Zhao Bai let out a long breath and stared impassively at the writhing plant before him. Memories of being toyed with surged forth, battering his once-calm emotions.
"Why aren't you talking anymore?"
The other party began taunting him shamelessly again, but Zhao Bai remained unmoved, looking at it as if it were dead meat on a cutting board.
Wash the vegetables, chop the vegetables, stir-fry the vegetables.
That was the proper way to handle vegetables.
But now, why didn't he want to follow the usual process? Why did he only want to tear this pile of vegetables apart and burn it to ashes, then use even its ashes as fertilizer?
"You'd better start praying."
He said coldly, "I'll snuff out your last trace of life, burn every seed you have into ash, and turn every place you've been into eternal scorched earth."
Zhao Bai kept his knife raised as he spoke.
Sky City was World Serpent territory. He did not want to draw too much attention, especially when everything was under control.
Synchronization, begin.
Heavy Cannon Rabbit rose into the air. Bronya felt as though she had gained two extra eyes. She tried closing her eyes and found that the creature's image still remained vividly in her mind.
"That'll do."
Bronya opened her eyes and nodded at Zhao Bai. A faint smile flashed across his face as he quietly moved closer and took Bronya's hand.
"What are you doing?"
A cool, smooth sensation came from his hand. Zhao Bai could even feel Bronya's slender, pale fingers; it was incredibly pleasant. Bronya, however, seemed like a startled cat. Instinctively, she wanted to pull back, but forcibly suppressed the urge.
She stared fixedly at Zhao Bai.
This man... had actually closed his eyes?
When Bronya had entrusted her most vulnerable back to