On the way back to the Gathering Zone.
Chairman Bai and Bai Giyu rode in the same car.
Now that the internal misunderstanding had been cleared up, Bai Giyu no longer needed to hide.
The convoy traveled along a winding dirt road.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
"Hello."
"Chairman, something's happened!"
The Bai Family member on the other end shouted in agitation.
"How many times have I told you to stay calm when something happens?"
"J-Jiang Min's entire household has been wiped out!"
"What?"
Even Chairman Bai, who had weathered countless storms, was so shocked that he stood up.
He didn't even feel his head hit the roof.
In the Korean Gathering Zone, Jiang Min was second only to one man.
The Jiang Family was also the Gathering Zone's second-largest clan.
How much panic would the slaughter of such a man's entire immediate family cause?
"Little White Tiger... is he really that ruthless?"
Bai Giyu clenched his hands, his palms beginning to sweat without him noticing.
"Did... did you catch the killer?"
Chairman Bai asked a question he already knew the answer to.
But he still clung to a shred of hope. "Jiang Min was at the sixth awakening... he..."
"We didn't even catch sight of them."
The Bai Family member on the other end explained guiltily, "Dozens of households around Jiang Min's home were wiped out too. The patrols didn't hear a thing."
"Jiang Min was at the sixth awakening. How could anyone kill him without making a sound?"
"Unless..."
Chairman Bai fell silent.
An answer that terrified him was on the verge of emerging.
Unless the person who killed Jiang Min... was far beyond the sixth awakening.
Seven awakenings?
Even Chairman Bai himself couldn't have wiped out Jiang Min's household without a sound.
Eight awakenings?
Beads of sweat rolled