"Don't even think about running. There's nowhere you can run."
"Right now, there is only one road before you: death."
"Either kill yourself in front of me. That way, I can leave you an intact corpse, and you won't have to suffer."
"Or else—you know what happens."
With a wave of Ye Lin's hand, Azure Frost hovered beside his shoulder, its sword tip aimed directly at Wang Yongxin in the distance.
"Hmph. Since the Holy Palace sent you, the outcome is already obvious."
"You came for some mission, or perhaps to accompany some young master from a prominent family on a trial, didn't you?"
"And I am your trial target—or your mission target, right?"
Wang Yongxin stared at Ye Lin for a long while before finally smiling.
If the Holy Palace truly wanted to kill him, there was no need to send a Daluo Golden Immortal. Sending a Quasi-Saint would be enough to ensure he died without even a burial ground.
The Holy Palace did not lack Quasi-Saint experts.
So why had the Holy Palace specifically sent a Daluo Golden Immortal?
Since they wanted him dead, why send a Daluo Golden Immortal at all? To give him hope of escape?
There was only one answer.
This person had likely come to train, or had received some mission from the Holy Palace and thus come to seek him out.
"You guessed right... but so what?"
Ye Lin raised his head and looked at Wang Yongxin in the distance.
"There is no enmity between us."
"How about this? Leave my Primordial Spirit intact, and you can take my physical body."
"In return, I will give you all the treasures I have accumulated over my lifetime."
"What do you say?"
Wang Yongxin stretched out his hand and took the initiative to speak.
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