Cheng Yu smiled as he watched Luo Xia explain something to his companions with his freshly acquired "girlfriend" beside him.
Let's see how you talk your way out of this, smart guy. Then Cheng Yu realized that Luo Xia seemed to have "convinced" his companions.
Cheng Yu was a little surprised. The guy had something going for him. Perhaps not much, but something.
Then Cheng Yu sent Luo Xia a telepathic message.
"Keep an eye on your little girlfriend. If I find any trace of her in Anping Capital, don't blame me for killing her."
Luo Xia, who had just finished explaining things to his teammates, froze, then replied in his mind.
"I will, Brother Yu."
"You'd better..."
With that, Cheng Yu headed toward Ping City.
Along the way, Cheng Yu devoured every Weird he encountered. As he drew closer to Ping City, the Weird grew more numerous, and their abilities became increasingly bizarre.
Several times, Cheng Yu nearly came to grief. If he hadn't kept the Concept-Altering Spell active, allowing the Pure White Emissary to demonstrate its effects by repelling every Weird that tried to harm him, he would have come away with at least a few injuries that day.
One group of a dozen or so Weird, in particular, fought so much like ninjas that Cheng Yu found them almost too much to handle.
These dozen or so agile Weird, whose teamwork was flawless, suddenly ambushed Cheng Yu after he destroyed a fairly powerful squad of Weird.
There were over a dozen of them altogether, handling distraction, control, supporting attacks, main attacks, and hit-and-run harassment, while several others searched for an opening to kill Cheng Yu in a single strike.
Individually, none of them amounted to much, but their teamwork left even Cheng Yu feeling helpless. To him,