Chapter 1178: I Am Lu Yang
Yang Kongtong had finally completed his soul after immense hardship, but as soon as he heard Leng Ningxiang’s voice, all his joy evaporated.
Leng Ningxiang had been the first to strike that day, aiming for his neck, and she had similarly whispered in his ear then.
He had dodged in time, saving his head, but she managed to slice off his arm. Before he could even ask why, the other members of his harem appeared one after another and dismembered him.
“Where are you?!”
Leng Ningxiang’s voice sounded again. “Milord Yang, I’m inside you.”
From the left arm he had just attached, a cloud of icy mist emerged, gradually coalescing into an aloof beauty clad in night stealth clothes.
“L-Leng Ningxiang...”
“Milord Yang, that’s not how you used to call me.” The aloof beauty’s tone carried a note of dejection that didn’t match her, making one instinctively want to comfort her.
Yang Kongtong steeled himself, though he still didn’t dare to meet Leng Ningxiang’s eyes. In the gentlest voice he could muster, he called out her pet name. “Xiang’er.”
“Why won’t you look at me?”
Yang Kongtong felt his scalp tingle. He had no choice but to look into her eyes and repeat softly. “Xiang’er.”
Leng Ningxiang broke into a smile as she caressed his cheek. It was this voice that had caused me to fail time and time again in my assassination attempts against him. It was Milord Yang’s tenderness that showed me that not everyone in this world is driven by profit. He let me know that true feelings still existed.
“Milord Yang, why are you so outstanding?”
But why do so many people like you, too?
“Milord Yang, why did you still think of the other sisters even when we were together?”
Why have you never rejected the affections of the other sisters?
“Milord Yang, who do you like the most among us sisters?”
Why can’t you just like me?
“Milord Yang, can you stay with me forever?”
Can’t you just stay with me forever?
Leng Ningxiang’s cool gaze turned blood-red like the setting sun, fixed intensely on Yang Kongtong. Her pale, delicate hand stroked his left arm, her movements gentle.
This time, there won’t be any other sisters disturbing us!
Mu Baiyi and the others seized the opportunity to recover from their injuries, looking for a chance to strike. But just then, Leng Ningxiang turned and cast a cold glance at the three of them. It frightened them so badly that none of them dared to make a move. They had a premonition that as long as they dared attack Yang Kongtong, Leng Ningxiang would assassinate them.
The might of the ancient assassin was on full display.
“Don’t appear anymore!” Yang Kongtong dispersed Leng Ningxiang with his palm wreathed in spirit qi.
He could tell that the Leng Ningxiang before him was merely an obsession, not a real threat. This does make sense. Leng Ningxiang doesn’t know I’m still alive. She couldn’t have been waiting for me in the ice case all this time. It’s just that her obsession with me ran so deep that she had clung to the ice case even in death, leaving her obsession attached to it.
A chill breath brushed the back of Yang Kongtong’s neck. “Milord Yang, how could you treat me this way?”
Yang Kongtong spun around. It’s still Leng Ningxiang!
Leng Ningxiang then vanished. Yang Kongtong extended his spiritual consciousness to search for her, but to no avail. It was as if everything had been an illusion.
“Milord Yang, are you looking for me?”
Sweat beaded on Yang Kongtong’s forehead. Even when Leng Ningxiang was speaking, he couldn’t locate her, not even in his left arm, which was supposed to be the most likely place.
He took two deep breaths and spoke in the gentlest tone he could manage. “Xiang’er, you already know that among all the sisters, I like you the most. I promise to be with you.”
“Is that true, Milord Yang?” Leng Ningxiang’s voice rose several pitches higher than before.
“Of course, it’s true. When have I ever lied to you, Xiang’er? But Xiang’er, now that we’re together, there shouldn’t be secrets between us, right?”
“Right.”
“Then tell me, where are you hiding?”
A cloud of mist rose from his left arm, and Leng Ningxiang materialized. “Milord Yang, I’ve actually been in your left arm all along. You just couldn’t see me because you haven’t cultivated the Killing Heart Scripture to a high enough level to see me.”
“Can you come out of my arm then? In exchange, I’ll tell you a secret too.”
“Of course.” Hearing Yang Kongtong’s words, Leng Ningxiang didn’t hesitate. She left his left arm and appeared before him openly.
She donned a form-fitting black night stealth attire, accentuating her curvaceous figure. Her hair was simply tied in a high ponytail with no elaborate styling. She wore a cold expression, and only when facing Yang Kongtong did she reveal her more feminine side.
Yang Kongtong struck without mercy, his hand clamping tight around her neck.
Leng Ningxiang wouldn’t deceive me. The Leng Ningxiang before me is her entire obsession.
“M-Milord Yang...” Leng Ningxiang felt his grip tightening around her neck, and panic set in. She couldn’t understand what she had done wrong and why he was treating her this way.
“You haven’t told Xiang’er your secret yet.”
“My secret is, you crazy woman, I hate you the most!”
Yang Kongtong clenched his hand, snuffing out Leng Ningxiang’s obsession.
The irritating voice vanished, and his left arm finally belonged to him alone. He felt a surge of exhilaration.
“Avici Hell—Immeasurable Avici!”
“Blazing Sun Suppresses the Moon!”
“Incinerating Word Mantra!”
Three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators struck simultaneously, having charged up their power while Yang Kongtong dealt with Leng Ningxiang. They directly brought out their trump cards.
“Kongtong Seal!” This was the unique move he had developed after achieving major success in cultivation and assembling his harem.
He had originally planned to use these three to find Leng Ningxiang’s legacy and make her disappear forever. Now that her obsession is gone, there’s no longer any need to hold back!
Once the Kongtong Seal was unleashed, heaven and earth lost their color, hundun primal chaos burst forth, and runes appeared, suppressing the three with overwhelming force.
The three’s ultimate moves were shattered by the Kongtong Seal. They coughed blood nonstop and crashed to the ground.
“And all of you as well...”
Yang Kongtong’s face twisted with cruelty. Everyone in Muxue City has learned of my identity and witnessed my humiliation. Not a single one can be left alive!
“Plum-Plucking Immortal Palm.”
The void roared, as if several true dragons were howling. The range of the Plum-Plucking Immortal Palm was vast enough to cover the entire city of Muxue. Even activating Muxue City’s Great City Defense Array wouldn’t be sufficient to withstand this attack.
Murong You stared at the terrifying palm strike and collapsed to the ground in despair, muttering over and over. “We’re doomed, we’re doomed...”
At the very moment the Plum-Plucking Immortal Palm was about to land...
“Shake Heaven!”
A resonant voice reverberated across the sky. The words “Shake Heaven” carried tremendous weight. A fist collided with the Plum-Plucking Immortal Palm, forcibly halting its descent
Swoosh. A sword came from the west, leaving a trail of afterimages.
Yang Kongtong touched his gaze. A gash had been cut across his cheek.
This is the first time I’ve suffered a wound in battle!
“Who is it? Show yourself!”
No one answered.
Murong You stared blankly at the two figures standing shoulder to shoulder before him, completely dumbfounded. As he was the closest, he had witnessed it more clearly than anyone else. These two people had blocked a palm strike capable of annihilating the city.
“Little Lu, Little Meng, who exactly are you?”
Lu Yang turned back and flashed a radiant smile.
“Mister, haven’t I told you? I’m Lu Yang.”