Max raised Dragonheart as the Vein of Speed kept surging through his body and seven-colored lightning crackled around him.
Then the assassin suddenly laughed, not because he found any of this funny, but because he was genuinely surprised.
"I never imagined you'd be able to react to my assassination." He glanced at the weapon in his hand. "Let alone survive it and counterattack me right away."
His expression turned more serious, and the arrogance he had carried before the attack was gone. He was finally treating Max as a real opponent.
"No wonder," the assassin said, looking straight at him. "No wonder you cleared all ten shadows in the Ten Shadows Trial."
The space around him began twisting again as his aura slowly rose, and the pressure of a 9th level Divine Lord Realm cultivator spread across the sky.
"But that only makes killing you more important."
Max's expression turned serious.
