CHAPTER 570: CHAPTER 241: ESCAPE_2

The Masked Emperor swayed left and right, abruptly stopping or accelerating to make sharp turns, using the buildings as cover, and somehow broke through Bai Wanli’s relentless barrage.

"No matter how cunning you are, today you will not escape death." Bai Wanli snorted coldly, his figure landing on the peak of a building, swiftly moving across the tops to catch up with Li Xiu below.

Seeing Bai Wanli chasing from above, Li Xiu secretly cursed, knowing he couldn’t outrun Bai Wanli beneath the buildings. Gritting his teeth, he recklessly rode the Masked Emperor into a building with an open gate.

It was a palace with shattered gates. After rushing in, Li Xiu put away the Masked Emperor, summoning the Jedi Knight upon landing, wielding the Spiritual Mace, he and the Jedi Knight ambushed on either side of the hall’s entrance.

Bai Wanli landed outside the gate, looking at the hall’s interior with a cold voice, "Li Xiu, you truly have talent. Despite your low level, you’re even harder to kill than Wan Chaoxin. If you manage to survive today, how can I have a place to stand tomorrow? Today, you must die."

"Vice President Bai, did you ever consider the consequences of killing me?" Li Xiu said from inside the hall.

"I don’t need to know the consequences." Bai Wanli gave Li Xiu no time to delay, charging directly towards the hall door.

Just as Bai Wanli was about to rush into the hall, a Jedi Knight wearing a green gentleman’s hat suddenly flashed in front of him. Combining his twin blades, he raised them overhead, executing an Unrivaled National Hero strike, the terrifying blood-red Light Blade slashing down like a giant crescent.

Bai Wanli snorted coldly again, assuming a special stance, not dodging or evading, and directly struck the blood-red Light Blade with his palm.

The white glowing Palm Seal collided with the blood-red Light Blade, exploding instantly, sending shock waves that scattered debris in all directions.

The Jedi Knight staggered back a few steps, and Bai Wanli’s figure even wavered slightly.

"To think it could withstand my Demon-Slaying Seal, this attack power of the demon spirit is quite formidable, but no matter how strong, it’s only a Super Spirit." Bai Wanli said, stepping towards the hall doors again.

Li Xiu felt some helplessness as a fully powered Unrivaled National Hero strike with the gentleman’s hat empowerment couldn’t harm Bai Wanli. The Light Base level was indeed terrifying.

Retrieving the now combat-ineffective Jedi Knight, Li Xiu gripped the Spiritual Mace tighter, knowing this time he might truly have to risk it all.

"Uncle Bai, could you spare his life?" Li Qingyi finally caught up, flashing to the hall door to block Bai Wanli.

"Young lady, this matter doesn’t concern you, step aside." Bai Wanli said coldly.

"How could it not concern me? I brought him in, so naturally it’s my duty to take him out alive. If Uncle Bai insists on killing him, then kill me first." Li Qingyi, her Indestructible Ice Armor radiating an icy jade-like glow, stood firmly in Bai Wanli’s way.

"Young lady, my apologies." Bai Wanli said, his figure ghost-like, appearing before Li Qingyi, reaching for her with both hands.

Li Qingyi erupted into a frenzy, fists, palms, and knees attacking Bai Wanli furiously.

But Bai Wanli didn’t dodge or evade, letting Li Qingyi’s attacks fall on him. Light Patterns flashed on his skeleton-like shell, Li Qingyi’s strikes unable to even breach his defense.

Bai Wanli grabbed Li Qingyi’s arms, lifting her up, then spun around and flung her out.

Without even looking at Li Qingyi’s state, Bai Wanli’s robust body directly stepped through the door.

Suddenly, a mace shadow thrust horizontally, Bai Wanli saw it was a mace, reaching out to grab it.

The mace had almost no light or demonic energy fluctuations; in Bai Wanli’s eyes, it was just an inferior Contract.

But as he gripped the mace, his pupils contracted suddenly, eyes widening in shock.

His hand holding the mace was cleanly severed by the blunt, four-edged mace shaft, which had no blade.

Still relentless, the mace shaft thrust towards Bai Wanli’s chest.

Startled greatly, Bai Wanli retreated swiftly, retreating out of the hall, while his severed hand and fingers dropped inside, blood flowing from the stump.

"What is that?" Bai Wanli looked into the hall with uncertainty, but Li Xiu was nowhere to be seen.

The seemingly unremarkable mace could cut through his Light Base Body and Symbiotic Contract with ease. He couldn’t fathom what it was.

From afar, Li Qingyi hit the ground and intended to rush over but saw Bai Wanli standing outside the hall, bleeding from a severed hand, with a look of incredulity on his face.

Li Xiu had actually managed to injure Bai Wanli at the Light Base level, something she thought impossible, yet Li Xiu accomplished it.

"Vice President Bai, if I were you, I’d check if Wan Chaoxin is still around. I’m without support here, but that’s not the case for others." Li Xiu said from inside the hall.

Bai Wanli snorted disdainfully, demonic light swirling, his severed hand twisting, fat and muscle compressing and growing. Moments later, a new hand and fingers formed, even the skeleton-like armor regenerated.

"Killing you, then checking won’t be too late." Bai Wanli said as he stepped into the hall once more.