Zuo Xiaoduo's voice carried a note of certainty and an indescribable rhythm, yet it had a measured cadence all its own.
The eyes of the three men on the ground grew increasingly panicked.
"I have no interest in knowing who sent you. Although your appearance here must have been at someone's direction-without someone leading the way, how could you have run into us by such a coincidence?"
The three looked increasingly panic-stricken.
"Nor am I interested in knowing what benefits you received, what you were plotting, or what your real objective was."
Zuo Xiaoduo declared with ironclad finality, "The only thing I'm interested in is this: you've caught my eye!"
As Zuo Xiaoduo spoke with his nose in the air, he calmly listened for any movement around him. Yet his posture never changed, nor did his eyes wander.
Where he currently stood, there were only the three unlucky wretches before him.
Li Chenglong's eyes darted as he said gravely, "Boss, are you saying these three didn't run into us by chance? They came specifically to rob us?"
"Wrong!"
Zuo Xiaoduo sneered. "They didn't come specifically to steal our things. They came specifically to make trouble for us. Or, to be more precise... they came specifically to make trouble for me!"
"Why?"
"Simple. If they were here to steal things, they wouldn't have started by saying they'd leave us half. Stealing half would still make us mortal enemies-why let the other half go?"
"Also, ever since they arrived, they kept their eyes on me while they talked. After I stepped forward to fight, they focused all their attention on me, without so much as a glance at the rest of you out of the corners of their eyes. With their cultivation and strength, there was no need for them to take