# 1588
Chapter 1584: Sorry...
An Qingyu stood in place, her gray eyes precisely locking onto the movements of the Mad Cao Yuan. Strange glimmers rippled from the depths of her pupils, as if she were calculating and deducing something.
Just as the first blade of murderous aura was about to touch her, An Qingyu drifted lightly to the side, the blade grazing her chest and flying past.
She then raised her right hand gently and pulled at the air. The surrounding spacetime twisted abruptly, and the remaining dozen or so blade rays were forcefully shattered into pieces!
The savage wind swept behind An Qingyu as the Mad Cao Yuan's figure emerged from the dust. He flickered like a ghost, and a palm wreathed in murderous flames seized An Qingyu's shoulder like an iron clamp!
A black blade glow, crescent-moon in size, flashed immediately after, and a blood-soaked arm was sent soaring into the sky.
The Mad Cao Yuan's scarlet eyes stared fixedly at An Qingyu. His voice hoarse, he spoke word by word:
"Sorry... I must... keep you here..."
An Qingyu glanced at her empty right shoulder. Even with an arm severed in an instant, her expression didn't change in the slightest, as if what had been cut off was merely a dummy limb.
The Mad Cao Yuan didn't stop. Another blade ray sliced through the void, and An Qingyu's left arm was severed as well. A surge of violent murderous energy blazed in the air, directly incinerating the severed limb into ashes.
Cao Yuan knew that with An Qingyu's abilities, regenerating an arm would only take a few seconds. At such a critical moment, he naturally wouldn't hold back.
"No need to apologize." An Qingyu gazed indifferently at the scarlet eyes. "I, too, will not hold back."
As that pair of gray eyes contracted slightly, the Mad Cao Yuan's palm suddenly lightened. The Straight Blade he had been gripping in his palm actually turned into countless withered leaves, scattering bizarrely into the air.
This sudden change startled the Mad Cao Yuan. The murderous blade rays he had been slashing out faltered, and the next instant, a palm was gently pressed against his chest.
"Goodbye, Cao Yuan." An Qingyu spoke calmly.
BOOM——!!!
A shower of blood sprayed out from behind the Mad Cao Yuan, instantly splattering onto the palace wall dozens of meters away, imprinting the outline of a hand.
Blood beads drifted down through the air. The surging black murderous energy stagnated, gradually dispersing into the mist of blood.
The scarlet in Cao Yuan's eyes faded. The remnants of the murderous flames withered in the blood. He stared blankly downward. On his chest, there was now a circular hole. Through the aperture in his body, he could even see the stone bricks behind him, soaked in blood.
"You..." Cao Yuan lifted his head stiffly. His gaze toward An Qingyu was filled with utter disbelief.
He... actually harbored killing intent?!
An Qingyu wanted to kill herself?!
This was the second time Cao Yuan had looked at An Qingyu with such eyes. The first was during the fishing village crisis, when she had directly pierced his heart to liberate the Black King and break the temporal dead end... but this time was different.
In those gray eyes, Cao Yuan saw no trace of guilt or struggle. An Qingyu's eyes were like a deep pool of stagnant water, devoid of any emotion.
Cao Yuan felt, for the first time, that this face before him was unprecedentedly unfamiliar.
Could it be that those things beyond the Gate of Truth... truly could transform a person so instantly?
Cao Yuan didn't know. He couldn't continue to think either. His brain felt like it was losing vitality, his consciousness fading rapidly... His legs gave way, and his entire body collapsed into a pool of blood. His life force drained swiftly.
Cao Yuan's pupils gradually dilated and unfocused. From this angle, he couldn't see An Qingyu's expression. In his field of vision, there was only the stone path soaked in blood and a corner of that Crimson Cloak.
His vision was gradually consumed by darkness. Vaguely, a smiling face was the final image定格在他的脑海。
"Lu... Menglei..." In the faintest wisp of remaining breath, Cao Yuan murmured.
Finally, his body lost all vitality completely.
BOOM——!!!
A狂暴的煞气火柱撞破死寂的Heavenly Court，直冲灰暗的天穹，半座Heavenly Court，瞬间化作翻滚的煞气火海！
一道极端恐怖暴戾的气息骤然降临！
血与火的废墟之中，一座黑色的摩天巨影，缓缓站起身形，一块块圆形空洞错落在其关节之上，双臂，肩膀，膝盖，胸膛……一根根黑色的锁链从虚无中延伸，将其死死的固定在原地。
而此刻，这七道黑色锁链中，已经有四道都断裂崩碎。
吼吼吼——！！！
狂怒的咆哮响彻云霄，汹涌的黑色火浪层层堆叠，那道摩天巨影缓缓转过头，看向不远处一座尚且屹立的宫殿顶端。
An Qingyu站在恢弘的宫殿檐角，淡淡的灰雾在其脚下缭绕，那双瞳孔注视着顶天立地的黑王，不知在想些什么。
下一刻，一道影子在其脚下急速扩大！
咚——！
山岳般大小的拳头砸入大地，瞬息将宫殿撕成碎片，力量余波横扫，周围的数座宫殿也轰然沦陷。
An Qingyu的身形鬼魅般自半空飘出，凌空向下一抓，摩天巨影脚下的大地突然扭动起来，坚硬的石板融化成沙，顷刻间化作一片半径数公里的旋涡流沙地面，让沉重的摩天巨影不断下陷！
在An Qingyu的力量下，这座悬于天空之上的Heavenly Court，硬生生的被掏出一座流沙巨坑，直接贯穿了地基，海量的黄沙自迷雾中的天空倾泻而下，宛若一道深黄瀑布。
一道摩天巨影在沙间掉落Heavenly Court，轰然砸入翻滚的海水之中！
漆黑的煞气火海瞬间铺满海面，蒸腾水汽冉冉上升，那座摩天巨影再度站起身，苍白失真的面孔之上，浮现出狰狞怒意！
砰！
只听一声闷响，第五道黑色锁链瞬间崩碎，
摩天巨影双手在火海中一抓，一柄流淌着煞气火焰的黑刀握在掌间，朝着半空中An Qingyu的方向，用力一挥！
一道贯穿天地的煞气刀芒飞掠而出，大小足足是疯魔Cao Yuan劈出的百倍不止，无垠的海水被刀芒斩开，一道深邃的火渊撕裂天地。
An Qingyu的身形顷刻间便被搅碎在刀芒之中。
下一刻，一道血珠自海面飞射而出，顷刻间又生长成一个An Qingyu，在彻底打开过Gate of Truth后，他的再生速度已经增幅无数倍，近乎不灭！
"还不够。" An Qingyu的灰眸凝视摩天巨影，淡淡开口，
"让我看看……你能杀我多少次？"
吼——！！
见An Qingyu再生，摩天巨影的怒吼响彻云霄，一道毁天灭地的刀芒再度卷出！