"Revenge?"
Xiahou Wuxin chuckled. There was no telling whether he was laughing at Xin Xiaoqi's childishness or at his own cowardice. "Revenge is impossible. You don't understand the horror of the angels and the vastness of the outside world at all. There is not even a one billionth chance.
"If you want to escape, Master can still risk his life to help you, but if you want to find the Celestials for revenge, I might as well give you a quick death now, lest you be captured by the Celestials and locked in the laboratory for ten to twenty years before slowly dying."
"I'm not running away!"
The confusion and sorrow in Xin Xiaoqi's eyes gradually condensed into the fire of fury. Glaring at Xiahou Wuxin, she shouted desperately, "The Land of Sins is only so big. Where can you run to? Even if you can run to the most remote corner of the Land of Sins, it will still be the Land of Sins. Won't you still have to live such a dark, hopeless life in fear that you will be captured by the angels every day? Living such a life for the rest of your life will be no different from being a walking corpse! After all, you will be killed no matter what. So, you can always fight the angels! "
"Fighting is what you call fighting when you die together with the enemy. The idiotic behavior of hitting a rock with an egg is not qualified to be called 'fighting'," Xiahou Wuxin said sadly.
Xiahou Wuxin said sorrowfully, "Trust me. The angels don't care if you try or resist at all. All your fury and efforts are nothing but insignificant entertainment in their eyes. You have no hope of succeeding."
"How do you know if you haven't tried?"
Xin Xiaoqi gnashed her teeth. "Have you never thought of avenging my mother?"
Xiahou Wuxin's eyes flashed, like a candle that was almost blown out by the cold wind. He said, "I have, but it is impossible. If anything, more people will be killed, including you."
Xin Xiaoqi stared at Xiahou Wuxin for a long time, her eyes hard, scorching, and sharp.
She did not stop until even her master, the leader of Liberty City, could not bear such a stare anymore and slightly turned his face away.
Xin Xiaoqi chuckled in the most disdainful and presumptuous way.
"You're really a f * cking coward. You're a good-for-nothing trash."
"Fifty years ago, when my mother was taken away by the Blood Sand Gang, you were already a coward and watched your beloved woman vanish in the smoke. Twenty years ago, you were already the leader of Liberty City with unparalleled strength. There was a slim chance that you could change my mother's face and flee to the end of the world with her. But you still chose the most sordid path and ended my mother's life in person under the threat of the angels. Right now, you have lost everything, and you only have half of your life left. There is nothing for you to hesitate about, but you still cannot summon the slightest courage to avenge my mother.
"The high and mighty angels did not make a wrong choice at all when they chose you as their spokesperson in the Land of Sins, because you are an out-and-out old dog, one that has been castrated and castrated.
"Did you know, when I was young and ignorant, and I was still fooled by you, I gnashed my teeth in countless dark nights, wondering why my birth father was such a barbaric, boorish beast, an insane lunatic, and a scumbag who regarded my mother as a tool for sexual gratification. Why was it not you?
"At that time, you were so perfect in my impression. You were dominating in the city, awed and worshipped by everybody, and you did not put on the airs of a big shot at all when you came to my home. You were so gentle and devoted to my mother. You did not know how happy my mother was when she looked at you. You were almost the only light in our dark life.
"I knelt and begged the heavens many times, hoping that I could trade everything for a brand-new fate so that my birth father would not be the beast but … you.
"But I was wrong. Hehe. What a fool.
"Right now, I feel that you are ten thousand times more disgusting than the beast.
"At the very least, the beast, the scoundrel, and the scumbag were more or less a man with a backbone, who was bold enough to stand straight and face the inevitable outcome of his death.
"Whether he regarded my mother as a tool, a toy, or something else, he was at least bold enough to fight an expert like you to the end to defend what he owned. Even though he knew that you were the leader of Liberty City and that he was absolutely no match for you before he was executed by you, he still cursed aloud until he was killed!
"A coward like you is not qualified to be my master. You are not qualified to be my … father. You are not qualified to be my mother's man. My master, my father, and my mother's man should be an indomitable and unyielding hero. Even if he is not a hero but a guy like a beast, he will definitely, definitely, definitely not be a castrate like you who has been kneeling on the ground for so long that you can't even straighten your knees.
"So, don't stand in my way. Get lost!"
Xin Xiaoqi pushed Xiahou Wuxin away heavily and struggled to her feet. On one of her knees, she took a deep breath and clutched her two short blades again.
