Chapter 107: Absolute Terror!

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Cheng Yushui: “????”

This Ling Qiu... Is he really not afraid?!!

At this moment...

Even Cheng Yushui felt his heart begin to waver!

He was not a coward. He never had been!

But now...

He knew perfectly well that, given his own abilities, he was bound to suffer at Ling Qiu’s hands!

He suddenly regretted it bitterly.

Why... had he not brought a few experts with him tonight?!

“Ling Qiu, I helped you, and yet you’re going to attack me?!”

Realizing that threats were useless, Cheng Yushui gritted his teeth and tried a different approach.

Ling Qiu had already come before him. He simply stared at him impassively.

Then, all of a sudden—

“Gah!!”

Cheng Yushui let out a muffled groan!

Ling Qiu seized him by the throat with one hand. His grip was terrifyingly powerful, as though he intended to crush Cheng Yushui’s neck.

Cheng Yushui’s face instantly turned deathly pale!

This was no joke. No matter how strong a person’s nerves were, anyone would lose their composure in such a moment!

Was he really about to die?!

And yet...

Ling Qiu did not strangle him to death outright.

When Cheng Yushui realized that he was still alive, his heart gradually settled.

Heh...

His momentum was fierce...

But when all was said and done, he still did not dare to act.

After all, no matter how capable a worthless nobody might be, he was still a worthless nobody!

Ling Qiu surely understood what would happen if he killed Cheng Yushui today.

“Heh heh. At least you’re not so foolish that there’s no hope for you yet!—Aagh!!”

Bang!!

A heavy crash rang out!

Ling Qiu lifted Cheng Yushui by the throat and smashed him viciously against the car!

Blood burst from his forehead once more!

At last, Ling Qiu spoke.

“Do you think I dare kill you?”

A question that struck at the soul!

Cheng Yushui’s heart lurched violently.

For an instant, he seemed to forget the pain. Suspended high in the air by Ling Qiu, he kicked and struggled frantically, but...

At that moment, he felt as though he were trapped in the unyielding grip of a pair of steel pincers. He could not break free at all!

Bang!!!

Ling Qiu seized Cheng Yushui again and slammed him hard against the car!

“Agh!!”

Cheng Yushui cried out in pain!

“Answer me,” Ling Qiu said.

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“You... you don’t dare!!!!”

His lifelong pampering and lofty status had made Cheng Yushui stubbornly defiant even when confronted with threats.

For example, even now, despite blood streaming down his face, he still shouted with unshaken arrogance:

“You don’t dare!! I know people like you so well, you so-called experts! Every one of you boasts about how many people you can defeat! But in the end, you still have to kneel before people with money like us! Ling Qiu!! Let me go right now! I’ll give you money! One million? Ten million? A hundred million?!”

Cheng Yushui had clearly lost his mind and was roaring hysterically.

And then...

Several droplets of saliva even sprayed onto Ling Qiu’s face.

“...”

At that moment, Ling Qiu suddenly went still.

The corner of his eye tightened slightly. He slowly raised one hand and wiped the saliva from his face.

The movement was exceedingly slow.

Yet that very movement made Cheng Yushui’s heart clench violently once again!

Ling Qiu rubbed his fingers together, lowered his head, and glanced at them. Then he slowly raised his face.

His eyes, utterly devoid of emotion, stared straight at Cheng Yushui, as though they could see through his soul in an instant.

“Remember the pain you felt just now. I can make you experience that pain again and again, but I will never let you die. I don’t care how proud you are. Remember this: today, unless you kneel before me, you will never be allowed to die. Do you understand what I mean?”

Cheng Yushui: “????!!”

What did he mean?!

“You don’t understand?”

Suddenly, Ling Qiu smiled.

The corners of his mouth lifted faintly, and a sharp, icy glint flashed through his eyes.

“Then take your time figuring it out.”

Figure out what?!

Cheng Yushui instinctively drew in a sharp breath.

Before he could think any further, his vision blurred again, and then—

Bang! Bang! Bang!—

One crash followed another as Ling Qiu seized him and repeatedly smashed him against the wrecked car!

Every time he struck him, Cheng Yushui let out a pained howl!

He felt...

As though every bone in his skull had been shattered!

The violent shock of the pain spread throughout his entire body. It felt as if all his bones had come apart, every inch of them enduring unbearable agony!

Bang! Bang!...

By then, the entire street was shrouded in darkness.

The residents sleeping in their homes would probably have thought someone was practicing on a drum kit in the middle of the night after hearing those sounds!

And so...

Nearly a full minute passed.

“Aahhhhhh!!!! Spare me! Spare me!!!”

After continuously howling and screaming, Cheng Yushui finally exhausted every ounce of his strength and cried out for mercy.

Ling Qiu stopped.

Drip. Drip.

Blood from Cheng Yushui’s forehead fell drop by drop onto the ground.

In the sudden silence, the sound was especially horrifying.

Combined with the faint smile still resting on Ling Qiu’s face, it left Cheng Yushui trembling with terror!

This man...

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Was... was he a devil?!

Ling Qiu looked calmly at Cheng Yushui.

A piece of scum like this did not deserve to be Cheng Youyou’s family.

He had never imagined that Cheng Youyou’s position within the Cheng family would be so awkward.

If he had known sooner, Ling Qiu would never have left the tea house.

As for why Cheng Yushui had not died despite being smashed so many times by Ling Qiu...

The reason was simple. While teaching him a lesson, Ling Qiu had also been nourishing the vital energy within his body with his own aura.

He had done so solely to preserve Cheng Yushui’s life.

In Ling Qiu’s eyes, all living things understood the value of life.

Very few people were truly unafraid of death.

Aside from genuine heroes, most people who appeared fearless were merely those who had never truly faced death.

For example, someone might shout that he was not afraid to die, only to be killed by a single stroke of a blade.

People would say, “What a badass. He really wasn’t afraid of death.”

But...

That was not actually the truth.

Why?

Because they had died too quickly. By the time they experienced the terror of death, they were already dead.

Ling Qiu had seen far too many people like that in the underworld.

Every one of them had been desperately attached to the mortal world.

If they were given the chance to be reborn, they would cherish their lives more than anyone else.

Only after experiencing death could one truly understand the preciousness of being alive.

And Ling Qiu intended to make Cheng Yushui thoroughly experience the process of facing death again and again.

“Kneel.”

Ling Qiu released Cheng Yushui.

With a thud, Cheng Yushui dropped to his knees. He immediately bent forward and sprawled at Ling Qiu’s feet, not daring even to raise his head.

“Do you still dare to act tough with me?”

“N-no... no... I don’t dare...”

Cheng Yushui’s entire body was wracked with pain. He twitched and trembled incessantly, answering in a feeble voice as though he were on the verge of death.

“Do you think I dare kill you now?”

“I... I do...”

“Then do you know why I haven’t killed you?”

“I... I know...”

“You know?”

Ling Qiu’s voice paused.

“Ah... no... I don’t know!!”

“If you don’t know, then listen carefully.”

Ling Qiu said, “Raise your head.”

Cheng Yushui lifted his head, his face covered in blood.

The sharpness and pride he had cultivated over several decades had been utterly crushed by Ling Qiu in the space of a few short minutes, leaving nothing behind.

“Because of Cheng Youyou.”