Cao Estate.
Looking at the pitch-black entrance to the tunnel before them.
Everyone wore astonished expressions for a moment.
"A tunnel? There's actually a tunnel beneath the Cao Family?"
"No wonder! No wonder Jiang Ning acted like that just now—he was stomping the ground to shake it apart!"
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Amid their hushed discussions.
Jiang Ning looked at the pitch-black tunnel entrance. "What are you hiding for? Come out already."
Just then.
A cold, sinister laugh suddenly came from within the black tunnel.
"What fine methods, Commander Jiang!!"
"Stop skulking around and come out!" Jiang Ning said.
"Since Commander Jiang has chosen the road to death, what harm is there in my coming out?" The instant the voice rang out.
A figure shot out from the tunnel's darkness, like a ghost beneath the cover of night and torrential rain.
"My lord, be careful!!"
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Xie Xiaojiu, Feng Ji, and the others cried out at once, their faces filled with alarm.
They discovered that the shadow was astonishingly fast, far faster than themselves. In the blink of an eye, it had seemingly teleported to within three feet of Jiang Ning.
They could not react at all and could only shout a warning.
And such speed represented many things.
That shadow's strength was certainly far above theirs.
In other words, the shadow had to be above the eighth rank of Martial Dao—a seventh-rank Martial Dao expert.
In that instant of lightning and flint.
Boom—
Lightning flashed through the clouds overhead, turning the entire darkness a ghastly white.
Then.
Clang—
Blade light flashed, and sparks scattered in all directions.
The next moment.
The shadow rapidly flew backward.
"What fine methods!!"
"Commander Jiang, you've hidden yourself deeply indeed!!"
That voice brimmed with apprehension.
Meanwhile, Feng Ji looked at Jiang Ning in astonishment.
"What is going