Chapter 329: Chapter 326: I Heard You’re Pretty Strong (Part 2)

The moment Mo Qi’s main body returned, Niu Kexin, held captive on the Flying Magical Artifact, sensed it instantly.

"He’s back!"

Niu Kexin’s eyes reddened. She covered her mouth as two streams of tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

"Who? Who’s back?" Shi Hao, who was standing guard beside her, asked warily.

Niu Kexin glanced at him, her expression proud. "My hero has arrived. Your nemesis and your nightmare."

Shi Hao snorted in disdain. "Are you talking about Qin Daye? I’m afraid you’re in for a disappointment. The Young Master and Lord Yu have already gone to kill him. He’s probably a cold corpse by now."

Niu Kexin chuckled and shook her head. It was a pointless conversation, and she had no interest in explaining herself.

"Hah, are you trying to say Qin Daye has an Immortal backing him?" Shi Hao pointed at the Flying Magical Artifact beneath his feet. "Do you know what this is? A Fortress Level Flying Magical Artifact. It can instantly kill any Low-tier Immortal! I’d love for him to call on his backer."

Niu Kexin gave Shi Hao a long, hard look and said gravely, "You’re going to die."

With that, she closed her eyes and ignored him completely.

She was eagerly awaiting her reunion with Mo Qi’s main body. That joy shouldn’t be spoiled by trivial matters or this irritating man.

Shi Hao just shrugged. He didn’t take Niu Kexin’s words to heart, still gloating over the successful execution of his revenge plan.

...

"Alright, that’s enough!"

One moment, the External Incarnation was being pummeled by Huangfu Yu. The next, it reappeared a hundred feet away.

As an External Incarnation, Mo Qi possessed the ability to change his form at will. Escaping from Huangfu Yu’s grasp couldn’t have been simpler.

Huangfu Yu, still in his frenzied state, suddenly felt his hands grasp nothing but air. He had lost track of Mo Qi.

He lifted his head and found Mo Qi, his scarlet eyes filled with madness and killing intent.

Now that his main body had returned, there was no need for the External Incarnation to drag this on.

"I let you attack for so long, and you couldn’t even scratch me. Shouldn’t it be my turn now?" The External Incarnation’s lips curved into a grin, his smile full of eagerness and anticipation.

The Huangfu Brothers were the key to his mother’s whereabouts. Mo Qi couldn’t just defeat them; he had to capture them alive.

"What, after stalling for so long, you’re finally going to make your move?"

To everyone’s surprise, Huangfu Yu didn’t fly into a rage as he had before and immediately launch an attack.

His aura and demeanor were still incredibly violent, but his words were clearly articulated, not at all like someone who had lost their mind.

The External Incarnation smiled. "And here I thought you were going to keep up the act."

Huangfu Yu’s frenzy was one of berserk power, not of a berserk mind.

His supposed madness was all an act.

How could a detail like that possibly escape Mo Qi’s perception?

Although Mo Qi didn’t know why Huangfu Yu was doing it, the deception suited his own purposes, so he simply played along with the performance.

Hearing Mo Qi’s words, Huangfu Yu faltered for a moment. He never imagined Mo Qi would see through his act. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

After all, not even his own master—that terrifying figure from the Huangfu Family—had ever noticed anything strange when he entered his frenzied state.

As for why he feigned madness...

For one, it could confuse his opponents, giving him the element of surprise at a critical moment.

For another, it was a tactic aimed specifically at Mo Qi.

The defensive power Mo Qi had displayed was so far beyond his own that there was no comparison.

That being the case, Huangfu Yu refused to believe that Mo Qi didn’t have other aces up his sleeve.

Although Huangfu Yu looked down on Mo Qi in his heart, he never underestimated an opponent.

It was a habit drilled into him over many years of training by his master.

Therefore, until he had a clear understanding of Mo Qi’s abilities—or rather, until he had pushed Mo Qi to his absolute limit—Huangfu Yu would not be the first to play his trump card.

Playing the fool was clearly his best option.

"Enough nonsense. I’ve given you both time and opportunity. If you’re a man, fight me fair and square!" Huangfu Yu said coldly.

He wanted to kill Mo Qi in front of Liu Ruyan to prove to her that Mo Qi was his inferior.

This was also why he hadn’t used the Flying Magical Artifact or his Divine Sea Half-Immortal Realm subordinates to kill Mo Qi.

For his future, for a lifetime of happiness and peace, he had to win back Liu Ruyan’s heart!

Even if he couldn’t win it back, he couldn’t allow her heart to belong to another man.

The worst-case scenario was to make her heart die.

In any case, regardless of the outcome, Mo Qi had to die.

"You can’t even break through my defenses. Don’t you blush when you talk about fighting ’fair and square’?" Mo Qi chuckled.

Huangfu Yu shot back, "What good is a strong defense? Can you protect anyone else? Like Ruyan, for instance! Or..."

Huangfu Yu’s gaze shifted to Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui in the distance.

"Them! If I were to kill them, could you possibly stop me?"

The moment he finished speaking, Huangfu Yu vanished. The giant hand of blood and qi coalesced once more and shot toward Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui.

Li Shimu was already some distance away attending to the survivors from the Imperial Academy. He never imagined Huangfu Yu would attack them, so it was too late for him to help.

But Liu Hui and Jin Sanpang showed no fear in the face of Huangfu Yu’s attack, not the slightest hint of worry.

The moment they saw the External Incarnation take the offensive, they had already guessed what was happening.

"Watch out!"

Liu Ruyan’s face went pale with fright. Just as she was about to desperately burn her own life force for the power to save Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui, a familiar, longed-for voice rang out.

"Huangfu Yu, I hear you’re quite something!"

A sturdy, honest-looking figure abruptly appeared on the battlefield, shielding Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui. Perched on his shoulder was a round, palm-sized piglet.

It was Mo Qi’s main body!

He raised his right hand. A purple halo, pulsing with an aura of destruction, shot toward the sky and swatted the descending hand of blood and qi aside.

"My Lord!"

"Brother Mo!"

"Brother Mo!"

Three different voices called out at once.

Jin Sanpang and Liu Hui, overjoyed, scrambled to their feet and gathered around him.

Liu Ruyan, however, transformed into a streak of light and threw herself into the main body’s arms.

She wrapped her arms tightly around Mo Qi’s waist and buried her face in his chest, breathing in his scent with all her might.

"Brother Mo! Brother Mo! Brother Mo!"

Liu Ruyan kept repeating his name as if in a dream.

"There, there. It’s alright, I’m back now, aren’t I?" Mo Qi patted Liu Ruyan’s back fondly. Feeling the astonishing suppleness of her body, his heart melted.

This scene left the Huangfu Brothers utterly dumbfounded.

’What in the world is going on?!’

They looked at the External Incarnation, then back at Mo Qi’s main body.

’Is Liu Ruyan serving two men?!’

’What a joke!’

The two of them couldn’t believe their eyes, but it was happening right in front of them.

In just a short span of time, Liu Ruyan had indeed thrown herself into the arms of two different men!