Chapter Twenty-One: I Cannot Agree to Your Request

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A Kuang said nothing. Suo suddenly let out a bitter laugh. “Yesterday’s farce... it was all arranged by you. You had many chances to kill me. Why wait until now?”

Slowly, A Kuang spoke. “The time has come. I must strike perfectly, in one blow.”

“What did the Dai Household offer you…” Blood poured from Suo’s mouth, his voice fading. “What kind of benefit could make you betray us…”

A Kuang moved his lips. “The lives of my family are worth more than my worthless existence.”

“I see…” Suo sighed deeply. “Dai Yuheng… always one step ahead in the game…”

A Kuang was but a chess piece, the final risky move orchestrated by the Dai Household. Danger had never truly left—it had always lurked by his side, impossible to guard against.

A Kuang forcefully drew out the blade lodged in Suo’s spine. “Young Master, rest assured—A Kuang will come to accompany you soon.”

Blood spouted like a spring. Suo’s massive body collapsed heavily, shaking the earth with his fall.

Kai Ming’s eyes were full of the image of Suo falling. She opened her mouth and let out a wailing, piercing cry. At the same moment, Dayin’s long sword flashed, and she rode her horse across Kai Ming’s body, charging straight at the blood-soaked A Kuang.

A Kuang stared blankly at Dayin, his body suddenly convulsing, eyes bulging, then plunged headfirst into the ground.

Dayin reined in her horse, surprised to see a deadly arrow had pierced A Kuang’s skull from behind, more than half its shaft buried deep. The