Chapter 39: Sneak Attack

"Ah! Ah—" Seeing the head rolling off, Kong Hengji was the first to cry out in alarm, sitting down hard and scuttling backward on two legs in quick succession.

His overly dramatic reaction, more akin to that of an effeminate man, actually helped calm everyone else down.

Lei Buji had seen death before and remained silent; the doctor Tian Wude, though his face showed fear, stayed put; Xie Run looked toward Sun Yixie with suspicion written all over his face.

As for Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, they simply... gathered around the corpse to have a look.

"Brother Huang, this cut is a bit too clean," Sun Yixie remarked.

"Indeed, even a slash with a treasure weapon might not leave such a neat edge, probably the work of someone with high martial arts skills," Huang Donglai responded.

"And to think the head suddenly fell off and the blood didn't spurt out, but instead started seeping slowly..." Sun Yixie added.