Chapter 516: Kill

Chapter 516: Kill

The old man standing at the entrance of the meditation hall heard what the palace maid had said and finally gave a slight nod.

“So it is,” he murmured. “Wait here for a moment. I must report to Her Majesty the Empress Dowager first.” He opened the door just enough to slip inside.

After a while, he emerged with two handsome monks dressed neatly in robes. “Hmm, carry her in. The Empress Dowager awaits.”

“Father, what are they doing?”

Li Sui’s question left Li Huowang speechless. Under the watchful gaze of such a colossal Buddha above, how could these women commit such an obscene act without even a trace of shame?

Li Huowang never explained anything to his son. Slowly, he made his way forward.

When he entered through the rafters, what he saw in the temple was something he had never witnessed even in Zhengde Temple—such a lewd scene that it made his eyes twitch uncontrollably.

Just moments ago, he had thought she was ashamed of having to confront her own son. How could a woman like that possibly retain even a sliver of shame?

After scanning the room, Li Huowang pressed his feet against the wall and leapt toward the large bed.

To prevent the Empress Dowager from escaping among the crowd, Li Huowang, midair, decisively plucked out his left eye and crushed it in his palm.

A strange light instantly enveloped everything on the bed, freezing all movements. In the next instant, Li Huowang raised his spine sword high and brought it down with tremendous force.

As the great cracks in the history of the Great Qi were about to tear the Empress Dowager apart, the entire bed suddenly shifted leftward by a zhang, narrowly avoiding his strike.

Opportunity fleeting, Li Huowang would not let it go. With a snap of his mouth, his molars rolled forward and spat toward the Empress Dowager.

But when a figure emerged from the shadows to block the Empress Dowager, wielding a white water-scented sword, Li Huowang’s severed hand shot through the air, piercing her abdomen and plunging into the Empress Dowager's chest.

As blood trickled from the Empress Dowager’s lips and her eyes dimmed, Li Huowang charged straight for the exit. “Let’s go! To kill the Princess!”

Li Sui’s tentacles emerged from where Li Huowang’s arm had been, stretching out and wrapping around his flying limb, reattaching it to his body. The edges of the severed arm were quickly sealed with delicate tendrils. “Father, your hand.”

By the time Li Huowang reached the Princess’s chamber again, he found only those who had fallen back. From afar, in the jade pavilion, guards and eunuchs surrounded the Princess as she fled.

This was not what Li Huowang had expected—their enemies didn’t intend to fight. As soon as they saw the assassin, they retreated.

“Get out of my way!” Li Huowang swung his spine sword with full force, sweeping through the crowd ahead. Behind him, Li Sui used his copper coin sword in the same manner.

To protect the Princess, these guards and eunuchs rushed forward fearlessly, but they could not even delay him for a moment.

As Li Huowang, bloodthirsty, closed in on the Princess, a clear bell sound rang out. A petite Hui girl, veiled in a translucent, blurred mask, gracefully danced toward him.

With each movement, bells on her wrists and ankles chimed melodiously, echoing with a dreamlike tone. Golden threads sprouted from her hair, covering her entire body in shimmering gold as she swayed to the rhythm.

For a moment, Li Huowang’s expression flickered. When he looked again, an inexplicable urge surged within him—he transferred all his feelings for Bai Lingmiao and Yang Na onto this woman.

The Hui girl approached Li Huowang, pressing herself against him in seductive dance. Golden threads from her body swayed and pierced into his flesh.

Though his body was riddled with wounds, he felt no pain—only pleasure. It was as if those golden threads were the small hands of Bai Lingmiao and Yang Na, gently stroking every inch of him.

Suddenly, the Hui girl tore off her veil and kissed him passionately. Each twist and pull plunged Li Huowang deeper into her embrace, unaware of the pill hidden at the base of her tongue.

In the next moment, countless barbed tentacles burst from his mouth, tearing into her face, pulling her skin off entirely.

As she screamed in agony, the tentacles dragged her face back into his throat. Regaining clarity, Li Huowang drew a dagger and slashed deeply into his thigh.

The sharp pain jolted him awake. He struck down the Hui girl and pursued the Princess without hesitation.

“What kind of tricks are these? I’ve never seen anything like them!” Li Huowang tightened his focus, no longer daring to be careless.

Clearly, there were many capable people protecting the Princess. If not for Li Sui’s help, she might have escaped!

Seeing two eunuchs blocking his path, each holding a blood-dripping blade, Li Huowang refused to waste more time on these rear guards.

“Li Sui! Rib!” With a synchronized shout, Li Sui within him swiftly snapped the lowest ribs, sending them out through the navel.

The ribs stabbed into Li Huowang’s abdomen with brutal force, causing the eunuchs to scream and collapse.

Four black tentacles shot out from beneath him, propelling him upward onto the roof. He leaped across tiles, chasing after the Princess.

The following groups were held back by excruciating pain. The distance between Li Huowang and the beautiful Princess grew smaller.

When close enough, Li Huowang pulled out a dull rib once more. “Not painful enough! Li Sui! Skin!!”

Tendrils outside his body instantly clung to his body, attaching themselves to the edges of his scars with suction cups and hooks.

As he drove the rib back into himself, Li Sui tore open all his scars like scales of a dragon.

“Ah!!” The unbearable pain sent Li Huowang into a frenzy, yet the cost was worth it. The Princess and her entourage collapsed in agony, completely defenseless.

Just as Li Huowang released the rib and staggered toward her, a figure draped in black veil blocked his path.

Seeing the layers of scars on his hand and the blood seeping from under his robe, Li Huowang’s heart sank.

“To endure such pain and still stand… this man must be a follower of the Aojing Sect!”

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(End of Chapter)