In the mountains a hundred li east of the city.
This place had clearly witnessed a bloody battle. The lingering warmth of gunpowder had yet to disperse, and the bloodstains had not dried.
The trees, ground, and mountainsides were covered in dense bullet craters. The earth had been crushed by Transcendent power, leaving crisscrossing fissures everywhere.
Most chilling of all was the lingering aura of an Evil God that permeated the mountain air.
Yet this battlefield was utterly stripped of vegetation and scarred everywhere, with not a single corpse in sight.
Xiao Yi frowned slightly as he swept his gaze around. "Where are the Federation people and Nightmare Hand? Why have they all vanished?"
Li Xiao lightly raised a hand, and the shadow beneath him immediately picked up a bloodstained bullet and respectfully placed it in his hand.
He pinched the casing between his fingers and examined it carefully, frowning in thought.
Suddenly, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes, as though he had found some clue.
Xiao Yi hurriedly asked, "Li Xiao, did you find something?"
Li Xiao nodded solemnly. "Yes."
"You know why they disappeared? Where did they go?"
"They ran."
"They ran?" Xiao Yi stared in astonishment. "Why would they suddenly run?"
"They feared me."
Xiao Yi: "...So after staring at it for so long and thinking so hard, you concluded that they feared you?"
Li Xiao slowly shook his head. "It is only natural for them to fear me. There was no need to deduce that.
"I deduced that Nightmare Hand's spiritual power must be exceedingly strong."
Xiao Yi's lips twitched. "And?"
"That is why he could sense Li's aura from a hundred li away and flee at the mere whiff of danger."
Xiao Yi froze on the spot. He opened his mouth as if he