Wang Xian's Deal

Watching the two men, the woman parted her lips and hummed an ancient song.

Her voice seemed to come from somewhere far away, carrying a mysterious rhythm.

The fat man's body began to sway, as if he were drunk.

"Is this... an illusion? Or some kind of sorcery?" The middle-aged man's face changed drastically. He barked like a monster, "Or did you... poison me?"

The woman ignored him.

Her humming grew softer and softer. At last, the fat man toppled to the ground like a broken reed.

Even then, his face wore a peaceful smile, as if he had merely fallen asleep.

The shopkeeper behind the counter knew this fellow would probably never wake again.

A deathly silence fell.

The middle-aged man tremblingly reached out to check the fat man's breathing, then snatched his hand back as if shocked by lightning. He let out a howl. "D-dead!"

He whipped out his curved saber, its blade tracing a mournful arc through the air. "Pay with your life!"

The woman remained seated, unmoving. She merely sighed softly.

"Don't you understand yet? The moment the fat man tried to kill Xiaobai, you were already dead."

Only then did the middle-aged man realize that their boss had abandoned them and slipped away alone.

This... this had never happened before.

The Four Great Villains were as close as brothers. When had their boss ever abandoned the three of them to save himself?

Feng Hao shook his head. "My master always said, 'Brothers are birds in the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly away first'... Even that old man has dumped you. Why don't you just die?"

By then, the middle-aged man's curved saber had already slashed into Wang Xian's chest...

Except, it was far too strange.

The curved saber passed through the boy's