"Zhang Heilu, Gray Three?" Xiao Chen's gaze slanted slightly, his face frosty.
At that moment, he finally understood.
Earlier, Zhang Ruolan had sought Gray Three out not to purchase Crossing Pigs, but to make a second move against him—to seize and toy with him.
"Perfect timing!"
Xiao Chen had still been worrying over how to lure his enemies out. The county city was prosperous and orderly; he could not possibly kill someone in the streets. Thus, he had first left the city, intending to hide near the mountain region where Gray Three often appeared, waiting beneath a tree stump for a rabbit and looking for a chance to launch a surprise attack.
Who would have thought that the moment he left the Zhou Estate, someone would set their sights on him?
After leaving the city, Xiao Chen did not head for the official road. Instead, he chose a pitted, remote, desolate mountain path.
Following this path would lead him to the crimson barren mountain where he had first arrived after falling from the spatial tunnel, encountered Gray Three by chance, and been captured prisoner by him.
That had been where the calamity began, where his karma began.
Ending it there could also be called seeing things through from beginning to end.
The Tianfeng howled, dust and dirt swirled, and the baleful aura gradually thickened. Xiao Chen strode forward, his robes fluttering, calm and unhurried, his state of mind drifting like clouds.
Compared to his sorry state when he had first entered the Nether Realm days ago, Xiao Chen now possessed a measure of confidence.
"Since you're here, why hide your head and show your tail?"
Soon, Xiao Chen climbed Red Mountain and entered the Nether Forest. Numerous great demons and savage beasts watched him from all around, their ferocious intent