Qiao Suinian shouted hoarsely, as if he was about to bleed on the spot for Rat Lord at any moment.
"It's you?" Rat recognized Qiao Suinian, but he didn't seem to expect Qiao Suinian to save him.
"Let's go! Stop dawdling!"
Qiao Suinian shouted loudly, his eyes misty with tears.
"Don't let me... die without any purpose."
Rat King knew he couldn't help much by staying, so with Qiao Suinian's cover, the dark green Rat King carried him on its back and fled towards the outside of the black market.
"Kid, I owe you a huge favor!"
Although Rat Lord vaguely sensed that something was amiss, the situation was urgent, and his life was hanging by a thread. He didn't have time to think about it anymore. It's very difficult for a person to maintain rational thinking in an extremely dangerous situation.
"Stop them!" Qiao Shan was anxious. After witnessing Rat Master's methods, letting such a guy escape would be like leaving a time bomb for the Qiao family.
"Don't even think about it! If you want to catch up with Rat Lord, you'll have to step over my dead body!"
Qiao Suinian's eyes were so firm that it was as if he was about to sing the national anthem. With a light tap of his skull staff, four skeleton warriors and two destruction knights blocked everyone's path.
One of the small skeletons even picked up an RPG and blasted it directly at its own feet, demonstrating what a suicide attack was.
The terrifying explosion, accompanied by intense heat, spread outwards, and the rising mushroom cloud forced everyone to retreat.
Rat Master wasn't one to fuss over things, so with Qiao Suinian's delay, he simply vanished without a trace.
"Fine, fine, fine!" Qiao Shan gritted his teeth, glaring fiercely at Qiao Suinian. "Qiao Suinian! You traitor to the Qiao family! You should be thanking your lucky stars that the Qiao family hasn't held a grudge against you, and yet you dare to ruin the Qiao family's affairs!"
"You've come to my black market to cause trouble, and I can't even do anything about it?" Qiao Suinian smiled knowingly. "Stop talking nonsense, you just want to kill me, right? Come on."
Qiao Suinian even beckoned to Qiao Shan with his finger.
Faced with Qiao Suinian's provocation, a flash of anger appeared in Qiao Shan's eyes.
"Fine! Today I will cleanse the Qiao family of its corruption and kill you, you traitor!"
With a powerful swing of his halberd, Qiao Shan brought it down on Qiao Suinian's head. Qiao Suinian parried with his sword, but the moment the Dragon Spirit Demon Blade made contact with Qiao Shan's halberd, Qiao Suinian's expression changed instantly.
A terrifying force traveled along the Dragon Spirit Demon Blade to his body. Qiao Suinian was unable to resist this force and was directly smashed away by Qiao Shan's halberd, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Cough! Cough cough!"
Qiao Suinian coughed violently, and with each cough, fresh blood spilled from his mouth.
"Damn it... If it weren't for the fact that the injuries I sustained in Jinling haven't healed yet!"
Qiao Suinian slammed his fist on the ground, his eyes filled with resentment.
"Is this all you've got?" Qiao Shan raised his halberd and attacked again, giving Qiao Suinian no chance to catch his breath.
Qiao Suinian could only raise his long sword to barely resist, but he could only withstand a few moves before being slashed away by Qiao Shan again.
"Well done, Young Master Qiao Shan!"
Li Xingchen was overjoyed. He had been displeased with Qiao Suinian for a long time because of Yang Beini's matter. Now, seeing Qiao Suinian being beaten like a dog by Qiao Shan, he felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey.
Qiao Shan's attacks were all deadly, showing no mercy whatsoever, and soon Qiao Suinian's body was covered in countless wounds.
He was like a lone boat struggling to survive in a raging storm, facing Qiao Shan's fierce and relentless onslaught.
Qiao Suinian was knocked away time and time again, but he got up again and again, like an unkillable cockroach. His body was already tattered and torn, and there was a deep wound on his chest, through which you could even see his still-beating heart.
"I wonder if someone like you, when facing death, ever feels a pang of regret for betraying your family?"
Qiao Shan looked at Qiao Suinian with a faint look of disgust, as if he had encountered wriggling maggots in a dry latrine.
"Regret? What's there to regret? The Qiao family is nothing but a parasite that feeds on all the Qiao family members. You are willing to selflessly dedicate yourselves to supporting the Qiao family, but I am not."
Qiao Suinian calmly met Qiao Shan's gaze, his words clearly provoking Qiao Shan once again.
"shut up!"
“You have the blood of the Qiao family in your veins. You have devoted yourself to the Qiao family. Isn’t that a matter of course?”
The halberd swung down again, and Qiao Suinian's body flew backward like a cannonball, carving a long trench in the ground.
"Hehe... You're from the upper echelons of the Qiao family. The resources that the Qiao family members provide are basically absorbed by people like you, so of course you feel that it's your duty to contribute."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Shan's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but he did not utter a rebuttal.
Qiao Suinian coughed up a mouthful of blood, then got up again. He turned his head and looked at the large rat behind him that he had crushed into a pulp.
Every time he was knocked away by Qiao Shan, he would accidentally kill a rat. By now, there shouldn't be a single rat left in the vicinity. Rat Master should be unaware of the situation here now, right?
Qiao Suinian slowly stretched, and her expression became serious.
"I'm at my wit's end, Qiao Shan. Witness my strongest strike! If this strike fails to defeat you, then I deserve to die today!"
"Heh, if you want to die, I'll grant your wish."
Qiao Shan didn't take Qiao Suinian seriously at all. He didn't believe that the person he had just beaten like a dog could beat him now.
Those scenes where someone shouts "Don't underestimate the power of our friendship, you bastard!" and then instantly kills the boss with one strike, basically only exist in anime.
Qiao Suinian drew the Dragon Spirit Demon Blade again, but this time he gave Qiao Shan a completely different feeling, as if he were a different person.
Just a moment ago, Qiao Suinian was critically injured and on the verge of death, but the next second he suddenly started running wildly, rapidly approaching Qiao Shan at an incredible speed, and instantly slashed out with the Dragon Spirit Demon Blade in his hand.
Qiao Shan was shocked and quickly raised his halberd to defend himself.
Whoosh!
Qiao Suinian appeared behind Qiao Shan in an instant. Qiao Shan's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily. He didn't even see how Qiao Suinian got behind him.
Click.
With a crisp sound, the halberd in his hand split in two, the broken edge as smooth as a mirror, and a bloody mark appeared on Qiao Shan's face.
Qiao Shan raised his hand blankly and touched his cheek.
When he saw the bright red color on his fingertips, he snapped out of his daze, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.
At that moment, Qiao Suinian's voice slowly rang out behind him like a death knell.
"If you fail with the first strike, the second strike will be yours."
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