The assassin was not a regular Sovereign. Rather, he was a third-stage Soul Foundation Realm cultivator. Someone with that strength could easily kill Xiang Shaoyun.

However, there was no lack of experts among the procession. Even so, not many of them were Sovereigns, as nobody had expected someone to try to assassinate a Holy Hall member on their turf. This was most definitely an assassination without precedent.

The commander of this group of guards, Ning Pengcheng, was standing guard beside Tuoba Wan'er. With his strength, saving Xiang Shaoyun wouldn't be hard. Alas, he had also been aware of this assassination and would naturally not help.

As for the other guards, they were too busy dealing with the snakes and the chaotic crowd, with the majority of them standing guard around Tuoba Wan'er. Not many could spare any help for Xiang Shaoyun. He only had himself to rely on.

The Phantom Shift would allow him to avoid regular attacks, but it was useless against a Soul Foundation Realm cultivator's suppression. During this moment of crisis, he released his Nether Soul Domain.

The Sovereign assassin was trapped in the Nether Soul Domain, his strength forcefully suppressed. His expression shifted in shock.

Imperial Nether Prison.

Hundreds of chains lashed out from all directions, raining down attacks at the assassin's soul foundation, pushing it to the brink of collapse. It greatly shocked the Sovereign, and he quickly put away his soul foundation. He erupted with full strength and slashed at the incoming chains, foiling their attempts at tying him down.

It wouldn't be easy for Xiang Shaoyun to defeat the Sovereign quickly. More importantly, there were still other experts around. His Nether Soul Domain wouldn't be able to hide from them and perhaps they had already surrounded his Nether Soul Domain. Without any hesitation, he used his talent of invisibility and concealed himself completely.

Experts emerged without end, blocking Tuoba Wan'er and Ning Pengcheng's people even as a mid-stage Sovereign arrived near Xiang Shaoyun to finish him off. To his dismay, Xiang Shaoyun was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is he?" the Sovereign asked in confusion.

"You dare assassinate the holy son-in-law in public? All of you deserve death!" The top experts of the Hall finally arrived.

Their dreadful auras surrounded the chaotic crowd, forcing everyone to fall on their knees. As for the assassins, they started fleeing in a disorderly fashion, knowing that their mission had failed. Some took the chance to hide among the crowd, pretending to be one of the innocent bystanders.

The newcomers chased after the assassins, who were hardly their match. In a few seconds, most of the assassins were killed.

Tuoba Wan'er shouted unhappily, "You worthless guards, stop surrounding me. Go look for the holy son-in-law."

At her command, the guards started searching for Xiang Shaoyun.

Xiang Shaoyun had planned to show himself after seeing the newcomers, but he could sense that a massive danger was still waiting for him. He looked toward where he felt the sense of danger.

There, an ugly dwarf could be seen squatting at a random corner. His triangle eyes were gleaming with a sinister light, with his aura completely withdrawn to the point nobody noticed him.

Xiang Shaoyun had only noticed the dwarf because all the escaping snakes had vanished after reaching the dwarf. He was certain the dwarf was the one keeping all the snakes away, although he had no idea how that person was doing it.

It doesn't matter if the dwarf is really the culprit, but he definitely hasn't come bearing kind intentions. I need to arrest him, thought Xiang Shaoyun.

Just as the dwarf was about to leave alongside the chaotic commoners, Xiang Shaoyun shouted, "The dwarf is the assassin! Men, take him down!"

That sank the dwarf into panic as he quickly ran off from the crowd. The experts of the Hall finally noticed him, and someone gave chase. However, the dwarf was too fast. Not even the expert could catch up with him. Just as the dwarf was about to escape successfully, a donkey appeared before him, blocking his path.

"Where did this stupid donkey came from? Piss off!" the dwarf shouted as he swatted at the donkey.

When he attacked, it was finally revealed that he was a late-stage Sovereign. His attack was incredibly powerful. Instead of dodging, the donkey suddenly turned around and faced the dwarf with his back before kicking out with his rear hoofs.

The kick was even stronger, blasting the dwarf's attack away before continuing toward his body. The dwarf was caught by complete surprise as the kick struck his chest. He smashed into a random building, slamming through the walls he crashed into.

The dwarf's chest was in intense pain, and his organs were all displaced. He endlessly coughed up blood and could hardly move. However, the dwarf wasn't entirely useless either. He released a demonic snake and allowed the snake to carry him away.

Unfortunately, the snake wasn't able to go far before the donkey suddenly appeared before them again. Opening his mouth, the donkey said, "Take my Turbid Origin Gas Technique!"

Once again, he faced them with his back. A cloud of turbid air burst forth.

The cloud of air had an awful stench, as if it was some unrivaled poison. Both the dwarf and the snake directly fainted from the smell. And just like that, the dwarf expert was captured.

Meanwhile, Xiang Shaoyun was too busy to pay the dwarf any attention. He wasn't able to kill the Sovereign fast enough and was afraid that the Sovereign would be forced to self-destruct in his Nether Domain. That would make things very troublesome for him.

Without any hesitation, he withdrew the Nether Soul Domain and revealed the Sovereign before the Holy Hall experts. The Sovereign thought that he was still trapped within the Nether Soul Domain, and he did not stop madly swinging his weapon around.

"Audacious! You dare assassinate the Hall's son-in-law? Die!" Ning Pengcheng roared and attacked.

He was not interested in being accused of failing his task of protecting his master. Therefore, he needed to gain some merit for himself, or things would get troublesome for him aftward.

When the Sovereign heard Ning Pengcheng's shout, he finally realized how bad his current situation was. He immediately tried escaping, but he was much weaker than Ning Pengcheng. With a stab, he was impaled on the ground.

"Where is the holy son-in-law? Has anyone found him?" Tuoba Wan'er asked.

The guards looked around blankly. None of them could find Xiang Shaoyun.