Mutated Tao

“Why?!” Li Huowang’s cold voice echoed within the cave. “They’ve already tortured you to the point of having to amputate your own hand, so why are you helping them fight against me? Why? I’ve already told you that I will take you away from this wretched place. Have I not shown you enough kindness? Do you even have a conscience? Or have you also aligned yourself with them after living here for four years?”

“Hehe…” Hearing his words, Yingzi started laughing. She slowly raised her head, her laughter becoming louder and louder.

This was the first time she had met his gaze, her eyes dripping with tears as she laughed.

Hatred filled her soft brown eyes.

The hatred in her eyes was so deep that she could pounce toward Li Huowang and kill him at any time.

It was only now that Li Huowang understood why she did not meet his gaze before this—she was afraid that she would act rashly the moment she met his gaze.

At that moment, two sets of Profound Records were unfurled on the ground.

With the aid of the Profound Records, Li Huowang saw his own flesh and skin expand in the air and pounce toward Yingzi, looking like a massive net.

On the other hand, Yingzi used her little finger to make a bone pike. However, the flesh net created by Li Huowang captured it and both of them fell to the ground.

Looking at the items on the ground, Yingzi realized that both of them were using the Profound Records. If she wanted to kill him, she would need to sacrifice more of herself than he did of himself.

With this realization, she didn’t hesitate to instantly place her right foot onto the Profound Records.

As he saw the unique words on the red bamboo slip slowly slither up her legs, Li Huowang instinctively felt that the situation was dangerous.

Shit! This is dangerous!

Immediately, Li Huowang ran out from the cave.

Just as Yingzi followed after him and hobbled out from the cave with her single leg, an ear-piercing sound of a bell rang out. When a Wandering God made of squiggly lines sprung up at her from under the ground, she couldn’t react in time; even as she did her best to dodge, the Wandering God managed to phase through half of her exposed body.

Immediately, she fell onto the ground, losing any and all control of the parts of her body that were exposed to the Wandering God. However, she did not give up and instead gritted her teeth as she struggled to stand up.

But at that moment, a sharp blade was placed against her neck, deciding the victor.

Li Huowang did not act immediately, instead staring at her face. Then, he spat out angrily. “Why? I want to know why! Did the Ao Jing Sect take someone close to you as hostage?”

Dak dak dak~

At that moment, Li Huowang heard footsteps coming from everywhere around him; it was clear that the Ao Jing Sect’s members had heard all the commotion.

Li Huowang turned around and saw Shou San approaching them.

“You think this is funny? You’ve already gone back on your words so many times! Why did you ask her to do this? If you can do this, then come face me directly instead!” shouted Li Huowang.

Li Huowang hated the Ao Jing Sect to the core. They kept breaking their promises while trying to harm him over and over.

However, Shou San’s expression threw him off; his burnt face was revealing an expression filled with doubt.

“I’m not sure what you’ve heard, but I never ordered Er Jiu to act. There’s no benefit for us in fighting you, and it’s actually the most dangerous method,” said Shou San.

“Lies! The evidence is right in front of you and yet you are trying to lie to me!” shouted Li Huowang before falling silent.

Li Huowang didn’t trust their words, but then, a girl’s voice broke the silence, causing him to turn around and stare at Yingzi. The girl was still on the ground, her eyes glaring at him with hatred.

“Hehe… Didn’t you want to know why? Then let me tell you the reason!” Yingzi gritted her teeth with disgust as she met Li Huowang’s gaze.

Then, she removed her robes, exposing her mutilated body to everyone around.

“It’s because you killed my family! I’ve suffered so much because of you!” shouted Yingzi.

When he heard those words, Li Huowang thought she had gone crazy; he didn’t believe her. That was such a ridiculous lie!

However, Yingzi pointed at the sect members encircling them and continued, “You said that they were wicked, that they had no conscience. But they can’t even be compared to you!”

Yingzi’s voice was hoarse as she continued to shout, “Four years ago, you massacred everyone in my town! Tens of thousands! All of them are dead! You killed them all. Compared to you, the members of the Ao Jing Sect can be considered Saints!”

Hearing those words, Li Huowang felt like an explosion was going off in his head.

“No, impossible! I am not the same as you crazy bastards! I’m a good guy!” shouted Li Huowang, denying it vehemently.

“HAHAHAHA! You? A good guy? Yeah right!” Yingzi pointed her trembling fingers at him as she laughed hysterically. “The old grandma who used to sell tofu, my neighbor’s baby who was barely a week old, and even my parents! You didn’t even bat an eye when you killed all of them and yet you dare to call yourself a good guy?!”

When he saw just how resolute her hatred of him was, Li Huowang even started to doubt himself. He scoured his memories up until four years ago and knew that he had not yet transmigrated to this world back then, nor did he have the illness… at least not yet.

The only thing he recalled from that time was participating in the sports day and playing with everyone on a crowded field.

“No! I did not! Impossible! I hadn’t transmigrated four years… ago?” Li Huowang suddenly realized something that he should have realized long ago.

Sensing the doubt in his voice, Yingzi snarled as she revealed a thin blade in her hand. Just as she had placed her hand on it, the sword placed against her neck moved, causing her to freeze.

Red blood splattered out from her neck. Her body convulsed for a while before going still.

After a few breaths of time had passed, Li Huowang realized what he had done and immediately checked on her. His hands were trembling as he held her with his arms and covered the wound on her neck while stuffing Blood Nourishing Pills into her mouth.

“Don’t die! You cannot die! You need to tell me what happened!” shouted Li Huowang.

“Cough… Good guy…” Even in the final moments of her life, Yingzi continued to stare at Li Huowang mockingly. “Good guy…”

Soon, her hands went limp and her eyes became unfocused.

As he held onto her corpse, Li Huowang’s breathing started becoming erratic. He shouted toward the members of the Ao Jing Sect standing around him. “Haven’t you had enough?! What are you guys thinking?! You damned crazy self-mutilating psychopaths! If you want to capture me, a Strayed One, then do it directly! Do you all think it’s fun to fool me?!”

When Shou San heard those words, he had a rather amused expression on his face. “It seems that you really have forgotten what happened four years ago. You did in fact massacre a whole town, regardless of their age or gender. Blood flowed through the entire town like a river. Back then, Elder Yan Jianxi could tolerate it no longer and wanted to stop you, but then, you ran to our place and started wreaking havoc, destroying many of our Cross Temples. We had to spend a lot of manpower to chase you away.”

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