Chapter 28: You Cannot Escape

Even though the sun directly overhead was scorching hot, Zhang Zongrui felt a bone-chilling cold.

That fear, surging from the depths of his soul, made him begin to tremble uncontrollably.

No.

No, no, no!

What did he know?

How could he possibly know!?

I clearly never told anyone... no, impossible!

Forcing down the fear in his heart, Zhang Zongrui wanted to escape from his sight as quickly as possible.

Enduring the sharp pain as he stood up, he hurriedly searched for fellow disciples from his peak.

Lieyang Peak!

I must return to Lieyang Peak, and then never come out again under the pretext of recovering from an illness.

Right!

Ren Yidao cannot enter Lieyang Peak!

As long as I can reach...

Tap.

Someone was standing behind him.

A hand rested on Zhang Zongrui's shoulder, even giving it a teasing squeeze.

"Where are you going?"

!!!

Feeling the shoulder he was being held by sink violently, Zhang Zongrui fell heavily onto the ground.

Boom!

His entire body became stiff, and even his breathing almost stopped.

Only the beating of the Heart Star in his chest reached its peak!

Thump, thump, thump—

The roaring in his chest almost caused him to have tinnitus, but even so, he clearly heard the whisper behind him.

Ren Yidao bent over and blew a breath into his ear.

Whoosh.

Like lovers whispering intimately, he murmured affectionately:

"You cannot escape."

The playful whisper destroyed Zhang Zongrui's spirit, making his disguise unable to hold up any longer.

"You..."

What do you want to do?

He did not say these words out loud.

Because his mouth was covered directly!

No, that description is a bit too gentle.

A slender, fair palm reached out from behind and clamped over his mouth, gripping the lower half of his face tightly like a pair of Tiger Pliers.

Crack, crack, crack...

His bones groaned under the immense pressure, nearly shattering completely.

"Mmph, mmph, mmph!!!"

Zhang Zongrui widened his eyes, struggling in pain, and let out a miserable groan from his nasal cavity.

Yet this shrill scream did not evoke any compassion in the youth; instead, it stirred up some kind of dark emotion.

The desire to inflict pain stirred, and Ren Yidao's eyes changed slightly, faintly turning into vertical pupils!

"... You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say will become evidence in court."

Striving to restrain the instincts he had suppressed for years, Ren Yidao continued to speak in his usual tone into Zhang Zongrui's ear:

"I am very worried that you might say something unfavorable to yourself in a moment of agitation, so I helped you shut your mouth. Am I not very thoughtful?"

The youth lowered his head and smilingly pressed Zhang Zongrui's head to make him nod.

"Alright, come with me. My place is quite large; you can just sleep there when you're tired of playing."

But just as Ren Yidao was about to take the traitorous classmate away, Zuo Yungui's voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Hey! What are you doing?"

Hmm?

This time, Ren Yidao was truly a bit surprised; he had not expected that his Illusion Technique would actually be discovered by someone, and that the other party was Junior Martial Nephew Zuo, whom he had watched grow up.

"Congratulations to Junior Martial Nephew Zuo for advancing to the next round of the competition. The weather is truly nice! Well, I have matters to attend to, so I will be leaving first."

Ren Yidao chuckled as he dragged the unconscious Zhang Zongrui and prepared to turn and leave, but he was blocked once again.

Zuo Yungui narrowed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice:

"Let him go. What have you done to the disciples of my Lieyang Peak?"

"What have I done to him?"

Tilting his head, Ren Yidao replied as a matter of course:

"Strictly speaking, I haven't done anything yet, though I do indeed intend to do some things to him later."

Swish!

Sidestepping Zuo Yungui's punch, Ren Yidao retreated repeatedly while dragging Zhang Zongrui.

While dodging Zuo Yungui's attacks, he asked curiously:

"Why are you so agitated?"

I didn't see you two being so brotherly and friendly just now; you were both quite ruthless with your strikes, so why have you become like this now?

"There is no why, he is a disciple of my Lieyang Peak!"

Answering coldly, Zuo Yungui continued to charge forward with his head down.

But no matter how Zuo Yungui accelerated, the distance between him and the other party could never be shortened.

Damn it!

What is going on!?

Furthermore, what annoyed Zuo Yungui the most was the other party's thoughtful gaze; he always felt that he was harboring malicious intentions.

Suddenly, Ren Yidao, who had been deep in thought for a long time, had a flash of inspiration and blurted out:

"So you're a tsundere!"

It's tsundere!

?

Zuo Yungui did not understand Ren Yidao's nonsense, but he instinctively felt annoyed and roared:

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Stop right there!"

This time, Ren Yidao actually listened and stopped, waving at the rapidly approaching Junior Martial Nephew Zuo:

"Yungui, Senior Uncle has things to do, so I'm leaving now. I'll play with you again next time."

"Don't even think about leaving!"

An opportunity!

Not letting this opportunity slip by, Zuo Yungui increased his speed again and grabbed Ren Yidao's arm.

"What!?"

Zuo Yungui's palm did not grab Ren Yidao, but passed directly through his body!

!!?

"An illusion?"

No, that's not right.

"A hallucination! Since when!?"

Zuo Yungui straightened up and looked around, but the figures of Ren Yidao and the other person were gone.

"Let me go! Let me out!"

Zhang Zongrui struggled painfully and shouted angrily:

"This is kidnapping!"

"Is your Luoyue Peak trying to rebel!!?"

"Let me out!!!"

Clatter, clatter, clatter...

Zhang Zongrui kept hitting the bars, trying to get a reaction from Ren Yidao.

But to his despair, no matter how he screamed and roared, Ren Yidao outside the cage ignored him.

He ignored him and was fully focused on fiddling with something on the table, showing no sign of turning back.

Is he deaf?

But even so, Zhang Zongrui did not give up; he rested for a moment and then continued to shout:

"Ren Yidao!!! Why did you capture me!!?"

"I have shed blood for the sect! I have risked my life for the sect!"

"By what right?"

He could not understand.

Why on earth did that man dare to take action directly without saying a word?

He is lawless!

In front of so many people, he just took action directly?

"You have no right to capture me! The Peak Master will come to save me!"

There was a reason for his desperate resistance.

In the Divine Path Sect, there had always been a saying:

"Better to die than to be locked in the prison of Luoyue Peak!"

But no one knew what was actually inside the prison beneath Luoyue Peak.

Finally, just as Zhang Zongrui was about to despair, Ren Yidao turned his head back.

"Ren Yidao! What on earth... what is that thing in your hand!?"

Before Zhang Zongrui could finish his angry cursing, he was startled by the thing Ren Yidao was dragging behind him.

It was a ferocious, sharp, blood-stained mace!

Wait...

Where did he take it out from?

"Do you know?"

Pushing open the cell door, Ren Yidao dragged the mace to Zhang Zongrui's side and complained:

"Peak Master Jing has always been lazy; he is only responsible for violent suppression and never interferes in other aspects."

"Senior Brother Jian does not like to interact with outsiders; he is only responsible for reinforcing the Seal of the cage."

"Do you want to take a guess as to who is responsible for the most troublesome work of interrogation?"

Thud.

Dropping the mace heavily one centimeter in front of Zhang Zongrui's crotch, Ren Yidao stared at the prisoner, who was trembling like a sieve, and beamed a bright smile.

"It's—me—oh~"

He said:

"Give up resisting; you cannot escape."