The terror of an assassin was that he could always catch people off guard and give them a fatal blow when they were least prepared, most vulnerable, and least expected. And the more terrifying an assassin was, the less prepared and the more vulnerable one would be when they made their move.
As for a killer, the right timing was even more important than the contrast of battle strength.
As long as he made his move at the right time, it was not difficult for an assassin to defeat someone stronger than him. Since ancient times, there had been many famous experts who had dominated the battlefield. They had been killed by ordinary people when they were defenseless. If those ordinary people were on the battlefield, even a thousand of them together might not be a match for that famous expert. But because they had grasped the timing, they were able to do things that others could not do well.
Undoubtedly, Zhang Tie was the most terrifying killer for Qian Changqing. This was also why Zhang Tie's body-changing immortal bloodline and soul-reading secret skill frightened everybody in Taixia Country. If Zhang Tie wanted to kill a person at all costs, the opponent could never resist him at all. Think about it, an extremely powerful guy could disguise himself as a person on your side at any time and lurk on your side. As long as you exposed any loophole, you would be waiting for a fatal blow.
Facing such an opponent, unless you entered secluded cultivation forever or hid in a remote place and didn't contact anyone, you would be doomed to be killed by Zhang Tie. Even sage-level knights couldn't maintain a high alert all the time and protect their protective battle qi so as to prevent the sneak attack from people on their side all the time.
Qian Changqing was a fire immortal general, a standard semi-sage level knight. Even so, when he couldn't imagine that "General Manager Si" would kill him, he had already been half dead.
Qian Changqing died in an extremely aggrieved way. As a semi-sage level knight, he might have a powerful battle strength, a lot of trump cards, an earth-shaking secret method, a semi-sage realm and the determination to promote to a supreme-level immortal general or an immortal emperor … However, all these were not important anymore. Because Zhang Tie didn't spare any chance for him to exert his battle strength.
And this, in turn, led to an ancient and irrefutable truth. This truth could be summed up in only one sentence — Living is more important than anything else!
Zhang Tie moved as fast as a lightning bolt and killed Qian Changqing in a split second.
After killing Qian Changqing, Zhang Tie didn't move at once; instead, he fully activated Purgatory Samsara Method and started to refine Qian Changqing's fire chakra crazily.
As for humans, even though they were his enemies, Zhang Tie would not refine their chakras even after killing them. However, as for Dark Emperor Immortal Palace and Qian Changqing, based on the information that Zhang Tie got from the head of "General Manager Si", these immortal generals who joined Dark Emperor Immortal Palace over these years were even crueler than demons. Therefore, Zhang Tie would never show any mercy to them.
After death, one's chakra would gradually dissipate. However, as Qian Changqing's chakra was completely locked by Zhang Tie, its dissipation speed was much slower than that in normal cases.
Zhang Tie refined and absorbed Qian Changqing's fire chakra at the fastest speed. Finally, less than 10% of Qian Changqing's fire chakra dissipated. The remaining 90% of Qian Changqing's fire chakra was refined and absorbed by Zhang Tie in the shortest period.
An almost complete fire chakra was a great tonic for Zhang Tie. It was the first fire chakra that Zhang Tie absorbed after promoting to a heavenly knight.
The moment Qian Changqing died, the moment the Golden-Soul Rune Virus in his head disappeared, it might have been sensed by others. Therefore, Zhang Tie had to make every second count.
Soon after absorbing Qian Changqing's fire chakra, Zhang Tie had moved his eyes onto the sacrificial altar. Closely after that, he ran his spiritual energy while over 20 immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect's fingers were pierced by an invisible needle. At the same time, each immortal general's finger started to bleed. However, the blood didn't drop onto the ground; instead, under Zhang Tie's control, it flew up weirdly and fell onto the Golden-Soul Rune Virus on their foreheads.
After being stained with blood, the Golden-Soul Rune Virus gave out a brilliant glow. Closely after that, it entered the foreheads of the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect.
According to the information that Zhang Tie got from "General Manager Si", the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect would wake up in about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, as they became their own masters, the Golden-Soul Rune Virus would be detoxified automatically.
If Zhang Tie was a fierce and ambitious person, it would be the best opportunity for him to completely control the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect. However, Zhang Tie didn't do that because it was meaningless for him.
After doing all this, Zhang Tie flashed and came to the front of Xue Yuxiu.
Lying on the ground, Xue Yuxiu was covered with blood. Qian Changqing didn't show any mercy to her just now. As a result, the greater part of Xue Yuxiu's bones had been broken while her guts were severely injured.
When he came to Xue Yuxiu's side, Zhang Tie had sensed that this woman was dying as her vitality was fading away at a terrifying speed. However, this woman was still alive; instead, she was watching Zhang Tie in front of her with widely opened eyes.
"You … you're not … General Manager Si …" the woman said weakly as she spurted out a lot of blood. She looked pretty miserable.
She had seen how Zhang Tie killed Qian Changqing and saved the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect just now. Although she didn't know how Zhang Tie did all this, she was sure that Zhang Tie was not a member of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace; additionally, he didn't mean any harm to the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect. Otherwise, Zhang Tie would not have detoxified Golden-Soul Rune Virus.
