Zuo Yan was brimming with confidence.
She came from a collateral branch of the Zuo Family. Though she was not from the main line, the Zuo Family was so powerful that she still enjoyed the treatment afforded to other families' direct descendants.
Her strength was formidable.
Her foundation was even more solid.
Now, the Zuo Family had joined forces with In the Red Dust and sent her to kill a Heaven-Connecting Martial Artist from the countryside.
She felt it would be as easy as turning her hand over.
However:
Heavenly Staff did not think so.
He had clashed with Chu Qing before.
Back then, he had still been a student at the Major City Martial Academy and had yet to open the Heaven-Connecting Path.
But at that time, Chu Qing had not opened the Heaven-Connecting Path either. He had not even tempered his flesh, blood, and skin.
Yet that Chu Qing had killed Gongyang and members of the Luo Family, whose skin had reached Perfection.
Zuo Yan was indeed formidable.
Whether in strength or background, she was far more terrifying than Chu Qing.
However:
This time, when facing Chu Qing, unease still stirred in his heart.
He did not want to make a move against Chu Qing, but Great Figures behind him had forced his hand, leaving him no choice but to come.
According to the original plan, all he needed to do was pinpoint Chu Qing's location, then watch Zuo Yan act.
It would have been best to strike at the city gates.
But at the very moment they were about to act, he suddenly changed his mind and decided to make this trip.
This place had once experienced an anomaly, so it was sparsely populated.
Those Great Figures of the Imperial Capital would never come to a place