Ming Li looked, frowning, her voice icy, "Alright, you're useless now."
Yi hadn't understood Ming Li's words when his eyes widened in disbelief. With a final *bang*, he collapsed to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth, his eyes wide open in death.
Ming Li calmly retracted her silver sword, not sparing a glance at the man on the ground, and walked towards the direction Yi had pointed.
There, a mysterious figure clad in black robes awaited her...
"Boom—"
With another deafening sound, Ming Li effortlessly shattered the barrier before her and entered a spacious cave.
She frowned as she looked at the blue light cluster suspended in mid-air within the pillar of light at the very center.
Suddenly, an arrow, glinting with cold light, flew from a certain direction. Ming Li dodged it sideways, her gaze turning cold. She raised her hand, and a strange, powerful force hurtled towards a particular direction.
"Pfft!"
A black figure flew out, spewing blood, looking utterly pathetic.
Ming Li frowned, finding the aura of the person before her somewhat familiar. Just then, she heard the black-robed figure let out a cackling laugh. His black robes suddenly slid to the ground.
Ming Li looked at the scarred face, her frown deepening into a more pronounced furrow between her brows.
"Left Protector, long time no see."
Hearing the rough, unpleasant voice, Ming Li raised an eyebrow. "You know me?"
The black-robed figure seemed stimulated by her words, his emotions suddenly becoming agitated. "You don't know me? How can you not know me!"
"Why should I know you?" Ming Li looked expressionlessly at the man who was acting like a madman, her beautiful eyes filled with indifference.
"Left Protector! How dare you not remember me?! Look properly at my face, how dare you not remember! You ruined me like this, and you dare not remember me!"
Ming Li remained expressionless, suddenly recalling something. She spoke faintly, "Tsk~ You have a strong life, to still be alive."
This person before her was the king of this plane. He had coveted her beauty, attempted to take liberties with her, and was ultimately killed by her. She hadn't expected him to still be alive.
The black-robed figure suddenly calmed down, his gaze on Ming Li like that of a cold, venomous snake. "I didn't expect you to have a weakness now." As he spoke, his gaze fell upon the system trapped within the pillar of light.
"Heh!"
The black-robed figure let out a cold snort, his voice icy as he said, "What you like, what you care about, I will destroy!"
"How dare you!"
"Hahahahaha!" The black-robed figure suddenly laughed wildly, speaking, "What dare I not do? You've already made me lose everything. What's wrong with me making you lose a little?!"
With that, the black-robed figure, seizing the moment when Ming Li was not paying attention, gathered power in his hand and slammed it towards the pillar of light trapping the system.
"Be destroyed! Hahahaha! Let it all be destroyed!" the black-robed figure roared, nearing madness.
Ming Li's gaze sharpened. Almost instinctively, she activated her time powers. In an instant, time was paused. The entire plane was enveloped by a powerful temporal force, becoming eerily silent.
The black-robed figure looked at this incredible scene, his expression shocked as he looked at Ming Li. "You... Who exactly are you?!" When did this world gain such a monster?
Ming Li waved her fair hand, and the pillar of light trapping the system instantly shattered into crystalline fragments. The system weakly fell out and slowly opened its eyes. "Host... Host dear."
Ming Li frowned, retrieving the system into her spatial dimension. Her gaze coldly fell upon the black-robed figure, who was still trying to pick up his jaw.