Chapter 321

Zheng Qi let go and swung her long sword, her hands intertwined with protective True Qi, grabbing toward Li Miao's arm.

Although the action looked ambiguous, Li Miao's fingers were truly, like sharp knives, sinking into her flesh, gripping her ribs; another inch forward would be her heart!

True Qi gathers in the dantian, Qi and blood originate from the heart meridian, spirit is hidden in the crown; yes, the heart is not just an organ, it is also the source of Qi, blood, and strength.

No matter how brilliant the healing technique cultivated, the head, heart, and dantian are truly vital points; no matter how brilliant the healing technique, they cannot be easily restored!

Even with Li Miao's crazy fighting style, he wouldn't easily expose these three to his opponent, let alone Zheng Qi, who had already been drilled into her flesh. As long as Li Miao reached in and drilled, he could touch her heart!

Zheng Anqi wouldn't save her; she could only save herself!

Li Miao had no "seed" in his body, nor had he cultivated Xuanlan, so he shouldn't be able to break free from the protective True Qi. As long as she grabbed Li Miao's palm, she could turn defeat into victory!

At the same time, Zheng Anqi, who was used as a cushion by her, also noticed this point, and his protective True Qi, far more majestic than hers, rolled toward Li Miao's arm together!

And Li Miao smiled ferociously, but as if he hadn't noticed at all, he let the two strands of protective True Qi roll toward his arm, violently pushing the two of them toward a civilian house!

Boom!

The wall collapsed with a bang, and the figures of the three disappeared into the smoke and dust.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

On the empty Heavenly Street, only a series of muffled sounds kept coming, shaking the gold and silver on the ground, making crisp sounds, and creating ripples in the pool of blood.

Only a loud bang was heard, the wall exploded, and Li Miao pushed the two of them back onto the Heavenly Street!

His fingers had already drilled another half-inch into Zheng Qi's body, and the escaping True Qi and strength had already affected Zheng Qi's heart, causing blood to seep from her mouth and nose.

Zheng Qi gritted her teeth.

Her protective True Qi had already rolled onto Li Miao's arm! Along with Zheng Anqi's protective True Qi, it had already arrived!

Li Miao hadn't cultivated Xuanlan; once wrapped by protective True Qi, he would no longer be able to break free or move, and the outcome was about to be reversed!

At this very moment, the hearts of the two rose in unison.

A familiar vibration, from Li Miao's arm, conducted into the protective True Qi of the two, and the confinement suddenly loosened.

"How! How could you!"

Zheng Qi spoke in astonishment.

"Why, don't you know?"

Li Miao smiled and looked into her eyes.

"With your nature of not recognizing your own kin, killing fellow disciples and even your own children, who would dare to open their hearts to you? That partner of yours sent little Gao to my side, which was meant to be a two-sided bet."

"This martial art that you created, specifically to break protective True Qi, she had already confessed everything when her arm was torn off by me."

"It's just that I don't accept the surrender of scum."

The vibration shook away the True Qi wrapping Li Miao's arm, opening up a space—Li Miao's arm lunged forward.

Crack.

Zheng Qi felt a sharp pain in her chest, and her sternum was forcibly broken, but she had no energy to care about the pain, desperately grabbing at Li Miao's arm, trying to stop Li Miao.

But the next moment, she stopped moving.

Since cultivating the Heavenly Being realm, the Qi and blood that surged in her body like lead and mercury were gripped at the source by a hand, so they suddenly stalled, and her vision went black.

Li Miao's palm reached into her body and gripped her heart.

In a trance, she heard Li Miao asking.

"Last night, it was you who forced Xiao Yizi to kill Xiao Cao, right?"

"He had a chest injury and heart meridian damage. If Xiao Yizi hadn't held back at the risk of being discovered by you, if I hadn't left behind means, if Xiao Gao hadn't happened to be there, he would have died."

Zheng Qi's face suddenly turned pale, she opened her mouth wide, and let out a low groan.

"Heh eh! —"

Li Miao's fingers slowly tightened.

"I have always been one to repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring—you let my subordinate shed a drop of blood, and I will open a blood spring on your body."

"Go well, I won't see you off."

Puchi.

A sticky, wet, cold sound exploded in Zheng Qi's chest cavity, splashing onto her own ribs and sliding down through the gaps between her organs.

Zheng Qi's arms hung down, and there was no more sound.

Li Miao threw Zheng Qi to the ground, punched out, and overlapped with Zheng Anqi's arm.

"Only you are left."

Li Miao smiled.

"If you have any last words, you'd better say them now. If you want to destroy Yingzhou, tell me the foundation of Yingzhou now—after I kill you later, I'll have to investigate it myself, which is very troublesome."

Zheng Anqi's eye corners twitched.

"Do you think I am this Penglai rebel... The martial arts created by the two remnants after the destruction of Penglai, since I already know the ins and outs, do you think they can still have any effect?"

"Do you think Xuanlan can only protect the body... do you think I got this name for nothing!"

A series of angry shouts, one louder than the other.

Following his angry shout, the arm that had been slowly pressing toward him actually pressed back toward Li Miao.

When fighting Li Miao just now, clearly his strength was completely incomparable to Li Miao's, but now it was Li Miao who had fallen into a disadvantage!

Li Miao raised an eyebrow and kicked out with a front kick!

Bang!

The two figures suddenly separated.

Li Miao stood where he was, Zheng Anqi stopped his retreat, stood up straight, and looked back. The two gazes met.

After a long while, Zheng Anqi said in a deep voice.

"You might win."

Li Miao sneered.

"Less farting."

Zheng Anqi was not offended at all.

The True Qi ribbons surrounding Zheng Anqi compressed again, turning into a dharma robe worn on his body.

But after a fight with Li Miao, he had to admit—if Li Miao hadn't been brought to the Central Plains during the Yingzhou civil strife back then, the person who inherited the name "Zheng Anqi" would definitely not be him.

Without the Heavenly Being inheritance, without "Xuanlan," without a master, Li Miao still had the possibility of surpassing him.

Zheng Anqi said.

"If I die today, I left something in the Imperial City, in the Huagai Hall. Remember to go and take it."

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

"A trap? A mechanism? Poison?"

Zheng Anqi said expressionlessly.

"It is the inheritance of 'Xuanlan'."

"You are the only Zheng family member who can cultivate this martial art; if I die, you are the only person who might destroy Yingzhou."

Li Miao smiled.

"Sounds like you also have a grudge against Yingzhou."

Zheng Anqi actually nodded.

"Yes."

Li Miao narrowed his eyes.

"Interesting... you didn't lie, it seems you are not the head of Yingzhou."

"Just now you said 'name', so your name is not born, but passed down. You are not the Anqi Sheng from a thousand years ago, but a descendant who inherited his name."

"You want to destroy Yingzhou, yet you still have to run to the Central Plains yourself, using human lives to perfect your realm, and I don't see you bringing any subordinates... In Yingzhou, there is an opponent you can't deal with."

"How about it, is that Anqi Sheng really still alive?"

Zheng Anqi did not answer, his True Qi surging all over his body.

Li Miao smiled.

"Fine, after I beat you to death, I'll go catch someone and ask."

He raised his hand and beckoned.

"Come!"