"Why are we looking for the first crime scene, Master?" Leonid asked his teacher as they flew toward the second location. "Since the victim came from an Alternate Dimension, wouldn't it be better to investigate his dimension directly?"
"Because that Sorcerer Supreme from the Alternate Dimension was still alive when he arrived in our Main Dimension. He was fleeing from something pursuing him."
Su Ming surveyed the dim surroundings. Even the river overhead was completely obscured by all sorts of vegetation. The deeper they went into the swamp, the more water there was, with less mud and fewer reeds, but the mangroves also restricted their view.
Professor Xu joined in as well. She was still a cloud of white smoke, drifting through the air with an ethereal air about her.
"Clearly, that Sorcerer Supreme wasn't lucky enough. Whatever was hunting him eventually killed him, and in a strange way too, meow. The monster that pursued him might still be somewhere in The Great Marsh, perhaps even near the first crime scene. If Master Deathstroke doesn't get to the bottom of this, it may follow the energy signature to find you later. You definitely wouldn't want to encounter a monster capable of killing a Sorcerer Supreme on some pitch-black night."
"Ah, thank you, Master! So the killer and the one who dumped the body weren't the same person?" Leonid understood his own situation as well. In China's terms, he himself was Tang Sanzang's flesh—though with Kamar-Taj backing him, he had it somewhat better.
If that murderer from the Alternate Dimension could kill a Sorcerer Supreme, however, he could most likely kill Leonid without a second thought—and he truly had the ability to do so.
"Heh, of course they weren't the same person. The one who threw the body in front of