Xiao Ran's heart was tangled to the extreme.
Once, after being saved by Ye Chen, she had sworn that her life belonged to him from then on.
But now, her resolve was wavering.
She had clearly seen the scheme, yet she hadn't warned Ye Chen.
There's a saying that fits well: silence is complicity.
She needed to do something for Ye Chen, otherwise, her conscience truly couldn't rest.
At the manor where Fang Chu was, Xiao Ran parked her car some distance away and vaulted directly over the wall.
Xu Mu did not follow to the front gate; instead, she went to the back of the manor again, just as before.
Through her perception, she noticed Xiao Ran's expression was off, no longer as relaxed as it had been earlier.
She didn't know the reason. Could it be that Xiao Ran and this Zhong Qianqian were very close?
Xiao Ran pushed open the villa's main door and entered the living room. Fang Chu was sitting on the sofa, legs crossed.
In one hand, he held a small medicine bottle, while the other hand tapped rhythmically on the sofa's armrest.
Beside him, Zhong Qianqian's face was etched with an indelible terror. She sat there dazed, as if her soul had already fled.
Even with Xiao Ran's appearance, Zhong Qianqian's expression didn't change in the slightest.
"What is it today that so many people enjoy trespassing on private property?"
Fang Chu put the medicine bottle in his pocket, "But, since you're pretty, I'll forgive you."
"Where are the two from earlier?"
Xiao Ran stared coldly at Fang Chu and demanded.
"Sister Ran, they're dead! He killed them! Their bodies dissolved!"
Zhong Qianqian finally snapped back to reality, crying out in panic.
"You know, sometimes I envy that 'Dragon King' you all talk about, having subordinates like that."
Fang Chu shook his head slightly, "I wanted to get information about the Dragon King from them, but they wouldn't talk."
"So, you killed them?"
Xiao Ran's face grew even colder.
"I merely helped them find release. Their silence wasn't out of loyalty; I saw fear in their eyes."
Fang Chu paused, looking at Xiao Ran, "They... didn't dare to speak!"
"The relationship between them and the Dragon King is not for you to judge. The Dragon King's order was to get the production method from you and to spare your life. I see no need for that now."
A dagger appeared in Xiao Ran's hand as she instantly lunged at Fang Chu.
"Again!"
Fang Chu shook his head helplessly, also drawing a dagger and quickly meeting her attack.
Clang!
The moment their daggers clashed, Fang Chu's figure suddenly flickered, appearing behind Xiao Ran.
Swish!
Just as Fang Chu swung his dagger, he found the Xiao Ran before him had vanished; he had only struck an afterimage.
He swiftly ducked his head, and Xiao Ran's dagger, aimed at slashing his throat, also cut through empty air.
Boom!
Their protective auras simultaneously flared out and collided, causing the villa to shake violently. The floor and the large floor-to-ceiling window glass not far away all shattered.
Xiao Ran stared deathly at Fang Chu and charged again.
Fang Chu's expression unchanged, he quickly retreated, moving out of the villa, "This is my newly bought house!"
Xiao Ran glanced at Zhong Qianqian, collapsed on the floor, and said quickly, "Can you get up now? Get out of here, fast!"
With that, she pursued Fang Chu out into the manor's courtyard.
Without a word, Xiao Ran attacked Fang Chu once more.
This time, points of light had begun to appear on her body.
Seeing this, Fang Chu smiled, and yellow points of light also appeared on his own body.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
Boom!
The two were engaged in a rapid exchange of blows, evenly matched for the moment.
However, Xu Mu, who was eating melon seeds in the car, gave a slight shake of his head.
This Xiao Ran was too reckless. The moment Fang Chu emerged from the villa, she should have taken Zhong Qianqian and fled through the back.
Not clashed head-on with Fang Chu.
He didn't know what was wrong with Xiao Ran either; she seemed a bit off today.
Just then, Xu Mu noticed the woman Zhong Qianqian climbing over the wall at the rear of the estate.
