"Grandpa, why do I suddenly feel so cold?" asked the girl puzzledly as she looked up from counting the takings for the day. She had noticed the sudden drop in temperature.
The young lady wasn't the only one who had felt the drop in temperature. All the martial artists drinking in the pub had felt it too.
"What's happening? Who is giving off such a murderous vibe?" Many of their faces paled as they frowned.
Reilo, however, remained as calm as before and wasn't bothered by this at all. He continued to drink and muttered disdainfully, "What a bunch of cowards. It's just the wind. Look at how scared all of you are. All of you look like a bunch of frogs in the well. That battle between supreme grandmasters was so many days ago, but you're all still so tense and jumping at the smallest thing."
He just laughed mirthlessly at them as he looked at them with a mocking glance.
To everyone's surprise, a skinny figure exuding a freezing presence walked into their line of sight just after Reilo's scoff.
The young man continued to walk on slowly without any expression on his face.
His battered and blood covered body staggered slightly because of the severe injuries he had suffered.
But even though he looked so haggard, the murderous vibes the young man gave off were not weak at all.
"Isn't that..."
"Isn't that Ye Fan, the Chinese boy?"
Everyone started exclaiming in shock when they got a closer look at who this young man passing by was. Their pupils constricted in terror as they trembled violently.
"Ye Fan? You've got to be kidding, right? That punk is long gone. I think all of you have really been scared silly by a young fellow. Just look at you guys! A little wind makes you tremble and you're like soldiers made from paper or something," snorted Reilo even harder when he heard everyone mention Ye Fan's name. He couldn't care less and helped himself to another cup of wine.
"Bro...Bro...you really should take a look yourself. I th ink... I think it's really that young punk," said one of Reilo's companions as he nudged Reilo in fear.
Reilo's back was facing the door, so he couldn't see anything outside unless he turned around.
"What's there to look at? You mean he's back as a ghost?” retorted Reilo in annoyance before turning back to look.
The moment he spotted the figure walking past the door, Reilo froze.
His face paled and his eyes nearly popped right out as he stared at the bloodied skinny youth slowly making his way forward like he was staring at a ghost.
"How...how...what the...how is this even possible?! How is this fellow not dead yet?! It's impossible! It's completely impossible! The Indra paid such a high price just to injure this boy as severely as possible. How could he possibly even survive such injuries?! We're looking at a ghost, right?!" Reilo nearly peed himself in fright.
He lost his balance and rolled right off his own chair.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined that Ye Fan was still alive.
"Bro...what do we do? Since the Indra tried to kill him, once this guy returns to China and recovers, he's going to come to India to take revenge for sure. The Indra doesn't have to be afraid of him since he's very powerful and has other supreme grandmaster friends who will help him, but we really don't stand a chance against this Ye Fan. Why don't...why don't we just run for it and not return to India? Let's hide ourselves in some forest and erase our identities for the time being. When everything blows over, we could go back to India," came the trembling and frightened voice of one of Reilo's companions. He was truly terrified.
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