"Spare me, Senior Jiang! Please, spare me..."
Jiang Yan's hand clamped around Bai Suniang's neck like an iron vice, making her vision swim. Faintly, she seemed to catch the scent of death.
She regretted it deeply. She had never imagined that her tried-and-true "food and wine" would fail to work. Not only had she failed to win this man's favor, she had also provoked his murderous intent.
"Heh, heh, heh~"
"Heh, heh, heh~"
Face-to-face with Jiang Yan, Bai Suniang could clearly sense that he truly intended to kill her. The murderous aura pouring from him was almost a freezing tide, as if it would turn her completely rigid.
"Absurd!"
A strange feeling welled up in Bai Suniang's heart.
In her eyes, martial artists gathered the power of heaven and earth into themselves. The moment they stepped into the Innate realm, they were no longer like ordinary people. To her, common folk were no more than roadside weeds, ready to be reaped at will.
Yet from Jiang Yan's bearing, he still seemed to hold onto a human heart, as though he didn't understand the divide between mortals and the divine.
"Please... don't kill me!"
Bai Suniang begged desperately, tears streaming down her face.
"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid." Jiang Yan slowly raised his right arm, tightening his grip. He said, "Don't be afraid. With my cultivation, killing you will take but an instant. You won't feel any pain."
"If you kill me, Chief of Red Flames Peak won't let you get away with it."
As death closed in, Bai Suniang's face twisted. Deep-seated hatred shone in her eyes as she glared at Jiang Yan.
"Chief of Red Flames Peak. Is he your backer?"
Pfft!
Jiang Yan shook his head. A wisp of pure-black flame burst from his palm, quickly swelling