Chapter 546: Haven't You Made Enough Trouble? (23)

Rage.

Killing intent.

Negative emotions surged into the brain along with the gushing blood, almost swallowing Hu Yiyi's sanity whole.

Kill him!

Tear him to shreds!

Eat him!

Thump, thump, thump—

The heart beat violently, a wheezing sound like a bellows issued from the throat, and the entire body began to tremble.

But even so, Hu Yiyi still did not completely lose his sanity, remaining standing in place without taking a single step forward.

His instincts were screaming warnings.

Something is wrong.

Something is wrong somewhere!

This guy is baiting me into attacking!!!

There is danger!

A terrifyingly immense danger!

Hu Yiyi was able to become the ancestor of the Hu Family not because of exceptional cultivation talent, but because of an instinct to seek advantages and avoid harm, eventually outliving all his peers and elders to become the Hu Family's ancestor.

And now, this instinct that had saved him countless times was issuing the most terrifying warning of his life.

Moving forward means death.

It will definitely mean death!

Ren Yidao smiled as he appreciated Hu Yiyi's Broken Defense, and upon seeing him want to charge but stopping himself, he smiled even more brilliantly.

"You are very cautious, very careful."

Ren Yidao's voice sounded slowly, carrying an eerie grinding that made Hu Yiyi's mind tremble.

"Even though you hate me to the bone right now and are almost driven mad, you still haven't attacked... Are you worried, wondering what trump cards I have? Why do I dare to provoke you? What exactly is prepared and waiting for you?"

"You view this instinct as a talent, feeling it is the reliance that brought you to where you are today."

"But, is there a possibility that this isn't some talent for seeking advantages and avoiding harm, nor is it a fate that allows you to turn bad luck into good, but simply... cowardice?"

The youth took a leisurely step forward, while Hu Yiyi retreated a large step back like a frightened bird, stopping only when he hit the Killing Array outside the Dragon Transformation Pool.

"See, I was right, wasn't I? You, you're just afraid."

Ren Yidao sneered, no longer pressing forward, standing still right where he was to continue speaking.

He was attacking the heart.

Fighting and killing had never been his most proficient skill.

Words that strike at the heart were what he was best at.

"Where were you when the majority of your clansmen were killed or injured? Why didn't you save everyone?"

"Did you hide in a corner, not daring to come out of your hiding spot no matter how your descendants cried out for help? Were you watching them die miserably with your own eyes?"

He looked at the increasingly ferocious-looking Hu Family ancestor and added another dose of potent medicine, smiling lightly:

"Perhaps in your heart you were even thinking, if only they were all dead, then you could rightfully extract their bloodlines when the time came..."

"No!!!"

Hu Yiyi's roar interrupted Ren Yidao's "deduction," and he bellowed like a wounded beast.

"Shut up!"

He pulled hard at his own hair, clawing at his face, tearing off chunks of skin and flesh... revealing the beast-like fur stitched together underneath.

Hu Yiyi had already turned into a Half-Demon, and the side effects of absorbing the essence blood of his own kin were also manifesting; he was unable to digest all that chaotic essence blood at once, and had been maintaining this ugly half-human, half-demon appearance, with the human form being nothing more than a false disguise.

Although the disguise had been exposed, Hu Yiyi could no longer care about such things at this moment, only roaring and bellowing at Ren Yidao:

"Shut up! Shut up! You shut up!!!"

And even at this moment, Hu Yiyi still did not choose to fight Ren Yidao to the death, did not choose to tear that annoying mouth of his to shreds.

Hu Yiyi remained curled up in place.

Ren Yidao certainly could not stop at this moment.

On the contrary, he took a satisfied deep breath and continued to joyfully tear open the other party's unhealed scars, then sprinkled on cumin, chili, and large, coarse grains of salt.

"Why should I shut up? Did I say something wrong?"

"You are greedy, you are cruel, but you are also cowardly; you had this thought long ago, but you didn't dare to kill them yourself."

"You could only wait for them to happen to die in front of you, so you could rightfully take action, enjoying their corpses while using the situation to hate the culprit, pretending that you are innocent, the most pitiful one in this world."

