The Traitor!
When Lin Bai left the border of Ke Province with Xu Zhong and Zhou He and flew toward the heart of Ke Province, he suddenly felt an aura lock onto them from behind!
The aura that had locked onto Lin Bai belonged to a Dao God Peak martial artist.
Lin Bai looked back and saw a spirit boat crushing through the clouds and splitting heaven and earth. Like a giant beast flying out of the void, it hurtled toward them.
The boat was packed with martial artists. A gloomy shadow hung over every face, as though disaster were about to strike.
A flag whipped in the sinister wind atop the spirit boat. Five large characters were written across it in flamboyant strokes: "The Li Family of Xiu Ling City."
"How did they find our position? And how did they catch up so quickly?" Lin Bai was stunned. As he looked toward the spirit boat, his expression darkened.
At once, Lin Bai stepped onto his flying sword and carried Xu Zhong and Zhou He swiftly toward the horizon.
He pushed his Sword Control Art to its limits, transforming into a streak of light that vanished ahead of the spirit boat.
"Check yourselves. Did the Li Family tamper with you somehow? How else could they lock onto our direction?" Lin Bai stood on his flying sword and asked Zhou He and Xu Zhong.
"There's no tampering on us!" Xu Zhong shook his head and immediately replied.
"You're that certain?" Lin Bai was taken aback, somewhat surprised.
Xu Zhong gave a bitter laugh. "We're members of the Zhao Xing Office's covert operations team. The thing we're best at is leaving tracking marks and eavesdropping marks on martial artists."
"This is our signature skill. Within the territory of Chu, I'm afraid no