Chapter 173 — Escape
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 6 of 6
The footsteps and the clamor slowly converged upon him; many were cursing aloud, and all the while beating the trees and thorns around them with whatever they held. A fierce wind swept past, and who knew how many had come swarming in.
Ming Li lay prone in the darkness without moving, his heart seeming to have stopped beating, waiting quietly in the dark for fate's verdict.
Heaven and earth are without mercy; perhaps all things are but straw dogs...
The wind and rain raged on!