Chapter 869 - 819: Why Bother, Is It Worth It? (3)

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal knew.

Hua Xiaotian would surely buy him some time.

Because he understood Hua Xiaotian’s temperament and nature.

After all, Hua Xiaotian was the one he picked up from the cradle and raised single-handedly.

The reason he shouted such extremely pathological words.

Was because he knew only this could provoke Hua Xiaotian.

Only this could prevent Hua Xiaotian from standing on a righteous stance!

As expected.

He bet correctly!

At the moment he threw Hua Xiaotian towards Qin Fan.

The latter clenched his teeth tightly, curling his fingers into a fist, and fiercely smashed towards Qin Fan.

The momentum of the Gang Realm exploded wildly.

The chilling intent raised the hairs on Qin Fan’s body.

Yet during this attack, Hua Xiaotian couldn’t stop crying.

His eyes were filled with endless despair.

"Why bother?"

Watching Hua Xiaotian, in tear-filled heartbreak, frenziedly shouting and attacking.

Qin Fan sighed sadly and shook his head.

Gang Realm against Nascent Soul.

Hua Xiaotian’s seemingly thunderous attack looked no different from slow motion in his eyes.

As Hua Xiaotian’s offensive approached.

He gently dodged, and the latter missed completely.

"You know, you can’t stop me, and he can’t escape! This moth-to-a-flame style has no meaning at all!"

Watching Hua Xiaotian miss his strike, Qin Fan frowned and spoke deeply.

Finished speaking.

No longer paying attention to Hua Xiaotian.

He turned around, preparing to chase outward.

Yet at this moment, Hua Xiaotian showed no sign of realization!

He shouted madly, "Thunderous Being, go!"

Only to see him miss, but suddenly swing his hands fiercely, slapping forward.

The next moment.

In the parlor room, thousands of mahjong tiles and various tables and chairs were flipped and lifted.

They swept forward with a lightning-like momentum, towards Qin Fan’s back!

"Damn it, Hua Xiaotian, do you really wish to die that desperately?"

His patience reached a breaking point with Hua Xiaotian’s actions.

Qin Fan swung back, shouting fiercely.

The Prison Suppressing Body’s eruption shattered the incoming mahjong tiles and tables and chairs instantly.

But Hua Xiaotian did not retreat or give up because of this.

Tears continued to pour, his body tensed like a sword, and all the external Gang Jin was retracted, condensing into a mass, covering every inch of his body.

In the end.

He became a sword himself.

Vast Gang Jin fully empowering him!

"All Swords Return to the Root, Phoenix Coming!"

Ignoring Qin Fan’s furious rebuke.

He wept and shouted violently.

Finished speaking.

With both hands, he wildly brandished, slicing out streams of Qi Sword.

As the Qi Swords formed a Sword Net to cover Qin Fan.

His body darted out from the spot, directly confronting Qin Fan.

If the Sword Net was part of All Swords Return to the Root.

Then he would transform his own body into Phoenix Coming!

This was a Divine Skill crafted from decades of Martial Arts Cultivation.

It was also a mutually destructive Divine Skill!

The fact that he held the title of the top martial artist for twenty years implied Hua Xiaotian’s martial talent was extraordinary.

The moment he unleashed this Divine Skill, it revealed unparalleled force!

Below Gang Realm, absolutely no one could withstand, and surely a lethal blow!

But now he faced Qin Fan, capable of easily killing a Middle Stage God Realm Qin Fan.

The so-called mutual destruction, in the end, meant only his own destined demise.

He understood this, and he knew he couldn’t pose even a slight threat to Qin Fan.

Yet he still persevered, with a determined resolve to die!

Staring at the incoming Sword Net and Hua Xiaotian’s Human Sword Integration assault.

Qin Fan’s brow twitched violently!

If it were usual times, he would undoubtedly kill the opponent without a second thought.

But now, he found himself unable to make that resolve.

