Chapter 17.2 (1/2)

Chapter 17 Part 2

Author: Guo Jingming

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Teresa opens her eyes and realizes that the lighting seems to dim slightly after an unknown amount of time has pa.s.sed. She allows her soul powers to swim around her body for a moment. Apart from the heavy wound on her shoulder, everything else seems to have healed.

She stands and surveys the still red-haired man lying on a rock before her. The seal located on his lower abdomen is still covered in ice. That was the result of Teresa sealing all of his soul powers in at the very last moment. However, he remains awake. His eyes are open and are currently staring unmovingly at Teresa. There is no murderous air in his gaze, no malice, only an infinite amount of docility and purity, as if the most translucent amber, causing one to be unable to look away. Teresa crouches beside him. Apart from the armour cast from platinum around his waist and most intimate area, the rest of him is bare. Mysterious tattoos scatter along his skin, even on his face. He is tall and muscular. It is as if his physique is encased in lightning; he is full of power.

“I am here to take you home. I will not harm you, understood?” Teresa says slowly while staring at the young face before her as she places her finger on the location of his seal, “I am going to release the ice on your seal right now, however if you try to harm me again, I will kill you immediately. Do you understand?”

He neither nods nor shakes his head. With his deer-like eyes wide open, he stares deeply at Teresa.

With a few tendrils of soul powers from Teresa’s fingertips, the ice on his seal begins to melt slowly. However, Teresa does not move her fingers away. She constantly senses the changes in the soul powers within his body. If he dares attack her again, she will destroy his seal ruthlessly.

Gradually, he is able to move again. Just as Teresa stares at his amber-like eyes in a daze, he moves swiftly. Teresa’s heart stutters and just as she is about to unleash soul powers to destroy his seal, she discovers that this young man is holding her tight in his embrace as he becomes silent. His warm breath blows against her ear, bringing about a hormonal allure. His body is heated that even in such an ice-filled environment, he seems to ignite an infinite amount of energy. Teresa cannot help but lift her hand to caress his back gently. This is because she can feel the soul powers flowing slowly and peacefully in his body like a stream on a spring day. No longer is it like surging desire or uncontrollable waves. Now, it is like a tender approach.

After a while, he lets go of her and stares at her eyes deeply. A few hoa.r.s.e syllables jump from his throat but Teresa is unable to understand.

He seems slightly agitated and such an expression makes his handsome face look pitiful. He hurriedly points to himself and tries to make his voice clearer. Teresa tries her best to decipher the two syllables coming from his deep and hoa.r.s.e voice, “Ni……Ni Hong?”

Happy, he nods his head firmly as he points repeatedly to his elated face.

“Your name?” Teresa cannot help but chuckle.

Ni Hong nods forcefully again and stands up to wave his arms around. Insuppressible joy fills his face, making him resemble a child who has just gotten a new toy although his physique is mature like that of a young man.

Teresa looks at him, “Can you not speak?”

Ni Hong stops as his face falls. A thin layer of sorrow fills his gaze as he nods. He then walks over and sits beside Teresa. He does not know where to rest his long legs and this makes him seem restless. Teresa raises a hand to stroke his hair as she feels sympathy well up in her heart. She finds it hard to believe herself that she can feel such an emotion towards the person that had just been about to kill her.

Suddenly, a dank and chilling feeling crawls up her spine. It feels like a cold and greasy hand is caressing her esophagus. A terrifying feeling that makes people want to vomit.