Chapter 51

"Too disgusting."

Upon witnessing such a scene, Xiaohuangji's eyes were already burning with intense flames.

While Li Tianming was speaking, it had already flown to Wei Jing's body, its beak emitting flames, pecking and killing the Blood Nether Worms one by one.

However, Wei Jing still felt extremely uncomfortable.

Because the Blood Nether Worms contained a Blood Nether Poison, which was injected into the prey while sucking blood, causing a numbing effect.

Moreover, more Blood Nether Worms were crawling along the bed toward Wei Jing.

The Blood Nether Empress was still alive, and it was impossible to completely kill them.

This was the most disgusting aspect of the Empress-type companion beasts.

All of Wei Jing's discomfort was intolerable to Li Tianming.

His killing intent, after the death of the Golden Feather, had never been so intense.

He didn't know who wanted to kill him, but at this moment, he only knew that he had to kill someone!

"Your head is worth a thousand yellow heavenly jade gems. Today, I will take your head."

The black-clothed man had already taken action while speaking. As a killer, they would never say too much.

He held a blood-colored dagger, similar to the Blood Fire Spike, but much stronger.

A fatal crisis arrived instantly!

Xiaohuangji was busy protecting Wei Jing, already restrained by the numerous Blood Nether Worms, while the black-clothed man and the Blood Nether Empress had both locked onto Li Tianming!

As the black-clothed man transformed into a blood shadow and attacked, the Blood Nether Empress opened its blood-red mouth and suddenly emitted a sharp, piercing sound.

This sound instantly plunged Li Tianming into chaos, with numerous illusions appearing before his eyes, and his ears almost torn apart!

This was a sound-based spirit source skill, the hardest to defend against, and could only be endured, not resisted!

Li Tianming never expected the Blood Nether Empress to be able to use such a spirit source skill.

He and Xiaohuangji were still at the Beast Pulse stage, and without spirit source skills, they were at a significant disadvantage.

"Die!"

More terrifying was that the black-clothed killer was at least at the fourth level of the Spirit Source stage!

He was much stronger than Fang Zhao and his ilk, and had the strength to completely suppress Li Tianming!

The Blood Flower Hall would certainly act properly; the killers they sent would never give Li Tianming a chance to escape!

In the blink of an eye, the blood shadow appeared before Li Tianming, who was being attacked by the Blood Nether Empress's spirit source skill, 'Blood Weeping Sound'!

At the same time, at least five hundred Blood Nether Worms were surging toward Li Tianming from the ceiling, beams, and floor!

In a moment of inattention, dozens of Blood Nether Worms had already crawled onto his body!

These Blood Nether Worms were like demons, tearing into Li Tianming's flesh as soon as they appeared, biting open blood vessels and about to start sucking blood!

At the same time, the highly anesthetic Blood Nether Poison spread throughout Li Tianming's body with the blood, making it difficult for him to move even if he was furious!

This was absolutely a fatal, life-threatening crisis!

Under the dual effects of the Blood Weeping Sound and the Blood Nether Poison, Li Tianming could only struggle.

His opponent was much stronger, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared behind Li Tianming, stabbing the dagger directly into Li Tianming's collarbone.

With a crack, blood gushed out.

"Don't waste it." The black-clothed killer pulled back his veil, extending his tongue to lick the blood that had dripped from Li Tianming's body.

"Your blood is quite warm."

The black-clothed man grinned, continuing, "My babies seem to really like your warm blood. Blood is warm only when the person is alive."

"So, to let my babies eat to their heart's content, I'll let you live a little longer until your blood is drained."

He was extremely close to Li Tianming, their eyes almost touching!

Death, strength, disgust—everything was pressing Li Tianming to the brink.

The Blood Nether Poison had spread throughout his body, and the feeling was like being electrocuted, making it difficult to move even a finger.

"What does it feel like to die from being drained of blood?" The black-clothed man looked at him with a lingering gaze.

"My blood, you can't afford to drink. Be careful, or you'll be burned to death!" Li Tianming stared at him, his eyes filled with blood, burning with fire.

He would not allow anyone to make his mother suffer so much!

This was an absolute taboo!

A sin that could drive him to madness!

At this point, Li Tianming could no longer think about the gap in strength between himself and his opponent. He had only one thought: to kill him!

