Chapter 1718: Crushed To Death (II)

Li Jiangnian immediately rose upon the wind and spread his five fingers. Wind and clouds surged as jade-like colors swiftly climbed across his body, transforming into a dazzling suit of jade armor. His hunched figure was completely concealed beneath his Immortal Foundation, giving him an unexpectedly handsome, gallant, and imposing appearance.

It was the [Jade Court General]!

With a thought, a jade spear immediately appeared in his palm. Li Jiangnian raised his hand and hurled it with all his strength!

Buzz...

The jade spear shot through the air like an arrow of light and arrived in an instant. The burly man was only at the Qi Cultivation Realm, so how could he possibly withstand such an attack? He didn’t even have a chance to react. When he looked down, he found that the jade spear had already pierced through his chest, leaving behind a gaping void. Without a chance to utter even half a word, he coughed up a mouthful of blood in vain, and then exploded into countless flames in midair that scattered downward.

On the other side, Guo Gemei had already reached the limits of her endurance. This sudden turn left her both frightened and overjoyed. Unexpectedly, a vast wave of Jade True radiance swept over her, forcing her to cough up blood. Unable to maintain the spirit wind beneath her feet, she began drifting downward.

In the blink of an eye, an arm seemingly cast from jade caught and supported her. Overwhelmed with alarm, Guo Gemei could only exclaim, "Many thanks, senior!"

A gentle young man's voice answered, "There is no need for thanks... Crimson Reef Island has many grievances with us on Lulai Island. This was merely a small favor!"

"Lulai?!"

Only then did Guo Gemei understand why he had helped her. Surprise and delight surged through her, accompanied by a strange stirring in her heart. Hearing his gentle, youthful voice, she suddenly blushed, pursed her red lips, and softened her own voice, "So you are a young master from the immortal island!"

Her words sent heat rushing through Li Jiangnian's head and made his mouth water. Guo Gemei was truly beautiful. She rested limply against his arm, exposing her smooth, snow-white neck and making him swallow hard.

Naturally, he had deliberately caused the shock wave of Jade True radiance so that she would fall into his embrace. Was that not how such scenes always played out in storybooks?!

Guo Gemei was several years older than him and saw through his intentions perfectly. She covered her smile with pursed lips, immediately making Li Jiangnian flush with embarrassment.

His mind worked quickly, however, and he hurriedly averted his eyes before explaining awkwardly, "My apologies, miss. My family has always kept me under strict supervision, and I have cultivated alone for more than thirty years... I have rarely had occasion to consider the proper boundaries between men and women..."

A thirty-year-old Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator!

The moment Li Jiangnian moved, Guo Gemei immediately wrapped her arms around him. She frowned and whimpered a few times. "It hurts..."

Li Jiangnian immediately raised his hand and said solemnly, "Allow me to treat your injuries, miss..."

His hand trembled slightly as he pressed it against her neck and poured surging Jade True mana into her body, causing the woman's complexion to grow increasingly flushed. Yet although [Jade Court General] possessed boundless might, it had no healing capabilities. In fact, its energy carried the property of making wounds difficult to heal. Li Jiangnian was even less proficient in healing and feared hurting her, so he concentrated completely as cold sweat formed beneath his mask.

Guo Gemei never considered any of this. The mask also concealed the man's face completely, so how could she know that this Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator was struggling to treat her injuries? The cold jade remained pressed against her neck, making her face grow redder by the moment.

His mana surged through every part of her body, producing an unmistakably sensitive sensation. Moreover, the outward manifestation of [Jade Court General] gave him the gallant, imposing appearance of a mighty immortal general. For a moment, strange feelings stirred within Guo Gemei's heart.

Those young men from the Southern Sea whom Father found for me... how could any of them compare to a young master from an immortal family? And he is so tall and imposing...

As though moved by some mysterious impulse, she raised her hand and placed her slender fingers against the man's mask, gazing intently at him. Li Jiangnian froze slightly and stared back at her in a daze, his heart leaping as he lost himself in the moment.

It was not as though Li Jiangnian had never interacted with women. Although his family kept him under strict supervision, plenty of women had approached him of their own accord after he came to the Eastern Sea. Yet he had been born ugly and was deeply sensitive about it. He invariably saw disgust in those women's eyes, leaving him silently dejected and instinctively repelled by them.

