"Brother Huai?"
Lu Feng looked at the man who had suddenly appeared behind him in startled disbelief.
Huai Ziyou looked just as he had in the Battle Realm, clad in black, a Black Armor Mask covering his face, a longsword even narrower and slimmer than Nightspring Nether in his hand.
"Soul Chasing Sword?"
"Huai Ziyou of Hidden Edge Valley?"
From that distinctive sword, Chu Youwei recognized the newcomer's identity as well.
She had initially thought Luo Tianfu's group had arrived, and her heart had clenched with nerves. But upon seeing that it was Huai Ziyou of Hidden Edge Valley, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yet, seeing Huai Ziyou's icy gaze fixed squarely on Lu Feng, his chilling killing intent rampant and the air taut as drawn swords, she grew tense again.
Lu Feng stopped what he was doing because of Huai Ziyou's appearance. Seizing the opening, Xue Zier trembled as she shrank off to one side, pleading with Chu Youwei to protect her while repeatedly insisting that she had been wronged.
"You again?"
Huai Ziyou's low voice rang out, his eyes on Lu Feng carrying a trace of hostility.
"What do you mean, Brother Huai?" Lu Feng looked at Huai Ziyou in confusion.
Why did it seem as if he had somehow angered him? He had not stolen his killing business this time, had he?
Huai Ziyou offered no explanation. A trace of killing intent seeped into his low voice as he sneered to himself, "I refused that person's business of killing you, but now I regret it!"
Whoosh
The instant Huai Ziyou spoke the words "I regret it," the sword in his hand stabbed toward Lu Feng with extreme speed.
Lu Feng was greatly alarmed at the sight.
Huai Ziyou's sword was even faster than it had