"What!"
As if struck by lightning, the queen shivered, and the invisible armor around her body fell apart, revealing another "Li Linghai" who had been hiding a lot.
Li Jialing exclaimed in shock and looked at Li Yao in disbelief.
The queen's absent-mindedness only lasted for a moment. When she came back to herself, the killing intent that had just dispersed was condensed again, a hundred times sharper than before. She shrieked, "Liar! How can there be such a coincidence? What do you know exactly? Who sent you here? What's your purpose? Speak now! "
The sword auras made of thousands of bolts of lightning all rushed to Li Yao's face, hissing like vipers spitting their tongues!
Li Yao could've defended himself or even summoned a Colossus to escape, but all his previous efforts would've been in vain.
Giving up halfway was definitely not his style. Opening his arms, he protected Li Jialing behind him and bellowed, "I admit that it was a bit of a coincidence at the beginning, but everything that happened later was perfectly reasonable!
"From the beginning to the end, the only coincidence was that I ran into Li Jialing. However, you should know how much he resembles his biological father, my adoptive father, doesn't you, Your Grace? When I suddenly saw a young man who looked exactly like my adoptive father being imprisoned and receiving all kinds of excruciating modifications, I was naturally curious and wanted to rescue him and figure out everything. That was why I had conflicts with Wuying Lan and Li Lingfeng and even blew up 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' by accident, making my way to this point step by step!
"Think carefully, Your Grace. Nobody could've guessed that you were here. Even if it was a trap specifically targeted at you, there was no reason for me to show up in such a high profile, right?"
Li Jialing couldn't help but ask, "Brother … Yao, is — is it true?"
"Of course it is true!"
Li Yao declared solemnly. "Those who are familiar with me know that 'Vulture Li Yao' is best known for my honesty and trustworthiness. I have never told a lie in my life!"
Li Linghai took a deep breath, but he still couldn't help but panic. The purple flames deep inside his transparent eyes gradually dispersed.
Her slightly confused eyes moved back and forth between Li Yao and Li Jialing, and it was impossible for her to slash the furiously burning sword anymore. She mumbled, "His … His last words. He is dead. How could he die? What … What was your adoptive father's name? "
"My adoptive father never told me his name. He said that his name and his real life had long been lost in a different world and belonged to another woman, and that he was standing before me, he was nothing but an empty shell and a walking corpse without a heart."
Li, "Li Yao, my adoptive father for me for a long time, and did not tell me his name until his death............. and only....... he told..........................................................
But in his heart, he couldn't help but shout at his foster father, Dad, you must forgive me for my lies. Speaking of which, it is not a lie to a girl at all, is it? Your son is trying his best to prevent the tragedy in your family and help you keep your bloodline. Maybe, I can even save the world by the way. You must understand and support me!
"His name and his real life have long been lost in another world …"
His words hit Li Linghai's heart like a flying sword again, making her both happy and sad. She asked in a shivering voice, "What else did he say?"
"Before my father passed away, he was on his deathbed. His mind was already a little unclear, but he still repeatedly said …"
Li Yao sniffed and said, "He asked me to come to the Imperium and find Li Linghai no matter how many difficulties I encountered. He said that Li Linghai was the most gentle and kindest woman in the three thousand Sectors and that she would love, care, and protect me as much as he did. As long as Li Linghai was there, I would have nothing to be scared of!
"Also, he said that he had countless regrets in his life, but all the regrets added together could not compare to the regret that he had left Li Linghai years ago. Right now, he was dying, and his soul could not fly to Li Linghai across the entire universe. So, he asked me to find Li Linghai and treat her as my own mother. He asked me to protect Li Linghai and fight for Li Linghai with all my abilities even at the cost of my life!"
"Well —"
Li Linghai was in a trance. The purple flames on her fingertips were spluttering crazily, and electric currents were running in all directions beyond her control.
"Brother Yao, he, my biological father, really said that?"
Li Jialing sounded like he was about to cry.
Li Yao secretly apologized in his heart.
However, on second thought, he was not exactly lying. He had indeed seen his dad moaning and moaning in the most melancholy way when he was drunk countless times. That was probably what he was thinking, except that he never said it out loud.
Since his dad could not say it out loud, it was only right that his son poked the window open for him!
If his father knew that he and Li Linghai had a child, he would certainly be overjoyed and hope that the whole family could enjoy the happiness of family life in peace.
So, he nodded his head and said, "Of course. I lost my parents when I was a little kid, and I was an orphan. It was my dad who rescued me from the darkness and brought me up through hard work. We are like father and son who are connected by blood. So, when I see you, I feel that I see my own brother. How can I watch you suffer in Wuying Lan and Li Lingfeng's place without doing anything?
"Although I have a father, I do not have a mother after all. A child without a mother is nothing more than a blade of grass. For decades, my greatest wish has been to have a mother who is really filial to me!
