Supreme Sword Exalt

After thinking about it, Yang Ying felt that there was some truth to it. It was a good thing that he didn’t usually talk much to begin with.

Gu Han’s words seemed to touch a nerve with Lone Eagle. He reversed his grip on the dagger and began advancing towards the two.

“Forget it. There’s no point in talking more. In the end, success or failure comes down to strength,” Lone Eagle said icily.

He appeared right before Yang Ying in the next second. His dagger tore through the air, aiming straight at Yang Ying’s head.

“Die!” Lone Eagle shouted fiercely, locking a strand of divine sense onto Yang Ying.

Yang Ying, who had been about to counterattack, felt his vision blur. His movements slowed abruptly for a split second. For ordinary Spirit Profound realm cultivators, that split second was enough to be fatal.

However, as a killer by trade, Yang Ying had extremely rich combat experience. Upon seeing no way to dodge, he channeled his cultivation base into his spear. He charged forward instead of retreating, thrusting his spear toward Lone Eagle’s head. If Lone Eagle didn’t retreat, both of them would die.

Madman! Lone Eagle cursed inwardly. He had misjudged, thinking Yang Ying vulnerable to divine-sense attacks unlike Gu Han. His original plan was to ambush Yang Ying and take him out first, then deal with Gu Han.

Naturally, Lone Eagle wasn’t willing to trade his life. He twisted himself, canceling his attack. Yet before he could retreat, a murderous aura as tangible as physical force locked firmly onto him. Even for a killer who had lived his life on the edge of death, waves of chill swept through his heart.

“Kill!”

A furious roar rang out and a sword instantly appeared before him.

Damn it! Lone Eagle’s heart lurched. He spread his divine sense outward, temporarily shaking off the killing intent. He crossed his dagger, barely managing to block the sword in the nick of time.

A light sound rang out. An extremely fine crack, finer than a strand of hair, appeared on the dagger.

Before Lone Eagle could feel the sting, a new change occurred on the sword. “You...”

The chi-long sword light condensed to extreme density before scattering into more than ten strands of Great Evolution Sword Qi, all shooting straight for Lone Eagle’s vital points.

With the crisis of death descending, Lone Eagle roared furiously as he contorted instantly, narrowly avoiding his vital points, “Aaaah!”

Several clinks echoed as several deep, bone-grazing wounds opened.

Indignation filled his heart. “You...”

Lone Eagle was fully confident he could win if he faced either Gu Han or Yang Ying alone. However, with the two of them teaming up, he couldn’t handle it.

Actually, it was Lone Eagle’s misfortune. Gu Han’s immunity to divine sense attacks nullified one of his powerful offensive methods. As for Yang Ying, he used a mutual destruction tactic from the start, making Lone Eagle fight with one hand tied. Lone Eagle had encountered two freaks, each a natural bane to his existence.

Gu Han’s joking statement had proven to be true: two against one, they had the advantage.

Lone Eagle felt so stifled he was almost going mad. “Fuck! Damn it! I—”

Without waiting for him to finish, Yang Ying’s spear lunged again. Lone Eagle could only raise his dagger, forcibly receiving the blow. Gu Han’s Kill Sword arrived once more, refusing to let Lone Eagle catch his breath. Lone Eagle struck back with his dagger, blocking again. For a while, Gu Han and Yang Ying’s attacks fell in alternating succession, almost seamlessly linked, giving Lone Eagle not a single moment’s respite.

The more Lone Eagle fought, the colder his heart grew. Relying on his cultivation base, which was a realm higher than both of them, he figured he could still hold out for quite some time. Nevertheless, killing the two was basically impossible. Their coordination was too flawless.

In an instant, Lone Eagle made a decision. I have to retreat!

Eight million essence crystals were very tempting, but if the fight continued, he couldn’t guarantee he would escape unscathed.

Gu Han sensed his intention. “Brother Yang, don’t let him get away!”

Yang Ying understood his meaning perfectly. “Alright!”

He gritted his teeth and swung his spear in a wide arc, abandoning his previous tactics. A vast amount of spirit qi flowed into the spear shaft as he smashed it down hard on Lone Eagle. A loud noise rang out. Lone Eagle abruptly stalled.

Gu Han closed in again. He was fully aware that if someone of Lone Eagle’s caliber truly wanted to flee, the two of them would have great difficulty catching him. The opportunity Yang Ying created was only this one.

He also abandoned the sharpness of his own sword, slamming himself into Lone Eagle. “Die!”

Lone Eagle was stunned, then overjoyed. With Gu Han and Yang Ying switching their fighting styles, that feeling of seamless cooperation vanished completely.

Using the force from Yang Ying’s spear, Lone Eagle shot forward like lightning, instantly colliding with Gu Han.

“In the end, the one who will die is you!” he said ecstatically.

His cracked dagger flashed with a dark light, aiming for Gu Han’s head.

Gu Han also grinned. “Is that so? Soul Snatching!”

A trace of confusion flashed in Lone Eagle’s eyes, and he blanked out for a split second. Still, he didn’t develop a divine sense for nothing. He regained clarity right away, but the dagger’s trajectory deviated by several chi, merely cutting off a lock of Gu Han’s hair.

In the next moment, a sharp spear tip pierced through Lone Eagle’s chest. The veteran assassin looked down with despair. He had missed his chance. Escape was impossible. Only defeat and death awaited him.

He stared at Gu Han with eyes full of confusion. “Why?! I was clearly stronger than you!”

Gu Han panted for breath, as this intense battle had taken a significant toll on him as well. “I told you that we have more people. Two against one is a sure win.”

As his words fell, a sword light suddenly flashed past. Darkness fell before Lone Eagle’s eyes as his consciousness rapidly faded.

Gu Han and Yang Ying glanced at each other without saying a thing.

After a long moment, Gu Han’s gaze became profound. “Let’s not hold it in. Keeping it bottled up is uncomfortable.”

As soon as the words were out, Yang Ying could no longer maintain his composure and spat out blood. Gu Han followed suit, coughing up a lot of blood.

“This number one assassin on the leaderboard—cough cough! Really had some skill!”

In reality, while the two of them seemed to hold the advantage, they had exhausted all their strength. They fought with their lives on the line. If there had been the slightest slip-up, the ones who died would have been them. Lone Eagle truly deserved his place as number one on the assassin leaderboard.

Not caring about his image anymore, Gu Han simply plopped down on the ground. He took Lone Eagle’s storage ring and frowned. “What? The top assassin only has this many essence crystals?”

There were only about a million essence crystals, with even scarcer pills and spirit materials to speak of.

Yang Ying also picked up the silver mask, flipping it over and over. “It’s normal. With his personality, he’d convert essence crystals into his own strength as soon as he obtained them. Actually, it’s not just him. Most assassins would choose to do the same.”

Gu Han was somewhat disappointed. “Is that so? Then didn’t we just—huh? What’s this?”

He took out a golden jade token from the storage ring. After looking at it for a moment, he took out his own white jade token. “Identity jade token? Why is it different from mine?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, the jade token erupted with a dazzling golden light.