"Is that all?"
The hint of disappointment in his voice made the air grow colder still.
"Cough, cough..." Beside a fallen tree, Deacon Xu struggled to prop himself up on both hands. He raised his head toward the only person still standing, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. "Who... who are you?"
Before leading his team into White Land City, he had investigated its strength. The Dawnlight Branch had two Limit-Breaking Realm martial artists, and only the old sect master of the Primordial Truth Sect had reached that realm. There was no one else.
So where had this one suddenly come from?
And how had he somehow found their hiding place and attacked them?
Huang Tian walked over and stopped before Deacon Xu. Looking down at him, he smiled kindly. "You know me."
"??"
Deacon Xu looked bewildered. I know him?
He could not remember ever meeting this man. How could he have no recollection of a Limit-Breaking Realm expert?
"My name is Huang Tian."
"Huang Tian?!"
Deacon Xu's face changed. He remembered now. Barely an hour ago, he had received a call saying that someone named Huang Tian had killed his subordinates and left his name at the scene as a provocation.
He had been about to discuss with Deacon Wu how to capture and kill the provocateur. Before they could even begin, the killer had come knocking—
"Remember now?" Huang Tian smiled. "You want to kill me, so naturally I want to kill you. That's reasonable, isn't it?"
Deacon Xu's mind went blank. After stammering for a moment, he managed to say, "I didn't want to kill you—"
"Now that's not honest."
Huang Tian bent down, making Deacon Xu flinch.
Shame immediately washed over Deacon Xu. His expression hardened, and he said slowly, "Kill me if