"I have no interest in withered flowers like you..." Ye Jingyu cursed loudly, yet swiftly drew two hidden crossbows, pulling the triggers with lightning speed, launching them directly at Liu Qiuxue...

No woman enjoys being called old, let alone enduring such venomous words. The moment Ye Jingyu spoke, Liu Qiuxue was already lunging toward him, extending one delicate, jade-like hand toward the crown of his head...

Little did she expect Ye Jingyu was also prepared; several crossbow bolts, visibly smeared with potent poison, shot directly at her...

Liu Qiuxue forcefully suppressed the rage in her heart, waving her long sleeve. Surging True Essence power poured out, wrapping around the incoming bolts. With a light snort, every single one instantly shattered...

However, Ye Jingyu seized this opportunity, retreating rapidly dozens of zhang. While retreating, he did not forget to assail Liu Qiuxue with the most malicious language possible...

Liu Qiuxue's expression grew increasingly grim, her fury mounting, and the True Essence within her body continuously surged forth. She looked as if she would not rest until Ye Jingyu was torn to shreds...

Having batted away Ye Jingyu's hidden crossbows, Liu Qiuxue was about to instantly obliterate the damned scoundrel, when she suddenly saw him somehow producing a cannon from nowhere, its fuse already lit...

In the blink of an eye, she was right at the muzzle...

Liu Qiuxue’s already terrible complexion turned utterly ashen. She was indeed a beauty, and a Grandmaster, but facing artillery—what good was being a Grandmaster then?

Discarding all pretense of composure, she rolled sideways, dodging away desperately...

Qin Yunxiao, who was behind her, was equally terrified, his face ghostly pale. He circulated his True Essence energy at full speed, fleeing sideways like a madman...

In his heart, he cursed Ye Jingyu’s entire lineage—he could accept an assassination attempt, but bringing a cannon?

With a deafening "BOOM," the cannonball whistled past Liu Qiuxue’s body, slamming heavily into the carriage behind her, exploding completely...

A towering pillar of fire shot into the sky...

The carriage, constructed from the finest lumber, was instantly blown to splinters, sending shards of wood flying everywhere. The several fine steeds pulling it were obliterated, flesh and blood scattering violently...

The few guards stationed near the carriage who hadn't time to react were caught in the blast. Iron fragments ripped through their bodies, embedding everywhere, leaving no hope of survival...

"Damn, how powerful is this cannon?" Ye Jingyu cursed inwardly, but quickly retracted the weapon and retreated further back...

At this moment, the disheveled Liu Qiuxue sprang up from the ground, her face beyond description in its ugliness. She, a dignified Grandmaster, had been forced into such a humiliating sprawl by a junior. The feud between her and Ye Jingyu was now profoundly deep...

Qin Yunxiao also scrambled up, clutching his chest, overcome with lingering fear. If he had reacted a fraction of a second slower, he would likely have been severely wounded, if not killed...

"I will kill you..." Liu Qiuxue shrieked, circulating her True Essence energy at maximum capacity. Her gauze skirt billowed without wind, revealing a pair of slender, long thighs underneath, but Ye Jingyu had no interest in appreciating such a spectacle...

Because he saw a lotus flower manifesting in Liu Qiuxue’s palm. The flower grew larger and brighter, emitting an overwhelmingly powerful aura...

It was a flower condensed entirely from True Essence, harboring a power Ye Jingyu knew he absolutely could not withstand. Thus, he could only retreat, continuously and rapidly backing away...

"Die..." Liu Qiuxue cried out in alarm, flicking a single finger. The lotus flower shot toward Ye Jingyu like an arrow loosed from a taut string...

"I..." Facing the terrifying lotus, Ye Jingyu’s heart seized with dread. He knew that if this single bloom detonated, its power would easily surpass the cannon’s by scores of times—it was entirely beyond his ability to block...

"Retreat..." Fortunately, at that instant, Bing Ming’s figure materialized before him. With a wave of one hand, he unleashed a fierce punch, faintly accompanied by the sounds of dragon roars and tiger cries—it was the Dragon Tiger Gate's Dragon Tiger Wild Dance Fist...

Vaguely, a dragon and a tiger materialized behind Bing Ming, joining his punch as it surged forward...

By this time, the lotus bloom had grown to the size of a person, meeting Bing Ming’s fist shadow head-on...

With a tremendous "RUMBLE," the dragon and tiger projections became entangled with the lotus flower, and then the entire mass exploded. A violent surge of True Essence swept over everything, and a brilliant white light enveloped the scene...

Feeling the ferocious energy surging behind him, Ye Jingyu exerted every ounce of strength he possessed, sprinting wildly. As he passed Xue Hengzhi, he didn't forget to snatch him up, carrying him away...

As for Ying Xiaoxiao, she had already fled hundreds of steps away, carrying Ye Longyi on her back...

The blinding white light slowly dissipated, and the dust gradually settled. On the ground, there was now a massive crater over dozens of zhang in diameter. Beyond the rim of the pit, for hundreds of zhang in every direction, all plant life had been churned into powder, devoid of any vitality... Such terrifying devastation shocked everyone present. Was this the might of a Grandmaster?

Bing Ming had retreated hundreds of steps, yet was still not outside the range of the True Essence sweep. His black clothing was shredded to ribbons, covered in countless large and small wounds...

Liu Qiuxue was faring no better. Her gauze skirt had been torn to shreds by the violent energy, exposing vast stretches of pale, soft skin, even revealing her full breasts openly... However, they were marred by streaks of blood, a picture of utter disarray...

Not far away, Qin Lie, who was carrying Yuan Xiang, stared at the scene with utter astonishment. If he hadn't reacted quickly just now, that fellow Yuan Xiang might have been utterly finished right there...

Liu Qiuxue really acted without thinking, damn it...

As for Qin Yunxiao, standing three hundred meters away, his face was ghastly pale. Had Qin Lie not urgently transmitted a message telling him to flee at full speed, he would have already gone to meet the King of Hell...

An angry woman truly was the most dangerous creature; his father’s words held undeniable truth...

Just then, the sound of hoofbeats echoed from the distance. Qin Yunxiao turned his head and, seeing his family's cavalry approaching, couldn't help but show joy...

"Uncle Qin, Aunt Liu, quickly! Don't let them escape, our people are here... Ah..."

Liu Qiuxue and Qin Lie exchanged a glance and were about to press on toward Ye Jingyu and his group despite their injuries, when they suddenly heard Qin Yunxiao’s piercing scream. Turning, they saw a black feathered arrow completely buried in Qin Yunxiao’s heart, causing their expressions to change drastically...