"If you take one more step, I will slit her throat."
The voice sounded again. This ti, the threat was even more obvious.
Su Mo slowly raised both hands.
"Alright."
His voice remained calm, at least on the surface.
Inside, however, his mind was racing.
He was extrely worried.
Yet panic wouldn’t save Yang Qingxi.
Only thinking clearly would.
The fact that the intruder was willing to talk was actually good news.
If the other party wanted to kill her, they could have done it already.
Instead, they were threatening him. That ant they wanted sothing.
As long as they wanted sothing, Yang Qingxi should still have value alive.
That gave him room to act, at least for now.
Su Mo secretly took a deep breath. His eyes never left the dark blade near Yang Qingxi’s neck.
The slightest movent from the intruder caused his heart to tighten.
At the sa ti, he carefully observed the person.
The more he observed, the stranger he felt.
Strong.
The person was definitely strong.
Stronger than Foundation Building Cultivator.
Yet the pressure wasn’t much stronger than Song ilin’s.
Nor was it similar to the Golden Core cultivators like himself.
The feeling was weird, like sothing incomplete.
Part human. Part monster.
The conflicting aura created a sense of unease that Su Mo had never experienced before.
Even his Devil’s Eyes Insight struggled to analyse it.
For the first ti since arriving in this world, Su Mo felt completely uncertain about the enemy before him.
Still, he forced himself to remain calm.
Showing panic would only make the situation worse.
"Look."
Su Mo carefully spoke.
"I’m not moving."
His expression softened as much as possible.
"Can you put that knife away from her neck now?"
The words sounded harmless, almost to the point of pleading.
However, beneath that calm exterior, Su Mo’s mind was desperately searching for a way to break the situation before anything happened to Yang Qingxi.
Because he knew one thing.
The longer this stalemate continued, the more dangerous the situation would beco for her.
The person remained silent, showing no intention of responding to Su Mo’s words.
Instead, a black box the size of a palm was tossed toward him.
"Open it."
Su Mo caught the box. He already knew this was a trap. However, he still bent down and opened it.
Inside was a black pill. The unpleasant sll resembled rotten vegetables left to rot for days.
"Now eat it."
The intruder’s voice was cold and emotionless.
Su Mo picked up the pill and nodded obediently.
"Alright, brother. I’ll eat it."
His gaze shifted toward Yang Qingxi.
"But can you move that knife away from her neck first? Don’t accidentally hurt her."
The intruder didn’t react.
The dark energy blade remained firmly pressed against her neck.
Su Mo’s expression beca helpless.
"Fine. I’ll eat it. Watch closely."
He slowly raised the pill.
Closer.
Closer to his mouth.
The intruder’s attention naturally followed the movent.
After all, this was the entire purpose of the hostage.
Making sure Su Mo obeyed.
The pill approached his lips.
At that exact mont—
Su Mo suddenly raised his head.
Their eyes t.
Crimson pupils glowed in the darkness.
Illusion.
The Devil’s Eyes activated instantly.
The intruder’s body stiffened.
’Not good.’
That thought clearly flashed through the intruder’s mind.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
Although the effect lasted for only a brief mont due to the small difference in strength between them, that mont was enough.
Su Mo exploded into action.
Empty Steps.
Spiritual energy surged through his body.
His figure vanished.
The distance between them disappeared instantly.
Unlike the Body Flicker Technique, Empty Steps wasn’t rely fast.
At Su Mo’s current cultivation, his speed increased dozens of tis beyond normal movent.
The world seed to blur.
Before the intruder could fully recover from the illusion, Su Mo was already beside Yang Qingxi.
His leg swept out.
Bang!
The dark energy blade was kicked away from her neck.
At the sa ti, his arm wrapped around Yang Qingxi’s waist and pulled her backwards.
The mont she left the intruder’s grasp, the atmosphere completely changed.
All the tal inside the room trembled.
The bed fra, the cupboard hinges, the heater, and the cutlery. Decorative tal ornants.
Everything lted into flowing silver liquid.
So tal rushed toward Yang Qingxi and ford protective layers around her unconscious body.
Other portions transford into sharp spikes floating nearby.
The remaining tal gathered around the intruder like a giant beast opening its mouth.
The entire sequence took less than a second.
When the intruder finally broke free from the illusion, the hostage was already gone.
The advantageous situation had completely shifted.
Su Mo gently placed Yang Qingxi behind him.
Then he slowly turned around.
His expression was terrifyingly calm.
"Speak."
The floating tal trembled.
"How do you wish to die?"
The intruder couldn’t see his expression clearly in the darkness.
However, the killing intent filling the room was impossible to miss.
For a brief mont, even the intruder seed surprised.
Normally, in a situation where the hostage was saved and the person was in an advantageous position, the first thing they would do is interrogate.
To question, make demands. Information gathering.
Yet Su Mo showed no intention of doing any of that.
The mont Yang Qingxi was safe, he imdiately chose to kill the enemy.
The intruder didn’t understand why.
Is he a fool?
What they didn’t know was that Su Mo wasn’t interested in questioning a living person.
He could just read mories from corpses.
For him, killing first and questioning later was completely acceptable.
The tal beast lunged forward.
The intruder imdiately raised both arms. Dark energy exploded outward. The energy ford gigantic claws around their hands.
The tal beast bit down. The claws grabbed its jaws.
CRACK!
The giant tallic mouth was forcibly torn apart.
The shockwave blasted through the room.
Walls shattered. Windows exploded. Wooden beams splintered apart.
The guest room instantly collapsed into chaos.
Moonlight poured through the newly created opening.
Su Mo rely watched coldly.
The destroyed tal flowed like liquid and imdiately reford—Wolf, Tiger, Serpent.
Several tallic beasts appeared at once.
The intruder’s voice sounded again.
"We aren’t enemies."
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