109: Chapter 109 The Assassin Who Was Instantly Killed

Chen Qing looked at Li Yu's calm and unhurried smile, but her own hand began to tremble.

She took a deep breath and raised the sword in her hand. The sword qi was compressed very thinly as she strove to make this strike cleaner and faster; as long as the speed was high enough, his sensation of pain would be lessened.

Once the sword was fully charged, Chen Qing was about to strike.

"Wait!" Li Yu shouted.

"If you want to beg for mercy, I suggest you forget it. That way, after you die, I will remember you for the rest of my life," Chen Qing said expressionlessly.

"There's no reason for a real man to beg for mercy. I just have one more thing I don't understand."

"Speak."

"If you don't kill me, you'll die. Why? Is it because those people behind the scenes will eliminate you? Or is it some kind of poison, curse, or control?"

Chen Qing looked at Li Yu with a face full of surprise. How did he know she would die? She hadn't said anything just now.

She thought of the movements she had sensed while treating Li Meng that morning.

Could it be...

"It seems I guessed right." Li Yu blinked. "I really am quite clever."

So he guessed it.

Humph! He actually bluffed me!

"So what if you know? For someone about to die, don't have such a large curiosity."

"Just tell me. Otherwise, I won't be able to rest in peace. I'll come find you while you're bathing and say, 'I died such a tragic death...'"

"You!"

Chen Qing glared at Li Yu in annoyance. She hadn't expected Li Yu to behave so shamelessly when death was imminent.

Couldn't he have a little less curiosity!

That said, she still cleared up Li Yu's confusion: "Within the organization, everyone is forced to take poison and receive an antidote every month. Without the antidote, one will suffer the torture of the toxin devouring the heart and die in agony during that torment."

"I see," Li Yu nodded.

"No more questions now, right!"

"None."

Chen Qing raised her sword again, only to hear Li Yu say, "How about we make a deal?"

"Not interested!"

Chen Qing's expression suddenly became incredibly cold. The ten-meter distance vanished in a flash as the biting sword qi swept toward Li Yu's neck. This strike wouldn't hurt; Li Yu would only feel his vision turn upside down, and by the time the pain surfaced, he would already be dead.

"I'll help you remove the toxin, and you continue to protect me."

Shua—

The sword qi stopped right against Li Yu's neck. The sword qi sliced a small opening in his skin, and a few beads of blood emerged.

Chen Qing asked, "What did you just say?"

A burning pain came from his neck. Li Yu's heart pounded, and he subconsciously swallowed.

This girl isn't being very kind!

She said she'd try to make it painless, but just a scratch hurts this much. If she really lopped off his head, who knows how much it would hurt!

Li Yu was being glared at by Chen Qing, and he felt a chill run down his spine. That was a close call; he had truly taken a trip to the Gates of Hell.

If he had been 0.5 seconds slower, he didn't know if he could have finished saying those words.

Li Yu composed himself and said, "I'll help you extract the toxin, and you continue to protect me."

"You don't even know what kind of toxin I'm afflicted with, yet you boast about extracting it?" Chen Qing said coldly.

He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but Li Yu felt Chen Qing's gaze become very complex, carrying a certain coldness, and the chill on his spine became even more apparent than before.

Panic aside, Li Yu remained confident in his professional expertise.

Forcing himself to endure the chill on his back, Li Yu smiled. "Regardless of whether it's a toxin or a curse, as long as it's inside the body, I can take it out for you."

"Don't disbelieve me. As a top Breeder, if I couldn't even handle this little bit of toxin, would my Veterinarian License—ah, no, my Cultivation Certificate—have been earned for nothing?"

He wasn't exaggerating, nor was he lying. Beast taming and humans are different, but the principles are basically similar. As a Senior Cultivator, treating a human's illness is quite normal, right?

Not to mention, Li Yu now had that divine tool, the Intermediate Spirit Stripping Hand.

Detoxification?

Isn't that as easy as lifting a hand?

"How about this deal?" Li Yu said.

"I think..." A sharp killing intent burst from Chen Qing's cold eyes, "it's not much of a deal!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly thrust her sword.

The sword gradually enlarged in his pupils as it approached him. Only one thought remained in Li Yu's mind—this time, I'm finished.

Qiang—

The sharp blade brushed past Li Yu's ear. A metallic hum rang out, and a terrifying wave of air swept over, directly sending Li Yu flying.

Chen Qing was quick-witted and grabbed Li Yu out of the air, then her figure shot forward.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

Li Yu scrambled up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of sand. He reached back to touch his back; his clothes were gone, and a set of glazed-like inner armor was covered in cracks with a dent. He could feel a hand full of wet heat.

It was his blood.

Intense pain washed over him, making Li Yu gasp. A wave of lingering fear filled his heart.

"That was close. If not for the Glazed Treasure Armor applied by the little fellow, I'd be meeting the god of beast taming by now."

He got up and looked toward the source of the commotion, only to see Chen Qing with one hand in her pocket and the other dragging a person by the foot.

This person had a sword stuck in their abdomen, and their fingers were as long and thin as those of a demonic beast.

Strange!

This was the first time Li Yu had ever seen such a strange person.

As far as he knew, 99% of the Beast Tamers in this world relied on their beasts to fight, while they themselves were just long-range bystanders. Of the remaining few, the only one he had seen so far was Chen Qing.

Even Chen Qing fought with a sword, like a sword cultivator or swordsman, unlike the person being dragged over like a dead dog, who had sharp claws and fangs.

Looking at those sharp claws, Li Yu finally realized where the chill on his spine had come from.

No martial ethics!

A sneak attack from behind!

"Who is he?" Li Yu asked.

"An assassin," Chen Qing replied.

"Cough, cough..." The man being dragged over coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and regained his ability to speak. He glared at Chen Qing. "I didn't expect that the bloodthirsty Chen Qing would actually have a side like this. If the people in the organization saw this, how surprised they would be."

Chen Qing didn't answer. Instead, she raised a foot and kicked the man's chin hard.

Crack!

The man's jaw shattered into a bloody mess.

This ruthlessness made Li Yu's heart tremble. Fortunately, she was still decent to him and hadn't started by wrecking his jaw.

Otherwise, no matter how much he had rehearsed his speech, it would have been for nothing.

At the same time, he felt a wave of lingering fear.

This person might have followed him all the way, and he hadn't noticed at all, even allowing the other party to get right behind him.

If the other party hadn't made a move and been discovered by Chen Qing, he'd probably be dead by now.

Of course, the fact that the opponent could hide from Chen Qing and get behind him also showed his strength... at least his stealth skills were quite high.

"This person cannot be left alive," Chen Qing said.

Unexpectedly, the man spoke up then: "I can be left alive, I can be left alive! Brother, we're both controlled by poison. If you can help me detoxify, I can protect you too. From now on, we'll be like real brothers. You won't lose out by having one more powerful expert."

"How to deal with him is up to you." Chen Qing turned her questioning gaze toward Li Yu.

Li Yu stared at the man. The latter's injuries were visibly improving; his jaw seemed to have countless maggots of flesh squirming, and in the time it took to speak, it had fully recovered. He gave Li Yu a fawning smile.

"Kill him," Li Yu said.

This man was different from Chen Qing.

Chen Qing had come with the intent to kill, yet she had repeatedly given up on killing him and had even saved his life. Her attempt to kill him was out of necessity, but her saving him was from the heart.

This man was skilled in stealth, could heal his wounds, was highly unpredictable, and immediately yielded after being defeated. Such a person was too much of a wildcard.

He didn't want to leave any hidden dangers for himself.