Seeing Song Yuli's blank expression and pale face, the scarred man clenched his fists tightly at his sides and growled at the black-clad man who was holding Song Yuli hostage.

"She's innocent! Let her go!"

The man in black who was holding Song Yuli hostage narrowed his eyes slightly upon seeing this, a dark glint flashing in them.

Seeing the scarred man's restrained expression, the man in black hesitated for a moment, but ultimately quickly reached out and grabbed Song Yuli by the neck.

Although he knew it was somewhat shameless to do this, they absolutely could not fail this mission.

After their failure, they will not only have to pay double the commission paid by the Xi family, but their Wolf Slayer group will also suffer a loss. At that time, there will be very few people willing to hire them. As a result, Wolf Slayer will be destroyed by another mercenary group sooner or later.

Thinking of this, the man in black's expression turned extremely cold and hard.

"Even if she is truly innocent, she becomes no longer innocent after being with you."

Looking at Song Yuli's flushed face, the scarred man's eyes became bloodshot.

"If anything happens to her, I will make every one of you Wolf Clan members pay the price!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the scarred man dodged forward, clenched his fists, and attacked the man in black who was holding Song Yuli hostage.

Because he only had eyes for Song Yuli, he was caught off guard and was struck hard in the abdomen by another man in black.

The scarred man crashed to the ground like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The man in black who was holding Song Yuli hostage couldn't help but mutter to himself, "It seems that your existence is really different to him."

Looking at the scarred man lying on the ground struggling in pain, Song Yu felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

She opened her mouth, then stammered, "Let...let me go."

The man in black who was holding her hostage couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this, then leaned down and whispered in her ear.

"Don't worry, I'll let you go, but only after he's dead."

After saying that, she tightened her grip on Song Yuli's hand even more, causing Song Yuli to frown and let out a soft moan.

The scarred man lying on the ground, his face contorted in pain, seemed to hear Song Yuli's voice and struggled to get up from the grass, but it was all in vain.

He lay on the ground, panting heavily, but his eyes remained fixed on the direction where Song Yuli was walking.

At this moment, a man in black silently pulled out a finely crafted dagger from his pocket and then approached the scarred man step by step.

Seeing this, Song Yuli began to struggle desperately, and his vision gradually became blurry.

Although she was afraid of and hated the scarred man, she never wanted him to die.

A single, crystal-clear tear rolled down from the corner of her eye and landed on the hand of the man in black who was holding Song Yuli hostage.

The man in black stiffened, then, as if burned, quickly withdrew his hand, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

At that very moment, Song Yu ran towards the scarred man without hesitation, attempting to save him.

Unfortunately, she was too late.

When she was still five or six meters away from the scarred man, she clearly saw that the man in black did not hesitate at all and plunged the sharp dagger into the scarred man's heart.