"Please... spare the Dragon King."
Mike kowtowed frantically, not caring even as he smashed his forehead bloody. His tone was filled with desperate pleading.
"Mike! Don't beg him!"
Long Jiuyuan harshly rebuked Mike for begging. His face flushed red and his neck bulged with anger. Seeing Mike lower himself to curry favor with that bastard Jiang Che just to save his life filled him with shame.
Once upon a time, how spirited and glorious had he, the mighty Dragon King, been?
Yet now, he had fallen into such a miserable state that he needed his subordinate to humbly beg for his life?
Humiliation! This was simply the greatest humiliation!
Long Jiuyuan would rather Jiang Che kill him with a single palm strike than watch Mike grovel before their enemy like this.
Although Mike was doing this entirely out of good intentions, Long Jiuyuan would never appreciate something that made him feel so humiliated.
"I, Long Jiuyuan, am no coward!"
He turned to Jiang Che before him and gritted his teeth. "Jiang Che, if you have the guts, give me a quick death!"
"Tsk, tsk... what a pair of star-crossed lovers," Jiang Che sneered. "Hall Master Long, Mike is willing to give up his life for you. It seems his feelings for you really run deep!"
"He loves you so deeply, so why won't you appreciate it?"
"Come to think of it... shouldn't you two thank me for bringing you together?"
[Long Jiuyuan's mentality exploded! Emotion Points +25487...]
"You..."
Without question, Jiang Che's words had struck directly at Long Jiuyuan's sore spot, dealing a devastating blow to his heart!
The unbearable memories from that abandoned mine began surfacing uncontrollably in his mind.
"What about me?"
Jiang Che gave a cold laugh and spread his palm. Scorching flames gathered in