Bang!
The car door opened, and a West Continent man stepped out first. He was tall and brawny, with a prominent hooked nose and deeply sunken eyes. Arrogance and malice gleamed in his gray-blue irises.
The malice soon spread to his lips when he saw Bai Ye. He sized up the Old Human from the East Continent who refused to kneel, a vicious grin slowly curling across his face.
Beep, beep...
The transparent monocle over Cohen's left eye chimed, fluorescent green numbers flickering across it.
"Wow, ten thousand Blood Qi? Looks like we've caught a big one."
His exaggerated tone made Lina, who climbed out after him, frown slightly. Rather than looking at Bai Ye, her emerald eyes scanned their surroundings warily.
"Only one Old Human?"
Cohen laughed scornfully. "Lina, you're far too cautious. What could a few more East Continent people do? This is Bell City, the Purityless Church's territory!"
With that, he stepped up to Bai Ye and looked him over from head to toe. When he spotted the black satin, he couldn't help sneering.
"No wonder you dared to walk the streets alone. You're blind. Bad luck for you, running into me."
Cohen's vicious grin widened. He raised his thick right arm, his sleeve pulling taut and exposing the dense hair on his forearm. A faint red glow of Blood Qi rose from his body.
Over a thousand points of Blood Qi surged through him.
Although his Blood Qi was far weaker than Bai Ye's, he acted as though he held the upper hand, seemingly unconcerned by those ten thousand-plus points.
Just as his fist was about to fall, a small, thin figure suddenly rushed over and planted herself in front of Bai Ye.
"Don't hurt big brother!" Little Tangerine spread her skinny arms like a mother