Chapter 973 – The Final Gift

These were all he said, she said accusations, but there was no conclusion.

Looking at Ye Xuan, who was looking at him with disappointment in her eyes, and listening to her words, Su Mo’s gaze slowly turned violent. A devil was born in his heart, and it opened its gaping jaws.

Su Mo chuckled coldly and said, “Yes. I am the one who is incapable. I, Su Mo, am useless. Even now, I am weaker than you, a woman. But have you ever thought about how I changed my life for you? That I was ostracized by my family for you? You made me suffer so much; I never told you how many times I was beaten. You were living fine and could stay obediently in your house, waiting while your man worked so hard in order to get you!”

Ye Xuan was upset at his response, and their argument escalated.

“Do you think I haven’t worked hard myself? Just like you, I did not want to tell you about it. It is you who gave up, but you gave so many excuses. What kind of man are you?”

The conflict that had accumulated over a long time finally exploded today. Before this, Su Mo was a polite man in front of her. After the mask was torn off, everything changed.

To be honest, there was only one man in Ye Xuan’s heart, and that was Su Mo. She had worked hard so that they could be together, but when she knew that they were about to succeed, he suddenly changed into a different person. This upset her greatly. When they were finally able to be together, she backed off instead, because she sensed that the man before her was no longer the person she liked, or the person who liked her back. There was too much resentment and desire for revenge in his heart.

“What kind of man am I?” Su Mo was so furious that he laughed. He laughed very loudly, then looked at her coldly and said, “Are you wondering who I am? Ye Xuan, do not pretend to be virtuous and pure in front of me. I have seen through you. You’re just a woman! I, Su Mo, can get however many women I want. I can even sleep with one every night, never with the same one twice. I have stayed by your side for so many years so that you would let down your guard against me. I can’t believe that this is your impression of me. How sad, how sad ... It looks like the final gift I prepared for you won’t be used. Tomorrow, I will apply to leave Underworld City. Something I have endured for so many years did not bear fruit; I am too embarrassed to stay here any longer ...”

Aside from his mocking tone, there was also a flash of viciousness in the depths of his eyes.

Only about seventy percent of what he said was true. The rest was not.

“The final gift ...” Ye Xuan took two steps back in a daze. The honesty she had shown tonight had not made him come around, but instead pushed him away forever. This separation was extremely painful to her. She looked at the man who looked like he was also in a lot of pain and believed that he did not truly mean what he said in the first part, that he was only lashing out.

“Don’t worry. I will give you this gift, then I will leave.” Su Mo took two steps forward. He was nervous because he had finally found another chance. He knew that Ye Xuan was surely feeling heartbroken now, and her mind was probably a mess. Under such circumstances, she surely did not have her guard up against him. The National Beauty Pill would definitely be effective at this moment.

You bitch! How dare you pretend to be so virtuous! You’ll just be another woman beneath me! Once you’ve been poisoned by the National Beauty Pill, I will toy with you in a hundred ways at this highest point of Underworld City.

Su Mo was getting excited just thinking about it.

“Are you going to leave after you give me this ...” Ye Xuan had not intended for it to happen like this. After she saw the fireworks he had spared no effort to prepare, she merely wanted to tell him about the doubts in her heart. Once Su Mo gave a reasonable explanation, then there would no longer be a distance between them. She had not expected it to escalate into an argument that ended with Su Mo deciding to leave.

This person who had lived life with her for so many years was about to leave. Ye Xuan felt like her heart was empty, and there was an indescribable sorrow. She was left in a daze, and she stared as Su Mo approached her, as he prepared to take out the final gift for her.

“I prepared for over ten years just for this gift. I was thinking of proposing today. I had not expected it to end like this. Indeed, I, Su Mo, am not destined for this ...” he said in self-mockery, though he was only pretending.

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

After what he said, she was even more expectant for the gift.

There was no cautiousness in her eyes.

This is a good chance!

Su Mo’s gaze turned cold as he readied to take out the National Beauty Pill from his storage ring. All he had to do was take it out and squeeze it. He was already starting to imagine it. Both this haughty woman and, more importantly, the Killing God’s inheritance would be his!

You don’t know that I stayed by your side until today not because I wanted you, but because I wanted the Killing God’s inheritance!

