Chapitre 118: Last Minute Travel Plans

Blinking away the disbelief that came from both having his cultivation destroyed and seeing Vermeil again, Vance couldn't help but only focus on his former protégé's last words.

Now that his mind was a bit clearer without the tainted qi in his system, he was having less difficulty functioning as normal.

Although, it still could not be said that he was exactly pleasant. 

"Vermeil… I-Is this where you've been all this time..? Slinking around in the dark w-with these monsters?! I thought you were dea-"

In the blink of an eye, Vermeil grabbed Vance by the neck forcefully and held his adult body above her head.

With her fingers aglow, she positioned two of them just shy of his cornea.

"I want to hear you say that about my family a second time… I will burn your eyes out of your skull."

Beside the wall, Taira placed a hand over the heart in his chest.

He didn't get emotional very easily, but his wife's display had done just that.