“This is a branch of Elixir School. Are you sure we’re going to do it here?”

“I feel the same way. Should we give it another thought?”

Two of the men looked at the third one. The latter was their leader and the most capable of them all. He was halfway into the emperors’ level. Otherwise, the two Mahayana cultivators wouldn’t have respected him so much.

“We’re doing it tonight! This place is very close to Cloud City. It won’t be so easy once he gets there.

“We may fail our mission. Feel free to stand aside if you want to face Emperor Baih’s fury,” said the leader.

His tone was as cold as a blade. They all worked for Emperor Baih and belonged to a division that specialized in assassinations. When the Baih family found a matter too delicate, they would send these people to do the job.

However, they would usually send one person only and had never had three people on the same mission. Besides, they were the most capable people in the entire division.

“Eagle, did Emperor Baih tell you who the target is?” asked one of them.

They didn’t have names and only went by code names. Eagle was their leader.

“That’s on a need-to-know basis, and you don’t need to know. Do it again, and I’ll take you out first!” Murderous energy suddenly burst out of Eagle as he stared at the man who had asked the question.

He wanted to go solo, but Emperor Baih sent these two burdens along, which really annoyed him. To make it worse, these two men talked too much. Eagle had the impulse to kill them both.

“Eagle, we’re doing it together. It’s not your own mission. If you want to be a lone wolf, be my guest. But if you want to turn on us, I’ll side with Tiger against you!

“Tiger and I can’t defeat you, but we can fight you off. When Emperor Baih finds out about this when we go back, he will surely punish you!” one of the two men said coldly.

He wasn’t very familiar with Tiger, but he knew they were in the same boat. If Eagle killed Tiger, he would be the next.

The two men stood together and stared at Eagle.

Seeing this, Eagle snorted and left. Just as Wolf said, he could kill those two men, but it would take a lot of effort. After all, he hadn’t reached the emperor’s level yet.

After that unpleasant conversation, he had no intention of working with the other two. Rather than carrying out the mission together, he believed he had the skills to do the deed alone.

The other two men let out a breath of relief.

“Eagle is gone. What now? Shall the two of us go at it together?”

“Let’s have a look first. If Eagle wants to do it on his own, we’ll just watch. I’d like to see what that man can do!”

“Great!”

They nodded at each other and went up the mountain together.

Meanwhile, Eagle was hiding in a tree and examining what was going on in the house. He had cased the premises earlier and figured out where his target lived. What perplexed him was why Emperor Baih sent them here to assassinate this person.

He was just an ordinary man. Anyone could do the job. Was there something special about him?

The reason didn’t matter though. He only needed to finish the job.

With his mind wandering, he walked to Himmel Soan’s room on tiptoes. He walked so quietly that there was no sound at all. He didn’t even make a peep when opening the door.

What he saw in the room took him by surprise. Himmel Soan sat by the bed and looked him right in the eyes.

Eagle was embarrassed. Having been working as an assassin for so many years, he had never been in such a situation.

Luckily, he had enough experience to think on his feet, even in a situation like this.

“Someone wants you dead. Rest in peace!” Eagle drew out a dagger and charged at Himmel Soan.

“Really? Someone wants me dead? Who?” Himmel Soan remained perfectly poised as Eagle approached him. His face was as calm as a still lake, and nothing could stir it.

Eagle found Himmel Soan’s question redundant. Did he need to talk to a dying man?

“Of course not! You can figure it out in the other world!” Eagle struck down at Himmel Soan’s neck.

Thump…

The blade shattered as if it were made of glass.

“How’s that possible?” Eagle was dumbfounded. He had used 50% of his full power in that strike. It could cut off the head of a Virtualization cultivator.

However, Himmel Soan was unscathed. The dagger broke instead, which was even scarier. His fingertips also felt numb as if he had slapped a stone.

There was no time for him to be surprised though. Eagle clenched his fists and concentrated all his energy on his hands.

He couldn’t think of anything else. Assassins had to kill their target with one strike. Since he had missed the first chance, he couldn’t afford any more mistakes. He concentrated all his spiritual essence on his fists.

“You’re not powerful enough. Face-to-face combat isn’t your forte, and this decision is quite stupid,” Himmel Soan commented in an indifferent tone.

He could see that Eagle was an assassin, and a very good one at that. But he wasn’t using his strength properly. He had just made an unwise choice.