"Angry" Tang Rouyu

In the eerie, terrifying Shadow Phoenix Tree Forest, under the assorted gazes of those around them, Yin Kuang held Tang Rouyu's tender, jade-like hand and led her through the gap the crowd had made. Tang Rouyu neither struggled nor complied, allowing Yin Kuang to lead her like a puppet on strings.

Just as they were about to leave the crowd, Yin Kuang suddenly felt a gaze settle on him. It was sharp, carrying a faint, needle-prick pain as it landed on his body. Yin Kuang could not help looking in that direction. Yet the needle-like gaze vanished without a trace in an instant.

Yin Kuang frowned, then stopped paying it any mind.

The two figures gradually disappeared around a bend in the forest.

"Wh-What a terrifying look..."

The moment Yin Kuang and Tang Rouyu vanished, a small group within the crowd inexplicably collapsed limply to the ground, muttering blankly. They had been standing precisely where Yin Kuang's gaze had swept earlier. Naturally, Yin Kuang had returned the hostile gaze hidden in the shadows with one of his own. Those who had collapsed were merely unfortunate collateral damage.

"Vice President..." A Duan and the others helped Rifei to his feet. Rifei angrily shoved the three away, his shoulders trembling. "Investigate! You must investigate that bastard thoroughly!" He covered his mask with one hand, veins bulging on the back of it as a hateful glare shot through his fingers. "I'll make him pay a painful price! On the honor of the Abe family! Aaargh!!"

The onlookers around them fled like the wind, frightened by his strange roar. These second-years had tempers stranger and worse than the next. They might enjoy watching a spectacle, but they certainly did not want to become the target of someone else's rage.

A Duan and the other