Like a cascade of starlight, the beams of sword light instantly hit Li Mu in different parts.

In particular, the sword light that darted toward his glabella seemed to have the power to penetrate the galaxy. The Sword Qi was sharp and fierce, as though it was going to pierce heaven and earth. This strike was horrible to the extreme.

The sneak attack succeeded.

The assassin who was wielding a sword gracefully leaped backward and landed on the floor of the quiet room.

The whole process occurred in a fraction of a second. It was incredibly fast.

The sword light was as gorgeous as that described in myths. And the assassin did not make a sound the whole time. Even the control of energy fluctuations was accurate to the extreme. Watching this assassination was like watching a film with the sound turned off. It was fascinating but soundless.

The assassin landed on the ground in a natural and unrestrained manner.

“Sure enough, as long as I don’t give you a chance to use your broadsword, you are just vulnerable.”

The assassin scorned and looked at Li Mu’s “dead body”.

It was a woman’s voice.

The voice was crisp and melodious, with a hint of etherealness.

Li Yidao was known for his brilliant broadsword-using skills. No matter who his opponent was, he would definitely win the battle with just one strike.

Li Yidao was getting more and more famous. It was more so after he defeated Chu Jiaoyang.

Countless people in the outside world were studying the one move that secured victory for Li Yidao in every battle. But the study did not get them anywhere.

As time went by, the formidable power of the strike was lauded to the skies.

In the end, all parties came to the conclusion that if one wanted to defeat Li Yidao, one shall never let him have a chance to strike with his broadsword.

Therefore, the assassin attacked with all her strength before Li Mu had any chance to react.

The assassination was carried out more easily than she had imagined.

“Haha, you were known for winning a battle with one strike. Today, I killed you with one strike. That should be in keeping with your fame. Well, may you rest in peace.”

A faint smile appeared on the assassin’s face covered by the black cloth.

Just at this moment, Li Mu, who had been stabbed all over and was supposed to be a dead man in the assassin’s eyes, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her, asking, “Who are you?”

“What? You haven’t died yet?”

The assassin was deeply alarmed. Her hair stood on end.

The sword style she performed just now fired numerous jets of sword light like a meteor shower. It could destroy any fortifications. And all of the sword light had hitten Li Yidao. Still, he didn’t die. How could that be?

Li Mu slowly stood up. His clothes were riddled with holes, and there was a faint red mark between his eyebrows. The sword light didn’t even scratch his skin. He gazed at the assassin in black and asked, “Who sent you here?”

After the great shock subsided, the assassin reacted very quickly. Without saying a word, she attacked again.

Clusters of dazzling light burst out from the long sword in her hand, which darted at Li Mu altogether.

The sword moved forward, stirring up a gust of whistling wind. It felt like stars were falling from the sky. The power of the sword style was really amazing.

The assassin was a swordswoman in the General Realm.

“Sadly, you’ve missed your chance.”

Li Mu advanced with one hand reaching out. As though picking a flower, his fingertips pinched a faint light spot in the sea of glimmering starlight.

Instantly, the thousands of beams of sword light dimmed and converged into the tip of a sword, which then turned into a long sword and was firmly grabbed by Li Mu.

The assassin struggled with all her might. But her long sword seemed to be cast in iron, and could no longer be pulled out or transform.

“How come? Your body…” The assassin couldn’t be more astounded.

The outside world had done a lot of research on Li Yidao, but no one had ever said that this Broadsword Man, who could defeat anyone with one strike, had such a strong body, too. His body was comparable to a Taoist Treasure. He could even hold her long sword with his bare hand. That was absolutely not something an ordinary cultivator in the General Realm could do.

“It’s too late for you to know that now.”

Li Mu threw a punch with his left fist.

The assassin let go of her long sword and tried to dodge. But the fist radiance splintered like a thousand shattered stars. She was only brushed by a few wisps of the fist radiance, but it caused her such great pain that she felt as if she had been hit by a meteorite. She lost balance and flew backward before crashing into an invisible wall of air in the quiet room and bouncing off.

Li Mu flicked his right hand.

The long sword that he pinched on his fingertips instantly turned into a pile of metal powder and dissipated without a trace.

The assassin’s pupils suddenly contracted.

“What kind of physical strength is this?

“Even those in the General Realm who have trained hard for ages can hardly gain such physical strength, can they?”

She immediately realized that this Li Yidao was not only proficient in broadsword-using methods. He still had many hidden skills unknown to the world.

“He’s concealed his strength.

“This is horrible.

“I’m screwed.”

The woman assassin looked at the looming runes flowing around the quiet room. It was a kind of tactical deployment for trapping that she had never seen before. This brought her to the realization that it was basically impossible for her to escape.

“Who sent you here?” Li Mu slowly approached her and asked.

The woman assassin’s face was covered with a piece of black cloth, which was now dyed red with blood. She looked up at Li Mu and said, “Who are you on earth? Li Yidao doesn’t have the physical cultivation as you do. You are not Li Yidao.”

Li Yidao was a real figure in the universe. Before she came here, she had read all the information about him. Thus, she knew that Li Yidao had great broadsword-using methods, but he absolutely couldn’t have such strong physical cultivation.

Besides, regarding the broadsword-using methods, the real Li Yidao was never as legendary as he seemed to be in the past few days.

It was possible for one to have an epiphany and make rapid progress in broadsword-using methods. But the cultivation of one’s physical body required long-term efforts. It could not be done overnight.

Therefore, even a fool would have guessed that the man in front of her was definitely not Li Yidao.

Li Mu did not speak. Yet, he directly pointed a finger at the assassin. He gathered his Divine Consciousness, trying to read the assassin’s memory.

