Her fingers clenched abruptly. In that instant, it felt as though something in her heart had been savagely wrenched.
She suddenly fixed Qing Chen with a fierce stare and finally said, each word distinct, "I will kill you."
Hearing this, Qing Chen merely shook his head and said lightly, "As you are now, you can't."
Before his words had faded, a cold glint suddenly flared in Zhao Ningyi's eyes.
The Fire Lotus beneath her feet shuddered violently. Three-Colored Flames surged between its petals with explosive crackles, sending out searing waves of heat.
But Qing Chen could tell that, impressive as this display was, it was nowhere near as solid and concentrated as Huo Lifei's move earlier. At most, it possessed the might of a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Peak. It could intimidate others, but not him.
"Just because I can't now doesn't mean I won't be able to in the future."
She stared at him, her voice taut. "Qing Chen, remember this. One day, I will kill you with my own hands."
After saying this, she actually steadied herself.
Qing Chen looked at her, his gaze resting on her face, as though recalling something from the distant past.
"The future?"
He repeated those words, then suddenly laughed.
"Very well. I, Qing Chen, will wait for you to kill me. If you truly have the ability to kill me, I'll accept it."
At these words, Blood Fiend and Huo Lifei both glanced over.
They could tell that this man had always torn out the grass by its roots. Anyone who showed him killing intent, whether close to him or distant, was invariably killed on the spot. He never left trouble for the future. For him to say something like "I'll wait for you to kill me" today was truly