Volume 1

49 Mysterious Offender

An uneasiness crept over me as Nie Zun spoke.

"Give me one of your arrows," he told me.

Although I wasn't sure what he planned to do, I grabbed an arrow from my back and handed it to him. He took the arrow with his gloved left hand, and then he stabbed it into Huan Qing's arm.

"What are you doing?!" I shouted in alarm. My arrows were coated with a pain amplifier. Most people wouldn't be able to stand the pain, and Huan Qing was already injured!

Nie Zun didn't reply, but Huan Qing suddenly woke up in a bout of pain. Nie Zun pulled out the arrow, leaving the blood to start spilling from Huan Qing's arm. Huan Qing opened his eyes, his amber irises filled with pain.

After tossing aside the arrow, Nie Zun said, "Sorry, I had to get you to wake up, since there are some things I just can't understand. You were unconscious, but fortunately, the lack of mental force in your body meant...