Since it was already nearly 10 PM, the traffic was light. In just half an hour, Yaoguang arrived at Griffin Garden. It was a villa district that had been left nearly unfinished because of its poor location. Compounding this with the late hour, nine out of ten villas remained shrouded in darkness.0

Yaoguang observed the area for a moment before quickly approaching a villa near the main road. Using his Perception ability, he locked onto qi-blood fluctuations belonging to someone who was at least a martial paragon.0

There's actually a mimic here, he thought.[1]1

He immediately used Formless to restrain his qi, silently creeping toward the martial paragon stationed there. On the way, he spotted several other guards. Two of them possessed grandmaster-tier strength, yet they failed to notice Yaoguang as he slipped past them without a sound.0

The martial paragon in charge of Griffin Garden was conducting a patrol. After briefly judging the man's movement trajectory, Yaoguang stood silently at a corner, using Formless to reduce his qi as much as he could.0

Relying on his wealth of experience, he remained undetected even when the martial paragon arrived right at his hiding spot.0

Just as the man turned the corner, a cold glint pierced the air. The Divine Shadow Sword resembled a ghost as it tore through the void under the...0