Chapter 2: What Can You Do to Me?

"You have a death wish!" Mo Qianqian strode directly toward Shi Ming.

"Hmph. Mo Qianqian, do you still think you’re the number one genius on the Hidden Dragon List?" Shi Ming sneered as he stood up and threw a kick at him.

SMACK!

Mo Qianqian sidestepped, dodging the attack, and delivered a heavy slap across Shi Ming’s face.

Several of Shi Ming’s teeth were instantly knocked out, and his body flipped over.

THUD!

A heavy crash echoed as he hit the ground.

"You... how is this possible? Your cultivation was crippled! How do you still have such terrifying strength?" Shi Ming sputtered, his mouth full of blood, turning to look at Mo Qianqian in disbelief.

"Do you think you’re worthy of knowing? I kill animals like you on sight," Mo Qianqian said coldly, taking another large step toward him.

"Hmph, you dare kill me? My brother is Shi Yunhai, the number one genius of the Shi Family! Do you really have the guts to kill me?" Shi Ming tried to scramble to his feet, but Mo Qianqian mercilessly stomped on his chest. The crushing weight pinned him down, making it impossible to rise.

"You... you cripple! How dare you step on me! You’re dead meat! My brother will definitely kill you! He’ll kill you and your bitch of a wife!" Shi Ming cursed viciously.

"In that case, I might as well kill you first," Mo Qianqian replied flatly. He shifted his foot, planting it firmly against the side of Shi Ming’s neck.

Shi Ming was stunned. Was this guy actually going to kill him? Where did he get the nerve?

"Stop!" Just as Mo Qianqian was about to apply pressure, Shi Muyao’s frantic shout rang out.

"Mo Qianqian, you can’t kill him!" she pleaded urgently. "His brother is a genius at the Spirit Vein Realm Sixth Layer and a disciple of the Cloud Void Sect! You have no cultivation! You might be able to beat Shi Ming on pure instinct, but you absolutely cannot defeat Shi Yunhai. If you kill him, Shi Yunhai will definitely hunt you down."

"That’s right! If you kill me, both of you will die without a doubt," Shi Ming sneered coldly. "Now, help me up and obediently let me fuck your wife right in front of you. If it pleases me, I might just spare your miserable lives."

"I don’t dare kill you? Where does your confidence come from? I, Mo Qianqian, have taken at least eight hundred lives, if not a thousand. One more won’t make a difference!" He began to press down, slowly crushing Shi Ming’s neck against the floor.

Shi Ming felt a tremendous pain and struggled to breathe as a wave of suffocation washed over him. Yet, Mo Qianqian’s foot continued to press down without any intention of stopping. Finally, he realized that Mo Qianqian was truly going to kill him.

Terror filled his eyes.

"N-No..."

Shi Ming managed to force the word out through his crushed windpipe, his limbs thrashing and flailing in a desperate struggle. However, no matter how hard he fought, he couldn’t break free.

"Go to hell!" Mo Qianqian barked coldly, stomping down with immense force.

SNAP!

Blood sprayed out as Shi Ming’s neck was ruthlessly snapped under Mo Qianqian’s foot.

Shi Ming’s body twitched once before going completely still. His eyes remained wide open in death. Even as he died, he probably couldn’t believe that Mo Qianqian had actually dared to deal the fatal blow, ending his life right then and there.

"No!" From the other side of the room, Shi Muyao let out a cry of alarm at almost the same time.

"I killed him. It has nothing to do with you. I will leave the Shi Family immediately."

Mo Qianqian looked at the woman, who was propping herself up on the floor with her hands, her long hair somewhat disheveled. At first glance, she was beautiful and pure. Despite the panic on her face, her flawless, delicate skin and fragile demeanor made her look incredibly endearing. However, the lower half of her body seemed completely numb and immobile, evidently paralyzed.

"If you leave like this, the Shi Family will hunt you down." Shi Muyao was surprisingly calm. She glanced at Shi Ming’s corpse and said, "To do something like this, he must have snuck in quietly. No one knows he’s here. Take his body to the backyard and bury it first. Shi Yunhai won’t be back for another month, so no one should notice for a few days. Clean everything up before you leave."

"Alright."

Mo Qianqian nodded. He first helped Shi Muyao up, gently lifting her onto a nearby chair. He then searched Shi Ming’s corpse but didn’t find any medicinal pills, so he went to the backyard, dug a hole, and buried the body. Afterward, he thoroughly scrubbed away all the blood in the room.

"You can leave now," Shi Muyao said, a hint of sorrow in her voice.

"If I leave, what about you?" Mo Qianqian asked, looking at her.

"I’m just a paralyzed woman. If I die, I die. There’s nothing to pity," she replied softly.

Mo Qianqian fell silent.

Shi Ming was dead, and he had died in her room. Furthermore, in name, he was still Shi Muyao’s husband. Even though Shi Ming had died by his hands, she would inevitably be implicated no matter what. He could easily walk away without a care in the world, but if he left, Shi Muyao would likely not survive the fallout.

"I think I’ll stay," Mo Qianqian changed his mind.

"Stay and wait for death?" she asked.

Mo Qianqian didn’t answer. Instead, he asked, "What is the longest we can delay them discovering the body?"

"They’ll realize Shi Ming is missing within a few days. But for them to discover he died here? We could probably hide it until Shi Yunhai returns," she explained.

"Shi Yunhai returns in a month... That’s plenty of time," Mo Qianqian said, a confident gleam in his eyes.

He was already a Body Cultivator. According to their grading system, he had instantly surged to the First Realm, Second Layer, which was equivalent to the Spirit Vein Realm Second Layer. With the World-Destroying Heaven-Shattering Technique at his disposal, a month was more than enough time for him to break through several layers. Combined with his extensive combat experience, dealing with Shi Yunhai shouldn’t be a problem by then.

"Your cultivation is completely crippled, and you still want to fight Shi Yunhai?" Shi Muyao was exasperated, thinking he had yet to accept his reality. "Mo Qianqian, maybe you were incredibly powerful in the past. Maybe you were the Ling Family’s top enforcer and the number one genius on the Great Xia Dynasty’s Hidden Dragon List, but you have to face reality!

"You have absolutely no cultivation right now!

"Killing Shi Ming was already a grave mistake, but thinking you can take on Shi Yunhai? That is pure delusion!"