Qu Jianlei had no shortage of trump cards in hand, and he believed that even if he could not match Qingning, he would not fall too far short.
Yet while he had still been in the Nascent Soul Realm, he had been able to slay several True Venerables. That was not only because he had trump cards, but also because he possessed a level head.
In battle, that kind of mindset was what mattered most. Never mind whether someone was newly advanced or long established—only with confidence was victory possible.
And he absolutely hated being targeted, especially when, if the other party could do nothing to him, they might very well turn their sights on his teammates.
It was not as if there were no precedents for that sort of thing. Wasn't Qianhuan, that professional scammer, exactly the kind of person who did that?
And Qu Jianlei hated that sort of thing most of all. If you can't beat me, you go make trouble for my companions... Was that something a normal person did?
Yet unfortunately, although Qingning had not said it outright, the meaning he had shown was basically exactly that.
Then there was no need for him to endure it. They could just open a Life and Death Situation directly. Once the result was out, everything would be settled once and for all.
A dignified Out-of-Body True Venerable was actually going to gamble life and death. This seemed... No, there was no "seemed" about it. It really was reckless.
Almost no True Venerable did this. Was a lifespan of six thousand years not enough to squander? How desperate did someone have to be to play this game?
Yet what Qu Jianlei valued most was precisely this point. He constantly reminded himself that no matter how high his cultivation