Chapter 104 Becoming a Useless Person Again
"Dig out your son's bones."
Luo Li's voice held no emotion, as if she were not digging out bones but stating a mundane matter.
The father and son, immersed in Luo Li's divine beauty, were jolted back to their senses upon hearing this.
Li Hong looked at Luo Li, shocked and bewildered. He believed he had given his all for Luo Li, and since she had accepted his offerings without hesitation, she must have had some affection for him.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have had him abandon his wife and son, or send various treasures.
It was only due to the disparity in their status, or other reasons, that she hadn't seen him.
Li Hong felt that if he just tried a little harder, he might be able to win the beauty's heart.
But Luo Li's cold words, as if commanding a dog, made him feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured over him, like falling into an ice cellar.
"Luo Li, you think you can dig out my bones?"
Li Ping'an stood proudly, his calm eyes filled with chilling killing intent.
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Luo Li frowned slightly, not knowing what madness Li Ping was indulging in.
What kind of confidence did a mere Profound Core Realm ant have to shout at her?
Luo Li couldn't be bothered with a dead man and spoke again: "Why aren't you acting yet?"
Li Hong dared to scheme against her; she would make him wish he were dead.
Pitting father and son against each other was just the first step. Next, she would make Li Hong watch as she annihilated the Li family, then extract his soul and refine it, only then could her anger be appeased.
"..."
Li Hong remained silent, his heart sinking to the bottom, feeling a chill all over.
Luo Li's cold-blooded dominance shattered his beautiful dream in an instant.
Perhaps in Luo Li's eyes, he was just an insignificant dog.
Luo Li was not the innocent young girl he had imagined.
But a ruthless, vicious, and cunning female demon who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
Li Hong was filled with endless regret.
He regretted being blind enough to fall for Luo Li.
He regretted that Luo Li, despite not accepting him, still demanded treasures from him.
Looking at the incomparably arrogant Luo Li, as noble as a deity, Li Hong suddenly felt a surge of inferiority, not even having the courage to question her.
"Old thing, what are you waiting for?"
Seeing Li Hong's hesitation, Luo Li's eyes turned cold. The aura of a peak King Realm was undeniable. A phoenix phantom circled her, her divine might like a prison, making her seem both godlike and demonic.
"Hiss~"
Under the suppression of Luo Li's King Domain, Li Hong felt as insignificant as an ant, ready to be slaughtered, his life and death not his own.
"Too strong, I cannot match this..." Li Hong's pupils contracted, his soul trembling.
Though both were at the peak of the King Realm, the difference in their strength was too great, as if they were on different levels.
A mysterious power emerged from the long sword on Li Ping'an's back, shielding him from Luo Li's oppressive pressure.
He watched coldly from the sidelines, a sense of sorrow welling up inside him.
So... his father was so humble before Luo Li, wagging his tail like a dog.
Luo Li was so arrogant and vicious, yet Li Hong had abandoned his wife and son for her.
Li Ping'an felt it was not worth it for his mother's hundreds of years of wholehearted devotion.
He and his mother were like a joke.
"Hurry up and kill him..."
Luo Li's expression grew impatient. She had not given up on the idea of making father and son turn against each other and immediately increased the pressure.
It bent Li Hong's spine, making it hard for him to breathe.
"Tsk, tsk, killing to destroy the heart, truly a vicious little demon, quite reminiscent of the Goddess's style." Ji Ning marveled secretly.
Honestly, Li Hong was too pathetic.
But she didn't feel a shred of sympathy.
After all, this was Li Hong's own choice.
An ant should stay in its ant hill.
To overestimate one's strength and covet a Nine Heavens True Dragon, he deserved this end.
"Goddess Luo Li, I have not wronged you, have I? Why must you force me like this?"
Li Hong spoke with difficulty, a bitter smile on his face, his heart filled with regret.
Looking at the transcendent and disdainful Luo Li, he didn't even dare to speak out in accusation.
But he truly couldn't understand why Luo Li insisted on making him kill his son.
He had never offended Luo Li, had he?
"Heh!"
Luo Li sneered, not hiding her disgust in the slightest.
"What do you think you are?"
"An ant coveting a Nine Heavens True Dragon, tell me, shouldn't you die?"
Hearing this, Li Hong's face instantly turned deathly pale.
So this was how Luo Li saw him?
Li Hong lowered his head, feeling utterly humiliated.
His heart was filled with endless regret. Why had he been so bewitched back then?
