Vroom-
The red sports car let out a beastlike roar and accelerated, seemingly intent on ramming straight into them.
Jiang Yi took a deep drag on his cigarette, stubbed it out, and rose with his steel pipe in hand. He stood alone in the middle of the road, looking like one man holding a pass against ten thousand.
The Netherworld Messengers and the experts from the prominent families stood there.
All of them watched the car impassively, their gazes no different from how they would look at a dead man.
Then something took everyone by surprise.
When the car was just over thirty meters away, its tires screeched. It swung around as it skidded, finally coming to a steady stop in reverse a dozen or so meters from the crowd.
"You're not much good at this, huh? Ghost Qi +200."
"And here I thought you'd be tough. Ghost Qi +..."
"..."
The Netherworld Messengers were immediately rather disappointed.
Jiang Yi remained expressionless and called out, "Since you're here, why keep hiding? Who from the Dark Alliance is in that car? Why not come out and have a bout with me?"
"Zhou Qian of the Dark Alliance's Paper Effigy Maker lineage!" A muffled male voice came from inside the car.
At those words.
Everyone was instantly startled.
"A Paper Effigy Maker? Those people are seriously sinister!"
"Zhou Qian... I think I've heard of him. He's an evil cultivator who's lost all humanity. An Upper Grandmaster, and with those uncanny paper effigies, he can easily fight two opponents at his own level."
"Be careful! Hurry and check whether any paper effigies are sneaking up around us!"
Every Netherworld Messenger was on high alert.
Notifications kept ringing in Jiang Chen's ears as well.
Then he spoke again. "Liu Qiucheng of the Dark Alliance's