Assassination System

A suffocating and sharp sensation enveloped the heavens. Vanadis and Rodger staggered in their movements, their eyes widened in shock when they realized that Juliet was already awake.

Her eyes that shone in infinite coldness pierced through their hearts. Even Vanadis who was at the Divine Soul Realm felt his heart shake in dread. 'What's with this little girl, why do I feel so much fear against her...' He thought and suppressed his trembling body.

Rodger had it worse, not only he kept on shivering like a sieve, he couldn't even get a good grip around his sword as the audible sound of his teeth chattering reverberated amidst the silence.

"Is this really that small and naive girl, Juliet?" Vanadis thought in his mind, hardening his resolve, he lifted his head to stare at the space above Juliet where a faint silhouette of a lone dagger silently floated.

"AAAHHH!"

The moment his gaze landed on that silhouette, his expression changed and he howled in pain while holding his eyes. Staring closely at his palms that held his eyelids, one could see blood dripping out from the gaps of his fingers.

"I-I-Is that the Law of the Dagger Intent?"

Innumerable Heavenly Laws existed under the heavens and all of them possessed might that mere mortals couldn't possibly understand. Under the suppression of the Dagger Intent that loomed above Juliet's head, the two could do nothing as Juliet swept her gaze across the darkened hall.

Seeing the fallen Zieve crumbled on the ground with his condition unknown. Juliet's petite figure started trembling like a leaf. Gulping a mouthful of saliva, Vanadis and Rodget felt fearful of Juliet's reaction as dread gripped their hearts. Holding on their weapons, the two prepared themselves for Juliet's attack.

"Zieve?" Juliet said, her tone bleak and melancholic as she stepped forward under Vanadis and Rodger's nervous gazes. Arriving in front of Zieve. Juliet saw his miserable appearance, his robes were torn and his body, riddled with injuries. Particularly, his right arm that was twisted in a weird angle.

"What happened, Zieve?" Juliet mumbled in a blank tone, she caressed Zieve's body and checked for his vital signs. Detecting his shallow breathing. She heaved a sigh of relief before taking several medicinal pills from her Spatial Storage and feeding it to him.

Witnessing the light of earth that surrounded ZIeve's body. Juliet nodded her head and in that moment, she turned away and stared at the figures of Vanadis and Rodger.

The two tensed up like cats spotted in the middle of stealing food. Gripping the hilts of their weapons, Vanadis and Rodger bent their knees in preparation for Juliet's attack as the latter said.

"Rodger and that old butler servant... I take it that the two of you are from the Imperial Clan, then?" Juliet's eyes flashed with sharp lights. Vanadis and Rodger shivered when they felt the look from Juliet's eyes.

It was as if a small little girl wasn't looking at them but a primordial beast from ancient times. The sense of dread that they felt from the Dagger Intent intensified due to Juliet's gaze.

An audible gulping sound echoed from Rodger's mouth. His knees subconsciously trembled. Trying his best to suppress his fear. He said, "Y-y-yes, we are indeed from the Imperial Clan..."

"The Imperial Clan, I have never once actively offended nor bothered you guys, but you always came after me and even poached my subordinates, along with doing that despicable thing to them..." Juliet's tone became filled with heaviness that bore down the hearts of the two.

"Y-Y-Young master! Quickly, escape! Under the support of the Dagger Intent, there's no way that we can survive this! At least you... At least you should live!" Vanadis darted at Rodger and warned amidst his gritted teeth. His hands tightened around his daggers and his cultivation base painstakingly rotated under the Dagger Intent's suppression.

Glancing at the faint silhouette above Juliet's head, he didn't dare to look too much at it as he concluded that it was indeed one of the Heavenly Law's avatars. Usually, when a cultivator comprehended one of the Heavenly Laws, that particular Heavenly Law would protect the cultivator against his or her enemies for a short period of time.

This happened because back then, so many geniuses perished under the hands of their enemies that took advantage of their enlightenment and killed them. In other words, for as long as they managed to escape today, when the Heavenly Law protecting Juliet dissipated, they could come back and assassinate her once again.

But that's under the condition that they could escape.

With Vanadis's estimation, there's no way that they could escape unless he sacrificed himself and stalled time for Rodger. After all, enlightenment doesn't mean that the cultivator could seamlessly use the Heavenly Law that they understood without practice.

Rodger made a sidelong glance at Vanadis and calculated the risks and rewards of his suggestions. As someone who valued himself more than others, Rodger understood that the best way to escape the rage of a Heavenly Law was to have Vanadis stall for some time.

Gnashing his teeth, Rodger nodded his head and Vanadis burst forth with his entire cultivation base. Using everything that he had, he leaped at Juliet's body with his daggers forming sharp lights that whistled through the air.

Juliet merely glanced at him and coldly laughed, "Using daggers in front of someone that comprehended Dagger Intent. Hmmph, what a foolish move..." She mumbled and with a will on her part, the sharp lights hurled at her turned around and struck Vanadis's body amidst his widened eyes.

"Guah!"

"Vanadis!"

Vanadis spat a mouthful of blood and he collapsed on his knees. Rodger shouted in worry and anguish. His eyes reddened in resentment and fury as Vanadis stretched attacked the ground with his palm, sending loads of dust into the air, forming a screen which reduced visibility.

