Dugu Chen glanced sideways at Black Moon, a flicker of malice glinting deep in his eyes. With a sweep of his arm, he forcefully pulled her into his embrace.
His eyes gave off a cold, dim light as he stared into Black Moon's eyes. At the same time, his right hand rested on her snow-white neck and gradually tightened.
"Fairy Black Moon, do you think just anyone can come along and push me around?"
"Or do you think I'll remember our old friendship and spare a pawn the King of Slaughter planted by my side?"
Dugu Chen leaned close to Black Moon's ear and whispered softly, his words brimming with contempt for her petty tricks.
"Urgh... no, that's not it!"
A powerful sense of suffocation surged up from her throat. Black Moon's face went pale with terror. She wanted to cry out, but her throat was gripped so tightly that she could not move.
Just then, Dugu Chen slowly loosened his grip.
Black Moon immediately parted her rosy lips and gasped deeply, greedily drawing air into her lungs.
"Get out. This is the first time, and the last."
"If you dare show those ignorant little tricks in front of me again, I'll make you beg for death without being able to die!"
Dugu Chen smiled faintly and reached out to gently stroke Black Moon's face.
By the end, however, all Black Moon heard was bone-deep coldness. It was the first time in her life that she had so vividly felt death standing so close to her.
Black Moon looked at Dugu Chen in terror. He was smiling as he examined her, as though considering which part of her body was more interesting.
Those eyes held no emotional fluctuations at all. Deep within them lay only boundless depth and darkness, like