The Divine Court assassins have arrived; the infiltration begins!

Outside Yan Capital.

A desolate mass grave.

Two figures, like ghosts, emerged silently from the Void Realm.

They were dressed in pitch-black night-traveling suits.

On their faces, they wore cold, patternless bronze masks.

No trace of spiritual power emanated from their bodies.

It was as if they were two ghosts that did not exist in this world.

One of them, slightly taller, codename Ghost Owl.

Meridian Opening Realm Fifth Level!

The other, slightly shorter, codename Shadow Blade.

Meridian Opening Realm Third Level!

Divine Court, the top assassin duo among all Divine Messengers under the Twelve Divine Officials!

The two, working together, had once assassinated an expert at the Peak of Meridian Opening Realm!

They were the sharpest, most sinister, life-taking blades in the hands of the Divine Court!

"Ghost Owl, what do you think of this mission?"

Shadow Blade's voice was like two pieces of metal rubbing together, sharp and piercing.

"Just a brat at the Qi Sea Realm."

Ghost Owl's voice was filled with disdain and arrogance, "The higher-ups are making too much of a fuss."

"To actually send both of us, at the Meridian Opening Realm, together."

"Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?"

Shadow Blade sneered: "The Liu family paid thirty percent of their family assets. For such a high price, the higher-ups naturally want to ensure there are no mistakes."

"Moreover, the target's strength and identity are not ordinary."

"He is the grandson of that old fellow Lin Zhan. Furthermore, I heard this person displayed great Divine Might during the Wasteland Hunt!"

"Although he is at the Qi Sea Realm, he possesses combat power not inferior to the Meridian Opening Realm. It is truly terrifying!"

Ghost Owl's tone carried a hint of seriousness.

"Hmph, so what if it's Lin Zhan?"

"Once we take that brat's head and fly far away, what can he, Lin Zhan, do to me even if he has heaven-reaching abilities?"

"That is true." Shadow Blade nodded, "The city defenses of Yan Capital seem to have been strengthened quite a bit recently."

"We must find a way to sneak in."

Ghost Owl's gaze swept toward a main road in the distance.

A Liu family caravan was slowly approaching.

"A method, isn't it coming right now?"

A cruel smile appeared on Ghost Owl's face.

Half an hour later.

The Liu family caravan passed through the gates of Yan Capital without obstruction.

The city guards only checked the procedures as a matter of routine and let them through directly.

No one discovered that there were two "guards" in the caravan with no aura, like dead men.

Nightfall gradually arrived.

The entire Yan Capital was shrouded in tranquility.

Lin family residence.

Back garden.

Lin Yuan was still in his unmovable posture, lying on his exclusive grandmaster chair.

Beside him, Lin Ke'er was holding a thick book of Formation diagrams, her little brows knitted in concentration.

"Brother, this Two Forms Micro-Dust Formation is so difficult, I can't understand it at all."

Lin Ke'er pouted, her face full of distress.

Lin Yuan was too lazy to even open his eyes.

"If you don't understand, read it a few more times."

"Use your heart to feel it. The essence of a Formation is the evolution of rules, not rote memorization."

"Oh..."

Lin Ke'er nodded, half-understanding.

Then, she asked curiously: "Brother, didn't you say people from the Liu family would come to cause trouble? Why is there no movement at all?"

"Soon."

Lin Yuan said indifferently.

"The flies have already flown to the door."

"I just don't know if it's two, or more."

A cold, playful arc hooked at the corner of his mouth.

He had been waiting for these blind fellows for a long time.

It was perfect to use them to test a little something he had newly comprehended.

Just then.

In the shadows a hundred meters outside the Lin family residence.

Two black figures, like geckos, were silently pressed against the corner of the wall.

It was Ghost Owl and Shadow Blade!

They had been lurking here for a full two hours.

"The timing is about right."

Ghost Owl gestured to Shadow Blade.

"Prepare to act!"

"That brat's room is the third one on the east side, the window is not closed."

"I will attack, you provide support!"

"Resolve the battle within three breaths!"

Shadow Blade nodded.

The two looked at each other and simultaneously suppressed their aura to the extreme.

Then.

Their figures transformed into two imperceptible wisps of black smoke and drifted toward the seemingly undefended wall of the Lin family!

Closer!

Even closer!

Ten meters!

Five meters!

One meter!

A cruel, triumphant sneer had already hooked onto the corner of Ghost Owl's mouth.

He could even imagine that in the next second, he would appear at the bedside of the brat named Lin Yuan.

Then, with one slash, he would cut his fragile throat!

However!

Just as their fingertips were about to touch the cold wall!

A sudden change occurred!

Hum—!!!

A transparent ripple, almost invisible to the naked eye, violently expanded outward with the Lin family residence as the center!

This ripple had no earth-shattering power.

It also did not have any world-destroying aura.

It was like the gentlest breeze in spring.

But!

When this wind gently brushed across the bodies of Ghost Owl and Shadow Blade!

The bodies of the two top assassins of the Divine Court suddenly stiffened!

Their pupils contracted to the size of needle tips!

A terrifying pressure originating from the depths of their Souls, enough to freeze their Divine Souls, descended like billions of ancient divine mountains!

"No... not good!!!"

A roar of extreme horror erupted in Ghost Owl's heart!

He wanted to retreat!

He wanted to flee!

He wanted to use every method to stay far away from this terrifying barrier that was like a Demon God's Domain!

But, it was too late!

That invisible pressure was like an invisible hand from a god, tightly gripping their bodies!

Instantly, it collapsed!

Pfft! Pfft!

Two dull sounds rang out.

Their bodies flew backward at ten times the speed they had come!

Boom! Boom!

Two loud bangs!

They slammed heavily into a rockery a hundred meters away!

The entire rockery, built of hard rock, instantly shattered into pieces, turning into flying debris!

"Pfft—!"

Ghost Owl and Shadow Blade spat out a large mouthful of blood simultaneously, their bodies paralyzed in the ruins like two dead dogs.

Their faces were filled with disbelief and terror!

Defeated?

They hadn't even touched the Lin family wall.

And they were instantly severely injured by some barrier, the likes of which they didn't even know what it was?!

"Exposed! Run!"

Shadow Blade's reaction was extremely fast.

He endured the roiling Qi and blood in his body and the stinging pain coming from his Divine Soul, and let out a roar.

He struggled to climb up from the ground.

However.

A lazy voice, like a Soul-reaping sound from the Nine Serenities, slowly rang in their ears.

"Since you've come."

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"Won't you stay and have a cup of tea before leaving?"