The crisp snap of a breaking branch sounded particularly jarring in the silent forest. Mo Yu whipped his head around, his purple pupils contracting to the size of needlepoints in the moonlight.
"Oh? I've been discovered..." His mouth twisted into an exaggerated arc, and his neck tilted at an eerie angle. "It's that little girl from the sword pavilion who was always staring at me..."
Lan Ruoshui pressed her back tightly against an ancient pine tree, her right hand gripping the vibrating longsword at her waist. She could sense the aura emanating from Mo Yu—that was definitely not the aura of a human being!
"Don't hide, I can smell your fear..." Mo Yu's voice fluctuated in pitch, as if two people were speaking simultaneously. His shadow detached from his main body and spread along the ground toward Lan Ruoshui's hiding spot like a living creature.
Chapter 414