Show mercy!
"Your Excellency, I'm Shen Xing, a major of the North Sea Legion. We can discuss this."
Shen Xing hurriedly spoke up.
She did not consider using force to stop Ling Luo. Instead, she chose to state her identity.
Like Zhang Tu, she was merely a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
Though her family inheritance and martial soul quality meant that she was certainly stronger than Zhang Tu, the gap was not overwhelmingly large.
Zhang Tu had been subdued by Ling Luo so effortlessly, proving that the youth before her was far stronger than him.
There was a high chance that she would not be a match for him either.
Besides, this matter had begun because of her. Zhang Tu had sought trouble with Ling Luo because of her as well, so Shen Xing could not possibly take a hard-line stance.
"Hmm?"
Ling Luo glanced sideways, slightly opening his palm. The Vine of Life loosened somewhat as well.
Only then did Zhang Tu, who had just begun to feel suffocated, recover a little.
There was scarcely any color left in his face, which had turned deathly pale.
As his awareness gradually returned, the contempt in Zhang Tu's gaze toward Ling Luo had completely vanished, replaced by bone-deep fear.
That experience of teetering at the edge of life and death had left far too profound an impression on him.
Zhang Tu had joined the North Sea Legion largely through connections.
He was unlike the other soldiers.
He had barely participated in those especially brutal battles.
This was the first time in his life that he had truly wandered along the line between life and death.
Shen Xing also noticed Ling Luo's movement, and delight rose in her heart.
Ling Luo's actions showed that he was not dead set on taking Zhang Tu's