At the news, Tie Zhan's eyes snapped open. The hand Qing Man was using to wipe her blade stilled. Shi Feng forgot his groans, and Yan Ling shot her head up.
The room fell into a deathly silence.
The initial shock on their five faces quickly gave way to a potent sense of absurdity and disbelief.
'Alone? He killed that Shadow Leopard? The same one that forced the five of us to flee in a disastrous rout, a beast with power approaching the Upper Three Grades?'
'How is that possible?'
"Impossible!"
Shi Feng was the first to cry out, his agitation tugging at his wounds and making him grimace in pain.
"We experienced that beast's ferocity firsthand! Its body is like steel, and it's as fast as a phantom. Even with the five of us coordinating… Him, by himself? There's no way!"
Qing Man pursed her lips, her eyes also full of suspicion. "Perhaps… it's a rumor? Or maybe the one he encountered wasn't the same one we did?"
