Chapter 1168: Killing the Seventh assassin

No wonder those attacks were so strong, that guy was one of seven assassins. Since that guy could fight Pheng Xuan, the others were probably strong as well.

Back in Sword City, Lin Pheng had sensed an assassin's energy and then the Watcher had helped him. He told him that there was always someone observing in the darkness. Pheng Xuan was facing one of those assassins which meant there was someone else hiding.

"Bzz!" Lin Pheng raised his bow. Even though Pheng Xuan hadn't asked him to fight, Lin Pheng wouldn't let them off. Last time they had tried to kill him, this time he wouldn't give them a second chance.

Lin Pheng condensed sun energy into his arrows and shot them at the assassin who was fighting Pheng Xuan. If the one in the dark attacked too, Lin Pheng would concentrate on him then.

Another terrifying energy surrounded Lin Pheng and the bow was oppressed.

"phoenix!" shouted Pheng Xuan. Her hand turned into a phoenix and shot out towards the enemy leaving a trail of fire behind it.

The assassin was distracted by Lin Pheng so he had moved away from Pheng Xuan.

Pheng Xuan continued using her phoenix spell without hesitating.

"Seal!" the assassin was surprised. He wouldn't have thought that Pheng Xuan would continued attacking him, but she did. He wanted to kill her so how could he flinch? He placed his left on his heart and sealed himself. Golden lights appeared around him and they looked indestructible.

"boom!" the phoenix crashed onto the assassin's golden body and broke it through the protection. Blood splashed and a hole appeared.

At the same time, the assassin had attacked and it landed on Pheng Xuan's third eye. Blood splashed from both sides.

"How sly!" thought Lin Pheng.

"Cut again!" Pheng Xuan ignored the pain and continued attacking. The assassin moved back, he was already soaked in his own blood. At the same time, he released energies to attack Pheng Xuan again.

"Nirvana Healing!" shouted Pheng Xuan furiously releasing vitality lights to heal her wounds. The assassin was upset after seeing this. Pheng Xuan had an ancient phoenix body which meant she had phoenix blood and its healing techniques.

"Vitality energy." Lin Pheng sighed. According to legends, Phoenixes could heal themselves and even come back to life after dying.

"Eh?" at that moment, Lin Pheng was surprised to sensed energies around him. A sharp and terrifying energy appeared behind him.

"Kaboom!" Lin Pheng released terrifying thunderous energies, but the energies were oppressive. Luckily, his physical body was extremely strong and his low level armor protected him. He condensed more thunder energies, as well as fire energies and released them.

"Slash." a subtle sound was heard and the terrifying sensation of danger vanished. Lin Pheng turned around and saw an arrow in his opponent's forehead. Someone had shot an arrow at the last moment.

"The Watcher!" thought Lin Pheng. Last time, when he was surrounded by all those strong cultivators, the Watcher had shot a golden arrow at him which had melted and mixed with his blood, but Lin Pheng wouldn't have thought that the Watcher would constantly follow him until now.

"He does his job well." Lin Pheng sighed. He didn't understand who the Watcher was.

He glanced around, but saw nobody. According to the legends, the Imperial Assassin Union and the Watchers were mortal enemies.

When Lin Pheng turned around, he prepared his bow again without hesitation. He wanted to kill the assassin who was still fighting. He thought that his friend would easily kill Lin Pheng, but he had failed so quickly.

The assassin didn't feel like fighting anymore. He was wounded and he was losing too much blood.

Lin Pheng's sword was extremely fast so the assassin couldn't escape.

"Slow down!" shouted the assassin turning around. A strange strength enveloped the space and Lin Pheng's arrow slowed down. At the same time, he released another kind of energy which weakened the arrow.

"Slash, slash." Lin Pheng continued shooting arrows. The assassin released golden lights which wrapped around him again. Then, he confronted the arrows. Rumbling and crackling sounds rang out as he took out a dazzling sword and cut the arrow, but his sword broke.

"Kaboom!" A dazzling purple light descended from the sky and struck his body. It had aimed for the wound on his chest. His muscles twitched and at the same time, a sword appeared on his throat. It was Lin Pheng's sword.

The assassin was astonished, his face turned deathly pale as he smiled, "I wouldn't have thought that I, the seventh assassin, would die by your hands! Today, I failed because I wasn't strong enough. I needed more time. ."

"Seventh assassin!" Lin Pheng was surprised, the seventh assassin? He was already so strong.

"I am not an enemy of the Imperial Assassin Union and I am not strong or talented, why does the Imperial Assassin Union want to kill me?" asked Lin Pheng coldly.

"Because you must die." said the assassin laughing in a cold way. "I didn't manage to kill the phoenix girl today, but there are six more assassins who they are stronger than me, especially the first one! You cannot even imagine, you guys stand no chance! You are just stepping stones for us!"

"Slash!" Lin Pheng slit his throat and his head flew away.

"Difficult enemy." said Pheng Xuan arriving next to Lin Pheng. She had already recovered, surprising Lin Pheng.

"Thank you." said Pheng Xuan.

"They also wanted to kill me, so there's no need to thank me." said Lin Pheng. Why had the assassin said he had to die? Was it because he had seen them when they tried to kill Xue Bi Yao?

"No matter what, if you hadn't appeared today, I might have died. Even though that guy was only the seventh assassin, he understood several types of intent and strength. He had many skills and techniques, he even understood acceleration, deceleration, gold, and empty space energies. Those assassins are terrifying." said Pheng Xuan.

She had an ancient phoenix body, but it alone wasn't enough to contend against them.

"Acceleration and deceleration energies!" whispered Lin Pheng. A moment before, the assassin had shouted "slow down" and his arrow had been slowed down. That must have been deceleration intent. If a cultivator understood deceleration abstruse energies, he would be able to freeze opponents and kill them mid-air.

Lin Pheng turned around and gazed into the distance, "Thank you very much for your help, if you ever feel like it, you can show yourself for me!"

No reply. The Watcher was almost like a god watching him from the sky!

"I suppose you're the first one the Watchers protect, I wonder how strong you'll become in the future." said Pheng Xuan staring at Lin Pheng. Being protected by the Watchers meant that a cultivator was going to become gloriously strong. No matter who wanted to kill Lin Pheng, they had to think twice before trying for there was a mysterious Watcher protecting him!