Before San Yue could react, the darkness blocking his vision had already vanished.
He froze for a moment, then instinctively looked back.
The Black Shadow who had just tried to kill him was already racing up the steps like a gust of wind, right behind another shadow moving even faster. In the blink of an eye, both had disappeared from sight.
I... am still alive?
Coming back to his senses, San Yue collapsed to the ground with a thud, his mind still buzzing.
All around him, the senior disciples who had been standing guard with him moments ago had been reduced to chunks of corpses. Not one had survived!
Just as San Yue was thinking about this, the distant, anguished screams of Qi Yue, who had been sent flying, made him smile bitterly.
Right, Qi Yue had survived too.
But... what had that Black Robed Person meant by what he said? Did he know me?
That's it! He must have known me. That was the only reason he would have gone out of his way to spare me!
But who could he be...
After escaping death, San Yue's thoughts were in disarray. For a while, he couldn't figure out who the Black Shadow was.
Because... the Black Shadow was too strong!
Strong beyond comprehension!
Senior Brother Fou, whose body lay in pieces on the ground, had been an expert in the Innate Second-class Realm!
Senior Brother Qing had possessed the strength of the Innate First-class Realm!
Senior Brother Shang, the leader of their group, had been at the Human Realm! There had even been rumors that he could fight a mid-tier Human-ranked expert without falling behind.
Yet with a lineup like that, they hadn't lasted even a second against the Black Shadow.
Like a gale sweeping through, the Black Shadow