Lin Ao suddenly looked at the woman, and a streak of energy shot toward her chest at lightspeed.
There was a muffled bang!
The tip of the blade stopped five centimeters from Sasaki Nozomi and could not advance another inch.
Startled by the commotion behind her, Sasaki Nozomi immediately turned around.
She saw the girl sent flying, blood gushing from her mouth before she collapsed limply to the floor.
"A deathsworn?"
Lin Ao looked at the woman. Her face remained exactly the same; even now, gravely injured, not a trace of expression appeared on it.
What kind of training did someone have to go through to become like this?
The Black Ferry Family's methods of tormenting people were probably even more inhuman than Yama Hall's, weren't they?
Lin Ao crouched down and looked at Kuroto Sawa.
"Hey, is she your deathsworn?"
Kuroto Sawa had not moved the entire time. Lin Ao slapped him on the back of the head, forgetting that this was exactly where Sasaki Nozomi had just smashed into him, and for a moment, blood spurted out like a little fountain.
"Holy shit, you scared me. Didn't think you could endure that much, huh? Not even a sound!"
Lin Ao rolled up his sleeves, preparing to give him a few more hits.
Sasaki Nozomi came to Lin Ao's side.
"Master... it seems like you just used some kind of method to make them unable to move..."
Sasaki Nozomi gave Lin Ao a reminder, and only then did Lin Ao come to a sudden realization.
He immediately withdrew his power, and everyone instantly flopped onto the floor.
Then Kuroto Sawa let out a heaven-shaking scream.
"Ah—ah—!"
He clutched his head with both hands and kept rolling across the floor, the pain twisting his face beyond recognition.
What hurt was