Huang Xiao naturally ignored Wu Longfeng. Facing Tuoba Ao, he could not help feeling immensely excited.
Previously, he had faced Tuoba Ao under tremendous pressure. After all, Tuoba Ao's realm was higher than his, and he had lacked confidence in defeating him.
But things were different now. He was strong enough to stand on equal footing with Tuoba Ao. Even though Tuoba Ao had entered the Half-Step Martial Realm before him, he could still put up a fight.
Tuoba Ao knew he was in some trouble. Killing Huang Xiao would probably not be so easy. But unless he killed Huang Xiao, he would have no way to pry the final secret out of Sun Simiao.
Whether the secret was actually here, whether the scroll he had obtained still concealed something-he neither knew nor understood these things.
Tuoba Ao knew very well that Sun Simiao might not know everything either, but he certainly knew more than Tuoba Ao did. Right now, only by taking Sun Simiao away could he slowly extract these secrets from him.
Yet everything that had just happened also told him that this would probably be very difficult. Sun Simiao would not tell him even if he died.
Still, Tuoba Ao was not too worried about that. As long as he could capture Sun Simiao, he could always find other ways to make him talk.
And all of this depended on disposing of Huang Xiao first. After all, this was an opponent in the same realm as him.
There was no time for Huang Xiao to adjust to the changes in his power brought about by his breakthrough, because Tuoba Ao was already charging at him.
Seeing Tuoba Ao's chilling murderous intent, Huang Xiao snorted coldly, shifted his feet, and swiftly met him head-on.
Now that he had