Confined and Trapped

Seeing Adam suddenly disappear and appear a few dozen metres away, Nathaniel, the head of the US Cultivator Defence, was amused, but also impressed.

Adam knew that he couldn't match Nathaniel's speed in the slightest, so his best bet was to make some distance between them after hearing what he said.

After doing so, he could wait to see what he did next and created more time and space for him to react in case Nathaniel turned out to be his enemy.

"Impressive. You act decisively, and your instincts are sharp and always finding any way to survive. I am sure you know by now that if I wanted to kill you, I would have done so already. Just calm down,"

On the surface, his words appeared to be reassuring, but to Adam, they were a threat and were Nathaniel asserting his power and dominance.