"Why are you asking such a strange question? If I knew you were in danger, why wouldn't I come?"
Ming Zheng was baffled by his question.
Did she look like someone who would abandon a friend?
Seeing a friend in trouble.
And then running away herself?
It wasn't like she couldn't help!
Chi Xian slowly let go of her.
After creating a distance between them.
His eyes, unwavering, met hers.
Those eyes, like dark obsidian, shone with a brilliance as dazzling as the stars: "So, you came for me."
Ming Zheng: "?"
Wasn't that obvious?
If it weren't for him.
She wouldn't be bothered to get involved in this mess!
However…
He seemed quite happy that she was willing to help him.
It was good that he was happy.
She hadn't come in vain.
Ming Zheng raised her hand and patted his shoulder: "Since I'm here, you don't need to be afraid. I'm taking care of the trouble for your Chi family today!"
She gave Chi Xian a captivating smile.
Then, after letting go of him.
She leaped.
And landed on the ground from the eaves.
The people on both sides, all around, stared at her with shocked and surprised eyes.
As if guessing her identity.
"A lowly woman's descendant is truly as base as she is!"
Chi Zonghan looked at Ming Zheng, who stood before him and the Great Elder without any hesitation, and couldn't help but sneer.
He raised his hand and pointed at Ming Zheng: "Why be Chi Xian's woman, when you could be mine?"
"The Great Elder has emerged from seclusion today, and Chi Xian… is sure to die! Do you understand?"
Without the Great Elder,
He had felt uneasy.
But now that the Great Elder had emerged from seclusion,
And the Great Elder was on his side,
What else was there to fear?
Did she really think Chi Xian could protect her?
Did she really think she could swagger in front of him and show off in the Great Elder's presence just because she had some skills?
Foolish!
Chi Zonghan's gaze sharpened.
He waved the hand he had raised: "Go! Seize this woman!"
Almost the instant he spoke.
A blur of motion streaked before his eyes.
A sharp, cold wind rushed towards him.
The next second.
His neck was grasped.
The dazzling girl raised an eyebrow at him lazily.
The smile blooming on her crimson lips.
Was like a blooming Lycoris radiata.
Exuding a… fatal aura.
Chi Zonghan's pupils tightened: "G-Great Elder…"
"Truly useless."
Ming Zheng glanced at him with a hint of disdain: "So useless, yet you still try to seize power from Chi Xian?"
This strength.
This brain.
Could he possibly outsmart Chi Xian?
She really didn't know where such a useless person got such great ambition.
Did he truly believe he could hold onto the position of Patriarch of the Chi family?
Did he have no idea?
"You… you…"
Chi Zonghan, with his throat choked, spoke with difficulty.
His eyes were bloodshot.
He couldn't utter a complete sentence.
He twisted his head, looking at the Great Elder with a pleading glance.
But the moment he turned his head.
His body became light.
Ming Zheng threw him like trash towards the group of martial artists clad in ancient martial arts attire.
"Bang!"
Chi Zonghan's body slammed heavily against the wall.
Then, he slid slowly to the ground.
His internal organs felt as if they were twisting in agony.
Causing him to spit out large mouthfuls of blood.
He lay on the ground, contorted in pain.
Soon, he was pinned to the ground by Chi Xian's martial artists.
Her actions.
Were a complete provocation to the Great Elder's authority.
The Great Elder's sharp, piercing eyes were fixed on Ming Zheng, the thick darkness in his gaze almost seeming to swallow her.
Ming Zheng turned around nonchalantly, raising her eyebrows slightly, meeting the Great Elder's strange eyes.
She curved her lips into a smile: "Next, it's your turn."
Her tone was exceedingly casual.
"Ignorant!"
The Great Elder's expression was stern, his gaze icy.
With a surge of his gray sleeves.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth circulating throughout the ancient mansion swept out along with his sleeves.
Transforming into a visible vortex.
"You ants dare to contend with gods!"
Ming Zheng had completely enraged him.
His face was bone-chillingly cold.
He wanted this ungrateful woman to taste divine power!
The Great Elder suddenly leaped.
And actually stood suspended in mid-air!
This scene.
Instantly made everyone around gasp.
"The Great Elder's cultivation… has improved again!"
"The Great Elder can actually stand in the air! This, this can only be achieved by someone at the Heavenly Profound Realm!"
"No wonder Second Master Chi dared to oppose the Patriarch…"
"That woman is doomed!"
As the Great Elder's sleeves billowed.
The swirling hurricane sped towards Ming Zheng.
He also feigned a condescending demeanor, like a god, looking down at Ming Zheng from above.
Wanting to see Ming Zheng pay the price for her foolishness!
He wanted this young woman to know.
Not everyone could be challenged!
And…
He wanted to kill Chi Xian's woman in front of Chi Xian!
To thoroughly humiliate her!
The moment the hurricane struck.
Chi Xian's beautiful eyes moved.
But as he was about to act.
The bright and languid girl winked at him.
With a composed demeanor.
As if the Great Elder's assault.
Was completely disregarded.
"This level, and you're already so proud?"
Ming Zheng clicked her tongue, her voice lazy and mocking.
The Great Elder's strength…
Probably hadn't reached the Heavenly Profound Realm.
At most, the Earth Profound stage.
Because the Great Elder didn't remain suspended in the air for long.
After launching his attack from above.
He landed on the eaves.
Truly unimpressive.
Just this?
Coming to show off?
She had truly thought this Great Elder had some substance.
"Youngster, facing death, you still talk tough?" The Great Elder mistook Ming Zheng's words for bravado.
The hurricane, gathered by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, was already close to the girl.
And she had nowhere to dodge!
But the next moment.
Everyone saw…
Ming Zheng slowly raised her hand.
Her palm facing outward, towards the hurricane that seemed unstoppable.
That hurricane, which seemed to be surging like waves, as if opening a bloodthirsty maw that could leave no bones behind.
The moment it approached the girl.
It instantly dissipated.
The hurricane didn't even have time to stir the strands of Ming Zheng's dark hair that cascaded over her shoulders.
It was so effortless, so simple.
Dispelling everything.
The Great Elder's pupils widened by the moment.
Looking at Ming Zheng now.
He saw her as if she were a Shura who had broken free from hell.
Eerie, chilling.
"You… you…"
Who was this girl?
How could she, with just one hand, so easily neutralize his spiritual attack!
In this Xia Kingdom.
No one could do this!
"Who are you? Who exactly are you?"
The Great Elder's voice trembled uncontrollably.
Ming Zheng lazily retracted her hand.
As the spiritual waves rippled.
They made the smile on the girl's lips appear even more crimson.
"I am—"
"The one who will take your life."