Chapter 366: So You’re Nephew Xiong

Chapter 366 -312: So You’re Nephew Xiong

But then, a new thought struck Jiang Xu: behind every action, there must be a hidden motive.

‘Perhaps his casual demeanor is just a carefully crafted disguise, meant to confuse and conceal his true purpose and emotions.’

‘Or maybe he’s already found a clue to his problem, making him genuinely relaxed, and he’s just putting on an act to avoid drawing unnecessary attention.’

Jiang Xu decided to continue observing from a distance.

‘I refuse to believe I won’t find a flaw in his act.’

In the time that followed, Jiang Xu was truly taken by surprise.

The man had actually just wandered around for an entire hour.

During this time, Jiang Xu had begun to doubt his own deductions more than once.

The prolonged tracking and observation had yielded nothing. The man’s movements seemed to follow no pattern, pushing Jiang Xu’s doubt and impatience to their limit.

An hour of endless pursuit, and all he had to show for it were the stone slabs beneath his feet.

Jiang Xu decided it was time to break the stalemate.

In fact, his current face had already been altered using the Thousand-Faced Illusion Body.

So, Jiang Xu immediately quickened his pace, planning to approach the man while pretending to be a simple passerby.

But he had only taken a few steps when he saw the man stop in his tracks, standing completely still.

Jiang Xu’s heart tightened, and he instinctively froze as well.

The air seemed to freeze. The man spun around abruptly, his hawk-like gaze locking onto Jiang Xu.

“Who are you?!”

‘Not good!’

‘I’ve been discovered!’

Jiang Xu felt extremely uncomfortable under the man’s gaze.

It was the same kind of embarrassment a detective feels when caught red-handed by their target.

“Ahem, just passing by,” Jiang Xu bluffed, already scanning his surroundings for an escape route. “I’m just on my way to buy something. Do you really need to make such a big deal out of it?”

Hearing this, Xiong Anling laughed in exasperation.

“Passing by?”

“What kind of ‘passing by’ involves following me for a whole hour?”

“For the past two days, I’ve had this nagging feeling of a pair of eyes on me, like someone was tracking me.”

“So today, I deliberately tested it, and sure enough, I flushed you out!”

Jiang Xu was at a loss for words, muttering to himself internally. ‘This situation is certainly unexpected. I wanted to keep a low profile, but my first attempt at contact has turned into a total blunder.’

‘First contact was a bust. I’ll just have to change my face and try again later.’

‘As for now…’

‘Best to make a run for it!’

But just as Jiang Xu was about to turn and run…

The two street vendors nearby suddenly sprang into action!

“Brother Ling, why are you wasting your breath on this despicable stalker?!”

A sharp cry, like a crack of spring thunder, shattered the brief calm.

A young woman shouted angrily at Jiang Xu, then took the initiative to attack.

She moved like lightning. With a wave of her hand, a crimson longspear materialized from thin air.

The spear’s shaft radiated a scorching light, as if condensed from flame itself. It instantly set the surrounding air alight, its crimson glow scattering and making her look all the more valiant and formidable.

The young woman bent her knees slightly, then pushed off explosively. Her whole body shot forward like a fireball, hurtling straight toward Jiang Xu.

The spear traced a fiery red arc through the air, its tip glinting coldly as it aimed straight for Jiang Xu’s heart.

“Holy shit, you can’t be serious!”

Jiang Xu couldn’t believe they would attack at the drop of a hat.

‘Aren’t you forbidden from fighting on Xiao Jin Island?!’

The spear tip tore through the air, wreathed in a blazing True Flame like lava erupting from a volcano. It carried not only destructive power but also seemed intent on incinerating the very space around it.

Billowing heatwaves filled the air with a scorching scent. Jiang Xu found it difficult to breathe, as if the entire world was succumbing to the surging flames.

Faced with this ferocious, all-out attack, Jiang Xu could only choose to evade.

At the very instant the crimson spear was but a hair’s breadth away from him…

Jiang Xu’s body seemed to melt into the air, vanishing without a trace as if he had never been there at all.

The young woman’s spear sliced through empty air. She halted abruptly, staring around in disbelief.

“Where did that little thief go?!”

Xiong Anling’s brow furrowed as his eyes scanned the surroundings.

He was, of course, aware of the strict prohibition against fighting on Xiao Jin Island.

But rules were made to constrain ordinary people.

With his status, as long as he didn’t cause a major disturbance or kill someone, everything could be smoothed over.

That was why Xiong Anling hadn’t stopped the young woman’s attack; he, too, wanted to see just who this person was that could track him so skillfully.

This person had been tracking him for days, and he’d only been discovered because he chose to reveal himself.

If his target hadn’t voluntarily revealed a flaw, Xiong Anling feared he would never have had a chance to spot him.

The young woman was a Fire General.

Among the Upper Eight Generals, the Fire General was responsible for using force to resolve any problems outside of the Thousand Games, as well as ensuring their escape if a ploy was exposed. In short, she was their enforcer and assassin.

As the saying goes—*How many escape the flames? Those who do burn incense to thank the gods.*

The Fire General was undoubtedly the strongest fighter on their team.

She had a Magic Cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Body Cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and on top of that, a Tier Two Upper Grade True Martial Fierce Fire Spear and the Separation Fire Burning Flame Heart Method, both of which were perfectly suited to her constitution.

This combination of strengths made her exceptionally powerful, even among Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivators.

And yet, even with all that power, she hadn’t managed to so much as graze the little thief’s clothes.

‘Just who is this person, and why is he tracking me?’

‘An enemy?’

‘Or…?’

“…”

Hidden in the shadows beneath a shop’s eaves, Jiang Xu watched the three people standing right where he had been only moments before.