Meizhuang glared in Hu Xiaotian's direction. He continued, "Actually, I was wrong. Meizhuang clearly had a chance to escape just now, but you still refused to let her go. It seems I'm not the only one you want dead."
Ren Tianqing said, "I've swept across the world all my life and never suffered humiliation like this. If I don't kill you, I swear I'm not human!"
Hu Xiaotian laughed. "You're not human to begin with, just a mongrel monster! You don't qualify as a Fated One, and you don't qualify as a human either. Your very existence in this world is superfluous." Those words successfully enraged Ren Tianqing, who roared, "Shut up!"
Knowing he had struck a sore spot, Hu Xiaotian continued, "That arm won't be much use to you even if you take it back. I accidentally stepped on it a few times just now. I'm afraid all the bones have been ground to powder."
Ren Tianqing let out a furious roar. This bastard was truly vicious, choosing every word to drive a knife into his heart. His rage grew so intense that he laughed instead. "Hu Xiaotian, let's see how long you can keep swaggering!" After that, he fell silent.
A green flame rose in the darkness. Meizhuang had opened her right hand, and a tongue of green fire slowly rose above her palm, illuminating the entire dark stone chamber.
In its light, Meizhuang's face took on a sickly green cast, looking eerily sinister yet tinged with an indescribable desolation. Ren Tianqing's words had made it clear that he was determined to kill Hu Xiaotian. Inevitably, she had been dragged into this by Hu Xiaotian and become a sacrificial victim. Hu Xiaotian had been right about one thing: she held no place whatsoever in Ren Tianqing's heart. He