179: This child must not be allowed to live!

After Li Xiu threw out that earth-shattering prophecy, "Your father is probably about to be gone," he wanted to maintain his image as an all-knowing, profound, and mysterious figure.

He even went as far as to specifically pick up the teacup in front of him, taking a sip with elegant and slow movements.

"Hu..."

He gently blew on the tea leaves, looking at the stunned Murong Che across from him with an indifferent gaze.

Li Xiu had already calculated the next part of the script in his heart:

"Although my cultivation hasn't returned to its Peak yet, before I left, my father gave me that detailed intelligence regarding the major powers of the Cangkong Realm."

"This Murong Family looks glamorous on the surface, but in reality, it's riddled with internal crises. As long as I reveal a little bit of useful information to manipulate this young master, I'll surely make him wary. He might even bow down to me and treat me as an honored guest just to save his life."

However, reality gave the confident Li Xiu a resounding slap in the Face.

The scene Li Xiu had envisioned, where Murong Che would fearfully ask "What do you mean?", did not happen.

On the contrary, the moment he heard those words, Murong Che's reaction was simple and direct—this kid was cursing his father to a sudden death to his Face!

"You're looking for death!!!"

Murong Che, who was in a fit of rage, didn't waste any words at all.

Boom—

He didn't care about martial ethics and didn't even give a warning.

Spiritual energy surged within him instantly. He raised his right hand and slammed a palm down toward Li Xiu's crown, carrying a whistling, piercing gale!

"You dare curse my father?! I'll make sure you're gone first!!"

Pfft—!!

Fortunately, even though Li Xiu was busy acting cool, his battle instincts as a "Child of Luck" were still etched into his bones.

The moment he felt that terrifying killing intent rushing at his Face.

He spat out the mouthful of tea he had just taken, turning it into a mist to obscure Murong Che's vision.

Then, ignoring his image, he rolled backward in an extremely pathetic manner, barely dodging that lethal strike to the head.

Crack!

The table where Li Xiu had been sitting was instantly smashed to pieces by the palm. Wood chips flew everywhere, and the powerful spiritual energy even blasted a hole in the floor.

"Holy crap?!"

Li Xiu rolled once on the ground, his heart screaming with complaints:

"You're not following the script!! At a time like this... shouldn't a normal person ask 'why' first? Who goes for the kill right from the start?!"

Complaints aside, he didn't dare stop moving.

Bang!

Using the momentum of his roll, Li Xiu crashed through the restaurant window and jumped onto the street amidst a chorus of gasps.

After landing, Li Xiu instinctively wanted to run toward the Chu Family to seek Chu Siyao's protection.

However, Murong Che followed him like a shadow, sticking to him like a maggot on a bone.

Several sharp palm winds acted like a blockade, directly sealing off all paths to the Chu Family and the city center.

In his desperation, Li Xiu could only grit his teeth and change direction, sprinting toward the city gate where the defenses were weakest—the direction leading to the wilderness outside the city.

He secretly lamented in his heart:

"This is a big problem! It's easy to leave the city but hard to get back in! In the city, he still cares somewhat about the rules, but once we're in the wild without any restraints... won't this guy be even more unscrupulous in hunting me down?"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures, one in front and one behind, sped through the swirling wind and snow.

Although Li Xiu's movement technique was exquisite and his footwork profound, he had only just returned to the Cave Heaven Realm. In terms of Realm, he was inferior to Murong Che, who was already in the Undying Realm.

Even though he had broken through and rebuilt himself, making his spiritual energy density far superior to others in the same Realm, there was still a gap of two whole major Realms between them.

The distance between the two was visibly shrinking.

To save his life and to disturb the mind of the mad dog behind him.

While predicting movements to dodge the ice spikes flying from behind, Li Xiu shouted breathlessly:

"Murong Che! Stop chasing me!! I know the Cultivation Technique your Murong Family practices has a fatal flaw! I have a way to cure it! I can help you improve the technique!!"

However, Murong Che turned a deaf ear to this, not even blinking an eye.

On the contrary, the killing intent in his eyes grew even stronger.

"He even knows such Family secrets?! Whose spy is this kid?!"

The attacks in his hands became increasingly fierce. Several ice spikes flew past Li Xiu's scalp, cutting off a few strands of hair in a series of hair-raising escapes.

Seeing that bribery didn't work and that the opponent was a complete madman who wouldn't listen to reason.

Li Xiu gritted his teeth and decided to use strong medicine.

He suddenly remembered an extremely secret, even somewhat scandalous piece of gossip regarding the Murong Family from the intelligence.

"I'll risk it!"

Li Xiu shouted loudly, trying to distract the other party:

"Also!! I know about the affair between you and the new concubine your father took in three months ago!! Your father dotes on her, but does he know... that you and Concubine Liu already... while your father was in seclusion..."

However, before Li Xiu could finish his words.

Boom—!!!

Behind him, Murong Che, who had originally just wanted to kill for revenge and had a relatively stable aura.

His aura suddenly became incredibly violent!

It felt as if someone had publicly torn open the darkest, most fearful, and most shameful scar in his heart.

It wasn't just anger; it was an extreme sense of terror and humiliation.

"He... he actually knows about even this?!"

Murong Che's heart almost stopped beating.

The matter of his illicit affair with Concubine Liu was the secret of secrets!

If this got out, forget his position as the Young City Lord.

If it reached the ears of his strict and extremely Face-conscious father... he would definitely be flayed alive and burned as a human lamp! He would die without a place to be buried!

"Aaaaaah—!!"

Murong Che's originally handsome Face instantly twisted into a hideous contortion, like an evil ghost.

His eyes were blood-red, and the corners of his eyes even cracked and bled from staring so hard.

His roar was like that of a wounded beast:

"Shut up!!! Shut up!!!"

He never expected that this kid from outside could actually find out about something that only heaven, earth, he, and Concubine Liu knew!

Since that was the case, this child must not be kept!

Murong Che no longer held anything back.

He directly bit the tip of his tongue to burn his essence blood, unleashing a killing move that harmed himself as much as the enemy.

His speed doubled instantly!

He stared fixedly at Li Xiu ahead, growling through gritted teeth:

"Since you know things you shouldn't know... then today, even if the Heavenly King himself comes, you must die!!"