However, the look in the assassin’s eyes showed that she had long prepared to die if the mission failed. The blood trickling beneath the black cloth suddenly emitted a pungent stench. She laughed wistfully and said, “I’ve lost to you, haha. But you won’t have much time to live either. I’ll wait for you in the netherworld.”

After saying that, she stopped breathing.

Li Mu lifted the black cloth the woman assassin was wearing and saw a young and beautiful face.

It was a face he did not know.

He had never met her before.

Between the woman’s eyebrows, there was a weird, coiled-up black snake sticking out its scarlet tongue. It gave people the blood-curdling impression that it would spring to life at any time and bite whoever was near.

But soon, black liquid oozed out from the woman’s eyes, mouth, ears, and nostrils.

Then, her body dissolved into a pool of black water, as though she had been soaked in concentrated sulfuric acid.

Even her clothes, accessories, and everything she carried with her were all gone.

All the traces of her existence had been eliminated.

Li Mu was dazed for a moment. He then realized that the assassin had already planned to commit suicide if she failed before she came here. She had taken poison or something like that, which would dissolve her body after she died. Thus, she would not leave clues that might reveal who she was or who she worked for behind.

However, in this pool of black water, Li Mu saw that a black, snake-patterned coin was not dissolved.

He picked up the Black Snake Coin.

“Frizzle…”

When the sinister black water on the Black Snake Coin touched Li Mu’s hand, the strange sound of something being corroded was heard.

But Li Mu’s physical cultivation was so powerful that the black water didn’t even corrode the outermost layer of his skin before it dissipated.

However, almost at the same time, Li Mu suddenly felt a tinge of burning pain from his right arm as if it was being roasted.

He rolled up his sleeves and saw the black snake tattoo that Wei Ximin’s curse had put on him right before he died begin to glow, and the body of the snake even wriggled as if it had come to life.

“Black Snake?”

Li Mu began to ponder.

Someone just came into his mind.

…

“Eh? I sensed the aura of the black snake curse. The person who killed my brother is on White Earth.”

In a magnificent hall:

Just as every guest was enjoying the banquet, a black-scaled young man in one of the four seats of honor suddenly rose to his feet. The wine cup in his hand exploded, and an extremely terrifying demonic air swirled around him.

The fairies who were dancing elegantly in the center of the hall instantly shivered in fear.

On the left and right seats for guests, the Heavenly Legends from all the major Star Regions also showed a frightened look.

The merry and relaxed mood at the banquet was completely disrupted by the black-scaled young man’s outburst of anger.

In one of the four seats of honor sat a burly man in white. He had long golden hair and looked as handsome as the son of Apollo. With a smile on his face, he remarked, “Brother Dark Demon, why did you suddenly lose your composure? Is it that the dancers of our Heavenly Deity Clan aren’t outstanding enough or that some stupid guy has upset you?”

The black-scaled man closed his eyes to sense the surroundings for a moment and gradually withdrew the dark demonic aura into his body. He slowly opened his mouth and said, “I picked up the aura of my enemy. The power of the Black Demon Abyss’s curse has been triggered just now. The jackass who killed my brother Wei Ximin is in the divine city of Imperium Vulpes. I’m gonna track him down and tear him into pieces to avenge my brother’s death.”

“Really?” In one of the four seats of honor, another young man in a green leather robe put on a surprised look. He was slender and delicate, and his facial features were as exquisite as a woman’s.

But the next second, he smiled and said, “I’ve long heard that there are remnants of the Dark Yellow Army lying in ambush near the Ghost Rally Star in the Brilliance Immortal Star Region. They had waylaid and killed Wei Ximin, the Marquis of the West. Brother Dark Demon, do you have any clues? As long as the murderer is still in Imperium Vulpes, our Green Fox Tribe can definitely find him for you, no matter how well he hides.”

The black-scaled young man unfolded his palm, and a black, snake-patterned coin appeared in his hand.

“Water this coin with the blood of the virgins with Pure Yin properties at all hours so that it can be connected to the higher force. Once the murderer is within a radius of one kilometer, you can sense him. Then, Brother Green Fox, you just need to contact me. I will personally carry out the revenge,” said the black-scaled young man.

The young man with an exquisite face smiled slightly. He took the Black Snake Coin and said, “No problem.”

In the main hall, a witted-looking Heavenly Legend sitting among all the other guests stood up and said, “I’m Min Chenzi from the Dark Shade Star Region. I’m also willing to assist you, Brother Dark Demon. Please grant me a Black Snake Coin so that I can go track down that murderous devil for you.”

The black-scaled young man glanced at Min Chenzi and said coldly, “You think the Black Snake Coin is something that any random guy can have?”

Min Chenzi’s face immediately flushed red.

He was the top Heavenly Legend in the Dark Shade Star Region, ranked 231st on the List of Heavenly Legends of the Star Regions. Since he was sitting at today’s banquet, his distinguished status had been proved. However, Blighting Dark Demon belittled him in front of everyone and harshly rejected his offer.

He had buttered up the wrong man and made a fool of himself.

Some of the Heavenly Legends around laughed.

Blighting Dark Demon was the first-line successor of the Demonic Snake Abyss, one of the Four Heavenly Legends of the Ziwei Star Zone. His strength was horrific, and he thought very highly of himself. Thus, he would not allow any random guy to cozy up to him.

This time, Min Chenzi had truly asked for humiliation.

Min Chenzi’s expression changed again and again. But at last, he managed to force a smile and respectfully cupped his hands before his chest, saying, “Sorry for springing it on you like that. Brother Dark Demon, hope you wouldn’t mind.” After that, he sat down and continued to drink with an unflustered look.