Tian Jing suppressed the horror in his heart and forced a smile. "What are you talking about, Brother Xu? Something suddenly came up, and I need to hurry into the city." Naturally, Xu Yang did not believe him. He trusted what his own senses had caught far more.
When he had left the Violet Sun Gate that day, Tian Jing had looked at him strangely. Combined with the fact that Su Qiming and Su Jie had waited two days for him on the road, someone had clearly leaked word of his departure.
Xu Yang gave a smile that made Tian Jing's scalp prickle. "It doesn't matter if you deny it. I know you tipped off Su Qiming, because I've already slaughtered both him and Su Jie."
What?!
Su Qiming and Su Jie were both dead? Su Qiming was a marrow-cleansing martial artist!
Tian Jing was utterly horrified. He could no longer maintain his forced composure, and his scalp crawled. How could Xu Yang possibly have killed Su Qiming? Boom!
At that instant, Xu Yang moved. His figure abruptly vanished from where he stood, hurtling toward Tian Jing like a thunderbolt.
The surging aura of the marrow cleansing realm bore down on Tian Jing's heart like a massive stone.
Before Xu Yang even reached him, Tian Jing was already scared out of his wits, his hands and feet ice-cold.
"You've already reached marrow cleansing..." he blurted out.
Marrow cleansing! Xu Yang had actually reached marrow cleansing. Had he really killed Su Qiming and Su Jie? How could Su Qiming, a martial artist who had spent years at that level, have been killed by someone who had only just reached it?
Panic seized Tian Jing. Without time to think further, he turned to flee without hesitation.
But before he could even finish