The man turned around and stared at Chen Xiao. His eyes were hidden behind the mask, but his gaze remained calm: "I have no ill intentions and am not your enemy."
The voice was forceful, with a subtle metallic quality, clearly a deliberately crafted falsetto. However, the Chinese was very clear.
Chen Xiao frowned: "You... are you a member of the Japanese Imperial Family?"
"No." The man in the red robe shook his head. He turned to leave again.
"Stop!" Chen Xiao took a step forward with all his might, teleporting to block its path, and opened his arms: "Since I'm here, I can't just stand by and watch you take him away!"
The man in red robes shook his head again: "I am not your enemy." With a flash, he landed behind Chen Xiao!
Chen Xiao was startled! Such speed!!
He turned and immediately chased after it, blocking its path once more: "Leave Sato here!!"
Beneath that bronze mask, a sigh seemed to emanate: "Get out of the way, this is not your business, I don't want to hurt you."
Chen Xiao stared intently at the other person: "Just who are you?!"
“I won’t hurt Sato, but I must take her back,” the man in the bronze mask said. “I’m not with them.”
As it spoke, it pointed to the corpse of Yashi on the ground.
Chen Xiao was somewhat confused. The bronze-masked man took another step to leave, but Chen Xiao frowned. He still blocked his way.
"I don't want to fight you, please don't force me."
Chen Xiao wasn't sure if he had misheard, but he felt that this mysterious guy's tone of voice was a little too polite.
"Tell me, who exactly are you!" Chen Xiao stared at the other person.
At the same time, he also felt that the other person's eyes were staring intently at him.
"I am..." The bronze-masked man seemed to sigh. Suddenly, a wisp of his gaze fell on Chen Xiao's chest and the sachet under his neck! That delicate sachet!
It seemed like just one glance. The person's previously amiable gaze suddenly turned sharp!
"Who gave you this?!"
The other person's voice suddenly became full of anger! Even their previously friendly gaze was now filled with rage.
"Huh?" Chen Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously replied, "What does this have to do with you...?"
"asshole!"
The bronze figure's voice suddenly filled with rage. It raised its hand, and a branch from the tree swiftly landed in its grasp. With a flick of its wrist, the branch, like a sword's edge, pointed towards Chen Xiao!
Chen Xiao saw a blur before his eyes, and the tree branch seemed to leave a blurry afterimage! He tried his best to dodge to the side, but he still felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.
With a loud thud, a branch struck Chen Xiao's shoulder, causing him to break out in a cold sweat from the pain! The bronze figure seemed to have finally become enraged, the branch trembling as it unleashed a barrage of blows. Chen Xiao dodged left and right beneath the branch, but he was still struck by the opponent's blows like raindrops!
This guy seemed to have no intention of killing, but his speed was as fast as lightning. Even Chen Xiao's teleportation couldn't dodge it. Moreover, his attacks were extremely skillful. Every time the branch fell, it hit the spot that hurt the most but wouldn't cause serious injury.
Chen Xiao was hit by the tree branch more than a dozen times, the pain making his whole body numb. He finally collapsed to the ground with a thud, staring at the other person in horror: "You!"
The man held a tree branch in his hand, which trembled slightly. He watched as Chen Xiao was knocked to the ground, but finally stopped. After a moment of silence, he spoke again, his voice surprisingly showing some concern: "You... were you hit hard enough? Are you hurt?"
Chen Xiao was completely bewildered and was about to speak.
The guy's gaze fell on the sachet on Chen Xiao's chest again, and his eyes once more blazed with fury.
Snap!
The man angrily broke off the branch and threw it hard on the ground.
"Chen Xiao! You really did me justice!"
The last sentence reached Chen Xiao's ears, making him shudder! He almost instinctively jumped up from the ground!
The red-robed figure glared hatefully at Chen Xiao, and in a flash, he vanished without a trace!
This person ultimately didn't take Sato away, but Chen Xiao froze on the spot at the last sentence. The voice was delicate and clear, yet brimming with anger. More importantly, this voice seemed... perhaps... maybe...
The sound of the phoenix!!!
Chapter 208 [The Jealousy Jar Spilled]
A phoenix? Could it really be a phoenix?
Chen Xiao was shocked and stood there dumbfounded. He kept replaying the scene in his mind, recalling the tone and voice of the man in red. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed to him!
Chen Xiao suddenly remembered something—he remembered that when he was injured and hospitalized in China more than a month ago, Phoenix came to visit him. At that time, three girls gathered in the ward, and Phoenix was already quite dissatisfied. He remembered that Phoenix said at the time that she had rushed back from Japan.
In other words, the phoenix may indeed be in Japan!
The more Chen Xiao thought about it, the more guilty he felt.
He had only just accepted Zhang Xiaotao's feelings, and his relationship with Fenghuang was an inescapable problem in his heart. But having no immediate solution, he could only steel himself for the time being, jump into the river, and close his eyes, leaving the rest for later.
But who would have thought that we'd encounter a phoenix so soon!
Moreover, if you put it that way, Phoenix should be his legitimate girlfriend, and it seems like he's the one having an affair behind Phoenix's back...
Feeling uneasy, I was stunned.
Takeuchi Fumizan rushed up the mountain. The old man looked rather disheveled; his robes were askew and covered in dust, his hair was messy, he was breathing heavily, and sweat beaded on his forehead. Reaching the summit, he saw Tang Ying lying behind a large tree, with Sato also collapsed beside her. Seeing that the two girls were only unconscious and unharmed, Takeuchi Fumizan seemed relieved. Then, his eyes fell on a corpse beneath the tree—the black-clad, masked man, decapitated. Two tattered black flags lay embedded in the ground; one was completely destroyed, and the other, though not broken, was badly damaged.
When Takeuchi Fumizan saw the corpse of the man in black on the ground and then clearly saw the two flags, he couldn't help but gasp! His aged face immediately changed color!