Aldrian dodged another flying knife, but his opponent followed up with a strike of the blade, bringing the fight into close combat. The three envoys from the city lord manor joined in, supporting the assassins who had been sent to ambush Aldrian.
To their surprise and growing anxiety, this young man's cultivation was not consistent with his combat power. His strikes were deadly, making the whole situation feel like a dream due to the sheer absurdity. They had expected to easily suppress an Earl stage cultivator like him and even thought it was excessive for their superiors to send Marquess level fighters like them.
"He must be concealing his true cultivation with some technique!" they thought. But at this point, it didn't matter. What had started as a simple apprehension, with orders to kill if he didn't comply, had escalated into a fight for their lives.
