Roaring, Smir staggered to his feet and pulled a dagger from his storage item.
Ma Han's pupils shrank. He instinctively released Nikita and stepped in front of Xu Xiao. "What are you doing!?"
"What am I doing?" Smir sneered, suddenly becoming hysterical. "You'll find out soon enough!!"
He raised his dagger high and brought it down in a fierce motion!
Nikita reacted swiftly, her Spine Whip lashing out like lightning.
But its target was not the dagger in Smir's hand—
It was his neck!
Crack!
The instant the whip cracked through the air, the foxman Smir's head flew high after it.
"There isn't anyone in this world who's been born capable of threatening me yet!"
Nikita coolly reeled in her whip and delivered her triumphant declaration with imposing flair.
Ma Han and the Palu were all dumbfounded.
Even the few Lin Family members behind them, who had just disembarked from the Black Sail Ship and had only caught fragments of the conversation, stood frozen in place.
Hadn't they just said that Smir's life was bound to Xu Xiao's?
He had raised the dagger because he clearly intended to threaten everyone with his own life!
So why had Nikita simply killed Smir?
She had killed someone who was about to commit suicide, thereby stopping him from committing suicide?
What kind of threat removal was that?!
"Oh no, the Oath Contract!!"
Ma Han's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly looked toward the woman behind him.
The faint halo radiating from her body was already showing signs of fading.
Anyone could tell that the Oath Contract was beginning to take effect!
"We need to bring Smir back quickly!"
Ma Han frantically rummaged through his storage item, trying to salvage the situation before the contract took full effect.
But in the next instant,