"Not true!"

Hu Yiyi growled, refuting sharply: "I didn't! I never thought that way!!!"

"That was an accident! It was all an accident!!!"

But Ren Yidao could hear that, compared to the previous refutation, the conviction in Hu Yiyi's voice was growing weaker.

Heh heh.

Guessed right~

A flash of pleasure appeared in Ren Yidao's narrowed eyes.

Hu Yiyi really had thought that way before.

Perhaps his original intention was not truly that, but at some moment, he had indeed had that thought.

If only they were dead.

This sinful thought, after those clansmen truly died, became a blade that pierced his heart, constantly condemning him.

Every time he thinks of it, it slices his heart into a bloody mess, shredding it to pieces.

"When facing the weak, you act so arrogant, taking whatever you want from them, doing whatever you please, wanting to beat or kill them as you wish, fully displaying the might of the strong."

"However, when you face those who are stronger, you become timid and fearful, not daring to bare your fangs, only able to tuck your tail and lower your head to live like a human—oh no, like a dog."

"Fawning over the superior and bullying the inferior, it really is shameful."

Ren Yidao shook his head in disgust, sweeping a look of disdain over Hu Yiyi that made him furious.

"Hu Yiyi, what is your Dao? Is it the Dao of sacrificing your clansmen? Or is it the Dao of being a dog?"

Lies never cause much harm; only the truth is a sharp blade.

"You!!!"

Under the repeated provocations, even though Hu Yiyi's instincts were constantly sounding alarms, he was reaching his breaking point.

Kill him.

No matter what!

Tear that mouth of his to shreds!

Kill him!!!

And just when Hu Yiyi's patience had reached its limit, and he was a hair's breadth away from completely losing all restraint and exploding, Ren Yidao stopped.

He no longer continued to provoke, but instead looked at Hu Yiyi with pity, shaking his head as if disappointed that iron could not become steel, and sighed: "Even after I've said all this, you still don't dare to strike. Your clansmen sacrificed themselves for you; they truly died for nothing."

"Since you don't even have the courage to strike at me, you aren't worth me striking at you either."

This time, Ren Yidao truly looked down on Hu Yiyi.

It would be dirtying his hands to even kill him.

This guy was, after all, the second Asking Dao he had faced; he had expected another difficult life-and-death battle, but from the current situation, the gap between Hu Yiyi and He Shou was just too large...

Sorry, Brother Shou!

Comparing you to him is truly an insult to your spirit in Heaven!

A cowardly, fake Asking Dao—even if he luckily won, he probably wouldn't feel any sense of accomplishment, and it would be embarrassing to even talk about it.

Click.

The Sanlu Sword was returned to its sheath; Ren Yidao had truly lost interest in Hu Yiyi, but that did not mean today's business would end here.

Ren Yidao smiled at Hu Yiyi, who was frowning deeply and wondering what Ren Yidao was planning next, and chatted as if talking to an old friend:

"Although I really want to teach you a lesson myself, since you aren't worth me making a move, I can only use my backup option now."

"By the way, you asked me before how I was going to bully you?"

Ren Yidao took out a Bell with an ancient and elegant design from his sleeve, shook it, and smiled at Hu Yiyi: "Like this."

Ring, ring, ring~

Accompanied by the crisp sound, a dazzling radiance flew out from the Bell, transforming into an illusory human figure in front of Ren Yidao.

The scene before him made Hu Yiyi's eyes narrow sharply.

A magic treasure that can hide people—is this his trump card!?

He carries a Protector with him?

Is this why I felt a life-and-death crisis?

It's... this!!?

As the radiance dissipated, the person's appearance was revealed before Hu Yiyi's eyes.

It was a young girl, looking no more than sixteen, her face still carrying some lingering childishness.

This is his Protector?

An Asking Dao expert who can make me feel threatened?

This...

"... ah?"

The girl seemed somewhat confused about why she had appeared here.

She looked dazed, with a bit of drool left on the corner of her mouth from deep sleep, and a red mark on her cheek from where she had been pressing against something while sleeping.

