Ji Youzi saw Yan Fangheng's wretched plight with perfect clarity. He desperately wanted to flee, but Pang Qingyun had him pinned down...
Ji Youzi had no way to leave.
When Qin Hao emerged from the Void Land, he had already severely wounded Ji Youzi with a single sword strike. Now Pang Qingyun had recovered his peak fighting strength as well.
Before Pang Qingyun, Ji Youzi had no power to fight back at all.
Seeing Yan Fangheng's plight now, Ji Youzi's heart was engulfed in boundless terror. His mind had almost gone blank, leaving nothing but fear.
"I'm willing to submit! Qin Hao—no, master! As long as you don't kill me, I'll do anything!"
Noticing Qin Hao approaching him, Ji Youzi panicked completely. He was terrified that Qin Hao would make him suffer the same fate as Yan Fangheng, letting everyone beat him savagely until he wished he were dead.
He was even more afraid that Qin Hao would simply finish him with a single sword strike.
In his terror, Ji Youzi could no longer worry about anything else. With a thud, he dropped to his knees in the void before Qin Hao and kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Don't kill me! As long as you don't kill me, I'll do anything..."
Pang Qingyun froze. Looking at the kneeling Ji Youzi, a trace of disdain flashed through his eyes, but he did not attack again.
Qin Hao's expression was strange as well. Back on the Southern Frontier Battlefield, Ji Youzi had been a lofty figure who stood as an equal to the Heavenly Martial Ancestor, the Star River Ancestor, and True Lord Yuanlong...
Someone even he had to look up to.
Yet now, Ji Youzi was kneeling before him, begging only to keep his life.
"If you knew it would come to this,