Free Web NovelChapter 223: Chapter 221: Who Don’t I Dare to Kill?
Turning her head, her cold eyes fixed on the shopkeeper, who was trembling in fear. "You saw all of that, didn’t you?" she said. "This man dared to curse a steward of the great Cui Family, one of the four most prominent families! You tell me, does he deserve to die?"
The shopkeeper stammered, trembling all over, "I... I’m just a clerk. I don’t know anything."
"Hee hee."
The young woman chuckled, though her face was devoid of any humor. "Don’t worry. You’ll know everything soon enough!"
As she spoke, she looked at Qin Li as if he were already a corpse. "Qin Li," she said coolly, "no one can get here in time to save you now! If you get on your knees, kowtow three times, and admit you were wrong, I might just find it in my heart to spare your life!" freewēbnoveℓ.com
"Heh, is that so?" Qin Li regarded the icy young woman with a smirk. "Young lady of the Cui Family, don’t you think you’re being a little overconfident?"
"Overconfident? No, I don’t think so. There are hundreds of my Cui Family members on this very street! How dare a family with the Qin Family’s meager strength challenge the Cui Family? I don’t know whether to call you audacious or just suicidal! And you... the last thing you should have done was parade around in public at such a delicate time!"
A contemptuous sneer appeared in the icy young woman’s eyes. "You must have thought the Qin Family would be safe after revealing that Pill Formula, didn’t you? That at a time like this, no one would dare lay a hand on you. Am I right? What a shame you’ve forgotten that there are no absolutes in this world! Today, you’ve offended the Cui Family. And since we’ve never had the pleasure of meeting the noble Young Master Qin, it’s only natural that we wouldn’t recognize you. As for killing you by mistake... well, that would be a terrible shame, wouldn’t it?"
As she finished speaking, the young woman finally broke into a triumphant laugh. Her cold voice was filled with excitement. To personally witness the death of a powerhouse who might one day shake the world... was there anything more thrilling?
"Is... is she insane?"
Shangguan Shiyu listened to her finish, then looked up at Qin Li, her stunningly pure eyes wide with confusion.
Qin Li nodded with great seriousness and sighed. "Yes, and it looks like a severe case. I bet her engagement was broken off. I mean, look at her. It’s not surprising, really. A shame. The trauma must have really gotten to her!"
Shangguan Shiyu’s expression was one of pure innocence. "How do you know her engagement was broken off? Maybe she suffered a cultivation deviation?"
"Shiyu, you’re not a man, so you wouldn’t understand," Qin Li said, his expression dead serious. "Look at the way she’s looking at me. Look... see it now?"
The icy young woman’s face had turned livid. Her chest heaved as she ground her teeth. "What," she said slowly, "is wrong with the way I’m looking at you?"
Qin Li ignored the icy young woman, turning to Shangguan Shiyu with a look of great pity. "You mean you can’t see the adoration for me in her eyes? Oh, Shiyu, Shiyu, this won’t do! You’re too kind, too naive! You have to keep a better eye on me! Your fiancé is just too handsome and dashing, a man universally adored. Aren’t you worried you’ll be surrounded by a flock of ’sisters’ all competing for my affection? The next time you run into an idiot like this, you’re forbidden from feeling sorry for her. Just march right up and give her a couple of slaps. That should cure whatever’s wrong with her!"
Shangguan Shiyu nodded as if she’d learned a valuable lesson. She lowered her head, fiddling with the hem of her clothes, and said in a pitiable voice, "I was wrong. From now on, I’ll make sure sick women like her stay far away from you, my dear husband. Our family doesn’t need anyone who’s unwell. Even if you were to take a concubine, she’d have to be a healthy girl! Besides, I wasn’t sympathizing with her... She’s so... ugly!"
"AAAAH!"
Cui Ying suddenly let out a furious, bloodcurdling scream. "Kill that wretched couple for me! Now!"
Shangguan Shiyu’s figure suddenly vanished like a wisp of smoke, reappearing in an instant before the icy young woman, Cui Ying. She raised her delicate hand and viciously slapped her twice across the face!
SLAP! SLAP!
The two slaps echoed with shocking clarity!
"Bitch! My husband told you to get lost! Are you still trying to cling to him?" Shangguan Shiyu’s fine eyebrows shot up as she snapped furiously.
Cui Ying’s mind was reeling. She couldn’t even process how Shangguan Shiyu had reached her so easily. ’I may only be a Celestial Level Martial Artist, but the men with me have all reached the Celestial Integration Realm!’
Hearing Shangguan Shiyu’s accusation, Cui Ying shrieked instinctively, "Who’s clinging to him, you bit—"
SLAP!
Another vicious slap landed on Cui Ying’s face, making it sting and burn. The humiliation and rage nearly drove Cui Ying insane.
"And you still deny you’re clinging to him! You obviously have a crush on my husband, you hussy!" When this peerless beauty flew into a rage, she had a unique charm all her own. Qin Li watched, completely mesmerized.
Qin Li gripped a Mid-grade Spirit Stone, its Spiritual Power draining at an astonishing rate.
