Upon hearing the forceful command, Li Meirong couldn’t help her inquisitive nature and took a covert peek.
The sudden situation caught her completely unaware. She felt her lungs ceased to function.
The man who spoke strode with a foreboding air of upcoming demise right in front of her. He bore his gaze down at her. All she could concentrate on was his intimidating height and face.
His facial characteristic and commanding aura bore a striking similarity to the man she met on the day of her transmigration, the same man she dreamt of with piercing golden eyes and hair like a chilling snowstorm.
However this man, although bearing familiar attributes to her savior, he also had many differences in comparison to ’him’. His jaw was slightly wider and his chin was a tad longer, giving him a more masculine and less refined appearance. His heavier set of frowning eyebrows portrayed his maturity, but most importantly, the difference lay with his pair of eyes. A twin set of black bottomless holes. He stood frostily unmoving. Only his eyes and downturned tilt to his thin lips portrayed his displeasure.
An angry emperor who has been most displeased.
In a hurry, she looked down again.
Li Meirong felt that his presence was so terrifying, she must have forgotten to breathe as a result of it!
The more she thought of it, the further her attempts grew in order to breathe. It took only but a few moments for her to realize that her windpipes were somehow blocked!
She couldn’t take in air at all. She couldn’t speak or even inhale nasally. With the oxygen cut off, she felt faint and held her hands on the ground for balance.
This bastard is choking me to death!
Her skin already changed colors like a Chameleon, from a pearly hue to a tomato red and finally purple shade. Her brain felt like it would explode any moment.
Despite the terror the man inflicted, nobody else was affected to the point of suffocation except for her. She was the target of his violence.
Everyone present, senior disciples and fellow grandmasters simply studied the occurrence as if they conducted a scientifical experiment. She was the guinea pig.
Li Meirong struggled to look back, straight into the horrifying Asura’s eyes. His eyes reflected her death.
This level of hostility really made her feel incredulous.
What have I done to offend this man?!
Poor Chou didn’t even have time to show up in the spotlight, the atmosphere was as bad for him as it was for her. He got knocked out cold.
That same commanding and terrifying voice echoed in her lightheaded brain.
’Where did you steal your power from?!’
Li Meirong wondered how exactly did this crazy demon expect an answer if he blocked off her windpipes!
Her eyes and nose began emitting a constant stream of blood.
She really thought this injustice was uncalled for, she did nothing wrong nor spoke a word, and there she lay on the brink of death again..
But it was not long after her thoughts surfaced that the man changed his mind. It seemed that the man did not want her to die, just as her head felt like it was going to pop and the pain skyrocketed to an intensity she could no longer bear, he unclenched his hold on her breathing.
She grasped her throat and inhaled with all her might. As dignifying and impressive as she appeared previously, was how low and wretched she appeared currently. Her nerves failed to function properly and drool merged with blood trailed down her chin from her gaping mouth.
"She really thought she was a phoenix, trotting around in front of our godly masters. She was just shown her place!"
"But this is too brutal, she hadn’t even said a word..."
"The masters have their reasons."
There were whispers voiced in the back, and a few amused disciples made mocking remarks. Most of the crowd however was shocked speechless, even the fellow grandmasters had their eyes widened in alarm.
"Grandmaster of the bestiary coalition Zhu Zhang...This..." The senior disciple who was cut off tried to make sense of it all. He addressed the grandmaster who nearly killed Li Meirong.
The addressed grandmaster sent a chilling glare at the disciple.
"Be silent."
His attention went back to the girl shriveled on the hall’s floor.
When Li Meirong was able to speak, her voice came out in coughs, she adjusted herself back to the proper bowing posture she had before the ordeal.
"This disciple does not know what she did wrong! This disciple does not know anything about stealing power! Li Meirong begs for forgiveness." She cried out and kowtowed repeatedly on the ground.
This man can kill me without even having the need to move his little finger!
The surrounding audience had no knowledge of what the girl spoke of, the grandmaster Zhu Zhang did not speak a word with her.
Has she lost her wits?
Zhu Zhang’s eyes narrowed as he assessed this thief’s response. It did not sound as though the girl was lying , however he was well acquainted with all kinds of tricks, he won’t judge in her favor too quickly.
He communicated telepathically with the girl once again.
’If you let me know where you got your powers from, I will host you under my coalition as a succeeding disciple. You will have every necessity and every wish catered to, but you must be truthful. It’s not your aura girl, what have you done?’
"...." Said Li Meirong.
What is she supposed to say? She doesn’t even know how she got whatever it is he talked about, not to mention any sort of power, how can she even use it?
Almighty grandmaster, if I had all this power, why would I let you choke me to death?!