The man in black stood at the alley entrance like an iron stake driven into the night.
Yi Yang's saber hung at his side, blood still dripping from its tip. Five corpses lay between them, and the stench of blood was cloyingly thick. Yet the man in black stood in the pool of blood without a single splash staining his boots.
His lightness skill was exceptional.
Yi Yang silently spread his Inner Energy outward. The instant he probed the man, his heart sank.
The man's aura was deep and restrained. His qi sea had opened, and traces of pure qi flowed through his meridians.
The Inner Qi Realm.
The first stage, qi sea formation.
The same level as him.
Just how many big fish were lurking in Yunlin County tonight?
The man in black did not draw a weapon. He merely raised his right hand, gesturing for Yi Yang to move aside, and ordered in a hoarse voice:
"Move."
Two crisp words, without any explanation. Clearly, he did not consider Yi Yang, dressed in a probationary chief's uniform, worthy of serious attention. He simply issued an order.
Yi Yang stared at him for two breaths. He did not ask why, nor did he ask who the man was.
He merely shifted aside, leaving the narrow path down the middle of the alley open.
Seeing that Yi Yang knew his place, the man in black stepped forward.
His pace was unhurried, but every step was steady. His qi and blood circulated silently as he raised his guard. He clearly looked down on Yi Yang, but remained somewhat wary. Passing Wang Gongqin's corpse, he did not even spare it a glance. Just someone at the qi-blood sixth level.
When he came within three paces of Yi Yang, nearly alongside him, the man