Four in the afternoon.
Xu Ye rested against a weathered wall in an alley.
He had been running for an hour straight. That woman truly was an elite of the Shenchuan Family. No matter how he tried to shake her off, he could never widen the gap.
"According to Instructor Yang, that cliff should be deep inside the town. Once I enter its range, I should be able to see it."
Xu Ye took out a piece of chocolate and was about to eat it, but before he could unwrap it, a chill suddenly ran through him. The hairs on his left arm stood on end.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Ye leaped backward.
The instant he left his spot, the wall there broke into palm-sized bricks, as though something had sliced through it, then collapsed.
Whoosh!
Xu Ye paid it no heed. Drawing on Alice's agility, he continued fleeing.
"Alice, you really have gotten a lot fatter lately. Even your speed has dropped," Xu Ye complained.
Lately, Alice's fur had grown glossy, and her body had doubled in size. She had gone from a cat to a little pig.
"Huh? How can you say that about me? I'm a girl! I'm not talking to you anymore," Alice said angrily.
The Bandit Lord suddenly said, "She isn't getting fat. Energy is probably building up inside her. She's about to undergo a metamorphosis."
"A metamorphosis?!"
"Yes," the Bandit Lord said. "This second personality of yours is bizarre. She can cultivate on her own. If she weren't nonexistent, undetectable by spiritual perception or the senses, I'd suspect she was some kind of Aberrant parasitizing you."
"Alice is just like an Awakened. Once her energy is full, she'll ascend and transform." The Bandit Lord sounded worried. "Who knows what she'll turn into? Maybe