Hong Tu was rather conflicted about taking the bead, but Li Hao grew stronger the longer the fight dragged on. It was more than apparent that great troubles would develop if he didn’t kill the young man as soon as possible.0

Hong Tu grit his teeth. It was him either way, so what was the difference? He swallowed the bead!0

He’d just return to how he was before. Perhaps Revered White and the rest would actually be happier for it; they’d think that the real young lord was back. Hong Tu laughed at himself—these guys probably all thought of him as less than his previous self, didn’t they?1

Regardless, he would be confident of killing Li Hao after swallowing the bead. The young man was the most irritating person alive!2

“Aw, screw you for not following the rules!” Having been casually aloof up to this point, Li Hao nursed budding irritation. I’m fighting you man-to-man here, but you keep cheating and now you bring out a bead with a Saint’s pressure emanating from it! It’s so damned obvious how dangerous that thing is!0

This guy didn’t conduct himself according to what was expected!...1