Just as Li Yan felt unease and his thoughts raced, Xiang Yanxiu, who was walking ahead, had taken only a few steps when he abruptly stopped. He spun around, and the aura around him surged like a rising tide.
The sudden change in his aura immediately stirred Li Yan's own. Spiritual power rapidly surged over his body's surface. Though he stopped at the same time, his expression did not change as he stared at the turned Xiang Yanxiu.
Yet after turning around, Xiang Yanxiu did not look at him. With an extremely ugly expression, he looked behind Li Yan instead. At the same time, Li Yan sensed Xiang Yanxiu's immense divine sense sweep past him and directly toward the rear.
"Come out. Xiang has hunted wild geese all his life, yet today the geese came pecking at his eyes, and he did not even realize it!"
As he spoke, his eyes cut like blades toward the far side of the lake. His figure flashed, and he was already standing not far behind Li Yan. "Do not move. Something may have gone wrong here!"
Xiang Yanxiu's voice transmission suddenly sounded in Li Yan's mind.
When Xiang Yanxiu had just moved, Li Yan had made a judgment in an instant as he watched the man speak. He had not sensed any killing intent from Xiang Yanxiu directed at himself.
Then, after hearing the voice transmission, Xiang Yanxiu's abrupt action seemed intended to shield him behind his back. Li Yan forcibly suppressed his impulse to strike. He trusted his perception of attacks. After Xiang Yanxiu flashed, he truly arrived behind him, facing the lake with his back toward Li Yan. Li Yan stared at Xiang Yanxiu's back and sensed that his divine sense was indeed only sweeping toward the lake, without secretly falling