Over ten assassins emerged from the cave. Jun Changxiao, wearing his Dazzling Light Dark Realm glasses, relied on the detection function to capture all their strength levels.

Without a doubt, that peak Wutu was one of Rain Drizzle Tower’s four ace assassins.

“Rustle rustle rustle.”

Xiao Zuiji drilled out from the grass thicket, standing beneath the tree and saying in a low voice, “Sect Leader, killed another one.”

Jun Changxiao took a bite of his apple and casually tossed it away. “Hand me the gun.”

Xiao Zuiji threw the Type 88 sniper rifle up.

“Swish!”

Jun Changxiao caught the sniper rifle, holding it with one hand. He tilted his head toward the eight-times scope, the crosshairs aiming at Black Eagle.

He decided to first take out one of Rain Drizzle Tower’s ace assassins, making the opponent even more terrified, even more sick of living.

“Should I lock onto the head, or lock onto the chest?”

After some consideration, Jun Changxiao said, “After all, he’s a minor leader of Rain Drizzle Tower. Give him a dignified death.”

Decided—lock onto the chest!

“Bang!”

The bullet shot out, flying straight.

“Hm?”

Black Eagle, who had just walked out of the cave, heard the commotion. His pupils contracted, and a strong sense of deadly crisis instantly spread through his heart.

“Boom!”

The bullet directly hit its target!

The corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth raised in a smile, but the next second, the smile froze.

Through the scope, he clearly saw that the instant the flowing light bullet approached that guy, it was blocked by a barrier resembling an array’s flowing light screen.

What… what’s going on!

The system said, “The opponent has a defensive treasure that formed a barrier and blocked the bullet!”

Yes.

Appearing around Black Eagle’s body, the oval-shaped flowing light shield was activated by a treasure called a ‘Barrier Compass.’

Barrier Compass.

A mid-grade Common Rank defensive treasure.

The holder could fuse their mental intent into it and instantly activate a flowing light barrier, enveloping themselves within it to form an impregnable defense.

The Barrier Compass was something Black Eagle had accidentally obtained after completing an assassination mission years ago. He kept it on his person, preparing for unexpected needs.

After hearing the gunshot and feeling the deadly crisis, he activated the barrier without the slightest hesitation, which allowed him to block the bullet shooting explosively toward him.

Fortunately, the shooting distance was far, giving him that zero-point-zero-something seconds to activate the barrier. If it had been two or three hundred meters closer, once the gun fired, there would have been absolutely no chance to activate it.

Although the Barrier Compass blocked the flowing light bullet, the position where it was bombarded already showed a shattered state.

“Thud!”

Black Eagle collapsed to the ground. Cold sweat streamed from his forehead, and waves of chill ran up his spine.

In zero-point-zero-something seconds, he had experienced life and death.

Assassins don’t fear death, but personally experiencing the feeling of the Grim Reaper brushing past—that would definitely leave an endless aftertaste!

“Bang!”

Jun Changxiao pulled the trigger again, and the flowing light bullet shot explosively forward.

Black Eagle, who thought he had walked out from the gates of hell, heard the explosive sound. His scalp instantly burst, and the thought of death that had just fallen rose once again.

Even stronger than before!

It’s over…

No, it’s not over! I want to live!

A strong desire to survive arose, forcing him to withdraw the tattered barrier and suddenly grab toward a subordinate approaching him, clearly wanting to pull him over to block in front!

Subordinates could die.

He absolutely could not die!

But could the speed of pulling someone over be faster than a bullet fired from a sniper rifle?

Obviously not. So before the subordinate was pulled over, before forming a bullet-blocking position, with a ‘bang’, his chest was mercilessly pierced through.

Black Eagle stiffly lowered his head, looking at his pierced chest. His pupils gradually became unfocused, and finally his body tilted and fell.

One of Rain Drizzle Tower’s four ace assassins, who had executed over five hundred assassination missions.

His killing method was mostly using his five fingers, sharp as eagle talons, to penetrate the target’s chest, then pull out the heart and viciously crush it.

Each time he held the scorching, still-beating heart of the person he killed, he would always ask with a ferocious expression, “Without your heart, what does it feel like?”

What does it feel like?

Previously, Black Eagle didn’t understand. Now he understood.

