"Brother Jin, you truly foresaw everything. He was clearly going back to the Mountain Gate, yet he claimed he had business to attend to," Fang Yun said admiringly.
Xu Yang's words had sounded so sincere that he had genuinely believed Xu Yang had something to do.
"He wanted to divert my attention, thinking I would fall for it. Little did he know I had already seen right through his plans," Jin Lei said.
As they spoke, Xu Yang's figure flashed ahead of them and vanished into the Mountain Woods beside the road.
"He's taking a detour! Isn't that a little too cautious? If we'd gone ahead to intercept him, we wouldn't have caught him at all. Still, this is the perfect place to strike. It'll save us the trouble of disposing of his corpse afterward," Fang Yun exclaimed.
"That's why I chose to follow him from the city gate. We must be careful when dealing with cautious people," Jin Lei said.
As he spoke, the two of them slipped into the Mountain Woods as well, keeping track of Xu Yang from afar.
"We can strike now!"
After following him for several kilometers, they accelerated, racing straight through the Mountain Woods toward Xu Yang. They made no effort to conceal the sound of their passage, startling flocks of birds into flight. "In such a hurry to die?"
Xu Yang had intended to lure them a little deeper before striking, but he had not expected them to be so impatient.
Still, he did not rush to attack. If he was going to put on an act, he would see it through. He immediately glanced back in feigned shock, then broke into a wild sprint. A short while later, just as he reached a clearing, Jin Lei and Fang Yun sailed over his