Sensing both Wu Jian and Zhao Ling moving away, the fox's eyes narrowed. Why are they retreating? it wondered, but the thought didn't finish.
Its eyes suddenly widened — it had sensed Li Feng Wei's energy running rampant.
The fox clenched its jaws.
"Damn bastard!" it hissed, turning sharply. It jumped into motion, leaping quickly from roof to roof.
"He's going to self-destruct inside the city... That'll wipe out everything. If that happens, I won't be able to get anything."
Jaws clenched tighter, but then — the fox suddenly stopped.
"Huh?" the fox muttered, turning its head sharply toward the battlefield.
At that moment, it saw it: the lizard piercing through Li Feng Wei's chest, killing him— before he could self-destruct.
"He's dead..." the fox muttered.
It managed to kill him before he could detonate...
It narrowed its eyes again.
A powerful presence was approaching.
Li Tianyuan.
"He's finally making a move."
The fox leapt down, landing silently in a quiet alley.
"I was starting to think he wouldn't act at all... But to think it not only battle six Foundation Establishment cultivators, but even managed to killed four.
And
Forced even the mid-stage one to intervene. Lucky I didn't leave earlier..."
Its eyes widened again.
"The one at the 4th Layer — dead? Even with the mid-stage present it still managed to? How...?"
It paused, watching closely.
"They're moving farther away from the city..."
The fox walked forward, then leapt again, landing on the roof of a tall building, staring into the distance.
"Now's my chance. I have to move fast — before they finish fighting."
It narrowed its eyes.
"Wonder who'll come out on top... Will it get killed, or will it be the one that does the killing?"
The fox dashed, moving swiftly from rooftop to rooftop, the fox finally reached the Li Estate. It landed lightly on one of the many buildings within.
Its eyes scanned the area, divine sense sweeping the surroundings.
"I can sense humans in that building ahead... and one of them is at the 9th stage."
But then Suddenly, its head snapped to the side, — turquoise eyes glowing. It had sensed something unexpected.
Its eyes locking down on a figure slowly emerging from the ground.
There — Wu Jian — slowly emerging from the ground.
"A Foundation Establishment... 3rd Layer? When did he get this close? I thought he already fled."
The fox stared.
"He hasn't noticed me yet... I have to strike before he does."
The fox crouched low.
But Just then, Wu Jian turned—and at that moment his gaze met the fox
In that instant, the fox's eyes glowed brightly — and trapped him in an illusion.
Wu Jian froze, his body unmoving, his eyes now glowing the same eerie hue.
"Now."
The fox's body reverted to its true size — massive and sleek. It pushed off the roof with such explosive force that the tiles shattered beneath its paws. Launching downward like a bolt of lightning, it opened its jaws wide.
Its fangs sank deep into Wu Jian's neck.
With a brutal snap, it bit off his head. The severed head flew upward, landing with a soft thud a few feet away.
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Present
The fox now stood beside the headless corpse, blood dripping from its fangs.
Licking the blood on its jaws
"Lucky I managed to trap him in an illusion," it muttered to itself.
"Otherwise, he might've put up a bit of a fight. He barely had any spiritual energy left, so killing him would've been easy anyway... but I don't have time to waste."
It looked toward the estate, eyes gleaming.
"I have to be quick."