His family was destroyed, his wife and son gone, all for the words "not worthy."
"Luo Li, if you look down on him, why did you make him separate from my mother? Why did you send people to hunt down my mother?"
Li Ping'an said with a voice full of hate, his gaze sinister and terrifying. If looks could kill, Luo Li would have been killed thousands of times by now.
He admitted, Luo Li was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, but also the most vicious.
Killing should be a clean end. Why must she torment his family like this?
"Who let this old thing overreach himself to disgust me?" Luo Li said with a cold smile.
Being schemed against by an old thing made her feel utterly disgusted.
If she didn't annihilate the Li family, her thoughts would not be at peace.
Luo Li's gaze fell upon the broken sword on Li Ping'an's back.
She couldn't discern its grade.
But the power emanating from it was at the Venerable Realm.
This broken sword was definitely extraordinary.
"You..."
Li Hong trembled all over with rage, his mentality collapsing, his face twisted and ferocious, a sky-high hatred rising in his heart.
At this moment, he finally saw Luo Li's true colors. She had been scheming against him all along, wanting to destroy his family and leave him utterly ruined.
"Good, good, good. For the hatred of my mother's death and the resentment of my stolen bone, today I will make you pay in blood."
Li Ping'an held the broken sword, standing proudly.
He roared in his heart: "Master, lend me your strength."
As soon as the words fell, the broken sword transmitted a power to bolster him, his cultivation rapidly climbing. In a few breaths, he became a King Realm Third Heaven.
"Enough!"
"Don't be careless. This woman is extraordinary. Her strength far surpasses the chosen ones of her generation." A clear male voice sounded in Li Ping'an's mind.
"Heh, so what? The ones I, Li Ping'an, slay are the chosen ones." A cold smile appeared on the corner of Li Ping'an's mouth.
A sharp, unyielding aura radiated from him.
Though dressed in linen clothes and straw sandals, he possessed an aura that dominated the heavens and the earth.
A sharp, unparalleled sword intent shot straight into the sky, as if to tear the world apart.
"This..."
Li Hong was stunned, then overjoyed.
He had thought he was dead for sure.
Because he knew very well that he was absolutely no match for Luo Li; she could kill him in one or two moves.
But he never expected that the situation would turn around, and Li Ping'an would have such a great opportunity.
The sword intent he displayed made even him, at the peak of the King Realm, feel his heart tremble, his soul ache, as if it were about to be torn apart.
Perhaps if he and his son joined forces, they could escape back to the Li family.
"Luo Li, even if you are a true disciple of the Star Temple, I will kill you and make you pay in blood."
Li Ping'an's delicate face was cold, the terrifying sword intent making him seem like a sword god.
"Heh, an ant."
Luo Li smiled disdainfully and suddenly struck, throwing a punch that carried the Phoenix Nirvana Fire.
With a loud bang, the father and son, caught off guard, were sent flying, their bodies nearly shattered.
Deep wounds that exposed bone appeared all over their bodies, but no blood flowed; instead, raging flames burned.
"Ah..."
The father and son let out mournful screams, in unbearable pain, their cultivation dissolving and their realms falling.
The Phoenix Nirvana Fire burned not only the physical body but also the cultivation and the soul.
Luo Li's Phoenix Nirvana Fire was the nirvana flame of a Divine Fire Realm phoenix, capable of even burning a Divine Fire Realm expert to death.
It was just that her current cultivation was still too low; she could only use a trace of the nirvana fire's power. Even so, it was more than enough to burn a Venerable Realm expert to death.
"Master, save me!"
Li Ping'an was horrified, his eyes filled with terror, his face twisted from the burning of the Phoenix Nirvana Fire.
The flesh and blood of his body were almost completely burned away.
"Hmph, you brought this upon yourself. I told you not to be careless, but you wouldn't listen." The remnant soul in the broken sword snorted coldly, transmitting a power that drew away the Phoenix Nirvana Fire.
The Phoenix Nirvana Fire was known as an inextinguishable fire. He couldn't extinguish it now, so he could only absorb it and store it.
"Hiss~"
Li Ping'an trembled all over, barely able to stand steady. As he sensed his own condition, he was filled with immense regret.
The foundation of his unparalleled sword dao, forged through countless hardships, had been completely burned away.
His cultivation and realm were gone.
He had become a useless person again.
And even more useless than before.
The essence of his body was burned away, leaving only a charred, broken husk.
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