"Tsk... You ungrateful little brat..."
Seeing Xue Mingqing raise his sword, Gui Mei understood. The kid had no intention of playing along with him...
In that case, he'd just have to torture him bit by bit until he died...
Gui Mei shot Xue Mingqing a cold glance, but his eyes eventually settled on Xue Mingqing's sword-wielding right hand.
His eyes shifted, as if he'd thought of something, and a playful smile curled his lips.
Then the First Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up, radiating a dazzling, frigid light...
First Soul Skill: Ghost Blade.
Gui Mei raised his hand and lightly pointed one blood-red fingernail forward. A crescent-shaped blade of black and green energy instantly shot from his fingertip!
The blade was wrapped in thick black mist, tracing a strange arc through the air as it aimed straight for Xue Mingqing's right wrist!
He would sever the tendons in his hand with a single strike. Once Xue Mingqing lost the ability to fight back, Gui Mei would torture him mercilessly!
And the Ghost Blade?
It was so fast that it left nothing but afterimages in its wake.
In just a few breaths, it was already right in front of Xue Mingqing, leaving him no time to react!
Seeing the Ghost Blade bearing down on him, Xue Mingqing's heart sank, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat—
Only now did he truly realize just how vast the gap between himself and Gui Mei was.
Even though he had Soul Power at level 23, had endured training of hellish difficulty, and was a prodigious young genius—
An unrisen genius was still just a weakling!
Before a level 72 Agility Attack Soul Saint, he was as fragile as a chick, the sort that could be crushed to death with ease.
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