Kill Me!!!

Everyone watching this scene was thoroughly shaken, not daring even to breathe loudly. One had to know that Ming Xiao's fame was resounding throughout the entirety of Mingchuan. What was more, even before cultivating the Ghost King Body, Ming Xiao had been on par with Xuan Lin. No one could have imagined that Ming Xiao would actually suffer defeat at that man's hands... "Li Guanqi of the Qingyun Continent, the Yanluo Sword..." A moniker spoken from the man's own lips was now etched deep into their hearts. By now, someone had finally put the pieces together, muttering with terror in their eyes: "Li Guanqi of Qingyun... It really is him!! The guy known as the Blood Slaughterer!" As soon as these words came out, quite a few others suddenly remembered as well. There was no helping it—Li Guanqi's name on the Qingyun Continent was simply impossible not to have heard of. Just then, someone blurted out, "He wouldn't actually be trying to kill Ming Xiao, would he? Hasn't he heard that rumor?" "Heh, you guys actually think that's true? It's just sharing the same surname as the Nether King, that's all." "Besides, how could an outsider like him have heard Mingchuan's rumors?" Red Lotus rested against Ming Xiao's neck. Ming Xiao struggled to raise his head, laughing maniacally with madness etched across his face: "Thrilling." "It's been so long... since I've had... such a thrilling... fight." "Come on... kill me." Li Guanqi remained expressionless at his words, feeling nothing as he looked into those mad eyes. With a slight twitch of his arm, he was about to sever Ming Xiao's head. Suddenly!! An icy hand gently placed itself over his wrist. Li Guanqi's heart thudded wildly beyond his control!!! Within the Sword Ruins on his spiritual terrace, the crimson broken sword erupted almost simultaneously with an incomparable, terrifying might!! In an instant, the Red Lotus Sword burst with an overwhelmingly dazzling, terrifying red radiance!! The blooming lotus petals folded inward in an instant, and as the blade hummed and vibrated, it began lengthening from a three-foot blade!!! Inside the sword casket, Pengluo leaped off the ground. "Holy shit!!! Apocalypse!!! It's Apocalypse!!" "He's awakening Apocalypse!!" "Holy fucking shit!! The Nether King is here!!" That was right! Standing right before Li Guanqi was none other than the man known as the Lord of Mingchuan. Ming Li gazed at Li Guanqi with a tranquil expression, not making a single move. Even his deep eyes showed not the slightest ripple. Ming Li made no move to stop Li Guanqi from attempting to unlock Red Lotus's second stage. Yet it was precisely this calm that made Li Guanqi feel as though he had plunged into an icy abyss—he could not even move his body!! Ming Li slowly turned around, looking down at Ming Xiao kneeling on the ground, his expression instantly darkening. He gave a cold sneer and, with his back turned to Li Guanqi, said softly, "Spare his life." "No matter what, this piece of trash is still my son." Ming Xiao, whose consciousness had been slipping away, suddenly flew into a violent rage, like a dying man's final surge of vigor. His twisted face brimmed with towering fury, his eyes overflowing with madness. "By what right?!!!" "Li Guanqi! Kill me!!" "Kill me!!!!" "Bah! My father??" "I, Ming Xiao, have only one father, and that was Li Cheng, whom you murdered!!" "You dog, who slaughtered my father right before my eyes!!!" "Li Guanqi!!! I'm begging you!! Please kill me!!!" "I don't need your pity!! And don't you dare put on that nauseating display of fatherly love in front of me, hahahaha!!" "Didn't you want to know how your youngest son died?" Violent yin-nether power surged around the mad Ming Xiao, his fully manifested Ghost King Body towering a full three zhang high. Even though flames still churned within his wounds and death was merely a matter of time, he had grown abnormally powerful right now, as if deliberately displaying his might for the Nether King to see. With a ferocious countenance, Ming Xiao glared at the man before him, his eyes filled with wrath, indignation, and a monstrous killing intent lurking deep within. "Hahahaha!!! Because I was the one who killed him!!" "It was all that slut's fault..." "Hahahaha! Every last one of you looked down on me, but in the end?" "Didn't he still crawl on the ground, kneeling and begging me not to kill him?" Ming Li's face darkened to the extreme; only now did he learn that his youngest son had actually been killed by him. Ming Xiao laughed with reckless abandon as he voiced the truth he had hidden for over a decade. Looking at the Nether King's grim expression, he felt an immense sense of gratification. Suddenly, Ming Xiao's expression fell, and the Ghost King Body abruptly shattered, returning him to the pale-faced youth. He collapsed onto the ground, looking up at the Nether King's illusory, nearly dispersing form with a sneer: "Day and night, all I dreamed of was killing you with my own hands!!!" "Father? You... aren't worthy." Having said that, disregarding the Nether King's darkened face, he turned toward Li Guanqi and grinned: "Li Guanqi, do you dare kill me?" "Send me on my way." The Nether King sneered and said, "A piece of trash like you... if you die, so be it." "In my eyes, you are still garbage." "Heh, however... you are still of use to me. You will not die." As he spoke, the Nether King slowly raised his hand and lightly tapped the void with a finger. Instantly, a wisp of eerie energy shot into Ming Xiao's body, and the furiously burning heavenly flame was snuffed out just like that, effortlessly erased. Feeling the flames disappear, Ming Xiao jerked his head up and roared: "No!!!!" The Nether King said indifferently with disdain in his eyes, "You cannot escape my grasp." "In half a month at most, this realm will open once more. When the time comes, I shall personally bring you back to the Nether King Palace." Yet throughout their exchange, Li Guanqi had been bearing the Nether King's terrifying pressure. That oppressive sensation made him feel as though plunged into an icy abyss—a visceral sensation of facing death itself. Though he did not know why an avatar projection of the Nether King would appear within the secret realm, he could sense that the Nether King was still capable of channeling a fraction of his true body's might. Otherwise, he could not have casually erased his heavenly flame. Ming Xiao had a terrible premonition; he sensed that if the Nether King truly took him away, there was bound to be some massive conspiracy!! He looked at Li Guanqi and roared, "Li Guanqi!!! Kill me!! You must kill me!!" "Rather than be taken away by him, I'd rather die by your hand!!" The Nether King did not turn around. He merely glanced back at Li Guanqi and sneered, "Why resist?" "When crushed beneath absolute power, wouldn't it be better to just kneel on the ground and bury your head in the dirt?" Li Guanqi struggled to lift his head, fixing the Nether King with an icy stare. The Nether King's brow furrowed, and he lightly pressed his palm down. Boom!!!! Terrifying pressure erupted instantly, forcefully slamming Li Guanqi down against the void, completely beyond his control. Thud!!! The Nether King stepped on Li Guanqi's face with one foot, grinding it down with force. Under the grinding sole, the skin of Li Guanqi's face was instantly mashed into a bloody mess!! The Nether King looked down at the youth beneath his foot and murmured softly, "I really dislike the way you look at me." Seeing this within the sword casket space, Pengluo shot to his feet!! Upon his snow-white skin, purple patterns suddenly flashed incessantly, waves of wondrous power rippling outward. With resolute eyes, he looked upward, ready to strike at any moment. Jiuxiao was held in an iron grip by Li Guanqi's will, not revealing the slightest abnormality. Humiliation... Fury, indignation!! 'By what right?!!!!' Li Guanqi's mind roared with those words.