Sun Zhenwu’s expression was cold as he spoke again. "I didn’t punish you for refusing to make a move these past two days. That was because the Ye Family’s numbers are simply too few. If I had started killing right from the beginning, I was afraid I might accidentally wipe you all out! But now, it’s time for some fun.
"Didn’t you say you wouldn’t kill your own kin? I don’t believe it. You two are this child’s parents, right? If you want him to live, pick up the dagger on the ground and stab Ye Xuan." Sun Zhenwu looked at the young parents, a bloodthirsty smile curling the corners of his mouth.
"No... Please don’t kill my child! You can kill us instead!" The young parents instantly dropped to their knees.
"Kneeling already? Weren’t you so full of dignity before? See? In the face of death, your so-called dignity isn’t worth mentioning—and that includes your pathetic family ties," Sun Zhenwu sneered, his eyes filled with disdain. "Now, I will count to three. Either you stab Ye Xuan, or I throw him off the town wall."
"No!" the young parents cried out in absolute despair. The town wall was fifty meters high. If a three-year-old child were thrown from it, he would undoubtedly die.
"One..." Sun Zhenwu ignored their low pleas and began counting.
"Two..."
"No, I can’t stab the Patriarch!"
"If you want to kill someone, kill me! Kill me!"
"Three!" Sun Zhenwu declared expressionlessly. As soon as the word left his lips, he forcefully hurled the child over the edge. The sheer power behind his throw was overwhelming; when the child hit the ground, he would inevitably be smashed into a mangled mess!
"No, Hun’er!"
"You Sun Family members are nothing but beasts!"
Every member of the Ye Family clenched their jaws in fury.
Sun Zhenwu remained expressionless. He cupped a hand around his ear, as if intending to listen to the sound of the child hitting the ground. However, that sound never came. Instead, he sensed a sinister aura welling up from beneath the city wall. Struck by a sudden thought, Sun Zhenwu glanced downward.
At the base of the wall stood a woman with blood-red hair. She had a graceful, perfectly proportioned figure. Her skin was eerily pale, like winter snow. Her face was wickedly beautiful, and her eyes held an indescribable allure. The woman was breathtakingly gorgeous. Yet, she bore no trace of human vitality—only a dense, sinister aura.
"She finally showed up!" Sun Zhenwu sneered. They had finally waited long enough for someone from the Gongsun Family to appear. This woman was likely the culprit who killed Sun Hang and Sun Cong.
"Third Brother, is she the one who killed Hang’Er?" Sun Juguang, who had been sitting and sipping tea the entire time, suddenly stood up. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly.
"It should be her!" From start to finish, Sun Zhenwu had never believed that Ye Xuan was capable of killing Sun Hang. After all, Sun Hang was at the 8th Layer of the Demon Spirit Realm.
Blood Princess remained silent. Cradling the child in her arms, she pushed off the town wall with her feet. In just two blinding flashes, she materialized right beside Ye Xuan.
Her sudden intervention to save the child was naturally ordered by Ye Xuan. Even though he was trembling all over from agonizing pain, he remained fully aware of his surroundings. Given his current state, it was impossible for him to save anyone, so he could only rely on Blood Princess to take action.
"Huh? How is she so fast!"
"Was that Instant Movement just now?"
The elders of the Sun Family exclaimed in shock. Although they all knew Blood Princess was fast, witnessing it with their own eyes was incredibly jarring. This wasn’t just mere speed; it was full-blown Instant Movement. In the blink of an eye, she had scaled the wall. Such speed was simply unimaginable.
While they were still reeling in surprise, Blood Princess set the child down. Holding an Earth-grade weapon in her hand, her body rapidly flickered three times. Along the town wall, three afterimages of Blood Princess appeared simultaneously! The closest one was barely ten meters away from the Sun Family!
BOOM!
