In the bushes, a man dressed in black stealth gear watched Xu Ye block his blade without even turning around, greatly surprised.
Shenchuan Qian lay silently in wait.
As an accomplished assassin, he had enough patience to wait for his enemy to reveal an opening.
The other man was the target of this mission.
Someone wanted to buy his head.
And they had offered an astonishing price.
Once he completed this mission and returned to his family, he would receive a tremendous reward.
But did an obscure newcomer at sequence 9 really warrant such a huge operation?
Xu Ye hid beneath the Big Black Umbrella, feeling an icy chill down his spine. His opponent had revealed no openings and was probably more than twenty meters away.
Alice had just made a circuit outside and found no enemies within twenty meters.
His opponent specialized in ranged attacks.
Their strength was unknown.
Their sequence talent was unknown.
He was now some distance from the valley and the Instructor's group.
He had no idea how things were going with the Instructor, or whether his classmates were safe.
He lowered his head and gently tapped his heart.
"If I get up and fight now..."
After several seconds of silence, his heart began to writhe.
[I got up and fought, but my opponent was extremely agile and kept a certain distance from me throughout. During the battle, Li Yunyao was severely injured.]
Xu Ye's heart clenched.
He immediately drew a breath and began tapping his heart again.
"If I run toward the Instructor now..."
Silence.
Then his heart writhed.
A string of simulated information flooded his mind.
``` [A stone fragment pierced Li Yunyao's abdomen in the explosion just now, leaving her severely injured. I carried her on my back to meet up