Chapter 44: The Assassin of the Holy Academy

A distance of five feet was enough for the assassin in the darkness to be confident in eliminating Chu Xiaotian. In the shadows, the assassin smirked and drew a pitch-black dagger that emitted a chilling aura under the moonlight. Merging completely with the darkness and moving at an extreme speed, he reached Chu Xiaotian in an instant, aiming a merciless strike at Chu Xiaotian's heart.

Sensing the murderous intent, a chill surged in Chu Xiaotian's heart. He reacted immediately, but the assassin was too close for him to completely dodge. "Die!" Chu Xiaotian roared, unable to evade. His sword domain spread instantly, and the Zhantian Sword appeared in his hand. Now, the only way was to slay his opponent.

The sword rang crisply as sword qi surged, sending a three-foot-long sword light straight at the assassin. However, the two were too close, and the assassin couldn't dodge Chu Xiaotian's attack either. In that moment, Chu Xiaotian was determined to fight with his life. If the assassin showed fear and dodged Chu Xiaotian's lethal sword, his crisis would naturally be resolved.

However, the assassin, bold and skilled, didn't dodge or evade. As the sword light was about to hit him, his body bent in a way that the sword light passed by his arm and shoulder. Although it injured his arm, it couldn't stop his attack.

The sword light hit the walls of the courtyard, causing a loud explosion and stones to scatter, turning into a cloud of dust. Chu Xiaotian's face turned extremely grim as the dagger was only three inches away. With no room to dodge, he could only desperately defend.

The dagger eventually struck Chu Xiaotian's vital spot, and blood spurted out, looking eerie under the moonlight. Chu Xiaotian staggered back, coughing up blood and turning pale. Fortunately, the sword qi injured the assassin, causing his attack to deviate slightly and narrowly missing the vital spot.

"Escaped?" Seeing this, the assassin's face turned ugly. Without a word, he quickly left the scene, not daring to attack a second time. An assassin's exposure after a failed strike is extremely dangerous.

Chu Xiaotian, pale but enraged, saw the fleeing assassin and couldn't let him escape. He activated three domains simultaneously. The sword qi, fist strength, and Yin-Yang annihilation made it impossible for the assassin to escape.

"Three domains?" The assassin, feeling the power of the three domains, turned ashen. How could one person possess three domains? "Die!" A sword, a punch, and the explosion of twin dragons hit the assassin, instantly exploding his body into a cloud of blood.

As the assassin perished, two items fell from his body while everything else turned to dust. Chu Xiaotian saw that one was the assassin's dagger, a spiritual weapon, and the other, a token with a "Holy" character on it.

"Again and again, you try to take my life. From now on, it's either you or me, Holy Academy!" Chu Xiaotian's face turned cold with rising fury. The battle had ended quickly, and people from the inn arrived, causing his eyes to narrow.

"Leave!" The inn's response was too slow; someone of Chu Xiaotian's status expected better. The courtyard residents were usually affluent or noble, and the inn should have reacted at the battle's start. Their late response hinted at collusion.

As the innkeeper left with an ugly expression, Chu Xiaotian knew he couldn't stay. With the innkeeper's suspicious glance at his wound, it was clear more would come after his life. Quickly, Chu Xiaotian departed. The courtyard was no longer safe.

As predicted, after the innkeeper's departure, the place was swarmed with powerful individuals, including those in the Xuanling Realm. "Where is he?" they demanded, searching the empty courtyard.

The innkeeper reported Chu Xiaotian's injury, and the group dispersed to hunt him down, hoping to capture him and claim the royal bounty. The frustrated innkeeper cursed their incompetence. He had hoped to share in the Holy Academy assassin's success but was now excited about the prospect of Chu Xiaotian's severe injury.