Chapter 2155: I’ll Go With You

"Forcing us to surrender is one thing, but now they’re forcing us to hand over the soldiers who are out there risking their lives to protect them."

"Fuck, I’m actually attending the same school as this kind of trash."

...

The curses grew louder and louder. Some of the people who had just raised their hands lowered them in shame, but there were still people holding their hands up.

"Didn’t you hear what that guy said? He’s here for Su Yunling. The reason Nine Stars Academy is being attacked definitely has to do with him."

"Right, hand over Su Yunling and Nine Stars Academy will be fine."

"Yeah! Hand him over, use one person’s life to exchange for the lives of so many of us—how is that not worth it?"

"He’s an instructor. At a time like this, shouldn’t he be stepping forward to shield us?"

"Even if we didn’t say anything, he should take the initiative to step out and use himself to protect all of us."

...

Listening to the voices echoing one after another, Nangong Moye was livid, so angry he wanted to rush in and deck those people a few times.

Seeing that quite a few people actually agreed to hand over Su Yunling, the man in black burst into arrogant laughter. "Hahahaha..."

"Look, these are the people you’ve been protecting."

"Su Yunling, these are the ones you risked yourself to shield, and now they want to hand you over."

"Come with me. If you come with me, I’ll take you under my command and make you someone second to one, above ten thousand—it’s not impossible."

"Why bother protecting these vermin who repay kindness with hatred."

The man in black looked at Su Yunling, who was sitting inside the Formation doing Breathing Regulation, his tone dripping with temptation.

Nangong Moye’s eyes were cold as he stared at the man in black. "Don’t even think about it. We will never let you take Instructor Su away."

The people standing beside Nangong Moye chimed in, "Yeah, we won’t let you grab Instructor Su."

"We won’t!"

Hearing that, the man in black shifted his gaze onto Nangong Moye. Darkness pooled in his eyes as he stretched out his hand and made a grasping motion at the air in Nangong Moye’s direction.

Seeing the man in black move, Tang Shuan’s pupils contracted slightly. "Watch out."

Nangong Moye also saw the man in black’s movement and originally intended to jump into the academy’s Formation, but he was a step too late; before he could enter the Formation, he was already caught by the man in black.

"So protective of Su Yunling... looks like you’ve got a deep bond with him." The man in black spoke, then looked toward Su Yunling. "Su Yunling, your student is in my hands. If you want to save him, use yourself to trade for him."

Nangong Moye struggled nonstop. "Don’t."

"Instructor Su, don’t listen to him. He’s just lying."

"No one from Angel ever keeps their wo—uh..."

Nangong Moye couldn’t force the rest out, because the man in black had clamped a hand around his neck.

"I know you can hear me. I’ll give you ten seconds to think it over." The man in black said, then started counting down.

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight."

...

With each number the man in black uttered, everyone’s heartbeat slowed by a beat.

And in the crowd, those who wanted Su Yunling to step forward started shouting again.

"You go to such lengths to defend your Instructor Su, but now that you’re about to die, he still doesn’t give a damn about you."

"Exactly, exactly."

"Ignoring his student’s life and death—if you ask me, that Su guy isn’t fit to be an instructor at all."

Even with his neck squeezed by the man in black, Nangong Moye could still hear them. Eyes bulging, he glared at those few people so hard he wished he could bore holes right through them.

"Three."

The man in black’s countdown reached three.

Hua Yan and the others had already quietly prepared themselves, ready to strike at the man in black at any moment.

"Two."

As the word "two" fell, everyone’s heart leapt straight into their throat.

"One."

As the last number was spoken, Su Yunling, who had been sitting with eyes closed doing Breathing Regulation, suddenly stood up. "I’ll go with you."