The next second, a handsome, heroic-looking man in azure robes, with a fair, clean-cut face, landed before the cave abode.
It was none other than Han Fei.
He frowned, warily scanning the surrounding bushes, his mind full of questions.
"What's going on? I clearly sensed a dark shadow flash past just now. How did it disappear?"
He released his Divine Sense again, carefully searching every inch within a hundred yards. Forget a dark shadow-there wasn't even a rat.
He shook his head. "Must have had too much to drink tonight!"
No!
He jerked his head up, his gaze fixing on the entrance to his cave abode. A churning mass of black mist had appeared there out of thin air!
Whoosh!
Han Fei's expression changed. With a flick of his hand, he gripped an earth-tier longsword tightly, its tip pointing straight at the eerie black mist.
"Who are you?!"
In the bushes, the three of them held their breath, staring at him without blinking.
Damn it, this guy's sharp. Good thing I used the Heaven-Sealing Finger to conceal our auras beforehand, Chun Xiaobai marveled inwardly.
"My king," Bai Jin'er said through voice transmission.
"One look tells you this guy's a bad egg. Only people with plenty of guilty deeds are this vigilant. They're afraid someone will come for revenge."
"Huh?" Chun Xiaobai tilted his head to glance at her. This little woman seemed to have gotten a bit smarter again.
Seeing that the black mist remained motionless and showed no sign of attacking, Han Fei cautiously took a few steps closer.
Only after confirming that it wasn't some lethal attack did he approach and examine it closely.
Something seemed to be stuck inside the black mist.
"What... is this thing?" he muttered with a puzzled frown.
Seeing no danger, Han Fei