A ghost blade and a dagger suddenly pierced out simultaneously from the void on Xu Chen's left and right sides.
The attack was ghostly and unpredictable.
Impossible to guard against.
"Thud! Thud!"
The ghost blade and dagger plunged into Xu Chen's body at the same time.
However.
Still no blood spurted out.
And Xu Chen simply dissolved into a streak of sword light and vanished.
The expressions of Ghost Shadow and Phantom, stepping out from the shadows, both shifted drastically.
"Go!"
Ghost Shadow and Phantom flashed toward the courtyard exit at top speed.
The reason assassins struck terror into people's hearts was not because of their frontal combat strength, but because of their ghostly and unpredictable assassination techniques.
And the first rule a powerful assassin had to remember was: if a strike fails, flee a thousand miles away.
"Now that you've come, don't bother leaving. Once you step into this courtyard, your life and death are no longer up to you to decide—they are decided by me."
Xu Chen's voice echoed in the ears of Ghost Shadow and Phantom at that moment.
Ghost Shadow and Phantom's expressions changed abruptly because, just as they were about to rush out of Bamboo Courtyard, they found themselves bizarrely transported right back to where they started.
"How can this be?"
A surge of intense unease welled up in Ghost Shadow's heart.
"Whoosh!"
Phantom remained silent and charged forward once again.
Bamboo Courtyard did not cover a large area.
At Phantom's speed, goi…
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