Dugu Qingyang swung his wooden staff backhanded, slamming it viciously into the ancient black iron chains on Lin Heng.
With a crisp crack, the chains said to be impossible for anyone to break free from snapped straight into several pieces.
Lin Heng jumped down from the cross, worked his aching muscles and bones, twisted his neck, and let out a burst of crackling pops.
He turned his head, and from the corner of his eye caught sight of a figure muttering to himself like a dog, tiptoeing toward the edge of the passage.
(? ˙ω˙ )? You can't see me, you can't see me~~
"Bai Yi, your adoptive father is about to die, so where are you planning to go?" Lin Heng spoke out of nowhere, his tone faint and eerie.
Bai Yi's body stiffened. He mechanically turned his head, forcing out a smile uglier than crying.
"Aiya, Lin Heng, wasn't I going to help you chase someone? We can't let that guy Wei Shouchen get away!"
As Bai Yi backed away, he waved his hands and shouted with righteous indignation, "As for adoptive father? What adoptive father? Where did an adoptive father come from!
I, Bai Yi, was born between heaven and earth. How could I be your adopted son?
What I did just now was a fake surrender, a fake betrayal, otherwise they would have sacrificed me!
Lin Heng, we're true fellow townsmen. You can definitely understand my difficulties, right?"
Lin Heng smiled without speaking. He merely clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking, and pressed toward him step by step.
"That's right, fellow townsmen are great. Fellow townsmen deserve to be properly taken care of!"
Cold sweat burst across Bai Yi's forehead as he repeatedly waved his hands and retreated. "Lin Heng, what are you doing? Don't come