Because his own heart was directly blasted apart by flowing light. That feeling was incomparably painful, and also carried the pain of every inch of skin being torn!

An assassin who took pleasure in killing people and extracting hearts had his heart shattered by a single shot—truly fulfilling that old saying: the cycle of cause and effect, retribution is infallible.

On a distant tree, Jun Changxiao said coolly, “There’s nothing that can’t be resolved with one shot. If there is, then two shots.”

“Boss!”

The assassins who witnessed Black Eagle’s death cried out in grief.

But they were like stray dogs that had lost their home, completely disregarding their boss’s corpse, each one rushing toward the cave.

“Want to leave?”

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Jun Changxiao fired seven shots in succession, completely emptying the magazine’s bullets. Only then, unable to withstand the recoil, was he directly shaken and sent flying.

As for the over ten assassins running toward the cave, seven were killed on the spot.

“Swish! Swish!”

At the same time, dozens of assassins responsible for searching the surroundings heard the successive gunshots and rushed over, but they didn’t see Jun Changxiao or Xiao Zuiji—only a half-eaten apple on the ground.

…

One of Rain Drizzle Tower’s four ace assassins, Black Eagle, had his chest pierced through and heart shattered, ending his sinful life.

When Scorpion and the other two learned of this, they were extremely furious.

Although assassins didn’t emphasize emotions, Black Eagle was after all an ace assassin, one of Rain Drizzle Tower’s founding members. They had worked together for a long time.

To be blasted to death by someone in the shadows just after emerging from the cave—this was truly unacceptable!

“Ahhh!”

Scorpion held his head, roaring, “This old master will definitely catch that guy, will definitely tear him to pieces!”

Viper said calmly, “Black Eagle had a defensive treasure and was still killed. That hidden weapon’s power is truly terrifying. We absolutely must not act rashly.”

“Third Brother, quickly send word to recall all the subordinates outside. Without orders, no one is permitted to leave headquarters!”

“Mm.”

Lynx hurriedly left, using special contact methods to notify the assassins searching outside, making them all return to headquarters in an extremely short time.

If they had done this from the start, there definitely wouldn’t have been such great losses.

Unfortunately, Jun Changxiao hadn’t let Xiao Zuiji fire the gun unscrupulously precisely to create the illusion for them that the person in the shadows would only ambush and could be killed if caught, which is why they kept sending people out to search.

…

Inside the mountain cave.

Jun Changxiao grimaced as he rubbed the shoulder that had held the gun. The numbness and pain only dissipated after quite a while.

With his Grade Eight Wutu cultivation level and physical strength, holding the Type 88 sniper rifle to shoot, enduring two or three shots was no problem, but doing it too many times definitely wouldn’t work.

Xiao Zuiji looked at the sect leader with a face full of worship.

Earlier, the field of view had been extremely good, and it was daytime. He had clearly witnessed the sect leader firing the subsequent seven shots in one breath, with all seven assassins killed!

My heavens.

This marksmanship was simply too divine!

Xiao Zuiji clenched his fist, determination in his eyes. “Sect Leader, I’ll train even harder, striving to develop your level of divine marksmanship as soon as possible!”

The corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched as he thought, “Setting this goal, I’m afraid it’s indefinitely far away.”

The next day, he didn’t have Xiao Zuiji continue operations because the opponent had died a leader and would definitely realize the problem was bigger than imagined. Right now, they should be like frightened mice, shrinking inside the cave and not daring to come out.

Jun Changxiao rubbed his temples, murmuring, “Next, I should consider how to kill all those rats in the cave.”

He thought of quite a few ideas.

For instance, blocking the cave entrance to smoke them out, or redirecting the waterfall’s water over to directly flood the rat hole, but he abandoned them all because if there were other exits, it would only waste time.

Rain Drizzle Tower headquarters.

Scorpion, Viper, and the others were similarly discussing how to find the person in the shadows, because shrinking in the cave wasn’t a solution either.

Lynx said, “When night falls, I’ll take a few subordinates out through the back door and search silently.”

“This method is feasible.”

Viper agreed. “We were a bit overconfident at first, sending out too many people, giving the opponent opportunities to exploit. If we divide into small groups and fully utilize our own advantages, we’ll definitely be able to find them.”