Chapter 287

Zheng Yi reached out and grabbed the corpse on the ground, pouring internal energy into it, but there was no reaction, and it dissipated in an instant.

Zheng Lingchuan was dead.

He had rushed to break the siege of the two experts in almost a suicidal manner, rushed into the battle circle between her and Zheng Ming, and then took a move from both of them in an undefended posture, dying on the spot.

For the first time, an expression appeared on Zheng Yi's face; she frowned.

"I only had partial guesses about the internal strife in Yingzhou back then, but eight out of ten, this person was one of the parties in that strife, the only survivor."

"What could be worth him throwing his life away?"

"Before he died, he seemed to look toward Mount Song... is that thing on Mount Song?"

"But at this moment, almost all the experts of the Jianghu are gathered on Mount Song; who knows who he was thinking of before he died."

As her thoughts raced, she looked up at Zheng Ming.

The other party was looking at her with a smile.

"Now is not the time to think about these things."

"Since this person is dead, there is no point in me staying to fight with the people of Yingzhou... I must escape."

Zheng Ming suddenly said with a smile.

"Are you thinking of escaping?"

Zheng Yi frowned.

"Do you think I will let you go?"

Zheng Ming said with a smile.

"Do you think we went to such great lengths, deliberately keeping the traitor Zheng Lingchuan alive, risking being discovered by the Embroidered Uniform Guard on Mount Song to lure you over, just to let you escape like this?"

"It's just that I want to play with you."

Clap, clap.

Zheng Ming clapped his hands.

Zheng Yi turned her head abruptly to look at the dense forest on one side.

Rustle, rustle.

Branches and leaves fell, and branches scraped against iron tools, making a sound. A figure gradually appeared, walking slowly toward her, blocking her path along with the two Heaven-Man experts who had besieged Zheng Lingchuan earlier.

This person looked very similar to Zheng Lingchuan.

"Let me introduce him, Zheng Lingsen."

Zheng Ming pointed to Zheng Lingchuan's corpse on the ground.

"His brother, same father and same mother."

"Plus me—that should be enough to keep you here, right?"

Zheng Yi slowly clenched the hilt of her sword; no abnormality appeared on her face, but her heart slowly sank. She did not expect Yingzhou to pay such a high price. With three Heaven-Man experts plus Zheng Ming, the chance of her escaping was already less than one in ten.

The only plan now was to escape to Mount Song.

At this moment, there were Embroidered Uniform Guards on Mount Song, and almost all the experts of the Jianghu; as long as she led the battlefield there, she would have a chance to escape in the chaos!

Swish!

Without the slightest hesitation, Zheng Yi flashed toward Mount Song! Excluding Zheng Ming, the three Heaven-Man experts from Yingzhou rushed over instantly, completing the siege in a flash and blocking Zheng Yi's path.

Zheng Yi drew her sword, intending to force her way through the siege even at the cost of being injured.

And then—Boom!!!

Dust flew!

Amidst the dust and smoke, Zheng Yi flew backward, spitting blood from her mouth, barely turning in mid-air to land, stumbling, and only stabilizing her form by using her long sword to support herself on the ground.

And then three people... no, one person grabbed two heads and rushed through the dust and smoke in an incomparably violent posture, slamming them onto the ground!

Crash—

Red and white matter instantly burst out, splashing onto the branches and leaves by the road, slowly dripping down.

Two headless corpses twitched their hands and feet a few times, their long blades and short swords sliding helplessly from their hands, falling to the ground with a crisp sound. Then there was no more sound.

Zheng Yi looked closely at the person.

Just now, she had just engaged with the three Heaven-Man experts from Yingzhou when she heard a scream from mid-air, and a figure was thrown into the forest.

She had just wanted to look up when this person slammed in front of her like a meteorite; amidst the flying dust, she took a punch to the chest and had to borrow the force to fly backward.

And then she saw that the two Heaven-Man experts who had just been about to block her were grabbed by their heads and slammed into the ground, dying without any power to resist.

"Tsk, forgot to wear gloves."

The man shook his hands, throwing the flesh and blood onto the ground, stood up slowly, and looked up at Zheng Yi.

Their gazes overlapped.

Both were stunned for a moment.

Zheng Yi was shocked and uncertain, turned her head to glance at Zheng Ming, and then looked back at the opposite side again.

"Yingzhou... no, he fights the same way on both sides; if I were in the same realm as those two, I would die too."

"Who is he?"

Li Miao also raised his eyebrows, first looking Zheng Yi up and down, then looking at Zheng Ming, whose expression was uncertain. After a long while, he sneered.

"Good fellow, what is this supposed to be?"

"One, two."

Li Miao pointed at Zheng Yi and Zheng Ming, then pointed at Zheng Lingchuan's corpse and Zheng Lingsen.

"Three, four."

"Even if they were born of the same mother, they wouldn't grow such uniform faces. Is your mother named Dolly?"

No one understood what he was saying, but they could hear the cold, malicious intent in his tone.

Judging from his behavior of not saying a word, attacking all three with one move each upon appearing, and directly smashing two heads, he had no intention of distinguishing between friend and foe.

From the moment he appeared, he had been indiscriminately radiating a chilling murderous intent toward everyone present.

He had intended to kill everyone from the start.

Zheng Ming gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

"Li Miao, you know—"

"You shut up first."

Li Miao smiled coldly, interrupting his words.

"I don't care what you want to say, nor do I care what kind of stuff you want to use to delay me from killing you. It's nothing more than bloody nonsense about background or origins."

"I don't, care, at, all."

Li Miao walked slowly toward Zheng Ming.

"No matter what relationship you have with me, I only ask you two things—the person who pretended to be me and wiped out Emei, was it you?"

"Three months ago, the person who went to the Western Regions Moni Sect and said they wanted to block the Embroidered Uniform Guard for them, was it you?"

The distance slowly shortened.

No matter how mysterious or strong Yingzhou is, it is essentially a hidden sect. "Hidden" means they rarely walk in the Jianghu, or even appear in front of people at all.

So Zheng Ming hadn't killed many people—the Emei incident was already a major slaughter for him.

If such a record were placed in the Jianghu, it would already be called a "demon." But if you grabbed any of Li Miao's subordinates and asked how he compared to Li Miao.

They would only answer with a smile.

"Oh, killed dozens of people? Not bad."

"What about after dinner?"

The murderous aura Li Miao radiated was something no one had been able to compare to for hundreds of years.

So, even though his realm was close to the normal Li Miao, Zheng Ming still couldn't help but take half a step back in front of the constantly approaching Li Miao.

"Li Miao, don't you want to know your name at birth? Don't you want to know who your parents are?"

"Don't you want to know where your transcendent bones come from? You—"

Swish!

Before Zheng Ming's words were finished, Li Miao's claws had already infinitely magnified in his vision.

Following that was Li Miao's cold laugh.

"Before I tear off your limbs, I have no interest in every word you say."

(End of chapter)