Kill him, kill him!!

His entire body was burning, even his blood was on fire.

Why was his blood so hot? Because it was the blood of an ancient chaotic giant beast.

"Burn to death, hahaha..."

The black-clothed man laughed wildly.

But in the next moment, he saw the Blood Nether Worms on Li Tianming's body suddenly start burning!

All the Blood Nether Worms quickly burned to ashes, falling to the ground like powder.

"Ugh..."

The black-clothed man suddenly felt a burning sensation in his stomach, which was quite uncomfortable.

He stared at Li Tianming with wide eyes, finding this situation unprecedented!

Such a thing had never happened before.

How could he possibly know what an ancient chaotic giant beast was?

"A bit special, but so what? With the Blood Nether Poison, you can only die."

This situation made him realize that he couldn't give this young man any more chances.

Infected with the Blood Nether Poison, Li Tianming was destined to be unable to move, leaving him to be killed, so he prepared to pull out the dagger and cut off Li Tianming's head!

"Who said I can only die?"

At this moment, the black-clothed killer, who thought Li Tianming was completely immobilized, saw Li Tianming suddenly raise his left hand.

In the next moment, the black-clothed killer saw the most unbelievable thing in his life.

There was an eye on the young man's palm!

It was a strange eye, which appeared when the beast essence rotated in the spirit pulse, forming the Enchanting Spirit Eye.

The black-clothed killer never expected Li Tianming to be able to put him into a state of confusion.

He couldn't understand why Li Tianming could still move after being infected with the Blood Nether Poison!

He couldn't understand why he himself was being confused by Li Tianming.

He was too close to Li Tianming, leaving him no room to react.

In the next moment, with a "puh" sound, Li Tianming's left hand, transformed into a beast claw, instantly pierced into his chest, crushing his internal organs!

"Die!"

With a gritted-teeth roar, Li Tianming's face twisted as he looked at the black-clothed man.

His eyes were filled with disbelief, and he slowly knelt down, blood flowing like a river!

In the end, he fell in front of Li Tianming, eyes rolled back, and was dead.

"You die too!"

Li Tianming's right hand trembled, and the Thunder Fire Chain wrapped around the Blood Nether Empress!

The Blood Nether Empress's strength lay in the Blood Nether Worms, but it was too close to Li Tianming.

It tried to use the Blood Weeping Sound to confuse Li Tianming again, but it never expected Li Tianming's Enchanting Spirit Eye to confuse it first.

Rip!

The sharp edges of the Thunder Fire Chain directly tore the Blood Nether Empress into several pieces!

No matter what level of companion beast, in front of Li Tianming at this moment, it could only go to hell!

As soon as the Blood Nether Empress died, all the Blood Nether Worms instantly turned to ashes, as they were originally just part of the Blood Nether Empress.

At this moment, the dark room was covered in blood.

Everything had finally ended.

Xiaohuangji, having resisted the attacks of numerous Blood Nether Worms to protect Wei Jing, was also exhausted.

This time, it was a true escape from death.

Li Tianming was no longer afraid.

He realized that he had truly changed. In this situation, his heart was still so strong, and he felt no fear at all.

He relied entirely on his strong inner strength to survive this assassination.

After surviving, it seemed like the whole world had changed, and his mental state was more resilient than anyone else's.

Although the black-clothed killer was dead, Wei Jing was still suffering from the Blood Nether Poison.

Killing this one person could not quell Li Tianming's anger or alleviate Wei Jing's discomfort.

Li Tianming had just been infected with the Blood Nether Poison, but it had already completely dissipated.

However, he knew how disgusting the Blood Nether Poison was. He was in his prime, but his mother was in her twilight years and might not survive this.

"Sorry, I'm late."

At this moment, a middle-aged man appeared in the room, wearing a starry robe. In the darkness, his eyes were like a sea of stars.

Today, he did not hide his identity and showed his true face to Li Tianming.

Chen Sheng of the Starry Sky Guild, as one of the original Star Twins, was indeed dignified and graceful.

Indeed, as soon as he encountered danger, Li Tianming had crushed the jade gem Chen Sheng had given him.

However, this assassination was a special situation, and Chen Sheng, with his great abilities, still needed time to arrive.

Everything had happened in a flash, and he had arrived quite quickly.

"Sorry, I didn't expect you to encounter such a situation."

