Those who are good at fighting die in battle

"An infinite future means infinite possibilities. As long as there is even a trace of possibility, it means it is bound to happen…"

In Li Fan's mind, Emperor One's recent words echoed continuously.

Possessing [Huan Zhen] and capable of almost infinite restarts, he could understand the meaning behind those words better than anyone else.

Furthermore, Li Fan's heart suddenly surged. He had a premonition that a deeper secret seemed to be hidden within these words.

It was related to his Dao of the Future, or rather, [Huan Zhen].

But just like viewing flowers through the mist, it was completely impossible to see its full picture.

Li Fan fell into a brainstorm of self-imagination, while the child Emperor One remained silent after finishing speaking.

After being directly stared at by Its gaze, Xu Ke involuntarily shivered and closed his mouth.

He, who had always feared neither heaven nor earth, now realized how he was courting death with his words and did not dare to continue asking.

After a long while, perhaps to escape the current awkward situation, he chuckled and changed the subject: "Right, since [Emperor One] is you…" Xu Ke patted his head, feigning a look as if he had just remembered, and took out a vermilion wooden box, handing it over.

"This is what Senior Brother Lu Ya asked me to bring here. He didn't say who to give it to specifically, but since you're the boss here, giving it to you should be completely fine, right?"

Xu Ke sized up Emperor One and said with some relief.

"This is…"

Emperor One's gaze swept across the wooden box, and a hint of solemnity actually appeared on Its small face.

It drew the box over, pitch-black brilliance flickering on Its hands, and instantly cracked the Restriction upon it.

"Roar!"

A towering Evil Qi, accompanied by an unwilling and angry roar, suddenly soared into the sky from the wooden box.

The baleful Qi was like substance, forming a tornado.

Endless bloodshed instantly overflowed from it, resembling a shockwave sweeping across the surroundings.

In a trance, one seemed to be able to see the roaring figure of a peerless Vicious Beast.

Xu Ke, who had no psychological preparation whatsoever, was frightened into falling to the ground on the spot.

Meanwhile, Li Fan, who was deep in thought, was also awakened by this terrifying scene.

His feathers stood on end, as if he had encountered a natural enemy, and his whole body shivered uncontrollably.

Fortunately, the child Emperor One's small hand had its five fingers slightly curled, forming an incomparably sturdy cage.

It tightly sealed and controlled this Evil Qi within it.

No matter how it dashed left and right or struggled violently, it could not make a Breakthrough.

"Even if you're dead, you still can't change that stinking temper." Emperor One gave a cold snort, faint black light welling up in Its hand.

A moment later, seemingly sensing Emperor One's aura, the peerless Vicious Beast in the wooden box gradually calmed down.

The roars grew softer and softer, until they could no longer be heard at all.

At this time, the shaken Xu Ke and Li Fan finally saw clearly what was being held in the wooden box.

That was the head of a Vicious Beast with eyes wide open in rage and lingering grievances in death.

It was covered with lines of wounds like shattered porcelain.

At the wounds on the head, flesh and blood were still wriggling incessantly, as if this Vicious Beast had not yet completely breathed its last.

Not expecting that what he had been entrusted by Senior Brother Lu Ya to transport to this South Abyss Yao Mountain would actually be such a thing, Xu Ke's small face instantly turned pale.

He hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "I didn't do this!"

The child Emperor One was stunned on the spot, and then emitted a burst of cackling laughter.

"Rest assured, even if you say you killed it, no one in this world would believe you."

"The Lord of Yao Beast Slaughter and Warfare, known as [Emperor Er Li], who fights unmatched across the world…"

"There are not many existences capable of killing it. You are definitely not one of them."

There was not much grief or anger on Emperor One's face. After calmly explaining a sentence, It carefully stared at [Emperor Er Li]'s head, seemingly studying and searching for something.

"Emperor Er Li?" Xu Ke, having cleared his suspicion of committing the crime, did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, he suffered even greater shock.

He swallowed hard: "It is the second, wouldn't that make it even more powerful than Third Grandpa?"

"How did it end up like this again…"

Xu Ke subconsciously glanced at the head in the wooden box and asked with some difficulty.

Li Fan's heart was also shaken endlessly.

From [Emperor One]'s words just now, it could be seen that this [Emperor Er Li] was probably the strongest among the Yao Beast tribe aside from Emperor One.

If compared to human Cultivator Realms, it should be on par with the Longevity Realm.

And now, its head had been cut off by someone…

Who did it?

Associating the wooden box as coming from Lu Ya of the Beast Taming Sect, and although Lu Ya did not have the strength to perform such a magnificent feat, he knew someone capable of doing this.

Mr. Bai.

In an instant, a peerless and independent figure emerged in Li Fan's mind.

Was it him?

Li Fan and Xu Ke looked at each other, evidently thinking of the same thing.

While the two figured out the culprit of the matter, Emperor One also seemed to see clues in the wounds on the head.

"Those skilled in battle ultimately die by battle."

"I advised you many times, but you wouldn't listen. Now that you've ended up in this state, you brought it upon yourself."

Emperor One's expression was stern, and Its tone was as cold as frost.

From [Emperor Er Li]'s head, roars faintly came forth, seeming like an unwilling response.

"It is good that you are back."

Emperor One suddenly spoke a baffling sentence.

Afterward, something that made Xu Ke's hair stand on end happened.

Emperor One placed Its hand over [Emperor Er Li]'s head, and then, Its small hand, which was originally tender and fair like a child's, swelled and twisted.

Lump after lump of flesh, like black mud, surged out from the child Emperor One's hand.

Submerging and devouring [Emperor Er Li]'s head.

Subconsciously, Xu Ke pulled Li Fan and retreated several steps backward.

Staying away from the seemingly harmless child Emperor One.

After only a few breaths of time, the surging black flesh cloud was retracted.

Emperor One returned to Its original innocent appearance.

And [Emperor Er Li]'s head also disappeared.

"Thank you for sending this idiot back."

"This time, without tens of thousands of years, I won't let him leave."

Emperor One said with a completely serious face.

Xu Ke awkwardly touched his head, at a loss for words for a moment.

"I also understand Emperor Three's meaning…"

Emperor One glanced at Xu Ke and smiled.

Without blame, It said calmly.

Thus Its stomach swelled up in an instant, and in just a moment, it turned into a deformed shape several times larger than Its current child body.

Inside, something seemed to be gestating, rolling back and forth constantly.

"Puchi!"

The sound of flesh tearing came from Its body, and before long, a roly-poly creature detached itself from Its body.

"Take this little fellow back and give it to Lu Ya."

"He knows what to do."

Having turned back into a child, Emperor One looked at Xu Ke, was silent for a moment, and suddenly spoke again: "This is the mission reward for you delivering [Emperor Er Li]."

"Besides this, I have something else to give you."