The steps outside.
Ming Rihao was still sitting there. The Sun King's fatal blow had grievously wounded his body. If not for his formidable strength and tenacious life force, as hard to kill as a cockroach, he would have long since collapsed dead.
Clown and Pearlglow Beauty suddenly appeared.
Seeing Ming Rihao in such a state, Clown's gaze flickered.
Pearlglow Beauty, however, showed no change at all. She even smiled faintly, as though she took some pleasure in his misfortune.
"Look at you. Oh dear, after all these years, you're still the same. Would you die if you didn't insist on showing off?" Pearlglow Beauty clicked her tongue as she passed through the golden barrier and walked toward Ming Rihao. She circled him twice, then suddenly burst into ringing laughter. "My dear Marshal, hailed as the strongest man of the Ming Clan, you who hate evil as bitterly as you tolerate not a grain of betrayal—weren't you here in Green Willow City to arrest me? Why aren't you making a move? Oh dear, you missed your chance. But it's fine, there's still a chance now. Come, arrest me and hang me in Moonlight Square for judgment! A traitor like me should at least be sentenced to hanging!"
"..." Ming Rihao was silent as death.
"I'm right in front of you. Why won't you strike? Let me see—ah, so you've already been beaten half to death. Who was it? Who turned the strongest man of the Ming Clan into a turtle hiding its head? Who turned the man who called himself the bravest in the world into a coward?" Pearlglow Beauty mocked him coldly.
"..." Ming Rihao still said nothing.
"Don't you hate me? That's right, I betrayed you—no, I betrayed the entire Ming Clan, even betrayed the most exalted saintess