Ten seconds passed.
Thirty seconds passed.
A full minute passed, yet Su Chen said nothing. He merely stared at Chrysanthemum Douluo.
Under Su Chen's unwavering gaze, Chrysanthemum Douluo felt the pressure mounting, his guilty conscience gnawing at him.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was a Titled Douluo, a man old enough to be Su Chen's uncle. Yet for some reason, standing before Su Chen, he felt an immense pressure. He had the unsettling illusion that he stood stark naked under Su Chen's eyes, with everything about him laid bare.
"Elder Ju, is Yu Xiaogang dead?" After a long silence, Su Chen asked again.
"He escaped!" Chrysanthemum Douluo answered.
"How did he escape?" Su Chen asked.
"When I reached that area, I found no sign of them. Then I sensed the Imperial Guards and City Guards approaching. Worried about your safety, I abandoned the search and pursuit!" Elder Ju answered.
Su Chen deeply doubted Elder Ju's explanation.
Yu Xiaogang had been gravely wounded, while Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun had severely depleted their soul power. Even Flender had suffered considerable injuries. Although Chrysanthemum Douluo had fought Poison Douluo earlier, he had sustained no injuries, nor had he expended much soul power. Yet somehow, they had still escaped him.
The Small Grove on Shrek Academy's Back Mountain was only so large. They had actually managed to escape right under a Titled Douluo's nose.
Moreover, Su Chen's operation had not been an open assault, but an assassination. Only after they were exposed had they been forced into a battle.
Originally, Su Chen had intended to send Xie Yue, Zhang Ping, and Yan after Yu Xiaogang. Instead, Chrysanthemum Douluo had volunteered.
Familiar with many things about Douluo, Su Chen knew what Chrysanthemum Douluo was like. Because of him, Spirit Hall had missed several excellent opportunities to kill