"I'm indeed not General Manager Si. How are you now …" Zhang Tie squatted down as he helped Xue Yuxiu lean against the wall.
At this moment, Zhang Tie didn't hate and despise this woman anymore. Because Zhang Tie could sense why this woman suddenly attacked him at the risk of her life just now.
Zhang Tie let out a sigh inside, 'Love could make this woman full of hatred and degenerate into a demon; it could also make this woman repent and die without any regret. This woman is pitiful, hateful and respectable.'
From the moment this woman made her move, she had never thought that she would be able to survive.
Xue Yuxiu clutched Zhang Tie's hand with her remaining strength as she said, "The Golden-Soul Rune Virus … has started to backfire … I'm going to die …"
Using his spiritual energy, Zhang Tie found that the Golden-Soul Rune Virus in this woman's mind had already started to absorb her spiritual energy crazily. Additionally, those dense runes of Golden-Soul Rune Virus started to spread in her mind at an extremely high speed like a virus.
"I don't know who you are … but … if it's possible … please promise me one thing …" the woman said weakly. In just a few words, she felt much weaker, like a candle in the wind that was about to collapse.
"What's up?"
"After I die … don't leave my corpse here … I … I want to … stay with senior fellow apprentice Luo …"
"Where's your senior fellow apprentice Luo?" Zhang Tie asked calmly.
"If … if you scatter my ashes into the Sunnyview River in Nine Heavens Big Domain … I will stay with senior fellow apprentice Luo … I've been waiting … waiting for this day for so many years …" Xue Yuxiu revealed a smile as a drop of tear dropped off her eye corner, saying, "I know you can do it … this … this is my reward and appreciation for you." Xue Yuxiu said as she took off a bloody space-teleportation finger ring and pushed it into Zhang Tie's hand. Closely after that, she held Zhang Tie's hand tightly, saying, "Please … promise me …"
"Fine, I promise you!" Zhang Tie nodded as he put away Xue Yuxiu's finger ring, asking, "Why did you do that just now …"
"That's … that's … senior fellow apprentice Luo and my baby … senior fellow apprentice Luo named him … Huai … Huaiyu …"
This was Xue Yuxiu's last words in this world. Closely after the word "Yu", Xue Yuxiu's hand which was grabbing Zhang Tie's hand instantly became powerless as she died …
Zhang Tie lightly closed Xue Yuxiu's eyes.
"Lovers are rare in the world …" Zhang Tie let out a sigh as he stood up with a complex mood. 'Senior fellow apprentice Luo didn't live in vain as he could meet such a devoted woman like Xue Yuxiu.'
After standing up, Zhang Tie looked around the sacrificial altar. Closely after that, Xue Yuxiu's body floated up from the ground. Zhang Tie then pointed at her while an extremely fierce Real Dragon Flame flew out of Zhang Tie's fingertip.
The Real Dragon Flame covered Xue Yuxiu's body in the air, giving out light in all directions. In the blink of an eye, Xue Yuxiu's body turned into a small pile of cyan ashes.
When Xue Yuxiu's body disappeared, the moisture in the air had been frozen into crystals by Zhang Tie. Xue Yuxiu's ashes directly flew into the center of those beads in the air and were completely sealed. Closely after that, those beads containing Xue Yuxiu's ashes fell into Zhang Tie's hand.
Zhang Tie then stretched out his hand and put those beads containing Xue Yuxiu's ashes into his portable storage pouch.
Although those beads were made of water, they were as hard as steel and were close to 10,000-year-old mysterious ice. Additionally, as long as they were not barbecued over the fire, they would not melt for many years. Therefore, they could be carried by Zhang Tie.
At the same time, two space-teleportation finger rings flew out of the pit and fell into Zhang Tie's hand. One finger ring contained the No-Hatred Tortoise of Yin-Yang Sect, the other was Qian Changqing's personal finger ring.
After putting away the two finger rings, Zhang Tie walked towards the gate of the sacrificial altar. When he arrived at the gate of the sacrificial altar, Zhang Tie's look had already changed into that of Donder, who was so handsome that he could make the others feel ashamed.
With a sound "hum", the pair of mandarin duck battle axes flew to Zhang Tie's side once again.
The moment the gate of the sacrificial altar was slightly opened, the pair of mandarin duck battle axes had already flown out of the gate. Outside the sacrificial altar, there were some dumbfounded guards of Cyan Dragon Palace and two immortal generals in black robe hurriedly coming here …
Before these people opened their mouths and saw the situation inside the sacrificial altar, the light of the pair of mandarin duck battle axes had swept over the gate like a prairie fire. As a result, all the people outside the sacrificial altar had been shattered into pieces by Zhang Tie. The pair of mandarin duck battle axes were sharp weapons; under Zhang Tie's manipulation, their lethality was extremely terrifying and unstoppable …
When the gate of the sacrificial altar was completely opened, Zhang Tie walked out of the sacrificial altar and found nobody alive in the tunnel outside the sacrificial altar …
(To be continued)
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