While using an immense spiritual pressure to suppress the Celestial Embracing Realm old man at the door and the three Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists in the room, he thought to himself: ’I knew it. I could tell back then that this girl was a true demoness at heart. When she’s acting pure, she can charm a man to death, but when she shows her true colors, she can scare him to death! Haha, now that’s my wife!’
After all, Shangguan Shiyu had never killed anyone before. She was also well aware of the young woman’s identity, so she had used very little force in her slaps.
But it was precisely this kind of humiliation that was most likely to make someone snap.
"Qin Li, you mark my words! The Cui Family will never let you go! I’ll make you pay a hundredfold for what you’ve done today! Your mother, your sisters, your women—I’ll have every one of their Dantians crippled and sell them to a brothel to be ravaged by any man who wants them! Aaaah!"
Qin Li’s eyes turned bone-chillingly cold. "Shiyu," he said calmly, "kill her."
Shangguan Shiyu’s beautiful face had turned pale with fury at Cui Ying’s words. She viciously slapped her several more times. How could Cui Ying, a mere Celestial Level Martial Artist, possibly dodge Shangguan Shiyu’s attacks?
Hearing Qin Li’s command, Shangguan Shiyu hesitated for a fraction of a second before killing intent flooded her eyes.
"You dare kill me! I’m from the Cui Family..." The iciness on Cui Ying’s face was gone, replaced by deep, profound terror.
"Is there anyone I don’t dare to kill?" Qin Li’s eyes narrowed as he cut her off. He let out a long, piercing whistle.
At that moment, the Celestial Embracing Realm Elder by Qin Li’s side suddenly let out a great roar, spitting a mouthful of blood. "Who dares harm my young lady!" he bellowed, charging toward Shangguan Shiyu.
Just then, a black shadow shot in from outside as fast as a lightning bolt. It let out a roar that made one’s blood run cold as an Ice Arrow shot toward the Elder.
The Elder had just forcibly broken through Qin Li’s oppressive aura, damaging his own meridians in the process. He was desperate to save his charge, so he never imagined that someone could break through their strict blockade of the street—much less that the intruder wasn’t even human!
The Ice Arrow was aimed at his back!
The distance was too short. Moreover, Xiaohai, who had fired the Ice Arrow, also possessed the power of the Celestial Embracing Realm. In his haste, the Elder could only whip around, roar, and meet the projectile with both palms.
BOOM!
An immense force instantly ripped the roof off the jewelry shop, sending it exploding into the sky!
The Elder’s palms were a mangled, bloody mess as his body was violently thrown backward.
An unadorned Treasure Sword in a black sharkskin sheath had appeared in Shangguan Shiyu’s hand! It was the very sword Qin Li had taken from the Paradise Celestial Palace Elder.
The Treasure Sword left its sheath, radiating a bone-chilling cold. Without a moment’s hesitation, Shangguan Shiyu swung it at Cui Ying’s neck.
Cui Ying didn’t even have time to scream before her head was lopped off. Her eyes were wide open, filled with nothing but terror and regret.
The Celestial Embracing Realm Elder watched, horrified, as his young lady was decapitated with a single stroke. He let out a roar of pure grief and fury as the energy in his body began to surge violently.
The moment Qin Li moved, the three Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists regained their mobility. With furious roars, they all lunged at Shangguan Shiyu.
Moving like an uncatchable bolt of lightning, Qin Li swept Shangguan Shiyu into his arms and soared into the air, leaping away through the gaping hole where the jewelry shop’s roof used to be.
The three Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists weren’t about to let Qin Li escape and immediately gave chase.
Meanwhile, the Celestial Embracing Realm Elder who was about to self-destruct hadn’t even had time to detonate his Pill Core and take his enemies with him when he felt an overwhelmingly powerful force pierce straight through his Dantian.
He doubled over, looking down just in time to see a furry black claw emerge from his abdomen before retracting with a WHOOSH. He felt a violent, twisting pain in his gut as he heard a voice.
"Ptooey! Human guts stink! Qin Li lied to me! He said people were tasty!"
Then the Elder felt an irresistible force smash down on his head. The formidable physique of a Celestial Embracing Realm expert was smashed to a pulp by a single strike from Xiaohai’s leopard-like paw.
This was the first time in Xiaohai’s life that he had single-handedly defeated an opponent of the same level with such an overwhelming advantage.
Granted, his opponent had already been internally injured, but it was still a testament to the sheer power of a Spirit Beast.
The entire street had long since erupted into chaos. Large numbers of Qin Family Martial Artists had appeared on both sides, clashing violently with the members of the Cui Family.
The three Celestial Integration Realm pursuers were filled with a burning rage. ’Even in death, we’ll never understand it!’ they thought. ’How could Qin Li, a Martial Artist who isn’t even at the Celestial Integration Realm, suppress the three of us and a powerful Celestial Embracing Realm expert to the point that we couldn’t even move a muscle?’
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Before they could form another thought, four tremendously powerful auras erupted from the city not far away and rushed toward them.
At this, Qin Li’s heart finally settled.
He had only one thought in his mind: ’Master, oh Master, you truly are an Ancient Great Power!’
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