"Congratulations. You've taken another step toward me."
The bomb buried deep in her heart would detonate according to the flow of Honkai energy through her blood vessels. As long as she did not gather too much Honkai energy in an instant, she was safe for now.
Corpses of the undead littered the ground. This did not seem like a good place to chat. Zhao Bai raised his blade and walked forward, its narrow gleam flashing as it reaped the sluggish undead.
"How excessive. You won't even look at me."
The Third Herrscher spoke in an ambiguously suggestive tone, but Zhao Bai did not listen to her. He kept reaping and retrieving weapons, sending every undead creature to meet the Grim Reaper.
Until, at last, Miss Ke was the only undead left present. Zhao Bai dragged his exhausted body back.
"Submit to me, or else..."
"It's five in the morning. There's about half an hour until sunrise. I'll sleep for a while. Wake me when the sun comes up."
"You human!"
That request was truly excessive. The Third Herrscher's brow twitched slightly as Honkai energy slowly gathered within her.
She had nearly broken through the limit.
But she restrained the impulse, because Zhao Bai had simply lain down with his belly facing the Third Herrscher.
"Hmph?"
"I want you to submit beneath my feet in person, not kill you while you're defenseless."
The Third Herrscher said sulkily.
Zhao Bai was not bluffing. He had really fallen asleep.
On one hand, he had spent the entire night hacking monsters apart. Even a superhuman should have been tired by then.
On the other hand, he understood the Third Herrscher deeply. Though she kept calling him a lowly ant, she had the potential to become a comic relief character.
She said she did not