When Su Mo left the hotel, he was wearing a different face, and even his physique had altered slightly.
He pursed his lips gently; they throbbed faintly.
Now he truly understood the saying, “Zero times and countless times.”
After their last intimate encounter, Ye Qingyi had become even bolder than before. Whenever she got the chance, her hands would wander everywhere, and Su Mo was utterly helpless against her.
Although Su Mo hadn’t explicitly admitted his identity to Ye Qingyi, they both knew the truth.
Su Mo was almost certain that when Ye Qingyi touched him, she was definitely thinking: We’ve already shared a bed; what’s there to be shy about?
He shook his head resignedly and was about to find a place to switch back to Lin Qianye when suddenly, a figure emerged from the darkness ahead, moving closer and closer.
Judging by the aura, this person was at the peak of C-grade, infinitely close to B-grade.
Su Mo instantly went on alert and prepared to casually change his path. However, the other person suddenly spoke: “Miss, did you see a shadow-like thing float past here?”
The man spoke in English, and based on his accent, he was likely from the Western God Church.
Su Mo paused, then replied, “No, I didn’t.”
Hearing this, the man didn’t linger. He brushed past Su Mo and hurried off in the direction Su Mo had come from.
Su Mo glanced back, and a thought suddenly popped into his head: “Maybe I should follow him and take a look?”
Muttering to himself, he ultimately couldn’t resist stealthily trailing the man. However, he was now in the guise of Lin Qianye, who had just escaped from her kidnappers.
Why had he been kidnapped?
Because his kidnapper was named Ye Qingyi.
…
Su Mo followed the man from a distance, maintaining a safe gap to avoid detection.
He was already curious about the “shadow-like thing” the man mentioned. When he finally saw its true form, he was utterly shocked.
It was a bizarre-looking creature. Its body resembled a dog’s, but it stood upright on two legs like a chicken.
It was merely a shadow, hidden in darkness where no one should have been able to see it. Surprisingly, the man chasing it seemed to have a special vision, making the shadow completely visible in the dark.
“You might escape others’ notice, beast, but you’re no match for me,” the man said. With a raise of his hand, the darkness within a hundred-meter radius seemed to solidify, turning into a jelly-like substance. Su Mo was also trapped within it, unable to move.
He tried struggling and found it wouldn’t be too hard to break free; it would just take some effort. But with his eyes blinded, moving around was inconvenient.
Su Mo raised a hand to his forehead, and his third eye silently opened.
He saw the man capture the shadow with a single, seemingly effortless strike.
However, the situation quickly turned sour.
Another shadow had silently appeared behind the man, preparing to ambush him.
Just as Su Mo hesitated whether to warn him, he saw the man’s lips curve into a smirk. The shadow suddenly began struggling frantically in the darkness before dissipating entirely.
Su Mo was astonished: So, turning the area into jelly was his ability? And it’s actually a domain-type ability? It seems to naturally suppress these shadows. If I didn’t have my third eye, I probably wouldn’t last long against him either.
After all, what’s the point of fighting when you’re blind?
The man, holding the other captured shadow, started walking towards Su Mo, wanting to see who was peeking from the shadows.
Right at that moment, three figures approached from outside the jelly-like domain. Su Mo looked closely—they were three more shadows, each larger than the previous two.
Their target was Su Mo.
Su Mo’s energy sea surged. The moment his straight blade appeared in his hand, a blade aura shot towards them like a sharp edge.
But the shadows had no physical form. The blade aura passed straight through their bodies.
Then how did that man capture the shadow earlier?
Ah, right. His domain ability probably has the power to materialize these shadows.
Su Mo formulated a plan. He decided to wait quietly for them to get closer, since he was also trapped within the “jelly.”
Unexpectedly, the moment the three shadows got close, the man suddenly retracted his domain and stood watching from the side like a casual observer.
Su Mo was furious: “Damn it! Are you even human?!”
If the man had withdrawn the domain from the start, Su Mo wouldn’t have thought much of it. But waiting until the shadows were right on him before retracting it? That was clearly hoping he’d die by ‘accident.’
He wasn’t about to just wait for death. His steps became light as if treading on wind, quickly putting distance between himself and the shadows.
But then the “jelly” reappeared, solidifying only the space immediately around Su Mo.
His steps faltered, and the shadows surrounded him. The “jelly” vanished at that exact moment.
All three shadows possessed C-grade strength. They seemed completely uninterested in the man, focusing their attacks solely on Su Mo.
Since they lacked physical bodies, ordinary physical attacks were useless. He couldn’t use Yin Fire either, leaving Su Mo momentarily stumped.
Do I have to reveal my identity now?
I haven’t even reached the island nation yet.
Although the shadows were intangible, their attacks were very real. The liquid they spat out corroded Su Mo’s skin like concentrated sulfuric acid.
Su Mo felt a burning, fiery pain where the corrosion hit. He still couldn’t think of a way to counter them and could only continuously retreat. But the man kept obstructing him at just the right moments, ensuring he remained trapped within the circle of the three shadows.
Frustration welled up in Su Mo’s heart. The man’s face appeared clearly in his mind, with the word “DEAD” written large above it.
“Curiosity killed the cat… I shouldn’t have come,” Su Mo sighed dramatically, putting on a show of surrendering.
Seeing this, the man summoned the “jelly” again, and the three shadows were immediately immobilized, unable to move.
As the man approached, Su Mo could clearly see the gloom on his face. “You reckless fool. How dare you spy on me? You will pay for your actions with your life.”
He let out a sinister laugh, suddenly clenched his right fist, and the jelly, as if obeying a command, abruptly contracted. The pressure inside grew intense enough to crush a person’s body.
Su Mo endured the discomfort, waiting until the man was close enough before suddenly bursting into action. His slender fingers shot straight for the man’s throat.
The Skull-Shattering Hand could also be a Throat-Crushing Hand!
The man reacted swiftly, darting backward while sneering, “The futile struggles of the weak are so laughable before the strong.”
Under the immense pressure, blood began to trickle from Su Mo’s nose. He snorted coldly. “Stop putting on an act, you asshole!”
The man looked puzzled, clearly not understanding the words.
His attack had missed. Getting the man to close in again was likely impossible. Gritting his teeth, Su Mo clenched his outstretched right hand into a fist. His energy sea and snow mountain resonated with a roaring sound.
He had made a decision. Killing this guy would be ideal. Otherwise, so be it if his identity was exposed. The task Nangong Xuan gave him didn’t strictly require hiding his identity anyway.
And it wasn’t like he could only disguise himself as Lin Qianye.
Mountain and Sea Fist!
The momentum of the mountains and seas gathered, ready to transform into fist intent and unleash its most powerful strike.
However, a voice interrupted Su Mo’s channeling.
“Blake, stop this at once!”