Reverse War Surpass Immortal

Just as Duan Gujin was trying to locate the assassin, a moment later, he no longer sensed the killing aura emitted by the assassin.

He drew a sharp breath, looked around, and found there were about thirty people surrounding him.

This meant that the assassin was hiding among these thirty-plus people.

With his Divine Sense, Duan Gujin locked onto these thirty or so individuals. He intended to examine each one in turn, to see if he could identify the assassin.

After a short while, he had locked onto one person, a young man with handsome eyebrows and a fair complexion looking just like any other young master without any obvious differences.

But Duan Gujin sensed a trace of killing intent flash across the young man's pupils as he looked his way.

That's right! A flash of murderous intent!

In a flicker, Duan Gujin realized that the assassin had concealed his killing aura.

The next moment, Duan Gujin heard a very faint whooshing sound in the air.

He knew that the enemy had launched a hidden weapon.

He had been focusing his attention on the young man, and as the other party launched a hidden weapon at him, Duan Gujin responded decisively.

Instantly, Duan Gujin saw that the enemy had shot a silver needle towards him, fine as cow's hair, moving at extreme speed, and producing a barely audible whooshing sound.

Had it not been for the enhancement of his spatial awareness by his Demonized Martial Soul, which allowed his Spiritual Power to detect every minute movement within ten meters, with his current level of Cultivation, Duan Gujin would not have been able to sense the silver needle.

Moreover, Duan Gujin perceived an unusual flicker of light on the silver needle, concluding that the needle was smeared with deadly poison.

The young man looked towards Duan Gujin, his mouth twitching with self-satisfaction.

He had previously relied on the Poison Needle to kill more than twenty targets within a five-meter distance and believed that he could be successful this time as well.

In his heart, Duan Gujin's death the next moment was an irrefutable certainty.

Thus, he wore a smile on his face, feeling that he had flawlessly completed his assassination mission.

However, the next moment, his smile twitched, his eyes bulged, and he was completely stunned.

He did not see his target Duan Gujin fall; instead, he saw the Poison Needle he had launched was caught by his adversary.

Whoosh!

Almost in the blink of an eye, the tip of the Poison Needle the young man had fired towards Duan Gujin was reversed and shot back at the young man with extreme speed.

Seeing this, the young man's heart pounded violently.

Had he not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that someone could not only evade his Poison Needle but also reverse it to target him.

"This is impossible! With his current level of Cultivation, he simply couldn't possibly outmatch my Poison Needle! It's even more impossible for him to use the Poison Needle to counterattack me!"

The young man's heart raced wildly, and the next second, he realized he had to dodge the Poison Needle Duan Gujin shot back at him.

If he was struck by the potent poison on that needle, he would die within Five Breaths!

Whoosh!

The young man intended to rapidly dodge to the side to avoid the Poison Needle shot by Duan Gujin.

However, the next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his arm.

He looked down and saw a Poison Needle embedded in his left arm.

He was very familiar with that needle; he knew it was the same Poison Needle he had previously shot at Duan Gujin.

"How did he do that?"

The young man was stunned for a second and then quickly took out an Elixir Pill from his storage ring and swallowed it rapidly.

That was the Detoxification Elixir he had prepared.

Whoosh!

However, the next moment, the young man felt a sudden pain in his right hand.

He winced in pain and dropped the pill onto the ground.

The young assassin looked down and realized that Duan Gujin had attacked him with a hidden weapon he was always ready to use.

Although there was no deadly poison on the hidden weapon, it struck his arm hard enough to knock the Detoxification Elixir to the ground.

Seeing the Detoxification Elixir rolling on the ground, the young assassin felt like he wanted to die.

He intended to reach into his storage ring for a second Detoxification Pill, but he found that both his hands and arms had gone numb.

"Damn it!"

The young man suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, and then his body slowly fell over.

After he fell to the ground, his eyes rolled back and he was dead.

Upon seeing this, Duan Gujin flashed forward, rushing to the young man's side. He took the storage ring from the assassin's body and picked up the Detoxification Elixir from the ground, then his figure turned into a lingering shadow and disappeared into the void.

"Look! Someone's dead!"

It took a while before someone noticed the young assassin lying in a pool of black blood.

Although there were some experts from the Green Cloud Sect stationed in that small town, the young assassin had chosen a secluded corner to strike at Duan Gujin after those experts had patrolled the area.

Therefore, when Duan Gujin fled, there was no one nearby who could catch up with him or see him.

Shortly after Duan Gujin left, two secular elders responsible for maintaining local order from the Green Cloud Sect came over.

They examined the body of the young assassin and confirmed he had died from a Poison Needle.

"This must be a premeditated assassination!"

Thus, the secular elders in charge of guarding the place stepped up the town's defenses, increasing the number of disciples on patrol.

This homicide occurring in a small town at the foot of the Green Cloud Sect mountain demanded thorough investigation by the secular elders guarding the place.

Three two-hour periods later, after investigating, the secular elders came to a conclusion.

"The deceased must be an assassin from the Assassin Dynasty; he was struck by Yu Qingtian's signature Hidden Weapon, the Cow Poison Needle. Based on our analysis, we determine that the deceased is indeed the Assassin Yu Qingtian from the Assassin Dynasty!"

"Exactly!"

The Green Cloud Sect, able to survive on the perilous Qiankun Continent, naturally held intel on many of the continent's sects, even some of the unconventional and heretical factions.

Although the secular elders stationed in the small town were just secular elders, their martial arts prowess was only five small levels below that of the regular elders.

That same night, the two secular elders ordered an increase in local defenses to prevent assassins from the Assassin Dynasty from appearing.

Meanwhile, Duan Gujin was in an inn calmly waiting for the disciple recruitment assembly. He had checked the storage ring of the young assassin and found no useful information within.

"Who was that assassin? Why did he target me as soon as I appeared here?"

Duan Gujin pondered for a while and felt there was only one possibility: The assassin who attempted to ambush him must have been from the Assassin Dynasty.

After all, he had offended the Assassin Dynasty.

It was quite normal for them to send an assassin after him because they harbored deep hatred and resentment against him.

"Could it be Cao Wentian who is behind this?"

Duan Gujin thought over it and then thought of Cao Wentian.