As though he had found a sliver of light in the darkness, Chen Mu was wild with joy. He could have smacked himself on the head. Why hadn't he thought to use what he practiced every day? Only now did he truly appreciate how different actual combat was from training. He immediately settled his mind, his body swaying like a pendulum. A close look would have revealed that each tiny sway followed not a straight line, but an advancing wave.
The oppressive wind pressure suddenly eased, and the scenery on either side streamed backward far faster, yet Chen Mu felt more exhilarated than ever. After his breakthrough, his speed had increased dramatically, and the gap between him and the female Card Adept ahead was rapidly shrinking. Pedestrians who happened to glimpse him darting through the dark shadows at high speed merely assumed their eyes were playing tricks on them.
Stealing through the darkness at high speed, his gaze fixed firmly on his prey, he was a predator in the dark.
The Wrist Device on Xiao Man's wrist suddenly rang. She activated her Communication Card, and a light screen popped up before her.
"Big Brother Yu Guo." She gave him a sweet smile.
"Where are you?" His voice grated like a scraping blade.
"Almost there. What's wrong? Has something happened?" Xiao Man asked, puzzled. Big Brother Yu Guo looked extremely grave; something must have happened. She stopped, hovering in midair. On the ground, Chen Mu bounded into a patch of shadow in a few quick leaps, like a wildcat. Even in the shadows, he cautiously kept his eyes half-lidded. He hadn't expected Xiao Man to stop so suddenly overhead and had been unable to halt in time. He was now less than fifty meters from her. That was a dangerously short