Yue Mei's snake tail lashed viciously against the ground, shattering a stone tile.
"You dare come back?"
"I'm here to take care of something." Lu Heng glanced around at the passage walls. "This place is built pretty well. It's bigger than I imagined."
The veins on Yue Mei's forehead twitched twice.
That tone, that attitude.
It was exactly the same as when he had pinned her to the ground and spanked her a year ago.
Yue Mei's hands trembled.
Not from fear, but rage.
"All of you, heed my command—"
Before Yue Mei could finish, Lu Heng vanished.
The next instant, Yue Mei felt her waist tighten as an arm locked around her, trapping her whole body.
Her snake tail lashed out instinctively, but struck nothing but air.
Lu Heng's other hand pressed down on her shoulder, his fingers gripping tightly. A dense surge of Dou Qi seeped in, directly suppressing the circulation of Dou Qi within her body.
From the moment Yue Mei sensed Lu Heng making his move to the moment she was restrained, less than half a breath had passed.
The three Dou Ling snake-person guards rushing over from the rear of the passage had just reached the corner when they saw their commander being held one-handed by the human youth, her waist trapped in the crook of his arm while her snake tail dangled helplessly in the air.
All three guards froze in unison.
"Don't move."
Lu Heng glanced at them. His voice was quiet, but the weight in his tone made the legs of all three Dou Ling guards go weak.
That pressure was far too heavy.
Lu Heng had not released any Dou Qi pressure. The mere natural overflow of his soul force was enough to make the three Dou Lings struggle to breathe.