"You little bastard, you've already broken through to Heavenly Origin! You hid it well." Liu Qingyuan was both shocked and furious.
By his reckoning, Xu Yang should have needed another year or so before he could possibly break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm. Yet reality was nothing of the sort. Xu Yang had broken through long ago, and he was the killer who had slain Song Yushao.
His talent was more terrifying than anyone had imagined, and his strength was formidable too.
Most terrifying of all was Xu Yang's restraint. He had not even announced something as momentous as his breakthrough to Heavenly Origin. He showed none of a young man's swagger, lurking like a venomous snake in the shadows, even more calculating than Zhang Jingyuan.
Liu Qingyuan had racked his brains trying to kill Xu Yang before his breakthrough, only to find he was still a step too late. Now the boy had even dared to ambush him.
Shock, fury, and regret churned within Liu Qingyuan. He should never have trampled on Xu Yang to curry favor with Li Chuyang and made an enemy of him.
The matter could originally have been resolved, but later, he had taken his anger over Liu Xunjiang's death out on Xu Yang, turning their feud into a struggle to the death.
"Wasn't it all because you forced me, you old bastard?" Xu Yang's voice was icy.
The talent he had shown before had already left Liu Qingyuan unable to eat or sleep in peace, desperate to eliminate him. If he had not hidden his abilities, how could he have survived until today?
"I can't let you live!" Liu Qingyuan wasted no more words and charged at Xu Yang.
He had inquired about the battle at Cloud Perch Manor and knew that Song