No matter which one it was, neither was someone she could afford to provoke.
What was more, standing beside him was Pearl, the immensely powerful chief Harbinger of Duality Paradise!
And Pearl stood half a step behind him—something that, to Manyuan's exceptionally sharp social instincts, signified a terrifying fact: Pearl was following him in the posture of a subordinate.
Coupled with their terrifying feat of killing Shuhu, the Abundance Harbinger, twice just now... there was clearly no reason to doubt the authenticity of their identities.
It was over. Completely over.
Though Manyuan had been scared out of her wits, the members of the Happiness Research Society behind her, who were slowly getting to their feet now that the cleavers had vanished, had no awareness whatsoever of the severity of the situation.
They slowly rose to their feet, blood still seeping from the puncture wounds in their limbs. Yet the fanatically happy smiles on their faces had not faded in the slightest; upon seeing Chen Li and the others, they only grew brighter.
That expression was less happiness than the hollow emptiness of people who had lost their minds.
"Villains incoming! Everyone, get ready! Protect the friends of the Happiness Research Society!"
The first to speak was the Dawn Squad member in the red uniform. He raised an arm still dripping with blood and pointed straight at Chen Li, his voice carrying an unquestionable excitement.
Undying Path's brows drew tightly together.
"So it was you people... Do you really know what you're doing?" Undying Path stared at those familiar faces, his tone turning heavy.
"You know them?" Chen Li tilted his head curiously.
"People who have lived in Dove River District tend to have some connection with each other. And I happen to know these people. They were all orphans who