"Hm?" Ren Yidao also blinked, looked at the girl, and asked somewhat strangely: "Little Yu, why is it you?"

Yu Yu blinked her eyes, trying hard to wake herself up, recalled with difficulty, and said in a daze: "Ah? I, I don't know, yeah! Why am I here? I..."

Whoosh.

As Ren Yidao shook the Bell, Yu Yu's figure disappeared; he raised a hand to cover his mouth and coughed once.

"Cough cough! Sorry, I took out the wrong one just now, let's do it again." Ren Yidao quickly shook the Bell and announced: "This is the right one! Come out! I choose you!"

Ring, ring, ring~

Accompanied by the crisp bell sound, another young girl appeared beside Ren Yidao.

She was also wearing a look of confusion, also with a hint of childishness on her face, and her eyes were full of clear-eyed bewilderment.

"Eh? Me?"

Li Lingling blinked her eyes, looked at the half-human, half-demon monster opposite her with a gloomy, ugly expression and violent killing intent, and grabbed her Senior Brother's arm somewhat uneasily, leaning her upper body toward him. "Senior Brother, are you really letting me deal with him?"

"... Yeah, really, go ahead bravely."

"Ah, I, I don't dare!"

The girl completely ignored Hu Yiyi over there, acting spoiled as she hugged her Senior Brother's arm and rubbed against it, begging: "Senior~ Brother~ you're bullying me~ just let~ me go~"

"Oh, alright, alright, Senior Brother was wrong, you go back."

Whoosh.

The spoiled girl disappeared, and Ren Yidao coughed again, smiling somewhat embarrassedly:

"Cough, sorry, it wasn't this one either."

"Next time! Next time for sure! Don't be in such a rush!"

A deep furrow was carved into the center of Hu Yiyi's brow as he stared at Ren Yidao and said grimly, "... Have you had enough?"

He had completely realized that this guy across from him had no intention of stopping until he had thoroughly humiliated him.

"Don't be in a rush, it's just..."

Ren Yidao was about to shake the Bell again, but at that very instant, Hu Yiyi made his move.

The enraged Half-Demon lunged from his spot, transforming into a startling streak of light as he flashed toward his enemy.

Whoosh—

With his power fully unleashed, Hu Yiyi's speed was astonishing!

In just a single instant, he had already arrived right in front of him!

"Oh my!"

At the most critical moment, Ren Yidao barely managed to dodge, narrowly evading Hu Yiyi's sharp claws.

But!

Although he had luckily escaped, the Bell in his hand had fallen into his enemy's grasp during that split second of crossing paths.

Hu Yiyi had already figured it out; this damned guy's greatest reliance was this Bell.

Now, it was in his hands!

"Now!!!"

After obtaining the Bell, Hu Yiyi did not hesitate to place layer upon layer of Seal on it, cutting off the connection between the person hiding inside and the outside world.

After finishing all this, Hu Yiyi stared at Ren Yidao and smiled cruelly:

"You are going to pay the price!!!"

"I am going to kill you! Peel off your skin! Eat your flesh bite by bite! And crush your bones piece by piece!!!"

The anger Hu Yiyi had previously suppressed erupted completely at this moment; he wished he could devour his flesh and gnaw on his bones alive!

Yet, Ren Yidao, having been stripped of his greatest reliance, felt no fear; instead, after blinking, he raised an eyebrow strangely.

"..."

Then, ignoring Hu Yiyi's threats, he spoke in a somewhat unfriendly tone to someone unknown: "... Hey, have you had enough? Do you really have to make me beg you before you're willing to come out?"

Someone was hiding nearby!?

Just as Hu Yiyi searched the surroundings with his divine sense, the Bell in his hand suddenly began to shake on its own.

Ring, ring, ring~

Then, like a nightingale, yet carrying a thick sense of mockery, a young girl's voice came from the Bell: "Oh my, isn't it because it was so hard to find a chance to make you beg me?"

Hu Yiyi:!!!

It wasn't sealed!!?