Chen Mu's expression remained calm. "Our paths simply differ, so we have no reason to work together."
"Our paths differ, so we have no reason to work together..." The old man paused, murmuring the words as he savored them, then suddenly burst out laughing. "Haha! Well said! Different paths mean no working together!" He looked at Chen Mu with a trace of undisguised admiration. "I never expected someone so young to see things so clearly." The eyes exposed through his mask suddenly narrowed slightly, his gaze turning sharp as a sword. "Then what is it you seek, boy?"
The man's killing intent sent a chill through Chen Mu's heart. This expert was certainly no sheltered academy-trained fighter. Chen Mu almost thought he could smell a faint tang of blood in the air. Such a savage, bloodthirsty aura could only have been forged through years of slaughter. Moreover, this mysterious Card Adept had a wildly unpredictable temper. There was no reasoning with someone like him.
But things had reached this point, so Chen Mu could only steel himself and answer, "To survive, live well, and do a few things that interest me."
The killing intent that had been sweeping fiercely through the air vanished without a trace, and the man fell silent. Chen Mu's words seemed to have touched something in his mind. His eyes turned vacant and dazed.
Chen Mu dared not make any rash moves. The gap between their strengths was simply too vast. The pressure this mysterious man exerted was so intense that Chen Mu sometimes felt he was facing Wei'a. Only this man's aura was more bloodthirsty and violent, more unpredictable, and felt more dangerous.
"Hmph, keep dreaming! Once those beasts from the Federation Comprehensive Academy set their sights on you, death is your only road!" The