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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　"Liu Meng's inside, right?" Li Yiming finally gave up after trying for a while. He turned toward an alleyway nearby and asked out loud.

　　Three people walked out of the shadows. It was the Qing sisters and Big Beard. The latter remained impa.s.sive while Qing Linglong seemed to be deep into her thoughts.

　　"Who's after her?" Li Yiming asked bitterly as he reminded himself that his teammates could no longer be trusted.

　　"We don't know. We were only keeping our eye on you. By the time we realized what was going on, she was already inside," Qing Linglong answered truthfully.

　　Li Yiming nodded and chose to sit down and wait.

　　"Is he giving up?"

　　"Maybe he didn't intend to enter the Boundary in the first place?"

　　"Should we attack him now? It's a nice opportunity."

　　"We should wait. Otherwise, we'll become targets too."

　　Even after witnessing Li Yiming's rather ridiculous spectacle, most had chosen to remain silent and wait patiently, wary of Li Yiming's sage power.

　　"Mr. Xie, we're ready to move." In a skysc.r.a.per nearby, a young man spoke into his transmitter.

　　"How many others are there?" A cold voice answered back.

　　"We've counted thirty-two guardians belonging to five teams. I think there are more people on the balcony across, but I'm not sure."

　　"What about Pan Junwei's team?"

　　"They're not here."

　　"What about Li Yiming's team?"

　　"Aside from the girl inside the Boundary, the others are present, but..."

　　"Speak."

　　"There's something wrong with them. They're not here to help."

　　"Keep one group of people on-site. Tell the rest to return." Mr. Xie said after a long silence.

　　"Mr. Xie…"

　　"These are orders."

　　"Yes."

　　Inside the mansion which served as Mr. Xie's base of operations, he put down his transmitter as he played around with the jade thumb ring.