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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　Li Yiming stood in the domain of Shangbei, the same spot where Bai Ze and Tian Yan were in the real world. The landscape was desolate in both worlds, only instead of soldiers running in preparation for combat, Li Yiming was immersed in a pool of blood.

　　Li Yiming threw his coat away and looked at the blood-splattered onto his arm. He then looked at the reflection of himself in the gla.s.s windows of a shop nearby. He struggled to recognize himself as being the person who laid his blade without hesitation upon anyone he came across, be it an elderly person or a small child.

　　Li Yiming never thought he would develop such a bloodthirsty impulse.

　　"Come out." Li Yiming threw away his cigarette and a small metallic sphere appeared out of his right hand.

　　'Liu Meng isn't here… So it's pretty simple…'

　　"When did you find out about it?" A shadow formed into what seemed like a clone of Li Yiming.

　　"From the very first person."

　　"But you still went ahead and killed them all?" The clone looked around amusedly. Out of the millions that inhabited the city, perhaps only a few survived Li Yiming's pitiless onslaught.

　　"Well, I would have to face you sooner or later." Li Yiming lit up another cigarette. He could finally understand why Mr. Kong was always smoking — it made him feel alive.

　　"You're the one behind all of this?"

　　"You're overestimating me. If I was capable of creating this place, then I wouldn't bother trying to trick you into doing things, would I?" The clone chuckled and sat down on the remains of a small car.

　　"Did you create that shadow of Liu Meng inside the gate?"

　　"What do you think?" The clone asked back as he played around with the metallic sphere.

　　"It's not you." Li Yiming sighed as he recalled the events.

　　"That woman, Ying Mei, she's a genius. I've never seen anyone hide her true motives that cleverly."

　　Li Yiming had already noticed that Ying Mei had been acting strange ever since the moment she joined forces with him. As someone that was able to dig up so much information about Li Yiming, it was an easy task for Ying Mei to tempt Li Yiming into venturing beyond the gates using Liu Meng as a bait.

　　"Since you seem to care so much about that woman, I'll let you into something." The clone raised his hand and a screen of light appeared, playing a scene. A blue phoenix was seen diving toward the ground, bringing down with her fire and destruction. Cities turned into cinder one after another, and countless perished.

　　"This is what I have witnessed. After seeing this, do you still want to bring her back?" The clone questioned with a smile while playing with his sphere.

　　"I've known her for so long. I trust her." Li Yiming's expression did not change in the slightest.

　　"I'm curious. How can you be so confident?"