Su Yi raised an eyebrow slightly. "A threat?"
The Dwarf Old Man shook his head. "Your Excellency is a guest whom Lord Divine Envoy wishes to see. This old man would not dare threaten you."
Su Yi strode up to the illusory doorway floating on the stone tablet's surface.
A faint smile curved the Dwarf Old Man's lips, as though he had expected this all along. "Please!"
Yet Su Yi remained where he was, stroking his chin as he stared at the Dwarf Old Man. "Tell me, if This Seat kills you, will that Lord Divine Envoy become angry?"
The Dwarf Old Man's smile froze. He suddenly looked up. "Why must Your Excellency make things difficult for a lowly gatekeeper like this old man?"
He was only two feet tall, hunched and bent-backed, skeletal and gaunt.
Standing before Su Yi, he came only up to Su Yi's knees, looking exceptionally small.
Yet as he spoke, terrifying tribulation light surged around the Dwarf Old Man, and even the green lamp in his hand began to sway noiselessly.
Su Yi's expression was indifferent as he said unhurriedly, "Since you are such a minor character, kneel before This Seat and call me Grandpa."
The Dwarf Old Man was speechless.
Deep, icy light quietly flickered in his muddy eyes. "Your Excellency would do best to enter the secret path immediately..."
Boom!
Before he could finish, Su Yi reached out with his right hand. His palm and fingers were like a mountain as they pressed down upon the Dwarf Old Man.
A flash of anger appeared on the Dwarf Old Man's face as he raised the green lamp in his hand.
Crash~
The green lamp buzzed and scattered crimson flames, brimming with the aura of calamity and destruction.
But before Su Yi's palm, wreathed in