"Stop!" Master Kongming shouted, his face filled with horror. Although he swiftly chased after Xu Wuyu, he was clearly already too late. Xu Wuyu had reached Huang Xiao.
"Too late!" Xu Wuyu laughed triumphantly. At last, he could get his wish. He had truly racked his brains to kill this wretched brat.
Huang Xiao's heart jolted. He had not expected Xu Wuyu to bypass Master Kongming and come straight at him. Even if he wanted to flee now, it was far too late.
I never thought I would die at his hands. Huang Xiao could not accept it, but what good did that do? In the end, he had been too confident. He had underestimated Xu Wuyu, and obtaining the Heavenly Demon Canon had inflated his confidence. He had believed he could escape with his life from a Mid Peerless expert. Now it seemed he was still far short.
Yet just as Xu Wuyu was brimming with triumph, certain he could kill Huang Xiao, a sudden, searing pain shot through the palm he had thrust out, and he could not help crying out.
Although Huang Xiao did not know what had happened, Xu Wuyu's palm strike missed him after that scream. Without the slightest hesitation, he scrambled to his feet, then darted several zhang away and stopped. His heart was still pounding with fright. But when he looked at Xu Wuyu, he saw him gripping his right wrist with his left hand, staring fixedly at his right palm, from which blood streamed.
With Huang Xiao's eyesight, he could naturally see clearly that something had pierced straight through Xu Wuyu's palm.
"Who ambushed me?!" Xu Wuyu roared, sweeping his gaze around in search of his attacker.
Huang Xiao was also greatly surprised. He did not know which expert had helped him,