Chapter 72: Cento Palm, Nightshade's Death!

"Before you take a job, you don't bother to check your target?" Diego Santee wore a half-smile. "So that's how it is. I really did underestimate you." His surprise flashed and vanished; Nightshade quickly regained his calm. Years spent skirting life and death had seasoned him. He'd faced Grandmasters before-he'd even killed one. Nightshade pushed off the ground, drifting back light as a feather. In sheer power, he was no match for Diego Santee; head-to-head, he'd be crushed. But Nightshade trusted...