"Let him go."
Lin Yan's voice rang out again.
This time, its source was much clearer.
Everyone turned toward the voice. At the warehouse entrance, atop the wreckage of the collapsed iron doors, a figure in white had quietly appeared without anyone noticing.
It was Lin Yan.
He looked as calm and unruffled as ever, as though the fierce battle before him were nothing more than a tiresome farce.
At the sight of Lin Yan, Shadaso shuddered in terror as though he had seen the devil.
Instinctively, he wanted to release Zushi.
But his will to survive forced him to suppress that fear, and his fingers tightened instead.
He knew Zushi was his only protection now!
"Y-you... stay back!"
Shadaso's voice turned shrill with fear. "Come any closer, and I'll kill him!"
He tried to threaten Lin Yan with the hostage's life.
But Lin Yan paid no attention to his threat.
He did not even spare him a glance.
Lin Yan's deep eyes rested only on the Gengjin Sword Pellet hovering in midair.
With a mere thought, he willed it to move.
"Humm..."
The Gengjin Sword Pellet gave a soft hum.
Then it moved.
It did not pierce straight through Shadaso's head as he had imagined.
Instead, it circled Shadaso's body at a speed almost impossible for the naked eye to follow.
Then it returned to hover just before the space between his eyebrows.
The entire process was impossibly fast.
So fast that Shadaso had no chance to react.
He only felt what seemed like a faint breeze brushing gently over his entire body.
It felt chilly.
Then...
There was nothing more.
He looked down, and his pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.
Every stitch of clothing on his body, including his underwear, along with the concealed weapons and poisons hidden