As the man and woman passed by him, Xing En stepped forward and blocked their path.
The pair were somewhat surprised, wondering why someone had suddenly blocked their way.
"Who are you, brother? Why are you deliberately blocking the two of us?" the man asked Xing En.
"I'm a bit pressed for time, so let's skip the nonsense and get started," Xing En said.
"Get started?" The man was extremely surprised by Xing En's words.
He scrutinized Xing En carefully from head to toe and realized that he seemed never to have seen this person before.
"I think you may have mistaken us for someone else, brother. I don't know you," the man said to Xing En.
"It's perfectly normal that you don't know me, because I don't know you either," Xing En said with a smile.
"I was merely entrusted by someone to come here and eliminate the two of you scourges," Xing En said.
"Entrusted by someone? Who sent you to eliminate us two scourges? We don't even know what we've done. We're just two ordinary travelers," the man said upon hearing Xing En's words, neither frightened nor surprised.
It was as though he had seen this sort of thing countless times before.
"I can't tell you that. But you don't seem afraid at all," Xing En said.
"It seems you have some ability of your own. Otherwise, you wouldn't be acting so calm and unruffled," Xing En said.
"I don't have any particular ability. The two of us really are just passing through. We still need to continue on our journey, so please step aside. You may have mistaken us for someone else," the man said with a smile.
"You two seem to have some connection with dark magic. And once you return this time, you'll definitely