The Unruly Immortals

"Why!" Li Huowang's cold voice echoed in the room once again.

"These self-flagellators have tortured you to this state, and yet you still help these villains against me! Why!"

"I said I would take you away from this godforsaken place, haven't I been good enough to you? Do you even have a heart! Or have you been completely assimilated by these evil people over these four years!"

"Heh heh..." Faced with Li Huowang saying all this, Yingzi suddenly started to laugh.

Amidst her soft laughter, Yingzi slowly lifted her head.

This was the first time Yingzi made eye contact with Li Huowang, her face smiling while slowly shedding tears.

Those light brown pupils of Yingzi's were filled with tangible hatred.

The hatred in her eyes was so extreme that it seemed as if she might pounce on him at any moment, to tear Li Huowang to pieces and devour him alive.

It was at this moment that Li Huowang finally understood why Jiang Yingzi never made eye contact with him, because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to restrain herself from acting.

Almost simultaneously, two volumes of the "Great Thousand Record" rapidly spread out on the ground.

With the enhancement of the "Great Thousand Record," Li Huowang watched as his flesh rapidly expanded in the air, casting forth like a net.

Jiang Yingzi's bloody little finger, which had transformed into a long bone spike, was rapidly enveloped by Li Huowang's flesh and dropped powerlessly to the ground.

Seeing the thing on the ground, Jiang Yingzi immediately realized that both sides were using the "Great Thousand Record" for attack, sharing the same origin.

To kill the other, one must sacrifice more.

With a "puchi," Jiang Yingzi planted her right foot on the Great Thousand Record without hesitation.

As the red bamboo slips filled her foot with their special characters, the keen Li Huowang immediately felt a tingling in his scalp.

"No good! There's serious danger!!"

Li Huowang quickly retreated, jumping out of the house into the outside cavern.

Just as Jiang Yingzi with her severed limbs staggered out from the house, a piercing bell sound suddenly rang out.

Before she could react, a figure made of many lines, Elder You, burst rapidly from the ground.

Yingzi struggled desperately, but Elder You still passed through half of her body.

Jiang Yingzi, with half of her body numb, fell heavily to the ground, but she didn't give up; she clenched her teeth and struggled to stand up no matter what.

The next second, as a sharp longsword touched her neck, the outcome was decided.

Li Huowang didn't act immediately. Instead, he stared intensely at Yingzi's face.

Almost gritting his teeth, he said, "Why! I need to know why! Did the Ao Jing Sect threaten you with your relatives!"

"Tat tat tat" Li Huowang heard footsteps approaching from all around; it was clear that the members of the Ao Jing Sect in the cave had heard something.

Just as Li Huowang turned around, he saw Shou San approaching from this side.

"Do you find this amusing? Breaking promises over and over again! To command Yingzi to confront me! Why don't you face me directly!"

By this time, Li Huowang had developed an absolute loathing for the entire Ao Jing Sect, these treacherous and cunning self-torturers.

However, the expression on Shou San's face that followed took Li Huowang by surprise, a hint of confusion on his charred face.

"I know not of what you speak. I have not ordered Er Jiu to take action. In fact, taking action against you not only holds no benefit for us but on the contrary, is quite a risky affair."

"You're still lying to me! Ironclad evidence is right in front of me, yet you continue to deceive me!"

Just as Li Huowang expressed his disbelief, a female voice abruptly interrupted.

Li Huowang sharply turned around, looking down at Jiang Yingzi.

The young girl was still sprawled on the ground, her venomous gaze fixed firmly on Li Huowang.

"Heh heh... Didn't you ask me why earlier? Fine, I'll tell you why," Yingzi said through clenched teeth, staring into Li Huowang's eyes.

Yingzi shed the robe from her body, exposing her battered form to the air.

"Because you killed my whole family! All the suffering I endure now is thanks to you!"

At first, Li Huowang felt the claim to be utterly absurd, but he soon thought the woman before him had completely lost her mind.

With trembling fingers, Yingzi gestured at the gathering members of the Ao Jing Sect around them.

"You always say they are the villains, that they are inhuman beasts, but compared to you, they can't even compare!"

With her increasingly hoarse voice, Yingzi shouted exhaustively, "Four years ago, it was you who killed the whole town, every last one of the tens of thousands of people! You slaughtered them all! In front of what you did, what evil deeds have they committed? They don't hold a candle!"

Upon hearing these words, it was as if a thunderclap exploded in Li Huowang's head.

"No, it can't be! I'm not like you trash! I'm a good person!" Li Huowang refuted instinctively.

"Ha ha ha! A good person, yes! You're the great good person!" Yingzi pointed at Li Huowang's face with shaking hands and laughed maniacally.

"The old lady who sold tofu, the child from next door who never caught a break, and my father and mother! You killed them all without batting an eye, and then you claim you're a good person!"

Seeing such firm hatred in her eyes, a sliver of doubt formed in Li Huowang's heart.

Li Huowang struggled to search through his memories, scouring what he could recall from four years prior, only to realize he had never time-traveled, nor had he fallen ill.

The deepest memory he had was of participating in a sports event, sweating with others on the lively field.

"No, I didn't! It's impossible! Four years ago, I hadn't even time-traveled... had I?"

Suddenly, Li Huowang sensed something amiss.

Feeling the slightest wavering in Li Huowang's voice, Yingzi's expression twisted fiercely, and from her palm, a thin silver leaf fluttered out.

Just as she clasped the leaf between two fingers, Longsword gave a fierce tug at her neck, and Jiang Yingzi's body instantly stiffened.

Bright red blood sprayed from Yingzi's neck, and after a few slight trembles, her body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

A few breaths later, as if Li Huowang had just realized what happened, he hurriedly rushed over, arms trembling as he cradled her, pressing his hand against her bleeding neck while stuffing the Blood-Mending Elixir into her mouth.

"Don't die! You're not allowed to die! Clarify this for me! What the hell is going on!"

"Cough... a good person..." Yingzi looked up at Li Huowang, who was holding her, a deeply mocking smile on her face. "A good person..."

Her hand went limp, powerless, as her pupils slowly dilated.

Li Huowang's breath was chaotic at this moment as he stood up, cradling Yingzi's body, shouting at the surrounding Ao Jing Sect members, "Have you had enough of your game?! What exactly do you want to do? You cruel, bizarre, and bloody maniacs! If you want Xinsu, just take it by force! What's the point in deceiving me?!"

Shou San, standing to the side, showed a hint of amusement upon hearing Li Huowang's words.

"It seems you really have forgotten the events of four years ago. That day, you did indeed slaughter the entire town, killing anyone you saw, man or woman, young or old, turning the town into a river of blood," Shou San said.

"When Elder Yan Jianxi couldn't stand it any longer, he intervened to stop you. Instead, you charged into our sect and wreaked havoc, damaging many crosses in our churches until we finally managed to drive you away."