Under normal circumstances, venomous snakes wouldn't attack other creatures without a reason. This meant there was only one possibility—someone had deliberately placed this snake there. Most passersby wouldn't be aware of it, and even those at the high levels of the Nascent Transformation Realm would fall prey if they weren't careful.0

"Who's there? Come out!" Liu Wuxie caught sight of a dark patch of dried blood beneath the boulder. This meant a battle must've occurred there not long ago, and the blood had yet to be cleaned.0

"Hehehe…I didn't expect you to be on such a high alert," an eerie voice echoed from the surroundings, like a ghostly wind rustling the trees.0

"You can't fool me!" Liu Wuxie roared and swung the Heretic Blade at a tree far away. The blade aura he unleashed sliced through the air without resistance and split the targeted tree apart.0

A black silhouette emerged from behind the tree, moving ten meters sideways to evade the attack.0

Liu Wuxie finally got a clear look at the other party—a man draped in a black robe, his entire body shrouded in darkness, with only a pair of cold, piercing eyes visible. What made the sight even...1