"Hurry up and escape, Young master!" Vanadis valiantly shouted, discarding his daggers. His Spiritual Energy coated his body and fists and his eyes darted around the area. With his cultivation base, he could still feel Juliet's presence in front of him, yet a miserable shriek echoed far behind, belonging to Rodger who fell into the ground with a dull thud.

"Both of you really are rude, you gatecrashed into my pavilion and injured one of my subordinates. Do you really think that I'll just let you go like that?" Juliet's cold voice echoed amidst the darkness and when the dust settled. Vanadis finally saw what happened to Rodger.

Lodged in both of Rodger's knees were two familiar daggers. Vanadis harshly turned to Juliet as the latter lightly chuckled and said, "What are you looking like that at me for? Didn't you forget that I comprehended the Dagger Intent? It's only natural that I can control daggers..." She covered her mouth with her right palm and lightly laughed.

Dagger Intent, First Form, Ethereal Daggers!

Juliet commanded and wind formed into razor sharp blades that swept past Vanadis and Rodger's figures. Summoning their protective barriers, it did nothing against Juliet's attack as the two of them miserably shrieked.

Not even a Divine Soul cultivator's defensive barriers managed to defend itself against Juliet's attack. Despite not using an ounce of Spiritual Energy. The might of the Heavenly Law that descended to protect her alone was enough to send them into despair.

"Just what is going on, you're clearly not using any Spiritual Energy and I'm several Realms higher than you in cultivation, why can't I defend at all... Is this the true power of a Heavenly Law?" Vanadis couldn't help but tremble. Taking a parchment from his Spatial Ring, he crushed it within his hands and hurled it at Rodger.

"Young master, run away as far as you can and activate that!" Vanadis screamed amidst the sharp pain that wracked his body. Rodger hesitated for a moment before biting his lips. Grabbing the parchment from the ground, he desperately ran towards the opposite direction in all fours.

"Interesting, you can go and run wherever you want, Rodger from the Imperial Clan. There's no way that you can escape..." Juliet mused, her expression revealed indifference and coldness that contrasted the innocence that she had when Vanadis first saw and met her.

"Young girl... Just because you have a Heavenly Law as your protector, don't feel so smug! When that Heavenly Law dissipates, there's no way that you can escape the Imperial Clan's retaliation!" Vanadis knew that there was no way that he could survive today's affair so he violently cursed to spite.

Juliet stared at him as if he was a fool, clenching his fists. Vanadis enveloped his fists with Spiritual Energy before stomping on the ground. Dashing at Juliet's direction, his cultivation base madly rotated against the current of suppression.

Dance of the Night!

His cultivation method, Night Dancer enabled short bursts of movements that confused enemies, not only that, he could build his attack's momentum amidst his movements and in the end, he could explode with an amplified force, striking at his enemy for a sure kill.

His figure formed mirages and he became untraceable for the naked eye. Spurring dust into the air for added confusion. Vanadis finally launched his attack at Juliet's side, aiming his fists at her kidney.

"Let's see if you can take this!" Vanadis roared, his cultivation base soared and his fists transformed into shining beacons of light that sparkled so brilliantly amidst the darkness.

Puchi! Bang!

Two crisps sounds of collision reverberated along with a deafening roar that temporarily robbed everyone of their hearing. When the dust settled, a middle-aged figure could be seen holding his chest. His right shoulder almost torn from his torso and on his right chest, a gaping hole that revealed the scenery behind him could be seen.

Dagger Intent, First Form, Ethereal Daggers!

Juliet thought in her mind before turning around to look at Vanadis in a conceited manner, "What a foolish move, do you really think that a mere mortal like you could possibly withstand the might of a Heavenly Law?" He spat out venomously.

"I did say that there's no way that the two of you could safely escape this place with your lives intact. It is time to end your life. Be honored to die under the strength of a Heavenly Law..." Juliet declared, swiping with her fingers at Vanadis's throat, blood splashed on her face as Vanadis's croaked and groaned before falling into the ground with a dull thud.

Even in his death, Vanadis never expected to die under someone decades younger than him. Within his widened eyes. One could see the resentment and hatred that he had against the Heavenly Law that assisted his enemy. Unfortunately, he was already dead, and no dead could tell tales.

Rodger saw his subordinates miserable death and he hurriedly ran forward even leaving his shoes amidst his panic. Juliet felt his movements and merely lifted a small smile of amusement. Chasing after him in a leisurely manner, it looked like Juliet was walking in her own backyard instead of chasing her prey.

"Damn, what the hell is going on here? Is someone from her clan attacking us from the shadows? There's just no way... There's just no way that she's that powerful! She's just a goddamned kid for fuck's sake!" Rodger madly ran away, not minding his steps to the extent that he almost stumbled to the ground.

Holding the parchment tightly within his palms. He turned around and when he saw that Juliet wasn't in his sight. He sighed in relief and ignited the parchment with his Spiritual Energy. Space violently shook and a Spatial Channel appeared in the space before him.

Seeing the channel, relief flashed through Rodger's face and he hurriedly leaped inside it. But just as his body entered the Spatial Channel and escaped through Spatial Tunneling, razor sharp winds battered his figure and he spat a mouthful of blood.

At that moment at the Duterte General Merchandises, the customers who lined up and the employees who managed the store was astonished and horrified to find the corpse of their employer, Rodger Duterte at the entrance of their pavilion.

One could see on his face that he died a miserable and unexpected death. Full of grievances and resentment, Rodger Duterte's life came to an end under Juliet Longinus's hands.