A living person?
Xu Tongxin looked at Xiao Yu with anxiety and delight.
Her face was full of pleading.
Getting off the bridge and leaving this damned place.
That was her only dream now.
Xiao Yu nodded.
"Hold on to me."
Xu Tongxin held on.
The two held hands.
Unfortunately, however, she still couldn't get out.
Xiao Yu stepped off the bridge, but Xu Tongxin, along with her little hand, vanished in an instant.
After that, Xiao Yu tried all sorts of other methods.
He had her hide in the Dragon and Phoenix Ring.
He had her hold the token.
He even had her possess his body.
None of them worked.
Unless the laws stopped working or were disrupted.
Otherwise, she could forget about leaving the bridge's bounds.
The Netherworld was too terrifying.
This was the first time Xiao Yu had felt such dread and terror.
Xu Tongxin's initial anticipation had turned into despair.
It weighed heavily on Xiao Yu, too.
Along with... helplessness!
He even felt the urge to turn around and go home immediately.
The Netherworld didn't seem to be somewhere that he, a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator,
could visit for sightseeing and shopping.
He had underestimated this place far too much.
"Forget it, big brother. It looks like... all I can do is wait here alone to die... boohoo... this is my fate..."
Fate...
Fate?
Xiao Yu suddenly felt angry.
What did he do for a living?
He changed people's destinies!
Accepting fate was the greatest insult to him!
It was like a silent condemnation of his incompetence.
Xiao Yu's expression shifted uncertainly.
Although she was only a stranger he had happened to meet.
Even if he simply left her behind, it wouldn't matter.
But...
Xiao Yu couldn't do it.
Because he had just nodded and