Pain
Boom——!!
Another wound that nearly cut him in half pierced through Bai Qi's body.
At the sa ti, the heavily injured figure close at hand to Bai Qi was similarly blasted head-on by an extre Killing Intent from the Ancient Vault of the Military Path. His Theatrical Robe was shredded in an instant, and his remaining flesh and blood subsequently exploded into a sky full of blood mist...
In Bai Qi's eyes, the scene of Chen Ling turning into flying ash under the Military Path Killing Intent was clearly reflected. His entire person froze slightly.
Thud.
Bai Qi's heavily injured and dying body fell into the deep pit, kicking up billowing dust.
Furious cursing resounded in Bai Qi's mind, but he seed not to hear it, his eyes staring deadly at the completely shattered blood mist in the air... Chen Ling's existence seed to have been completely erased by this Ancient Vault of the Military Path.
The world suddenly fell into a dead silence.
...
[Audience Expectation Value -50]
[Current Expectation Value: 37%]
...
A figure rapidly regenerated within the surging blood mist!
A strange brilliance flashed through Bai Qi's eyes. Dragging his heavily injured body, he staggered to stand in the deep pit. Before he had ti to make any moves, the blood shadow in the air abruptly vanished.
In the next mont,
A Red Paper tentacle swept out from an afterimage, fiercely choking Bai Qi's heavily injured neck and waist. Carrying a terrifying force, it forcefully smashed him against the steep cliff of the deep pit!
A muffled boom echoed in the air, and ferocious cracks instantly covered the entire cliff. A figure had already been deeply embedded into the rock wall!
The pitch-black armor was now shattered into pieces. The black ribbons, stained with fresh blood, were scattered ssily everywhere. The heavily injured Bai Qi was now pinned to the wall by several Red Paper tentacles, and a Bone-Stripping Knife flashing with a chilling cold glint was pressed against his throat...
Just as it was a few minutes ago, when he pressed his sword tip against Chen Ling's throat.
The red-bottod, black-patterned Theatrical Robe danced in the wind. Chen Ling, having completely recovered his peak state, was holding the handle of the Bone-Stripping Knife with one hand, looking coldly at the heavily injured Bai Qi before his eyes.
Although Chen Ling was furious, he was absolutely not stupid.
The reason he dared to brave the Killing Intent of the Ancient Vault of the Military Path and charge to the deepest Million-Man Pit to fight Bai Qi was naturally because he had enough confidence... With enough Audience Expectation Value, even if sothing went wrong or if he was no match for Bai Qi, he still had a chance to survive desperate straits.
Chen Ling was now the Sixth-Generation Red King of the Dusk Society. He still had too many unfinished things in this world, and he wouldn't allow himself to die here so recklessly.
"You... do you have anything else you want to say?"
Chen Ling's knife edge was pressed against Bai Qi's throat, his voice bone-chillingly cold.
As long as Chen Ling wished, with a single slash, he could decapitate the heavily injured Bai Qi... Although doing this might not completely kill him, he would definitely lose all ability to resist. By then, Chen Ling would eventually find a way to completely obliterate him.
Fresh blood seeped from the corners of Bai Qi's mouth. Even though Chen Ling's knife edge had pierced his skin bit by bit, his gaze remained as calm as water.
"I have nothing to say." He replied hoarsely, "My strength was insufficient. If you want to kill , then kill ."
"However, after you chop off my head, you'd best use Judgnt Court a few more tis to completely blast into ash... Otherwise, I will resurrect sooner or later."
Hearing these words, Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly...
These words, this tone, Chen Ling was extrely familiar with. In an instant, it was as if he saw his past self who was still on Frost Street again.
Chen Ling just looked at him coldly like this, and Bai Qi also t his gaze calmly. The air fell into a bizarre dead silence.
Swish——!!
The knife light in Chen Ling's hand flashed, and Bai Qi's head fell to the ground with a thud.
As Chen Ling released those Red Paper tentacles, Bai Qi's heavily injured and broken headless body fell from the cliff like mud, crashing heavily onto the earth...
Chen Ling's hand gripping the handle of the [Judgnt Court] clenched slightly... A mont later, he silently let go.
He didn't do anything to that head on the ground whose eyes died wide open, nor to the shattered body. He rely calmly brushed the sleeves of his Theatrical Robe and turned to leave.
Chen Ling knew that decapitation was nothing to Bai Qi. After he left, he would recover very quickly.
But Chen Ling never intended to kill him in the first place.
Although Bai Qi occupied Jian Changsheng's body, ultimately, it was a voluntary transaction... Jian Changsheng proactively gave his body in this lifeti to Bai Qi.
No matter how pained or furious Chen Ling was in his heart, ultimately, these emotions were just him blaming himself. It was he who hadn't imdiately noticed Jian Changsheng's abnormalities; it was he who failed to stop Jian Changsheng from making the deal and protecting his body and soul...
The reason Chen Ling frantically braved the Killing Intent and charged into the Ancient Vault of the Military Path, aside from being enraged by Bai Qi's provocation and wanting to teach him a lesson, was mostly because he truly didn't know how to alleviate this self-bla and pain. He could only make himself pay a price through this thod.
No matter how much hostility Bai Qi had towards him, he was not so enemy of humanity. Chen Ling had deduced with the Akashic Tower and was very clear that the reason Bai Qi lived using Jian Changsheng's body was only because he couldn't stand the weakness of the Divine Path Wielders in this world. He wanted to reproduce the glory of the Way of the Soldier God, using the slaughter of human civilization as a sword to destroy the Red Star.
From the beginning, they were not enemies... It was simply that Bai Qi couldn't stand him.
What's more...
That was Jian Changsheng's body.
Chen Ling braved the Killing Intent of the Ancient Vault of the Military Path and broke away from the ancient vault. It wasn't until he returned to the surging iceberg-filled sea surface that he completely shook off the Killing Intent's lock-on.
He looked back at the pitch-black giant sword towering between heaven and earth, his fists clenching silently...
When the pain and tension brought by the life-and-death struggle gradually receded, Chen Ling finally realized that the pain and self-bla in his heart hadn't diminished in the slightest... In his empty chest, it was as if sothing was being frantically stirred until it was torn to shreds.
"Spades..."
Chen Ling muttered, his reddened eyes closing silently.
Extre pain stimulated his mind at all tis, and the scene of Jian Changsheng drawing his sword to slit his throat continuously replayed in his head... Moisture surfaced at the corners of his eyes again. Just when his heart ached so much he could hardly bear it, a voice suddenly rang out by his ear.
"Red King, My Lord."
"So bad news has co from the Chengtian Domain... Today, another two powerhouses completed their Divine Path Certification and stepped into Rank 9 Demigod... During this period, the number of Demigods in the Chengtian Dynasty has surged. Up to now, not counting Ying Fu, there are already a full ten Demigods."
"According to our intelligence, the one in the Chengtian Imperial Palace... seems to be planning to make a move."
The instant Liu Qingyan's grave voice rang out, Chen Ling's tightly clenched fists suddenly relaxed...
The red-bottod, black-patterned Theatrical Robe fluttered in the air. He took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the tears about to fall, as well as the pain and self-bla in his heart. Those bloodshot eyes slowly opened.
His haggard posture stood tall once again, as if invisibly continuing to shoulder a heavy mountain range...
His exhausted voice rang out hoarsely:
"I know..."
"Don't worry... Everything is under control."
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