The Evil Spirit Wizard's eyes flickered.
But at that very instant, a flash burst from his hand, and a potion bottle suddenly appeared in his palm. He smashed it at his feet with unimaginable speed.
Boom-
Billowing white mist instantly engulfed his entire body.
At the same time, he crushed several rings in his hand in rapid succession. The walls of the entire tomb exploded in an instant, and as he crushed the last ring, streaks of warping light enveloped his body.
These were all his lifesaving measures, and the appearance of that boy in yellow had clearly made him sense tremendous danger.
"Teleport!"
But almost at the very last second before the spell activated-
Gurgle-
He heard the writhing of some kind of calamity.
In an instant, a black, twisted tentacle burst out of the ground beneath his feet, coiled around his body with unimaginable speed, and clamped tightly around his neck.
"How could-!"
His pupils dilated, his body flickering incessantly within the halo of warping light.
The spell had activated, but his body was forcibly held in place, rendering his teleportation spell utterly ineffective.
It wasn't his body!
His soul-was-bound!
At that moment, he felt only an intense sense of foreboding, as though he had encountered his natural predator. Fear rose from the depths of his soul, creeping coldly over his entire body.
Bound there in terror, he watched the dust from the collapse slowly settle.
"Why won't you just listen?"
Lin En's voice drifted slowly out of the dust.
"What matters more, your life or your money? Just put my wife down nicely. Given my personality, I probably wouldn't have done anything to you."
When the dust cleared, he saw what the boy looked like.
And in that single instant-
His pupils suddenly widened, as though he