"I know…" the garuda slowly said, "That's why I can't let you pass."
Shen Nianzu wasn't about to have any more of this nonsense. He was as anxious as ants jumping on a heated pan trying to get to Gu Luoxin before everything's too late. Besides, this garuda's condition looked so much worse to wear that Shen Nianzu didn't think he needed to exert that much effort to knock him down or, taking it one step further, kill him.
But this man clearly knew him; not only that, he had blocked Shen Nianzu's path on purpose as if he had known what Shen Nianzu wanted to do even though they had not crossed paths at all in this Cycle. And with the man being a garuda, to top it off, gave Shen Nianzu a bad feeling he just could not ignore.
As much as Shen Nianzu wanted to bulldoze his way through, these few points kept gnawing on the back of his mind, compelling him to ask,
"Are you also sent by Shang?"
