"There were only two ways for me to kill you, given the body of a Subordinate Blood Ancestor and my current methods."
Qing Gui's intent to kill Gu Chen was now unavoidable. A spatial passage appeared above his left palm, and an ancient book with a human face emerged from within.
"To kill you completely, I would probably have to use up every remaining page in the Plague Record. The other method is even more troublesome, and it cannot be used on you. So this is my only choice. After all, you truly killed me once, wasting one of my lives so easily. Such a crime is unforgivable."
As long as Qing Gui held two fingers over Gu Chen's brow, the kingly majesty of 'Tianwang' continuously suppressed both the Original Blood Ancestor within Gu Chen and Gu Chen's own soul, leaving him unable to move.
The Plague Record floating above Qing Gui's left hand had already begun flipping on its own to a blank page.
A brush dipped in ink floated over the page and began writing Gu Chen's name. Once it was finished, everything would be over. Gu Chen's death tribulation would inevitably descend.
"Mm... who?" Qing Gui's expression abruptly changed, and he swiftly withdrew the Plague Record into his body.
"Lightning Passage!"
Without any warning, a flash of lightning descended vertically from the sky. The bolt encountered no resistance as it forcibly tore through the outer wall of the Flesh Sac Gu Chen had created and pierced Qing Gui's left palm, which had been holding the Plague Record.
At the same time, another bolt of lightning mixed into the previous flash. A figure wreathed in electricity descended beside Qing Gui, and the surrounding grass and tree trunks were all burned away by the powerful current.
When Qing Gui