"Miss, may I ask why you've blocked my path?"
Wu Hou looked ahead. The aloof woman who had previously appeared and fought Qin Lang was watching him, and the golden Tachi in her hand made him feel a faint sense of threat.
He stood where he was, his gaze sweeping left and right. Although the earthen tunnel beside his feet had been cleared, the path was blocked by shifting sand less than thirty meters ahead. Escaping through the original tunnel was impossible.
Wu Hou sensed that something was wrong. He had only decided on a whim to dig through the earth and come here, yet the current situation made it clear that he had been intercepted perfectly. Not only was there a beauty in front of him, but powerful auras were also coming from behind and the other directions.
In front of Wu Hou, Ryoko's golden Tachi had long since been drawn and was charged with power. Facing the number one person on the Heavenly Rankings, Ryoko was eager for a battle.
Behind Wu Hou, Liu Daimei held a long blood-red whip. The whip, faintly suffused with blood energy, lay on the ground, dyeing the earth a bloody red.
On the cliffs to either side, Chu Xin and Mei Daizi stood in separate positions, preventing Wu Hou from fleeing in the other two directions. Gu Sheng sat above them, watching with interest the number one person on the Heavenly Rankings who had dominated the Nine Provinces—the Beast King, Wu Hou.
Wu Hou stared fixedly at Ryoko. She was the person present who gave him the greatest sense of threat. Her blade intent had long since reached its peak. Once that earth-shattering slash was unleashed, even he, the number one person on the Heavenly Rankings, could not claim he would definitely