Su Mo laughed in his heart.

When he was about to succeed, both of them sensed someone quickly running up from the bottom of the tower through their divine intuitions.

Such a critical moment had been interrupted.

“Who is it?” Both of them separated by a few steps and looked down. Very quickly, a silhouette emerged from the darkness. It was a young man covered in blood. His face was very pale and he looked weak, but his cold, sharp gaze and blood-colored sword dripping with blood made Ye Xuan and Su Mo’s chests tighten!

Most importantly, he was carrying a young woman on his shoulder, who was wearing Underworld Armor. Blood dripped from her body to the ground, and she had long fainted from her severe injuries.

“Long Chen!”

“Su Xue!”

Both Ye Xuan and Su Mo cried out in shock. If they had been more aware with their divine intuitions, they would have discovered Long Chen a long time ago. They were merely too immersed in their fight to notice the commotion below.

Clearly, Long Chen had injured Su Xue and carried her up there.

What had happened?

Ye Xuan’s expression changed and she woke up from her daze.

Long Chen had used his Soul Swallowing Gaze and realized that Su Mo had not been able to execute his plan. That was why he was assured enough to ascend slowly. There was a mocking smirk on his face.

“Long Chen, what’s going on?” Ye Xuan asked quickly, her mind a mess.

Su Mo’s gaze changed. He did not know what had happened in the Underworld Battlefield yet. But Su Xue was both his subordinate and his woman, and he was uncomfortable with how Long Chen was handling her. The moment he saw Long Chen, he attacked, but Ye Xuan was faster. She reached out to grab Long Chen with great force, then she put him by her side.

Long Chen placed Su Xue on the ground, then gently held the Fluttering Blood Sword against her neck. He stood next to Ye Xuan and gazed boldly at Su Mo with bloodlust in his eyes. He sneered and said, “Ever since I returned from the Underworld Battlefield, I have learned many shocking secrets. I have also learned about Su Mo’s plan from Su Xue. Master, you must keep me alive. Do not let Su Mo attack me. Let me tell you all the secrets you do not know about in detail.”

Long Chen’s words made both their faces change.

Ye Xuan’s face changed because this meant that Su Mo had other secrets. And if Long Chen had returned from the Underworld Battlefield, where were her brother and Gudu Jun?

Su Mo himself had a shocking secret, especially the secret about the Underworld Blood Sea. Long Chen had gone to the sea and, once again, interrupted a plan that was about to succeed!

Su Mo’s eyes turned blood-red. In reality, when he had enough desire to kill someone, holding Su Xue hostage was not effective at all.

Long Chen understood this when he saw the look in Su Mo’s eyes.

“What do you want to say?” Su Mo exerted huge psychological pressure on Long Chen. A normal Heavenly Martial Realm cultivator would have been killed with just one sentence from Su Mo.

Unfortunately, due to Long Chen’s warning, he was being protected by Ye Xuan.

“Let him finish. Don’t be in such a hurry to attack. He’ll explain why he’s holding Su Xue hostage.” Ye Xuan shielded Long Chenand took a few steps back. With her so close, no one could kill him.

When he was safe, Long Chen’s Fluttering Blood Sword cut a deep gash into Su Xue’s neck. He swallowed his spit, then said with a cold smile, “I learned your first secret from Su Xue, who told me this. Someone had an important plan during the festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He wanted to make a certain beautiful City Lord feel touched, then take out a Rank Three divine pill that he meticulously prepared for this occasion—the National Beauty Pill. They say that it is a fatal weapon belonging to the Silver Devil, and it is used to forcefully rape ...”

“The National Beauty Pill?” Ye Xuan’s brows furrowed and she quickly recalled the pill’s effect. Her face changed and she looked at Su Mo with sorrow and disbelief. She uttered every word slowly when she asked, “Su Mo, the gift you mentioned was the National Beauty Pill?”

The plan had failed. Su Mo’s mind drew a blank. He backed away in panic, his face pale. He dared not answer.

Based on his reaction, Ye Xuan knew that everything was true. Tears flowed from her eyes and her heart sank to rock bottom.

Was the devil standing in front of her the same person who liked her, whom she liked back?

“Don’t cry yet. That’s just the appetizer. Let me show you how evil he truly is,” said Long Chen.