Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 687: Dead End (Please Subscribe)

"It's very simple, two choices: either kill me and escape, or now you can't do anything to me, I can't do anything to you, and you slip away on your own silently." Pei Yan laughed, switching topics with a sarcastic turn: "But you can do neither of these. Oh! Sorry, I shouldn't say it like that, I should say you think you can kill me but at a huge cost, and after killing me, you won't have the ability to escape from my companions, right?"

After finishing this, seeing the other party silent for a long time, Pei Yan continued: "As for why you don't just run away, if I'm not mistaken, your spatial magic doesn't allow you to teleport long distances, but is instead limited to a certain range around your body. Once you exceed this distance, you'll lose the ability to traverse parallel spaces at will, correct?"

When these words were said, the scene plunged into a deathly silence once again. After a while, Li Songtao, whose card was exposed, let out a bitter laugh and said: "Indeed, you have such a penetrating insight to quickly see through the mysteries of my technique. Yes, as you said, I've lost my way out. At this point, let me ask you one last question."

"No need to ask, today you won't be slipping from my hands alive." Pei Yan, expecting what the other wanted to ask, directly retorted. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Li Songtao, hidden in the dark, was stunned upon hearing this and then became enraged: "Are you so confident that you can survive my moves? We each take a step back, give me a way out, this is the right way. Must we fight to the complete ruin of both?"

"Exactly!" Pei Yan said decisively: "If it were anyone else, like the Celestial Secret Pavilion Master who fought me that day, or the people of Celestial Sword Manor, I would accept this suggestion! But you, haha," Pei Yan let out a cold laugh: "No way! After many years, you still hold a grudge, immediately seeking revenge the moment you got wind of us, not even waiting a day. With your deeply ingrained hatred and elusive abilities, how can I let you slip away from me again? Besides, Li Songtao, let me tell you, I hold grudges just like you! A gentleman's revenge takes ten years, but I am no gentleman, I am a petty man who avenges from dawn to dusk, this grudge must be repaid today!"

"Hahaha!" Li Songtao's wild laughter echoed through the air, followed by a loud cry: "Alright! Well said! Indeed, I was too timid and lacked confidence, Since you're bent on dying, don't blame me for being ruthless. Pei Yan, remember what you just said, don't regret it!"

"Cut the nonsense, show me what you've got!"

With that, the two said no more. Pei Yan, fully focused, concentrated all his energy to observe the changes in the surrounding environment. Moments later, Pei Yan's face changed dramatically. He quickly looked back and shouted angrily: "Despicable scoundrel, how dare you! All methods are possible, Thunder Magic!"

Before the words even fell, Pei Yan's figure had transformed into a bolt of lightning rushing towards his companion. At this moment, Li Songtao's figure just emerged from the void, having changed his appearance once again. His body remained lean and wiry, but his head had grown twice as large as before. The most terrifying part was his mouth, which was opened at an angle far beyond human limits, almost splitting to his earlobe. Inside his mouth, a mass of vile, chilling bitter energy had condensed by half, ready to be launched, with its target being the sixth and seventh-rank awakened agents in the investigation team.

Li Songtao knew well that his all-consuming spiritual power move might not accurately hit Pei Yan. Even if it did, it might not kill him, and when his spiritual energy ran dry, he would truly be a knife wielded by men, being nothing more than meat on the chopping block. Instead, he opted to ambush those agents weaker than him. Killing them would ensure that Pei Yan would forever harbor hatred. Even if a few survived severely injured, in their chaotic scramble to save their own, he might just escape alive in the confusion.

With such a thought, the moment Li Songtao exited the parallel space, he targeted the investigation team's female members. He had earlier heard Shitang Longsi mention that Pei Yan's sister was among them. Killing her would be the best outcome!

Just as Li Songtao was about to successfully gather his energy, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his internal organs. The anger and despair that had condensed at this critical moment immediately lost focus. Multiple forces inside him spiraled out of control. Realizing this wasn't good, Li Songtao could no longer regain control. Just as he was about to lose, he summoned whatever power remained to forcibly eject his resentment.

Yet, in that brief pause, Pei Yan, as a flash of lightning, reached him, delivering a kick to his chin. Li Songtao had no time to cry out, his head flipping upwards as the resentment in his mouth released towards the sky. Letting out a muffled groan, he then plummeted straight toward the ground, headfirst.

Pei Yan dismissed the falling Li Songtao, looking up at the mass of resentment ejected from his mouth. As it exited, Pei Yan's soul wavered, his ears filled with the relentless wail of ghosts and wolves. Seeing the mass rushing skyward, missing its target, Pei Yan knew once it exhausted its power, it would spread and explode on its own. The vile resentment within might be manageable for cultivators, but the surrounding civilians would be doomed. At best, they would suffer endless nightmares, and at worst, their souls terrified to madness.

With this in mind, Pei Yan was about to use flames to completely burn away the resentment when he heard a beautiful melody from the sky. Following that, a voice like silver bells addressed him from afar, "Young Master Pei, don't worry, we will handle this resentment. You focus on capturing the villain!"

Surprised at first, Pei Yan quickly understood that the people from the Immortal Palace had arrived. He looked again at the mass of resentment, which was confined by an invisible force, struggling to escape. Gradually calming down with musical and chanting accompaniment, it began exuding an aura of sorrow and melancholy.

Watching it for too long, Pei Yan found his own mind unsettled. Seeing others taking care of it, he let it be, descending to the courtyard below. By this time, much of the floodwater had receded, leaving him standing in ankle-deep puddles. Looking at Li Songtao nearby, Pei Yan expressed his disdain: "Still alive?"

"Cough, cough, cough!" In response to Pei Yan's question came Li Songtao's series of bloody coughs. The grotesque, monstrous face vanished as the cultivation technique dissipated, restoring his feature to a normal human face. But his body remained emaciated and frail, lying there, inhaling sharp, laborious breaths, Pei Yan worried that before he could get answers, Li Songtao would die on him.

Realizing this, Pei Yan had no choice but to turn to Elder Lin for help: "Elder Lin, see if he can survive. If he can be saved, let him live a few more days. I have many questions for him!"