"After crossing mountains and rivers and coming to the Imperium through all kinds of difficulties, my first mission was to find Li Linghai and serve her as my mother.
"It was a great surprise that I met you as a 'brother', but I never expected that the woman that my dad loved most would be … such a person!"
Staring at Li Linghai's flawless armor and the dazzling True Dragon Purple Lightning sword, Li Yao sighed and smiled in the most sorrowful way. "It seems that, unless the 'Li Linghai' that my dad talked about is somebody else, and they just share the same name, Your Grace is too strong and ambitious to need the 'protection' of a Mr. Nobody like me. Furthermore, our existence is even blocking Your Grace's path.
"Your Grace, you have the heritage of the Supreme Emperor, the best expert of mankind in history. Although our levels are similar, we are absolutely no match for you. Even if we fight with our full strength, we will only cause heavy wounds to you. What's the point of that?
"You have your ambitions and difficulties. We can all understand. Come on, give us a quick death. I will go to the netherworld and see my father. I will tell him that you are living a good life in the human world and that you don't need his care or my protection. His soul can rest assured. I … can consider it as repaying his kindness of raising me up!
"Do it, Your Grace, Li Linghai!"
Li Yao raised his head and closed his eyes, as if he were ready to be slaughtered for the sake of justice.
But deep inside his brain, he was shouting at the mental devil nonstop. "Hey, you must be prepared. As soon as the queen moves her little finger, you will dash out with Neltharion and block her attack. Then, we will run away as far as we can. Do you understand? We are bound to each other for better or for worse!"
The mental devil said gloomily, "… Sometimes, I can't help but think that I should just ask somebody to kill you, b * tch, and die together with you. Really."
The queen's True Dragon Sword did not slash down.
There was no telling whether the glittering inside her eyes should be called killing intent or … ripples of memories.
The purple brilliance inside her eyes and the ends of her hair gradually dispersed.
Dispersing together with the surging, roaring electric arcs around, too.
The monstrous killing intent dissipated without a trace. Even the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning were blocked by her domain, which had returned to calmness, creating a small world of peace and tranquility.
"Hu …"
She took a long breath in relief. Something that had been bothering her in the past hundred years was poured out. She looked at Li Yao and Li Jialing with even more complicated feelings.
"Tell me everything about you, including your background, your training experience, how you advanced into the Divinity Transformation Stage, where you got your Colossus, and who helped you maintain it?"
Staring at Li Yao hard, Li Linghai said, one word after another, "I won't kill you right now, but as long as I find any loophole in your words, I guarantee that I will torture you a hundred times crueler than Li Lingfeng and Wuying Lan for a thousand years if not ten thousand years. Trust me. I mean what I say!"
Li Yao couldn't help but shudder. He struggled to say, "I'm not lying. How can there be any loophole?"
Li Linghai sniffed and said, "Alright. Tell me your name first. Are you an Immortal Cultivator, or a Cultivator like you claimed in the slaughter stream?"
Li Yao held his head high without any hesitation. "My name is Li Yao. My nickname in the organization is' Vulture '. I am an out-and-out Cultivator!"
"A Cultivator?"
With a vague smile, Li Linghai said with tiny electric arcs dancing among his fingers, "That's not right. Does such a mobster like Starlight have the ability to raise an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage and equip him with such an advanced Colossus? Don't tell me that there are other influential resistance groups of Cultivators in the Imperium other than Starlight. I'm very certain that other shrimps are even worse than Starlight!
"Or are you trying to tell me that you are from a certain mysterious relic, world fragment, or desolate planet, and that you have advanced into the Divinity Transformation Stage casually with the help of the primeval treasures and picked up a Colossus by the way? Ha. Do you think that I will believe such bulls * it like the idiot Li Lingfeng? "
Li Yao frowned and said solemnly, "I never thought of making up such bulls * it to deceive Your Grace. Like I said just now, I came to the Imperium to look for Li Linghai after a long journey. Naturally, I am not a Cultivator from the Imperium."
"Is that so?"
Li Linghai rolled his eyes and said with great interest, "That's interesting. I know that … it is impossible for him to return to the Holy League. Therefore, other than the Imperium and the Holy League, there is another powerful force that can raise such a young expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage who owns a Colossus? Tell me, where is your hometown? What are the jump coordinates? "
Li Yao smiled bitterly. "Although my hometown is strong enough to raise a Divinity Transformation Stage expert and maintain a Colossus, it does not have the jump coordinates."
Li Linghai raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean? Are you kidding me?"
"Please calm down, Your Grace. Every word I said is true!"
Li Yao stepped back and waved his hands in a panic. "My hometown really does not have a fixed jump coordinates because we are homeless refugees in space. I am — the last Cultivator from 'Firefly, the Star Ocean Republic'!"
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