“What are you standing around for?” The man shouted at the Self Defence soldiers. “Go drag that woman out! I want to kill her in front of this guy!” 

The soldiers who had received orders still stood in their spots. It was like they didn’t hear him.

In actual fact, they could not hear anything anymore. Princess Yongmei had done something terrible to them just before the man had barked his orders.

Only Xia Lei could see it happening. Princess Yongmei was like the wind, blowing past the deck. All the soldiers on the deck fell prey to her hands. One by one, they grew blank, sightless, expressionless, and motionless. 

“Bastard!” The man grew mad. He walked over and kicked one of the soldiers who were not listening to his commands.

The soldier fell to the deck, motionless. He stared blankly up at the sky. 

“What’s wrong with you?” The man paused. He suddenly realised something, and he looked about to see that everyone was in a similar state. It was like they had lost their souls,...