Published: March 2, 2025
“Come on, let's perform a little operation...”
Seeing Wen Yu's goofy smile beside him, Tang Haofei's calm expression finally broke.
Wen Yu didn't make any aggressive moves, which proved that his assumptions about Tang Haofei were still based on hypotheses.
That's right, in fact, Wen Yu didn't know if his assumptions were correct; he couldn't even be certain if Tang Haofei really had a problem—however, with a guess in mind, wouldn't it be better to verify it?
Now, Wen Yu's task was to validate that step—invading Tang Haofei's consciousness with soul energy to see what old Tang was made of!
If old Tang had no issues, then everything would be easy—just a bit of soul energy; in the past, when Wen Yu helped old Tang solve issues related to power, they had done this many times together. Tang Haofei wouldn't mind Wen Yu's actions.
But if Tang Haofei really had a problem… then he certainly wouldn't allow Wen Yu's energy to invade his soul!
And the reality was the latter…
“Smack…”
With a clean and quick swipe, Tang Haofei instantly knocked Wen Yu's arm away. The immense force that came back from Tang Haofei made Wen Yu's arm feel numb!
The situation was clear…
“I don't want to be your enemy, so please put away your curiosity!”
The words from Tang Haofei's mouth sounded like a mix of ten or more voices, deep, echoing, and filled with penetrating power!
But what shocked Wen Yu even more was Tang Haofei's strength.
His premonition had turned into reality—after countless revisions of the life and death battle resolution, now, based solely on physical attributes, Tang Haofei was even stronger than Wen Yu!
But unfortunately… for monsters at their level, the so-called physical attributes were really just a number; they didn’t represent anything.
…
Wen Yu didn't make another move; he simply stood beside Tang Haofei, looking at him in surprise.
The originally warm and serene smile had vanished. Now, Tang Haofei's face was filled with unnatural distortions, looking like he was both crying and laughing, troubled yet joyful. The complicated expressions mixed together gave Tang Haofei an indescribably strange appearance.
“Not wanting to be my enemy?”
Wen Yu mumbled, chewing on the words. After a moment, he chuckled lightly at Tang Haofei.
“If you say you don't want to be enemies, then does that mean you won't?”
It seemed like a declaration of war, but Wen Yu truly had no intention of attacking—this battle was impossible to fight!
It wasn’t that they couldn’t fight; they just couldn’t…
Once the sovereign's attention was drawn, only Wen Yu would be dead!
And Tang Haofei, not knowing where he had gotten the information, just stared at Wen Yu, the expression on his distorted face that represented a smile gradually became dominant!
“The treasure land guardian has issued a complete ultimatum against you. You are now on the sovereign's blacklist. To be honest, my not reporting your whereabouts immediately is already giving you face… I hope you won’t deceive yourself!”
Upon hearing this, Tang Haofei silently stepped back a few paces, increasing the distance between him and Wen Yu—he had already made his stance clear. Seeing this, Wen Yu merely squinted his eyes, and after some time, he turned and walked towards the door.
“Wait!”
Once again, the echo of what sounded like more than ten voices rose, and Wen Yu turned his head to look at the source, Tang Haofei.
“I want you to reveal the secret of escaping the sovereign's control. We won’t make a trade; yes, this is called extortion. Do you understand extortion?”
A proud expression began to appear as Tang Haofei's eyebrows and corners of his eyes lifted, that smug look nearly made Wen Yu want to vomit.
“Zing~~”
A subtle sound rang out, and the dark energy Wen Yu had gathered instantly cut into his finger. The next second, a drop of blood shot straight towards Tang Haofei.
“Here’s the blood for you; you can study it yourself. Remember to keep your mouth shut, and this is only for this one time!”