The Sword Net descended.

Phoenix Coming had arrived.

At the last moment.

Qin Fan swung his arm, flowing with Green Light, slashing forward into the Sword Net.

Ignoring the other Qi Swords harmlessly striking the Prison Suppressing Body.

He swiftly clamped Hua Xiaotian’s neck.

Lifting effortlessly into the air.

Fiercely crying out, "Tell me, do you really want to die so badly? Is it worth it?"

Crash-!

When life and death were momentarily controlled by Qin Fan.

Hua Xiaotian suddenly let go of all Qi Force.

The scattered Qi Swords striking the Prison Suppressing Body were thus nullified.

Yet the Gang Jin covering every inch of his body fiercely rebounded.

Directly piercing his internal organs.

"Pff-!"

A mouthful of vital blood uncontrollably spurted sideways.

Ignoring the internal pain, Hua Xiaotian howled and cried aloud, "I know it isn’t worth it, but he is right! Without him, there is no Hua Xiaotian! So, this is what I owe him! Something I can never repay in a lifetime! Even knowing it’s sending me to death, I have no choice! A debt must be repaid!"

The voice shouting out in collapse resounded through the entire parlor room.

Hua Xiaotian, completely crying into a tearful mess, was now deeply trapped in an inescapable abyss.

He was lost, he wavered, he had nowhere to go!

He didn’t want to die, yet he must die!

Just as the old drunkard said, just as he himself said.

He owed him, they all owed him!

It couldn’t be repaid, it could never be repaid!

"Is your idea of repayment simply dying? Giving him a proper burial, not letting him become a wandering ghost, is your best way of repaying!"

Sadly lamenting.

Finishing speaking, Qin Fan’s hand, gripping his neck, flung him aside!

Clatter!

Immediately Hua Xiaotian was thrown into the depths of the parlor room, toppling over tables and chairs.

Glancing at the disheveled and struggling-to-get-up Hua Xiaotian.

Qin Fan shook his head, not saying more unnecessary words.

Immediately turning, swiftly rushing out.

Unleashing Divine Sense, casting a broad search!

His shadow streaked through swiftly like a rainbow.

...

In a suburban area.

Within an underground wine cellar.

A rich fragrance of wine wafted everywhere.

This was Qi Lian the Demi Immortal’s spoils of war.

Originally, this was a den of a Dark Energy Peak individual.

But after that Dark Energy Peak was eradicated by him, he naturally claimed the place.

An invisible concealing array was placed around the entire wine cellar by him.

He laid several complimentary Qimen Dunjia formations.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal finally breathed a deep sigh of relief.

If not for the sudden Heavenly Punishment that reduced his cultivation, he would not fear a battle.

But now, being merely at the Middle Stage Gang Realm, he had no other choice but to flee from Qin Fan.

Fight?

That would be a moth to a flame.

He had this bit of self-awareness.

Casually picking up an old jar of Daughter’s Red wine.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal tore off the red paper and drank deeply from the bottle.

Even as he drank this way, with wine soaking him as it seeped, he remained unaware.

He still hadn’t recovered from the prior brush with death.

He remained deeply fearful.

If it weren’t for Hua Xiaotian, this scapegoat.

If it weren’t for his certainty that Hua Xiaotian would buy him time.

If it weren’t for betting that Qin Fan wouldn’t kill Hua Xiaotian immediately.

Could he have escaped this calamity?

The answer was obvious; Qi Lian the Demi Immortal had not descended into an ignorant fool even in his madness.

"Phew-!"

Lowering the wine jar, Qi Lian the Demi Immortal exhaled the rich wine aroma.

Then muttered to himself, "Looks like I must find a way to contact the Son of the Heavenly Dao!"

However, just as his muttering fell.

Rumble-!

Beside him, earth and stone collapsed.

Light shone in from the suddenly collapsed hole.

A carefree figure gracefully leaped down from the forcibly made opening above the wine cellar.