I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

Yunxi was caught in a dilemma. Shen Ming was being subjected to a curse spell, and the only way was to interrupt the assassin casting the spell.

But if she leaves, the female assassin with the bow will fire a fatal arrow.

The Soul-Locking Bow is unerring, striking directly at the soul.

"Why is this happening? Shouldn't his luck be consistently good?"

Yunxi couldn't understand it. She had come to borrow Shen Ming's luck, but ended up running into this kind of thing.

Alternatively, she could abandon Shen Ming and head straight to Da Luo Tai.

The three ancient birds are dead, leaving only Tuoba Yun.

"Princess Yunxi, you don't need to worry about me."

Shen Ming realized that the current situation was extremely difficult, second only to the time he was trapped in the Burial Sea.

The assassins from the Central Region came prepared, having planned for months.

The main reason is that the Curse Killing Technique is so powerful that it doesn't even require collecting his essence blood; any essence blood from the main branch of the Jiang family will do.

They didn't engage in a direct confrontation; instead, they competed directly in terms of lifespan.

Assassins also pay a heavy price, but that's part of their nature.

"Do you have any trump cards up your sleeve?" Yunxi asked.

Shen Ming thought for a moment, but his Yuanjing Fire was out of control, making it impossible to control his sword. His blood and qi were churning, and he couldn't make use of his physical advantages.

Their only remaining reliance is the Xuan Tian Wheel.

"The Xuan Tian Wheel cannot stop the Soul-Locking Bow."

As Yunxi made up her mind, she was seen forming hand seals, and the nine Dao soldiers around her formed a golden circle.

"This is a protective spell. As long as you don't go out, her arrows can't get in. I'll go deal with the assassin who cast the spell."

After leaving behind a single sentence, Yunxi didn't give Shen Ming a chance to speak. She used up a talisman and disappeared.

The next second, she appeared on a flat plain dozens of miles away, where there was not a single figure.

Yunxi used an earthen-yellow talisman again, splitting the earth in two. From the surging soil, three masked assassins emerged.

They sat in different positions, their hands forming different mudras. The details were in the hands: one had their thumbs touching, another had their fists clapping together, and the third had their palms open with their fingertips facing each other.

If you only look at the hands, you will find that the three hand seals can overlap to form a complete mudra, creating a blood-red light curtain.

Just as Yunxi was about to make a move, she sensed a chill behind her.

Without looking back, he quickly slipped away.

Unexpectedly, the chill followed closely behind, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw that it was a Soul-Locking Arrow aimed at her brow.

"Seven-Colored Divine Light Seal!"

At the critical moment, Yunxi activated a secret technique, and a beam of light shot out from her eyes, deflecting the arrow.

Then came a burning sensation in my eyes, tears streaming down my face, and darkness engulfed my vision.

This is because the distance was too close, causing temporary blindness.

Fortunately, the Soul-Dropping Arrow did not enter the mind.

"A Supreme Realm cultivator can only draw the Soul-Shattering Bow once, and that assassin actually used it on me directly."

This is incomprehensible. As long as she cannot disrupt the curse casting, Shen Ming is doomed to die.

She withstood the arrow, but was unable to see the enemy clearly, and even her divine sense was sealed off.

Like a normal person suddenly becoming blind, Yunxi was gripped by intense unease and deployed all defensive measures around herself.

"This is the limit that can be achieved."

Yunxi's heart sank to the bottom. Not only was the person not saved, but her own condition was also affected.

It would be a lie to say she doesn't regret it, but if she had to do it all over again, she would still choose to take action.

Similarly, the three assassins who cast the curse were also taken aback.

"This woman is no ordinary person. She was able to find our target in the first place, and so is Youyue."

"Why is the target still alive? We've already used up more than three hundred years of our lifespan."

"It's not uncommon for top geniuses to have a lifespan of four hundred years. Let's continue."

They continued to cast spells, and their life force, like water bursting from a dam, poured continuously into the magic seals, causing a burst of blood-red light.

Yunxi could clearly sense the deathly aura emanating from the seal, but there was nothing she could do.

A minute later, she discovered that the assassin was still activating the hand seals.

"Judging from the timeline, they've consumed at least five hundred years of their lifespan. Why isn't it over yet?"

Not only was she puzzled, but the three assassins also realized something was wrong.

"Stop! Stop it now!"

Their combined lifespan is over a thousand years, and they originally only intended to use one-third of it to complete the mission.

If you exceed half of that, your lifespan won't be enough, and all the money you earn will be for nothing.

"As long as the target is dead, the curse-killing technique won't stop!"

The despairing thing is that once the curse is cast, one of the parties must die.

In the blink of an eye, the lifespan injected by the curse technique exceeded eight hundred years. Even though the assassins wore masks, they could still feel the decadence of waning vitality.

"Ahhh! Is he a Sovereign Realm expert? How could this be! How is this possible!"

"I'm not playing anymore! Stop it now!"

"Is he immortal, with an unlimited lifespan?"

The assassins began to crumble, especially one of the older assassins who had lived for two hundred years.

With a snap, his life force was completely depleted, and his body went limp and collapsed.

The three people were split into two, creating a chain reaction that caused the other two assassins to fall one after another.

Once Yunxi's eyesight returned to normal, she saw the corpses of three assassins on the ground.

What's going on? Are they going to die together?

Surely the combined lifespan of the three assassins couldn't possibly be enough to kill Shen Ming.

……

Shen Ming, on the other hand, was under the influence of the Curse Killing Technique and felt extremely uncomfortable.

However, there was something that puzzled him: logically, there should be a decline process, that is, as lifespan decreases, physical condition becomes more and more serious.

But he just didn't get that feeling; he was constantly being disturbed and unable to fight. After a while, he realized that this curse killing technique was nothing special.

Outside the safe haven, the female assassin with the bow and arrow grew increasingly grim.

Too much time has passed! The target should have been dead a minute ago!

Regardless of talent or physique, time is fair for all humans; those at the Supreme Realm only have a lifespan of three hundred years!

No, it's nine-tenths wrong!

The female assassin with the bow couldn't bring herself to fire a second arrow; she was only there to witness Shen Ming's death.

Now, I don't want to be a fool and wait to die, so I'm turning around and leaving.

They hadn't gone far when they heard a sharp whooshing sound behind them. Turning around, they saw it was the target's natal flying sword!

Is he really alright?!

The female assassin was plunged into despair. She knew from intelligence that she could not possibly stop this natal flying sword.

As an assassin, if your trump card fails, you might not be able to defeat someone of the same level.

puff!

The Mingxin Sword pierced her body and brought her back to where she was.

Shen Ming stepped out of the range of the protective technique, his right hand forming a sword incantation.

In that instant, the curse technique failed, and he recovered immediately, no longer intending to let the female assassin go.

"It seems Princess Yunxi succeeded. I still have a lot of lifespan left to last this long. This curse killing technique is truly trash; it doesn't even cause any harm to the target after it fails," Shen Ming commented.