Chapter 222: Sui'er's Tragic Death, Luo'er Slays the Culprit!

Li Kechuan glared at Li Qingluo, his eyes bloodshot and veins bursting, and shouted angrily.

Seeing Sui'er turned into his hostage, Li Qingluo finally slowed her steps.

She put on an innocent look: "Older brother, what are you saying? Luo'er doesn't understand a word."

"Sui'er and I were indeed once sisters, but I suffered endless bullying in the Liu family; I even wished she were dead—how could I have colluded with her to scheme against you?"

"Older brother, do you really think I would be so scheming as to have plotted against you the moment I returned home?"

Li Kechuan wavered; Liu Qiongzhu anxiously shook him, saying, "Older brother, don't listen to her—she's lying! If they had nothing to do with each other, how would Sui'er appear in her carriage? Moreover, she's so eager to come rescue someone!"

Li Kechuan suddenly snapped to attention: "It's you! Li Qingluo, you are full of deceit, treacherous and cruel—this is all your doing!"

Li Qingluo sighed.

"I've said it wasn't me... why won't you believe me? I merely saw Liu Sui'er fleeing down the mountain alone, so I captured her, intending to torment her severely—is that not allowed?"

"After all, she carries your flesh and blood in her womb."

"Older brother, you and our parents wanted to drive Grandmother to death; Grandmother is the most important person in my heart, so I naturally also want to kill your child as revenge—this is truly who I am."

Liu Sui'er heard these words, shaking her head and weeping nonstop.

Tears streamed down her cheeks into her neck, soon soaking one of Li Kechuan's hands.

He jerked his hand back as if scalded.

"Child?"

Li Kechuan's gaze finally fell on Liu Sui'er's belly.

But just then, Li Qingluo's eyes turned ruthless; she raised her hand and shot a sleeve arrow at Li Kechuan's throat.

Li Kechuan, startled, twisted slightly, and the sleeve arrow pierced deeply into his shoulder blade.

Li Kechuan was hit by an arrow; the pain made him completely release his grip.

"Li Qingluo, do you really intend to kill me?!!"

Li Qingluo: "You only find out now? How utterly late!"

"Liu Sui'er, what are you standing there for?!"

Liu Sui'er hastily scrambled up from the ground and dashed toward Li Qingluo.

Li Qingluo reached out, but Liu Qiongzhu rushed over and grabbed Liu Sui'er.

Just then, Zheng Lingzhou broke free from Prince Su's entanglement, blood-soaked, and rushed toward Li Qingluo again—

"Luo'er, come with me!"

"I will explain everything to you!"

Li Qingluo was seized by Zheng Lingzhou; she countered by drawing her sword and thrusting forward: "Zheng Lingzhou, when our paths differ we cannot plot together—we are destined not to travel the same road!"

As they spoke, they became entangled in combat again.

Li Qingluo only wanted to quickly free herself from Zheng Lingzhou's entanglement; meanwhile, Prince Su was also being tangled up by Zheng Lingzhou's people, a dozen or so skilled fighters.

Seeing Li Qingluo being shaken off, Liu Qiongzhu seized the chance to grab Liu Sui'er and shouted furiously: "You shameless hussy! I'll tell the Liu family everything you've done, and have them break your legs!"

Liu Sui'er, as if stimulated, suddenly grabbed Liu Qiongzhu's shoulder and yelled: "I'm a hussy? How could I not be harmed by you?!!"

"If you had tolerated me back then and not let Liu Jinzhi ruin my face, how could Liu Jinzhi have sold me into a brothel?"

"I hate you, Liu Qiongzhu—I hate you to death!!"

"I am determined to destroy everything you have, so I used this face identical to yours to sleep with your brother, saddling you with the scandal of sibling incest! I am determined to destroy all you take for granted——"

"Ah!"

Before Liu Sui'er's words had even faded, Liu Jinzhi, who had somehow freed her bound hands, picked up a knife from the ground and thrust it hard into Liu Sui'er's body.

Liu Qiongzhu clutched her face and screamed: "Ah!!"

Liu Jinzhi gave a hehe laugh: "It wasn't me who did it—I didn't sell you to the brothel, it wasn't me, it wasn't me!"

"Sui'er, you can't lie, okay? Sui'er, I'm your aunt, after all... hahaha, hahahaha..."

Liu Jinzhi jumped around like a madman, muttering a song under her breath.

Li Qingluo heard the noise and turned her head to look over.

She let out a loud shout: "Sui'er——"

Li Qingluo no longer cared about Zheng Lingzhou; she strode forward heedlessly, sprinting toward them.

Que'er and Ying'er lunged forward, risking their lives to block Zheng Lingzhou.

Li Qingluo sprinted toward Sui'er, while Liu Qiongzhu hurriedly pushed Li Kechuan to flee.

Li Qingluo shot a sleeve arrow, which struck Liu Qiongzhu's buttocks.

Liu Qiongzhu let out a miserable cry and collapsed to the ground.

Li Kechuan, still dazed from the scene with Liu Sui'er, heard Liu Qiongzhu's miserable cry and hurriedly pulled her up.

"What are you standing there for?! Hurry up and go!"

Li Kechuan bellowed, and the servants and lackeys who had been hiding finally rushed out to lift them and hurry away.

Li Qingluo raised her sword, wanting to chase after them and kill them all, but Liu Sui'er's shout stopped her.

"Older sister——"

Li Qingluo gritted her teeth, hearing Liu Sui'er call her again: "Older sister... first keep me company and talk..."

Only then did Li Qingluo hurry over; seeing Liu Sui'er lying in a pool of blood, tears fell uncontrollably, pattering down.

