The moment the words fell.
All was silent, except for the rustling of the wind passing through the grass and the faint crackling of distant flames.
Shadow Scorpion froze, his heart seized by immense fear, yet absurdly, a miraculous glimmer of hope arose, like a drowning person grasping at a straw.
—Was he really... just asking this? Does that mean he really doesn't intend to intervene in the fight, which means I still have a chance?
If I just answer Feng Mu's question honestly, maybe I still have a chance to save myself?!!
But at his feet, He, who had twice been saved from the brink of death by Feng Mu, turned deathly pale the instant he comprehended the words, as if his face had been drained of all color.
A chill even more penetrating than facing death the previous two times pierced through him like countless fine ice needles, instantly stabbing through his flesh and bones, causing every pore of his body to quake in terror...
This is bad!
