Make Way!

Realizing his trick was seen through, Wu Ye did not feel the slightest bit awkward. Instead, he looked at Qing He and said frankly, "To be honest, Qing He, I truly have never cared for the lives of these ants. As long as I can help you and make you happy, I am utterly content."

This could practically be considered a bold and direct confession...

"Pardon my bluntness, Young Master Wu, but Qing He cannot agree with your methods..."

Before Qing He could finish, Wu Ye waved a hand to interrupt. "You needn't say more, Qing He. You have your bottom line in life, and I have my code of conduct. In what I do, I seek only to follow my true heart and achieve my goal, without regard for the process!"

His words were very straightforward, and his meaning was obvious. His objective was to draw close to Qing He; as for everything else, he did not care in the least—not even for Qing He's own opinion of him.

From this point, one could tell that Wu Ye was actually quite a pure sort of person.

Qing He fell silent, saying no more, having decided from the bottom of her heart to completely disregard this man named Wu Ye.

Wu Ye smiled with unconcern. Glancing down at the chaotic and ruined Tai'an County below, his figure flashed and vanished—not leaving, but rather entering the county town itself.

In a street within the county town, Wu Ye's figure appeared. Pure white, razor-sharp radiances flickered into view, and the monsters that filled the street shattered into pieces en masse.

Wu Ye set about slaying the monsters of Tai'an County, though this time his strikes did not affect the living people still in the town. Instead, he focused wholeheartedly on slaughtering the