She was fleeing into the distance along the riverbank.
Xu Mu shook his head slightly. This was only her first tribulation; later, because of the wrong prescription, she would also be blamed by Ye Chen.
...
Fang Chu and Xiao Ran continued their fierce battle, with Fang Chu inwardly shocked.
He had originally thought this so-called Dragon King was nothing but a roadside nobody.
He hadn't expected him to have such a formidable subordinate. Judging by her combat experience, this woman was highly skilled.
It seemed the Dragon King was no simple figure either.
Swish!
Xiao Ran once again slashed towards Fang Chu's neck.
Fang Chu swiftly leaned back, but just as he prepared to counterattack, he suddenly noticed a blue glint flash on Xiao Ran's dagger.
"Frost Assault!"
A blade of ice suddenly extended from the dagger in Xiao Ran's hand, lengthening the weapon by half a meter.
Seeing no way to dodge, Fang Chu stomped his foot on the ground.
Boom!
A sharp earthen spike shot up from the ground, aiming to pierce Xiao Ran's abdomen.
Spotting this, Xiao Ran immediately dodged; she had no intention of perishing together with Fang Chu.
Seizing this opportunity, Fang Chu also evaded Xiao Ran's ice spike.
"Interesting. It seems you're truly intent on taking my life."
Fang Chu's face darkened. "Since you've started using techniques first, I won't hold back either."
No sooner had he spoken than he lunged aggressively towards Xiao Ran.
But before he could get close, two more earthen spikes suddenly erupted from the ground.
Xiao Ran dodged immediately, but was a step too late. One of the spikes grazed her heel.
Her shoe split open, and blood welled up.
Xiao Ran was inwardly alarmed. Her opponent's technique was definitely not at the Xuan-level; it was at least Di-level or higher.
She now had to constantly watch her footing, yet Fang Chu's attacks were already upon her.
After just two more exchanges, spikes emerged from the ground again.
Xiao Ran simply couldn't divide her attention to handle both.
As the earthen spikes kept appearing, the wounds on Xiao Ran's body gradually multiplied.
With no other choice, she could only retreat.
Whoosh!
Fang Chu's speed suddenly increased. Bolstered by his Earth Dragon Art, he launched relentless attacks at Xiao Ran.
Affected by her accumulating wounds, Xiao Ran gradually found herself at a disadvantage.
Thud!
Fang Chu kicked Xiao Ran squarely in the chest, sending her flying.
The moment Xiao Ran crashed to the ground, another spike shot up from below, piercing straight through her thigh.
Intense pain made her brow furrow tightly.
She hadn't expected this. She had faced experts from numerous sects and retreated unscathed,
only to be defeated today by a young man.
Xiao Ran faced death with remarkable calmness. After all, she had brushed with it several times before.
Sometimes she thought, death might even be a kind of release.
"To be honest, I didn't hold back from the start of the fight. In terms of pure combat skill, you might even be slightly better than me."
Fang Chu twirled the dagger in his hand. "The real gap between us lies solely in our techniques. Techniques are like weapons. Our raw strength might be similar, but my weapon is superior to yours. Naturally, you're no match."
"Just kill me if you're going to. Spare me the speech."
Xiao Ran closed her eyes. Ever since she had started following Ye Chen, she knew a peaceful end wasn't in the cards for her.
She just hadn't expected it to come so soon.
"You're young, beautiful, and your combat skills and strength are impressive. I want you to be my woman. Don't worry, I don't mind that you were with that Dragon King."
Fang Chu had taken a liking to her talent. Truth be told, he didn't have any subordinates of her caliber under his command.
Besides, having her as his woman didn't mean making her his official wife, so his standards weren't that high.
"Go to hell!"
Xiao Ran cursed at Fang Chu.
"What a pity. In that case, I'll just have to destroy this beautiful flower."
The moment Fang Chu finished speaking, he suddenly crouched down.
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grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
