Mu Qingcheng glanced at the Swordsman walking over from the distance, then turned her gaze back to Chen Hui in front of her. At this moment, Chen Hui's expression was incomparably grave, as though he had just seen some kind of monster. He had gone so far as to ignore her very existence, his eyes locked firmly on the approaching Swordsman.
Mu Qingcheng was thoroughly bewildered.
"What's going on?"
"Who on earth is this person?"
It wasn't just Mu Qingcheng who was stunned—even Shenqiu Mingdong, who was directing the battle from afar, was shocked to his core.
Chen Hui's strength was monstrous. Not a single member of the Purple Shadow Adventure Team present would have doubted that Chen Hui could wipe them all out by himself.
Yet this monster of a Chen Hui was actually wary of the Swordsman walking toward them. Their minds simply couldn't process it.
Moreover, it wasn't just Chen Hui alone. Every last member of Star Ring who had surrounded the Purple Shadow Adventure Team wore expressions as dark as storm clouds, each one watching the approaching Swordsman with extreme caution.
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He utterly loathed Black Flame.
He had previously gone through tremendous effort to scheme against Zhanhun Buluo and earn the position of Star Ring's vice president. He had been hoping to gain more of
Lu Xingluo had been deeply displeased with him, and for a long stretch afterward, Chen Hui had been left without any meaningful responsibilities.
Now he had finally been given charge of the
He knew Black Flame's strength all too well. Or rather, it would have been impossible not to know—the battle at
The Sword Demon might have been old, but he was a genuine monster. His strength far exceeded Chen Hui's own, and within the entirety of Star Ring, the number of fighters who could match the Sword Demon could be counted on one hand.
"What? I'm not allowed to come here?" Shi Feng swept his gaze across the Star Ring members arrayed in defensive positions all around and couldn't help but smile as he asked.
"What exactly do you want?" Chen Hui found Shi Feng's question exasperating. If it were anyone else, he would have already charged in without so much a word of discussion. He steadied himself and lowered his voice to ask again.
The Purple Shadow members who heard Chen Hui speak like that all dropped their jaws as they stared at Shi Feng. Shenqiu Mingdong was particularly dumbfounded, unable to believe what he was seeing.
Who was Chen Hui?
He was a peak expert known as the Sword of the Dead. He was ruthless in his methods and never left a single enemy alive, always annihilating them without exception. There was never any talking.
It was just like how he had dealt with the Purple Shadow Adventure Team—Chen Hui had attacked without a second word.
Yet now, facing Shi Feng alone, Chen Hui was actually initiating conversation. No one would have believed it if they were told.
"Team Leader, who exactly is this Black Flame? He's incredible!" Mu Qingcheng whispered excitedly to Team Leader Shenqiu Mingdong, unable to contain her thrill and excitement.
To single-handedly freeze an entire squad of elites led by Chen Hui in their tracks—to make the entirety of Star Ring tremble with fear—it was simply unbelievable.
Even if the peak experts of Zhanhun Buluo or Chidi from the