An Assassin?

"What!?" The red-robed bald man appeared as if he saw a ghost while witnessing the bloody scene. Even the victim's soul seems to have been obliterated along with the one swing of that emerald scythe!

He instantly understood that there was someone else truly present, most likely... 

'An assassin? Is another power also targeting the successor of the Falling Snow Sect!?' Many questions popped up in his mind, causing him to flinch in hesitation.

The only way he could survive was to probably retreat, but he was reluctant after coming this far. The swan meat was just behind, and as a toad, he wanted to swallow the swan in one gulp before escaping. However, the dangerous vibes he got from this bloody reaper-like assassin gave him the shivers as he couldn't gauge his cultivation base with his soul sense.

His eyes abruptly widened as he noticed.

Tanya Frostblight also looked on with absolute disbelief etched on her face.