"It was time to show yourself."
In Sky Origin Imperial City, atop the tallest white jade pillar in the plaza, Qin Jiuge stood with his hands behind his back.
His expression was blank, his voice slowly descending like the echo of a clear spring.
At that very moment, Zhu Chengan arrived there as well.
He knew full well that with Qin Jiuge's current aura of the Great Emperor Realm, capturing him would be as easy as turning over one's hand.
The fact that Qin Jiuge had not immediately killed him on the spot as he had Zhu Moyan, his younger sister, already counted as mercy.
Otherwise, no one in this world would ever have known that Zhu Chengan had once been resurrected. He would still have been the dead man everyone imagined him to be, reduced to dust by Qin Jiuge and the Eldest Princess Li Changge during that imperial dynasty upheaval, without even his true spirit remaining.
"Thank you for giving me such a decent opportunity.
"Otherwise, in a world like this, no one would care in the slightest."
Zhu Chengan shook his head with a bitter laugh.
Even he himself probably could not believe that he would say such words in the end.
A man's words were kind when death drew near.
At this moment, he did not beg for mercy either, because Qin Jiuge would never let him go.
Rather than groveling in a manner so disgusting it made even himself want to vomit, he would rather have one more proper fight with Qin Jiuge.
"Previously, the two of you fought one against me, and I always felt it was rather unfair.
"Now, though, it is just right.
"Now and today, we should have a good look and see which of us is superior within the Half-step