At the summit of a mountain wreathed in clouds and mist.
Along a slanted, precipitous cliff.
A black shadow streaked past at high speed, passing through woods and rocky outcrops. It leaped across a cloud-sea chasm of unfathomable depth and raced toward Haizhou.
Wang Xi's heart was heavy as he fully unleashed the Returning True Force within his body.
For more than ten years, he had hidden in that ordinary little county town, never once using the True Force in his body, all for this very day.
At his speed, going all out, he could deliver the intelligence to the secret outpost in Haizhou within a single day.
But he knew things would not be so easy.
At first, his departure should not have caused any disturbance.
Yet after crossing the provincial border, he had distinctly sensed something catching up from behind.
All along the way, he had twisted and turned, abandoned his planned route, and changed direction several times, yet he still could not shake the pursuers behind him.
That made him realize that some part of his body might have been dusted with medicine like trail-guiding incense.
Otherwise, whoever was behind him could never have tracked his direction so precisely.
Wang Xi had no idea when he had been marked.
He only knew that he had to transmit the intelligence as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, disaster would surely follow if he was late.
He sped over a pine forest, startling away a gathering of black-tailed squirrels.
Wang Xi's expression suddenly changed. His body twisted in midair like a fluttering ribbon, and he abruptly flipped before landing at an angle.
Sss! Sss! Sss!
More than a dozen steel needles flew through the route he had originally been taking in a triangular formation, viciously embedding themselves in distant rocks and