The Betrayer!

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Just as Giant Bear had appeared without warning,

Paul, too, suddenly appeared in the pouring rain.

Before that, there had not been the slightest sign of his presence.

No footsteps, no breathing, not even a scent.

Paul was like an invisible ghost.

But to Qin Ran, Paul was far more dangerous than an invisible ghost.

Paul's hands rapidly formed several gestures. After he silently mouthed a few syllables, a cone of flame materialized between his hands.

It engulfed Qin Ran in an instant.

The searing flames lit up the surrounding darkness.

The raindrops evaporated before they could even draw close.

One breath later, when the flames vanished, thick steam filled the area around Paul, obscuring everyone's vision like a dense fog.

Paul was no exception.

Yet there was no trace of panic on his young face.

Everything had gone exactly as he had predicted.

Qin Ran had tangled with his pet, been hurled into the air by the explosion's shock wave, and then, caught off guard, been burned to charcoal by his flames!

Paul had foreseen all of it.

Young as he was, Paul was like the finest of hunters.

He had laid his traps step by step, waiting for his prey to fall into them.

If anything had departed from his expectations, it was the change in prey!

Qin Ran was not the one he had originally been waiting for.

It had been someone else.

In fact,

from the moment he began laying his plans, his goal had been to lure out the man who still left him shaken with fear.

But judging by the