The jade gem Chen Sheng had given him was mainly for normal situations.

For example, if Li Tianming was suppressed by an elder or if Wei Jing was seriously ill.

He never expected that someone would try to assassinate Li Tianming, an unknown young man.

"It's fine. My mother was infected with the Blood Nether Poison. What should I do?" This was Li Tianming's greatest concern at the moment.

"Blood Nether Poison? I can handle it, don't worry."

Chen Sheng was powerful, and he should have a solution to this problem. Li Tianming stepped aside, letting him treat Wei Jing.

He only glanced at her and said, "It's fine. The Blood Nether Poison is just an anesthetic. It's uncomfortable when you're poisoned, but it won't affect your body afterward."

"I can use spirit essence to quickly remove the toxins."

Hearing this, Li Tianming felt much more relieved.

He didn't say much. While Chen Sheng was helping Wei Jing, he moved the black-clothed killer's body to the yard and burned it.

He burned it completely.

Then, he cleaned up the blood in the east room.

"Master, why are you back?"

The aunt who was taking care of Wei Jing woke up when she saw the fire. The commotion before was not actually that loud, and Li Tianming had quickly killed his opponent.

"Tomorrow, I have to participate in the academy's ranking battle. I'll take my mother to watch."

"Master is truly a genius. I envy the lady for having such a good son." The aunt said enviously.

"Thank you, Aunt Li, for taking care of my mother." Li Tianming smiled.

"Master pays me well, and the lady is a good person. I will naturally take good care of her. By the way, what are you burning, Master?" The aunt asked curiously.

"Corpse." Li Tianming grinned.

"Master is really joking. I won't let you scare me." Aunt Li laughed.

"Alright, Aunt Li, go to sleep early. I'll go spend some time with my mother."

"Sure, if you need anything, just call me."

Ordinary people, when they are simple, can be quite endearing.

Nobles, when they are evil, can be devils.

Who had hired the assassin to kill him?

"Have you offended anyone? To hire the Blood Flower Hall? According to their rules, once they accept a mission, they must complete it. This failure will quickly be followed by a new one." Chen Sheng asked as he walked out.

"How is she?" Li Tianming asked.

"Rest for a night, and she'll be fine. Her body is mainly affected by the minor life calamity. Once the minor life calamity is removed, she'll be fine." Chen Sheng said.

"How do I remove the minor life calamity?" Li Tianming asked.

"She didn't tell you, so I can't say. But someone in the Heavenly Capital can solve it." Chen Sheng said.

"Alright." Li Tianming nodded. "Am I safe in the academy? The Blood Flower Hall won't dare to act, right?"

"Yes, the Blood Flower Hall won't dare to enter the Yanhuang Academy."

"What about my mother?"

"Don't worry. I was negligent this time. I'll send someone to secretly protect her. Assassins of your level won't be able to get close."

"Thank you." If not for him, Li Tianming wouldn't know what to do.

He might have to ask Mu Wan to let him bring his mother into the Yanhuang Academy.

"No need. I had some connection with your mother, so I can't let her die."

"However, don't tell her I came or that someone is protecting her."

"Understood."

"See you later. I'll watch your performance in the ranking battle tomorrow."

After saying this, Chen Sheng stood up, probably to arrange the protection.

He had many subordinates, all trusted, so it wasn't a problem to call one of them.

After he left, Li Tianming squinted his eyes and lay in the courtyard with Xiaohuangji, looking at the stars in the sky.

"There was a moment when I thought I was really going to die." Li Tianming said.

"But I didn't die, so I suddenly feel that I will never die in my life."

Everything seemed to have come to rest, but in fact, the flame in his heart had already become eternal.

"What do you mean?" Xiaohuangji asked, confused.

Li Tianming suddenly stood up, looking at it with burning eyes.

"What are you doing?" Xiaohuangji extended its wings to cover its chest and said, "If you have any needs, don't come to me. I'm not interested in men."

"Get lost." Li Tianming slapped it and said with burning eyes, "I have some insights. Do you want to try breaking through to the Spirit Source stage tonight?"

He had only reached the ninth level of the Beast Pulse stage three days ago.

"Are you crazy?"

"No."

He was just so mentally resilient that he had an unshakable belief, a belief that could achieve the Spirit Source stage!

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