Another wave of laughter and snide remarks broke out.
"So scary! I'm so scared!"
"I'm scared to death!"
But the long-haired man who had been running his mouth was the only one whose smile froze. He could no longer laugh.
He felt a chilling dread from some unseen source.
It was a premonition every cultivator had.
An omen of death.
It was so clear.
So clear that amid the laughter filling the living room, his unnatural expression looked utterly out of place.
"Nathan, don't tell me he scared you? That'd make you a real loser! Hahahaha!"
As several friends egged him on.
Nathan awkwardly wiped away his cold sweat.
"No way. How could I be scared of this online beggar?"
He plucked up his courage to mock Xiao Yu a few more times, then hurried off with the excuse that he needed the bathroom.
He was a little scared.
But reason told him it was impossible.
He must have been overthinking it.
In fact, Xiao Yu had desperately wanted to strike on the spot and wipe out this man who had dared cross his bottom line.
He could make an example of him while he was at it and shut all these sneering people up.
This was not Huaxia anyway, and this man was not from Huaxia.
He could just pay for his offense with his life.
But...
Four reasons stopped him.
First, Amandina was clutching his arm tightly and pleading in his ear for him not to act rashly.
Second was the treasure. If he killed someone outright, it might turn into a slaughter. The gathering would definitely be ruined, and he would not get the treasure or anything else.
Third was Qi Meng's ring. If the gathering fell through, the "great danger she was fated to face" would