Without leaving the slum, just as he was about to reach the exit, Xu Huo turned back again.
Those who had been lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity, emerged one by one. However, they were just luckless desperados, unable to get close before being dealt with by the Secant Lines set up around him.
The young boy who had "escaped" initially wanted to turn back and run out of the slum upon realizing the people pursuing him were being killed. But after a short distance, he stopped. Facing the seemingly endless dark street, he didn't have the courage to run to the exit in one go. So, he turned back, limping along behind Xu Huo.
Xu Huo knew there was a tail following him, but he didn't chase him away. After disposing of the first batch of people coming to probe, he stopped in front of a very small storefront, its door tightly shut, crookedly inscribed with the words "Knock to Stay".
