As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Chapter 260 The Dark Gold Heavenly King Chess Piece Shakes the Evil Spirits, Who Intends to Seize Custody of Xi Xi

Crack!

A crisp sound, like a bolt of thunder exploding behind the clouds.

After the abrupt noise came a return to quietness, a dead stillness.

It symbolized the extinguishing of a life force, the return journey of a departed soul.

Shangguan Qingleiʼs neck was twisted, his pupils still carried a trace of shock and disbelief, as though he saw the truth just before death.

Deep within his eyes lay a hidden rage and a plea for mercy...

But it was snuffed out before it could burgeon, as his life came to an end.

He never would have imagined that his killer... would be this person!

This person who could suddenly appear, like a ghost, claiming his life!

Li Nuanxiʼs father!

That gentle and refined young man.

That man who had no presence.

That bumpkin from Fei Lei City!

Just before Shangguan Qinglei died, there was only one thought left in his mind...

Could it be... ʼbeat the small, invite the bigʼ?

Li Che looked indifferently at Shangguan Qinglei, whose neck he had just snapped, without a hint of sympathy or hesitation.

Shangguan Qinglei wanted to kill his daughter, what was there to feel pity about?

Was he supposed to wait until his daughterʼs body was lying in front of him and he was in tears before he could steel his heart?

Did he have to experience pain before his heart could become cold?

That wasnʼt Li Cheʼs style.

Your journey continues at empire

Li Cheʼs rule...

Whoever attempted to kill his daughter, he would kill them!

Up to heaven or down to the underworld...

He must kill them!

Even if he couldnʼt kill them for the time being, he would bide his time until he was strong enough to end them!

Li Che...

Was never a good person.

Although Shangguan Qinglei was young, he had colluded with the Corpse God Cult and became their blade hidden within Divine Sect, with the intent to harm Xi Xi.

That was reason enough for Li Che to show no mercy.

Who knew if sparing Shangguan Qinglei this time would make him a hidden explosive threat in the future?

Better safe than sorry.

The chance of someone who harbored a deep grudge against Xi Xi becoming a ticking time bomb was extremely high.

Thus, the solution to this kind of threat was to snuff it out before it could explode, by cutting off its lifeline.

After a glance at Shangguan Qingleiʼs unyielding eyes, Li Che flicked his forehead, and in an instant, Shangguan Qingleiʼs internal organs violently shook and quivered, and then his eyes and organs all melted away like water.

Externally, the body still looked intact.

But that was enough, even the Terrifying Trace of Lightʼs Divinity could hardly trace his arrival and actions.

This was the first time Li Che had employed such methods in front of others, so naturally, he had to make it clean.

After killing Shangguan Qinglei, Li Che took the Qiankun Jade from his body. Although he guessed there wouldnʼt be much in Shangguan Qingleiʼs Qiankun Jade, if a kill was made, he still had to search the body.

As for Divinity, Li Che generously let it be, knowing there wasnʼt much there.

After searching the body, Li Che scanned the empty surroundings. Only when the Heaven and Earth chessboard expanded and confirmed that no one was spying did he act.

He pressed his thumb against his forefinger, as if flipping a coin, with a ”ding” sound.

A white Thunder Chess Piece was flicked into the air, tumbling as it was sent skyward.

When it fell back down and was caught in Li Cheʼs palm the very moment he instantaneously moved back to the room Li Qingshan had prepared for him.

Coming and going without a trace, like a ghost...

...

The Healing Institute was exceptionally quiet.

A black shadow, accompanied by a mist that blocked perception, appeared silently, moving without stirring the air, as if gliding from the air, and even powerful Divine Senses seemed unable to detect its form.

The figure landed where Shangguan Qinglei lay still, seemingly in deep sleep upon first glance.

However, the newcomer, shrouded in black smoke, suddenly tensed.

”Hm?!”

He swept his sleeve, and in an instant...

Shangguan Qingleiʼs body, like a leaking water ball, deflated limply.

The pupils and internal organs had all dissolved into bloody fluids, which flowed out.

The strong smell of blood enveloped the Healing Institute.

”Who? Someone got ahead of me... to silence him!”