Unlike his casual handling of Liu Ma earlier, Tiandao was clearly getting serious now that he faced Andromeda, the Mysterious Masked Man's subordinate.
Twang—!
As the crisp sound of strings rang out again, a translucent outline of a pipa immediately appeared in the air beside Andromeda, floating at her side.
Though no one was plucking it, the pipa began to play on its own in an eerie fashion.
Terrifying crescent-shaped Sound Blades, too faint for the naked eye to perceive, surged toward Tiandao and Chen Kong.
At the critical moment, Tiandao grabbed Chen Kong by the collar with one hand and lightly leaped onto a nearby abandoned concrete pipe.
The Sound Blades skimmed past beneath their feet, slicing cleanly through the concrete pipe they had been standing on.
They left a deep slash across the wall behind them.
Looking down at the concrete pipe, which had been smoothly cut apart by the Sound Blades as though it were cake,
Tiandao landed on the ground before the pipe could slide down.
"As expected of a Hidden Star Society Executive. What a temper—going straight for the kill."
"So just how terrified are you of people finding out that you exist?"
Halfway through, Tiandao seemed to recall something and smiled as he shook his head.
"No, that's not right. You don't seem afraid of people finding out. You're afraid of that old monster who's always stayed in his 'cage,' locking himself away."
Though Tiandao did not explicitly say who he meant,
Andromeda understood at once.
He was speaking of none other than Enit, the old monster hailed as the Current Strongest Star Envoy and the president of the Star Envoy Association.
Ever since Enit made his debut, he had fought countless battles without ever suffering a defeat.
The Star Envoys and Star Beasts