Watching the girl leave, he turned his head, and only then did he realize the person hadn't come too quickly.
It was a Great Halberd that came.
Thirty zhang of Mysterious Qi erupted, the true hand of Xuanmen, suffocating others from dozens of zhang away.
Pei Ye had anticipated this. He knew he had stirred up a hornet's nest and that someone would react to this assassination attempt—he even suspected and hoped that Yong Ji was nearby.
He stood by the side of the boat, gripping his sword again—it sounded like a fantasy, but he was truly prepared to take on this halberd.
With the Black Cat ready, and being on the Great River waters, he was confident he could escape from a Tuan Shen, but an immediate escape would not allow many things to appear before him; he wanted to see exactly how many forces he had provoked.
And the force he had always hidden deep within was ready to unleash upon that young black-robed figure.
The heavy Great Halberd tore through the rain and wind.
