This isn't the time for flirting, with a "powerful" opponent watching them hungrily from afar.

But Young Master Lei truly couldn't recall who this woman was.

"Who are you?"

Young Master Lei asked, as he didn't know.

"Hmph, Wan Lei, stop pretending! How could you possibly not know who I am?!"

The maiden roared furiously.

"Heh, quite the backstory,"

Fang Xiaoyu mused with a half-smile.

Young Master Lei wore a look of wronged innocence.

Counting on his fingers, he had arrived in the Lei Feng Realm, stayed in Qishan County for over half a year, and only knew a few people. Then there was the Wan Jiao List; he should have recognized those he eliminated. Later, there were Lei Xinghai's five years, and besides the two of them, no one else survived.

Where would he have met this maiden?

"Esteemed heroine, grievances have their source and debts have their owner. You must have mistaken your enemy. There aren't ten thousand, but certainly eight thousand people named Wan Lei in the Lei Feng Realm. Why don't you go look around a bit more?"

This was the honest truth. The surname Wan was far too common in the Lei Feng Realm, and Lei was a popular given name. There were undoubtedly many people named Wan Lei.

"Hmph, even if you haven't seen me, what about Fang Xiaoyu? I've met you several times. Dare you say you don't recognize me either?"

The maiden shifted her focus to Fang Xiaoyu again.

"Not the slightest impression."

Fang Xiaoyu shook her head.

It was a joke; given Fang Xiaoyu's nature, let alone meeting a few times, even seeing someone daily, she might not spare them a second glance, much less remember their appearance or name.

"You..."

The maiden pouted in anger and declared in a resonant voice,

"Then listen up. My name is Liu Yuxin, a disciple of the Liu family. Liu Ao is my elder brother."

"...Oh."

Young Master Lei nodded, and then nothing more followed.

Alright, so he knew who she was. He had killed her brother, and now she wanted to kill him. It was perfectly reasonable. Since they were enemies, there was no need for further pleasantries.

He would kill her.

"You... Don't you have anything to say?"

Liu Yuxin looked up, somewhat astonished.

At this moment,

Shouldn't you, Wan Lei, say something?

Like, the situation was a match, lives were decided by fate, and dying meant one was not skilled enough?

Just a single "Oh"?

What did that mean?

Young Master Lei remained silent, donned his armor, spread his wings, and swung his hammer, charging forward.

When hunting a rabbit, one still wields full force.

Moreover, this was a proud prodigy of the Liu family, someone not to be underestimated.

Fang Xiaoyu crossed her arms, not intending to intervene, but she would observe Wan Lei with full attention. If Wan Lei fell into a disadvantage, she would not hesitate to join the fray.

After all, they were notoriously dishonorable when it came to martial arts.

Wan Lei flew forward and swung his hammer at the maiden.

Liu Yuxin, having taken a blow from him earlier, knew Wan Lei's strength and did not confront him head-on. She simply unleashed a sword qi and retreated.

The quills on Wan Lei's wings instantly shot out, a sky-covering barrage of sharp spikes aimed at Liu Yuxin.

Liu Yuxin's treasured sword danced rapidly, deflecting the quill attacks, entirely unaware that a thunderous ferocious beast was coalescing before Wan Lei.

She was already struggling to deal with Wan Lei's endless barrage of quills, let alone attend to anything else.

Suddenly, the quills before her dispersed.

This allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief, but as she looked up, her pupils dilated in utter horror.

A thunderous beast, with its maw agape, lunged at her.

There was no time to dodge.

The thunderous beast swallowed her whole.

"Explode!"

BOOM!!!

The thunderous beast detonated, and Liu Yuxin, spitting blood, fell to the ground.

Liu Yuxin's strength was considered quite high among the prodigies of the Central Region, but the Lei-Yu duo were an anomaly; they were outrageously powerful.

She could contend with Wan Liuchuan, but facing Wan Lei, she was still far from sufficient.

To say she was gravely injured and on the verge of death would be an exaggeration, but it was enough to make her recognize the gap between herself and Wan Lei.

Years ago, her brother, as the Liu family's foremost prodigy, had cultivated for decades and still wasn't Wan Lei's match.

Much less her, a girl of twenty.

Even if her talent was immense, her experience was ultimately limited, and her foundation insufficient.

Not every young person was as monstrous as Lei Yu.

Wan Lei landed on the ground and slowly walked towards Liu Yuxin.

It wasn't that he wanted to experience the villain's lengthy monologue before death, but rather he felt it was somewhat anticlimactic.

A vengeful foe suddenly appearing,

And then him defeating them with ease,

It felt so inexplicable.

There should be more to the plot, right?

Was anyone else coming?

Who else hadn't made their appearance?

If no one else shows up, I'll kill someone.

If I don't kill anyone soon, the readers will start complaining.

Liu Yuxin looked up, her gaze stubbornly fixed on Wan Lei, her sword tip planted in the ground, waiting for him to attack.

Young Master Lei ambled along, his pace so slow it was friendless, so slow that Fang Xiaoyu even suspected he had taken a liking to Liu Yuxin and was reluctant to kill her.

Closer,

Even closer.

Only a few steps away.

The distance between them wasn't great to begin with, and even at a slower pace, he would eventually reach her.

Still no one else?

Then I'll try a hammer blow.

Young Master Lei swung his hammer. Although it was just a test, he had to put in some sincerity to coax out the subsequent plot.

Therefore, this hammer blow was aimed to kill.

Suddenly, a thunderous explosion sounded from behind Wan Lei.

He didn't retract his hammer but continued to smash downwards.

A figure in blue suddenly appeared before Wan Lei, and the hammer strike landed squarely on that person.

It was Wan Liuchuan.

Wan Liuchuan was sent flying backward, and in the process, he knocked over Liu Yuxin.

Wan Lei withdrew his hammer and watched the unfolding spectacle.

Ah, the plot was finally developing.

The others also arrived at this moment, with Wan Hongxin, Qian Duoduo, and others lining up behind Wan Lei.

The momentum was grand.

On the opposite side, there was only a frail woman.

The frail woman quickly got up and thrust her sword towards Wan Liuchuan.

Wan Liuchuan swung his saber to intercept, cleaving Liu Yuxin's sword strike and engaging her in battle.

This scene stunned everyone.

Including Wan Lei.

What kind of plot was this?

Wan Lei was about to kill Liu Yuxin, and then Wan Liuchuan leaped to her rescue, blocking a blow. Following that, shouldn't there be some tender affections?

Shouldn't there be cliché dialogue like, "I don't need you to save me, leave!" or "No, I won't leave you; you'll die, and I can't bear that"?

Why did the two of them suddenly start fighting?

What was this?

Did you think I, Wan Lei, was stealing your enemy?

Gradually, Young Master Lei caught on, a smile that men would understand blooming on his lips.

"Wan Liuchuan, is this your wife?"

Young Master Lei's earth-shattering question almost caused Wan Liuchuan's cultivation to falter.

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Liu Yuxin's pretty face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth and roared.

"Don't... don't talk nonsense. Enemies, we are enemies."

Wan Liuchuan's face actually turned a little red.

"Oh, so that means she's your wife. You really need to discipline her."

"No, I already said we are enemies! Can't you understand plain speech or something?"

Wan Liuchuan looked helplessly at Wan Lei.

"Alas, it's an old tradition in our Wan family to take enemies as wives. Look at your sister-in-law; wasn't she my enemy before? Now we're family, aren't we?"