Between Life and Death

No matter what Huo Hai said, Little Li's expression never changed—but at this moment, it finally did. Anyone who insulted his master would never receive a pleasant look from Little Li, much less someone like Huo Hai, who had issued such an outright threat.

Drawing a deep breath, the savage look on Little Li's face gradually calmed. "Mr. Huo, you truly have some nerve. I admit that you angered me. Since you want so badly to see my master, I'll take you to him." Huo Hai was startled. Little Li had recovered so quickly. Setting everything else aside, that level of composure and self-cultivation alone earned Huo Hai's immense admiration.

Unfortunately, this man was an enemy. No anger, no rage, meant that his reason remained clear. Such people were the hardest to deal with. Huo Hai had learned everything he should have learned—and everything he should not have learned as well.

Since he could not provoke Little Li, he could only strike first. With a thought from Huo Hai, several Star Gu suddenly accelerated, closing in on Little Li in the blink of an eye. At such speed, even ordinary early-stage Spirit General Realm experts would struggle to react.

Little Li was also an early-stage Spirit General Realm cultivator, but speed was his specialty. As a Battle Spirit Master focused on speed, his reactions naturally would not be slow. In that razor-thin instant, a faint layer of gray light enveloped Little Li's entire body. With several crisp clangs, the Star Gu were sent reeling dizzyingly, while the defensive barrier merely trembled and remained unbroken.

"So these are your hidden weapons—or rather, these bugs are what you call hidden weapons. Mr. Huo, I've seen your previous records. It seems that even before you broke through to the Spirit Practitioner Realm,