"Other possibilities?"
Hearing Jiang Qiao's words, Yin Qiu actually gave it some serious thought.
Then he said sincerely:
"There is one, actually."
"If you help me lure away the Child King, I can let you go."
Well, then.
The Child King.
A pure Half-God.
"I can't do that. If I could lure away the Child King, would I still be standing here wasting my breath with you?"
Jiang Qiao looked somewhat helpless as he spoke.
"That really is unfortunate."
"You can't think of a way to escape, and you're of no use to me."
"I can only beat you to death."
Yin Qiu sounded a little regretful. "Don't worry. After you die, I'll swallow you whole. I won't let your corpse be torn to pieces. This is the special treatment I offer someone with such great fortune as you."
As he spoke,
the bloody threads crisscrossing the surroundings like a chessboard turned into puppet strings.
And the Dark Domain's space became the puppet.
Manipulated by the red strings,
it began to form layer upon layer of wrinkled waves, curling toward the center and wrapping around Jiang Qiao.
"You displayed formidable strength over at the Bloody Grassland."
"Although our exchange was hurried,"
"you left a very deep impression on me."
"I said then that killing you might take some effort. Now that my hands are free, I'm going to kill you seriously. I hope you'll respond appropriately as well."
"Preferably, you'll give me a little surprise."
"I'm looking forward to it."
"And I have high hopes for you."
Yin Qiu maintained an exceedingly sincere tone throughout, but his words carried a hint of mockery.
It was like telling a clown in a circus:
"Work hard."
"I approve of your clowning."
Heh.
Watching the changes around him, Jiang Qiao remained calm. Instead,