The Card Adept who had just entered the Snow Shuttle suddenly flew backward out of the hatch without a word. In the blink of an eye, he plunged into the midst of the Card Adepts who had yet to spread out. They watched their companion fly out of the Snow Shuttle, as baffled as monks left scratching their heads.
"A Jiang, what's wrong?" one Card Adept asked in bewilderment. A Jiang had always been honest and obedient. Could there be an enemy inside the Snow Shuttle? Their gazes involuntarily drifted toward it.
"Watch out!" The short-haired Card Adept leading them suddenly paled.
A figure shot out from the young Card Adept's arms like lightning. The change was so sudden that everyone's reactions briefly went blank. That lapse was extremely short-not even a second.
Yet that fraction of a second gave Chen Mu a perfect opportunity.
Like a cheetah poised to pounce, he unleashed all his strength in a sudden burst! His muscles and tendons snapped taut like steel strings violently plucked, and the overwhelming force propelled him forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.
At such high speed, the scene before him distorted, but Chen Mu was long accustomed to it. Amid his violently shaking field of vision, he locked onto his opponent's vital point with absolute precision.
-the throat!
A faint, exceedingly thin gleam appeared over his loosely hanging right palm, like a venomous snake silently fixing its prey with its gaze in the darkness.
As his opponent's expression rapidly grew larger before his eyes, Chen Mu felt neither excitement nor the slightest fear. His emotions did not stir. He was as cold and calm as ice, clear and frozen to its core.
His upper body swayed several times in succession, like a pendulum, making his movements more