My Top-Tier Tycoon Wife

Zhu Meique sat elegantly on the luxurious chair, his expressionless face watching Luo Xiu approach, his eyes gradually revealing a trace of admiration.

"I have seen the battle between you and Zhang Qiming," he said. "The fact that you defeated him truly surprised me, but now that you've lost that power, there is only one path for you when facing me: death."

Luo Xiu stopped, a sarcastic smile touching his lips. "If you saw it, why didn't you make a move then? Did you have to wait for me to recover before coming to kill me?"

Zhu Meique chuckled lightly. "Zhang Qiming isn't worthy of joining forces with me, let alone to gang up on a junior."

"Chen Shuisheng, your courage is commendable and your spirit extraordinary. I admire that. Therefore, I will give you two choices."

"First, become my War Slave. From this day forward, I will be your master. It is your honor to serve me. Second... death."

Luo Xiu gave a faint smile, looking at Zhu Meique as if he were an idiot. "A Divine Beast Vermilion Bird? You're just a red-feathered chicken. I'm afraid it's been too long since you've served as a mount. You've been spoiled and grown arrogant."

At those words, Zhu Meique's eyelids drooped as he took a long, hard look at Luo Xiu. The fact that Luo Xiu could identify him as a Vermilion Bird was a surprise.

Luo Xiu chuckled. "Someone like you wants to be my master?"

"You live in such a grand palace; surely you don't lack mirrors. I can give you some time to go look at yourself. I'm sure you'll discover... you aren't even qualified to be my mount."

Facing Luo Xiu's arrogance, Zhu Meique suddenly laughed. "So, you have chosen death?"

Luo Xiu's tone grew grave. "My path is my own to walk, and I know the way. I've never needed anyone to give me choices!"

Zhu Meique laughed heartily and swept his hand through the air. Three figures flickered into existence from behind the palace doors, appearing before Luo Xiu in an instant.

"These three are my most loyal War Slaves, all of whom have reached the Void Refinement Realm. You are not yet worthy of my personal attention. I'll let them play with you for a while."

Luo Xiu took a deep breath. With a flick of his tongue, he swallowed the pill he had been holding in his mouth. He hadn't wasted a single one of the medicinal herbs Ye Ningxue had entrusted to Lin Jianlong. On his way to Danlong Ancient Mountain, he had refined those herbs into elixirs!

Among them were several Earthly Grade Healing Pills and one Blood Ignition Pill.

And what he had just swallowed was the Blood Ignition Pill.

The Blood Ignition Pill was an Earthly Grade elixir that required eighty-one different kinds of herbs, each one exceedingly rare and difficult to find. The pill itself was not meant for curing diseases, saving lives, increasing power, or aiding in cultivation. Its only purpose was to assist in the burning of Essence Blood!

With the medicinal power of the Blood Ignition Pill bolstering the process, burning Essence Blood would last longer and produce far greater strength!

This was the source of Luo Xiu's confidence, the reason he dared to face Zhu Meique.

The moment the Blood Ignition Pill entered his stomach, Luo Xiu's skin turned blood-red. Veins bulged across its surface, writhing like earthworms, creating a horrifying and grotesque sight.

This was the first time he had ever burned his own Essence Blood.

Unlike refining Essence Blood to expel it from the body for others, burning it internally produced immense power at the cost of excruciating pain. It was a pain he never wanted to experience again. But right now, he had no other choice. He had to fight!

Suddenly, his figure vanished, evaporating into thin air. Not even an afterimage remained, only a shimmer of heat that seemed to twist The Void.

When he reappeared, he was standing directly in front of Zhu Meique. Behind him, the three menacing War Slaves stood motionless, as if turned to stone.

In the dead silence, the three War Slaves suddenly shrieked in agony. Their chests exploded, and they collapsed to the ground, dead.

From a distance, Xia Chan's eyes widened in utter disbelief. In a single instant, three War Slaves at the Void Refinement Realm had been killed!

What did Chen Shuisheng do? How could he suddenly unleash such terrifying power?

