Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Song Yubing seemed hesitant. She bit her lip, about to speak.

Just then, the entire room suddenly shook.

"Hm?"

"Did the Cloud Mist Tower Ship run into a thunderstorm?"

This was everyone's first reaction.

But soon, they realized something was wrong.

A pitch-black curtain of light suddenly spread out from within Ye Chen's room.

In an instant, the entire room seemed to be submerged in an endless, eternal night. A soul-stirring dark power slowly descended, making one's heart pound in fear!

"Wh-what's happening?"

Song Yubing cried out in alarm.

The Realm Spirit's expression also grew unsettled.

Only Hongyu Pill Venerable raised an eyebrow, finding the aura somewhat familiar.

"It seems this is an assassination attempt aimed at me."

Ye Chen, by contrast, was the calmest. He had long been prepared for this, but he hadn't expected the attempt to come so soon.

Only a little over a day had passed since he had resigned from his position as an Elder of the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce.

'To think someone was already so impatient to make a move!'

"Young Master Ye, could it be the Xu family?" Hongyu Pill Venerable asked Ye Chen in a low voice.

"Most likely."

Ye Chen nodded. The moment he finished speaking, the void before them trembled and ripples spread out.

Immediately after, several figures strode out from the void, a terrifying aura pouring out with them!

The figures that appeared in Ye Chen's room were all clad in black, revealing only their eyes, which glinted with chilling killing intent.

The leader carried a greatsword as black as ink, its hilt inlaid with a gem that radiated a dark luster. His entire body pulsed with astonishing Spiritual Power.

"Which one of you is Ye Chen? Speak up."

"We're here for Ye Chen's head and nothing more! The rest of you stay out of it, and we'll leave you be!"

The leader's voice boomed, the soundwaves sweeping out like a storm and causing the surrounding darkness to ripple violently!

At that moment, Ye Chen and his companions felt as if they were in a dark, secret realm. The space around them became vast and deep, with no end in sight.

"Who are you?" Ye Chen asked calmly, raising an eyebrow.

Before they could answer, Song Yubing exclaimed, "If I'm not mistaken, these men are from the Valley of Death!"

"The Valley of Death?" Her words took Ye Chen by surprise.

'What kind of organization is that?'

'I thought the Xu family was behind this. Where did this group I've never even heard of come from?'

"The Valley of Death is the number one assassin organization in the eastern region of the dynasty. Even in the entire Great Hong Dynasty, they rank among the very top of the assassin world!"

"This Eternal Night Sky is the signature technique of these bloodthirsty killers. It completely isolates the affected area from the outside world, trapping their targets in a pocket dimension of endless night to be slaughtered at will!"

"By the time the sky is lifted, the assassins are long gone, leaving behind nothing but corpses and blood."

Hongyu Pill Venerable picked up where she left off, slowly revealing the origins of the men in black and their treacherous, brutal methods.

"Oh?"

"You know quite a lot for a little girl."

"However, the Valley of Death only takes the lives of those our clients name. We have no interest in anyone else."

The leader shot Hongyu Pill Venerable a glance. "Since you know who we are, you should know what to do."

"Heh." Hongyu Pill Venerable laughed. "I don't just know of your organization. I know that you're an Earth Tier assassin from the Valley of Death, and that the men you've brought with you are elites among the Human Tier."

Hearing this, the man was stunned.

'We've only just met, yet she's already figured out everything about us?'

'Is that level of perception even possible?'

"Since you know I'm an Earth Tier assassin, you'd best stay put. Keep running your mouth, and I might just kill you first!"

Hongyu Pill Venerable's calm, composed expression and her all-seeing demeanor filled him with a deep sense of vigilance and dread.

'In his mind, of all the people in this room, this peerless young woman before him was the most dangerous!'

"A Peak Earth Tier assassin?" Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. He wasn't familiar with the Valley of Death's ranking system.

"All of the Valley of Death's Earth Tier assassins have reached the Divinity Transformation Realm. This one here is a terrifying killer at the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!"

"As for the Celestial Tier assassins, they are all Great Powers who have broken through to the Divine Might Realm. You'd be hard-pressed to find more than a few in the entire Valley of Death."

Hongyu Pill Venerable explained via voice transmission.

Ye Chen finally understood.

'Just the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm?'

'That doesn't seem like much at all!'

"Did the Xu family send you?" Ye Chen asked, a flicker of interest in his eyes.

Ye Chen's calm and composed attitude surprised and unsettled the man, but he quickly brandished his greatsword. Brilliant light flared from the blade, so bright it seemed to threaten to shatter the void itself.

"You can ponder that question in hell!"

...

In a spacious room in Celestial Tower One, the experts of the Xu family were gathered, seemingly waiting for news.

And seated among them was a strange man dressed in white!

The man had long eyebrows that slanted up toward his temples and a fair complexion. His body seemed to be shrouded in a faint Treasure Light, but its glow was so dim that only someone with astonishing perception would have been able to notice it.

"Lord Mu, do you think this assassination will succeed?"

The Xu family Elder, Xu Ao, set down his teacup and couldn't help but ask.

"Rest assured."

"You yourselves said the boy is only at the Primordial Mansion Realm. Even if his combat prowess is exceptional, there's no way he can handle an Earth Tier assassin."

"And this time, to do the Xu family a favor, I sent a Peak Earth Tier assassin to carry out the mission."

The man in white, Mu Liuji, chuckled softly. He gently swirled the teacup in his hand, the ripples in the tea reflecting his cold, handsome face.

"Let's hope it succeeds."

Xu Ao sighed softly, then a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

'As long as Ye Chen is successfully assassinated, the Top-grade Spiritual Soldier they paid for it will have been worth it!'

Indeed, just yesterday, after the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce issued a statement severing all ties with Ye Chen, the Xu family had immediately been eager to act.

However, after some investigation, they had also learned that Ye Chen had boarded the ship with people from the Demon Exorcism Institute.

Although they didn't know how Ye Chen had managed to fall in with the Cultivators from the Demon Exorcism Institute, they ultimately chose not to act themselves, just to be safe.

Instead, they had sought out the Valley of Death, whose members were also aboard the same Cloud Mist Tower Ship!

This man in white, Mu Liuji, was one of the Valley of Death's Celestial Tier assassins.