"Stop! Lin Bai!"
Ye Suxin shouted at once.
The instant he heard Ye Suxin's voice, Lin Bai's sword edge was only a hair's breadth from Xiao Yu's eyeball.
With the slightest forward thrust, Lin Bai could have pierced straight through Xiao Yu's skull.
But Lin Bai stopped.
Xiao Yu was scared out of his wits. His two eyes stared at the wooden sword hovering over his brow, his face filled with terror.
When he looked again, he saw Lin Bai's icy eyes and indifferent expression, which frightened him so badly that his entire body went limp.
Ye Suxin walked over and gently pressed a hand against Lin Bai's wrist. In a soft voice, she said, "Lin Bai, I've suffered such a wrongful accusation. If you kill Xiao Yu now, the Poison God Family will probably send more experts to capture me. We should resolve this matter first."
"Even if you only kill Xiao Yu—or even if you slaughter every martial artist from the Poison God Family here today—the Poison God Family still won't let me go."
Ye Suxin spoke in a low voice.
Hearing her words, the coldness in Lin Bai's expression gradually softened. He seemed to feel that she had a point.
But then Lin Bai said, "I've already killed so many martial artists from the Poison God Family. Killing one more won't make any difference."
"Besides, the Poison God Family won't let me go either."
Ye Suxin shook her head. "I'll think of a way. Hopefully, I can clear up this misunderstanding with the Poison God Family."
Xiao Yu's eyes shifted, and he said, "If the two of you spare my life today, I can immediately return to the Poison God Family and explain the whole matter. I'm an elder of the Poison God Family, after all. If