North City Gate.
As soon as Xu Ping'an and his group of nine left the city gates, they headed north of the city wall.
However, they hadn't walked far before they sensed a number of powerful figures following them from behind.
And in Xu Ping'an's mind, the character for "danger" was incessantly flashing.
"Seven from behind, eight up front, a total of fifteen," spoke a Seventh Rank Expert at the peak of the Ninth Layer Realm, one of Qin Hanshuang's subordinates.
As he spoke, his gaze towards Xu Ping'an was filled with malice.
Besides him, the looks from the other six men towards Xu Ping'an were also extremely unfriendly.
Xu Ping'an didn't care about their stares; he knew these people were blaming him for putting Qin Hanshuang in peril.
And Xu Ping'an could understand that, after all, Qin Hanshuang was their master, and he was not.
