It was an assassin that was completely enveloped in black clothes.

The sword in his hand was extremely narrow, long, fine like a finger, pitch black, and lusterless. The sword moves executed with it was like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, and it only sought after speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. It moved indeterminately and was peerless in assassination.

This sort of combat style was usually unable to cause death on a large scale, yet if it was utilized to assassinate a certain target, it could be lethal with a single strike.

But it was precisely because of this that Chen Xi was able to rely on his extraordinarily high combat instinct to predict the movements of his enemy and safely avoid the assassin’s assault. Otherwise, if the assassin were to spread some sword qi out, it would be sufficient to take his life.

It couldn’t be helped, his strength hadn’t recovered yet, and he was only around the Golden Core Realm, whereas the black clothed assassin was around the 4th level of the Earthly Immortal Realm in cultivation…

Gu Tian was a sword cultivator as well, yet he was forced into a difficult position by the assassin, and he appeared inferior upon comparison.

On the other hand, those guards were only at the Nether Transformation Realm....