Tremors from All Directions, the Storm Approaches

Though few people knew that the Tyrant Heaven Army had been completely wiped out, the site of their destruction lay along a major thoroughfare. Before long, the traces left at the scene, along with the great number of corpses, were discovered by passing travelers.

Every passerby was frightened stiff, especially when someone recognized that those corpses belonged to the Tyrant Heaven Army. Everyone's minds buzzed, as if their heads were about to explode!

"The Tyrant Heaven Army had a thousand-man unit slaughtered!?"

"My heavens, who in the world did this? Could some family have eaten a bear's heart and leopard's gall, daring to lay hands on the Tyrant Heaven Army? There probably aren't many families in all of Northern Yan City with that kind of strength, right? The City Lord Mansion, or the Changsun Family?"

"...Hiss, no, look at these blade marks... and these traces. These blade marks are astonishingly uniform. The one who attacked was probably just one person. There are barely any wounds on these Tyrant Heaven Army soldiers, which means they put up almost no resistance when they died!"

"And over here!"

Someone's face had gone completely white. His whole body trembled as though sifting chaff, and with a shaking finger, he pointed in one direction. There, several hundred densely packed Tyrant Heaven Army corpses formed a huge fan shape, all fallen neatly in the same direction, every one of their heads missing.

Before long, an expert swallowed hard, his expression grave and ugly. "Th-this, if I'm not mistaken, these Tyrant Heaven Army soldiers seemed to have been trying to split up and flee... but then, then they were killed in an instant by someone! One strike, one kill!"

"These Tyrant Heaven Army soldiers probably didn't even have time to react before they died. Look... the head