Chapter 227

When Icarus stopped abruptly, Holly, trailing behind him, quickly ducked behind a nearby tree. They had reached a quiet pedestrian path by Terrenford Lakeside, and no one else was around. Icarus turned in her direction and called out, "Come out." "How did he notice me? I was keeping a safe distance," Holly wondered, but before she could respond, two figures appeared from behind a tree closer to Icarus. Holly's face paled as she immediately recognized the danger, and she stayed hidden. The two figures—a man and a woman—stepped onto the path to confront Icarus. The man had a refined, scholarly appearance, while the woman's features were sharp and unsettling, her eyes bulging slightly unnaturally. "No wonder there's a 100 million dollar bounty on you. Seems you're not so easy to handle after all," the man said expressionlessly. The two radiated an aura that signified their cultivation. They were at the 12th stage of the refinement phase, bordering on the quasi-grandmaster phase.