Insect Extermination Alliance Stirs Killing Intent

"Fifty years, old friend. I'm taking you home!"

Shi Rudian spoke in a weathered tone, addressing one of the heads behind E Renjie.

That head had gray hair hanging loose, its pupils gray-white and vacant. Its mouth muttered unintelligible words.

Every head imprisoned by E Renjie looked alive, but had in fact long become a puppet of his fleshly body.

The instant E Renjie saw Shi Rudian, he understood. "Haha, you came too. You've held it in all these years—must have nearly burst, huh?"

So Shi Rudian's posturing back then had been an act, all to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens while avenging his sworn brother.

He had feigned heartless indifference, endured disgrace, and painstakingly trained his fist arts and secret techniques over the years.

Yet though E Renjie was evil, his martial talent was so great it drove people to despair. The gap between them had only widened further.

If nothing unexpected happened, Shi Rudian would have no hope of revenge in this lifetime.

"E Renjie, I rather like the nickname Stone Heart. Everyone thinks it means I have a heart of iron and stone, that I see death and refuse to save—yet in truth, only Shi Rudian himself understands..."

"A man's heart remains iron until death. If I cannot kill you and avenge my brother in this life, then I shall simply die!"

"A heart of iron and stone, with its resolve unchanged until death. I am Stone Heart Shi Rudian."

He turned to Yuan Quezi. "Yuan Quezi, does what your leader promised still count?"

"Of course it does. Look at me—I came here to risk my life for revenge as well."

Yuan Quezi pointed at E Renjie. "Our leader struck first earlier and bit off one of his heads. That is the sincerity of our Measure