Crack!
A crisp sound, like a bolt of thunder exploding behind the clouds.
After the abrupt noise came a return to quietness, a dead stillness.
It symbolized the extinguishing of a life force, the return journey of a departed soul.
Shangguan Qinglei's neck was twisted, his pupils still carried a trace of shock and disbelief, as though he saw the truth just before death.
Deep within his eyes lay a hidden rage and a plea for mercy...
But it was snuffed out before it could burgeon, as his life came to an end.
He never would have imagined that his killer... would be this person!
This person who could suddenly appear, like a ghost, claiming his life!
Li Nuanxi's father!
That gentle and refined young man.
That man who had no presence.
That bumpkin from Fei Lei City!
Just before Shangguan Qinglei died, there was only one thought left in his mind...
Could it be... 'beat the small, invite the big'?
Li Che looked indifferently at Shangguan Qinglei, whose neck he had just snapped, without a hint of sympathy or hesitation.
Shangguan Qinglei wanted to kill his daughter, what was there to feel pity about?
Was he supposed to wait until his daughter's body was lying in front of him and he was in tears before he could steel his heart?
Did he have to experience pain before his heart could become cold?
That wasn't Li Che's style.
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Li Che's rule...
Whoever attempted to kill his daughter, he would kill them!
Up to heaven or down to the underworld...
He must kill them!
Even if he couldn't kill them for the time being, he would bide his time until he was strong enough to end them!
Li Che...
"Who? Someone got ahead of me... to silence him!"
"Such cruelty, such vicious methods... Dissolving flesh and blood, grinding away even the Divinity, not letting the Terrifying Trace of Light get a chance to trace back..."
"This must be the work of a professional assassin from our sect. It's perfect."
The newcomer muttered.
Then, snapping back to reality, he questioned why he was even praising the work.
"Who could it be?"
The job was done too cleanly, and there was no way to tell who it was...
And while he was deep in thought, outside the Healing Institute, the air suddenly burst with intense waves of Divinity.
It appeared that the Divine Senses had detected Shangguan Qinglei's death and were rapidly heading towards it.
The figure wrapped in black smoke gave dead Shangguan Qinglei one last deep look, shook his head, and instantly transformed into a wisp of black smoke with a "szzt," vanishing into the air.
Once the shadow had departed...
Several figures in white robes rushed to the Healing Institute.
They arrived to see Shangguan Qinglei lying on the bed, dead in a grisly state.
"The vile people from the Corpse God Cult... have come to silence him!"
"Quick!"
"Go and summon the Sect Master!"
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...
Li Che returned to his room.
His face was as calm as ever, without the slightest fluctuation following the killing.
Even though his victim was just a seven-year-old child, some children can be as vicious as any adult.
They are just not grown-up villains yet.
But Li Che did not relax at all. Frowning, his eyes flickered with sharpness.
This was because Shangguan Qinglei was just a disposable knife, one that could be cast aside at any moment.
The real culprit was the one who had ordered Shangguan Qinglei to act, the one who provided him with the Corpse God Woodcarving, the high-ranking expert from the Corpse God Cult!
The identity of the mastermind remained veiled, yet to be exposed.
One must know that within the Divine Sect, there was the Sect Master Nan Lihuo, the strong figure in Yuanxiang Realm standing at the pinnacle of Divine Cultivation in Mansion City.