The top assassin of Bloodcloak Tower, the one known as the Chief, had killed countless people since birth. Especially after becoming the Chief, very few had managed to harm or seriously injure him.
But someone like Elara, who not only used a strange power to damage his consciousness, and even carried two high-level divine vein gifts, was something the Chief had only encountered among those great first-class powers.
Naturally, he assumed Elara came from some first-class force with a grudge against Bloodcloak Tower.
He never considered the possibility that she could be someone from a small third-class country.
Thinking about the people and forces with the biggest conflict with Bloodcloak Tower recently... the Chief stared closely at Elara with his throbbing eyes, half guessing, half certain:
"Are you the woman from the Dual Phantoms? Are you and the other Phantom from a first-class matriarchal power in the eastern continent? Or are you from Celosia State in the central-southern region?"
As he spoke, the Chief's gaze shifted to Elara's boots, which also looked like ordinary shoes:
"Your original speed isn't faster than mine, but you dodged the Divine Wrath just now. Are those shoes the Windcloud Boots of the great general from Shuitian Kingdom? Were you also the ones stirring up trouble in the underground vault of Geranium Kingdom and framing my Bloodcloak Tower?"
The Chief's mind was incredibly sharp. In just a short exchange, he had guessed this much.
Even though not all of it was correct, he still identified many key facts and drew some accurate conclusions.
Elara narrowed her eyes slightly. With that, there was no way she would let him leave alive.
She didn't respond to the Chief's words. She simply gripped her spear and charged at him again:
"You want to know? I'll tell you after you're dead!"
Elara no longer held back. The Windcloud Boots under her feet pushed her speed to the limit. In her hands, the ancient-style [Battle-Worn Spear] moved like lightning, its energy surging like a rainbow piercing the sky.
A storm of deadly attacks came at the Chief like a torrential downpour.
The Chief's finest dagger had been cut like tofu by Elara's seemingly ordinary spear, so he knew better than to clash head-on.
His two powerful divine vein gifts, after being damaged by Elara's strange power earlier, now triggered unbearable pain just by trying to use them, making them unusable for now.
Without a weapon tough enough to withstand her attacks, and his divine vein gifts temporarily unavailable, the Chief could only passively defend against Elara's storm of fierce thrusts.
From that moment on, the situation had completely flipped.
Earlier, Elara was the one being chased into a trap. Now, she was the one leading the counterattack.
With a spear sharp enough to cut iron like mud, paired with her rapidly increasing speed, Elara's dense and fierce strikes struck the Chief like a violent storm.
He was forced into defense, steadily falling back with every blow.
Yet as the top assassin of Bloodcloak Tower, even with his mental strength shattered and unable to use divine vein gifts, even without a usable weapon, the Chief's raw speed, strength, and powerful internal energy remained.
Relying solely on his formidable body and solid combat skills, he still managed to hold off Elara for a long time, even while fighting barehanded.
After dodging Elara's spear sweep, he seized the opportunity to pull out another dagger and stabbed toward Elara's waist.
Clang!
The harsh sound of metal clashing rang out.
The dagger of the top-ranked assassin collided hard with the shaft of the spear in Elara's hands.
Elara held her spear firmly and was completely unharmed from head to toe.
But the top assassin's face changed again! A sharp, powerful force struck back from the point where his dagger clashed with the spear, hitting him hard!
He let out a muffled grunt and forcibly swallowed the taste of blood rising in his throat. He quickly retreated again. His gaze toward Elara now held even deeper fear than before.
"Rebound damage... this divine spear of yours not only cuts through iron like mud? The shaft also has the power to reflect damage?!"
Any weapon with more than two divine blessings was extremely powerful and rare!
The assassin stared at his shattered dagger, as well as his blood-soaked hand injured from the counterforce, and raised his estimation of Elara's mysterious identity even further.
Elara only thought: you're still missing one guess. The leftover features of her [Wounded Spear] didn't stop there.
But exposing her own abilities to an enemy wasn't something she liked to do. So she ignored the assassin's shock and gripped her spear tightly, dashing toward him at full speed using her Storm Boots.
The two clashed again.
Now aware of the [Wounded Spear]'s rebound ability, the assassin could no longer strike back effectively.
The battle turned one-sided again. The top killer from the Blood Garment Tower was completely overpowered by Elara!
His head still throbbed, and from time to time, sharp pain like needles stabbing him made it impossible to activate the two divine blessings in his body.
None of his other weapons could match Elara's spear. They'd either be sliced apart like tofu or bounce the damage back at him.
Realizing his situation, the assassin wasn't angry about his disadvantage. In a brief gap during the fight, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out a conch-like object to send out a message.
But would Elara give him the chance?
If any message got out from here, the consequences would be terrible for her!
The moment the assassin took out the conch, Elara pulled out a dagger with her other hand!
She stabbed the dagger fiercely toward him!
Seeing that she didn't use the divine spear, the assassin also pulled out a weapon to block.
But as soon as the dagger touched his weapon, it turned into a long chain!
The chain moved as if it had a mind of its own, wrapping tightly around the assassin and binding him up!
His head still throbbed with sharp pain. Although he realized what happened, his body was already firmly tied up.
The conch in his hand was also knocked flying by a hidden weapon shot by Elara!
Losing all contact with the outside world, and seeing yet another powerful divine blessing from Elara, the assassin now looked at her with deep fear!
Three divine blessings!
And all of them were extremely powerful!
Even in the top-level major powers, people who could carry three such strong divine blessings were incredibly rare, and they all had deep influence and status!
Just where did this woman from the Twin Shadows come from?!
"Who... are you really?!"
Elara still didn't answer. The moment the [Divine Chain] bound the assassin, she didn't waste a second and raised her spear again, stabbing at him like lightning!
Take him down while he's weak!
A massive killing intent filled the entire underground space. The assassin stared at the fast-approaching spear tip, about to pierce through his skull, and took a deep breath.
The next second, a sound that was both a beastly roar and a human scream came from deep in his throat.
Elara frowned. She heard a dull rumble, and the ground beneath her feet trembled from the assassin's roar!
With a crackling sound, the earth caved in. Just before her spear tip could pierce the assassin, a thick stone wall suddenly rose up and blocked it!