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The remaining experts—the Nine Spirits Lion Saint, the Kun Race representative, the Nine-tailed Fox Half-Saint, and the Asura Race expert surrounded by surging Bloodfiend Power—all fell into an eerie silence.
They watched as Xu Kun held Artemis hostage and slowly retreated. They neither launched a desperate assault as Artemis had called for, nor were they willing to let him leave so easily.
The four figures flickered, tacitly spreading out in all directions. Their auras intertwined into an invisible net, completely sealing off every possible escape route for Xu Kun. They formed an encirclement, yet held back from attacking.
"Neither attacking nor retreating!" Xu Kun swept his gaze across the crowd before finally settling it on Artemis, whom he held captive. His tone carried a chilly hint of mockery.
"Are you all trying to force me to kill this noble goddess right now...?"
"You think I'm afraid of you?!" Artemis gritted out. Her voice was slightly hoarse from the grip around her neck, yet she remained unyielding.
More than the humiliation of being restrained, she felt an indescribable disgust and agitation deep within. A strange man was pressed so close to her body, his scorching breath and forceful touch an immense desecration of the chastity and affection she had guarded for nineteen years for the man in her heart!
To escape, she maintained an icy calm on the surface while secretly mobilizing the origin of her divine spark. Moonlight power and the Hunting Divine Authority quietly circulated within her body like surging undercurrents, building toward a devastating blow.
With Xu Kun's sharp eyes, he saw through the little tricks of this "younger sister-in-law" at a glance. Yet he did not expose her, nor was he the least bit anxious.
No matter what, he could never truly