Invincible Within His Realm!

The black speedboat cut through the waves, its prow splitting the night as it rammed straight toward the transport ship.

"Get out of the way!"

Tang Jiu shouted. The boatmen frantically turned the rudder, and the two vessels scraped past each other. The black-clad man on the speedboat kicked off the gunwale, soared into the air, and landed directly on the transport ship's deck.

Boom!

The deck exploded into splintered wood. The man stood amid the broken planks, his long blade pointed diagonally downward, his black robe snapping in the river wind.

"Lu Li?"

The black-clad man's voice was hoarse, his gaze icy.

Lu Li stepped out of the cabin and stopped on the deck, sizing him up.

The blood and qi fluctuations of the Tenth Layer of Meridian Opening were deep and enduring. His blade gleamed with a faint cold light—it had been coated in poison.

"You know me?"

Lu Li was slightly surprised and glanced at Jiao Yue.

Jiao Yue did not answer. He merely tightened his grip on his long blade and muttered as though speaking to himself,

"I investigated the city for three days. You have ties to the Hidden Heroes Alliance. If you tell me what you know about them, I can spare your life."

Jiao Yue's expression was cold, yet his heart burned with excitement.

The evil armament forging had failed, the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple had been destroyed, Xue Shaokan had died... The moment he received the news, he realized this was an opportunity.

An opportunity to rise in status within the Xue Household!

If he could capture the real culprit, he would no longer merely be a retainer. He would truly enter the inner ranks of the Xue Household.

As for Lu Li, Jiao Yue had already seen through some of his strength—the