Chapter 717 Neither Will Give Way
Tang Zhi ignored the whispers around him. Seeing that Wan Qingzhou did not refute him, he nodded and smiled slightly: "You really are not dead. It's been twenty years since we last met. Compared to the spirited person I remember, you have aged a lot."
Wan Qingzhou sighed for a moment, "You are no different, but you know that I am not here to reminisce with you today."
"Oh? Could it be... you're also interested in this miraculous medicine?" Tang Zhi's lips curled up, his eyes turning icy cold. "Qingzhou, more than twenty years have passed, and you're still so naive. What makes you think you can compete with me? Rely on these shrimp soldiers and crab generals behind you?"
Wan Qingzhou slowly exhaled and said, "Tang Zhi, you have committed countless evil deeds over the years. How many people have you killed? You even caused the death of Zhiyi. Do you really think no one knows what you have done?"
"Oh, so you came to avenge her." Tang Zhi smirked. "Hmph, she's just a woman, yet she tried to drive a wedge between us brothers. She deserves to die! Qingzhou, she's already married to someone else. All these years, the Kong family hasn't stood up for her. Why did you jump out like that? What are you after? Why don't we brothers join forces? We'll have wealth and glory within our grasp. What kind of woman can't you find!"
"Shut up! Tang Zhi, what am I after? Someone like you who never gets a genuine relationship in their entire life wouldn't understand." Wan Qingzhou wasn't easily provoked, but Tang Zhi's expression twisted slightly upon hearing his words.
"Ha, genuine feelings, is this what you mean?" he said, waving his hand, and one of his men dragged over a sack.
In front of Wan Qingzhou, Tang Zhi opened the sack.
There was only one person inside.
The man was covered in blood and grime, with not a single patch of undamaged flesh on his body; he had clearly been tortured beyond recognition.
Tang Zhi grabbed his hair, forcing him to tilt his head back, then grinned wickedly at Wan Qingzhou and said, "Look, your good brother, this is what happens when you have what you call 'sincere feelings'!"
Upon seeing the person on the ground, Wan Qingzhou's eyes narrowed sharply: "Shi Yu..."
Upon hearing the voice, Jugo smiled, his face almost obscured by his features: "You've come."
Wan Qingzhou clenched her fist at her side, staring intently at Tang Zhi: "Let him go."
"I bet you're thinking of using a miracle drug to revive Wen Zhiyi? Forget about it, the dead can't be brought back to life!" Tang Zhi sneered. "I can let him go, as long as you admit you're wrong, cripple your own hands, and from now on follow my lead, I'll let him go. How about it?"
Before Wan Qingzhou could speak, Shi Yu suddenly said, "Wan Qingzhou."
Wan Qingzhou was panting heavily, and it took her a while to calm down slightly before she looked at Shi Yu.
“You were stabbed thirteen times back then, and you didn’t beg him for help. Now… there’s even less reason to beg him. Besides, you know he has always been… untrustworthy,” Shi Yu said haltingly.
Veins bulged on Wan Qingzhou's forehead as she gritted her teeth and glared at Tang Zhi: "After all these years, you're still as despicable as ever."
"You call me despicable? Then isn't the person who poisoned me despicable? Who can I complain to about the suffering I've endured all these years? If you're not ruthless, your position won't be secure!" Tang Zhi's eyes gleamed coldly: "It seems you're unwilling to do as I say. Sigh, look at what you call 'sincere feelings,' isn't it all there is to it?"
"Tang Zhi, I'll kill you!" On the ground, Shi Yu suddenly used all his strength to get up from the sack. With a press of his hand, a sharp thorn suddenly sprang out from the ring on his index finger and pounced straight at Tang Zhi!
Tang Zhi's eyes narrowed, and with a sidestep, he drew his long sword and plunged it into Shi Yu's chest.
"Ten Emperors!" Wan Qingzhou rushed forward without thinking.
However, everything happened in the blink of an eye. He could only catch Tang Zhi as the knife was pulled out of Shi Yu's body and the latter fell downwards.
Shi Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, his gaze calm yet filled with relief: "Brother Zhou, I never thought that I would die by your side."
Wan Qingzhou's eyes reddened, and she gritted her teeth as if she wanted to crush them: "I'm the one who wronged you."
"Don't...don't say that." Shi Yu coughed up blood twice and said urgently, "It was all my...I did it willingly. You don't know how happy I was when you escaped to find me. I had wanted to get rid of the poison Tang Zhi had given me for a long time. If it weren't for you...I wouldn't have made it to today...Now that I have brought you here, my greatest wish has been fulfilled. I am finally going to die together with this damned poison...I...I have no regrets."
He squeezed Wan Qingzhou's hand tightly as he spoke: "Wan Qingzhou, in the next life... let's still be brothers."
Wan Qingzhou's eyes were shockingly red, and he gripped her hand tightly in return: "Okay, in the next life, and the life after that, we'll still be brothers."
Shi Yu laughed, then his hand suddenly loosened and slipped away.
As soon as Kong Wange pulled the knife out of Tang Zhi's hand, she knew that Shi Yu's condition was beyond saving.
The knife cut too deep, clearly on the aorta, and within moments, blood was everywhere.
Seeing that Wan Qingzhou was still holding Shi Yu's body, Kong Wange looked reluctant and stepped forward to pat Wan Qingzhou's shoulder. Her lips trembled, and after a long while, she finally said, "Dad, please accept my condolences."
The word "Dad" pulled Wan Qingzhou out of her immense grief.
He slowly exhaled, put Shi Yu down, stood up and looked at Tang Zhi: "You killed my wife and my brother, Tang Zhi, you owe me two lives."
Tang Zhi's eyes darkened: "Qingzhou, have you forgotten? We used to be brothers."
"I wish I had never had a 'past'." Wan Qingzhou's eyes seemed to bleed as he gritted his teeth and said, "Your capable subordinates, Qianliu and Baiyi, are all dead. Today, you will join them."
After saying that, he suddenly drew his bloodthirsty longsword from his shoulder.
A terrifying light flashed from the dimly lit tomb.
Wan Qingzhou swung his knife at Tang Zhi with such speed and power that no one within five meters of Tang Zhi dared to blink.
But Tang Zhi actually dodged it.
Tang Zhigang stopped in his tracks. The people behind him tried to rush forward to protect him, but he stopped them with a stern voice: "Get out of the way. This is between the two of us. No one is allowed to interfere!"
With that, he turned to Wan Qingzhou and said in a sinister tone, "Today, let's settle things between you and me, brothers!"
Then, he drew a short sword from behind him and went to meet Wan Qingzhou.
"Perfect timing!" Wan Qingzhou paused for half a second, then unleashed an even more ruthless attack on Tang Zhi.
After three moves, Qin Feng, who was not far away, noticed something: "Tang Zhi's skills are actually so high!"
Kong Wange wasn't an expert in this area, but she could tell that Wan Qingzhou couldn't get the better of Tang Zhi, so she immediately frowned and asked, "How can Tang Zhi be so powerful?"
Wan Qingzhou's reputation as the number one assassin is well-deserved.
At this moment, there is absolutely no one on the field who could withstand ten moves from him.
However, Tang Zhi not only accepted the challenge, but also fought back and forth with the other party.
In other words, even if his skill level is not as high as Wan Qingzhou's, it is definitely on par with hers.
But they had never heard of Tang Zhi having such high skill!
Qin Feng watched the two take the written test, his gaze slightly narrowed, and uttered four words: "Intentionally hiding his true abilities."
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