Cecil's scalp suddenly went numb.
It had nothing to do with any psychological or emotional changes, it was just a natural physiological reaction. It was like an old friend who looked like a human but not a ghost, across the hazy fog and the perverted and illusory time, sending out a mute echo from the abyss.
"... Xingqiao?" He laughed subconsciously, "You're back?"
Without waiting for Gu Xingqiao's answer, he sat up from the ground and said loudly: "I knew you would come back!"
His eyes suddenly lit up, as if a child finally found his long-lost toy under the bed. Although it was covered with dust, it was still worth cleaning and caring for.
Cecil jumped up from the ground with joy, facing the lingering thick fog with great interest. All his previous frustration and doubts were swept away, leaving only pure surprise and happiness.
He actually opened his arms wide, revealing all the flaws of his body without hesitation, and was not at all afraid of the particle light that appeared and disappeared in the mist.
"Are you here to avenge me? Do you want to kill me?" He chanted affectionately, "Don't struggle in your heart! You know the relationship between us is like a lighthouse and a lost ship. We will eventually move closer to each other..."
Before he finished speaking, the echo of his sigh was still trembling in the air, when two white snakes, fighting to the death, appeared out of the fog, with spears across their chests and running faster than thunder!
Cecil did not hide or evade. After learning about Gu Xingqiao's identity, he seemed to have gained infinite courage all of a sudden.
With a loud explosion, the emperor used his arms and armpits to clamp two sizzling particle spears with his physical strength enhanced countless times and the advanced combat uniform. His left knee suddenly jumped up viciously, even compressing a sharp wind sound in the air.
No one can be hit by this and still stand there intact, unless the opponent is a monster or has palm-thick steel plates blocking his body.
Gu Xingqiao was not a monster, and he certainly did not have a defensive shell as thick as a city wall, but his reaction was faster than ever, even faster than Cecil had imagined.
The young man was like a flying swallow into the forest. The moment his weapon fell into the enemy's hands, he immediately loosened his grip, shrank his shoulders, and crashed sideways into Cecil's chest.
This blow might not necessarily knock the emperor down, or even break the balance of his lower body, but his hands were not empty.
The knife stabbed him in the chest, the sharp dagger had sharp edges at both ends, and the blade was blue. Cecil's forehead immediately burst into veins - the knife stabbed into his sternum quickly and accurately, avoiding all vital points while also bringing the maximum pain to people.
Gu Xingqiao retreated gracefully and flashed back into the thick fog, leaving the emperor to cover his bleeding wound in a panic, as if they were playing a weird game.
"… You've never used such a shady trick before." Cecil stopped smiling. His bright blue eyes were now as dark as a pool of ink. "Your depravity and rebellion are even more serious than I thought."
"In the past, you replaced all your blood every month. I don't even know what the new blood contains." Gu Xingqiao's indifferent voice escaped from the mist in all directions, "When you were the crown prince, the strength of your blood-forming function was at least thirty times that of an ordinary person. Even if you suffered a fatal injury like a broken heart, you could recover immediately."