Chapter 1607: The Game Is Set Up

During the process, they didn't forget to embellish and smear Qian Youcai, even though Qian Youcai was already as tarnished as could be.

When Qian Youcai arrived, panting heavily, Ruan Yu and Yuan Shilei stood by, one sitting and the other bowing and scraping.

Seeing this, what else could Qian Youcai not understand? Yuan Shilei had betrayed him!

"My lord, please let me explain..." At this moment, Qian Youcai felt like his sky had fallen.

He wisely knelt on the ground, his actions decisive and swift.

"No need to explain, just call all your accomplices over." Ruan Yu let Qian Youcai and his gang conspire and cause trouble, thinking they could make some waves, but unexpectedly, their business collapsed before it was even halfway done.

That's good, it saves her the trouble of going to great lengths to punish them.

“…Yes.” Qian Youcai’s heart sank.

He quickly gathered a few people, saying, "That woman already knows."

"You know? How did you know? How could you be so careless?"

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have let you go alone in the first place! You were so careless!"

The others were tempted to kill Qian Youcai.

With Qian Youcai exposed, they're all doomed! How could they not hate him?

But since things had come to this, there was no use blaming Qian Youcai anymore. "Let's think of a solution first."

Qian Youcai: "That's exactly why I called you here. We can't just go looking for our own deaths."

"Is there any good way?"

"What other choice do we have? We have no choice but to fight to the death! If we win, we can escape. If we lose... well, we'll just die! We've already been discovered anyway!"

"I have a plan."

"Oh?" The group lowered their heads and began to plot in hushed tones.

In Ruan Yu's courtyard.

After waiting for a long time, Qian Youcai and his group still hadn't appeared. Yuan Shilei couldn't stand still any longer: "Sir, based on my understanding of Qian Youcai, he has most likely run away!"

“He didn’t run away.” Ruan Yu smiled faintly.

Under the sunlight, his smile was so captivating that it dazzled Yuan Shilei.

"Aren't you tired of standing?" Ruan Yu gave Yuan Shilei a way out.

Yuan Shilei was a shrewd man, and he seized the opportunity to sit down: "I'm tired! Thank you for the seat, sir!"

He had been standing there for at least an hour, and his legs were already weak. But without Ruan Yu's permission, how could he dare to act on his own?

Another half hour.

Qian Youcai and his group finally showed up.

"You wretch, your death is near!" They appeared in Ruan Yu's courtyard with a large entourage.

These people were assassins they had hired at great expense, specifically to kill Ruan Yu!

The moment they entertained the thought of betrayal, they knew they were doomed. Therefore, they were not afraid at all!

They faced death with equanimity.

Their bodies began to swell rapidly, as if they were about to self-destruct!

Qian Youcai chuckled, his laughter echoing throughout most of the Qian mansion: "Yuan Shilei, it's worth it to be able to take you down with me when I'm about to die!"

Yuan Shilei muttered curses under his breath: "Sir, let's run!"

"Qian Youcai, you bastard! We've known each other since childhood, how come I never saw you as such a scoundrel! Damn it!"

He summoned all his defensive magical artifacts to protect himself and fled with all his might.

"Ouch!" But as he flew into the air, he was stopped by an invisible barrier and hit his nose, making him gasp for breath in pain.

And the barrier's aura... actually originated from Ruan Yu!

Has she gone mad? Several immortal-level experts self-destructed, and she not only didn't dodge or evade, but she also blocked his escape?

Sin!

Is Yuan Shilei's illustrious reputation about to come to an end today?

The assassins were also devastated. They had been paid to kill, but before they could even make a move, several buyers suddenly started self-destructing!

Were they set up?

"Blood-Drinking Blade." Ruan Yu's reaction was much calmer.

With a slight flick of her wrist, the Blood-Drinking Blade flew out with murderous intent, piercing into the spiritual veins of Qian Youcai and the others with a "whoosh!" drawing streaks of blood in the air and connecting their bodies together.

Qian Youcai and the others only felt the suffocating, bloating sensation from the self-destruction disappear. In its place was a numb pain and the despair of impending death!

"Bang bang bang!" Before their bodies could explode, they fell to the ground in pieces.

"Ahhh! I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled!" Qian Youcai and the others' souls left their bodies, and they scattered and fled.

"You bitch, you just wait! We'll avenge you today!"

Their souls are still alive; as long as they find a suitable body to possess, they will one day return with renewed vigor!

"You can't leave." Ruan Yu raised her arm, and the extreme ice and flames soared upwards, sweeping up the souls of the group and burning them to ashes in an instant.

"Strange fire..." Yuan Shilei was speechless.

He had long forgotten about running away, even though he couldn't escape anyway.

When Ruan Yu looked over, the assassins looked at each other, and those who had nothing to look at looked at the sky and the ground.

Try to appear very busy.

"Get out." Ruan Yu removed the barrier.

The assassins breathed a sigh of relief and flew away without a second thought.

Are you kidding me? How are we supposed to fight this? The opponent's combat power is simply outrageous!

"Master, is it really okay for us to take the money and not do the job?" On the way back to the Assassin's Hall, a new recruit asked in confusion.

Before he could finish speaking, a senior next to him smacked him on the head: "Are you stupid? The difference in combat strength is too great, what are we supposed to do? Fight to the death? We'd probably be wiped out before we even got close!"

"But we already received the money..." The newcomer scratched his head, looking aggrieved.

Taking money to solve problems for others—isn't that the rule of their Assassin's Guild?

Now the hall master is actually leading the way in disobeying?

This simply subverted his cognition.

"The buyers are all dead, and nobody's investigating. Can't you use your brain a little more?"

"Then these divine artifacts..."

The hall master hurriedly took out the divine artifact, saying, "This reminds me. We should quickly return it to its owner." The artifact was indeed powerful, but they probably wouldn't live to take it!

"Are we just going to let those assassins go like that?" Yuan Shilei flew down from the sky and reluctantly put away his defensive magic weapon.

Several of his magical artifacts were disposable; that damned Qian Youcai, he's ruined him!

"Excuse my bluntness, but assassins are all crazy. Once they've taken the money, they'll risk their lives to complete their employer's mission. I'm afraid they might..." Yuan Shilei stopped mid-sentence, pointing to the group of assassins flying towards them, and said, "What did I tell you? They're really coming!"

"No, no, no! We're not here to fight!" The hall master quickly spoke up when he saw the situation was turning against him.

"These treasures were given to us by those dead men, who told us to take your life, young lady."

"These things must have belonged to the young lady, and now they are being returned to their rightful owner." He carefully placed the spatial ring containing the divine artifact on the table in front of Ruan Yu.

Then he winked at his subordinates: "Go, go, go quickly."