Chapter 726 - Who Goes There?
Lu Li and Yang Wanqu clearly saw Ge Ming's reaction.
The latter held back his impulse to act.
He partially understood what Lu Li meant - that it was better to slowly torture Ge Ming on a spiritual level. As he recalled the latter's indifferent and arrogant behavior toward and complete disregard for the both of them, he realized that a swift, fatal blow would only be too kind. Instead, it would be much more interesting and meaningful to attack him psychologically.
"I'm not related to this little girl..." Ge Ming murmured.
"Hoho, you think we're fools?" As Lu Li laughed grimly, a malicious aura gave his originally handsome face a chilling hideousness. "Who was it that risked his life to rescue this little bitch earlier? You aren't related? Hoho, when did Ge Ming become a vigilante for strangers?"
Ge Ming's countenance became gloomy.
"She's only a child," he said, enunciating each word.
"Yeah, but she's not that young... Hoho, given her age, I can sell her to a brothel in the seventh zone, whereupon all she needs is a little clean up before she starts entertaining guests." Lu Li's ghastly smile was like that of a crazy devil.
Flames of anger burned in Ge Ming's eyes. "Who could imagine that a successor of the Divine Sky Sect would say this sort of thing? I've never met anyone more shameless than you."
Lu Li guffawed. "I do whatever I want as long as it gives me a thrill. This place is a land of chaos, after all. Who's there to hold me back?"
Ge Ming was exasperated.
However, Lu Li suddenly said in an alluring tone, "If you kneel and kowtow in front of me and beg loudly for mercy, I may consider sparing this girl's life after torturing you to death."
"Are you serious?" Ge Ming asked in a bleak voice.
At this stage, he was like a wild beast who had fallen into a trap, and thus had no choice but to take a gamble.
"Of course." A subtle, bizarre smile arched at the corners of Lu Li's lips.
"Alright. I'm willing to do anything as long as you let her off." Taking two incomparably difficult steps forward, Ge Ming looked as if he was struggling with indecision, but eventually, he slowly went down on his knees at a meter's distance in front of Lu Li and said while revealing a hint of sadness on his face, "I beg..."
Lu Li and Yang Wanqu exchanged glances, each revealing a contemptuous and smug smile.
However, just then, Ge Ming's pupils flashed underneath his long hair.
He gently drew a stroke in the air using the index finger of his single arm.
A light and traceless water mist cut through the void and charged at an extreme speed toward Lu Li's knees.
The smile on the latter's face froze at once.
Sensing danger, he operated his bodily yuan power to its fullest and instinctively moved out of the way.
However, he was half a step too slow.
Upon being struck by the mist, a fingernail-sized flame was instantly kindled on his knee.
"You... are courting death, ughhhh," he grunted as flames of fury spurted from his eyes. Afraid to be negligent, he used a finger as a sword to cut off the flame on his knee together with some flesh, so as to prevent the power of the mist from entering his body.
This unforeseen event greatly surprised everyone.
With a playful look and a derisive sneer on his face, Ge Ming stood on the spot and gently raised his eyes.
Kneading three fingers together, he gently wiped the dazzling water mist on his fingertip as he plainly said, "That was for the arrow you surprised me with earlier... Besides, do you really think I'll believe a person of lowly and sub-bestial character, who would even renege on a bet at the gambling table?"
"Good, good, very good." Lu Li was angry to the point of madness.
He had intended to play with his adversary, but was instead taunted, sneak attacked, and even injured by the latter.
"My plan was to kill you swiftly, but that has changed. I shall keep you breathing while I slowly torture you... and even let you see me shaving the flesh and grinding the bones of the little girl until she dies a most humiliating death!" Lu Li's murderous spirit burst forth as a malicious and vicious flare burned in his pupils.
"Let's do it." Yang Wanqu grunted.
The duo took the initiative at the same time.
Pairs of yin yang fish shadows streaked forth in a purple aura as they exerted their palms repeatedly.
The surging energy within these pairs yin-yang fish comprised of not only an Immortal Step realm expert's yuan qi but also a tinge of an extremely ancient and overbearing force.
The golden machete spurted dozens of moonlight splendors which shifted in position according to Yang Wanqu's will. Soon, they formed into a circle that confined Ge Ming within.
"Hahaha, time to die!" Ge Ming looked up to the sky and uttered a long howl.
By drawing a circle on the ground, he created a formation which protected Shui Xiu within. Subsequently, he leaped into the one-versus-two duel. His fingertips continually shot streams of water mist in varied directions. As if they coagulated into a slender water sword, these streams not only pierced through the moonlight splendors and fish pairs, but also lacerated the void.
A battle began instantly.
Terrifying waves surged in the void.
Several breaths later.
The situation gradually became clear.
Although, given his strength, Ge Ming should easily be able to compete with one of these two young talents, he was fighting one versus two after all, and the wound on his arm was continually being corroded by a dark force hiding within. Moreover, his yuan qi was being rapidly depleted, and a pool of blood with extremely pure yuan qi had already accumulated on the black rock on the ground.
