Chapter 657: Beauty Perishes Before Her Time
"You... you’re okay?" Liou Qingcheng cautiously asked again, fearing Lin Tian was only experiencing a brief surge of energy before death...
"I’m fine." Lin Tian firmly nodded. Earlier, his heart was injured, causing him to cough up blood, but after a session of spiritual Qi adjustment, his breath had become much smoother.
Mr. Bai also noticed this and immediately widened his eyes like a pair of bronze bells, "Why aren’t you dead?"
"Because I’m a god, after all." Lin Tian replied.
Mr. Bai’s face turned extremely unsightly. He didn’t care why Lin Tian was okay. Instead, he warily hid behind Liou Qingcheng again, pressing a handgun against her head, "Step back! If you take another step forward, your woman will die!"
Listening to his words, Lin Tian stepped back and said, "If I’m not mistaken, your handgun’s magazine has a total of five bullets. You’ve already used four. Now there’s only one left. If you kill her, you absolutely won’t be able to escape. Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, I will kill you!"
Lin Tian released all his killing intent, enveloping Mr. Bai, making him feel extremely uncomfortable, causing him to shudder involuntarily.
"Your hand has suffered a penetrating wound and needs medical attention. If you don’t get it treated, you’ll die from excessive blood loss. I can wait. Can you?"
Mr. Bai fell silent because Lin Tian was right. His hand had a hole in it, and the bleeding wouldn’t stop.
"Then what do you want?" Mr. Bai asked from behind Liou Qingcheng, not daring to show himself, as Lin Tian’s marksmanship was too precise!
What he didn’t know was that Lin Tian’s gun was already out of bullets, but he still had throwing knives at his waist!
"Let’s each take a step back. You let Qingcheng go. I’ll point my gun at you, and you point yours at her. We both hesitate to act. Isn’t a safe retreat better for both of us?" Lin Tian suggested.
Hearing this, the muscles on Mr. Bai’s face twitched.
Damn it, a safe retreat! My brother was shot dead by you! And so many Sakula Country cultivators are dead. How am I supposed to explain this when I go back?
Moreover, Mr. Bai was very unwilling. He initially thought the plan was thorough, not expecting Lin Tian’s strength to exceed their imagination, resulting in such significant losses this time.
But... if he didn’t follow Lin Tian’s suggestion, he himself would be the first to die!
He glanced behind him, finally nodding, "Okay, let’s do it your way! But if I notice any strange movements from you, your woman is definitely dead!"
"Stop talking rubbish! Let her go!" Lin Tian urged.
Mr. Bai didn’t reply, instead, he slowly retreated backward. After taking a few steps, he said to Liou Qingcheng, "You can go over, but take slow steps. Otherwise... you know the consequences!"
Liou Qingcheng stayed silent, unable to resist heading toward Lin Tian.
One step, two steps, slowly, Liou Qingcheng couldn’t control her speed anymore, running faster and faster toward Lin Tian.
Diving forward, finally, Liou Qingcheng was back in the warm embrace that could move one to tears.
Smelling the familiar scent, feeling the familiar warmth, Liou Qingcheng suddenly broke into a smile through her tears, "I thought you were dead."
Lin Tian clasped his hands tightly around Liou Qingcheng’s back, grinning, "How could that be? We haven’t had children yet."
While speaking, he had already untied the rope that bound Liou Qingcheng’s hands.
On the other side, Mr. Bai, clutching his injured hand, had already reached the edge of the bridge.
At this moment, a shadow darted out.
Mr. Bai jumped in fright, almost thinking it was a ghost. On a closer look, he realized it was Xiaogang, that brat, wearing a black kimono, looking ghostly in the moonlight.
"Mr. Bai." Xiaogang respectfully called out.
"What are you doing here?" Mr. Bai frowned, no wonder he didn’t see this brat earlier, he had been hiding.
Instantly, Mr. Bai felt very displeased. His brother died, he just survived a near-death experience, and this person was here fleeing.
Wouldn’t Mr. Bai be angry?
Xiaogang sensed the detest in Mr. Bai’s words and quickly smiled, "Because I was waiting for you. After the two upper martial ones were killed, I had a premonition that things were not simple, so I ran here to prepare a backup plan."
"Backup plan? What backup plan?"
Xiaogang raised a red remote control in his hand and smiled, "Previously, to ensure everything went smoothly, I arranged for people to plant explosives under this bridge, enough to blow it up, just in case Lin Tian survived. I didn’t detonate it earlier because I was waiting for you to come down."
Actually, Xiaogang also despised the sly person in front of him, but without him, he probably wouldn’t make it in the Celestial Dragon Continent and Sakula Country.
Only by pulling Mr. Bai along could his own life be assured.
Hearing that Lin Tian could be eradicated completely, Mr. Bai’s heart burned with excitement, "Are you telling the truth?"
"I have no reason to lie to you."
"Then why aren’t you acting?"
"You’re still on the bridge. Once you’re off, I can detonate the explosives."
Mr. Bai looked down and saw he was indeed still standing at the edge of the bridge.
Suddenly, Mr. Bai turned and glanced again, seeing on the stone bridge’s center, an intensely loving couple still whispering sweet nothings, he couldn’t help but laugh, "Two idiots, thinking they’re safe standing there?"
Speaking, Mr. Bai raised his gun and pulled the trigger.
BANG...
The piercing gunshot echoed through the night sky, and a bullet, carrying a gust of wind, accurately hit Liou Qingcheng’s back.
Feeling the enormous impact on her back, Liou Qingcheng felt like her entire back was on fire, and she couldn’t help but let out a "poof..." and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Qingcheng!"
Lin Tian’s face instantly turned ashen as he held Liou Qingcheng in his arms, sensing that the bullet had hit her heart.
She wasn’t wearing a bulletproof vest. This shot was enough to take her life!
Lin Tian hurriedly checked Liou Qingcheng’s breath, finding no sign of it, and then her pulse.
Even that... was gone...
"Ah!"
Lin Tian, looking skyward, howled in anguish until he was hoarse and out of breath!
A pain beyond description spread from Lin Tian’s heart throughout his entire body.
This was pain from the soul, bone-deep, etched into the blood. Pain that took one’s breath away.
This pain was like a mountain collapse, a tsunami, heavenly thunder. It engulfed Lin Tian, leaving him unable to extricate himself.
Lin Tian cradled Liou Qingcheng’s soft body, sobbing uncontrollably, his eyes bloodshot, a malice overwhelming his entire being beyond his control.
Suddenly, the stone bridge beneath Lin Tian’s feet began to tremble violently.
Immediately after, there was an earth-shattering "BOOM," with flames lighting up the night sky. A massive stone from the bridge fell, splashing a gigantic wave, followed by a second piece...
Lin Tian, clutching Liou Qingcheng’s body tightly, disregarded his sorrow, infused his legs with spiritual Qi, and sprang towards the edge of the bridge.