Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Chapter 765: Chapter 210: Invincible Spring God’s Fury, Blasting Nan Batian (10,000 Words Subscription Request)_6

With a bang, Nan Batian was sent flying, crashing to the ground like a kite with its string cut, flung far away.

With a splutter, blood sprayed forth.

His body smashed into the ground with a thud, stirring up clouds of dust.

Chen Jie watched Nan Batian fall, expressionless as he walked over.

Cough cough...

At that moment, Nan Batian struggled to rise from the ground, spitting blood. The previous strike had nearly crippled him; now, he was standing purely by willpower.

He didn’t want to be looked down on by Chen Jie!

So he glared at Chen Jie and said, ”Chen Jiusi, I, I don’t accept this!”

Without stopping, Chen Jie responded, ”I know.”

Wiping the blood from his mouth, Nan Batian said, ”I, I’m not satisfied.”

Chen Jie replied, ”I am aware.”

”Why? We are the same kind of people, both ruthless in our pursuit of power. Why can you achieve what you want, and I can’t?” Nan Batian asked.

Chen Jie stopped in his tracks and looked at him. ”Do you think we are the same?”

”No, aren’t we?” Nan Batian returned.

”I am someone who will do anything to achieve my goals. Aren’t you the same? To defeat me, you even conspired with my wife. You framed me for colluding with the Zoroastrian Sect. Don’t you know whether I did or not?”

”You are power-hungry and unscrupulous. How are we any different?” Nan Batian questioned him.

On hearing this, Chen Jie replied, ”If that’s how you see it, I really can’t argue. We are indeed similar, and in these chaotic times, there are many like us. But I succeeded while you failed. Do you know why?”

”Why?” asked Nan Batian, looking at Chen Jie, who chuckled and responded, ”Because I am smarter than you.”

Nan Batian’s expression darkened.

He had expected Chen Jie to take a moral high ground, but instead, Chen Jie belittled his intelligence, which felt somewhat insulting.

”You, you...”

Nan Batian was so angered by Chen Jie that he was lost for words.

Chen Jie continued, ”We are indeed alike: ambitious, cunning, capable of trickery for our goals. But I’m smarter than you. I know where the line is drawn, understand the situation well, and know what to commit to, but what about you?”

”Blinded by envy and utterly foolish. If you hadn’t pushed me step by step, even if I had desired power, I would have found a mild way to allow you to step down with dignity.”

”But you didn’t want dignity; you even tried to kill me, so I had no choice but to retaliate.”

”And you obviously weren’t smart enough, failing under my counterattack. However, you’ve had a rather splendid life. So now, at this step, any last words?”

After hearing this, Nan Batian was silent for a long time before saying, ”Is Wan’er alright?”

Chen Jie paused, then looked at Nan Batian, surprised that even now, he would inquire about Huang Wan’er.

”Why do you ask about her? Haven’t you been using her as a substitute for your master’s sister?” Chen Jie asked.

Falling silent, Nan Batian eventually said, ”Yes, I treated her as a substitute for my master’s sister from the beginning.”

”Now that I think about it, I really owe her an apology. I know I didn’t take care of her but used her as a tool for venting my frustrations. I know she hates me. Still, I never intended to truly hurt her. Even when she was pregnant, I thought about letting her have the baby and take my surname since I couldn’t have children.”

Chen Jie did not respond.

Nan Batian continued, looking at Chen Jie, ”Chen Jiusi, I hate you, but at this point, I still want to say, please take good care of her; she is a good woman.”

Chen Jie paused; he never expected Nan Batian to say these words at such a time.

”Mhm, I will take good care of her.”

That was all Chen Jie could reply. Nan Batian smiled and said, ”That’s good, Chen Jiusi. I admit you are stronger than me. It’s a world where the victors are kings. I, Nan Batian, can accept my defeat.”

”But, Chen Jiusi, I still want to make one last bet with you.”

Nan Batian stated, looking at Chen Jiusi, who narrowed his eyes to observe him.

”What do you want to bet on?”

Laughing, Nan Batian said, ”I bet my life on how I’ll die.”

Chen Jie narrowed his eyes and said, ”So, you say you’re going to die how?”

Chuckling, Nan Batian responded, ”Ha, by severing my own meridians! Hmm!”

After saying this, Nan Batian gritted his teeth and severed his meridians himself, his body slowly weakening, and with a triumphant smile, he said, ”Chen, Chen Jiusi, I, I finally beat you this time, ha ha...”

Even though Chen Jie wanted to offer some comfort, since it was a bet, he questioned, ”Why didn’t you ask how I guessed you’d die?”

”You, you guessed ...”

Chen Jie replied, ”I guessed you would die by severing your own meridians.”

”You...”

Nan Batian’s eyes widened, pointing at Chen Jie with a face resentful in death. At that moment, Chen Jie reached out his hand and drew his Chrysalis Short Knife, touching Nan Batian’s windpipe.

With that, Nan Batian was completely dead. Just to ensure there was no secret technique of feigning death from Nan Batian, which would be embarrassing, Chen Jie took a precaution and cut him again.

Flicking the blood off the knife, a chilly expression crossed Chen Jie’s face, ”I could let you die with your eyes closed, but then I’d owe an apology to my twenty-eight fallen brothers.”

Thinking this, Chen Jie sheathed the Chrysalis Blade and began to search Nan Batian’s body.

After a search, Chen Jie indeed found something.

Amazingly, in a cloth bag on his body, Chen Jie discovered some medicinal ingredients.

Among them was one particular ingredient Chen Jie needed from the Shuizi Medicine Garden, the Wayward Green Water Red Fruit.

With this treasure medicine, they could refine Qi Blood Pills. Although Chen Jie didn’t need them anymore, Xiao Hu and his subordinates still could use them.

Thinking this, Chen Jie stored all the spoils and looked up just in time to see the stairs to the third floor close by.

Chen Jie stood up and stepped toward the stairs.

The Chang Chun Valley legacy, here I come!