Published: February 12, 2025
Ye Zhongming charged at the earthen wall with Jie Kui, smashing through it, and then attempted to break through the increasingly transparent membrane. To his surprise, he was bounced back.
The two of them simply stopped running. Even though there were other ways to break out again, they wouldn't be able to shake off the pursuing soldiers. Since that was the case, they might as well stop and assess the situation, allowing themselves a slight rest before facing the imminent battle for their lives.
After all the 'hard work' the enemy had put in to reach them for an attack, there was no way they could reconcile.
"Ye Zhongming, king of Cloud Summit Villa."
A figure stepped outside the membrane cage, looking at Ye Zhongming with a cold smile filled with hatred.
Hearing that voice, the King of Cloud Summit understood what was happening. He had never seen this person, but he recognized the voice from when he took down the insane, inhumane minor Adam during the competition for the Mountain King Crown.
At that time, amidst the mysterious time-space communication skill, this person claimed to be from the Hawkins couple near Lake Superior, even using the title 'king of naka' in their promises.
Later, when Ye Zhongming returned to Cloud Summit, he deliberately sent someone to investigate and received inconclusive information about a place called the Naka Training Camp near Lake Superior. However, he didn't know if Hawkins originated from there.
Ye Zhongming's gaze shifted to a woman he couldn't ignore. Dressed in beautiful purple armor, her eyes were filled with such venomous resentment that it seemed she could melt someone with a glance.
He recognized her; she was the so-called Queen Amus, the mother of the vile Adam.
However, with both the Hawkins couple and Queen Amus involved, Ye Zhongming was temporarily at a loss. He speculated that the title 'Queen Amus' was likely her profession or a name representing some special significance.
Then, Ye Zhongming noticed what she was holding in her arms.
That... could indeed be referred to as an object.
A corpse. A corpse he was very familiar with. A corpse... that had transformed from a living person to a dead one at his hands.
Adam!
The little demon, although dehydrated and shriveled, with skin changes making him a mere lump, still faintly bore the traces of his previous appearance on the distorted face.
Just like that, the bad thing that had suddenly disappeared in the Mountain King Plateau Space had indeed been taken away. Ye Zhongming had thought there was some resurrection ability, but it seemed that the most he could do now was leave a memory.
Having the ability to take things out of a closed high-level space, wouldn't it be better to use it for something useful rather than waste it on a dead person?
While pondering this, Ye Zhongming became increasingly certain that today's affair—and from now on, his battle with the Hawkins couple—would be a fight to the death.
Just look at their frantic efforts to keep the corpse with them; their love for little Adam had risen to a perverse level. In such a twisted mindset, there were only two outcomes: either they would die, or Ye Zhongming would die.
Sure enough, before Hawkins could say anything further, Queen Amus had already begun to roar at Ye Zhongming with her sharp voice.
“Didn’t expect this, did you? When you refused to answer our pleas, did you think you could dominate everything?!”
“When your slaughtering knife severed my only son’s head, did you not think retribution would come so swiftly?!”
“Now that you've stepped into nine-star, did you think no one could match you? Standing at the pinnacle of the world, did you believe you’d face no more danger or rivals?!”
“Are you feeling proud? Because you successfully made it here. Your name is Ye Zhongming, right? Are you ready to die now?!”
By the end, her voice had become so shrill that it was breaking. Blood oozed from her throat, gradually filling her mouth, staining her white teeth red.
Such hatred was enough to send chills down the spines of even Amus's companions.