Chapter 285: Chapter 282: I Want to Kill Your Dog

"You know what they say? Real men do men. Only sissies do women."

Mo Qi smiled. "See? Compared to you, we’re all sissies. Doesn’t that make you feel proud? Extra special?"

The middle-aged man: "..."

’Proud and special my ass!’

’What is all this nonsense? What the hell goes on in the minds of young people these days?!’

"You’re playing with fire, courting death!" The middle-aged man’s face turned livid with rage, and his immense pressure caused the space around them to tremble.

"Don’t get so worked up," Mo Qi said, his expression a mask of innocence. "If you really think you’re a sissy instead of a real man, that’s fine by me."

"Bullshit! I’m not a sissy!" the middle-aged man roared instinctively.

His voice boomed like a great bell, its echoes reverberating endlessly.

"Hey, if you’re not, you’re not. Why so loud?" Mo Qi rubbed his ringing ears.

"Or did I strike a nerve?" He raised an eyebrow, shooting the middle-aged man a strange look.

"So you’re saying you *have* done it with men? Tsk tsk tsk, you people from the Immortal Territory really know how to have fun. I’m not worthy, I’m not worthy. Let me offer tea to the master!"

As he spoke, Mo Qi actually took out a bowl of tea from his Storage Space and presented it to the middle-aged man.

Young man, are you really having fun being this cheeky?

"I want you dead!"

The middle-aged man had been a slave for a thousand years; the rough edges of his temper had long since been worn smooth, and he possessed immense self-control. But at this moment, he was trembling with rage.

Mo Qi shrugged. "If you want to kill me, go ahead. You still have two moves left. I’ve been waiting forever."

The moment the words left his mouth, the middle-aged man vanished.

SWISH!

He instantly appeared in front of Mo Qi and brought a palm down on his Skull.

BOOM!

With a deafening crash, a blast of energy erupted, spreading outward from the Nangong Family estate as its epicenter.

RUMBLE!

The ground split open, and countless buildings collapsed. Innumerable Cultivators were shaken by the middle-aged man’s aura, sent tumbling to the ground in a sorry state, their faces filled with terror.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!~

The Imperial City Guard was alerted. Alarms blared as one powerful aura after another awakened.

All sorts of Divine Senses and Divine Thoughts intertwined, exchanging information.

Soon, everyone’s attention was focused on the area around the Nangong Family estate.

Looking back at where Mo Qi had been, his figure was gone. In its place was a massive, bottomless pit.

"He took a full-power palm strike from me. He should be dead this time!" The middle-aged man panted slightly.

To ensure a one-hit kill, he had even gone so far as to expend his scarce Immortal Power to concentrate the force, minimizing any external leakage and focusing it all on Mo Qi.

Otherwise, a full-power attack at his level of strength would have likely flattened half the Imperial City.

Nangong Yi, who had been knocked over by the shockwave, was freed from his restraints. He pulled out the long spear impaling his body and, without bothering to stop the bleeding, immediately sent out his Divine Sense to search for any trace of Mo Qi in the pit.

’Blessed One, you have to be okay!’

The pit was miles deep. His Divine Sense swept through it again and again but found nothing.

’It’s over!’

Nangong Yi collapsed to the ground, his face ashen, without a shred of his former powerful demeanor.

He knew exactly what the Blessed One meant to the Empire.

After waiting for so many years, for it to all end in nothing... the Royal Li Family would surely go mad.

"Hahaha, a fitting death!" Nangong An roared with laughter.

"Ah Jie, the scoundrel who murdered you has been obliterated, not even bones remain. You can rest in peace now."

Nangong Yi’s face turned cold at the sound of Nangong An’s laughter.

"Nangong An, betraying the Nangong Family is one thing, no matter how outrageous. But to commit treason against the Empire... just you wait for the Empire’s judgment!"

Nangong An sneered. "Did you really think I didn’t know? Without the Blessed One, the Mountain and Sea Empire will never have a chance to rise! With this great man here, do you think I’m afraid of the Li Family?"

"I’m not afraid to tell you, Qin Daye was just the beginning. You’re next, Nangong Yi! Then that bunch of corrupt, stubborn so-called clan elders, then the other five great families, and finally, the Royal Li Family! Every last one of you will bow at my feet!"

"How could you possibly imagine the might of this great man?"

Just as Nangong An was gloating, rambling on in his smug satisfaction, Mo Qi’s familiar voice rang out.

"Say, don’t you think you’re getting a little ahead of yourself? Celebrating a bit too soon?"

Aside from Liu Hui and his group, who had expected this, everyone else—including Nangong Yi and the middle-aged man—was stunned.

’Mo Qi isn’t dead?!’

"No, this is impossible!"

Nangong An was the first to disbelieve it. However, when he turned to look in the direction of the voice, he saw Mo Qi sitting on the edge of the pit, completely unscathed, watching him with a mocking expression.

The middle-aged man was also astonished. He couldn’t figure out how Mo Qi, with his Purity Realm Cultivation, had withstood his full-power strike.

Although he had only just touched the threshold of the Demi-Immortal stage, he was a Demi-**Immortal** nonetheless.

He had even managed to condense a tiny bit of Immortal Power in his body!

Even though that bit of Immortal Power was so thin it was almost negligible, it was still the power of an Immortal!

It was absolutely not something a mortal could withstand.

"Just who are you?" The middle-aged man couldn’t help but start doubting Mo Qi’s identity.

Mo Qi shook his head and smiled. "We can talk about that after your final move. But before that, I’d like to kill that annoying dog of yours first. You don’t mind, do you?"

’He had originally planned to deal with Nangong An last, but the man just had to keep showing up with that smug, mocking face and running his mouth.’

’Since you’re so eager to die, I’ll be happy to oblige.’

The middle-aged man frowned and said nothing.

The more casual Mo Qi’s attitude, the heavier his suspicion grew.

’Could this kid be from some major power in the Immortal Territory?’

’Here in the mortal world to gain experience, carrying a Precious Treasure for protection?’

’Otherwise, it just didn’t make sense.’

Mo Qi didn’t wait to see if the middle-aged man would agree. After speaking, he stood up and walked toward Nangong An.

In truth, he had only asked as a formality and never had any intention of considering the middle-aged man’s opinion.

"Qin Daye, don’t you dare act so presumptuously before my lord!" Nangong An shouted angrily, not forgetting to kiss up a little. "Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because my lord was kind enough to show you mercy!"

Mo Qi sneered. "It seems all your years as Grand Elder were for nothing. You must have gotten used to a pampered life. Can’t you even gauge your own worth?"

"You might be the spokesman chosen by this group from the Hall of Envoys, but you should know, you’re not the only one."

"To them, there’s no difference between you being their spokesman and a pig being their spokesman. You don’t actually think you’ve latched onto someone important, do you?"

Nangong An was speechless, his old face flushing crimson. Finally, he forced out two words: "Utter nonsense!"

"You’ll find out soon enough if it’s nonsense or not."

With a SNAP, Mo Qi snapped his fingers.

VMMMM!

A pair of giant hands suddenly pierced the void, reaching out from nothingness.

RRRIP!

The hands pulled hard, and space itself was torn in two, revealing a spatial rift.

"Space... Spacewalking?! That’s a power only an Immortal—a true Immortal—possesses!" the middle-aged man exclaimed in shock.