Why Are You Forcing Me?

"Damn it, what a bunch of lunatics! Kill him for me!" Tan Jie waved his large hand, and his lackeys immediately swarmed forward.

Back-to-back with Bai Ye, Li You's body instantly tensed. He spoke rapidly, "I'll deal with King Snake. Tan Jie is yours. Whether we make it out alive depends entirely on fate!"

With that, he roared and charged fiercely toward King Snake. His trembling right hand swung out, and several rushing underlings were instantly struck as though by a heavy hammer, vomiting blood as they flew backward.

"King Snake! Die!" Cold sweat covered Li You's face. His right hand rose with immense difficulty, as if burdened by a thousand pounds, but the next instant, a faint crack of bone rang out.

Crack!

His right hand went limp as if its bones had been pulled out, dangling weakly and swaying in the wind.

Damn it! Why now...

Li You was furious and alarmed. His already severely injured right hand could no longer hold up, and even the fracture that had begun to heal had split open again.

Looking at King Snake three meters away, rage and despair surged within him. He had been so close—so close to reaching King Snake with Magic Hand. Damn it... Huh!?

Li You suddenly froze, because he realized King Snake's expression had changed. That man, cold and sinister as a venomous snake, now looked as if he had seen a ghost. Utter terror filled his face, as though he had fallen into an icy abyss, and his eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.

Was he scared by my heroic display just now?

Li You could not help but feel overjoyed. His supernatural ability had instantly sent several lackeys flying, so it must have intimidated King Snake.

With that thought, he slowly straightened up, enduring the agonizing pain in his right hand as he said as contemptuously as possible, "King Snake, intercepting me will be the worst decision you ever make. The mechanical arm you rely on is utterly worthless before my Magic Hand!

"Today, I'll use the supernatural power you bestowed upon me to personally..."

"Excuse me. Move aside."

Bai Ye's voice came from behind Li You. Then a powerful palm landed on his shoulder.

Hiss!

That pat instantly shattered the imposing aura Li You had put on. The pain shooting through his right shoulder was so intense that he nearly cursed aloud.

He turned and glared at Bai Ye. Given the dangerous situation, he did not dare shout. Instead, he lowered his voice and said, "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to deal with Tan... Holy shit!!?"

When Li You caught sight of Tan Jie and the others from the corner of his eye, it was as if he had been struck by lightning. He stood there, completely dumbfounded.

In his field of vision, there was no longer any sign of Tan Jie and the others. All that remained were headless corpses scattered across the ground!

"Y-you... you..." Li You's mouth hung open, yet he could not form a complete sentence. He simply could not understand why, in the brief moment he had turned around, Tan Jie and the others had all died—and so silently that they had not even screamed.

He turned back stiffly to look at King Snake and found that the expression on his face was no different from his own—if anything, it was even worse!

So... King Snake had not been frightened by him. He had been frightened by Bai Ye.

What exactly had they seen!? And how had Tan Jie died?

No one was more qualified than King Snake to answer that question.

From King Snake's perspective, Bai Ye had merely raised the dagger in his hand. Then, the heads of all six people, including Tan Jie, instantly separated from their necks, turning them into six human fountains.

Those six human fountains had even remained in their charging poses.

"That's impossible!?" King Snake suddenly shouted like a madman, his eyes bloodshot. "What did you do to them?"

Holding the bloodstained dagger, Bai Ye brushed past Li You and walked step by step toward King Snake.

Drip, drip... Drops of crimson blood fell from the dagger.

"I clearly gave you the chance to kneel and beg for mercy. Why didn't you listen? Why did you have to force me?" Bai Ye's face was icy because he only had one minute left.

This serious waste of time did not give him any pleasure from killing enemies. All he felt was the heartache and anger of wasting time.

Hey, hey, hey, who's forcing whom here? Li You's scalp tingled as he watched. If the situation had not been so inappropriate, he really would have liked to make a few snide remarks.

At that moment, King Snake's pupils suddenly contracted. He said in horror, "You're a supernatural too!!"

That was the only possibility he could think of. Killing Tan Jie and six others in an instant without even seeing the attack—such terrifying strength was even greater than that girl from the Silent Court!

At least when that girl attacked, one could still see her swing her blade. With Bai Ye, one saw nothing at all. One could only see people die.

"Say your last words." Bai Ye stopped in front of King Snake.

Looking at the raggedly dressed youth before him, King Snake felt terror rise from the depths of his heart. He could not even summon a trace of resistance.

Thud!

King Snake dropped to his knees and begged in a trembling voice, "Spare me! Please, spare my life! I swear I'll go as far away as possible..."

"Now you know how to beg for mercy? What the hell were you doing earlier!?" Bai Ye kicked King Snake in the head, knocking him to the ground.

The force was so great that even through his alloy skull, King Snake's vision spun.

This strength, far beyond that of an ordinary person, made King Snake even more certain that Bai Ye was a supernatural. After becoming a supernatural, one's body transformed alongside the transformation of one's spirit and will.

"The kid's dead and now you want to nurse him? The car's crashed into the tree and now you know to turn? Snot's already at your mouth and now you know to wipe it?"

The string of rhyming insults nearly threw off King Snake's rhythm of begging for mercy. He blanked out for two seconds before remembering the next step.

"I have money! I'm willing to pay for my life!"

Bai Ye looked at him suspiciously. "Didn't the people from the Silent Court take all your money?"

King Snake hurriedly shouted, "I still have money! It's hidden in my mechanical arm. Only I know how to open it. As long as you agree to spare me, I'll give you all of it!"

Bai Ye gave a cold laugh, a savage glint flashing through his defiant eyes. "If I kill you, the money is mine anyway. You're using my money to buy your life? Are you fucking brain-dead!"

Whoosh!

A flash of cold light streaked past. The sharp dagger sliced viciously across King Snake's neck, and his head fell to the ground.

The shock had not even had time to spread across his face before it froze there forever. He had never imagined Bai Ye would act so decisively, without even giving him the chance to take out the money.

Naturally, Bai Ye would not give King Snake the opportunity to open his mechanical arm. He knew King Snake was cunning and treacherous, a level smarter than the simple-minded Tan Jie, so he did not want to take the risk.

What if opening the mechanical arm was a lie, and triggering the mechanism on it was the truth? If he was caught off guard and had no time to activate time stop, would he not be done for?

After killing King Snake, Bai Ye immediately crouched down and began cutting into the mechanical arm. He was afraid there really might be money inside.

It was not that he was greedy for money. He had simply been poor for too long.

He was completely broke now. He could not scrape together a single cent.