All the commotion in the shopping center's first-floor plaza vanished, restoring complete silence.
Only then did the coat in midair billow and flutter, allowing its owner to slowly descend and land solidly on the ground.
"What an irritating bunch."
Luo Zhen gave that assessment as he glanced at the security guards lying in pools of blood. He sighed, then waved his hand, causing sparks to fly from his coat once more and fall onto the corpses, setting every one of them ablaze until they were burned to ashes.
"I hope they can rest in peace."
Luo Zhen muttered that to himself.
After all, Luo Zhen had never expected that, merely because he sensed an old friend pursuing him, he would leave Hagun Academy to meet her here so as not to expose his identity, only to encounter something like this after reaching his destination.
By the time Luo Zhen arrived, all the security guards had already been left lying in pools of blood. Only Weixiao and her subordinates remained, chatting recklessly.
Since that was the case, Luo Zhen had dealt with this group of parasites plaguing the world while he was at it.
As for the security guards, he would let them rest in peace.
But...
"You should come out now, shouldn't you?"
Luo Zhen spoke calmly.
"Or have you been standing by and watching this whole time?"
Luo Zhen spoke as though to himself in the empty shopping center plaza.
Then...
"No. When I arrived, this had already happened as well."
A voice suddenly rang out without warning, reaching Luo Zhen's ears.
It was a beautiful, refined voice, as melodious as a song.
The owner of the voice appeared silently behind Luo Zhen, standing atop the railing on the shopping center's highest floor and looking down at him. Her