"Don't you want to know who's really backing me?"
Liu Yue forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart. The Lotus Treasure Mirror spread across a hundred-meter radius swiftly drew back, shimmering with color as it surrounded her and formed a defense.
Saber in hand, Lin Shuguang calmly studied the woman.
He was indeed interested in methods that could improve one's cultivation.
Liu Yue's voice seemed to regain its earlier composure. "Lin Shuguang, I can tell you the truth. The Godly Beast Corporation isn't as simple as you imagine..."
Lin Shuguang flashed in front of Liu Yue. The Lotus Treasure Mirror's defense could not stop his attack in the slightest.
With a ripping sound, the defense shattered.
Liu Yue's expression changed drastically. She tried to retreat, only to suddenly feel cold steel against her neck. She dared not move another inch, staring in horror at Lin Shuguang, who was right before her... and the saber resting against her neck.
"Lin Shuguang!" Her voice was shrill, even trembling slightly.
But all she faced was Lin Shuguang's cold gaze, which seemed almost capable of swallowing her.
"You understand what I mean."
On the way to the Sand Country, the yellow sand filling the sky never diminished.
"What exactly are you trying to do, Lin?" Liu Yue's hands were bound with iron chains, her hair disheveled. She looked like a slave who had been abducted.
The torment had nearly driven her mad.
She had thought Lin Shuguang would kill her and abandon her body in the wilderness. Who knew this man would spare her... Even now, she remembered the surging, immense mental power that had erupted from him half a day ago, all but overturning and suppressing her mental world.
It was as though some kind of mark had been planted deep within