console himself internally.
Clearly, this was absolutely impossible and utterly absurd. If he were truly a Divine Profound master, these assassins would have all perished in an instant upon his first move. Why would he bother killing them one by one? Furthermore, Divine Profound masters weren't cabbages; they weren't growing everywhere!
The sword struck like runaway thunder, and Jun Mo Xie met the tip’s approach with equal lightning speed!
As the two were about to collide, a savage excitement flashed in the Jade Profound assassin’s eyes. The distance was now so close that evasion was impossible. Even if he wanted to change his move and spare the youth’s life, it was already too late. Moreover, this brat seemed so eager for a painful death that he charged so fast—was this the legendary act of "courting death!"
But, at the very last instant before the two were about to make intimate contact, Jun Mo Xie’s feet did not slow in the least, nor did his speed diminish, yet his entire upper body twisted sharply, seemingly defying the laws of physics!
Everything below his waist remained facing the Jade Profound assassin, but the front of his face and upper torso swung sideways. To make an analogy, it was as if the man had violently transformed from a wide wooden plank into a narrow strip!
This was utterly bizarre!
Such a maneuver was simply inconceivable! Unless Jun Mo Xie’s waist was some kind of semi-articulated toy fitted with ball bearings, allowing it to twist any way desired, this simply should not be possible!
Was this still something a normal human being could achieve?!
Swish!
The icy longsword, carrying the distinct clear light unique to Jade Profound power, pierced into the left side of Jun Mo Xie’s outer robe and exited the right, the cold blade pressing tightly against his chest skin, sending a spray of blood beads scattering into the torrential storm!
Although Jun Mo Xie had dodged with incredible swiftness, his evasion technique, which surpassed human limits, was executed with ultimate precision—yet, a layer of flesh was still scraped away! But this minor sacrifice was entirely worth it!
Because Jun Mo Xie’s body, like a rapidly flying projectile, slammed unstoppably into the Jade Profound assassin’s embrace at that instant!
The enormous force, carrying massive inertia, propelled the Jade Profound master’s feet off the ground, causing him to fly forward alongside Jun Mo Xie! Ah, Jun Mo Xie was advancing, but the assassin was retreating! And it was a retreat beyond his control! While his mind was still reeling from the height of his excitement, he was struck by this forced recoil. In the instant before the look in the Jade Profound assassin's eyes could shift from the savage exhilaration of killing his enemy to utter stupefaction, Jun Mo Xie’s right elbow smashed heavily into his heart!
Boom! Crack! A dull thud sounded!
He still hadn't time to react; the pain signals hadn't even reached his brain's central processing unit when Jun Mo Xie’s right palm struck his throat three consecutive times, heavily, almost simultaneously! The fragile throat bones let out a sound like a pile of shattered glass suddenly colliding, and just as his head snapped back from the force, Jun Mo Xie’s left-hand two fingers, trailing sharp gusts of wind, plunged almost synchronously and with brutal viciousness into his two eye sockets!
Black, milky-white, and red substances erupted simultaneously!
That wasn't even the end of it; Jun Mo Xie’s lower body delivered two rapid-fire knee strikes, matching the rhythm of high-speed running, hammering relentlessly into the assassin’s groin!