194: Wipe out his entire family!
With just a single glance, the Crown Prince determined that the person before him had become a cripple, even worse off than an ordinary person!
And upon this broken body...
At the position of his chest...
A sharp dagger was driven deeply into it.
Beneath the dagger was a white slip of paper, soaked through with blood.
On the slip of paper, a line of blood-red characters was written in a flamboyant calligraphy.
“Congratulations to Marquis Wuan on his wedding. A small gift, offered with humble respect.”
“Do you like it?”
Boom—!!!!!!
The moment he saw those words!
The moment he saw those three words, filled with extreme provocation and insult!
Li Qing's long-suppressed rage, like a dormant volcano, finally could no longer be contained!
A visible, ink-black, terrifying Killing Intent rose from his body like signal fire!
It shot straight into the clouds!
The sky turned dark!
The originally clear sky, in this instant, seemed to be shrouded by that terrifying Killing Intent, becoming gloomy and oppressive!
With Li Qing as the center, within a hundred-meter radius, the temperature plummeted!
It was as if the air itself had been drained away!
In this moment, everyone nearby, whether they were ordinary citizens or Martial Artists with decent cultivation, felt an extreme cold and fear from the depths of their Souls, enough to freeze their Divine Souls!
Thud!
Thud!
Countless people's legs went weak, and they knelt directly on the ground, their bodies trembling uncontrollably!
They looked in horror at the figure standing before the blood-colored wooden box, shrouded in endless black Qi like a demon god.
Their minds went blank!
The terrifying Killing Intent, like a materialized storm, swept through the entire South City Gate!
The air solidified.
Time seemed to stop flowing.
Crown Prince Xiadeep stood not far behind Li Qing, his face deathly pale.
He felt as if he had fallen into the Nine Serenity Ice Hell. That bone-chilling Killing Intent frantically eroded his mind, causing even a Spirit Transformation Realm expert like him to feel waves of palpitations and tremors!
He even had an illusion.
The Li Qing before him was no longer a person.
But an Ancient Demon God who had crawled out of the Avici Hell, born only for slaughter and destruction!
“Brother-in-law...”
He spoke with difficulty, wanting to say something to soothe him.
However.
Li Qing ignored him completely.
He slowly crouched down.
When those eyes, filled with endless Killing Intent, fell upon the broken body in the box, that bone-chilling cold instantly transformed into endless heartache.
He carefully reached out his hand.
That hand, which could crush Profound Iron and shatter mountains, was now trembling slightly.
He gently brushed aside the messy hair stuck with blood on Xiao Chen's forehead.
Then, he lifted him out of that cold, blood-colored wooden box.
His movements were gentle.
He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would break him.
He slowly channeled a stream of pure, majestic life force into Xiao Chen's body, protecting that last flicker of his heart pulse that was about to go out.
After doing all this.
He finally raised his head slowly.
His gaze swept across the trembling citizens kneeling on the ground, across the pale-faced guards who didn't dare to meet his eyes.
Finally, it landed on the equally shocked Crown Prince behind him.
“Crown Prince, please do Li Qing a favor.”
“Brother-in-law, just give the command!”
“Investigate.”
His voice was low.
“Find out who did this.”
“I want to exterminate his entire clan!!!”
Boom!
Those last few words, like a clap of thunder, exploded in the Crown Prince's mind!
Looking at Li Qing's eyes, which had been completely replaced by the color of blood, he did not doubt the truth of this statement for a moment!
“Alright!”
The Crown Prince took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, and nodded heavily!
“Rest assured!”
“I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter!”
“No matter who it is, to dare to commit such an insane act in the capital, this Prince will never tolerate it!”
He knew that this matter was no longer just targeted at Li Qing.
This was a slap to his, Crown Prince Xiadeep's, face!
It was a slap to the face of the entire Imperial Family!
Li Qing didn't speak again.
Carrying the unconscious Xiao Chen, he turned around and walked step by step back toward Guanhai Garden.
He walked very slowly.
But every step seemed to tread upon everyone's heart.
That lonely, cold back gradually receded under the gaze of countless eyes filled with awe, sympathy, and fear.
Until his figure completely disappeared at the end of the street.
Only then did that suffocating, terrifying Killing Intent shrouding the entire South City Gate slowly dissipate.
“Phew...”
Everyone looked as if they had been fished out of water. They let out long sighs of relief, slumped to the ground, and gasped for air.
A narrow escape from death.
“Li Qing is this strong?”
“Nonsense!”
“This is the champion of the Great Xia Martial Competition!”
...Guanhai Garden.
Li Qing had returned.
Carrying Xiao Chen, he walked through the front courtyard, which was decorated with lanterns and streamers and filled with a festive atmosphere.
Those red lanterns, those festive ribbons, at this moment, seemed so eyesore in his eyes.
It was as if they were heartlessly mocking him.
“Marquis...”
The maids and servants in the manor, seeing the mangled figure in his arms, were all scared out of their wits and didn't dare to approach.
Li Qing remained silent.
Carrying Xiao Chen, he went directly to his own bedroom.
He gently placed Xiao Chen onto the soft bed made of thousand-year-old Warm Jade.
He looked at Xiao Chen's face, which was as pale as paper, at his hollow and lifeless eyes, and at the hideous and terrifying wounds on his body.
His heart was filled with mixed emotions.
He remembered the first time he saw Xiao Chen, his small and stubborn appearance.
He remembered the look in Xiao Chen's eyes, full of reluctance yet also full of expectation, when he saw him off from Jinling City.
That youth who regarded him as an older brother and a god.
Originally, now that he had soared to success, he had specifically asked the Imperial Guards delivering the good news to bring Xiao Chen and the others to the capital together.
Now it seemed he had been too careless!
Now, he had been turned into this state, where he could neither live nor die.
“Heh.”
Li Qing suddenly laughed.
“Xia Qingyue...”
No matter who it is, not even the Heavens can save them!
Li Qing slowly spat out this name.
In an instant, his gaze became incredibly cold and calm.
He didn't need evidence.
He knew it was either her or the Shadow Kill Organization!
Clowning buffoons!
“You want to see me go mad?”
“You want to see me start a slaughter in this capital and become the target of all?”
“You want to ruin my wedding, ruin my everything?”
Li Qing looked at the youth with a weak breath on the bed.
“Xiao Chen, don't worry.”
“I will avenge you.”
“I will make them repay your pain a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold!”
Li Qing slowly turned around and walked to the window.
His gaze looked toward the direction of the Imperial Palace.
In those pitch-black eyes, there was no longer a single trace of emotion.
Only a bottomless, cold darkness remained.
The wedding is in two days.
Very well.
Doesn't she, Xia Qingyue, want to watch a good show?
Then I will let you watch a good show that you will never forget!