Given his disbelief, Chen Mu simply stopped speaking and remained silent.
Xize unleashed his killing intent without restraint, and the entire street had long since emptied. In the Five Great Districts, not everyone was a Card Adept, but everyone practiced perception from childhood. Such dense killing intent, such a savage aura, had already frightened them all away. Even the Guard Bureau Card Adepts responsible for public security had sensibly kept their distance. On that vast street, only Chen Mu and Xize remained.
At least two kilometers away, the Guard Bureau Card Adepts gathered together.
"Good grief, where did this lunatic come from? I've never heard of anyone like him in East Rui!"
"Right? How many people would you have to kill to have killing intent that strong?"
"A powerhouse is a powerhouse. He certainly knows how to throw his weight around!"
While they were muttering, someone suddenly said softly, "The chief's here!" Everyone immediately shut their mouths, straightened their backs, and formed a line.
A Card Adept wearing the Guard Bureau's standard combat uniform descended from the sky. He was Rong Ming, chief of the East Rui City Guard Bureau. Rong Ming had a square face and thick, dark eyebrows, and radiated a commanding presence. To have attained that position at thirty-five, he had to be quite capable, both in personal strength and in dealing with people.
Once he landed, he ignored his ramrod-straight subordinates and instead stared at the two men on the distant street with some alarm and uncertainty.
"Those two?" he asked, never taking his eyes off them. He had happened to be handling some business nearby today when his subordinates reported that an exceptionally powerful expert had appeared. He had rushed over as fast as he could.
The squad leader quickly answered, "Yes, chief. We