The street was deserted. This was the financial district, and after seven in the evening, the nine-to-five office workers were gone and pedestrians were rarely seen. The residential area was still over half a kilometer away.
There were almost no cars on the street either, leaving the traffic lights at the intersection little more than decorations.
A bat sped along the street, its broad wings whipping up gusts of air like a phantom roaming the night.
Damn it. I never thought Li Yueqing would recover so quickly, let alone advance successfully. I'm no match for her now.
Fine. If you want to kill me, you'd better pray my strength doesn't grow too quickly. I'll make you pay dearly!
Nie Dong clenched his blood fangs. He had to get out of this city immediately, then find somewhere secluded to hide from his family's pursuit and focus on growing stronger.
Having made up his mind, he picked up speed.
Then he looked ahead, only to discover, to his astonishment, a figure standing in the middle of the next intersection.
Beneath the streetlights, the figure stood with his head lowered, his shadow stretching far, far behind him.
Suddenly, the figure snapped his head up, revealing a pair of eerie scarlet eyes. Three slowly rotating black tomoe lent them an even more sinister allure.
Nie Dong's heart jolted. He remembered that striking face all too well. This was the man who had interrupted his meal at the subway station not long ago!
He had already been seething with rage. Now, faced with the culprit responsible for his miserable state, he could no longer contain his fury.
"Brat, you came here to die!"
With a low growl, Nie Dong conjured clumps of viscous blood around himself. They swiftly transformed into a huge, vicious claw.
He