The burly man had initially felt rather annoyed. He thought the right was a good choice; there was hardly anyone over there, making it suitable for escape. But he discovered that the rugged-looking middle-aged man before him held his arm with astonishing strength. He had struggled just now, yet had failed to budge the man at all.
He quickly understood that this was an expert, at least someone stronger than himself. Following his lead should be the right choice.
Huang Xiao had fled to the left because he had already sensed experts from the Heavenly Evil Sect moving to intercept them on the right. As a Half-Step Martial Realm expert, his senses were naturally far keener than those of the others.
He could have escaped alone, but he had found that this burly man had shown decent character along the way. The man had even reminded him to leave Chaotic Province quickly. For that alone, even though they were strangers, he would lend him a hand while he was at it. At the very least, Huang Xiao did not want to watch him flee toward a dead end.
People carried considerable momentum when running at full speed. Upon hearing someone shout, "Go right!" those behind him turned right without hesitation.
Yet, unexpectedly, the man who had shouted headed left instead. Only the few people beside him managed to react. They trusted the burly man, and when they saw him fleeing left, they swiftly changed direction and followed.
Some others had wanted to flee with the burly man, but they had already charged off to the right. Then, seeing more and more people behind them heading in that direction, they no longer wanted to turn back to follow him and continued fleeing to the right.
"Brother, let go! I'll follow you!"