#738 - Prologue (II)

Yanmen Prefecture, Yanmen City.

West of the city, a secluded courtyard.

"Hm?! Who's there?!"

"Ah!! Assassins!!"

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!!"

The red signal flare, representing the highest-level emergency, shot into the night sky amidst screams, then burst into a shower of sparks.

Whether by chance or predetermined fate, it was unknown.

Just as Xu Suisui, far away in Fengyuan, was found by assassins and teetered on the brink of death; just as Chu Xianping, far away in Qingzhou's East Pole Sea, stepped into a mysterious teleportation array, not knowing where it would lead, an accident occurred simultaneously in Yanmen.

After observing in secret for three days, the New Moon Fox Demon clan's man finally decided to make his move tonight, his target being Yang Liushi.

Actually, his timing was excellent.

Had it been any earlier, Wei Changtian hadn't left yet, and he would never have succeeded.

Had it been any later, once the army entered the war zone, the "security" around Yang Liushi would naturally be much tighter, and he might not have been able to get close.

Therefore, choosing to act in Yanmen was undoubtedly the most likely to succeed.

And the facts proved it to be so.

Although the secluded courtyard where Yang Liushi lived had dozens of guards, both overt and covert, most were of the lower three ranks, with few even reaching the middle three ranks.

Such strength, facing a man with six hundred years of cultivation, whose strength was comparable to a human of the third rank, naturally couldn't stop him in the slightest.

Therefore, from being discovered to killing several people in a row, to rushing outside Yang Liushi's room, the man completed all of this in just over ten breaths.

And just as he kicked open the door, the signal flare in the night sky had just exploded.

Success.

Looking at the woman staring intently at him, a cold smile appeared on the man's lips.

He had investigated the situation long ago, knowing that even if Han Zhao, Liang Zhen, and the others were as fast as possible, it would take at least the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to arrive.

Even the nearest patrol would need a hundred breaths.

One hundred breaths.

Enough time for him to kill Yang Liushi a hundred times over.

Slightly clenching his right fist, the man didn't let his guard down just because the situation was set, nor did he waste time on useless words.

After all, he still needed time to escape, so he immediately took a step, wanting to kill her instantly.

However, just then, the man suddenly felt a chill coming from behind.

"Die!!!"

Like a blizzard enveloping him, white sword energy surged forth instantly, accompanied by a delicate shout.

The one who struck with the sword was, of course, Wang Nianchu, using the Wang family's ultimate technique, Winter Snow on a Calm Lake.

Perhaps it was because of Wei Changtian's guidance, but her sword actually had a hint of snow turning to ice, carrying a bone-chilling coldness that went straight for the man's back.

It was just a pity that in the face of absolute realm difference, no fancy moves were of any use.

"Hmph! Overestimating yourself!"

Although Wang Nianchu's courage in drawing her sword despite knowing she was no match was admirable, this courage seemed very weak at this moment.

"Cough!"

Coughing up a mouthful of blood, her face turned pale as she raised her head, her eyes filled with despair.

Yes, after taking a punch from a third-rank expert head-on, Wang Nianchu actually didn't die.

After all, although the Wang family had declined and couldn't produce life-saving items like the Pure Jade Pendant, they still had some foundation.

That punch just now, the heart-protecting mirror on her chest blocked seventy percent of the force, which is why Wang Nianchu still had a breath left.

But all she could do now was watch helplessly.

Suddenly, Wang Nianchu's gaze froze, and her heartbeat seemed to stop for a beat at this moment.

Through the slowly falling dust, she seemed to see Yang Liushi suddenly swallow something.

What was that?

The doubt in Wang Nianchu's heart didn't last long.

Because in the next moment, an aura she had never felt before suddenly erupted from Yang Liushi's body.

Staring wide-eyed, the severe pain in every part of her body seemed to disappear at this moment.

Wang Nianchu stared blankly as the man frantically threw several punches at Yang Liushi, watching as those fist shadows were all blocked by a golden qi wall, watching Yang Liushi, with her eyes tightly closed behind the qi wall, slowly float off the ground, watching the illusory white fox demon phantom...

This, this is...

At this moment, Wang Nianchu even had the illusion that she was already dead, and everything she saw was just an illusion.

The man's terrified and panicked roar, the loud noise of the fist shadows hitting the qi wall, the hurried and chaotic footsteps in the distance...

All the sounds became ethereal and unreal at this time, only the demon fox phantom appearing behind Yang Liushi became more and more realistic.

Then, at a certain moment, the demon fox suddenly transformed into a fluffy white tail.

Then the second, the third, the fourth...

The spotless fox tails swayed slowly in the earth-shattering momentum that shot straight into the night sky, until the moment the seventh one condensed and formed, the aura erupted by Yang Liushi, or rather, the white fox demon, had already overwhelmed the man who was frantically punching on the opposite side.

Honestly, in the current situation, whether the man knew what caused this change or not, turning around and fleeing should have been the most correct choice.

However, not only did he not escape, but he was still roaring and constantly punching at the golden qi wall, almost going mad.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!"

A series of muffled sounds were like a mountain collapsing, and the side room where the two were located had long been scattered into ruins by the air waves.

Wang Nianchu watched all this blankly.

Then, she saw Yang Liushi, floating in the demon fox phantom, slowly open her eyes.

Like a dark and cold pool, like an endless abyss.

Those were a pair of emotionless, ice-cold vertical pupils.

"Boom!!!!"

As if a thunderclap exploded in her mind, Wang Nianchu only glanced at these eyes from afar, and her whole body felt like she had fallen into an ice cave, her hands and feet numb and without a trace of consciousness.

However, before she could recover, an even more shocking scene appeared.

She saw the huge fox demon phantom with seven tails suddenly stretch out a claw, slowly and heavily pressing down on the top of the man's head, who was no longer punching, but just standing there stupidly.

"Crack! Crack, crack, crack!"

The next moment, in the sound of bones cracking like fried beans, the man's body "shrank" little by little, and blood splattered out from every inch of his skin.

A living person was crushed into a pile of minced meat inch by inch like this.

This scene can be said to be extremely bloody.

But at this time, Wang Nianchu just watched with dull eyes, as if even the most basic thinking no longer existed.

She watched a red line float out from the man's corpse... if a pile of minced meat soaked in blood could be called a corpse.

She watched this red line sway and float towards Yang Liushi.

She watched Yang Liushi open her mouth slightly and swallow the red line.

Then, the fox demon phantom suddenly grew a bit bigger.

After a few more breaths, the eighth fox tail slowly appeared behind the demon body.