Blue Phoenix Chapter 70 – New Route

The next couple of days nothing happened. Were it not for the killing intent which was coming their way; Hui Yue would have believed that they were all alone on their trip, that things were going according to plan.

Unfortunately, he was still unsure about what he could do against the man. Even more so about which actions he should take as soon as they entered the tunnels. It was obvious that the man from the Black Dragon Corps would be following them into the tunnels as well. His hope of being able to escape in the tunnels was no longer possible.

But the trip waited for no one and every day they were getting closer to the tunnels. The fourth day they were able to see the cave wall on the horizon. The cave wall had massive doors leading towards the tunnels which headed to the next cave. While the guards felt excitement as none of them had ever left their cave, Hui Yue felt dread because he knew about the man who was following them.

Thinking back, it seemed as if the man was aware that he could not take them head-on. As such, they knew their only option was to be together all the time, not giving Scarface a chance to hunt them down one by one.

“Don’t worry too much about him,” Xu Piao said as he noticed the frown on the young man’s face, clearly busy thinking out things on his own. “You are not alone,” the Guild Master continued. “Just leave that man for Xie Lan and me to deal with.”

Hearing the words, Hui Yue felt gratitude. He was not used to leaning on stronger people. Although he felt lots of gratitude for the kindness shown to him he also wished to do his best, as the one person he trusted the most was himself.

The rest of the trip exiting the cave was made smoothly. No one was hunted down, and the killing intent was something the more sensitive members of the group had grown used to. Scarface did absolutely nothing to the group but followed behind. This situation, in a way, was even more daunting than if they knew what his plans were.

Thinking it through again, Hui Yue was somewhat confident the reason

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