His countenance was starting to turn ghastly pale.
He was gritting his teeth and persevering strenuously.
"Are you curious why the wound from the arrow still hasn't healed?" Yang Wanqu looked on with a cunning and bizarre expression.
"I advise you to save your efforts and stop resisting. Even if we don't do anything, the Divine Sky Sect's [Thousand Souls Arrow], coupled with the Black Moon Divine Palace's [Heart Devouring Rune], will ensure you don't live past tomorrow. Hahahaha!" A hint of elation appeared in Lu Li's sinister eyes.
Indeed, a short while later.
Ge Ming looked increasingly pale. The arrow wound on his arm had already expanded to the size of a palm.
The crescent moon splendors and shadows surrounding him had already broken the water mist on his body apart and rendered him unable to move.
Like ancient divine mountains, the purple aura fish pairs blasted toward Ge Ming with majestic vigors.
Although the latter did his best to resist, he was sent flying by the force and spewed blood from his mouth.
Turning his head to look at the girl, he said in a gentle and warm voice, "I'm sorry, Shui Xiu... Uncle has done his best!"
Within the tiny formation.
Shui Xiu, who had been watching Ge Ming earnestly with a worried look all this time, nodded her head somberly. A faint smile appeared on her babyish and feeble face as she said, "Uncle, Shui Xiu isn't afraid... We shall go underground and find Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt, and my brothers and sisters... Uncle, I heard that the road to the netherworld is very desolate. Shui Xiu will follow behind you, so don't forget to pull me along..."
Below the tower.
"Hahaha, what a touching farewell..." Lu Li laughed maniacally as he tightened his palm, causing a beam of purple light to shine on it.
Yin yang fish pair shadows gradually appeared, each containing an even more terrifying power than those of earlier.
Already nearly out of gas, Ge Ming seemed as if he could hardly sustain any longer.
No more time to wait.
Ye Qingyu's pupils flashed in the distant darkness.
The next moment.
With just one thought, Ye Qingyu changed his figure and appearance in an instant.
Swish.
An air-breaking noise rang out.
In ghost form, he arrived a meter away from Lu Li.
He slammed a palm forth.
A silver dragon roar was heard as a chilly radiance developed.
In front of him.
"Who goes there?" Lu Li felt his vision blur and heard a mountain-toppling roar. Greatly alarmed, he responded as fast as he could.
He exerted a palm too.
Bam!
The world trembled as a huge boom sounded.
The power of the purple aura fish pairs collided head-on with that of the icy true dragons.
The impact destroyed everything in its vicinity and instantly raised a sky-high Black Demon sea out of the Black Demon qi, thereby shocking the entire 15th zone.
Astonished expressions flashed in the eyes of both Ye Qingyu and Lu Li at the very instant of the collision.
They felt the horror of each other's strength.
Their figures were sent flying backward.
"Who are you? How dare you ruin my plans!? Do you have a death wish?" Lu Li berated loudly as his figure stopped in midair and then attacked at an even faster speed than before. With a frightening vigor, he exerted a palm once again and shouted angrily, "Die!"
"Hahaha, what are you? Scram!"
Ye Qingyu's altered voice sounded like the rolling and surging ripples of the void in the Ninth Heaven. Without the slightest bit of fear, he also smashed a palm forth.
Lu Li was sent flying once more.
Making use of the feedback force, Ye Qingyu's figure turned into that of a most elegant dragon. He instantly arrived beside Yang Wanqu and punched the latter's golden machete with a magnificent and irresistible power which sent the Black Moon Divine Palace successor flying.
"Dammit... who exactly are you? How dare you protect a wanted criminal, in defiance of the Alliance of Domains! Based on the law, your punishment will be equal to his!" Similarly furious, Yang Wanqu fought back and dished forth several moonlight splendors.
"Funny. You're but a puny Black Moon Divine Palace dog, how dare you represent the Alliance of Domains? A frog in a well who doesn't know its limits like you had better scram!" Deliberately acting insane, Ye Qingyu clenched his fist behind him in the void, causing a huge ice knife to appear. With a power as great as Heaven's wrath, the knife struck Yang Wanqu and sent him flying.
At the instant when Ye Qingyu had decided to take action, he had already activated the [Limitless Divine Way], allowing his strength to skyrocket. The creation of the ice knife was meant to prevent his identity from being recognized right away. His current state had reached a peak, such that he held a great advantage and could afford to take liberties. Within a few moves, he completely suppressed the two Heaven's pridelings.
Watching the fight from a distance, the [Savage Army Demon Race] was utterly astounded by this sudden change out of nowhere.
They had thought that Ge Ming was certain to die with the appearance of the two Heaven's pridelings. Nobody expected the situation to abruptly change with the sudden arrival of a strange person who was frighteningly strong and as vigorous as a mad tiger. Moreover, he completely suppressed the two Heaven's pridelings... Who could this be, and how could he be this terrifying?