"Leader Lu, quite a few more people have arrived up ahead. They seem to be from the Heavenly Demon Sect. Should we hurry and capture Zhang Hu first?" A man came over from the distance and spoke to Lu Jiu.
Lu Jiu frowned. "They should have shown up long ago. There's no hurry. Let the dogs tear into each other. We came ill-prepared this time. We'll watch and see how things develop."
"But, dealing with these bald donkeys now...?" the man said hesitantly.
"You fool! Did you not hear what I said?" Lu Jiu snapped, his face darkening.
"Yes, understood!" the man hurriedly replied respectfully. He knew his leader's temper all too well. His moods were unpredictable, and he was merely one of his subordinates. If he died, that would be that.
"Bai Tianqi!" Huang Xiao shouted through gritted teeth.
At Huang Xiao's words, the man reporting to Lu Jiu abruptly raised his head and looked toward him. His brows furrowed. "Oh? So it's you. Your master died, yet you're still alive. You certainly have a tenacious hold on life."
"Leader Lu, his master died at my hands two years ago!" Seeing Lu Jiu's questioning gaze, Bai Tianqi hurriedly explained.
Bai Tianqi had not expected to encounter Huang Xiao here. Of course, Huang Xiao was only a nobody, and he paid him no heed whatsoever. Back then, he had resorted to poison to coerce Xuanzhenzi just to break through to First-Class. Looking back now, he truly had been a frog at the bottom of a well, scheming so painstakingly for a mere Sixty-Year Pill. What he had obtained now was beyond anything he would once have dared imagine.
"Today is the day you die!" The moment Huang Xiao saw Bai Tianqi, he cast every other thought from his mind. His