It seemed that they were the only things in the entire world that she could trust.
She did not even look at the devastated and haggard Xiahou Wuxin. She simply held her chest high and strode out of the room.
"Wait, Xiaoqi!"
Xiahou Wuxin called out dryly. "Where are you going?"
Xin Xiaoqi stopped and was silent for a moment. Her short blades flashed like scissors behind her, tearing off a corner of her clothes and drifting between the two of them like moths. "At that time, you rescued me and my mother from the Blood Sand Gang and took care of us for so many years. Naturally, I will not deny the favor.
"However, I have done so many things for you in the past twenty years, including sneaking into A Boxing Champion's army and delivering assassins for you. You should have repaid the great favor by now, shouldn't you?
"Besides, you killed my mother in person. Even if it was her own doing … You may not be responsible for the debt, but I don't feel that I owe you anything.
"The debt has been settled. From this moment on, you are no longer my master. I, Xin Xiaoqi, am a woman who grew up on the Bloody Plateau of the Land of Sins. I do not have such a cowardly master like you. The relationship between you and me is like the corner of your clothes. Let's be even now!
"Let's go our separate ways. I'll get my revenge, and you can continue to be an old dog or a coward. I hope that the angels will allow you to continue being the glamorous leader of Liberty City, considering your loyalty and 'lack of regret'!"
Xin Xiaoqi finished her rapid speech and was about to open the door, unwilling to stay any longer.
Xiahou Wuxin, however, struggled forward and pressed the door with his shivering hands. "Wait."
"Is there anything else, City Leader Xiahou?"
Xin Xiaoqi's eyes turned extremely cold, and she put on a mocking smile. "Or rather, do I have to step over your dead body if I want to deal with your master?"
Xiahou Wuxin's face was like burnt bark. There was not the slightest expression on his face, but his eyes couldn't have been redder. He said in a low voice, "It doesn't matter if you acknowledge me as your master or not, but I have tremendous assets here. I also have a highly confidential warehouse …"
"I don't want the things that you beg for from the angels."
Xin Xiaoqi gnashed her teeth. "What I want, I will steal, rob, and cheat with my own hands in the Land of Sins. Hasn't that been what you've been teaching me in the past twenty years?"
Xiahou Wuxin was rendered speechless. After a brief silence, he sighed and said, "Right now, the angels have decided to destroy the entire Liberty City, but it is still a mess outside. Nobody knows that a great disaster is coming. Without enough equipment, you can't escape, much less avenge your mother. If you really want revenge and are not acting like a child, don't turn down my help."
Xiahou Wuxin's tone that suddenly softened made Xin Xiaoqi's body shake. Hot tears flowed out of her eyes again. She clenched her fists and said, "You know that I need help, too. Then, why did you only throw some cold magical equipment to me instead of helping me in person?"
"Don't you understand, Xiaoqi?"
Xiahou Wuxin mumbled, "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm too big of a target. Over the past decades, I've learned too many secrets about the angels. They are determined to kill me!
"If I stay with you, I will only be a burden to you. You will be captured and killed by the angels together with me, or even more miserably.
"Therefore, we might as well split into two groups. I will try to distract the angels' attention so that they will devote the most soldiers to hunting me. In the meantime, you will take advantage of the chaos to find a way to escape from Liberty City that is about to be destroyed. You will have to walk on your own after you escape!"
Xin Xiaoqi was not an idiot. She immediately realized what was going on after Xiahou Wuxin's explanation.
Her dirty face was even paler than a moment ago.
"Have you thought it through? If you have, pack up and go to my secret warehouse," Xiahou Wuxin said.
Xiahou Wuxin said, "Both to save your life and to avenge your mother, you have to get out of here first. Here are the equipment that I've been preparing carefully for more than ten years. I've been preparing for the arrival of this day!"
In a daze, Xin Xiaoqi simply allowed Xiahou Wuxin to change her face. Very soon, she was disguised as a skinny young man in ragged clothes. Then, she was put on a ragged, rusted armor that had four layers of layers and dozens of defense rune arrays.
He himself was disguised as a dark-skinned, short, fat, bald man with two intersecting scars on his face that looked like two crawling centipedes.
Then, he covered both of them with a broad cloak and found two rings at the bottom of the box. After thinking for a moment, he gave them to Xin Xiaoqi.
Li Yao's eyes shone when he saw them. Cosmos Rings!
"Let's go!"
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