"Xu Wuyu?" Huang Xiao's heart jolted. He hastily shifted ten feet to one side, narrowly evading the blast of force.
Why was he here? Before Huang Xiao could steady himself, Xu Wuyu had charged right up to him and chopped a palm straight at his face.
With no time to think, Huang Xiao retreated another five steps in succession, swiftly opening up the distance between them.
"Hm?" Xu Wuyu clearly had not expected both his attacks to miss, so he did not immediately strike again.
Only then did Huang Xiao glance into the distance. Master Kongming was supporting Reverend Demu. Neither looked well, but Reverend Demu was clearly seriously injured.
To think Xu Wuyu actually defeated both Master Kongming and Reverend Demu. Huang Xiao was deeply shocked. He had thought that together, Reverend Demu and Master Kongming could at least hold Xu Wuyu off, yet they had been defeated in such a short time.
Since the three had been fighting some distance away, Huang Xiao had not noticed at first. He had not expected Xu Wuyu to come straight for him after defeating them, rather than taking their lives. It seemed Xu Wuyu's desire to kill him ran deep.
In truth, it was not that Xu Wuyu did not want to take the old monk's and Taoist's lives. Defeating them had been fairly easy, but killing them would probably not be so simple. Given more time, he could naturally kill them, but he did not want to waste time, because he had discovered that Huang Xiao had actually defeated Badu. That had surprised him somewhat.
Still, defeating Badu was nothing much. It merely made him regard the brat a little more highly; in his eyes, Huang Xiao was still beneath notice.
Xu Wuyu hated Huang Xiao to the marrow of