But right at that moment, Spiritual Qi formed a massive, solid wall that crashed down toward Blood Princess. The colossal wall was impossible to dodge. Blood Princess was instantly blasted back, flying dozens of meters through the air. A mouthful of freezing blood sprayed from her lips.
"That was close! Fortunately, I was prepared!" an elderly voice rang out. It was this elder who had just launched the attack. "Although this woman is incredibly fast and can clear around thirty meters in a single bound, her physical endurance doesn’t seem to be very high. Therefore, as long as we keep her from getting close, we’ll be fine."
The Sun Family had clearly studied Blood Princess. They had learned from the Golden Armor Guards that every time she appeared, it was roughly from dozens of meters away. This was exactly why they had landed on the town wall a full hundred meters away from Ye Xuan and the rest of the Ye Family. If this woman suddenly showed up, they would still have a buffer to react! Even if that reaction window was only a fraction of a second, for experts of their caliber, it was more than enough.
Blood Princess’s body hit the ground, and the wound on her chest rapidly began to heal. Just as she raised her sword to continue her assault, Ye Xuan suddenly sent her a telepathic message. "Blood Princess, come back. There’s no opening."
Since these people were already prepared, Blood Princess could no longer serve as a trump card. After all, she was still only at the Spirit Corpse level. If only she could rank up. A single rank advancement for a Spirit Corpse was equivalent to a Cultivator breaking through two or three major realms. Of course, ranking up a Spirit Corpse was immensely difficult. Ye Xuan would have to feed her a massive amount of his blood.
"Hmm? She stopped attacking? It seems this woman can only fight in close quarters."
"What kind of Demon Technique is she practicing? To be limited strictly to melee with no ranged attacks."
The Sun Family failed to recognize Blood Princess’s true identity as a Spirit Corpse. They all simply assumed she had cultivated some wicked Demon Dao technique.
In the distance, the storyteller frowned upon seeing Blood Princess and immediately began to divine her fate. "What! I can’t glimpse into her destiny either!" he exclaimed, utterly astounded. In a single day, he had actually encountered two individuals whose fates he couldn’t deduce.
The first was Ye Xuan. That kid’s destiny was so chaotic that deciphering it would require the storyteller’s full power, a risk he simply wasn’t willing to take.
The second was this blood-haired woman.
"No destiny, and an entire body steeped in a sinister aura... Wait, she isn’t human. She’s a Spirit Corpse," he muttered to himself.
A Spirit Corpse was, in the end, just a corpse. They merely possessed a spirit, but they couldn’t be considered human. Only humans had destinies. For a Spirit Corpse to acquire a destiny, their body and blood needed to hold warmth. Only then would they evolve into true human beings.
"But even if she is a Spirit Corpse, it’s impossible for her to just suddenly appear and swear loyalty to a young man," he mused. "How interesting. This kid is certainly not simple."
***
"City Lord, should I obliterate her right now?" asked an Honored Guest Elder, whose cultivation was at the 4th Layer of the Earth Spirit Realm. Such a cultivation level was more than enough to annihilate Blood Princess from a distance.
Sun Zhenwu shook his head. "Fang Keqing, if you strike, the Ye Family will be killed along with her. Since she poses no threat to us, there’s no need to panic. The game isn’t over yet."
Sun Zhenwu let out a cold laugh. In the next instant, he formed his hand into a claw. The hundred-meter distance was just barely within his attack range.
"Oh... no..." Ye Xuan’s expression changed drastically. He tried to stand, but the Spiritual Qi in his body was still violently impacting his Hidden Vein. The agonizing pain rendered him completely immobilized. Yet, he didn’t want to stop. If he halted now, the energy gathered within him would be utterly wasted. This was exactly why he had to push through in one vigorous effort every single time. Besides, even if he did manage to get up, what use would it be? He wouldn’t make it in time!
Realizing where the attack was headed, Ye Xuan looked up toward the child’s mother. Just as he raised his head, a muffled THUD echoed out.