"Older sister——"

Liu Sui'er saw her crying, yet she herself smiled.

"I knew... those words you just spoke... were all meant to confuse them... you care about me, don't you?"

Li Qingluo watched Sui'er continuously spitting blood, and she kept wiping it away with her hand.

In no time, her jaw and neck were covered in blood plasma.

"Sui'er, don't say that..."

Li Qingluo lifted Liu Sui'er into her arms, holding her close, and Liu Sui'er lowered her head to look at her own belly.

"What a pity…… I wasn't able to give birth to this child……"

"But…… it is Li Kechuan's bloodline…… perhaps if he dies with me…… that would also be a good thing……"

"Having such a scumbag beast of a father makes one want to vomit, and having a mother like me with a tainted background…… even if he were born into this world, he would still be despised and looked down upon by people……"

Li Qingluo: "Sui'er, don't say that!! It's my fault for letting you down…… it's my fault for not protecting you!"

Liu Sui'er raised her hand and wiped Li Qingluo's tears.

"No, it's our Liu family that owes you…… if it weren't for my grandmother's selfishness back then, older sister, you wouldn't have suffered these pains, grievances, and hardships……"

"Just, older sister, do you know that when we were young, I actually really liked you……"

"It was Aunt who said you should be our family's ox and horse servant, no need to be polite to you……"

"Grandmother said, don't let me get too close to you……"

"One day, you will become our mortal enemy……"

"It's me, back then, I was too naïve…… unable to discern right from wrong on my own, I followed them and did so many bad things to you……"

"But older sister, look…… I finally found you again……"

As she spoke, Liu Sui'er's eyes began to lose focus and grew lifeless.

Li Qingluo: "I will save you, don't be afraid……"

Liu Sui'er gave a deathly pale smile: "I know…… it's useless……"

"Older sister, the sky in our mountains is bluer than here……"

"That night when you found me in the mountains, the stars in the sky were more numerous than those over Jinling…… brighter than over Jinling City……"

"Why are the people of Jinling City so vicious…… they would let the aunt who loved me since childhood harm me to the end……"

"These people beat and scold me…… yet nobody cares about me……"

Li Qingluo tightly embraced Liu Sui'er: "I don't hate you, I truly don't hate you. I have long forgiven you; if you live on, I will help you raise your child, I will bring your child to our grandmother so he may enjoy endless blessings!"

Sui'er, however, smiled: "Too bad it's too late……"

"Older sister, I beg you to promise me…… if one day you seek to utterly revenge against our Liu family…… please spare my mother's life……"

"She cares about you in her heart…… but she is just like me…… weak and easy to bully, and powerless to do anything……"

"I really wish to return to the mountains…… if only I had never come to Jinling this time……"

Liu Sui'er stared with her eyes, her whole body and face covered in blood, and breathed her last.

Liu Jinzhi was still beside her, jumping up and down, clapping her hands and laughing: "From now on, no one will know this secret. I didn't sell Sui'er for that money; my father and brothers will forgive me. Hehehe, hahaha……"

Li Qingluo gently lowered Liu Sui'er from her arms.

She picked up the sword from the ground and thrust it swiftly at Liu Jinzhi.

Liu Jinzhi turned her head, staring at Li Qingluo with a face full of disbelief.

"You, you…… you killed me……?"

Li Qingluo gripped the sword hilt and twisted it inside Liu Jinzhi's body: "I should have killed you long ago! Keeping you alive was only to disgust the Liu family, to disgust Liu Qiongzhu; I never imagined you would repeatedly bring harm to Sui'er!"

"Liu Jinzhi, you are not fit to be human. Go down and make amends to Sui'er——!"

Li Qingluo pulled out the sword, and Liu Jinzhi clutched her belly as her innards continually slipped out, the hot sensation making her scream incessantly: "I won't die, I won't die, I still want to enjoy wealth and honor—— I won't die, ah——"

She still wanted to flee, but after just two steps, her own intestines caused her to slip and tumble to the ground.

Liu Jinzhi could no longer get up; she looked behind her at Li Qingluo, as if seeing King Yama come for her life, and let out a voiceless scream.

Li Qingluo walked step by step toward her, expressionlessly watching her death struggle.

Liu Jinzhi lay on the ground, but after a few twitches she breathed her last.

Seeing her kill someone, Zheng Lingzhou knew that even if he sacrificed his own life today, he could not take away the Li Qingluo who was now in a frenzy of rage.

He turned his head to look at the few remaining cultists behind him, then gritted his teeth and shouted: "Withdraw——!"

Duan Rongshi: "Don't even think about it!"

He would certainly not give these Lotus Sect followers any chance to escape today; with a wave of his hand, all the guards immediately unleashed their ultimate techniques, slaughtering every remaining follower to the last.

Duan Rongshi then walked toward Zheng Lingzhou.

What exactly are you plotting by involving yourself with her?

Zheng Lingzhou leapt up and clung to a tree, glaring maliciously at Prince Su and bursting into a fit of mad laughter.

Scheming? In the eyes of Prince Su, who is decisive in slaughter and kills like hemp, does the human world have not even a shred of genuine feeling?

Duan Rongshi: "Genuine feeling? In the eyes of your Lotus Sect heretics, what is genuine feeling? For your so-called equality of all beings, you repeatedly slaughter innocent civilians indiscriminately—is that your great love of genuine feeling?"

While speaking, Duan Rongshi reached for the saber at his waist.

Zhui Yu and the others also came over, eyes tigerish, preparing to flank Zheng Lingzhou.

Zheng Lingzhou stood on high ground, naturally seeing the whole situation clearly.

He gave a cold snort, flicked his sleeve, and threw a flying dart toward the direction where Li Qingluo was.