Wayfarer - Chapter 255: The Frightening Shadow

"What? What caused that scream?" Ye Dafu exclaimed.

"Stand guard over the Chief Steward and General Ma," Xiao Nanfeng commanded Ye Dafu and Ye Sanshui.

Then, he headed toward the rear yard.

There, You Jiu was searching all around the yard for something, sword in hand. Before him lay a pile of headless corpses, clearly servants and maids of the manor given their attire. They had died a ghastly death.

"What's going on, You Jiu?" Xiao Nanfeng asked immediately.

"Master, by the time I noticed something amiss, all these corpses were already on the ground, their heads gone. I saw a figure and stabbed at it, but I missed," You Jiu reported.

"Missed? Even you? Could it be some Wingform-realm assassin?" Xiao Nanfeng exclaimed.

"I don't know. I...