Chapter 246: Life-and-death struggle

"You!"

The Emperor's pupils shrank.

"Not a quarter of an hour—"

"It's not time yet, right?"

Li Miao's fist was bright red, emitting white smoke, the wound slowly healing.

"Didn't Sect Leader Ji say 'about a quarter of an hour'?"

"'About' is a rough meaning, a little more or a little less is common sense. Has Your Majesty read any books, you don't even understand this?"

"Besides, you actually dared to believe what I said?"

Li Miao looked at the headless corpse of the Jianwen Emperor to the side, and then at the gloomy Emperor.

"You Zhu family members, why are you all so easy to fool?"

The Emperor's nature had been thoroughly figured out by Li Miao and Ji Tianrui. In the words of Li Miao's previous life, he was an "antisocial personality" and an "egoist," whose starting point for all actions was his own life, and everything else was not taken to heart.

If a person has "something they absolutely care about," then their actions are easy to guess. Unless it is a last resort, the Emperor would absolutely not put his life on the gambling table and fight to the death.

The two deliberately made the time for Li Miao's breakthrough sound longer, just to delay the time for the Emperor to make up his mind.

Sure enough, he fell for it.

The moment Li Miao opened his eyes was exactly when the sword energy erupted from the acupuncture points all over the Emperor's body.

Ji Tianrui's "Gu Sword" was not good at frontal hard fighting, so Li Miao flashed to block in front of her, smashing the incoming sword energy with his own fist.

And then, it came to the present.

The Emperor was so angry that his veins bulged from Li Miao's "easy to fool."

Ever since he ascended the throne, he had always used his power as he pleased, and he also had the ability to play his ministers in the palm of his hand. He had always felt that he was a smart man, and facts proved that he was indeed a smart man.

But tonight, he felt like a beast falling into a trap, rushing left and right, every time he made up his mind to fight someone to the death, he fell into the two's plan instead.

Making himself look like the stupid things he usually manipulated in his palm!

"Is Your Majesty thinking, clearly you usually manipulate ministers with ease, why were you calculated to death by us tonight?"

Ji Tianrui walked out from behind Li Miao, smiling.

"The Emperor's cleverness and the martial artist's cleverness are not the same thing."

Li Miao took over the conversation.

"Without the decisiveness to make decisions on the battlefield, without the courage to fight to the death, you are a smart Emperor, but a stupid martial artist."

"From the moment you stepped into this struggle with full confidence, you actually walked into our home field."

"If you want to be an Emperor, be an Emperor, if you want to practice martial arts, practice martial arts, but you mixed them together, it can be considered your luck that you have lived until today."

Li Miao's wound on his fist had healed, and he flicked his hand, throwing the fragmented flesh and blood onto the ground.

"However, Your Majesty can also rest assured, our cards have been played. Life is our final chip."

"Next, it is time to distinguish life and death."

The Emperor clenched his hand hidden in his sleeve, his gaze roaming back and forth on Li Miao.

Suddenly, his pupils widened slightly, shouting in astonishment.

"You didn't cultivate 'Jizhao'! You perfected the life three-path!"

"Of course."

Li Miao shrugged.

"I don't have a method for cultivating nature, how could the realm I haven't even cultivated be perfected? I don't have such convenient Gu bugs as Sect Leader Ji."

"Good!"

A smile of relief appeared on the Emperor's face.

Li Miao did not cultivate Jizhao, Ji Tianrui's realm was a notch lower than his, so the illusion was still under his control.

This would be his chance to win!

Bang!

The Emperor stomped on the ground, shattering it, sinking deeply into the bluestone slab.

From the pit he stomped out, suddenly gushed out near-infinite blood, instantly filling the entire square, the thick smell of blood almost instantly filling Li Miao and Ji Tianrui's nasal cavities, the blood submerging Li Miao's calves, soaking into his clothes, leaving a disgusting warmth on his skin.

The entire square turned into a pool of blood.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

The pool of blood boiled, and white skeletons rose from the scarlet.

Skulls, hand bones, finger bones, arm bones, leg bones.

Scattered and broken bones suddenly rose from the blood, and appearing with them were hundreds of decaying weapons, pushing the smell of rust in the air to the limit of human senses.

The bright moonlight reflected from the surface of the blood pool and turned scarlet, illuminating the Emperor's thin face like a ghost.

Li Miao frowned, turning his head to look at Ji Tianrui.

"Sect Leader Ji, his illusion seems to be more real than before?"

Ji Tianrui laughed lightly.

"Imprinting heart to heart, this is the most fundamental use of Jizhao."

"Before, the Jianwen Emperor was there, so he couldn't spread it out. Now I stole the Jianwen Emperor's Jizhao, it's somewhat unstable, and the realm is a notch lower than his, so he can use this means."

"This scene is the reflection of his original heart, and it is also his strongest illusion. Not only can it create illusions, but here he can even influence the operation of your and my true energy."

"We must be careful."

Li Miao turned to look at the Emperor, then swept a glance at the skeletons that almost filled his vision on the square, and finally moved his gaze to the blood water that submerged his calves under his feet.

"The reflection of the original heart, right."

"A general's success is built on ten thousand bones? When the Son of Heaven is angry, blood flows for a thousand miles?"

"Heh."

Li Miao stared at the Emperor.

"Truly—"

"A wise and brilliant monarch."

The scene was quiet for a moment.

As if the bowstring was pulled to the limit, and as if the air was slowly twisted tight by a pair of invisible hands.

Boom!!!

A massive volume of blood suddenly exploded outward; Li Miao, like a meteorite, carved a tunnel several zhang wide through the blood pool, sending waves several zhang high rising on both sides of his path, which violently scattered the skeletons across the plaza.

In an instant, Li Miao was in front of the Emperor.

"So fast!?"

The Emperor's pupils shrank.

"He only has life three-path, no nature and life combined. In my illusion, how can he be completely unrestricted!"

Thoughts turned, the Emperor had no time to think carefully.

Li Miao's fist was already in front of him!

The Emperor raised his palm wanting to block Li Miao's arm, but as soon as he blocked it, his pupils shrank instantly.

"So heavy!?"

He had only seen Ji Tianrui and the Jianwen Emperor as three-path perfection opponents, and he also used the strength to deal with these two to strike, but found that he couldn't block Li Miao's arm at all!

In a rush, the Emperor could only tilt his head to dodge Li Miao's fist.

Hiss! —

The sound of air being torn came from his ear, the wind tore off the cap on the Emperor's head, and his hair was also torn, hanging down.

Li Miao's fist had already joined into a palm like a knife, fiercely slashing toward the Emperor's shoulder!

The Emperor turned his body sideways, striking Li Miao's forearm with his elbow.

Li Miao's palm knife instantly changed into a claw, locking the Emperor's elbow, suddenly exerting force to pull back, pulling apart the Emperor's posture!

And then it was—a shoulder strike!

Boom!

Step, step, step, step—

The Emperor retreated dozens of steps, his arms blocked in front of his chest in a rush, numb.

Clang!

Before he could catch his breath, the sound of a sword cutting through the air came from behind him.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 247 =====