Is Ling Chu Dead?

The black aura of death drew closer and closer. Smiley retreated several steps, only to find there was nowhere left to retreat.

Death energy converging from all directions formed a massive ring, trapping them tightly in the middle.

Gritting his teeth, Smiley controlled dozens of threads to wrap around distant tree trunks, then yanked hard, trying to launch himself out from above.

But the moment he leaped up, the black aura above him suddenly pressed down.

"Damn it!"

Smiley hurriedly dropped back to the ground.

There was no escape in any direction.

The death energy reached him in an instant, coiling around his legs first as icy cold rapidly crept upward.

Smiley's expression changed drastically.

His Health Points began dropping at a visible rate.

He swung his threads, frantically attacking the black mist around him. But no matter how much death energy he sliced apart, even more black aura immediately rushed in to fill the gaps.

"No..."

Smiley was genuinely panicking now.

A person's attacks could be dodged, deceived, blocked with substitutes, or exploited for weaknesses.

But what about this? He could not even find something to attack!

A wisp of black aura slipped into his nostrils, and Smiley's breathing suddenly stopped.

More death energy immediately poured into his body through his mouth and nose. It felt as though his organs had been filled with ice water.

His Health Points plummeted madly.

Seventy percent.

Fifty.

Thirty...

Smiley glared fixedly at Ling Chu in the distance, and a thought suddenly surfaced in his mind.

He had been tricked again!

That bastard Ling Chu had tricked him again!

What joining forces? What breaking out of this situation?

She had cheated him out of his Item Retrieval Card and given the class orb to Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows. And what was the