Blood dripped from the tip of the blade. Su Xiao had fought his way all the way from the beach area, so he arrived later than Kingsley, but it was of no consequence.
Su Xiao swept his gaze around. This was a corridor more than six meters wide, built along the edge of the mountain. Strangely, it had no windows, and there were no torches or anything similar on the walls on either side. It seemed that the corridor's original users had hated light.
A dozen or so meters ahead of Su Xiao stood the five members of the protagonist's party. He paid them no attention. The true enemy he needed to guard against was Kingsley, positioned toward the inner side of the corridor.
This time, Su Xiao wasn't worried that the five members of the protagonist's party would figure out who he was. Many people had come to seize the mermaid, and the five of them were already completely bewildered.
"You're... Doyle Mu? You once wanted to join the Eclipse Organization, but you gave up during the final examination."
Kingsley spoke from the other side of the corridor.
"I... I'm Doyle Mu."
Doyle Mu looked at Kingsley in confusion. With the eyesight of a Transcendent, he could make out Kingsley's general appearance even in the dim corridor. He had the vague feeling that this man looked familiar.
"May I ask who you are?"
Doyle Mu steadied himself. He was making one final effort to save his own life and those of his four friends.
"Kingsley."
Kingsley smiled as he spoke. Upon hearing his name, Aiki, the white-haired youth, and the others were all stunned where they stood.
They all knew why Kingsley looked familiar in the darkness. How could he not? They had seen him in the newspapers. Every