Chapter 216: Xu Liunian's Plan

Chapter 217: Foul

"Xu Liunian..." Qi Xia furrowed his brow and said, "You won't cry until you see the coffin, will you? Now, the one with their throat choked is you."

"It's... it's nothing..." Xu Liunian forced a painful smile. "In this Zhongyan Zhidi, no matter who you are, as long as you're on guard, the chances of anyone successfully killing you are very low... But I have to prove that I can do it anyway."

Qi Xia frowned. "I don't care what you're thinking. I just want to ask what you did to Qiao Jiajin."

"What happened to him doesn't matter at all..." Xu Liunian slowly revealed a manic expression. "Chu Tianqiu is even crazier than I imagined... Ha ha... Tonight, he's going to make everyone here die..."

"And you're not crazy yourself?"

Qi Xia paused for a moment, then finally released his grip on Xu Liunian's neck.

"Stop struggling in vain," Qi Xia said. "If you join forces with us now, we might still have a chance to escape."

"No..." Xu Liunian lay on the ground and slowly pulled a small knife from his pocket. "I've made up my mind... Only by killing you here can I make you understand my true capabilities."

"Qi Ge, watch out!" Li Xiangling saw the other person pull out a weapon and tried to rush over to help, but she forgot about her sprained ankle and fell after just three steps.

Qi Xia reacted quickly, reaching out to grab Xu Liunian's wrist. "Hey! I've said enough! Are you not understanding?"

"I don't want to pretend anymore," Xu Liunian said with a laugh. "I don't want to be anyone's pawn... I just want to be myself."

He slowly turned the small knife in his hand toward Qi Xia, but Qi Xia held his wrist firmly, preventing any movement.

"Stop struggling," Qi Xia said. "You yourself said that when I'm on guard, it's impossible for an ordinary person to kill me."

"So you think this is all I've got?"

Xu Liunian smiled and flipped the dagger around, pointing it at his own chest.

Qi Xia furrowed his brow slightly, not understanding the other's actions.

In the next second, Xu Liunian used the hand that Qi Xia was holding to drive the knife into his own heart.

"Cough..." He coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

It looked like the knife had gone straight into his lung.

"You..." Qi Xia's eyes widened. "Have you gone mad?!"

"Qi Xia..." Xu Liunian bared his blood-stained teeth. "What do you think of this move?"

Qi Xia felt Xu Liunian's other hand touch his pants pocket, and then everything went still.

"What...?" Watching Xu Liunian's lifeless body, Qi Xia felt completely baffled.

He had been talking about killing him, but ended up taking his own life.

Li Xiangling also got up from the ground, staring at the scene in confusion.

She had clearly seen the other person reverse the blade and plunge it into his own chest.

"Qi Ge... Are you okay...?" Li Xiangling asked.

Qi Xia stood up in a daze; this was his first time experiencing the feeling of killing someone firsthand, and it left his mind in turmoil.

"I'm... I'm fine..."

No sooner had Qi Xia spoken than the entire room began to shake.

In the next second, a figure that looked human suddenly appeared in mid-air, startling the two inside the room.

"How dare you..." the figure said in a low voice.

Qi Xia and Li Xiangling both looked up and saw a woman floating above them. Her hair was unimaginably long, draping over her like clothing, completely obscuring her skin and face.

"Shen Shou...?" Qi Xia was stunned.

The woman in the air extended a hand and slowly parted the hair in front of her, revealing a pale and stern face. She glanced at Qi Xia and repeated, "How dare you..."

Qi Xia felt a chill run down his spine; just being stared at by this woman made him break out in a cold sweat.

"Are you talking about me...?" Qi Xia mustered his courage and asked. "How have I been so bold?"

"Killing and seizing Dao is a violation," the woman said coldly.

"Seizing..." Qi Xia was startled, suddenly realizing something.

He quickly reached into his pocket and found a small round ball there.

This must be the Dao that Xu Liunian had slipped into his pocket at the moment of death.

"Wait, wait a minute..." Qi Xia said, unusually flustered. "The person committed suicide, and the Dao was something they put in my pocket. How can that count as me violating the rules?"

"How dare you." The woman said coldly again. "The person died at your hands, and the Dao is in your pocket. It's a violation."

"Damn, that's so unreasonable..." Qi Xia gritted his teeth. "Do you only look at the surface? If this counts as a violation, then anyone in Zhongyan Zhidi could be killed this way."

The woman in the air paused, as if processing what Qi Xia had said. After a moment, she uttered two words: "Violation..."

Qi Xia's face showed resentment as he pointed toward the door. "Just outside this door, two groups are fighting, with countless casualties... Yet you're only concerned about whether I've violated the rules?"

"Qi Xia, die."

Seeing her unyielding stance, Qi Xia felt half his hope drain away.

He had encountered three Shen Shou before.

Bai Hu and Zhu Que were erratic, but they could still manage basic communication.

But this woman seemed to have lost all normal reasoning ability.

What should he do now?

A ridiculous idea flashed through Qi Xia's mind.

Run away?

As a normal person, trying to escape from someone like a god...

What were the odds of survival?

"Fraudster!"

A reckless voice came from outside the door. Someone pushed at the door, but found it locked from the inside.