"Xiao Xi, get behind me!"
The instant he sensed the other man's arrival, a sharp, icy will bore down viciously on his spiritual perception. A metallic sword cry exploded beside his ears, its pitch rising endlessly.
The sound was extraordinary, like metal clashing against metal. The fluctuations it gave off had none of the clear purity of flowing water, but instead carried a domineering, ruthless edge.
Liu Bai had barely finished shouting and stepped in front of Lin Xiaoxi when the other man's fierce Sword Intent shook him into a muffled grunt.
"Master?" Lin Xiaoxi's expression shifted slightly.
Liu Bai cut off what she was about to say, signaling for her to stay calm.
Just then, the figure in the forest gradually revealed himself. He looked handsome and refined, with swordlike brows and eyes like lightning, like scattered cold stars, giving off an intensely chilling impression.
The newcomer was an expert!
"You came uninvited. What business do you have here?" Liu Bai remained composed, his voice booming like thunder. Every blade of grass before him trembled beneath a surging wave of arrow intent.
"Tell me, who killed Wang Bo?" Xue Wuya stood twenty meters away, his gaze direct, utterly unconcerned by the fierce arrow intent radiating from Liu Bai.
Several days earlier, he had been ordered to investigate the death of Wang Bo, a member of the organization.
After learning that Wang Bo had a sworn enemy named Liu Bai, he had followed that lead all the way here.
He had investigated Liu Bai.
Although he had found something slightly mysterious about Liu Bai's sudden enlightenment and breakthrough into the Profound Connection Realm, that was all.
Wang Bo had died to a saber technique. Clearly, Liu Bai could not have done it.
"When did Wang Bo join another faction?" Liu