hat night, the pearl illuminated the place, and Ning Shu saw everything clearly.This place resembled a water prison, but it was long abandoned. There were unlit candles nearby, along with some torture...A slightly dazed expression appeared on the young man's face. He just stood there, as if deeply hypnotized, his eyes cast downwards.

Then he nodded and answered Bai Lu's words: "Yes."

"If I complete the task, then Zero will let me be revived, and I can return to my own world."

Bai Lu only felt his bone marrow being crushed by this strange power. He was filled with nothing but the cold fear of a shiver down his spine. He didn't dare to move at all because the look in Ji Huai's eyes was no longer human.

His facial expression, in particular, was terrifying.

Bai Lu even had a moment where he thought, Ning Shu must definitely be killed by Ji Huai. This intense excitement diluted some of the fear in his heart.

He endured the immense pain and then spoke out, "Ji Huai, did you hear me He doesn't truly care about you at all! He only wants to use you! That's why he's been so nice to you!"

Ji Huai glanced at him, that kind of condescending darkness crushing down: "Shut up."

Bai Lu's face instantly paled.

He couldn't utter a single word, as if someone had choked him.

The next second, Bai Lu's body was flung out like broken copper and iron, shattering into a mess of blood.

...and because Bai Lu's hypnosis failed. ...y.But Li Yan still maintained a cold expression on the surface, but without making a sound, he reached out and patted the young man's waist: "Turn around, let me see clearly."Ning Shu widened her eyes...