Coping II

The black-clothed man turned around and glanced at the two of them, smiling faintly.

"If he doesn't come back, then you're of no use to me. If he does, I might consider sparing you."

"I don't know how Lu Yue offended you, but sir, this is Libra City. If you act recklessly here and break the rules, neither the Fourth District's upper echelons nor the main city will let you off!" Tu Jin's words carried an implicit threat.

"They won't let me off? Heh." The black-clothed man sneered. "This isn't my first time in Libra City. The four major districts aren't actually considered part of the main city."

He had come all the way from the Yellow Springs Star System, following the guidance of the bloodline and investigating along the way. He had spent quite some time before finally tracking it to the Tu household.

Besides him, several other Shadowplay Assassins had gone in different directions. There were five Bewilderment Realm experts in total, each following the direction indicated by the bloodline to investigate different places.

Three of the others had already found the source of the bloodline, but unfortunately, every one of them had been wrong. Only here—at first, he had not believed that little Heavenly Devil would flee into Libra City. He had merely come in to take a look while he was at it.

Yet this visit had truly yielded a clue.

Screech! A mass of white threads suddenly burst from Tu Jin's body. A great quantity of Soul-Stirring Silk surged along the ropes binding him, attempting to tear them apart.

But it was futile. The Soul-Stirring Silk snapped one after another, while the ropes remained completely unscathed.

The black-clothed man did not even look at the commotion behind him. He raised his hand and examined his