Amid the rustling leaves, two blurred figures darted through the branches.
Bo Yi's toes tapped swiftly against the branches, the sharp blade in his hand flashing in streaks of silver as he thrust it again and again at the figure ahead of him.
The man ahead leaped nimbly between the branches, deftly dodging his attacks while still finding time to tease Bo Yi. "No wonder..."
"No wonder he cares so much about you..."
He looked at the beautiful face opposite him, its looks undiminished even beneath the eerie red glow, and let out a low chuckle.
Beautiful...
Clever...
Quite a fighter, too...
"Master Kang" let out a long sigh. "Even I want to hide you away... add you to my collection..." He leaned backward to dodge Bo Yi's blade. "Do you want to know... how I found out about you?"
"Not interested," Bo Yi replied expressionlessly, his hands never slowing. "Where is he?"
"Master Kang" fell backward in the direction of Bo Yi's attack, hanging upside down from a branch like a bat. "Tsk, tsk..." he sighed. "Hearing how much you care about him... is making me jealous..."
Before he could finish, Bo Yi kicked through the branch he was hanging from without a change in expression.
With a crack, "Master Kang" plummeted toward the ground like a kite with a snapped string, the wind whistling around him.
But several seconds passed, and there was still no sound of a heavy body hitting the ground.
Bo Yi leaped lightly down from the tree and landed deftly on the ground.
Beneath the tree, there was nothing. No body, no impact mark-
"Boss Kang" had vanished.
The next day, after spending the entire night searching fruitlessly for "Boss Kang," Bo Yi was once again awakened by the other players' screams.
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