Right at this moment, a murderous aura came from behind me. I shuddered. It seemed he was here.  

I placed my hand at my hip and pretended to scratch the skin there. Then, as fast as a lightning strike, I drew the Sirius Whip and lashed backward! 

The man was standing behind me. When I turned around, I saw his red eyes gazing at me. The man carried a massive, bone-chopping machete, which he used to furiously hack at me. 

Luckily, I reacted in time. Otherwise, his knife would have killed me at that instant. Before his knife reached me, I swiftly rolled aside and lashed his wrist with the Sirius Whip. 

The blow connected, and the pain forced him to drop the machete. I finally had a chance to look at his face. He was wearing a traditional costume of the Dai people. His skin tone was dark. The most eye-catching feature on his face was a big mole at the corner of his mouth. 

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