After flying for roughly two days, Su Ye had only just entered the edge of the Meteorite Belt when he sensed something wrong.
Behind him, a faint but persistent aura was following him.
His pursuer was cautious, keeping three thousand li away, right at the limit of an ordinary King Level Expert's perception.
He had also used a high-grade Invisibility Talisman and an Aura Concealing Magic Treasure.
However...
Su Ye had a cheat.
Lan Jiuyou had long since discovered the pursuer and informed Su Ye of his movements.
"You really have a death wish..."
A cold smile curled Su Ye's lips.
He pretended not to notice and continued flying forward.
Another half day of flight brought him deep into the core of the Meteorite Belt.
Meteorites of every size surrounded him. The largest were as massive as mountains, while the smallest were only fist-sized, all drifting slowly through the void.
Spatial turbulence swept past from time to time like invisible blades, slicing some of the meteorites in half.
It was the perfect place to kill someone and dispose of the body.
"This will do."
Su Ye slowed the flying vessel, pretending to examine an ore vein on a giant meteorite.
The Meteorite Belt occasionally yielded rare minerals, and adventurers often came here to try their luck.
He stepped off the flying vessel onto the meteorite's surface and made a show of taking out a detection artifact.
Three breaths later.
A streak of golden spear light stabbed toward him from diagonally behind without warning!
Fast! Vicious! Precise!
Straight for the center of his back!
But Su Ye seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Just as the spear light reached him, he shifted half a step sideways like a phantom.
"Ssh—"
The spear light skimmed past the hem