Before the luxurious chair, Luo Xiu's eyes blazed with a bloody light, like two crimson vortexes. His expression was as ferocious as a Devil's. As his Essence Blood burned, the indescribable pain drove him to the brink of insanity, leaving only the raw instinct to fight and kill. All he could think about was tearing the enemy before him to shreds.

With a furious roar, he launched a brutal kick at Zhu Meique on the grand chair.

Facing Luo Xiu's simple, brutal kick, Zhu Meique didn't dare be careless, instantly floating up into the sky.

BOOM!

The luxurious chair was blasted to smithereens.

Zhu Meique hovered in The Void, his expression grave as he looked down at Luo Xiu.

This kid... looks like he's using some secret blood-burning technique, burning his own Essence Blood. But he's only in the Void Refinement Realm. Even burning his Essence Blood, it's impossible for him to unleash power that could threaten a Half-step Earth Immortal like me. Or could it be... that his Essence Blood is extraordinary?

Of course, Zhu Meique had no way of knowing that what flowed in Luo Xiu's veins was Emperor's Blood. A single drop of Emperor Blood Essence could overturn seas and sunder the heavens!

While Zhu Meique was lost in thought, Luo Xiu grabbed a massive stone pillar by the palace entrance, ripped it free, and hurled it into the air. In his hands, the pillar, which weighed dozens of tons, was as light as foam.

Zhu Meique dodged with composure, the corners of his mouth ticking upward as a pair of fiery red wings materialized behind him. The wings were wreathed in red-hot flames. As they unfurled, a heat so intense it seemed capable of incinerating all creation instantly enveloped the entire palace.

Xia Chan, watching from afar, scrambled to retreat as her clothes began to smolder and catch fire. Though she was desperate to help, a battle of this level was far beyond her. All she could do was stay far away to avoid getting in the way, silently praying that Luo Xiu could perform another miracle.

High above the palace, Zhu Meique looked down on Luo Xiu with a faint smile. "You may have gained terrifying power in a short time, but you've lost your sanity. In the end, you're no different from a frenzied beast. Besides, you can't fly. I only need to use long-range Taoist Arts from the sky, using my speed to drag this out. Once your Essence Blood is spent, your death is certain!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

He had barely finished speaking when a series of thunderous booms erupted from below. Each impact seemed to shake the very soul!

Zhu Meique focused his gaze and saw something unbelievable. Despite being unable to fly, Luo Xiu was running toward him by stepping on The Void itself! Every step he took on The Void unleashed a terrifying, pure power that made the air shatter, and where it shattered, the phantom of a Green Lotus bloomed.

Treading upon The Void... could that be... the Rift Sky Step?

A jolt of nervousness shot through Zhu Meique.

No, this is more frightening than the Qilin Race's Rift Sky Step. Every step manifests a sign of the Great Dao. That Green Lotus... could it be...

BOOM!

The soul-shaking footstep thundered right next to his ear, shattering his train of thought. He felt momentarily deafened, and before he could react, a Green Lotus bloomed atop his head—Luo Xiu had stepped down upon him.

"Go down," Luo Xiu bit out three hoarse words.

BOOM!

Like an arrow, Zhu Meique shot straight toward the ground. He crashed through the palace's majestic structures, and the very earth trembled from the impact.

Luo Xiu then waved a hand, and the phantoms of Green Lotuses filled the sky. Beneath his feet, they solidified, forming a staircase. He walked upon them, descending unhurriedly toward the dust-choked ruins below.

Luo Xiu, who should have lost his mind, appeared neither wild nor savage. On the contrary, he had entered a strange state of profound calm. His every move and gesture now carried the rhythm of the Great Dao itself. His skin was no longer red, having returned to its natural color. However, it was now covered in arcane, glowing green patterns. These patterns spread across the Blood Ban Seal on his chest, creating the illusion that the seal had been completely undone and allowing him to unleash his full power.

"As the Azure Emperor... I shall suppress all enemies of this world."

He suddenly uttered this baffling sentence. In the next instant, he flashed in front of Zhu Meique, clamped a hand around his throat, and lifted him as if he weighed nothing.

"A mere turkey like you is not even qualified to submit to this Emperor."