The loss of control caused by a moment of carelessness was beyond Wu Zhiqi's expectations.
He had never imagined that a mere Nine Nether lackey would dare play so many tricks right in front of him.
Borrowing Lin Yi's body to reappear in this world did allow Wu Zhiqi to wield part of his former strength, but defeating Old Ghost without any contact and rescuing Lin You from his hands was indeed an exceptionally difficult task.
"How is it? Let me leave!"
"I'll let the Eldest Young Lady live."
The situation was far worse than Wu Zhiqi had expected.
Lin You—Qin Xinxin—was the Eldest Young Lady of Nine Nether. For a servant like Old Ghost to dare lay hands on her was sheer insubordination.
Once he calmed down and considered it carefully, something was wrong with Nine Nether.
"What can you use to save her? Your skills are useless against him. If you want that girl Lin You to live, the best option is to compromise."
"Besides, the old man's ruthlessness doesn't look faked at all. Every sign shows that we've walked into a trap—and a huge one at that."
Hearing this, Lin Yi immediately calmed down.
That was right. This strange feeling had been there from the beginning, but Lin Yi had always dismissed it as a bad premonition and never taken it seriously.
Now that he carefully linked every suspicious detail together and analyzed them, the problem truly was enormous.
Qin Guang knew where Lin Yi and the others were, yet he had done nothing to stop them.
Qin Zhu was the Lord of Nine Nether. The Eighteen Layers of Hell had been breached, yet he had not even noticed. Did that fit his supposed strength?
Not a single thing was right.
"Leave it to me!"
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