The assassin was very experienced. After stabbing through the young girl and her mother, he was ready to make a fast retreat now that his job was done. Besides professionalism, he had to rush into secluded cultivation to heal his injuries since he still wanted to stay in the land of the living. This was when thunder shook the heavens and the earth.
The assassin turned around and he was ready to jump into a nearby shadow when time froze. The assassin could still think and feel but he could not move his body.
He blinked once and in the next instant, the Thunder Emperor stood before him with his neck grasped in his hands.
