When Aili had first arrived, she seemed preoccupied with something and had completely failed to notice Li's presence. Only when she sensed a fierce gaze fixed upon her did she suddenly look up. The instant she saw Li, she was briefly stunned, but that shock soon turned into wild delight.
"Hahahahaha! There's a path to Heaven, yet you refuse to take it; Hell has no gate, yet you come knocking!" Aili burst into laughter. "I thought you'd died at the hands of that giant beast. Who would've thought you'd be lucky enough to survive until I came to kill you!"
Watching the seemingly crazed Aili, Li drew a deep breath and slowly said, "I never expected you to chase me all the way here either. Aili, I don't care what you think. That day, it was your subordinates who kept forcing—"
"Hmph!" Aili sneered. "Though my Lord loves all living beings, are those who live beneath His light the same as trash like you, fallen into darkness? Even harming a single hair on the people of Heaven is an unforgivable crime deserving death! You actually dreamed of making me forgive you, you lowly mortal... See? I call you trash, yet you refuse to admit it..."
As she spoke, Aili pointedly glanced at the lion demons beside them, who were greedily swallowing the moonlight.
Li fell silent for several seconds. "I never said I wanted you to forgive me for anything. What a nuisance. I was originally going to say that since you intended to kill me, I'd simply kill you. But I didn't expect you to be this stubborn. It seems Heaven will suffer calamity because of you as well."
Aili's face showed a trace of astonishment again, as though she had seen an ant run up before her and