"Who was that?!"
Maria struggled to raise her head, only to see a face that left her utterly incredulous.
"You!!"
"Shh, don't talk!"
Ren Yu cut her off. He reached out and pulled aside her shirt, and when he saw her injuries, his expression turned somewhat pained.
"Hiss—this is pretty serious. It almost went straight through."
At the spot scorched by the laser, her internal organs could be seen through the wound!
It had only grazed her, yet it had such power.
If it had kept firing a little longer, if the energy beam had concentrated a little more, what would the damage have been like?
"Y-you, what are you doing?!"
Enduring the pain that was nearly enough to make her pass out, Maria struggled constantly, desperately trying to stop Ren Yu from examining her body.
"Don't move. Do you want to die? At a time like this, you're still throwing a tantrum? The more you move, the faster you'll die. Stay still, and you might survive!" Ren Yu shouted.
"Then let me die! Death is a kind of release anyway!"
Maria retorted loudly while painfully sucking in cold breaths.
Ren Yu shook his head. "You're really beyond saving."
"None of your business. Let go of me already!"
"Mm-hmm... I'll let go of you soon."
Though he said that, he had no intention of releasing her at all as he carried Maria swiftly toward the ground.
During the descent, Maria started making a fuss again.
"Let go of me! That thing is definitely after me! I can already sense that she's locked onto my presence! If you don't run now, you'll get dragged into this too!"
Ren Yu fell silent.
Seeing that, Maria grew anxious. Ignoring the pain in her body, she roared, "Did you hear me? I order you