Before his words had even faded.
Li Wu suddenly struck.
His hand tightened around the whip, and he gave it a savage backward yank!
Caught completely off guard by Li Wu's monstrous strength, Balu was dragged clean off the one-horned fire rhinoceros's back and flew toward him with a startled cry.
"Young Master!"
The Southern Wasteland warriors guarding him blanched and lunged forward with furious roars.
But they were already too late.
Before Balu could hit the ground, Li Wu clamped a great hand around his throat like an iron vise and hoisted him into the air as though he were a chick!
"Urgh... khh... khh..."
Balu's face instantly turned the dark red of pig's liver. His hands desperately pried at Li Wu's iron fingers, his feet kicking wildly in midair, but he could not budge them in the slightest.
Li Wu stared fixedly at Balu, the killing intent in his eyes almost taking physical form.
"Weren't you so arrogant in the Half-Saint ruins six months ago? I told you, I swore I would kill you!"
Li Wu grinned viciously, the heavy flesh of his face trembling.
Balu's pupils contracted at those words.
He remembered.
He knew who this man was.
He stared at Li Wu, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"It... it's you!"
Balu forced the words out with difficulty.
"We of the Li Family repay every grudge—even a grudge spanning ten lifetimes!"
Li Wu roared. The next instant, his other massive hand clamped directly onto the crown of Balu's head.
"No!!!"
Balu let out a despairing scream.
A vicious gleam flashed through Li Wu's eyes. His hand tightened, the muscles in his arm bulging instantly.
Crack!
The scalp-prickling sounds of bone cracking and flesh tearing drowned out the surrounding Southern Wasteland warriors' startled cries and furious roars.
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