Whoosh—
A sharp whistle of wind reached his ears.
Dai Weisi, perched in the tree, quickly snapped back to his senses and turned his head aside, narrowly dodging the arrow.
Though he had avoided it, cold sweat still broke out across his body.
He had dodged the arrow, but not completely.
It still grazed his cheek, sending a string of blood droplets flying.
Feeling the sting on the left side of his face, he instantly understood that he had been discovered.
"Heh, pretty quick reflexes."
Below, a square-faced man lowered the bow in his hand and shouted.
At the same time, he waved a hand, signaling the nearby soul masters to go up and capture him.
Of course, Dai Weisi had not remained there, waiting helplessly after the people below discovered him.
He had already used Martial Soul Possession and fled a short distance away.
As for why he did not fight the people below head-on—
Was there something wrong with his brain?
Never mind whether he could beat them. Even if he somehow managed to take them down,
the commotion would definitely be enormous. And once there was a major disturbance,
it was easy to imagine how many people would come to hunt him down.
But where could a soul master not yet at Rank 60 possibly run while surrounded and intercepted by so many people? Before he could get very far, he discovered a group already standing in front of him.
He turned and looked around.
Sure enough, people had also filled both his left and right sides.
"Damn it, how did they get here so fast?"
He gritted his teeth in disbelief. Their reinforcements had arrived far faster than he had expected.
Even the city patrol soldiers in the city where he had grown up had never