"Ha... ha... ha... ha..."
Steward Jin panted fiercely like a bellows. She was drenched in sweat, as though she had just been hauled out of the water, and her body trembled violently from utter exhaustion.
Though her body was bare, she felt no chill at all. Instead, she felt as though she had been thrown into a furnace, unbearably hot, as if her whole body were about to catch fire.
"Brother Luo... is it really you...?"
After catching her breath a little, Steward Jin asked weakly. She had never known Luo Bai could be this formidable. It completely overturned everything she knew.
It also struck her as strange. Logically, Luo Bai was already crippled and could not possibly be so vigorous. Even at his peak, he could never have routed her so thoroughly that she cast aside helmet and armor.
"Don't turn around, Sister Jin. It's me, your Brother Luo!"
Luo Bai smiled eerily and began another round of storming cities and seizing territory, showing not the slightest trace of fatigue.
"You... ah... ah..."
Steward Jin had just been about to speak when she was overwhelmed again and cried out. Under Luo Bai's frenzied assault, she could not hold her ground at all. Before long, she laid down her weapons and surrendered.
Tap, tap, tap...
The crisp, rhythmic sound of dripping water mingled with heavy, dragging footsteps, weaving together like a peculiar symphony.
Having just returned from Zhao Yuan's place, Luo Bai reeked of alcohol, like a walking wine jar.
His steps were so unsteady that he looked ready to collapse at any moment, yet he continued forward with extraordinary determination.
"Hic~ Sister Jin, hurry up and open the door! I'm back!"
Luo Bai shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice thick with drunkenness. His whole body