This is perfect... A woman is actually gazing at me with such tenderness. This moment should continue forever...

He had once believed that earning the admiration of others was his greatest desire in life. Yet as he gazed into her eyes, that longing found a strange and far more complete satisfaction. His legs trembled, and he became so entranced that he could not pull himself free.

Eyes brimming with affection, Guo Gemei removed his mask. Then his face suddenly felt cool.

The woman's tender eyes widened to their limit in an instant, the lingering warmth within them not yet having faded. She drew a deep breath, but the motion in her throat stopped halfway as she forcibly suppressed it. The revulsion on her face was horrifyingly intense.

If the allure of his father Li Zhouwei's appearance came without reason, influenced by Metallic Essence and bestowed by Heaven itself so that others instinctively became infatuated with him, then Li Jiangnian's ugliness had, in a sense, achieved the same effect in reverse.

Although Jade True excelled at transformation, and he had spent the first half of his life trying to alter his appearance, he remained possessed of an ugliness that inspired an innate and uncontrollable disgust. Worse still, he no longer had time to conceal it through transformation.

Yet this very ugliness had made Li Jiangnian intimately familiar with such reactions. His swollen, narrow eyes easily recognized her suppressed urge to vomit. His face twitched, contorting the remnants of his smile into a tangled mess.

He looked even uglier now, yet a trace of hope remained in his eyes. But Guo Gemei desperately averted her eyes and forced an awkward smile. Her face was as pale as paper, as she braced both hands rigidly against his chest.

Her previously yielding body had gone completely stiff as she said dryly, "Young Master, I have already recovered."

He had endured such reactions hundreds, even thousands of times before, yet this one was the final straw. When everything that had seemed perfect shattered before him, what rose from the depths of his heart was not quiet sorrow, but a terrifying storm of rage.

Bitch!! Bitch, bitch, bitch!

His jade-patterned eyes turned crimson with blood in an instant. The hand that had rested gently against her fair, delicate neck like that of a lover suddenly clenched. Her tender flesh yielded like tofu, squeezing between his fingers and splattering in every direction.

Awkward terror remained frozen upon Guo Gemei's face, but her head had already flown high into the air. Her shapely chest and graceful body burst apart beneath the furious cultivator's hands, pulverized into mincemeat as bloody rain filled the sky!

Within the span of a breath, the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator had crushed her into pieces.

Blood spattered across his Jade True body. Covered in gore, the Jade True immortal cultivator gripped her head in his hands and shouted hysterically, "What gives you the right?! What gives you the right?! I saved you... I saved you! You were supposed to fucking love me! Bitch!"

The flesh upon the severed head disintegrated amid his roar, splattering the man's head and face in mottled red and white. Only a small, delicate skull remained, its pale fascia contracting as it reflected within his eyes.

Li Jiangnian froze. He frowned blankly, as though trying to identify what he held. Suddenly, it seemed as if a red-hot branding iron lay in his hands, and he released it as though struck by lightning.

He stumbled back several steps through the air, chilled to the marrow. He descended onto a reef in a panic and stood dazed in the water like a bewildered pelican.

"Bitch..."

Still disoriented, he hurriedly lowered his head and began washing his trembling hands in the seawater that reached halfway up his body. He scrubbed them for a long time, yet could not remove the blood lodged within every crevice. Only then did he belatedly withdraw his Immortal Foundation and blankly stand there.

His reflection in the sea showed a figure dressed entirely in white, without the slightest trace of red. As the mystics dissolved, it became clear that the woman's blood and remains had already been purged by his mana.

Yet the man removed the garment and threw it into the sea, watching it drift away like a wandering soul. He changed into an identical robe and stared at his reflection in the water for a moment. The face staring back nearly made him vomit, and he hurriedly took the mask from his sleeve.

But his hands could not hold it steady. It slipped from his left hand into his right, then fell into the sea. Only after several attempts did Li Jiangnian finally place it back over his face.

The distant sun was rapidly setting, casting beautiful light across the sea and sky. Li Jiangnian hid his icy hands within his sleeves and stared blankly at the water, feeling as though he were trapped deep within a dream.

Gurgle...

Beneath the evening twilight, something disturbed the tranquil surface. The woman's bare skull had been carried back by the waves and bobbed above the water once more like a playful fish. The few scraps of red flesh still clinging to it swayed twice, appearing even more vivid beneath the setting sun.

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