“Could it be, could it be the two masterminds who sold the Earth-rank martial techniques?” Hong Yun’s eyes narrowed as he speculated.
Situ Qian shook his head. “Those two are probably not that foolish. At the same cultivation level, they would not dare come back to deal with Sima Gang now.”
Hong Yun thought it was unlikely too. His gaze fixed on the black-robed, masked figure. “Look at that speed and combat power…”
“Leng Yan!” Situ Qian’s expression immediately tightened.
They had only fought Leng Yan a short while ago. At the same cultivation level, they knew her speed and combat power all too well.
Now, watching carefully, that person’s speed and combat power were clearly on par with Leng Yan’s.
“Why is she attacking Sima Gang? And that person beside her is…” Hong Yun’s face showed surprise.
“It is not complicated. Leng Yan is short of money, and Sima Gang carries a fortune on him. She seizes the chance to deal with Sima Gang and can pin the blame on our Situ family at the same time.”
Situ Qian’s eyes turned dark. “As for that one, they have not even changed clothes. It must be someone from the Evil Path Sect, here for the money on Sima Gang.”
“The two have joined forces?”
Hong Yun’s brow furrowed. “Would Sima Gang assume that Leng Yan is you, and that Evil Path Sect member is me?”
“Given Sima Gang’s hostility towards me, he would certainly think so,” Situ Qian said.
“What a Leng Yan. What an Evil Path Sect!”
Hong Yun snorted coldly and looked at Situ Qian. “Elder Situ, what do you intend to do?”
“Leng Yan is hard to kill, and that Evil Path Sect wretch is no easy target either. Since we have been framed regardless, why not go four against one and kill Sima Gang first,” Situ Qian said, a murderous gleam flickering in his eyes.
Killing anyone else, even two against one might not work, and the fight might not even stay at two against one.
Better to go four against one and take the chance to eliminate Sima Gang first.
“Elder Situ, let us agree on this. Whatever we seize, the wealth on Sima Gang belongs to me. I trust that after killing Sima Gang, you will help me go all out to claim the spoils,” Hong Yun said at that moment.
“Naturally,” Situ Qian replied.
“Kill!” Hong Yun moved, charging forward in an instant.
Situ Qian also surged into the fray.
…
In another stretch of the void.
The three locked in fierce combat saw two more figures suddenly rushing towards them, and their hearts could not help but jolt with surprise.
Two more?
Of course, both newcomers concealed their identities. One wore plain robes with a hood, the other an ancient-looking long robe with a masked face.
“Those are Situ Qian and Hong Yun? They want to deal with Sima Gang?” Seeing the two in the very same clothes they had worn before, Leng Yan was momentarily stunned.
Though the attire alone proved nothing, there were simply no other Mountain Sea Realm, Fifth Level powerhouses nearby. Two at that level could only be Situ Qian and Hong Yun.
Others might assume it was the two patrons who sold the Earth-rank martial techniques.
But she knew best. There were no such patrons. The patrons were herself and Su Chen.
“Could it truly be as Sima Gang said, that the two simply want to take the chance to deal with him?” Leng Yan sighed inwardly.
Of course, she was not certain. While attacking Sima Gang, she also kept her guard up against the two.
The brown-robed, masked man also guessed their identities. Though there was a slim chance they were the two patrons, the likelihood was too small. To say they were not Hong Yun and Situ Qian, he simply could not believe it.
As for Leng Yan’s identity, he had guessed that too.
Sima Gang, however, was somewhat dazed.
The two fighting him were Hong Yun and Situ Qian.
Then who were these two newcomers?
Surely those two patrons would not go looking for trouble?
Then these two Mountain Sea Realm, Fifth Level cultivators approaching…
“Leng Yan and that Evil Path Sect wretch!” Sima Gang’s expression hardened.
There were only a handful of Mountain Sea Realm, Fifth Level cultivators in Liu City. It had to be them.
Setting the Evil Path Sect aside, Leng Yan was an enemy of Hong Yun and the Situ family. To him, she was the enemy of his enemy.
Leng Yan must be trying to stir things up between Situ Qian and Hong Yun.
Sima Gang breathed a quiet sigh of relief. With Leng Yan joining in, even at two against three, things would be far easier for him.
However, when the two drew close, neither struck at anyone else. Instead, both attacked Sima Gang in unison.
Clang! Clang!
Sima Gang was blasted far back.
“You!” Sima Gang was utterly bewildered.
Why were they both attacking him?